Comic about the dangers of living in LA

This year's GenCon Writers Symposium was amazing! Check out this thread from @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social to learn why the convention is a must-attend for writers. Maurice and his staff have truly transformed the Symposium in the last two years. I can't wait to see what they do next time!

Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social · 2d ago

We survived GenCon Writers Symposium 2026, y’all (and that’s saying something considering the occasional tornado). I was so busy running around I barely got to enjoy it. Luckily, my interns and friends made sure to slow me down to experience what we were curating.

Keep your drink cool, your surfaces dry, AND be the coolest person at the party with one of these crocheted cotton can cozies. (say that five times fast!) All handmade by me with help* from Bean! shop.foxglovefiction.com/b/wtabf

Now that the newsletter people got to see it first, presenting the official OUR CRIMSON CAGE art that will come with every signed pre-order of the book I'm fucking obsessed with the everything Artist: @exaltxix.bsky.social Pre-order link: ladz-merch.square.site/product/-pre...

Listen, i work in historic preservation and conservation and this headline is misleadingly skipping the key point: this specifically and pointedly destroys the protections for Native American sacred sites. built heritage matters but not as much as the rights of indigenous folk.

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

A council packed with Trump appointees is poised to rewrite historic preservation rules. Critics say that could help him build his D.C. arch faster — and endanger important sites across the country.

Never let someone tell you that you must excuse owning enslaved people or participating in killing Native people because someone was "of their time". Silas Soule was of the same time.

Patrick McCray@patrickmccray.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...

Congratulations to our Toastmaster Ursula Vernon @tkingfisher.com for recently being named the winner of the 2026 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for her work, Snake-Eater! (This is your sign to add this book to your TBR if you haven't already.)

In light of Hank Green disappointing us all, a thread of science communicators that do not brainlessly parrot LLMs as reference. Miniminuteman. A Tiktok import who now posts long form archeological/pseudoarcheology-debunking vids to YouTube. They're fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFA4...

The Giant Skeletons of Lovelock Cave - DEBUNKED

YouTube video by Miniminuteman

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www.adornedbyshivani.com/product/Star... Here’s the first item for Friday night fight, a glorious star sapphire.

Its not quite a Captain Planet ring, but its not far off.

If you need to channel some mystical energy into your heart or just feel like it, may I recommend this beautiful piece of earth magic? The star is amazing.

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it's short story dayyy!! do you want a slightly pensive story about change, giant robot bird watching, and a toxic ex that left you behind in the ruins of civilization? read "If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I" over at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨ 🪶 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/if-a... 🪶

If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I - Lightspeed Magazine

Green Plumed Orbital Line A; viridis metamorphos A Common sighting; Flies along the forty-fifth latitude every 12 minutes Traveler’s addendum: Last functional line along a northern latitude; southern ...

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Also, as we all know, there are lots of rural areas that don't vote GOP. Coincidentally, they're all the rural areas that aren't majority-white. We do ourselves a real disservice pretending the "rural-urban divide" in politics is real. It ain't. Full stop.

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

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Seeing every small business, be it a local restaurant, a moving company, whatever, all having AI logos and AI ads, really puts into perspective just how many artists are out of jobs now. All those little sustaining jobs where someone just needed a quick thing for $50 to $200 are just gone.

If you want to know the secret to being super prolific, it's having a wife or wealth, so other people clean your toilets and feed you while you work.

Tansy Gardam@tansyg.bsky.social · last wk.

obsessed with Ian Flemming's daily schedule - swim - brunch - write 1500 words no edits just freestyle - lobster hunting - pink gin - lunch - siesta - sit in garden - another swim - 500 more words - "a couple of powerful drinks" - dinner - scrabble with wife - sleep

My little daughter is fighting for her life in the hospital. 💔 Born into war, she has suffered since birth. She urgently needs €220 for treatment, but we can't afford it. Every hour without care puts her at greater risk. Please donate or share my story. 🙏🕊️ Molly Shah ✅ chuffed.org/project/1908...

🚨 My daughter is sick and needs treatment 💔 There is not enough food for my children and I cannot provide their basic needs I watch them suffer every day with no way to help Please don't ignore our plea Any donation could save my daughter, any share gives my family hope🙏😭 chuffed.org/project/1908...

On Saturday, August 15 at 4 PM EDT, join authors @evaleigh.bsky.social, @stephanieburgis.bsky.social, @clpolk.com, @leannareneehieber.bsky.social, @natania.bsky.social, & @meganf.bsky.social for a virtual panel focused on Historical Fantasy Romance. Tix at link. www.eventbrite.com/e/1995804119...

Historical Fantasy Romance

With authors Megan Frampton, Natania Barron, Eva Leigh, C.L. Polk, Stephanie Burgis, and Leanna Renee Hieber

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Africa is smashing all the solar records. The continent installed more grid-connected solar in the first half of 2026 than in all of 2025, and with projects under construction the year could finish at triple the previous record. buff.ly/NirgzLn #ShareGoodNewsToo

African 2026 on-grid solar additions surpass those of 2025 | African Energy

The latest analysis from African Energy Live Data shows despite a slow 2025, solar capacity additions in 2026 have already surpassed each previous year. Falling costs and several recent agreements…

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In more positive news...

Pakistan’s 27 Gigawatts of Solar Boom Matches Its Entire Fossil-Fuel Power Legacy

Pakistan's rooftop solar boom hit 27 GW in just two years, matching all fossil fuel capacity and saving over $12 billion in fuel imports.

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Lynne Freeman got a write up in the fucking New Yorker to turn people against Tracy Wolff and it absolutely fucking sucks that all the people who read that salacious piece will never know that Lynne Freeman lied to the court, conducted this litigation in bad faith, and had absolutely zero case.

It's release day! Like sea magic? Ghostly ships? A queer protag with ADHD? Tides of Time has all this and more. It's available on all the usual platforms at: books2read.com/b/tides3 Or start the series at books2read.com/b/tides1

TELL ME YOUR 🏳️‍🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️‍🌈 OUT IN JUNE 2026!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's May's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/quicksiprevi...

Some Queer Short SFF - May 2026 | Charles Payseur

Pride Month might be wrapping up for many people, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop paying attention to awesome queer short SFF. Now,

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Is time to send the babies back to school #SnackSociety Consider making a donation to do some good $InvitationAMEZ venmo.com/u/solomon-MI... giv.li/y9kwut

Two-thirds of the patients had no progression of their cancer six months out from their surgeries, and two-thirds survived one year. Typically, around 40% of glioblastoma patients reach either milestone. One-third of the participants were still alive after two years, which is TWICE the historical

In honor of today's Cozy Up with Fantasy sale, this week's Friday snippet comes from A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, which you can snap up today for just 99c/99p: books2read.com/honeymoonGrave And check out all the other fabulous books on offer, too! cozyupwithfantasy.com #romancelandia

the most annoying thing about these people is they're demanding that you be half-informed and fairly useless at everything. the way we win is specialization. find your things. get SMART about them. get GOOD at fighting for them. someone else's thing doesn't need you to barge in knowing nothing!

Joseph Brassey@josephbrassey.bsky.social · 2w ago

There’s a cottage industry of online grifters whose whole schtick is getting you to flagellate yourself for not investing yourself equally in every important thing happening in the world, when humans simply have limited time and capacity. You’ve gotta get your head above that stuff.

I think one of the worst things twitter/social media did to our brains is train us to think that we should immediately tell 50,000+ people our first knee-jerk opinion about every complex topic & then trap us in a corner where we have to humble ourselves for being wrong or double down x infinity

Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social · 2w ago

So much this. Also bring back being hesitant to speak outside your depth. It’s okay to say “I don’t know enough about this to have strong opinions yet.”

Get my book from a library! I was broke for decades. For more than half of my life, nearly all of my access to literature was thanks to having a library card. Feel no more shame in using yours than you would heap upon me. Libraries kick ass.

Xauri'EL Zwaan@xauriel.satan.social · 2w ago

People are always so apologetic about getting our books from the library. And I'm just like, beyond just their massive civilizational utility, libraries are the best advertising an author could possibly hope for

I'm like, one more filling out some fuckass form from turning into a balrog

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱@susankayequinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

WRITER FRIENDS: if you distribute books using INGRAM SPARK you *need* to fill out this opt-out form so they don't sell your books to AI corps to rip apart and feed to their machine for training AI.