Maria Dong

@mariadongwrites.bsky.social

(She/Her) Author of LIAR, DREAMER, THIEF and PSYCHOPOMP. AVIARY coming April 7, 2026 from Severn House. http://mariadong.com/link-tree/ Rep: Amy Bishop-Wycisk @ Trellis

There's a lot of discussion in code circles right now about cognitive debt - the idea that something goes wrong on prod and nobody knows how to fix it because nobody has a real mental model of how everything fits together. It's almost like doing the deep thinking and the grunt work is important 👀

Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 8h ago

Lord have mercy a video on here telling writers that AI can be used as a tool for: - building character lists - organizing ideas - drafting outlines - brainstorming structure - and more Dawg that's all a part of the writing process.

Incredible news. Illinois Governor Pritzker has signed a law removing testosterone HRT from the PDMP program, a program other states can use to access people's prescription records across state lines. It will protect trans people in IL from places like TX. Subscribe to support our journalism.

IL Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Protecting Trans Patients By Removing Testosterone from Govt. Monitoring Program

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) could be exploited to carry out anti-trans attacks. Illinois just made it harder to do.

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Anthologists, writers you could consider inviting to your next antho: Indrapramit Das, Vajra Chandrasekera, Zin E. Rocklyn, Donyae Coles, Samir Sirk Morató, Russell Nichols, Dominique Dickey, Eliza Chan, Jorja Osha, Nadia Bulkin, Ian Muneshwar, Tobi Ogundiran, Zig Zag Claybourne, Uchechukwu Nwaka.

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This week, the Supreme Court finally killed off the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I've spent the past decade studying the VRA and the attacks on it, so I thought I would offer some historical perspective, and where I think we're headed. This will be a long thread; buckle up.

🚨 WEIRD NEBRASKA BOOK ALERT 🚨 My dad’s side of the family is from Nebraska City so this Arbor Day tie in is an instant hit, can’t wait to check this out

Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy ARBOR DAY, Tenebrous Cult! Today's a great day to learn about its founder. Author @anthonyengebretson.bsky.social is a great guide through this Weird-ass Eco-Noir story of demons, madness, bloody murder...& Neville, the Lumberjack of the Plains🌲💀 store.tenebrouspress.com/products/lum...

Cover art by Jonathan LaMantia, featuring a hyper-detailed bearded man rendered in green with an evergreen growing from his forehead