Nicky Drayden

Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.

Great Depression 2: Electric Boogaloo

Okay, but this glow up? 🥹✨

@nickydrayden.bsky.social shared that working together has helped her get more done + focus on creating.

Protecting creative energy is the work.

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Way too much of my mental health is hinging on them making it.

IT’S OUR TIME. EVERYBODY CELEBRATE THE WEDDING THIS MOMENT CREATED www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

Y'all, I've been getting so much done with ‪@tifftheeauthor.bsky.social‬ as my virtual assistant!

Being a writer/creative is really a small business and it's been great to have someone to manage all the tasks my executive function refuses to do and give me more time to concentrate on creating! ✨🤓

the best time to stand up for us was years ago when we told you where this was all heading

until cis people decide to stop this,
it’s gonna continue

you see where this is heading

the second best time to stand up for us is NOW

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

I haven't bought from Amazon for a long, long while, but I still had public wishlists on there. I just logged on and deleted them. Super not safe.

The absolute refusal to connect American history to American current events is one of the weirdest expressions of modern racism.

Meet the Dragons Behind the Deck 🐉

#PWD art by: @cosmicamazon.bsky.social, @xavierill.bsky.social, @keo_chooo_, @bascombsbeastiary.bsky.social, @nessatwene.art, @cherryandsisters.bsky.social, @simplynovology.bsky.social + Frances Genevieve Philip

Preorder: www.sistahscifi.com

#ProsperWithDragons

report back!

I just squeezed a little lemon juice on some red seedless grapes, and I think I invented a new religion.

Did yall know about this? Why aren't we talking about it???

The secret's out! 🐉

@suyidavies.com and I created PROSPER WITH DRAGONS—a cooperative, post-apocalyptic, Afrofutures card game where 2-4 players brave disasters with mighty dragons.

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#ProsperWithDragons #Afrofutures #BoardGames

Prosper with Dragons is getting a second printing! 🥰 Check out SistahSciFi to pre-order your copy now! 🐉

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Want your next book obsession? SONG OF SPORES by Bogi Takács is one of 2025’s must-reads! www.brokeneyebooks.c...

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So this story, and LeVar's commentary, are very good. I love all the stories on this podcast but this is one of my favorites.

LeVar Burton Reads Listen to LeVar Burton Reads: "Immersive Remix: "The Simplest Equation" by Nicky Drayden" on Pandora - A struggling college student gains new perspective on her studies from her classmate, who's come ...

A little Valentine's Day treat for you, a throwback to when I made LeVar Burton get teary-eyed over a queer love story with aliens and fractals. 🌈❤️

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LeVar Burton Reads Listen to LeVar Burton Reads: "Immersive Remix: "The Simplest Equation" by Nicky Drayden" on Pandora - A struggling college student gains new perspective on her studies from her classmate, who's come ...

A little Valentine's Day treat for you, a throwback to when I made LeVar Burton get teary-eyed over a queer love story with aliens and fractals. 🌈❤️

www.pandora.com/podcast/leva...

Cried so many times watching the Reading Rainbow doc Butterlfy in the Sky yesterday! It was so healing to be reminded of the power of story, and how creativity and care ripple through us, and how words can hold us through tough times.

Highly recommended if you could use a pick-me-up right now. 🌈🦋

📚 Hey y'all! As a writer, I am always asked for book recommendations.

Here are a few titles from authors I absolutely love.

✨Escaping Exodus - Nicky Drayden
✨Blackheart Man - Nalo Hopkinson
✨Temper - Nicky Drayden
✨Skin Folk - Nalo Hopkinson

Titles available from your #library & @bookshop.org!

Always ask these things about Ai ads and possible intimates :

- “helping” by controlling your access to information and inserting themselves in
- isolating you by demanding reliance where you should be growing resilience
- creating an enemy out something they don’t control
- future faking

Every American needs to watch this:

I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.

The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.

Song of Spores by Bogi Takács: Review by Ian Mond Song of Spores, Bogi Takács (Broken Eye Books 978-1-94037-275-4, $20.99, 216pp, tp) November 2025. When I wrote my review of Bogi Takács’s excel­lent second collection, Power to Yield and Other Sto…

I missed this detailed review of Song of Spores by @mondyboy74.bsky.social in Locus earlier! Such a pleasure - also to see discussion specifically of the Jewish aspects of the novel:

locusmag.com/review/song-...

Oh shit, people are out there open carrying their own hands

Happy Black History Month…

The Big Idea: Veronica G. Henry Author Veronica G. Henry has come up with a library that truly has all the answers, thanks to its ever-evolving AI. Take a tour through The People’s Library in Henry’s Big Idea, and don…

My essay on @scalzi.com The Big Idea where I discuss the the inspiration behind The People's Library. Huge thanks to John for providing this space 🙏. #booksky #blackbooksky whatever.scalzi.com/2026/02/02/t...