So many people I encounter, especially in HigherEd, believe the only strategy for this moment is "keep your head down." @debtcollective.bsky.social didn't change priorities in 2024, nor in 2020, nor in 2016. They barreled ahead. There first big win was $800 million. This one is $11 billion.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h ago

Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

Call and tell Senators "no" to endangering children. www.badinternetbills.com

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the jump scare of trying to schedule a meeting a few weeks out and getting the reply "that's erev erev rosh hashana"

July was the best selling month of 2026! Let's keep it going!

Kate / Katelyn Forrest@kateforrest.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Want to read sapphic godpunk? Punk rocker Giulia crosses paths with a literal goddess back stage and whoops, the new fling's ex wants to OD the world on old magic and double whoops, turns out Giulia has some new magic powers too. Full blurb and shopping links ⤵️ katelynforrest.com/once-upon-a-...

Please send this around again? Things are getting scary. I am almost out of food and I cant afford to get the imaging I need done for my back.

Marghoul@marghoul.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hi I'm Mar and I'm dealing with a catastrophe. My bank has taken my life's savings, I've become unemployed and homeless, and since this all started I've become disabled. Please help if you can. Even a boost means the world. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤 CA: $helpmarghoul V: @marghoul

the unfortunate thing about being into obscure tech that no one tells you about is sometimes you come across influencers younger than you who look like ned flanders and use the word homie.

this has been coming up in a lot of shows i've tried to watch recently, even shows writer, anti-ai friends adore. i wouldn't be surprised if it comes out these shows have been leaning on ai. it's like the writers are happy with the vibes so don't care that the plots/motivations don't make sense.

Setkheni 𓆸𓃩@vvolfpeach.bsky.social · 3h ago

But—EVEN IF we excuse the AI, which we shouldn't—there are so many issues here. The plot doesn't make sense, it's like it was written by a remedial English student trying to be M. Night Shyamalan. There are spoilers following, I don't care.

Less than three months now until Tyrant Lizard Queen stomps your way! It’s a toxic yuri dinosaur tale founded in the latest science, depicting a cast of Cretaceous characters not often seen together, illustrated by the amazing @korybing.bsky.social. Something to sink your teeth into.

Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore

From the author of the beloved The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthoodTyrannosaurus rex is a prehistoric celebrity. Exceeding 40 feet in length ...

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reading a sequel, and the first 10% was catchup info dumping. now i'm near the end and it feels like an rpg where the st is throwing everything at the story to make the players happy. very fatiguing.

if you ever get the chance to go to @risawolf.bsky.social's language of scent workshop i highly recommend it. it's the best workshop i've gone to in years.

i've never gone to sirens but their book club/reading lists have influenced my reading for more than a decade. i wish there was a way to go back and see every year's.

Sirens@sirensconference.org · 19h ago

Heyyyyyyy, friends, we've got a new incarnation of the Sirens book club for #Sirens27: Each month, we'll give you a reading assignment related to our mission and recs to get you started, then you pick a book...and read it. Let's gooooooo!

I'm going to guess it has something to do with the oft-repeated "Judeo-Christian" concept, where idiots who barely understand Christianity think that Jews believe the exact same stuff except for the Jesus part. I was raised this way, and it took some learning on my part to be better.

Void Princess Juniper@sunset-queen.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m fascinated by people who say “I’m not Jewish and know nothing about Judaism but I think [extremely wrong opinion about Jews] and I don’t understand how anyone thinks otherwise” Like what possesses someone to that level of staggering incorrectness?

Hi I'm Mar and I'm dealing with a catastrophe. My bank has taken my life's savings, I've become unemployed and homeless, and since this all started I've become disabled. Please help if you can. Even a boost means the world. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤 CA: $helpmarghoul V: @marghoul

Donate to Support My Fight to Recover Life Savings and Heal, organized by Margot Laine

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i saw 19 fireflies on my walk tonight, which was amazing, but i accidentally murdered the last one :*(

Folks, Lightspeed & Nightmare magazines need your support. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a...

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On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...

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I view “young and healthy” as, like, a MTG card. “As a reaction, tap ’Young and Healthy’ to reduce damage by half.” That’s probably what happened to me when I got sick. Like, I didn’t die! It could’ve been so much worse! But now I’m not “young and healthy“ anymore. Them’s the breaks.

Going through old photography today. Delighted to see myself evolve and grow confident. Less weird tricks and filters, more earnest self-photography. I can't be shy because I'm a fat trans dude and other fat trans dudes need to see me now in the same way I needed to see them a long time ago.

I can barely move and I havent eaten since yesterday. Can anyone help me order food? I cant stand long enough cook today. Im sorry to ask. Ty 🖤🖤

Marghoul@marghoul.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm trying to fight my bank while dealing with an ongoing back injury thats left me bedridden. Please boost, it means everything. Thank you 🖤🖤🖤 CA: $helpmarghoul V: @marghoul

This is my buddy Caz, who y'all helped out when they were buying groceries for three families during Metro Surge. Now they are helping another family fight ICE. If you can't pitch in I ask for a signal boost. Thanks, everybody.

caztastrophe 🐦🦝🏳️‍🌈@caztastrophe.gay · 5d ago

Hey y'all, I hate to ask when EVERYBODY is on the struggle bus, but we have a family here at the campground whose dad was snatched by ICE at the local airport the other day. We're covering & extending their stay, but they need more help. Venmo @Caz-A paypal.me/ccabb Kenny tax:

this is a cute one

Tammy Komoff@tammykomoff.bsky.social · 3d ago

Some people are buried in a bog for a reason. Read my humorous horror story "Funny Thing About the Hands..." free now at Uncharted Magazine. www.unchartedmag.com/stories/funn...

       spangled is the earth with her crowns

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

I don't think theres some larger conspiracy here to prevent us addressing them or anything, just that if we actually all pull together for really short periods of time, thats all it will actually take. We cannot allow a handful of greedy assholes to hold back our whole species

david rose is feeling well enough to be super annoying so life is good.

5 star weekend didn't make much sense re: relationships, and the emotional beats were off, but it did have the actress who played janet in the good place as an underappreciated housewife with a sapphic love interest, so ymmv on if you want to watch it.

Oh are we posting great stories from Inverse (RIP)? I'll take any opportunity to remind people that @sirosenbaum.bsky.social wrote one of the greatest pieces of journalism this decade has yet seen:

His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.

Who was Thomas Buchler, the late creator of beloved Torah program 'TropeTrainer'? And can anything be done to revive his life’s work?

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ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d ago

this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...

Moon has set and Pleiades: middle night, the hour goes by, alone I lie.

Excited as I am about Tyrant Lizard Queen coming out, When the Earth Was Green is still fresh! It’s new in paperback this year, with ebook, audiobook, and hardback editions still out there. It makes me happy when people tell me it changed the way they look at nature and their part in it. 🌱

When the Earth Was Green

NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!Winner, A Friend of Darwin Award, 2024 A gorgeously composed look at the longstanding relationship between prehistoric plants and ...

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕@restingdinoface.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sometimes I look cute for a second. Thanks to Baltimore’s Snug Books for having me out to talk fossil plants and, that classic question, what’s my favorite dinosaur! I’ll be back August 25th for round two in case you couldn’t make the original date due to the storm. ⛈️

bought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris

I think this is what hurts my heart the most. These folks thought they were safe, bc they don't live somewhere like Mpls or Chicago where the ICE surge was big news. They thought they could have a normal family trip. Venmo @Caz-A or PayPal.me/ccabb to help me support them while this plays out.

Pay Caz Abbott using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/ccabb and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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caztastrophe 🐦🦝🏳️‍🌈@caztastrophe.gay · 5d ago

This is supposed to be their big vacation for the year, he had to fly in from a last minute job & that's when ICE kidnapped him.