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The problem isn't that transphobic parents are being ignored, it's that they're *lying about basic facts.* This is the dynamic on nearly every issue of public interest, from guns to climate change to economics.

"The bigots are lying again" is a fucking great message for democrats and it's true.

Holy shit that's awful! Infuriating. Thank you for the context! I'll be sure to mention this if I see someone mention Buttegeig, because damn

My child is sick due to malnutrition and contaminated water. He is now living on saline solution. Please help us buy food for our children. We are dying tragically. Our children are dying. Please help my children.😔😔

Holy crap, what did I miss?

I am not immune to this.

In theory my heart shatters for every death.

But it shatters more to know a 12-year-old boy named Amir walked 17 kilometers to get food, knowing that he kissed the hands of the American mercenaries who gave him flour and thanked them, knowing they shot him moments later.

Sara Eileen's Titania's Blessing | Mysite The fairy queen reaches out her hand to offer her blessing in this hand-crafted piece from Sara Eileen. 24". Please note this cannot be shortened, but can be paired with an extender. Components: Stain...

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I don't even wear necklaces (cause sensory stuff) and I regularly have to remind myself of this when I look at Sara Eileen's stuff. Someone go wear this magic!

#bsnm

Hillary's "The Course of True Love..." | Mysite "Never did run smooth." John Simmons' portrayal of Hermia and Lysander is stunning, and here it's paired with rich tones of gold, plum, red, and cocoa Components: Ceramic from ScorchedEarth, pearl, Cz...

Today I'm showcasing work by @peculiarityshop.bsky.social. The Oberon release is 15% off & so many pretty things are waiting to find their person.

First, I must point you to Hillary's gorgeous chandelier earrings made with handmade porcelain links & pearls. www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Aww @hillarymonahan.bsky.social is so lovely!!!

Nibs' The Dryad's Whisper | Mysite Nibs encourages us to listen to the wind through the branches in faerie and see if you can hear the dryad's whisper. Components: Zinc alloy, brass, jade, copper hooks Lead/nickel free.

We can also completely guarantee that no one has heard the secret whispers of the dark forest or the bog while wearing jewelry by @hernibsen.bsky.social. Would the trees talk to you while wearing these earrings? Certainly not!!! www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

This has always been the problem with chasing focus groups and polls rather than fighting for core values. If the Democrats change tack now they will look wish washy and will have to defend their previous support of Israel. They should have seen what was coming and taken a stand.

I immediately thought of a dozen people who'd be amazing at this, most of whom probably have not heard about it.

@gailsimone.bsky.social Cyclops, a little to the right, bud

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Beige jumper on a white background, the front panel shows harold holding a spear under an archway (scenes from bayeux tapestry)

Beige jumper on a white background, the focus is a sleeve with an image of a tower and halleys comet overhead in blue, gold and red

Beige jumper on a white background, a tree motif on a sleeve in blue, gold and red

🧶 bayeux tapestry jumper is finished, blocked and sewn up! Please don’t ask me about weaving in ends I don’t want to talk about that right now. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted ever #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting

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These Marbles Were Never White The year is 2025. Matt Damon wears a red broom on his head in his first promotional image as the protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of The Odyssey,1 and I’m already too exhaus...

“We are the sum of our collected ruins and the amalgamation of thousands of years of stories, stories that were neither perceived by nor sanitized for the Western lens.”

ICYMI, my essay on Greek myth retellings and adaptations is now free to read in @khoreomag

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And like, I definitely grew up as a white kid passionate about Greek mythology, but I've been really frustrated by the way we all got robbed of cultural context in learning about it.

Your anger is so valid and important!

I thought your article was really good and very graceful by the way, the one about the lack of Greek representation and the cultural appropriation issue. One of my childhood friends is Greek and ze expressed frustration that people get so hung up on ancient culture too -

my car is running again & the surgery deposit autopay thankfully didn’t put me into overdraft,

but as a result I cannot afford a bed for my room 🫠

Sold on the premise alone!

A screenshot of Publishers Marketplace featuring the sale of Danai’s book, Vile Lady Villains, to Union Square & Co for publication in summer 2026. The screenshot is adorned with character art of the book’s MCs, done by Marina Charalambides

VILE LADY VILLAINS is coming to the US and Canada!
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I can’t begin to tell you how deeply grateful and excited I am that my sapphic, Gothic, Greek myth meets Shakespeare horromantasy will be published in the US and Canada by the fantastic team over at Union Square & Co!

All the Greek rage from our editor Danai, in a fiery piece reckoning with Greek retellings, the co-opting of Greek myths as part of white Western imagination, and what actual Greek authors are up to in today’s SFF landscape. Free to read immediately on khōréō’s website!

Hi Bluesky! This is an account run by @scifimagpie.bsky.social, but it's for showing off the jewelry, knitwear, sock critters, art, and home decor that Michelle, her wife, and their friends make!

A photo of a black and white skyline with the text "The only way is out" on the top and "Dare Hickman" on the bottom

It's out!!! Love movies like Cloverfield, Dawn of the Dead, and Moonfall? Experience the thrills of trying to survive a disaster movie when you're just the little people getting stomped in the background! It's live on itch now! Follow the link!

dare2dreamrpg.itch.io/the-only-way...

That said, if you follow my work/ me... vibe whiplash is going to be The Experience. I seem to be a genre traveler.

Fasten your seatbelts!

It's deeply funny that I am advertising my upcoming cozy academia vibes coming of age trilogy, when my actual summer reading has been a solid wall of Gothics that I'm book clubbing with friends.

With plans to write my own gothic, based on the first novel I EVER FINISHED.

Possible vibe whiplash!

Michelle’s Substack | Michelle Browne (Magpie) | Substack Non-fiction, poetry, publishing updates, and art from a magpie's nest. Click to read Michelle’s Substack, by Michelle Browne (Magpie), a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

My Substack (open.substack.com/pub/scifimag...) and Patreon (www.patreon.com/scifimagpie) will be hosting serially published installments of the trilogy! Follow along, one chapter at a time - or binge read the trilogy all at once!

(Coming soon!)

And if you're interested in a trilogy with:
- many queer characters
- neurodiverse (ADHD and autism) characters
- many PoVs
- 2010s setting
- university and Canadian Prairie setting
- no sexual assault
- romance, friendship, interpersonal drama, and REVENGE

...then watch this space!