"Every scrap of progress has been torn from my clenched talons by citizens who loved me more than themselves and their neighbors more than me."
My mom sent me a link to this bookshop website that curates interesting and unusual books. Great looking selection, here.
societyforunusualbooks.com
For the evening crowd....
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
3 days in, I think 2026 has found its catchphrase.
GUYS IM FROM 2026 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO WARN YOU. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME TO SAVE YOUR FUTURE. THE YEARS BEYOND WILL BE AWFUL IF YOU DON'T HEED MY WARNING
you should draw more, write more, or make more games. If you don't, consider picking up a craft!
But I don’t want to be a water knife
Watching Star Trek Enterprise for the first time—doing a slow timeline order watch thru of all the Trek. Got to the episode “Unexpected.” Realized how far past this story culture has pushed the idea of consent in the past 20 years. Mildly heartening.
Huh. Celebrate writing as win instead of lamenting it as “not enough.” Well that sounds so sane and healthy! Thank you ☺️
The tiny blue strip is how much writing I got done last week. I know we are still unpacking and de-stressing from the move, and we have company coming…..I was going to say why is it so hard to find time to write, but add in a knee injury and maybe I am being too hard on myself…?
I reread this recently, and this quote struck such a chord. I fall in this trap a lot. It’s my greatest fear that my whole life will have gone by and I never picked one important thing and just did it.
But the world I wanted wasn’t the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
My favourite Baldwin video:
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
We go to sleep in a better country than we woke up in. Thank you to everyone who worked for these coast-to-coast victories, for this utter repudiation of Trumpism, for economic justice and a country for all of us, not for white supremacy.
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
"What's your book about?"
Okay, hold on. Give me a second. I know this. I wrote it. It has a plot and things to say. I just need to think about how to explain it in under four hours of rambling tangents so I don't scare you away
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Tell Apple what you think of their decision: tcook@apple.com, or www.apple.com/feedback/
My dystopian flash appears in Writers Resist today. It was written after the election around the question plaguing me: What will it mean to be Black in Tr*ump's America? I hope you'll check it out.
www.writersresist.com/2025/09/24/n...
Yay!!!!! Rest well and heal quickly!
im gonna say this really loud this morning
i really need everyone who thinks theyre being annoying about the things they love to do it more. do it louder. your happiness is so special and wonderful to witness and i hope you learn to love the space you take up in this world like we all love it
You are awesome for going out and doing the thing! Also I always remember that how long I stay is up to me 😊
This is the exact reason why real human writing and stories will always matter.
Content warning: sexual assault
Oh no! Feel better!!!
They are great!!!!
Okay, this is a thread for U.S. folks, but also anybody facing political woes at home. I'm pinning this to my profile as an irregularly updated thread for advice and links on how to take action/take care of yourself. Scroll through it any time you need reminders (that's what I'll be doing myself).
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
