I am confused. Don't we always, always wait until a president is dead before we name an aircraft carrier after him, just as we wait until he's dead before we name buildings after him? How long has Trump been dead? Has anyone told him yet?

CNN@cnn.com · 3d ago

The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and there have been internal conversations about renaming it to honor President Trump, sources say. https://cnn.it/4hFq6a6

Woo-hoo! Can't keep this under wraps any longer - look who else will be at World Fantasy! www.wfc2026.org

Here. Simple Dem midterm ad. "It's 6 p.m. Do you know what's safe for dinner?"

CBS News@cbsnews.com · 4d ago

FDA upgrades recall of frozen blueberries sold at Publix to highest health risk level.

Here we see that "retire" can be a transitive verb and a publisher can be its object.

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · 5d ago

Stars & Stripes publisher announces sudden retirement, telling staff his philosophy of leadership and “understanding of the value and mission" of the newspaper differ in “fundamental ways” from the direction DoD wants to go in. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

"Well," he said, “I’m glad I passed the test.” You may think you know who "he" is. You likely don't. Must-read, incredibly moving first-person account of a trans woman's government service. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Wrong Kind of American

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

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Replace Hegseth with the current Quartermaster General. Wouldn't solve all the problems, but could cut down on a whole lot of them.

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · last wk.

The US Army realised in 1941, as it spooled up for war, that it needed around 500,000 typewriters to function. so great was the need that they had to requisition and ration them. HALF A MILLION. Equivalent to 40% of the entire US domestic supply at the time. Logtics wins wars.

Starting a Laika Wildwood Crows thread. I'll update will each crow over the next few days. If you're in Portland, you can see them for yourself. They're around until Halloween. I'm including a link to my custom map and suggested route for 26 of the 30 crows. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

I get to teach at Hugo House again. We'll meet online Thursdays and write and talk about SFFH stuff. So 30 class sessions plus one-on-one talks with me too if you want. Also if you register by 8/30 you get a $100 discount! Member reg is open. Non member reg opens 8/18 hugohouse.org/product/year...

Over her long career at Asimov’s SF Magazine, Sheila nurtured new writers and helped older ones mature gracefully. She and David need our help now. Please donate generously to this GoFundMe.

Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜@lynnemthomas.com · 2w ago

Sheila Williams and her husband David both now need assisted living care. Here's how to help: gofund.me/fa4c786e6?sf...

I visited Sheila Williams of Asimov’s in July. She is super lucid, makes mobility progress week over week, but, she needs this bridge care paid for, with PT. Her husband needs 24/7 care also. Please donate what you can ( rant about US health care omitted) gofund.me/db5d9b063

Today, Glenn and I have been married for 39 years. I'd take as many again, if we could have them.

This is sad to hear. He was one of the teachers at my Clarion. Very encouraging, insightful, and kind. And of course a brilliant writer.

He gave me the most encouraging feedback on my writing I’d ever heard. Still trying to live up to it.

Jack Womack@jwomack.bsky.social · 2w ago

Very sorry to hear this; longtime friend though I hadn't seen him in years. Extremely fine writer, good person.

He was my instructor. He read part of one of my stories to the class and said, "I wish I had written that." No higher compliment has ever been paid me. Best of travels to you, John Crowley.

They had contracted Blue Angels for 43 years; 43 years The owner says she never received a personal notice that Hegseth was canceling her or any reminder that her contract renewal was coming up This is how the Trump administration treats people, especially Black people

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

When I read Little, Big, I knew John Crowley was a great writer, and one who had spent his childhood in the same big library as me. When he taught my Clarion West class in 1992, I knew he was a great teacher, and a kind man. May his memory persist; may his works survive.

In any expedition to Ikea, there is a moment while traversing the maze of twisty little passages all different when my spouse and I begin singing, "We gotta get out of this place if it's the last thing we ever do."

The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇

Not to mention that air travel used to involve pretending that the smoke-filled air from the smoking section didn't mix freely with the air in the non-smoking section. Air travel with no smoke is better than air travel with smoke, even though the seats are worse and jammed together.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 3w ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

We voted on Friday; dropped our ballots at the Gasworls Park box, and watched a serendipitous group of fire jugglers in the twilight and the gloaming.

jfoy.bsky.social@jfoy.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey #seattle - Election Day is Tuesday. Vote for our libraries!

THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR; 90s/00s-set mythic realist coming of age about a Calcuttan family who may be refugees from another reality, living in an old house that may be a dragons' nest. BFA winner, Locus nominee.

The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBook

Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

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Don't mind if I do! THE DEVOURERS; a mythic realist, queer dark fantasy about violence, love, sex, & shapeshifting set in contemporary India & the Mughal Empire. Lambda Award winner, Tiptree/Otherwise, Locus, Crawford Award finalist.

The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf@eliaseells.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist.

Otherwise Award will run a fundraising auction at @laworldcon.bsky.social next month! Register now www.lacon.org/register/ so you can watch and laugh on Sat., August 30th, 6-7pm PDT (in UTC: Mon. 31 August, 01:00-0:200). Details: otherwiseaward.org/2026/07/join... #Worldcon #WorldCon2026 #LAConV

Corset fitter.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 4w ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xg... Here's some homegrown Alaska fun.

Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers - Cannery Girl

YouTube video by reallycoolguys

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This is TOMORROW, so don't forget to register today! I posted the wrong URL to register earlier: it's www.screenwritingwebinar.com

Tananarive Due - The Reformatory@tananarivedue.bsky.social · 4w ago

Even if you’ve never written a script, we invite you to our FREE HOUR-LONG WEBINAR, “WRITING YOUR SCRIPT!” With decades of writing and screenwriting experience, Steve and I are teaching a TOTALLY FREE hourlong class (followed by Q&A!) on story, writing, and screenwriting. 7/29 5p PT / 8p ET

This week is GenCon! I've got a patreon post up with my schedule for the show. I'm speaking on four panels as part of the GenCon Writers Symposium. Beyond that, I'll be attending the ENNIES as a nominee and taking in the show. www.patreon.com/michaelrunde...

GenCon 2026 Schedule | Michael R. Underwood

I'll be heading down to Indianapolis again for GenCon this week, speaking on panels as part of the Writers Symposium! My schedule is in the

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under the cloak of boring technical guidance, the Trump administration is working to delete the existence of millions of immigrants, steal congressional seats and redirect potentially hundreds of billions of federal dollars www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-tru...

Inside Trump’s Stealth Trick to Rig the Census—and Congress

The administration’s latest power grab is disguised as boring technical guidance.

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Someone get me in a room with MacKenzie Scott’s folks and I’ll deliver my impassioned / well-constructed argument that it’s a moral imperative that she give $20 million to a new distributor specifically for nonprofit and small presses in order to offset her ex’s dismantling of the book industry.

Hey All! I know its field season for many of us, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up on this: The Paleontology Section Manager position (my former job) will be posting on or around August 1. Keep an eye out if you are interested in taking on the leadership of the dynamic NDGS Paleontology team!

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