Devon Monk

A drawing of fireflies in a forest graveyard. The caption reads, "You don't have to get it all perfect in order to make a good life."

Magpie illustration

Magpie painting FOR SALE
7x10”

Auction starts at £30 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11672405...
UK buyers only, unfortunately.

Come, fund my painting habit so I can paint more birds.

Cover of Wayward Souls urban fantasy novel above road with forest and sky behind. Words: On Sale Now and Souls of the Road Book 1 are shown beneath cover.

First book in series FREE -- sale ends in 2 days! Get it quick, quicker, quickest! books2read.com/u/baMvyx

Author signing schedule at Worldcon at the Fairwood Press table

If you're at Worldcon next week and want to catch some Fairwooders, come to the Fairwood table in the dealer room. I'm hosting fab authors!

Look also for Carrie Vaughn, Erica L. Satifka, Naomi Kritzer, Jack Skillingstead, Daryl Gregory, Emily C. Skaftun, Jacob Weisman, David Sandner, F. & Brett Cox

shoot. and also: yay!

Yes … things suck …

May I offer you some *shiny* in these trying times.

See you there!

It has! Hope to see you there!!

Hey hi!! Thank you for reading (and listening)! Wow. You just made my day. :)

A set of four N95 masks, each covered in a fabric, one periwinkle with gold stars, one shiny blue, one shiny silver, and one black with owls, ferns and moths.

It's been ten years since I've gone to Worldcon. This time I'll be wearing a N95 mask. To feel a little more fancy, I bought some very cute N95 mask covers. The shiny ones are even More Shiny in person!!

EVERYONE ✋
HAVE A GREAT DAY

Love him carrying Baba like a pet he's taking for a stroll around town.

🚨🚨 Texas GOP is moving FAST to rig the district maps to retain their power. Redistricting bill HB 4 is now **out of House committee**

🔥📞🔥 TEXAS RESIDENTS --> Head to 5calls.org/state/texas NOW to call your state legislators and demand they OPPOSE this bill and break quorum if they're a Democrat

Like “Oh, you think a $600 check is nice? Well, how about if you were given healthcare, childcare, UBI, and also no one was artificially increasing your cost for goods and services. And literally all it takes is to all agree to see billionaires as the leeches they are and treat them as such.”

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dang it. I thought that bear on a trampoline was real, but I guess it was AI? I'm usually pretty good at spotting AI but completely missed it here (I blame how tired I was, but also I blame AI for stealing cute-bear-vid joys). Sorry I reposted it. I'll do better.

This is a video of a bear on a trampoline. Whatever argument you may or may not have tonight is invalid.

with alt text for accessibility:

Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.

The cost to end homelessness in the U.S. is also only $10 billion a year with a housing-first approach.

Billionaires are directly stealing from all of us.

"...people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create..."

This is LITERALLY what the internet used to be. The whole fucking thing. Every piece of it. Stem to stern. That sentence right there. We were just on here, doing stuff, just to share with each other.

*unties flannel button-up and hides it behind back*

9. Honestly, universal basic income, safe/affordable housing, kick ass public transit, and single payer healthcare would fix a lot of problems.

The solution to like 99% of first world problems is to give people money.

Universal basic income with no caveats, no qualifiers, and no exemptions to every resident of the nation is the best solution to homelessness, food scarcity, education barriers, burnout, and it'd help a shit tonne with things

Your body should be your body 100% of the time. You should get to dictate everything from what pronouns you use to how you dress.

That's a basic human right.

May it fly off the shelves! (sympathy on the tireds. I feel it too.)

We cast out wildflower seeds this morning. Yes, it is the wrong season for doing that, but *gestures at world*. So hey, it's worth the shot. Maybe we get flowers. :)

feels like one of the main divides in how people view ai is the reaction to its ingratiating servile tone. when ai is like "ouhhhh i'm so sorry i got that wrong sir, let my try again, you were right my liege" tech guys are like "i like this" instead of "what the fuck is wrong with you"

If we had UBI and health care separate from employment we'd have such a better country. So much better.

Rain! Oh, this is such a nice little break from the heat. Thank you, Oregon. :)

This is an evergreen, but it's one for a reason:

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the former with the same intensity and ruthlessness as we work to prevent the latter.

Knit toy chicken staring at you encouragingly with her googly eyes.

Deep breath and let it out slow… Emotional Support Chickie is emotionally supportin' you with all her might. You can do (or NOT do) the thing! She believes in you!