Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073529510622
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The crabbed thread of your gut. I definitely need years more page time (or probably infinite page time) to get *there* 010
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasPam @pamd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you are in Toronto @thelocal.to published a candidate tracker. Very helpful, as it can be difficult to find info on municipal candidates. Please vote this month. thelocal.to/candidate-tr...thelocal.toCandidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The LocalThe only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election. 0168
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasThe Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the wordgofundme.com 0161185
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In the sirens and the silences now All the great set up hearts All at once, start to beat #jasonmolina #songsohia #farewelltransmission 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The stats pages on submission grinder are so addictive. Ooooh look another bar from purple to red and now I'm in the top (insert encouraging percentage) 110
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is me except for I check incessantly. Every hour. 120
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haasmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6164062448
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I just backed Apex Magazine 2027! Let's get many more strange, surreal and beautiful stories! @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape... @apexmag.bsky.socialkickstarter.comApex Magazine 2027An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror. 077
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasThought Slime’s monster @slimemildred.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t want to sound glib, but if a woman actually wanted to “make up a crime to ruin a man’s reputation,” they’d pick one that people actually give a shit about, like hurting a dog or something. 203669739
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My hope and question for you: was the 30 hour-old coffee microwaved or is this now an accidental cold brew. 110
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A second story of mine is long listed! I'm sorry downstairs neighbours for jumping up and down! Don't look so worried, cat, this is me happy! 010
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I frequently whisper to my cats I love you its ok to eat me if I die 110
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reading, and writing, are holy. I love reading novels because they tell me something. They say: "this is what someone believed enough to dedicate months or years of their life to say." This is just as true for the trashiest pulp as it is for the highest literature. 6670176
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here is one from 2024: shareholder activist nuns : NPR share.google/PrzOtoJb7qKi...share.googleWhy these nuns have filed more than 350 shareholder resolutionsIn the small town of Atchison, Kan., some unlikely investors are making a name for themselves as outspoken shareholder activists. 122
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Some of the fiercest activists I know in my line of work holding corporations accountable for their misdeeds, are nuns, using their shareholdings to demand respect for labour rights, human rights, etc. During the opioid crisis they got many pharma board directors kicked off. 150
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:propublica.orgThe Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income TaxProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev... 541672828
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I once peed myself fully in front of my boss and still got a promotion. 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Feeling very grateful for Canadian health care today, as the sun streams into my private room and a volunteer just came into do reiki (!) on me (with my consent). I had to have a small surgery and two nights in the hospital. I'll go home having to pay absolutely nothing. All staff were so kind. 000
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 25/09/2026Carney: The rules-based international order is crumbling. International Criminal Court: As a participating member you are required by the rules to arrest those with a warrant if they pass through your territory. Carney: Fuck you. 9538157
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Aaahh I missed these! They really fuelled me last year 🙏 and will, once again 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I am vaguely aware that me dancing like an absolute freak in my living room = a disproportionate response to what has actually happened (a first reader thought my story was good enough to move it forward for further consideration) 010
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying 854127841
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Someone on zoom today: oh you live in Toronto?? You totally gave off cool Montreal vibes Me: (immediately throws Toronto under the bus) ok wow this is the biggest compliment 010
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasRob @robertferry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The main distinction between the AI resignations and pronouncements is that while they say there is a >10% chance AI will wipe us out, there is a 100% chance that emissions from all the fossil fuel reserves that exist on these companies balance sheets will wipe us out. 243585
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now. 12068171639
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...prospect.org‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American ProspectOn July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries. 2219981175
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's beautiful! Even though the sound is poppier than what I usually listen to, they're really good, familiar sounding and still original. The guitar's my favourite!it.is 110
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Sad guy recovering in hospital tells a long story to happy girl recovering in hospital. 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I really enjoyed Slow Gods and its big questions have lingered long after reading. 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It's very good and the questions it poses have really stuck with me. 010
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasCenter for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 25/08/2026For the first time, a peer-reviewed study has "drawn a straight line from single corporate emitters like Exxon or Chevron ... to specific heatwaves and areas of extreme rainfall." The new methodological framework could make it much easier to hold Big Oil accountable for its climate lies.motherjones.comIt just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate changeFor years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise. 4222104
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ok I was coming in here specifically to ooh and aah about those photos though I swear I do actually also like to read. 010
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026My 'process' is to word vomit something half coherent, sit on it for two agonizing years, forget about it for three years, and then dig it up being like: oh! There's something there... Only because I've lost all attachment to the piece I'm able to finish, making new connections as I'm (re)writing. 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Wow this was beautiful and made me sit in silence for a moment after reading. 010
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026My jaw dropped and then kept on dropping..!! 040
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I've been waiting for this one..! Alix's short fiction is divine. 000
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Never forget that the clowns who are currently saying “we can’t stop climate change, just accept it” are the same people who spent the last decade doing everything possible to prevent us from stopping climate change. 7352128
Reposted by Rosa (Swamp Rose) de HaasTania 🦄🤡 @archistratego.bsky.social · 12/08/2026We are in the last few hours of the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social kickstarter, thank you for the support! it would be especially amazing if we could add flash fiction to each issue!! So fingers crossed for reaching that stretch goal in particular. LET'S GO! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...kickstarter.comUncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together! 066
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Just read it yesterday and really loved it 110
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For creative writing: the most joy I feel is when I'm writing through a tough spot and something all of a sudden clicks. Things are coming together, sentences flow; I am in love with this process. I can feel pride because my pieces took time (literal years) and effort. Prompters do not love writing. 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026But, now that Google is broken and and AI stuffed down everyone's throat, how are younger folks supposed to build up their own expertise and critical thinking skills? Esp if they're told there won't be any jobs anyway 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I genuinely do not understand the AI appeal. At work, a few colleagues gush over Claude. I tried it once for research and it cost me SO much time to correct and fact check, because unlike AI, I know my shit. If you don't know your shit what you will be regurgitating via AI is, well, actual shit. 000
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I have been glued to my screen for the past hour, so good 020
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Just spent a delightful hour with the Travelling at Night demo, by indie studio Weather Factory. It's on Steam, to get it! I am now craving pastis, patting French cafe cats and the smell of old books. 031
Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Oooh this is so well-deserved! Congratulations! I loved Uncertain Sons, and Weird Fiction vol. 1. Actually that reminds me to go preorder vol. 2 👍 110