Bethany Crowe Powell
@bethanypowell.bsky.social
Speculative poet and YA novelist. Bookseller at Odyssey Bookshop. She/her. bethanypowell.com
Yesterday my whole Tumblr dash was saying we could only read There Will Come Soft Rains on the day TODAY and I’m here to reveal it is equally satisfying to read this morning www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
“Today is Mr. Featherstone’s birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita’s marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills.”
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I did NOT realize that many supermarket sushi counters are actually run as franchises within stores, & that the working conditions are horrendously abusive. Journalism like this surfacing these issues is so important, so if you like this, please donate to @prismreports.org so they can keep doing it!
The hidden cost of America's supermarket sushi boom
Myanmar refugees face exploitative working conditions as the backbone of the grocery store sushi industry, according to a lawsuit
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A fantastic read about community, and the difference between harm and discomfort with unpleasant people.
Micaiah Johnson@micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 2d agoI was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...
It’s hot! We ought! To read a book out on the beach! It’s summer! Hey, hey, it’s summer! And in summer 2027, Sirens is back, friends. Bring your rage, find your joy, and let's build a revolution.
Realizing I’ve made a huge error—it’s page 133 and I’m just now realizing this boat needs a *name*
If you see this, quote skeet a pic of yourself in sunglasses.
Meg Elison@megelison.bsky.social · last wk.If you see this, quote skeet a pic of yourself in sunglasses.
the lovely frisson in a tech support conversation as the support person goes “Hmm…” in an interested way
OK, I've covered Friday of Readercon in approximately 50 fweets I'm going to have to come back to this tomorrow, haha
I had a very fun #Readercon panel with @bethanypowell.bsky.social @marissalingen.bsky.social @swingingstorm.bsky.social @victoriajanssen.bsky.social about Lois McMaster Bujold, Megan Whalen Turner, and Tamora Pierce, and what they might have in common! notes: kate-nepveu.dreamwidth.org/1107659.html
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It was an absolute pleasure @readercon.org - including all who were part of it! I was thrilled to be a program participant this year and have some extras/links to share from some of them! #readercon35 #readercon
sell your book in 5 words: warrior woman confronts mecha god bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
makana yamamoto@makana-yama.bsky.social · 4w agosell your book in 5 words: toxic yuri heist in space
This week's GFM update on my debt paydown fundraiser is up! Please share with those who might be able to help, and anyone who likes seeing a big goofy dog relaxing in the summer evening (I'm visiting family). gofund.me/68e9e4664 #transcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfund
People came!! We read poems and celebrated!
Bethany Crowe Powell@bethanypowell.bsky.social · last mo.It’s terror before the event that no one is coming hours!
It’s terror before the event that no one is coming hours!
Had a rainshower out of nowhere at the bookstore & one of our neighbors came up from their storage and started cussing it out since she has to cross the courtyard. I felt sheepish about popping my head out to offer a lost-and-found umbrella but it was well received, lol.
Writing a very neurodivergent novel and my third POV character is the most saddest because she has a flat affect when she is panicking so everyone thinks she’s unbothered and unpleasant Not that this comes from anything personal 😭
The UK conversion therapy ban has carveouts for therapy provided by mental health care professionals according to standards of care. This is what I received: in a state psychiatric hospital, according to the standards of care. TW CW for general unpleasantness, suicidal ideation, gender, harm
New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈@esedia.bsky.social · 12mo agoOK so I wrote up the whole conversion therapy/gender bit for those who are curious
Awful and important:
Ryan Estrada@ryanestrada.com · last mo.A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
At the dentist’s today I received a good grade in saliva, which is normal to want and I did not know was possible to achieve
For anyone who might need this today. ❤️
Germaine Hypher - Crafting A Path Through Illness@germainehypher.bsky.social · 2mo agoSending love to all who are immobilised, silenced or held too tightly by illness of any kind. 🩵💙 #chronicillness #chronicpain #ME/CFS #mecfs #disabled #mentalillness #invisibleillness #autoimmuneillness #neurologicalillness #chronicfatigue #spoonie #solidarity #creativity
Can't wait!!!!
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are THRILLED to reveal the cover for Tyrant in the Cracks! @hachepueyo.bsky.social's first full-length novel chases alternate realities, unfolding into a dark fantasy full of secrets and repressed desires. Tyrant in the Cracks arrives March 16, 2027 from @torbooks.bsky.social!
Getting my veg in the most time-honored fashion—to stretch a costly commodity
I got my answer about whether my scar was still too new to be out in the sun. :stings: 40 years a ginger and still finding new ways to fail at sun!
Hit me with your fave recent history/international affairs podcasts? I’d love to know more about post-WWII history, especially, and smaller nations!
I'll be interviewing @zanzjan.bsky.social at @odysseybks.bsky.social in South Hadley MA to celebrate the launch of this awesome book on Tuesday, June 8!! Come on down!
An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog@hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2mo agoI described this book to a friend as "Unforgiven by way of Clifford D. Simak," and stand by that description.
I love an eclectic breakfast :picks seaweed out of my teeth:
In honor of today's cover reveal, this week's Thursday snippet comes from Melting the Ice Queen, which is available to preorder in North America now! bit.ly/MeltingTheIc... #romancelandia
Women ARE erratic, the other day the guy who banters a bit at the security desk held my license down so I couldn’t actually grab it and I laughed after a few mistimed retries but TODAY the guy who is new on rotation & has never spoken to me did that and I just ignored it
