Nicholas Perez

Thinking about how "I just don't like mechs because they're not realistic" operates as a categorical way to shut off a significant chunk of sci-fi anime while rarely extending to more western speculative fiction tropes that also aren't realistic

Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends.

It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

me when my bad bitch tell me to do smthn

Motivational poster of the teddy bear Ted from the TV series version TED. Ted stands with his paws folded over one another, looking at the viewer. Beneath his image in big words is ASPIRE. Beneath that in smaller letters is TO BE AVERAGE.

My life goal and motto.

For folks submitting to this special call, make sure that your piece has a strong thematic component of surveillance!

i am always thinking about this photo

I've been having an itching to write something Wierd for once. I have a vague idea based around reincarnations of John the Baptist and Salome, but I'm not sure what to do with it. Might need to read more in this genre for better ideas.

Everything is Canadian, if you really think about it.
(Yes, this is sarcasm)

Why pay money for ARCs, which are explicitly marked not for sale, when you could win one, AND get stickers? seananmcguire.com/blog/2026/03...

✍️ We're getting very close to 10c/word for our authors, flash fic by @jamesenge.bsky.social for all, and a short story critique from @matthewjohnauthor.bsky.social for the backer whose pledge gets us there...

Omar Khayyam - Wikipedia

Shout-out to whoever wrote the poetry attributed to Omar Khayyam (apparently it’s not certain that he wrote them).

I greatly enjoyed the Rubaiyat in college and have since learned that he was an accomplished mathematician and astronomer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Kh...

digital painting of Hiimeyu's character Neriah. The image depicts her torso up holding out a red gemlike sword. She's clad in purple and white garb with gold details along with two large golden pauldrons with feather details. Her long curling hair is detailed with small golden flowers as she tilts her head updward while peering down with golden eyes.

My part of a lil art trade with @hiimeyu.bsky.social of their oc Neriah! I truly should cut out more time in my scheduele for trades, they are always a joy to do

these violent nights by rebecca crunden kindle cover; image shows a neon city with four black figures, two men and two women; there's a moon in the background around the text.

👾 futuristic world
☣️ dystopia! ✨with magic✨
📝 600+ pages
🔥 grumpy x sunshine
🗡️ revenge
🍃 lots of plants
💪 close friendships

🔖 book link: mybook.to/QVgAoK
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/these-violen...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...

[ #booksky ]

Ebook cover for ‘A Light for the Dead to Follow’ by Rebecca Crunden. Cover image is of a skull surrounded b y red-pink flowers. There are vines at the top beside the title. The title font is black and maroon, the name font is white.

🗡️ fantasy novella
⚰️ accidental reawakening of dead immortals
🏹 gallant knights
👑 evil kingdom 🤝 evil queendom
🌲 enchanted plants and forests
🥀 romance and friendship

🔖 link: mybook.to/mUVTmR
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-light-for-...
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

[ #booksky ]

Sur X, le film Persepolis difusé sur France TV est critiqué par une partie de la gauche radicale. Il serait vu comme réactionnaire et islamophobe parce qu'il représente mal les fondamentalistes islamistes de la police des moeurs.

On se pince. C'est du grand délire. Regardez ce film magnifique !

YouTube video by Yellow Veil Pictures THE ICE TOWER - Official Trailer (2025)

holy shit the Ice Tower looks AWESOME

I must watch this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=STQF...

Black and pink graphic titled “Queer Liberation Network Auction”. Beneath the title is a bright gold bubble that says, “Opens March 8th, 2026”. A tagline underneath the start date syas, “Support LGBTQIA2+ Folx Facing Financial Hardship”. At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a pink book with an arching rainbow emerging from its open pages.

Black and pink graphic titled “About Lit for Queer Liberation” and containing the following description: “Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where lovers of books, art, and music uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. By bidding on signed books, query critiques, artwork, vinyls, and more, your support directly fuels Queer Liberation Network's work to empower queer and trans people in Texas and beyond. Queer Liberation Network’s work changes lives. When queer and trans people achieve financial liberation — whether that's affording rent, getting out of debt, or escaping abusive environments — the community can thrive.” At the bottom is text that says “Learn more about Lit for Queer Liberation” followed by the shortened URL “bit.ly/LFQL2026”.

🌈 Get ready to bid in the Lit for Queer Liberation Virtual Auction — opening on Sunday, March 8th!

Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where lovers of books, art, & music uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. Here's a preview of some exciting auction items!

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Reasons a cis women might have Y chromosomes:

- Twin brother
- Gestating a child with a Y chromosome
- Bone marrow transfusion from someone with a Y chromosome
- Being intersex (we know of XY women who have naturally conceived and given birth)

Illustration of the Monarch of the Moon; a corrupted entity in mind and body. Once she was brilliant like the moon. A body of graceful silver. Now just like her home she has been twisted into a tainted form. All to preserve the world of mortals by keeping a soul hungering demon seed from being the thing that would be the start of the end of the world. The time when the gods of Chaos and Law will do battle, and little will survive this conflict.

The Monarch of the Moon was once a graceful entity. With the destruction of her already tarnished domain, she has fallen onto the mortal world; hellbent on punishing humanity for their transgression against the moon; for stealing the lunar lands to make new mortal islands.

#art #watercolor #monster

Goth song of the day: Twin Tribes’ Monolith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XEavwcHU78

#Gothic #PostPunk #TwinTribes

this is like if ryan murphy did a horror miniseries adaptation of a bug's life

Cover art for 'Sailing the Golden Chersonese' by @jolantru.bsky.social, coming soon by @qospress.bsky.social 💚💞🌈🌊

Posting a version with detailed Alt text!

Absolutely loved working on this.
#art #artists #CoverArt #SFFart #queerArt #books #BookSky #SupportArtists

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The Bisexual

An important academic update

Halal Truck Mr. Beast

Eldest boy has taken to sending me messages and emails sporadically that look normal but when opened are just Halal Truck Mr. Beast

FYI anyone in Europe doing online meetings with folk in the US and Canada over the next two weeks, it's the weird three March weeks as they start daylight saving on Sunday annd we don't until the 29th...

OOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!👀

I was reading the translators' notes of the edition of the Aeneid I own and discovered the definition of iambic pentameter. I read parts of the poem out loud and when I realized it was 10 syllables exactly, I shouted, "That's so cool!"
I wish I had studied Greek and Roman poetry.

Screenshot of a Publishers Marketplace announcement: Crawford Award-winning author Jared Pechacek's WHERE FIRE REIGNS, pitched as Firefly with firebenders, in which a crew of fugitives must keep a feral goddess safe from the church who believes her death will bring water back to their dry world, to Carl Engle-Laird at Tor, for publication in winter 2027, by Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency (NA). Translation: alba@mushens-entertainment.com Film/TV: film@azantianlitagency.com

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