Reposted by AlexHannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series! 3288862719
Reposted by AlexEvangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026limited edition character art print of Morgan from You’re No Better, by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social 110023
Reposted by AlexVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org 17452363
Reposted by AlexJasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A place to donate directly for much needed medical relief efforts. www.directrelief.org/2026/08/nepa...directrelief.orgNepal Flash Floods: Direct Relief Mobilizing Aid Around Medical NeedsAt least 160 people were killed, and hundreds remain missing after a catastrophic flash flood swept through border areas of Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet on Wednesday. Infrastructure in … 17399
Reposted by AlexJasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 27/08/2026World Central Kitchen is moving to help feed people by partnering with restaurants in Nepal. Donations can be sent through the link below. wck.org/news/first-a...wck.orgFIRST ALERT: WCK Responds to Flash Flooding in Nepal | WCKWorld Central Kitchen's restaurant partners are serving meals in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts–downstream from the country's border with World Central Kitchen’'s restaurant partners are serving... 13234
Reposted by AlexWendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026HILLSBORO FOLKS!!! Massively important data center meeting tomorrow! There are a lot of heinous loopholes the city can fall into -- don't let the tech corporations kill your city. hillsboroherald.com/hillsboro-da...hillsboroherald.comHillsboro Data Center Fight Moves To Planning Commission Wednesday Night: Why You Need to Show UpThe Real Story - A Column Opinions and Statements of Research-based facts offered from the perspective of a long-time local 1179
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026SUMMER COVEN is out today! Arthur and Sal are back for another adventure as a vampire-husbands crime-solving duo, this time at a summer solstice festival crawling with witchy suspects! 🌙🍧🐈⬛ Grab a copy of our cozy paranormal mystery www.rosieethor.com/summer-coven 0169
Reposted by AlexJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this! 7755637
Reposted by AlexCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17/08/2026Every time someone says "but how will we afford it?" I want to ask them how we are affording it now, and in many cases, the answer is that we aren't. 191831502
Reposted by AlexAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century is heading for mass production. TB still kills 1.23 million people a year. WHO estimates a vaccine with this efficacy profile could prevent 76 million cases and save 8.5 million lives over 25 years. Reuters buff.ly/fI5mDxR #ShareGoodNewsTooreuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/indias-serum-institute-partners-with-gates-mri-make-expiremental-tb-vaccine-2026-07-16/ 8704274
Reposted by AlexMatthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Poets can't choose which of their poems strike a chord or go viral. Sheenagh Pugh's tired of being best known for this poem, for instance. Sorry, Sheenagh, but it's a real hit...! 720553
Reposted by AlexCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I hate that we have let the nastiest racists on earth define and redefine our language. From "woke" to "DEI." Trump's policies are not anti-DEI. They are racist. US firms did not abandon DEI policies. They fired competent black women in droves on the basis of race and sex. 153111832
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Oh hey! Pacific Northwest folks, come see Kat and me on tour for Summer Coven! We'll be talking about our silly cozy mysteries about gay vampires and we'll have adorable cat stickers to give away. Hope to see some folks there! 1147
Reposted by AlexCaitlin Starling @caitlinstarling.com · 06/08/2026incoming thread about inspirations behind MILKTEETH, since it’s world breastfeeding week and the book is literally “okay but what if breastfeeding vampires” you can preorder! read.macmillan.com/lp/milkteeth...read.macmillan.comMilkteeth 9781250340788 - MacmillanFrom the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence comes a new, genre-bending supernatural horror about a vampire broodmother fighting against her o... 23110
Reposted by Alexkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This thread is updated. "What can I do to let people know what's happening with book censorship?" "How can I change the tide of book censorship?" "What's happening with book censorship." I've got over 5 years of posts on this. I've threaded here a selection of crucial ones answering those ?s. 13230
Reposted by AlexAntlers Teeth Claws @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Thread on why we absolutely do NOT want the SCREEN Act or any other internet-restricting or age-verification laws. CALL YOUR REPS & SENATORS to yell at them absofuckinglutely not. 047
Reposted by AlexIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/08/2026In light of Hank Green disappointing us all, a thread of science communicators that do not brainlessly parrot LLMs as reference. Miniminuteman. A Tiktok import who now posts long form archeological/pseudoarcheology-debunking vids to YouTube. They're fantastic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFA4...youtube.comThe Giant Skeletons of Lovelock Cave - DEBUNKEDYouTube video by Miniminuteman 31608570
Reposted by AlexMegan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Actually did something and donated to the Haitian Community and Support Center emergency fund, consider doing the same if you can: ancljkuy.donorsupport.co/page/FUNDVDT...ancljkuy.donorsupport.coStand with Haitian Families in CrisisBuild the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ... 26546
Reposted by AlexHillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I don't understand people who get up, look at the world, and aren't wrestling their injustice rage all day long. I'm envious in a way, tbh. 6999
Reposted by AlexElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social is an *exceptional* look at the root causes of Cyclospora outbreaks, including a discussion of how migrant workers are treated and the consequences of that behavior.forbes.comIt’s The Water, Not Produce, Likely Driving Cyclospora OutbreaksContaminated irrigation or processing water is more likely the source of the Cyclospora outbreak. There are many systemic failures, outlined here. 30774380
Reposted by AlexErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Let’s be really clear about this lettuce situation: it’s not just the destruction of public health tracking, it’s also years and years of ending regulations that would have prevented conditions causing outbreaks in the first place, combined with climate change that makes them more likely to happen. 162324644
Reposted by AlexLee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Seven more days until the big move, so I'm doing one last bump for the "help Lee get out of Kentucky and settle in Chicago!" fundraiser 🫡 I'm so grateful for everyone's help boosting and donating, and can't express how much of a difference it all makes www.gofundme.com/f/help-lee-m...gofundme.comDonate to Help Lee Move to Chicago!, organized by Lee MandeloHi everyone! I'm Lee Mandelo, a gay trans writer, scholar, and editor whose work you might recog… Lee Mandelo needs your support for Help Lee Move to Chicago! 39494
Reposted by AlexMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 16/07/2026For those counting that's now FOUR national book banning bills that are moving their way through. This one seems to be a senate companion to 7661 (much of the same language). Call the senate re: 2616 and 4925, call the house re: 8705, 7661 And as always, fuck censorship 📚 09076
Reposted by AlexKathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.wfla.comRare blood needed to save life of Florida teen needing bone marrow transplantFT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced. Gigi Felix,… 218341964
Reposted by Alexjeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026It's not too late to call your reps to vote NO on KOSA, and if you like being able to sign on to the internet without entering your driver's license or passport number, it's crucial that you do! I left a message over the weekend and called again for good measure today. I hope you do the same! 0384446
Reposted by AlexBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQbit.lyThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 311363788
Reposted by AlexMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Wake up, guys: time to badger your Congressman again. This is the latest version of the crappy KOSA bill: "push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about private and encrypted communications." 2134157
Reposted by AlexGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026@drjudystone.bsky.social also has a great piece about how the rule will affect your community. 5/ www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...forbes.comHow The OMB Rule Could Hurt You And Your TownThe OMB proposal threatens scientific research and ALL federal funding for states, cities, and nonprofits. It politicizes ALL funding. Call your reps and write an objection. 18143
Reposted by AlexGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026If you are a scientist, @elizabethginexi.bsky.social has a primer for that too! 4/ elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 17330
Reposted by AlexGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comRussell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify YouA proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country. 601371715
Reposted by AlexOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...english.elpais.comIn the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator AlcatrazThe community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce... 2888384110
Reposted by AlexMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.newrepublic.comThe Prairieland Sentences Are a National EmergencyA federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent. 030821376
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This thursday in Seattle!! Come hang out! 031
Reposted by AlexKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them. 3742361576
Reposted by Alexalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026author, editor, and personal bud Lee Mandelo is trying to get (the hell) out of kentucky this summer. if you can-- gofund.me/e45094aecgofund.meDonate to Help Lee Move to Chicago!, organized by Lee MandeloHi everyone! I'm Lee Mandelo, a gay trans writer, scholar, and editor whose work you might recog… Lee Mandelo needs your support for Help Lee Move to Chicago! 25551
Reposted by AlexBarn Raiser @barnraiser.bsky.social · 21/06/2026With the help of a Kickstarter campaign, Rae Garringer set out on a cross-country road trip to document and preserve the stories of rural lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and Two Spirit people across the United States. (From September 2024) buff.ly/7EKW8DCbuff.lyCountry Queers Spread the Love in Rural AmericaFor more than a decade, the Country Queers oral history project has documented LGBTQ+ rural folks who have “always made a way out of no way.” 053
Reposted by AlexLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Cervical cancer gets the headlines because it’s the first one they proved was linked to HPV, but now we know it also causes really deadly head and neck cancers, anal cancer, and penile cancer. Every person, please get the vaccine 211711775
Reposted by AlexVincent uses they/them pronouns 🐸 @v-e-tirado.com · 19/06/2026happy juneteenth! did you know? you can buy this book from any major retailer! #books 0119
Reposted by AlexNPR @npr.org · 19/06/2026While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.n.prJuneteenth: How news of the Emancipation Proclamation spread through the SouthWhile some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves. 231782
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026There's a goodreads giveaway for Summer Coven happening right now! If you want a chance to win an advance copy, bop over there and enter! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...goodreads.comBook giveaway for Summer Coven (A Dead & Breakfast Mystery) by Kat Hillis Jun 18-Jul 17, 2026Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jun 18-Jul 17, 2026. Enter for a chance to win a copy of Summer Coven by Kat Hillis and... 056
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Oh hey! The ebook version of The Meaning of Pride is on sale for just $1.99 right now! Idk how long this sale will last, but now's a great time to grab it for cheap! www.rosieethor.com/the-meaning-...rosieethor.comThe Meaning of Pride | Rosiee Thor | AuthorA vibrant ode to the culture and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, The Meaning of Pride, written by Rosiee Thor and illustrated by Sam Kirk, celebrates the beauty, significance, and many dimension... 086
Reposted by AlexMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 16/06/2026🧪 Keep pressuring every org, professional body, association, uni, etc. you are affiliated with to submit the strongest possible comment opposing this calamity (highest ROI move for most of us) 🧪 19369
Reposted by AlexKayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026NEW BOOK NEW COVER NEW BOOK NEW COVER!!! Coming January 2027! (this is the selkie book) 1237
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Dead & Breakfast is just $1.99 across ebook platforms! If you want to snag it on sale, today is the day! Pick your poison (retailer): bookshop.org/a/71143/9780... www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... books.apple.com/us/book/dead... www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... barnesandnoble.sjv.io/c/128773/189...bookshop.orgDead & BreakfastCheck out Dead & Breakfast - <b>The new vampires in town are sinking their teeth into solving a murder…</b><br><br>Married odd couple Arthur and Sal are totally normal. They wear sunscreen, not... 178
Reposted by AlexRosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Oh hey! That's me talking about aromantic representation over on Publishers Weekly! 💚✌️ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...publishersweekly.comRosiee Thor on Centering Aromantic Voices for YA ReadersThor reflects on her new YA anthology, 'Being Aro,' co-edited with Madeline Dyer, and the importance of representing aromantic identities and experiences. 27636
Reposted by AlexGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/06/2026When an expert on authoritarianism (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) is writing about your scientific meeting, alarm bells should go off. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles Henderson at chenderson@diabetes.org and Chief Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at rkalyani@diabetes.org. 6278127
Reposted by AlexHeidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The Planetary Society built an interactive side-by-side "track changes" comparison for the proposed OMB rules. They show exactly what the current rules say versus what the proposed rules would change, section by section, across all *399* affected provisions. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change/ 🧪🔭dashboards.planetary.orgFederal Grant Rule Comparison 016386
Alex @onthesummertree.bsky.social · 03/06/2026truly amazing and also the HPV vaccine is good for all genders because HPV causes more than just cervical cancer. missed getting the series as a teen? you can get it up to 45 years old now in the U.S. i'm a perpetually broken record, but get your vaccines, folks 000