The way I want to write an inter dimensional diner romance (as a born and bred New Jerseyan) now…I have the perfect shelved WIP for it…if I wasn’t working on 3 other projects I’d write it right now

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If one day we found out that the entrance to every Jersey diner was a portal that transported everyone to one single inter-dimensional diner that exists between space and time I would shrug and say yeah that tracks. bsky.app/profile/mark...

How incredible: “The full delivery took about 30 minutes. For hours afterward, pairs of whales held the baby above the water until it was able to swim… What struck the researchers was how many mother, sister and daughter whales united to support the new calf, even ones that weren’t related.”

Scientists captured female sperm whales on video working together during a birth to protect the calf

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

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Increasingly of the opinion that the correct answer to the Trolley Problem is "fuck you, why are you so fixated on finding reasons to justify killing people?"

very excited for this to be out in the world: i wrote about repressed queerness in Elio, child surveillance in Inside Out 2, the post-Lasseter crisis, and the figure of the child in Pixar for The Baffler thebaffler.com/latest/probl...

Problem Child | Eli Cugini

Pixar isn’t just dithering about diversity—it has become visibly scared of children themselves.

thebaffler.com

This is such a great piece and brought me back to being a queer tween in the late-aughts when Green Day was my one little piece of rep that made me feel not so alone in a very red part of suburban NJ. I’m so glad to have more out & celebratory queer music now but “coming clean” still slaps.

Niko Stratis@nikostratis.com · 6mo ago

I wrote a whole thing about this in Catapult years ago! Being out in mainstream indie/punk/alt/whatever was a challenge in the 90s and wasn't exactly treated gracefully (think SPIN outing Bob Mould and Carrie Brownstein/Corin Tucker). magazine.catapult.co/column/stori...

So I guess it was either World War III or drag queens reading books to our children.

i’m so excited for peace in the Middle East. we’re only one war away.

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Reminder that if you see something horrific, there is good evidence that playing Tetris as soon as possible helps. Giving yourself PTSD from seeing photos or film clips doesn’t help anyone.

“UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has shown that deep reading, defined as sustained immersion in a text, builds the cognitive circuits required for critical analysis, empathy and perspective-taking in ways that skimming, scrolling and short-form video simply cannot.”

Sheila O’Flanagan@sheilawriter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Ireland Reads Day: embrace the silence www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

My public position continues to be don’t kill kids. It’s never okay.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says

At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

france24.com

Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE. Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Taking a bit of a social media cleanse and break to focus on some projects and key into real life/community. You can still keep up with me by subscribing to my newsletter: tayberryjelly.substack.com

Fresh from the Tayberry Shrub | Taylor Tracy | Substack

A newsletter about novels-in-verse, inclusive kidlit and writing, with longer deep dives into pop culture and book trends! Click to read Fresh from the Tayberry Shrub, by Taylor Tracy, a Substack publ...

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I know you’re tired But please keep making queer art if you can.

so don't get too comfortable. #art

Norway and Denmark are different countries.

❤️❤️❤️ www.popsci.com/environment/...

2026 is off to a hopeful start for these critically endangered whales

At least 18 new baby North Atlantic right whales have been spotted swimming with their mothers.

popsci.com

Finding and sharing joy is the single most important thing you can do right now. You can’t fight with an empty heart.

Did this 1000-piece small world puzzle by myself in about ~6 hours over two days because once I start a puzzle I start to obsess over it. Might glue and frame it because it’s so cute. 🥹

Due to my recent eye emergency, I could use a few sales here. If anyone can afford games about spaceships. About $300 in sales will cover my routine bills for the rest of the month.

Ad Astra Games

Ad Astra Games produces games – science fiction, air combat, and even little RPGs. Many of our games, following from Attack Vector: Tactical through Birds of Prey and Squadron Strike, use 3D movement....

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I honestly thought this was going to be a Berkley book but am equally disappointed but not surprised to see it’s Harper.

Robin Bradford@tuphlos.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Gag me. With a spoon, even. #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97800...

Okay, friends. If we can get the #BookstoreRomanceDay GoFundMe to $1500 by end of month, I will read this & live-post my real-time reactions as soon as it's available for review. If a digital review copy doesn't become available, I swear to get it from the library & read/review. gofund.me/d86e5c8b9

Donate to Let's Make Bookstore Romance Day 2026 Happen, organized by Billie Bloebaum

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Robin Bradford@tuphlos.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Gag me. With a spoon, even. #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97800...

Blanket bans on trans youth in sports have never been about fairness or science or protecting girls' sports. They are entirely about alleviating the discomfort of bigots who don't want trans youth on sports teams or anywhere else in the public square. That's all they are.

Thinking about that article about how publishers are pulling away from queer kidlit. Maybe queer kidlit could be more successful if publishers had any initiative to actually market and place those books within the communities that want them but capitalism am I right.

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...

Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine

We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that

xtramagazine.com

Every time things feel impossible, I remind myself that I’m seeing The Last Dinner Party and the Savannah Bananas on the same weekend in April. Good art and entertainment is the best carrot on a stick.