Sabina Nordqvist authored one of my favorite depictions of disability in romance I have ever read — this is an amazing chance to work with her!

Sabina Nordqvist@nordqvistbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

I am offering a 30-min AMA Zoom call to support @romancingthevote.com! You can talk to me about your manuscript or publishing journey, get advice about disability representation in a manuscript or idea you’re forming, or ask me whatever is on your mind! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Still disabled, exhausted, and anxious, but today I am also deeply grateful for loving support from family and friends who showed up for me yesterday. 😭

L Carmichael@utarcher.bsky.social · last mo.

I am deeply exhausted by the world, my life, all my goddamned symptoms from all my goddamned disabilities, and the constant stabbing anxiety of it all. I wish I could sleep non-stop for a month.

“The Miccosukee follow strict environmental standards when building infrastructure, and the process of constructing a new home, school, or health clinic often takes years. When Alligator Alcatraz was built in a matter of days, something was clearly wrong.”

In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz

The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...

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Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

#ShareGoodNewsToo www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.

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I am deeply exhausted by the world, my life, all my goddamned symptoms from all my goddamned disabilities, and the constant stabbing anxiety of it all. I wish I could sleep non-stop for a month.

Love this for us, Texas 🫠

Mask Bloc Eugene/Springfield@maskbloceug.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s Wastewater Wednesday! How are COVID levels? We’re using two sources to help us keep track of the country and our state of Oregon. Thank you to @michael-hoerger.bsky.social for the map and graph, and OHA for continuing to track data coming from our wastewater treatment centers!

If we're getting side *benefits* from vaccination, then, yes, let us call them "side benefits"!!!

Michael Bazaco@mcbazacophd.bsky.social · last mo.

Am I being over-sensitive here or does the term “side effects” have an inherent negative connotation and therefore this headline is sci-comm malpractice? The “side effects” are reduced risk of serious cardiac complications and reduced risk of all-cause cardiac events. Benefits. That’s the word.

Right now the ebook for THE VELOCITY OF REVOLUTION- a dieselpunk fantasy with motorcycles, tacos, psychic speed mushrooms, queernorm culture and fighting a colonial power-- is only $1.99. amzn.to/4uYDWYe

thanks everyone who's bought or asked their library to buy my book. if you haven't yet, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social has a great Pride sale on til the end of June: 30% off + free shipping on all 2SLGBTQIA+ titles, both in print & forthcoming (with a min. order of $30 or more)*coupon code is PRIDE

For anyone else collecting panic attacks lately, here's a 15-min no-talking video w/ nice birdsong, featuring a ton of butterflies and other pollinators enjoying a majestic native Texas anacua tree, Ehretia anacua. Recent stress makes me extra grateful for #Bloomscrolling. youtu.be/2Tg8uC8hzuQ?...

Nectar feeding frenzy at an Anacua tree 2013-10-20

YouTube video by Tavo

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Singaporean artist Leia Ham reimagined LotR as Tale of the Middle Kingdom, since Chinese name for China (Zhōngguó) means "The Middle Kingdom." Her concept art includes the Fellowship, armors, buildings like Bag End, props like Aragorn's banner and Fellowship brooches, and more. #TolkienTrewsday

Absolutely thrilled to announce that JUST GET OVER IT (as well as Emy’s book!) will be coming out as audiobook simultaneous releases with Dreamscape!! 🎉🥂🥰 JUST GET OVER IT, book 2 in the Meet Chronic series, is out early 2027🙌🥹 Art by kahaneedjinn on IG

You've had disappointments because you've been brave enough to have hopes. You've got scars because you're a foundational part of a big, wild world that leaves nothing unchanged. Keep going.

Our opportunity to watch, in real time, the techniques the richest people use to get where they are: literally stealing food, money, and life from the helpless.

Tim Dickinson@timdickinson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The world's first trillionaire did this

Seeing folks excited about the #He-Man movie, and I do remember how excited I was for She-Ra (both as a kid renting it repeatedly from Blockbuster and as an adult fangirling on the queer reboot) but I can't see #MastersOfTheUniverse ads w/o remembering Roger died in April w/ $0 support from Mattel.

It's real! Too many people to thank, but I'm feeling so very grateful for the years of conversation, learning, and generosity that made this book possible. More about the book below --

Personally, I want to see more disabled people being disabled and not being shamed for it, left behind, or pitied. I want them to have complexity alongside/instead of just wanting a cure, and for their lives to be deemed just as vlauable as their nondisabled peers!! ❤️‍🔥

ella t. holmes (wizard)@ellatholmes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

These sneak peeks of the cover of WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET? are so ridiculously exciting to me 🤩 ❓️ What is something you would like to see more of in the dystopian genre, that would help us with #CrippingDystopia ❓️👀 #booksky #bookish #anthology #disability

Colorado just legalised ‘balcony solar’ for apartments and renters These systems can be mounted on apartment balconies, patios and walls, opening rooftop-style solar access to millions of renters and multi-family households. buff.ly/ArwMR52 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Balcony Solar Advances In Colorado As New Legislation Removes Barriers - CleanTechnica

Colorado this week became the second US state to pass legislation permitting balcony solar in apartments and condos.

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Chinese researchers sprayed cyanobacteria onto desert sand and turned it into stable soil in just 10 months. Cyanobacteria oozes sticky sugars that glue loose grains of sand into a crust that’s tough enough to cut wind erosion and trap water. buff.ly/koBHJr5 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Chinese Researchers Soil Innovation: Chinese researchers turn desert sand into fertile soil in just 10 months using cyanobacteria | - The Times of India

Science News: The researchers at the Shapotou Desert Experimental Research Station in China have developed a revolutionary approach for reversing desertification an.

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I remain convinced that one of the best parts of being an adult is the ability to say, at 3am, "I wish I had a quesadilla," and then make a quesadilla.

Wow, 70 of the people I follow are still following him. I didn't know blocking =/= unfollowing! Bsky, why the heck would I want to keep following someone I've blocked??

David Wynne@davidwynne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

DID YOU KNOW? 🚨 Dystopian media often tells us that #disabled people’s lives matter less, and calls this pragmatism. “For the good of the many” often requires that disabled characters die and/or be left behind. That's one reason why we're #CrippingDystopia in the disability in dystopia anthology!

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

I did a whole ass disabled tour and didn't post about it at all here, but ins seven weeks we sold between a third and a half of the print run, hit the indie bestseller list nationally one week, every room felt like a disabled family reunion grief ritual. I had a blast & got a concussion. Link below

💯 If we're going to try to clock something as an AI tell, we need to be responsible and do some research before we start sending long-used rhetorical and poetic devices to the gallows 😅

Olivia Waite@oliviawaite.com · 3mo ago

Please do not try to clock “balanced list of threes” as an AI tell because that’s been classic rhetorical structure for going on three millennia and it’s baked into all our writing now, I‘m begging people to read more old things

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Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · 3mo ago

Reminder: "doom and gloom was single most effective strategy for driving social media shares. It was also worst for motivating real-world action...People exposed to catastrophic framing were less likely to change their behaviour than those who read nothing at all. " www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Want to be a part of this sapphic anthology? Read the submissions guide here, and pay close attention! www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology We are ESPECIALLY looking for myths/goddesses/monsters outside of the most popular and well-known Greek and Roman pantheons ❤️‍🔥

Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈@faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It is with very deep pleasure that I share my first Publisher's Marketplace book deal announcement. Submissions for The Monstrous & the Divine are open through to 31 July 2026: www.scyllapublishing.com/anthology

Saw someone express disbelief that people who vote for the Hugos actually did the reading and I'm like my sibling in Christ these are nerds and reading is their actual hyperfocus, they'll complete the whole assignment with weeks to spare

"[C]orporations only exist because states allow them to. Which means that every power a corporation has was given to it by the state. Hawaii just took one of those powers off the list—starting next year, corporations in Hawaii can no longer spend money on state + local elections." #ShareGoodNewsToo

Scott Dworkin@dworkin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green is ready to sign the most groundbreaking campaign finance bill in the country. Hawaii is putting an end to Citizens United within the state! Details: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/hawaii-jus...