Kate Burgener, happy to be here
@kateburgener.bsky.social
Freelance graphic designer, general enthusiast, cat person without a cat kateburgener.com
What's a book that you loved as a kid that nobody stands to read or even remember now? Middle grade theater story with stained glass and lighting
Jeanette Bradley @jbradley.bsky.social · last yr.What's a book that you loved as a kid that nobody seems to read or even remember now? Post-alien-invasion dystopian sci-fi with mind control middle grade
This speech is extraordinary. What a gift it is that Sarah is such an incredible writer, but also that they are a wonderful orator.
Gailey 🍉@sarahgailey.bsky.social · last yr.Last night, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote speech at the Locus awards. You can view the speech and read the full text here. stone-soup.ghost.io/hammer-speech/
Preorders might seem small, but for authors like me, they mean everything. They will help Free Piano (Not Haunted) reach more readers, booksellers, and libraries. Thank you so much for supporting this haunted little book and the very human person behind it 👻🎹 bit.ly/FPpreorder
My husband has already watched the first season of The Last of Us without me, but is rewatching since I said I wanted to see it. He will say "oh, this one's a rough one" before an episode, which can mean either "oops, lots of death and zombies" or "uh-oh, EMOTIONAL GUT PUNCH COMING."
What's up to any moms out there planning the grocery lists for this week all "so do...I plan and put what I want for breakfast on Sunday in the cart or..."
I can think of a few foreheads I would love to staple the linked piece to
Lucy Huber@clhubes.bsky.social · last yr.I can’t take ALL the credit but I do believe I found @laureneahmed.bsky.social on Twitter, thought she was funny and brilliant, made her be best friends with me, and then tricked her into being a writer www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ope...
I'll be honest - I don't want to do my own research. I want to have trusted doctors and scientists who can produce peer reviewed data and best practices and tell me how best to keep my kids safe.
One of the purest joys in my life is taking photos for groups outside of the theater. Yes, I WILL gleefully take your phone and snap 12 straight photos of you with the marquee or poster. People excited about theater makes my heart grow three sizes, ALWAYS.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
While You Were Sleeping Leaning GIF
ALT: While You Were Sleeping Leaning GIF
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Whitney🎨Gardner@heywhitney.bsky.social · last yr.Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
I thought this was a bit before I confirmed that the Paladinos have made a SECOND ballet show
Glen Weldon@ghweldon.bsky.social · last yr.We’ll be talking about in on PCHH soon, but for now just know: ÉTOILE = BUNHEADS 2: UNE BOOGALOO ELECTRIQUE
I cannot believe how ridiculous AI is with the lying (if you try this, don't go overboard, it's still AI and uses a lot of resources)
Greg Jenner (Historian)@gregjenner.bsky.social · last yr.Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
My friend's barista wrote a song rec on her cup she couldn't decipher and as a result I've been listening to Dispatch for the past 5 hours
I'm so hyped for @heywhitney.bsky.social's forthcoming book
Whitney🎨Gardner@heywhitney.bsky.social · last yr.✨Meet Margot!✨ The main character from my latest graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted)! Margot is sweet, determined, and maybe just a little too eager for the spotlight. Fame isn’t everything (but try telling her that). Pre-order it from your favorite indie bookstore today!
Yeah, here's the problem. The ones who list the tariff out as a line item or the more ethical smaller companies might roll back, but I put no trust in corporations in general, it's going to hurt no matter how this shakes out.
It’s-a Alex! @disastermarch.bsky.social · last yr.So the thing about “the tariffs will probably get walked back eventually” is that companies don’t generally reduce their prices after raising them. That’s why we’re still paying fucking 2020 prices for everything while corporations rake in record profits and shit.
My husband just told me a joke he found on the Internet and it was so stupid and silly that I laughed for 90 straight seconds, and he kept giggling to himself about it and setting me off again
I'm shored up by the idea that some very rich and powerful people are screaming down the phone at their reps today. I hope everyone's crying 🫶
It seems NaNoWriMo is shutting down. In case it's helpful to hear: It is entirely reasonable to grieve the loss of the thing the institution represented to you, even if the institution itself has been rotting for a long time.
Gailey 🍉@sarahgailey.bsky.social · 2y agoIn which I share some reflections on the recent actions of NaNoWriMo, including a brief exchange I had with their executive director. stone-soup.ghost.io/some-thought...
Someone pleeeeeeaaaase come talk to me about the season finale of Paradise, I have many exclamations I would like to throw at someone but they're all spoilers and I respect everyone else too much to do them in the main feed.
Substack discourse again so I am moved to reiterate: getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.
Like the saying goes: "Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone *will* join if they're lucky enough to live that long"
Tananarive Due - The Reformatory@tananarivedue.bsky.social · 2y agoIf we are not disabled, we are temporarily able-bodied. Disability protections protect all of us.
Oh hey! It was easy to miss, but dd you know in 2008 the CIA declassified the OSS WW2 Field Manual to Sabotage? It's a very interesting insight into how regular folks fought the nazis in small & myriad ways. And who doesn't enjoy historical documents! www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
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I purposefully did not look up the songs or too much about & Juliet before seeing it and I am now feral about the Max Martin jukebox musical. (I did figure out the best musical joke about 4 minutes before they deployed it and still SCREAMED with glee when it happened.)
sudden unhelpful realization that every lede graf of every reported WH piece reads like the opening crawl of a star wars movie
