Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man

Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs

A brightly lit town at the foot of a snowy mountain with bright green streaks in the sky overhead

The #aurora action tonight is from the livestream over Finland -- scroll back in the video timeline if you've missed some of it :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTV...

PLEASE, retail workers

from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round

(factcheck: true)

the public space stuff this time of year is a lot

(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)

PLEASE DO THIS

it is a kindness

This week—learning that my book was banned & confronting state-imposed censorship of concepts like “diversity” and “oppression”—have been discouraging. I got a new book coming & don’t know what the future brings. BUT. The more The Powers That Be try to silence me, the louder I’ll become.

I was kinda nervous about giving this speech TBH. I don't usually get nervous about public speaking but going to a fancy Washington DC event and talking about fascism and why AI sucks felt like a lot honestly. I was so relieved people seemed to like it.

:) We should hold a convention. Imagine the hottness!

Oi.

Google: People also ask: “Can a 60-year old woman wear leather pants?”

Me: Hold my girly cocktail.

(Content alert: self harm:) Unless told, many of the younger ‘uns when they learn of poet Sylvia Plath’s suicide in 1969 don’t realize it was a gas oven into which she put her head. They’re used to electric ovens. I think they assume it was the heat that killed her.

We have some more pizzas to give out today! If you’re in toronto victoria or Montreal order with the pizza password ! Email or dm for more info: transpizzaday@proton.me

Truly

Yet there are the days when you can find me in the gym, throwing heavy things around, kicking ass, and taking names.

Amal’s audiobook for The River Has Roots, her novel about two sisters who make music together, has *actual music played and sung by her and her sister* and you should listen to it.

I am (glacially) working on a game based on the ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY universe and I don't have to talk to Tor about that because I still own my game rights

I can print out tee shirts with the phrase "Space plus bullshit equals death"

(and I will)

ARRIVAL was made from a Ted Chiang story that was first published in the Starlight 2 anthology. The movie grossed a worldwide total of over $200 million.

obviously we don't know how much he made licensing it, but the point is: that's Ted's money.

Money flows TOWARDS the writer.

New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.

Not even for legacy mag cred.

I understand.

Made it back to my office for office hours after this morning's not very strenuous class. Yet I'm sitting in my chair in the dark, too tired to stand and walk the five steps to my door to turn on the light. Yay, #fibromyalgia

PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.

Support Crocodile Dance: An Africanfuturist Animated Feature Reimagining the Mami Wata Origin Story An ambitious Africanfuturist animated feature is gaining momentum on Kickstarter, and it deserves your attention. Crocodile Dance reimagines the Mami Wata origin story through Roukia, a Hausa griot fr...

This looks super cool! #Africanfuturism!
Their kickstarter is in the link. Just sent my contribution, too.
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Scott, you're a warrior. Thank you. @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, I'm so sorry. I know this is not under your control.

Photos of me, Yume Kitasei, Fran Wilde and Victor Pineiro in an ad for the Brooklyn Books & Booze reading on 11/18 at 7:00 p.m.

What will I be doing 25 hours from now? Reading from my new collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded at Brooklyn Books & Booze — along with @yumewrites.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, and @victorpineiro.bsky.social, who'll be sharing their own glorious words! Hope to see you there!

The 10 best sci-fi & fantasy listens of 2025 Sci-fi and fantasy didn’t sleep this year. Escape, unwind, or speculate about the future—whatever you want to do, you can find it here.

This was so unlooked for & so lovely -- I'm thrilled to share that the audiobook of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS is in Audible's Top 20 #BestOfTheYear for 2025 & Top 10 SFF lists, Audible UK's Best of 2025 Sci-Fi Fantasy picks, & Audible Canada's Book of the Year.

I'm in the current issue of Analog. I managed to negotiate to a contract I was willing to sign. Naively, I thought that established writers giving this feedback would eventually make a dent.

It hasn't. I don't know that it will. I just wrote to Trevor withdrawing a story I'd sold to him.

Highly recommend getting tickets for this free event, not just because it features Utopia interviewee Ken Liu and contributor Jean-Paul L. Garnier @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social. It also features a range of other experts, providing deep insight into the world of speculative fiction! #sciencefiction

parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

Opinion | My Medicaid, My Life (Published 2017)

We should not forget that Alice Wong could only go to college because she had access to Medicaid. People with disabilities can only thrive and survive if society chooses to invest in them the way it invests in everyone else.
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/o...

Actually, it may be 3 times in 42 years. But SFWA's stepped up its representation game in recent years.

Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I  was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…

"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"

Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project

published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...

And now I'll return to jubilation bc fuck those guys. NORA!! This is so cool!