Thrilled and shocked (throcked? shrilled?) that Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Three is a Best Anthology finalist in this year's World Fantasy Awards! This is the second WFA nom for a book in this series and just as much a surprise this time :) Congrats to all the nominees!

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If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

I left a long winded and all over the place voice mail, and I’d encourage anyone else to do the same Encouraging children to use AI for writing and poetry is so out of step with the PBS I know. It’s also a terrible appropriation of RR, which taught kids creative problem solving and teamwork

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2d ago

I called WNET in NY to ask them to remove this video. I told them it was damaging to kids. You can call them, too! Call 212-560-1313 and press 2 to leave a message (the phone prompt seems to indicate 1, but that message directs you to 2). ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ruf...

I tripped while running and smashed my elbow badly on the sidewalk, was bleeding and shaken - woman came out of a nearby house, brought me inside, cleaned me up and bandaged me - turns out she was a nurse; think of her everytime I see the scar on my elbow

☀️@stel.energy · 4d ago

quote this with a time a bystander helped you out

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

we require everyone's gay dollars please process them here (if you have straight dollars we will take them as well but the exchange rate is weird so you should give us twice as many)

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last wk.

You can back the crowdfund here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

There's a website called Science Fiction Weekly (dot com) that appears to have reprinted a bunch (maybe all?) of Daily Science Fiction's stories. They claim they did so with author permission. They are lying. If you were published in DSF, maybe join a bunch of us in sending takedown notices?

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

I used to be in a lovely bubble where I almost never saw links for substacks and foolishly believed that none of yinz were still using them, but lately I’ve been seeing more and more links for substacks on so many interesting topics that I would definitely read and share if they weren’t substacks.

Agita Publishing (formerly From Beyond Press)@agitapublishing.bsky.social · 6mo ago

There is no excuse for anyone in 2026 to use substack. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

does anyone have recommendations for their favourite artists for sapphic art?

P.S. I would still like for people to read THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and then look at themselves and be like "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need to be the protagonist of a fairytale horror story in a magical forest" us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Butcher of the Forest

"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...

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Unique Vintage just decided potential bigot dollars are more important than my human rights welcome to being trans in 2026 please let them know this is unacceptable to you, ESPECIALLY if you’re cis: service@uniquevintage.com

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Benjamin 🜬 (they/she)@enbyemu.bsky.social · 2w ago

For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

if you are able to give blood, please give blood now bc some of us don't have clones that can be our own blood boys

I have written to @societyofauthors.bsky.social asking that they call for publishers to compensate the authors whose US copyright they failed to register. That's a *lot* of authors.

Victoria Strauss@victoriastrauss.com · 2w ago

Big winners in Anthropic settlement: publishers. Statement from Bloomsbury: 14,087 of its titles are included, for a windfall of $21 million ($1,500 each--half of $3,000/title payout) (via @publisherslunch.bsky.social) (correcting previous post w/ bad math) www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk/media/press_...

I’m hard pressed to come up with any single thing that has been studied as much as vaccines & autism (vaxx safety in general), or as debunked as a link between vaccines & autism. But even more striking is how these people clearly think autism is worse than your child getting a disease or even dying

Alicia Ault@aliciaault.bsky.social · 2w ago

CDC has updated its vaccine safety pages. Now says: "The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism." Whoa #EpiSky #pediatrics #NeuroSky #PsychSky

The Neon Hemlock novellas are consistently fantastic!

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago

📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!

bare MINIMUM please don't buy blended drinks from Starbucks. it's doing active harm to employees. the union is taking comments from baristas to gather evidence. but Starbucks has a history of ignoring feed back from their employees.

Loot drop after defeating me: -e-reader -black satin hair scrunchie -fanny pack (or bum bag, when the game is localized for the UK) -metal teapot & bag of loose leaf tea -tube of 50 SPF facial moisturizer -a library card -pit(s) from recently eaten stone fruit

SeasonalPun@pixelfish.bsky.social · 2w ago

Loot drop after defeating me (which would be super easy) - my pouch of many cards - ballpoint pens - hair thingy - extra face masks - earl grey tea - plastic dinosaur toy - random charging cable - an Otter pop - notebook with arcane non-sequiturs

Canadian writers, artists etc - there are just enough “input your opinion” boxes here to really lay into them about how misguided this is, so although the check box options are terrible you can get your views across

Sonja Boon@storiedselves.bsky.social · 2w ago

Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...

yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

NYC creative babes, peep this:

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 3w ago

Artists/writers/creators in NYC - please feel free to sign the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social coalition's letter calling for a two year moratorium on "A.i." in the public schools! We're up to about 650 signatures - would love to get this over 1000! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

3/ In the meantime, please give what you can. bsky.app/profile/anis...

Anishinabek Nation@anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 3w ago

(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires. We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: an7gc@anishinabek.ca

Welcome to Premee Mohamed's Wickhills. If you were a secret agent, how do you think you'd compromise the mission? - I'd panic under pressure - I'd tell "just one person" - Enemy's hot? I'm spilling. - You'd never catch me hehe

For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚

Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 2mo ago

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.

Got one of the AI emails selling book services today -- "I, definitely a real person, have definitely really read your writing and if you reach out to me I'm going to make you famous!" -- except it was meant for the much more famous Catherine George who writes Harlequin Romances

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