Lisa Tirreno

"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words."

- Ursula K. Le Guin
November 19, 2014

Good morning! Yes, this is he

Yay! Glad you enjoyed 🥳🥳🥳

Tell me about it, stud

Post old memes to confuse young people

We make fun of elon but this is a clean win for him. Even after rebranding twitter as a goebbels computer with A.I. revenge porn journalists stayed on it frying their brains for retweets from jd vance and faulty sean spicer clones. Now they’re writing “Does AOC’s Brain Smell Different?”

Images are two renaissance-era paintings of women from the bible cutting off rapist men's heads

Not thinking about these paintings for any reason today

books are the square jaw of the soul

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

Alexandra has left off one very important book from her list. Bonus points for the audiobook having an Australian accent, which always gives things a little extra ⚡️⚡️⚡️

YOU HAVE SUCH GREAT TASTE ARGH

The covers of four books: Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno Swordheart by T Kingfisher Spectred Isle by KJ Charles Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

FANTASY ROMANCE
Prince of Fortune: Heartwarming coming of age fantasy romance.
Swordheart: Unlikely pairing of a middle-aged housekeeper & a snarky swordsman trapped in a blade.
Spectred Isle: Gorgeous 1920s paranormal romance.
Swordcrossed: Workaholic family man meets sword-wielding con-artist.

Restore funding for Writers Victoria - Petitions - Parliament of Victoria

Victorians! Funding had been cut to our state’s writing centre, please sign the petition to try and get it back www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

Gee, Universal Basic Income recoups more than it costs AND the recipients are happier and healthier.

Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

Harlequin Is Ending Its Historical Romance Line After Nearly 40 Years - Reactor The publisher's decision to end its historical romance line in 2027 comes on the heels of controversial changes to its international publishing tactics

After 40 years of publishing, Harlequin will end its iconic historical romance line in 2027:

#Booksky

I loved this game so much but could never get very far, there was a jump I consistently couldn’t do in one of the lower levels

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

It’s so horrible. It’s like uncanny valley except in every pixel

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Imagine is a blue sky over Port Phillip bay with native plants in the foreground, and little sailing ships and the city skyline in the background

TIMELINE CLEANSE you have just been transported to an Australian beach. It feels like one of the most helpful things I can do rn

Oh god. I’m either the food one or the children’s one aren’t I.

I only had the girl lion. My (male) cousin had the whole set. I think I’m still angry.

I loved that!!!!!!!!!

Is that the hardcover? Enjoy! It’s so shiny…

I’m so confused. Is this satire? Or does he genuinely think it’s normal to talk in a professional context about writing kinky fanfic that’s as long as 18 normal-sized books, and expect people to read it? What is happening?

A screenshot of WhatsApp: Ash: Sebastián, I have one very pressing question. Sebastián Di Martino: Let me know Ash: Are jaguar soft? Sebastián Di Martino: They are very soft (two hearts on the answer)

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.

who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters