Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person.
Cynthia Zhang should be writing!
@czwrites.bsky.social
PhD student, writes + studies spec fic // she/they https://cynthiaqzhang.wordpress.com/ https://linktr.ee/czhang
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...
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
FFer Read of the Day: "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by @czwrites.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social havenspec.com/fiction/a-be...
A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons, Haven Spec Magazine
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by Cynthia Zhang
havenspec.com
Friends: The Salam Award workshop fundraise is nearly 47% funded, thanks to just a handful of backers (including one extremely generous one who donated 4,000$!!) We're at last call. Let's see if we can do one more push and get it over to 75%!
Usman T. Malik@usmantm.bsky.social · 2w agoFriends: 3rd iteration of SalamAward workshop has been scheduled for March 2027 Elizabeth Bear and Saad Z Hussain will be traveling to Pakistan to teach students If you’d like to support the future of the field, esp for South Asian SF, here’s your chance www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
LA is in week 2 (?) of a high humidity heatwave, so I’m once reposting “Houyi the Archer Fights the Sun” podcastle.org/2025/04/08/p...
PodCastle 886: Houyi the Archer Fights the Sun - PodCastle
Houyi the Archer Fights the Sun by Cynthia Zhang “I,” Houyi the Archer says one bright August afternoon when the thermometers hit 103 and the teenagers crack eggs on the sidewalk to see if they’ll f...
podcastle.org
Cynthia Zhang should be writing!@czwrites.bsky.social · 12mo agofinally, the perfect weather for reposting my story about fighting the sun in @podcastle.org podcastle.org/2025/04/08/p...
If you live in California and you want to take advantage of the state-run portal that tells all registered data brokers to delete your data instead of having to send an individual request to every single one, here is what you need to know: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Protect Your Privacy with California's DROP Tool
Are you a California resident? Then we've got exciting news for you: there's a tool just for you that lets you take a single, relatively easy step to protect your privacy. It's called a DROP request. ...
eff.org
Last year a mysterious patron commissioned a zine of dark trans fable and myth. Editorial intern MJ Woods and I put it together for you with some wonderful contributors. Limited run, 100 copies, coming 9/15. You can get it via Club Serpentine or pick it up here: www.neonhemlock.com/chapbooks-zi...
I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
(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
Hey all, I will be personally matching the donation amount Bonedust Press makes this month to True North Aid to help support Indigenous communities impacted by the massive wildfires in Canada as well as earthquake recovery in Venezuela. If you want to donate directly, please do: truenorthaid.ca
Home - True North Aid | Canadian Charity Supporting Indigenous Communities
True North Aid provides practical humanitarian support to northern and remote Indigenous communities in Canada through community-led projects
truenorthaid.ca
Bonedust Press@bonedustpress.bsky.social · last mo.For the month of July 10% of all sales through our online shop will be donated to relief efforts in Venezuela through the International Medical Corps. Shop here: bonedustpress.com/shop Read about the IMC here: internationalmedicalcorps.org/emergency-re...
In the last few weeks, the City conducted two Inside Safe operations in Ktown. A week after getting a room, a friend and member was found dead in it. He left behind a community of friends with questions, and no answers. The same day, the Mayor’s office sent more people to the same hotel.
Data Refresh - Inside Safe
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UPDATES Call for creative writing: Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993
The CFP List
An academic call for papers database.
cfplist.com
Each packet contains 15 pamphlets that prosecutors used as evidence to convict anti-ICE protesters of terrorism, along with letter writing materials for sending love and solidarity to those locked up. (You can find more on the packets, and ordering info, at firestorm.coop/prairieland-...) 3/4
Firestorm Books@firestorm.coop · 2mo ago"The Government Doesn't Want You To Read These Zines" – new benefit zine packets from South Bend Commons! All proceeds go to Prairieland Defendants. firestorm.coop/products/253... @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social
Elon has already murdered 600,000 people, mostly children, and counting, by destroying USAID. One of the functions of which is providing therapeutic food: rehydration and liquid nutrition for those who like Auschwitz victims would be killed by standard food. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/h...
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
nytimes.com
Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 7mo agoOne of the things that's wild about MAHA on social media is they're also vilifying Pedialyte and Ensure. So not only do they want you to not do anything that can stop you from getting sick (masking, vaccinating) they also don't want you to effectively treat yourself once you are sick.
We’re about $6700 away, and there’s 9 days left. This is doable folks, so please, help us get over the finish line so we can bring you more khōréō gloriousness!
khōréō: Year 6
Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!
kickstarter.com
So excited that one of my favorite short story collections, Real Sugar is Hard to Find by @simkern.bsky.social, is being re-released by Interlink Books, the only Palestinian-owned publishing company in the US! interlinkbooks.com/product/real...
Real Sugar is Hard to Find
Stories. By Sim Kern. Paperback, 251pp
interlinkbooks.com
every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!
it has unfortunately passed in the House, but there is still time to stop it in the Senate!!!
Bree 🍄🦇🌿@breebird33.bsky.social · last mo.people in the US: If you haven't called your reps yet to vote NO on the Kids Act (which contains KOSA), CALL NOW!!!! 5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
There are 48 hours left to get Common Bonds 3's authors the same pay as the Common Bonds and Common Bonds 2 crews. Please please please help me reach new backers? One last sprint of putting our aromantic sffh antho in front of as many queer sff readers as we can? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
Common Bonds 3 - An Anthology of Aromantic SFF
Common Bonds 3 is an anthology of 18 SFFH short stories and poetry with aromantic main characters and a central platonic bond.
backerkit.com
RIP to a legend ▫️Survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki ▫️Pioneered drag culture in Japan and was one of the first openly gay celebrities there ▫️Had a relationship with Yukio Mishima and became his muse ▫️Delighted Hayao Miyazaki in the recording booth for Princess Mononoke #voiceacting
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 7mo agoAkihiro Miwa perfects Moro's laugh in the recording sessions for Princess Mononoke From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
For lovers of aliens, archives, and/or queer history, my novel BEINGS is the perfect year-round: bookshop.org/a/20948/9781...
Beings: A Novel
A Novel
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helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...
In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
english.elpais.com
Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social · last mo.BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
Hi, I’m selling these stickers and will donate 100% of sales to legal fees and bail funds for the Prairieland defendents. I will be sure to post reciepts! $4 each, DM to order, and please help me spread the word!
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.
50% off all ebooks until July 4th in dishonor of Amaz*n. Use code COMPOSITE at www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks.
