The least we can do is be students of the struggle enough to know that freedom never looks like US bombs falling on a people already under seige.
May the Iranian people know liberation from the tyranny of the regime & the violence of the US & apartheid state.
The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime.
You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.
Laura and I are doing a donation drive for a food program here in the twin cities. We’re offering query critiques in exchange for donations. Details below
Today’s the day! I’ll be posting my #MSWL throughout the day. Writers, if you see a post that feels like it’d be a good fit…reminder that I reopen to subs on the 1st through the 7th of every month (unless otherwise noted). See pinned tweet for QT link!
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
Palestine's most important university used to hold classes in living rooms when Israel shut it down. A devastating essay by one of its own professors on what happens when a university keeps functioning but stops meaning anything. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...
Dear Adobe,
No, I don't need the AI to summarize. No, I don't need the AI to help me search. No, I don't need the AI to help me resize the margins. No, I don't need the AI to do anything.
What I need is to hit the print icon without your product crashing from all of the AI popups.
'border czar' is a thing people are saying with a straight face???
related: if you are still waiting to hear back from me, i promise i haven't forgotten you. unless you've withdrawn your query, you will hear from me! i'm just very behind and doing my best to catch up 🫠
hi #amquerying friends! despite my best efforts, alas, i won't be able to open up to queries next week (last week of the month). i really want to start the year with a fresh slate and still have quite a bit of queries to go through from 2025 so will aim to open up at the end of feb!
We are immensely proud of @leemandelo.bsky.social and all of our contributors behind AMPLITUDES, for making the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist!
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so my sister works at a call centre and her biggest op these days is the ai 'receptionists' some healthcare providers are now using, which make an already rough job even worse and highkey dystopian 🙃
Left cover of We Will Rise Again edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older featuring contour lines over purple, green and orange background. Right REVIEWS Quote "We Will Rise Again manages to hold many apparent contradictions within its pages. It is empowering without being saccharine, honest without being pessimistic, and heteroglossic while presenting a unified vision. The messiness is what makes it such a powerful piece of literature." reviewer: Alex Kingsley 12 January 2026 Strange Horizons
We Will Rise Again edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older
reviewed by Alex Kingsley
Link ⬇️
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I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:
a graphic with the cover of We Will Rise again
@ruthjoffre.bsky.social on "We Will Rise Again," where activists are "regular, everyday people trying to do a little good under decidedly less than ideal circumstances.” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fantastical-transcendence-and-the-magic-of-resistance/
Picked up the @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @annaleen.bsky.social, & @older.bsky.social edited anthology We Will Rise Again, the other day, and have a feeling that it's exactly something I need, in this moment
Saturday January 10 2026. 11 am PST.Virtual Panel Discussion / We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories About Political Protest, Resistance, and Hope. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older in conversation. Price: free. (Registration required). Register here (at above link)
Tomorrow! Join me, @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social as we discuss our new anthology We Will Rise Again. Register at the link.
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that must feel so good! writing research is why i'm asking so thanks for sharing!
ooo, that sounds intriguing! ty!
posted this on the 📷 app but curious about responses on here too: what are some of your favourite fantasy novel opening scenes or chapters? prologues included because i'm not a monster!!!
Every writer I know, every artist I follow, is in the fucking trenches trying to survive this shit. GenAI is not the future because if it keeps going there is no future, and even if it was that would be no excuse.
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
$8,058.70 Raised 18 Donations $18,000 Goal
It's a tough time for non-profit, independent news outlets right now, but @globalvoices.org is nearly to halfway on our November fundraising goal! Help us keep providing free, ad-free, tracker-free, multilingual news and analysis from around the world!
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Im so exhausted yall, I dont know how to tell you how desperate our friends in Gaza are, because prices haven't gone down, aid is not flowing freely, there is no infrastructure and no work, but no one is donating. The horrors continue, the stress accumulates and they are all confused and frustrated
A very timely ask. I’m extending the submission period for The Apocryphal, the sequel to the award winning Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction. I’ll have the details soon. But if you’re Palestinian and want to write horror, get in touch with me.
Anyone wanting to show solidarity to Sudan should challenge the "no one cares about Sudan/no one is helping" narrative. WE care. Sudanese people at home & in the diaspora & our comrades have worked relentlessly to support people & dream of justice & freedom for all of us.
'No shame': UK invites private firms to compete for Gaza reconstruction contracts - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-mps-slam-uks-private-finance-efforts-rebuilding-gaza
Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.
Our work is not done!
Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo
