oil and gas companies profit off of human suffering and environmental ruin and their executives should all be tried at the hague 🫶

Shell posts second-highest profits ever as traders cash in on Iran disruption

UK oil major says earnings have surged even as its gas production fell sharply because of Middle East war

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I taught middle schoolers how to make Twine games with the @clarionwest.bsky.social program hosted at @hugohouse.bsky.social. I declared them to be Official Game Developers when we were done and you should have seen them LIGHT UP. That will buoy me for the rest of the week 👾💜🎮

Donor match alert! Dive into a labyrinth that leads to curated book recs in Story Oracle, a fundraising game by Clarion West. Each donation gets you two play-throughs, and your contribution is doubled thanks to a $2,500 matching gift from the Sherman Family Foundation. clarionwest.org/story-oracle

Wrt my last repost, this validates everything I’m trying to teach in the Clarion West Novel Writing Workshop. AI can’t do what we do.

Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼@bonabooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

We didn’t find a smoking gun. Nothing so neat. But we found patterns: • hollow worldbuilding • limited interiority • strange behaviour in editorial • missing drafts/notes • contradictions • weak craft conversation

Where does your path lead? Pack your metaphorical bags and find out with Story Oracle, CW's choose your own adventure fundraiser game. Based on your choices in the labyrinth, the Oracle will offer divine counsel in the form of a personalized list of reading recs. Begin here: bit.ly/44kuAuI

Achievement unlocked: Story Oracle, the brand new Clarion West choose-your-own adventure game and fundraiser, has surpassed 100 players. Chart your path through the labyrinth and earn curated reading recommendations from CW authors. Play for a limited time at clarionwest.org/story-oracle

Rebecca Roanhorse will be coming to Seattle on July 23 for a reading and conversation with Clarion West Week Two Instructor, @taracampbell.bsky.social. This conversation will be hybrid, in Seattle at the @spl.org and streamed live. Learn more and RSVP here: www.clarionwest.org/event/rebecc...

Rebecca Roanhorse in Conversation

Seattle events: Rebecca Roanhorse in conversation with Tara Campbell at the Seattle Public Library

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How’s your TBR looking? If you want to upgrade your summer reading, why not play Story Oracle? Story Oracle is our choose your own adventure game—but each game leads you to a list of book recommendations, curated by your favorite authors. And when you play, you support us! bit.ly/44kuAuI

people need to go to jail over this, its the only thing the democratic party should be saying right now. all of them, in unison, no matter the question or topic, needs to be saying “insider trading is against the law”

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.

Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.

🔮 I work with some of the most talented people, seriously! I love the whole team, our volunteers, and everyone who is so dedicated to putting out new and fantastic fiction into the world! We did a thing: we made a fun choose your own adventure game!

This is a great game and you can donate to Clarion West at the same time!

Clarion West@clarionwest.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The doors of Story Oracle, Clarion West’s first ever choose your own adventure narrative game, are officially open. Awaiting you inside the labyrinth are adventure, romance, and as many as 10 book recommendations curated by some of your favorite CW authors. Start your journey here: bit.ly/44kuAuI

The doors of Story Oracle, Clarion West’s first ever choose your own adventure narrative game, are officially open. Awaiting you inside the labyrinth are adventure, romance, and as many as 10 book recommendations curated by some of your favorite CW authors. Start your journey here: bit.ly/44kuAuI

If you were already headed over to Bookshop.org to support some local bookstores, @clarionwest.bsky.social has a list of alumni publications! bookshop.org/shop/clarion...

Bookshop.org@bookshop.org · last mo.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Earthseed is happening on June 25! This event celebrates the life of Octavia Butler, a Lake Forest Park local from 1999 until her death in 2006. This year we've got the premiere of original music, an open mic, and readings from some incredible PNW writers. RSVP here: bit.ly/4ntaE1v

Not a single *genre* publication, organization, or other entity made the Literary Arts Fund grantee list and I am become Joker.

"Perhaps Elisabet Turner is a witch after all." We're charmed to share an excerpt from Inkpot Gods, the fourth entry in @seananmcguire.bsky.social's iconic Alchemical Journeys series!

Read an Excerpt From Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire - Reactor

Can the gods of today defeat the evils of their maker, or will the legacy of the most powerful alchemist the world has ever known be their undoing?

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This was such a joyful moment, the @common-area.bsky.social community is so kind and welcoming and we are thrilled to be creating a one-of-a-kind artist residency program that will (some year soon) also host the Six-Week Workshop in a fully ADA accessible building!

Clarion West@clarionwest.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We were thrilled last Tuesday by the outpouring of support for our partnership announcement and the development of a new residency space in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood with our partners at @common-area.bsky.social. Signing this agreement is a dream come true! Thanks to all who came out.

My new Genre Grapevine covers the partnership between Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social and Common AREA Maintenance in Seattle to establish a long-term, affordable space for artist residencies, classes, and other events. Includes interview with @marneechua.bsky.social on what this means for CW.

Genre Grapevine on How Clarion West’s New Partnership Could Make In-Person Writing Workshops More Affordable | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine

Genre Grapevine on How Clarion West’s New Partnership Could Make In-Person Writing Workshops More Affordable by Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon. Join Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine's commu...

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In collab with @common-area.bsky.social, we're renovating & reimagining the El Rey Building in Seattle as affordable housing for artists, performance and gallery space, and the home of the Clarion West Six-Week Writing Workshop residency. GiveBIG to support this exciting new chapter: bit.ly/4eUfi6t

Our popular Flash Fiction Groups are back and now open for registration! These groups offer endless possibilities. The only limitation? Your word count. Find out more here: clarion-west-online.teachable.com/p/2026-ffg

Love building projects or the vibes of the in-person Clarion West Six-Week Workshop? Need some good news for a change? Learn about our exciting new initiative to rehabilitate the El Rey building in Seattle and develop an artist residency program (and contribute) here: www.wagives.org/organization...

Upcoming Book Launch Events for The Curve of the World: May 16 at 11AM PT: Virtual Book Launch with @nisishawl.bsky.social, L. Timmel Duchamp, and Debbie Notkin July 16 at 7PM PT: Reading and discussion with @nisishawl.bsky.social and @theoactually.bsky.social at Elliott Bay Book Company!

Clarion West Has Found A Home for the Six-Week Workshop file770.com/clarion-west...

Clarion West Has Found A Home for the Six-Week Workshop

Back left to right: Gabriel Bello Diaz, Marnee Chua, Deen Wynveen, Jake Fennell, Unknown, Krystal Marx, Amy Hirayama, Levi Fuller, Mel Isidor, José Luis (Pepe) Montero. Front left to right: Timothy…

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Congratulations and welcome to the Clarion West Six-Week Workshop Class of 2026! On behalf of the staff, board, and alumni we look forward to celebrating the wild and amazing worlds you create this summer.

Absolutely read @catvalente.bsky.social's post "Blood Money: The Anthropic Settlement." I feel the same way. If an author received money from the settlement, good for them. But it doesn't change the harm done by Anthropic and other companies. 1/ catvalente.substack.com/p/blood-mone...

Blood Money: The Anthropic Settlement

The actual audacity of it all

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Such a great event put on by Clarion West! Can’t wait to dive into some fun new romantasy reads. 😍

The Clarion West workshop changes lives, and they're also committed to fundraising scholarships (like the one that made it possible for me in 2001!) to make it accessible for everyone. Even $5 from you can help change more writers' lives for the better! www.clarionwest.org/get-involved...

Donate to Support Speculative Fiction Programs

Your contributions provide a much-needed source of funds for our workshops, classes, and other author events for the speculative fiction community

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Steamy in Seattle (this Saturday!) celebrates the work of underrepresented writers in speculative fiction. Every dollar goes toward scholarships, sliding-scale tuition, and free programming at Clarion West. Can't attend? Donate and we'll throw in a fun prize: secure.clarionwest.org/campaigns/20...

#Fundraiserperk The kind folks of Clarion West have donated a $150 certificate to Clarion West to use toward any of their classes or workshops. Plus the April Locus e-issue and digital art by Francesca Myman. Donate at http://locusmag.com/... or through our bio!