This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 2d ago

Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours’ The always pugnacious Democrat is ready to fight Republicans, the DSA, and Bibi Netanyahu. And maybe run for president.

The Le Guin book is Revolution in the Heart, which I have a story in! And everything I've read in it so far has been fabulous, and the cover is really really nice. My story may make you want to eat terrible pizza, which is not an aspect related to Le Guin in any way to my knowledge.

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · yesterday

Short story lovers rejoice! We are welcoming EIGHT new short story collections this September, inspired by everything from the world's hidden places to Ursula K. Le Guin!

New Anthropic wrinkle for cowriters: they were very confused by me & Donna both being authors but also being out own publishers so they decided to give us each 25% of our money and the other 50% to ??? This was only visible after we expanded the allocations! The main text said we had no disputes!

There are words I mispronounce to this day because I read them in books for so long as a kid without hearing them out loud that I internalized an incorrect pronunciation.

horror Ewacui@ewacat.bsky.social · 14h ago

OH MY GOD FUCK OFF JUST FUCK OFF PRONUNCIATION IS NOT A SIGNIFER OF ANYTHING IT JUST MEANS THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO USE THE WORD OUT LOUD OFTEN ENOUGH COME ON this is fucking ridiculous i hate everything so much

Pioneering feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died at the age of 92. According to her Instagram page, she "passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her." She was a tireless advocate for the social, economic and political advancement of women.

Other things Henry Ford enjoyed: * Refusing to employ Jewish workers * Exploitng Black workers * Personally financing the printing and distribution of 500,000 copies of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion * Being mentioned as an inspiration in Mein Kampf * Supporting the Ku Klux Klan

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 2d ago

Amazing moment. Coinbase's CEO says he doesn't believe in charity because " If you look at like the Ford Foundation, I think Henry Ford would be like turning over in his grave."

Help fund 3LBE magazine for 2027 on Kickstarter and we’ll all get to read new stories by these amazing authors… and more on the way! 🖌 A.T. Greenblatt, Shane Hawk, Jordan Kurella, Arkady Martine, Sam J. Miller, Sarah Read, Eden Royce, A.D. Sui, Michael Wehunt, Kelsea Yu 🖌 kck.st/4x4r1oz

I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sony has responded to a digital games lawsuit by arguing that players don't actually own the games they buy Its lawyers say they are licensed rather than sold

BREAKING: Devastating new report from @humanrightswatch documents the dismantling of civil rights enforcement in the year and a half since Trump took office. “This report documents what was lost and what it is costing the victims of discrimination.” www.hrw.org/report/2026/...

Remedies Abandoned

The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel the work of four key agencies between January 2...

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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a new webpage that will help carry out President Donald Trump’s plans to create a national voter registry and shape who can vote in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DHS posts ‘Citizenship Lists Portal’ to advance Trump’s anti-voting order

It’s the latest sign that the federal government is hurtling forward with Trump’s anti-voting executive order.

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UPDATE: DOJ filed a petition for certiorari on August 27 seeking Supreme Court review of the DC Circuit ruling discussed below. Docket: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke... Question presented by DOJ:

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: Trump and Hegseth's anti-trans military policy is based on unconstitutional animus, D.C. Circuit rules. The court's split ruling would protect current trans service members from discharge but allow the Trump admin to keep new trans recruits from joining the military during the case. Law Dork:

1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇

Happy pub day to @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social 's terrific collection!

Cadwell Turnbull@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social · last mo.

It is here. ALL THE HIDDEN PLACES in its final form. Massive thank you to the incredible Kathryn English for designing this beauty. And to Blackstone Publishing for letting me put all my stories (and some new entries) in one place. So excited for this to be out in the world. Not too long now.

Happy book day to @marygthompson.bsky.social . Looking forward to picking this up at Charm City Spec later this month!

Mary G. Thompson@marygthompson.bsky.social · 3d ago

Precious Children is out today from @tachyonpub.bsky.social! This is the clones-gone-wrong book I've always wanted to write, and I'm so happy you can read it now! @jenazantian.bsky.social

And it looks like my @clarionucsd.bsky.social student Micah Giddens has a story in @strangehorizons.bsky.social !

Austin Dewar@austindewar.bsky.social · 4d ago

In this unsettling (love?) story by Micah Giddens, Magic Eye books and early-2000s internet unlock a child's ability to perceive alternate realities within the grotesque, violent, & violating. "I Saw the TV Glow" meets "Donnie Darko" meets wendigo creepypasta! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

My @clarionucsd.bsky.social student @hellotherexu.bsky.social has a story out in @analogsf.bsky.social ! analogsf.com/wp-content/u...

This is sick and twisted beyond measure. But America is a democracy, and we choose the direction of our country when we use our voice and our VOTES. Together, we can ALL fight to END Trump's inhumane mass deportation agenda.

Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows (Gift Article)

Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.

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I mean, I'm not the biggest fan of everything being charities either. ...I'd prefer a top tax rate of 90% once you hit a $500M net worth, and a govt which assures all its citizens universal healthcare, access to shelter, UBI, free public higher ed, clean water, etc.

Bo Thompson@gaudipern.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's not until he says the magic words, that he fears losing control, that it fully clicks. It's not that he believes philanthropy is bad, it's that the risk of someone receiving his money who he doesn't approve of is a bigger problem than the risk that his money helps no one. That speaks volumes.

Coming THIS FRIDAY! You won't want to miss this FREE reading series that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home. YOu can get the tiniest teaser from this thread! #SWSWQR

Nillu Z Nasser@nillunasser.bsky.social · last wk.

I'll be one of the featured authors at this virtual reading along with @ldcolter.com. Here's my challenge to you to share the first line or two of the book you're reading from, and to tag one of our fellow authors. I'll share mine too 📚 www.eventbrite.com/e/first-frid... #swswqr #booksky #reading

@dianapho.bsky.social Congrats and I can't believe you wrote that terrific speech during the reception (but I'm glad you did).

@amalelmohtar.com Congrats! Lovely speech and lovely book!

@hhpak.bsky.social congratulations! Great to (virtually) meet you this weekend.

I'm getting ads for an "all-in-one vinyl workstation" that promises to play all golden era formats, including CD and cassette. My first thought was that in my day we called this a stereo, but then I thought it might just be Bluetooth. went back to look to see if it had stereo output but lost the ad.

The video store near my home in high school rented me Caligula at age 14 when I went in looking for a historical movie for a class assignment.

Chloe N. Clark@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 5d ago

Tell me about the video store of your past please

Two @laworldcon.bsky.social items this afternoon! My reading coming up at 4:30 Eastern online and a virtual table talk later. These are my two favorite kinds of online programming.

Best Novel: @nnedi.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @alixeharrow.bsky.social @emilytesh.net Best Novelette: @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @scottlynch78.bsky.social @hhpak.bsky.social @marthawells.com @catvalente.bsky.social

Somehow, not the Onion. “The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality. Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants”

At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired

In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.

cbsnews.com

Journalists need to stop describing these incidents in terms implying software has agency and intent. It does not. The people who created a faulty and dangerous product are the ones responsible for whatever happens, and must be held to account, with punitive financial penalties for damage done.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7d ago

Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds

Watching a 19 year old Keanu Reeves covering a 1984 teddy bear convention for Canadian kids show "Going Great" probably won't cure what ails you, but it might help you forget about it for 90 seconds or so.

Amazing video of KEANU REEVES with CBC covering Teddy Bear convention in 1984...#keanureeves

YouTube video by NerdY TriVia

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I called my mother this morning to thank her for letting me and my friends hoof it down the hill to the Bloor at midnight every Saturday night at fifteen years old.