Dear fiction editors across the land, Every author you work with shall henceforth be given free rein to give our wildly cartoonish villains absolutely ridiculous names, because THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN NOW. Please update your records and adjust your expectations. Warmly, Your Beloved Novelists

Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer@ashafferwx.bsky.social · yesterday

You can't make this up - private prison reopening to partner with ICE in MN, and the CEO has "swindle" as his literal last name. www.startribune.com/appleton-pri...

Too much smoke today for me to venture out, so instead here is another photo from yesterday's walk: Poppy, pretending to be fire. #bloomscrolling

For the witchy friends, I made a tarot deck some years back! If you want one, please order it from a bookstore because Amazon is lousy with bootlegs of it bookshop.org/p/books/star...

Star Spinner Tarot: (Inclusive, Diverse, LGBTQ Deck of Tarot Cards, Modern Version of Classic Tarot Mysticism)

The Star Spinner Tarot reinterprets classic tarot imagery for a more inclusive and diverse reflection of the modern world, featuring beloved indie comic artist Trungles' enchanting illustrative style....

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COVER REVEAL! My next novel, The Animals We Became, retells the medieval Welsh tale 'Math fab Mathonwy'. It's a book about gender, trauma, and compulsory heterosexuality expressed through non-consensual animal transformations and some deeply unreliable narration... finnlongman.com/books/the-an...

@trungles.com Ah I did not know that you did a Tarot deck! Definitely need to get that!

Douglas Fairbanks clears a table as he duels Noah Beery in THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920), his first full-costume swashbuckler. Doug's brother, Robert, acted as a stunt coordinator and propmaster, lowering the table slightly to make the leap look even more impressive.

I have a pair of earrings from here, and they are just lovely.

Vivian Shaw@ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 2d ago

periodical reminder to check out Bleeding Hart Studio on Etsy for all your beaded necklace and earring needs! www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... :) Shipping a little slower than usual, but we're still open for business! SOME EXAMPLES ~

Heads up folks! My Seattle mystery about a psychic travel agent slash karaoke queen is a special price for August! For just $1.99 you can grab the ebook from all the usual suspects - just click here and check the right-hand column here for links: 👇 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

Grave Reservations

A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Tim...

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Once upon a time . . .

FIRST LORD In the meantime, what hear you of these wars? SECOND LORD I hear there is an overture of peace. FIRST LORD Nay, I assure you a peace concluded.

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Fucking Every Word@everyword.bsky.social · 3d ago

fucking cyclops

A great deal on the series that made me think, "yes, I would have definitely stayed in the legal profession if it had included actual necromancy."

Max Gladstone@maxgladstone.bsky.social · 2d ago

Want a deal on some books? In honor of the Craft Wars being up for the Hugo Award, these are $2.99 in ebook for a limited time, on all retailers: THREE PARTS DEAD (bookshop.org/p/books/thre...) TWO SERPENTS RISE (bookshop.org/p/books/two-...) DEAD COUNTRY (bookshop.org/p/books/dead...)

Definitely going to start counting out pasta by individual spaghetto.

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2d ago

A single piece of confetti is called a ‘confetto.’ spaghetti = spaghetto graffiti = graffito

I think "AI" plumpers should be happy I'm focusing mostly on the nonsense it's doing to my field, rather than how it's very clearly designed as a tool for the capture of wealth and capital by a bunch of accelerationist weirdos enthusiastically huffing their own farts from the depth of their K-holes

The Register@theregister.com · 2d ago

Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft

This is Loki, our Maine Coon and the cat of our hearts, and he went missing today. We have no idea how he got out, but he’s an elder, indoor cat, the whole region’s in an intense heat wave, and we’re really scared. I doubt I have any followers here in Martinez, CA, but if so, help? It’s SO hot

Twin Cities friends, note that Earthbound Farms is a subsidiary of Taylor Farms, and their products are carried by the food co-ops.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

Pages from a Tamra Maeo, a treatise on cats, from 19th-century Thailand, with poems explaining which breeds are the most auspicious (British Library)

Join HMML and Mahibere Kidusan at the Highland Park Public Library in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday, August 8 12–5 p.m. (CT) for a hands-on celebration of Ethiopian culture through manuscripts, storytelling, food, and music: https://bit.ly/3Mmurg8 Pictured: GG 00043 (https://bit.ly/4yJP51X)

If you are in the Bay Area, I want to call your attention to the upcoming dance project by my friends at Sharp & Fine, Iphigenia. It looks to be spectacular: sharpandfine.org/iphigenia

T-shirt please

Bits@bitshammer.bsky.social · 7d ago

The very people who accuse others of "staying silent" are SILENT THEMSELVES ON 1000 issues a day which is NORMAL because you are ONE PERSON & simply cannot have takes on every single thing.

Happy Saturday #BookSky Just a reminder! You've spent your whole life learning how to understand the expressions of other people. You're a better reader than you think you are! Read a book you think is difficult. You might discover some things. If you don't like it, well, it's OK to not like things

10 years ago Ally Brueger, a student of mine, was murdered in broad daylight while she was out jogging. To this day there have been no arrests. But someone out there knows something. If you know anything that could bring some closure and peace to her parents, please contact Michigan State Police.

Who shot Ally Brueger? After 10 years, jogger's killing remains a mystery

Students at Western Michigan University are helping digitize and organize the case file.

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just incredible to watch the US president take Iran's side when my state's water systems are under cyberattack

The team at @coyotemedia.org is running a summer sale, with the goal of adding 100 paid members. Your money goes directly to worker-owners who are publishing fun, interesting, and unique work. With more $ they'll be able to do investigations, events, and more! www.coyotemedia.org/summer-2026-...

COYOTE’s Summer 2026 Subscriber Drive

We're having a sale!

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"Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it." - Primo Levi His "Survival in Auschwitz" manuscript, late 40s

*takes deep breath* *ululates* WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS hornedlarkpress.moksha.io/publication/...

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com