*taps internet microphone*
After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ...
We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ...
lithub.com/what-was-los...
when a dog finds a turd
umm actually, neutrality means you're choosing the side of the milk hotel
goddamn is this a breath of fresh air after Allred 2024
Joey Joe Joe sez hell yeah!
Happy Furday.
#cats #catsofbluesky
NEW: Clemency for Tina Peters would be unprecedented, based on my analysis of Gov Polis' 25 commutations. Peters hasn't shown remorse, taken accountability, or sought to restore harm. No Polis commutation was for a harsh sentence alone and Peters' would be the shortest by 30+ yrs
i know the guy who replaces him will likely be even worse, but for a day anyway: lol dan crenshaw
Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.
Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.
A tooth infection.
1/3
tucson.com/news/local/b...
Spain's leader with a message that should be adopted by every top Democrat
These boops were made for Walken
Maybe the real chicken butts were the ones we guessed what along the way
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
My shit? Jack.
My squat? Diddly.
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Kat Abughazaleh on ICE in IL-9 debate
"We need to fully abolish and prosecute ICE. We need to repeal the Patriot Act. We need to lift refugee caps.
And we need to offer complete amnesty and citizenship to any immigrant here who has not committed a violent crime."
A pro’s pro
it’s legitimately a huge fucking scandal that the FBI director has fucked up at least two major investigations because he uses the FBI’s planes as private planes and has actively failed to even bother with one of the highest profile abductions since the lindburgh baby
Having chemistry with someone means banging them on the periodic table, right?
btw for trans women to offer this kind of practical warning and sympathy is a serious mitzvah and we cis women really owe it to them (and to ourselves!) to step up our solidarity in kind
How does he sleep at night?
Yub Nub, She Wrote
𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦!
Masterful Troll, TCM.