J "Beehouse of Horrors XXL" STONE

Come out to @barrelhouse.bsky.social C&C and write some poems with me!

Happy snow moon, everyone! Boy, is that snow bright . . . and deep . . . and cold. In one more moon will be #64, the worm moon issue, and we're still accepting work for #65 under the blue moon.

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-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.

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Big thx to @jbstone.bsky.social for the great review of ‘Concrete Christmas’ - that first sentence will surely go to my head

Werewolf Skin — Ghost Parachute Marty’s werewolf skin was seen as more of a collective blessing than an ancient curse to many across the state of Idaho. Underneath the ravenous jawline of Styrofoam teeth, the stocky, muscular body o...

Read "Werewolf Skin" written by @jbstone.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"Marty’s werewolf skin was seen as more of a collective blessing than an ancient curse to many across the state of Idaho."

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So grateful to the wonderful @flashfrog.bsky.social for featuring my micro 'Gorilla gorilla gorilla' today and @mooninabucket.bsky.social for the fantastic artwork!🙏❤️

Thanks also to @smokelong.bsky.social for inspiring this one with a fitness sprint challenge a couple of years ago. ❤️

screenshot of two headlines. first one: "Trump tells investors not to panic." second one, an hour and a half later: "Trump threatens to add 50% tariff on China if it doesn't remove retaliatory measures"

started/going energy in real time

Submission Guidelines WE ARE STILL CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS!   HOWEVER, May 1, 2025 – June 15, 2025…. We’re back baby! We’ll be reading for our 3rd themed issue AND our twelfth issue!… I…

ICYMI: May 1st, Our submissions call opens for our third THEMED ISSUE... Issue XII: Voices of the Modern Diaspora!

Get those pieces ready! Detailed guidelines below...

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pretty incredible they've spent billions on something that can't answer "why would I want to read what happens next" beyond the fact that they spent billions on it

"Dear Unsayable Word,
I put the shell of my ear against your spleen, waiting for you to take on mass."

—Christine Huang 黃凱琳

Retweeting. Disclaimer: I don't do verification.

Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.

Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.

This is one of those things that, should Dems eventually get back into power, they will treat as business as usual and fine to do if the Republicans don't catch enough hell for it while they're in power. And they'll act like they're too busy cleaning up the R mess to stop doing it.

Omar El Akkad on How the Empire Weaponizes Language to Numb Itself to Genocide - Electric Literature "One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" explodes the myth of the West’s moral superiority

Omar El Akkad on language as a weapon of oppression, the power of negation, and what it means to be a writer in these polarizing times

"Being rich is not a qualification for running the government ... By gutting the NIH, Trump and his allies, many of whom don’t understand the nuances of grant writing and don’t even work in science or medicine, are holding back institutions that have made quantum leaps in both fields."

Publishers for Palestine Condemns Israel’s Ransacking of East Jerusalem Bookshop and the Arrest of Its Owners The Publishers for Palestine coalition condemns the arrest, detention, and persecution of publisher-bookseller Mahmoud Muna and Ahmed Muna and demands their immediate release.

Publishers for Palestine Condemns Israel’s Ransacking of East Jerusalem Bookshop and the Arrest of Its Owners

Gather round children, and let me tell you the tale of how when I was a child, eggs were so cheap we chucked them at cars and houses

I got death threats for accurately describing GamerGate. I kept going with my work, despite the fact that I never had access to either the wealth or the elaborate security protocols of a United States Senator.

Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady in a commercial trying to solve the problem of hate.

Social Skills Training by Solmaz Sharif Studies suggest How may I help you officer? is the single most disarming thing to say and not What's the problem? Studies suggest it’s best the help reply My pleasure and not No problem. Studies suggest it’s best not to mention problem in front of power even to say there is none. Gloria Steinem says women lose power as they age and yet the loudest voice in my head is my mother. Studies show the mother we have in mind isn’t the mother that exists. Mine says: What the fuck are you crying for? Studies show the baby monkey will pick the fake monkey with fake fur over the furless wire monkey with milk, without contest. Studies show to negate something is to think it anyway. I’m not sad. I’m not sad. Studies recommend regular expressions of gratitude and internal check-ins. Enough, the wire mother says. [ran out of space. poem also here: https://tinyurl.com/sharifpoem]

History says we forgave the executioner.

—Sharif

Pay attention.

Tomorrow is the big day for auditions for those of you who are interested in getting a role in our play performances for festival of shorts #buffalo #buffalony #play #inclusivetheaterofwny #inclusivetheater

Weatherball Blue by Russell Brakefield Spring that year the local news affiliate had erected a hundred-foot tower outside the station, atop of which they stacked a stainless-steel ball fitted with 300-some neon lights. A beacon. A mascot.

published this story by my bud @russellbrakefield.bsky.social a year ago. if you missed it at the time, you should spend some time with it today/this weekend! if you read it at the time... you should reread! it's a gem.

plus, it's got some pretty cool art from... me! 👨‍🎨

Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

BIG VOUCH for Nico

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the bones