N. K. Jemisin

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

There are many ways that NYC residents can fight to fund our public libraries:
1. Send a letter to your city council member (30 seconds): actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

So sorry to hear this. Take care, you and your family.

Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.

We shouldn't be basing higher ed decisions solely on numbers like these because higher ed isn't a business, but we *definitely* shouldn't let people use 'run higher ed like a business' as a pitch and then bury the numbers that show they're killing profitable programs.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.

They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

GO DONATE.

tcpipeline.org

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.

And you know why?

Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

it's weird to see people complain about Bad Bunny's performance being in Spanish when there have been entire operas in Italian, German and French performed in the US and the top song of the last two years, K-Pop Demon Hunters' "Golden" has lyrics in Korean

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

New Consulting Contracts in Texas Will Muzzle Authors and Harm Students New discriminatory contracts in one Texas Educational Service Center will deny authors, students, and educators inclusive opportunities.

A new consultant contract at a Texas Educational Service Center would muzzle authors & harm students, barring them from inclusive experiences.

Y'all, this is REALLY BAD.

This is the next step in banning any voices outside those deemed right by white supremacy.

bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...

It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.

Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!

Good GOD.

Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church has released her own video of her arrest, after the White House posted a manipulated image onli...

Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version

apnews.com/article/minn...

'Full Circle': AIM patrols back on Minneapolis streets as tensions rise - ICT Supporters are pouring in from across Indian Country to protect the Minnesota community from ICE

American Indian Movement (AIM) patrols have returned amid rising tensions in Minnesota with ICE. Nearly 100 volunteers are helping watch over elders and community members as federal agents outnumber local police and confrontations continue to draw protests and legal action.

This weird thing where people are like “ICE is not the Gestapo, they’re slave patrols” and then others are like “ICE is not slave patrols, they’re CPS“ and it’s like ok the guy in charge of ICE is dressing himself like a Nazi so yeah Gestapo but also fascists can learn from more than one thing!!!!!!

A screenshot of the Book Riot site titled THE BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE CENTURY SO FAR, showing the cover images of THE FIFTH SEASON and THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS beside their reviews. Text versions of the reviews are available at the Book Riot site linked.

Saw over the weekend that THE FIFTH SEASON and THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS were both listed among Book Riot's "Best Fantasy Books of the Century (so far)!" Very cool! bookriot.com/best-fantasy...

been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary

Stevie Wonder’s Battle for MLK Day and the New Challenges to King’s Legacy Forty-five years after Stevie Wonder helped to galvanize support for the holiday, historians warn that King’s legacy is being undone.

I wrote about how MLK Day was won, how Stevie Wonder helped to make it happen, and how King's legacy is being undermined today. capitalbnews.org/stevie-wonde...

Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.

the people of MN have been murdered, brutalized and kidnapped for weeks now and have remained *amazingly* peaceful in the face of it. lecturing citizens to not “take the bait” etc is pretty disrespectful after a point and avoids the real question: how long are they supposed to take this, undefended?

"Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE."

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

"The sweeping study... found that using AI in education can 'undermine children's foundational development' and that 'the damages it has already caused are daunting.'"

They include limiting kids' cognitive, social, and emotional developmen, and increasing inequity.

www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”

One of the things that gets me about them people who are like “they are ending the constitution to distract from the Epstein files, don’t fall for it” is that nobody in power cares about little girls.

Oh, and -- Happy New Year, everyone. May it all be better.

I love that so many people pinged me on this. City Hall Station plays an integral role in the Great Cities duology for the same reason -- it's a beautifully-preserved homage to the city's resilience and hidden beauty. Great choice, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

“So much of the work of oppression is policing the imagination."

-Dr. Saidiya Hartman

Fantastical Transcendence and the Magic of Resistance | Los Angeles Review of Books Ruth Joffre digs into a new anthology of speculative writing about resistance, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older.

This is such an amazing review from @ruthjoffre.bsky.social at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! "The stories in We Will Rise Again offer readers a glimpse of not just how things are now but also how they could be. They present worlds where we solve problems collectively..."

Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.

(slow, deep breath)

Woosah. Okay, then. Moving on.

Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.