Maria Dahvana Headley

I loved translating this part so much. And it's so damn relevant.

[Exit Murderer.]

Yes

Noem Country for Middle-Aged Fascists is this anything

30 years ago Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club accurately predicted that men under late capitalism, empty consumers who had come to think of themselves as “the middle children of history” with no great wars to fight, would eventually prank and shitpost their way into fascism.

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

imagining a caveperson getting super annoyed that they can’t make the bison look right. they’re crumpling up the whole cave and throwing it away. makes me feel much better

Yay! That's a good treat!

This is very real.

Yesssss. Lately I've been plagued by book club requests - I zoom in and answer questions - for which privilege I'm meant to pay cash money.

If I could use my bra as a carry on for this class and manage to stuff it full of the books I otherwise carry on my poor shoulder, I would.

Yeah, I have no idea - beyond that Frontier will charge you and freak out if you have a carry on that's not allowed! So...I don't know what happened back there but I wish I did.

On a plane this morning, flight attendant asked a women "are those your titties, honey, or are they a carry on?"

I could not see, because she was behind me, and I don't think I will ever recover from this loss.

A person who weighs 45 lbs can lean so hard, so purposefully, that he topples his mother. Ask me how I know.

This whole thread and also, though I have no cat at present, cats really help.

you probably also need a backup pen

it helps to have spent decades reading the work of your peers and that of those who came before you, preferably not just the hits but also the deep cuts

really important to rid your working space of any negative energy or curses, particularly the dreaded “malocchio,” so you’ll also need a lime and some sage, for your writing, but that’s it

or access to some kind of other nebulous source of wealth

It’s also good to be married to a countess dowager

vast amounts of time, too

comfy socks, too

also? Snacks

and maybe an idea, but that’s it

all you need to write is pen and paper

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Reading The Death of Mountains by @jordankurella.com right now, and loving it!

Oh to be on the NS Savannah in 1962 at the bar wearing a nice suit getting incredibly drunk on 40c Daiquiris

Help this little dude's people out if you've got a spare buck. ❤️

stalled out, kicking the tires trying to make it inch forward a little more