Alastair Motylinski

Update: The Committee to Protect Journalists says Mario Guevara was deported from the United States early Friday.
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"I asked Chat GPT"

Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.

#DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers: Andrea Brown Lit Ash Literary Azantian Literary Agency Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Folio Literary Management Gallt & Zacker Literary Gelfman Schneider Literary Hachette Grand Central Publishing Little Brown Books for Young Readers Harper Collins Harlequin Hanover Square HG Literary Inked in Gray Press Jill Grinberg Literary Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Macmillan Feiwel & Friends Farrar, Straus & Giroux Roaring Brook Press Saturday books Wednesday books Mad Woman Literary Neighborhood Literary New Leaf Literary & Media Open Book Literary Page Street Publishing Park, Fine & Brower Penguin Random House Ballantine Berkley Delacorte Labyrinth Road Penguin Workshop Viking Root Literary Simon & Schuster Aladdin Atheneum Atria McElderry Sheldon Fogelman Agency Sourcebooks Stonefruit Studio Triada US Writers House Zando

#DVpit is 1 week away!

We're excited to have over 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from dozens of literary agencies and publishing imprints!

For the next week we'll be having a #DVparty to get hyped up for the event!

more info: dvpit.carrd.co

#writersky

book cover image: a girl reaches toward a dragon.

I always like to draw up a mock cover for a project after I finish a first draft. THE SLIGHT OF TENEBRIS is a character-driven fantasy about death in the family, estranged siblings, and hungry dragons in disguise. #DVparty #A #F

a man with a scarred chin and dark, curly hair stares tragically at the viewer. The background is red.

#myart #portrait of Twill Cavander, a very beloved character in a novel I'm working on

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

National Museum of Women in the Arts Presents WOMEN ARTISTS FROM ANTWERP TO AMSTERDAM, 1600- 1750 - Picture Preview Johanna Vergouwen, after Anthony van Dyck, Samson and Delilah, 1673; Oil on copper, 32 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.; Museo Nacional de San Carlos Collection, INBAL, Secre

An exhibit of the forgotten or never noticed WOMEN among the "Dutch Masters"..Click the link to see many images from this exhibit and a short preview description.

#NationalMuseumOfWomenInTheArts #DCMuseums #DCArt #PictureThisPostArt #WomenArtists #painting #WashingtonDCArtMuseums

At this time of year, fairy rings appear. These are rings of mushrooms or fungii which start out as a single spore. As the underground mycelium grows outwards, it depletes the soil mutrients in the middle and these parts die off.

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#glasgow #autumn #fairyring #mushroom #fungi

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There’s No Valid Evidence That Tylenol Causes Autism The best studies show no association

"Public health succeeds when we’re honest about what we know and what we don’t know. That means resisting hype, resisting spin, & resisting quack theories masquerading as science."

@drtomfrieden.bsky.social explains the lack of evidence of harm from Tylenol and how the public can judge such claims:

Three panel comic. P1: Two cloud shaped humanoids lie side by side on top of a hill, both looking upward at a red sky. P2: The cloud person on the left has a look of shock, as the one on the right points up at the sky. P3: A large panel where to POV switched to behind the two cloud people, which reveals what they are looking at. Floating high in the sky are multiple identical deathly white naked men, all with a disturbing blank grin on their faces.

shapes in the sky

Every time Shaun drops a new video my week is simultaneously improved by its existence and ruined by its contents

neon hemlock logo novellas open for subissions october 15-30 most interested in queer speculative work all welcome to submit b&w staticy bg image

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

Meet the Scientist Using Indigenous Storytelling to Save Lives Abigail Echo-Hawk, a preeminent Native American public health expert, discusses RSV, “data genocide” and positive change driven by Indigenous storytelling

How Indigenous Storytelling Is Transforming RSV Care in Native Communities

JOB: FSU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Music Theory (tenure track)! I am on the committee and happy to answer any questions.

societymusictheory.org/resources/jo...

Foredge art is one of my favorite things! Adds SO much to the presentation and surprisingly rare (or not surprisingly ... I'm sure it's expensive). I've always wanted to try my hand at it in bookbinding

Durham Geek and Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition) | Geek & Grub Market Book Nerds Rejoice! Come Join us for a day of book-themed fun!

Just a reminder, a week from today we'll be at Durham Geek & Grub Market (Book Nerd Edition), from 12-5 PM at the Durham Armory. Hope to see a few of you there!
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