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What if the baby's little crossed paws

What an astonishing outcome that no one could possibly have predicted.

IT'S TIME. Gifts For People You Hate, 2025: Boycott-Friendly Edition. naomikritzer.com/2025/12/11/g...

Tonight Stekkjastaur, the first of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He likes to sneak into the sheep shed to drink milk from the ewes. All the children put a shoe in the window for him to put a treat or a little gift in – if they have been good! The bad children get a potato.

I legitimately can't tell if I don't know how doctors work or if Mark Cuban doesn't know how doctors work?!? Is he asking us how we'd feel if we needed referrals for specialists or couldn't get our meds covered or if we knew rich people were getting better medicine??? ?!

we are going to win. it's not always going to feel like a victory. my heart is full of rage at how many will suffer while we get there. but they are in free-fall now.

it's not just appropriating someone's artwork (important as that is!); it's also reframing these incredibly sheltered comemierdas, who shift all the risk and consequences from their decisions onto others while hoarding the profits, into this position of casual, almost heroic precarity.

The BABY is a mighty HUNTER

OK there this should work

so some AI mark made that same joke about how "AI purists shun everything but parchment and quills" and I shot back, "If all *I* had was parchment and quills, I could write a novel using them. You can't." And I kinda feel like doing it now? okay with a fountain pen, but come on

it always breaks my brain to watch them vote in a way they will 100% be punished for, when they already know they will, when voting the other way would cost them personally nothing, and the only thing they get is... hurting people. imagine what has to be in your heart to do that.

This. Also: Our current industrial presence in space (in the ISS) is about the size of a microwave oven. Leaving aside the Three Laws (and we know how well THAT goes!), it'd take DECADES to develop the needed infrastructure. These guys are delusional. Just saying "SPACE!" doesn't make magic happen.😂

International conventions should not be held in the U.S.

i like these so people who stop by can see that I'm making my stuff myself, but I still want a way to stop AI from scraping my website.

One more day for the reprise of the Murderbot, Witch King, and my other fantasy novels Humble Bundle! #booksky

Okay! I officially just submitted my anthropic settlement info! If anyone out there hasn't done it and is overwhelmed, please feel free to reply here! I have a weird situation (co-writer, self-pub) & also some of my entries are weird, so I got to go on a MADCAP ADVENTURE! I will encourage* you!

Next year, I’m doing the Terry Lectureship at Yale in March/April. It’s a century-old series that’s hosted some truly heavyweight thinkers. Wild to be stepping onto that stage 😅 philosophy.yale.edu/events/2026-...

UGH I just saw that Ferris Wheel Press is doing an official Lord of the Rings tie-in pen/ink set and was like "Wow am I enough of a fan to splurge on that? It's really pretty" but then the website reminded me that they also did a Harpy Porper tie-in and I was like "HEY FUCK YOU FOREVER, FUCK YOU"

And I assume the entire High Republic -- characters and a world we spent years developing and caring about. All just...slop fodder now.

again and again we say this, but it's worth noticing every time. literally ANY other president, and this would be a top headline story for months. The fact that our media has made the conscious decision to shrug at open corruption is one of the prime reasons we are where we are.

it's so wild to remember two decades of lectures that Dem leadership knows how to realistically get things done and all of the left things we want are silly fantasies, and then watch everyone finally catch on that actually Dem leadership is dumb as shit and leftist stuff is the only way forward

Ursula had some edits to this 1974 edition of The Left Hand of Darkness. Understandable corrections, really.

Apparently this is the last day! Murderbot plus Witch King and more Humble Bundle! 14 books total and charity is World Central Kitchen.

I am definitely in the 20%. I could put together a Leverage team in under 20 minutes.

Yesterday's citizenship test highlight: What is the second line of the citizen oath of allegiance? I'm pretty sure the correct British answer is: "What oath of allegiance, how incredibly embarrassing, this isn't America."

I think my DDR machine is haunted.

I just got HANDWRITTEN feedback on something I wrote (he scanned in the pages he wrote on) and I’m DELIGHTED. I didn’t realize how much I missed that kind of thing. 😃!

Sad news: she was so very kind to me when I was starting out. Clever, kind, rather grand, but ready to tell the most scurrilous store of industry anecdotes once you got a couple of glasses of red wine inside her...

What WHAT w h a t is this stuff perhaps alchemy

Shawl with tassels

I AM NEVER GOING TO BE WARM AGAIN

I swear this is the one time I'll say this. And I am sorry to be an absolute narcissistic bro about it... but every time (EVERY TIME) I see some transphobic gay boasting about how masc they are... mate, maaaaate I could out bench press you one handed!!!!

Unsolicited writing advice, no.345: Vary the lengths of your sentences. Short ones have impact. Longer ones add depth and character. Ideally you should use a variety of sentence lengths to keep your reader engaged.

Day 12 of #Shedvent: You spend an evening at the inn, wth a warm fire, merry company, and good food and drink in abundance. Thence to a four-poster bed, linen sheets and pillows of silk and eiderdown, on which you sleep more soundly than you can ever remember...

Readers and Viewers: I can’t believe HQN didn’t print more copies of Heated Rivalry! Every Romance Author who’s been here for more than 5 minutes: Oh we can!

the "books spoil, like milk" model has always been exhausting but we're like 20 years into the world of ebooks now, at some point you'd think we would rethink the model

Hey girl

Still time to get the "Too Like the Lightning" ebook for $2.99 today in the goldbox sale: www.amazon.com/Too-Like-Lig...

the rant bubbling up inside me about publishers demanding rights they have no intention (or sometimes ability) to exploit is.... whew

Status report, "HOLY COW" dep't: Okay, plainly I *am* going to be able to manage #GettingTheHellOutOfDodge! More details shortly (as I'm currently throwing together a potato-and-bacon-steak casserole while digging deep into booking.com). And immediate THANKS to all those who've assisted! ❤️❤️❤️🙂

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Good morning

One of them pretty ones, from @sstpublications.bsky.social:

I have not even clicked the link yet and yes, everyone was failed by heated rivalry's publisher. EVERYONE

A government agent assigned to protect a defecting scientist (good!) ends up having to go underground in his magical city (bad!) to save the world (if you believe in that kind of thing, which he does not!)

FREE BABY DRAGONS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!! Also we're going to do a painting party and a bunch of other fun stuff but apparently my parents' septic tank...isn't there...anymore (???) so have to go sort that out asap and will write more on this later. #comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #free

What am I missing? Liam Neeson’s people are saying he’s not responsible for the script or the film he narrates. This is true! But he is *surely* responsible for the scripts and films he chooses to do. Even more so when it is an overtly political film.

We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?

Did...did Indiana just call Trump's bluff?

If I wrote a scene in a book where the senile king unironically took on windmills and I got away with it, I would be pretty proud of myself.

2018: no book tour because I'm just some debut novelist 2020: The beginnings of my book tours for Stormsong and The Midnight Bargain, and Soulstar (2021) are cancelled because of COVID 2022: No book tour for ETIKTE, I'm having surgery the day my book releases 2026: No book tour, because...Um

The guy on the community boards who's always bragging about how "his president" cut the cost of eggs and gas is shockingly silent lately.

Taking art direction from the kiddo: "Yucky Slugs" -- only note he gave besides "make them driving little cars" was "daddy make them yuckier" and he's so right

Gettin that urge again That horrible urge (The urge to clean out a pen and fill it with an ink sample I haven't tried yet instead of cleaning it out and putting it away because I already have too many pens inked up)

It’s that most wonderful time of the year when my friends gently remind me that not everyone has a fetishistic system for storing wrapping paper.

it's me, I'm part of a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts!! while discord & y'all have got me pretty well handled for shipping money & filament, there are lots of folks who are doing a TON of work without as much support, so donating here will help all of them!

Don’t worry: the publishers that buy these bloated piles of pseudo-journalism will absolutely not learn from this so sleep tight.

Hey do you want lesbian yearning? I have lesbian yearning

@gianttourtiere.bsky.social Anyway, the important thing is that the microbot civilization that I created last night is FIRMLY imprisoned in this here cleaned-out jam jar (razberry).

Read a novel on Medium! Aeonian A diary found at the back of a library draws a lonely young woman into Victorian era Cornwall, but as past events begin to repeat themselves, the reader must ask... What is her connection to this story? #novel #Medium #booksky 📚💙📚💙📚💙📚 medium.com/@tudortweep/...

He just quotes a joke only he was present for over & over to people who have no idea what he’s talking about. Pennywise just cracks himself up constantly doing a reference at terrified nerds who don’t actually get it like yeah I guess stuff does float in the sewer bub? Kind of focused on the teeth

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a tale of magic, friendship, storms, old gods, revenge, crime, and creatures from beyond the reef… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

This is unironcially one of my favorite scenes in that book. 😂 When I read it after Donna wrote it I laughed and I laugh every time. 6 people with guns pointed at each other and that crazy fucker is eating apples like he's attending the theater.

Hate it when Santa pimps his ride… Ancient Animal Advent Day 12! Info below.

Reddit is serving me ads for a $400 wool shirt that claims to be "workwear" and the co-option of blue collar working clothes into a goddamned fashion style that people pay $400 for makes me want to scream. At least subsidize us regular manual laborers by buying the brands we wear.

Big Sir Pounce energy

oh, nice, hadn't seen them all in a pack like this. absolutely stunning (can say that because I had nothing whatsoever to do with them):

Anthropic sent me 2 letters at my address, sent Donna 1 at my address, and sent Kit Rocha one at my address.

Decorating the Yule tree and watching Die Hard. Like it should be!! Right?! Die Hard is a Christmas movie. This is not up for discussions. Lol

(My very first tassels, well, my second third and fourth. The first one was given to a kiddo because it was a bit wonky. But perfectly serviceable I'm told)

do you think it's wrong that I have the urge to actually murder people for using leafblowers? (I am not going to murder them. I am just feeling the urge.) there is something about the specific frequency/loudness of the sound that is torture to me. more so than any other sound, I think.

@tkingfisher.com I just accidentally destroyed a long post and must now go reconstruct it: but meanwhile, turn on the English subtitles on this and enjoy, because these guys are ARTISTS at building chicken houses. :) youtu.be/nl_753otfQs...

When there is SO much shit thrown at the wall, it is very hard to choose a ‘biggest story.’ Maybe the biggest story is that nonstop shit is being thrown at all the walls?

@maggietokudahall.bsky.social ?? Pigeon already has fancy hat ??

www.marvel.com/articles/cul...

Bluemoose 2025. Two books listed for major prizes. Christ on a Bike by @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social Dublin Lit Award The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social OrwellPrize 6 part BBC Two TV Series: Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social From Hebden Bridge with love.

I am really glad that Tor is perpetually happy to sell my queer books, because this is making me so mad.

Friday night…

Legend of Parenting Zelda a child Breath of the who loves Wild Minecraft 🤝 If this tablet breaks and I lose all these fun apps I am in trouble.

I feel like there is some intense video game drama happening just out of my field of vision and I'm both morbidly curious because I have no idea what is going on but also deeply relieved that there is one (1) thing I love that I have not destroyed by being too online lol

There comes a point when the problem *itself* says to you, *"WUT.* ...Go have a lie-down and get over this, because YOU WILL NOT LIVE THIS LONG." 😏

Rewatching the old (very underrated) IT miniseries & realizing the whole “they all float down here” thing came from Georgie in the first place. Old Grandpa Pennywise was really like “oh that’s so good what a line I’m gonna run that joke into the ground so hard you guys”

Status report, ":HOW THE HELL DID I DO THAT" dep't: (mutter) I accidentally destroyed a beautifully detailed update on The #GettingOutOfDodge Thing. Here's a precis of what will follow tomorrow, when I have a brain again: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80268...

In one of the best years in videogames history, props to Blue Prince, Dispatch, Roottrees Are Dead, Expelled!, Séance at Blake Manor, Herdling, despelote, Keep Driving, Citizen Sleeper 2, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Ball X Pit, Bionic Bay, The Alters, Egging On, Hell Is Us, and every other gem.

Oh heh did anyone want review copy? Review copy!

Good morning, Bluesky. “By the detergents and dish soap by the orderly books and broom on the floor, by the clean windows, by the table without papers, notebooks or pens, by the easy chairs without newspapers, whoever approaches my house will find a day that is completely Friday.”

The WH ‘too many fierce handshakes’ excuse for Trump’s IV bandages would be funny if it didn’t reflect such deep contempt for Americans, especially their own voters.

this sweater is my favorite jeff bridges film. my little brain just designed a whole pattern from this

Shout out to Loose Id, the only epublisher who registered our copyright.

Happy Friday! Halfway through the advent calendars now… What books are you hoping to get through by the end of the year? - Michael

It took me TWO WHOLE HOURS but we've managed to turn on accessibility options for the kiddo's kindle, to borrow a book he likes, AND to install a new dictionary he could use (we have not, however, managed to install dictionary on his own profile, for some reason it has to be an adult profile)

Hello friends, Your librarian here with a tip. The library has all sorts of cookbooks for you to check out. There are also cooking magazines on the digital app (Libby, Overdrive, Hoopla) that you can read, as well as back issues. You can screenshot recipes. Happy cooking!

Was in my local library earlier. Newspaper crumpled by a day of telling everyone what’s going on. Kids lost in picture books. The cafe full. A table with a jigsaw that anybody can add a piece too. A display of titles for World AIDS Day. A whole shelf of NEW BOOKS JUST IN. Perfect, just perfect.

"The world we live in doesn’t have to be like it is now. The absurd level of inequality we see is not a fact of nature." news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Propaganda. How deceptively simple it is and how we're drowning in it. I wish people had better information literacy

@paulduane.bsky.social

Happy Friday, friends. Wishing the writers and artists among you inspiration and productivity. Let’s do this.

The scissors (I'm afraid k1 took one look at them and burst out laughing)

Au revoir Stanley Baxter. One of the cleverest and funniest comedians of my childhood. He was a better queen than the Queen and came out at 94. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Lk...

I got a letter saying I owe £7.02p. A paper letter. Like, in the post and everything. The letter cost more than £7.02p to get to me. Not counting the marginal environmental cost of haulage. There's something wrong with a world that can do that.