Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca

It's my birthday! I would love if y'all could head over to @reckoningmag.bsky.social today, give them a follow, and maybe check out my recent editorial for A Chorus, Divergent (our special reprint collection of #neurodivergent contributors over the past ten years). reckoning.press/editorial/

Happy birthday!

I truly believe articles like this are part of a deliberate effort not just to frame climate change as primarily a matter of individual consumer responsibility, but to encourage the public to blame disabled ppl specifically & view assistive tech as an extravagance humanity can’t afford, while (1/2)

Lager on a table beside 3 books.

Having a beer while slinging books. How civil.

Living the dream!

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

This is an excellent thread.

Little bursts of needles along a tamarack sapling’s trunk, swamp in the background

In the marshlands today, the drought and heat are intense but this tamarack is doing ok

Beautiful fermenter!

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Reminder: anyone can found and edit a SFF magazine.

There’s no regulatory body or hoops. You create the position for yourself.

Many of these people are amazing—

But mag Editors are just guys who decided to spend a lot of time on something they love.

Just people.

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

New day, new stretch goal! @othersidespec.bsky.social is only $800 away from unlocking reprints of no-longer-online or out-of-print queer stories. (No solicitations ever, $100 flat fee for reprints.) If you’re as excited about the thought of bringing back lost queer stories as we are, check it out!

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Pools of Light at the Center of the World by Will McMahon ...and he now wandered alone through the green and bright land of his desire, its air thick with the heady buzz of life, of unseen life, and he paused again and crouched, the joints of his body creaki...

My story “Pools of Light at the Center of the World,” a 2800-word sentence about a shipwrecked Andalusian merchant losing his mind in a field, is now free to read in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social! Check it out. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/pool...

Idk who needs to hear this besides a cop that just shadowed a cyclist past my porch but following in a cyclist’s blind spot matching their speed is not making them safer but one of the scariest ways a car can interact with a bike. Go with the flow of traffic! Be predictable so we can avoid you ffs

A half bushel of apples

The apple tree between the post office and the taco place parking lot has yielded once again despite drought and having produced vigorously the last 2 years. I am grateful

very sorry, that sounds awful

The Climate Fiction Prize celebrates the most inspiring novels tackling the climate crisis.

I will be one of this judges this year and would love to read your work.

The £10,000 prize is awarded annually to a single novel. Submissions now open.

Link here climatefictionprize.co.uk

Please share :)

So proud of how this turned out, and so very honored to have been trusted with the beautiful works of these #neurodivergent creators.
#neurodivergentanthology #neurodivergentwriters
#neurodivergentauthor #neurodivergentartists #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

Yes! I am in this! Go get it 💕🐬💕

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Chef’s kiss…

I told y'all had something exciting coming out today!

In Reckoning's first decade, we have been lucky to publish beautiful poetry, prose, and art by neurodivergent creators. I hope they (and everyone else) understand how important they are. Our world would be dimmer without these unique voices.

My green 90s LL Bean hybrid bike with saddlebags and blaze orange pedals leaning against a wall with a sign prohibiting bikes, skateboards, loitering etc etc

Grocery store says I can’t ride my bike to buy their food, but I disobey!

PeoI’m pe making their own bike lane

Government’s asleep, let’s build some guerrilla bike lanes before they wake up.

Happy Italian-Heritage Month amici :)

Giving fake robots personhood < giving humans their personhood back

These winks and tiny lepidoptera refer to the fact that A CHORUS, DIVERGENT, our special reprint issue featuring neurodiverse creators edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, comes out in ebook and begins online release TOMORROW with CG's editorial and cover art by @abistevensart.bsky.social!!!

I dreamed about this happening I don't know how many times