sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026DEMOLITION MAN x 3% Climate change has driven the population underground, where they live under a dictator. The stragglers above die from wildfire toxins. Amber dreams of fleeing to a safe zone, but when she finally gets there, she discovers everything she thought she knew was a lie. #DVPit #YA 100
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026How far would you go to save your own life? Would you double cross your best friend? Team up with a killer? Or worst of all: fall in love? #DVPit 🌈 Queer Romance 🫂 Platonic love between opposite genders ⚰️ Dying + needs a cure 💊 🌚 Morally gray area 🕳️ Underground living 🔥 Climate change aboveground 200
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"The glass and steel skyscrapers had been on fire for as long as anyone could remember, and Amber St. Clair trudged through drifts of ash that were knee-high in some places." The opening line for BLUE ZONE, my climate-change speculative fiction novel. #DVPit 000
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Amber lives in the Blue Zone: walled-off, on fire, & ruled over by a vicious street gang. Most live in fear of the gang, but Amber's only chance for survival requires her to work w/an alluring girl smuggler, who she can't help but be attracted to, in order to save the zone #LGBT #YA #SF #OWN #DVPit 100
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In the BLUE ZONE, Black people cough themselves to death due to climate change-induced fires; escape is a lottery that sends them to a safe zone. After a violent encounter at a lottery, a dying teenager must uncover the ominous purpose of the zone & thwart the nefarious plan for its residents #dvpit 110
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My spec fic novel BLUE ZONE as a meme/gif: When the world is on fire long enough, it becomes just weather, right? 🤷🏾♀️ #DVParty 191
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"The glass and steel skyscrapers had been on fire for as long as anyone could remember, and Amber St. Clair trudged through drifts of ash that were knee-high in some places." The opening line for BLUE ZONE, my climate-change speculative fiction novel. #DVParty 2191
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Moodboard for my novel, BLUE ZONE! 'Demolition Man' meets '3%,' BLUE ZONE is a Black, queer tale of romance, resistance, and survival set in the shadow of climate change. #DVParty 280
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 24/09/202633yrs ago the New York Times published an article criticising Federico Fellini and other foreign language films — calling them "hard work". MARTIN SCORSESE sent this in response. 361022287
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970172264
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW YORK (AP) — CNN and MS NOW journalists are now back at the White House, hours after federal judge orders Trump to lift ban. 1138587
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The millennial urge to use an exclamation point to indicate friendliness (!) 010
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Adulting is buying yourself twizzlers and wine at the grocery store as a reward for grocery shopping instead of ordering food 021
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 16/04/2026www.npr.org/2026/04/14/n...npr.orgVirginia joins a national effort to ensure only popular vote winners become presidentWith Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means. 000
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 14/04/2026www.patreon.com/posts/155054...patreon.comA Kick In The Teeth! E213: On the Court Ruling Against Meta and Google (and the Lack of Separation Between Adult and Kid Spaces) | Seren SenseiGet more from Seren Sensei on Patreon 000
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like. 627336217240
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026If for whatever reason Stephen King is too much, Dean koontz is right there. Gone get the homey Odd Thomas 1441618
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Whispers by Dean Koontz sent me on a wild ride as a child lmao 000
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended 25180432013
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Still wondering if inequality is out of control? 450135745553
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Heads up women on the SAVE Act. 271137415
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 26/03/2026www.patreon.com/posts/153860...patreon.comA Kick In The Teeth! E211: So, About 'One Battle After Another...' ***REVIEW*** | Seren SenseiGet more from Seren Sensei on Patreon 010
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”ny1.comSafe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in ManhattanThe Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan. 363057629
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years 409253217181
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone. 236155815565
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism. 9852770010735
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Trump supporters are like the bad child that gets all the attention in the house 100
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS. Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies. AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS. Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty. 583174098858
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed. The next could be you. What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones. This is personal — to every one of us. 354137474498
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialCulture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22/01/2026'Sinners' is officially the most nominated film in Oscar history — with 16 nominations 🏆 12798195
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialCulture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22/01/2026Delroy Lindo has been Oscars nominated for the first time ever for his performance in 'Sinners' 19955148
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Obligatory Oscars aren’t real but I KNOW WHITE PEOPLE SICKKKKKK HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 120
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86. 425158914381
sssseren.bsky.social @sssseren.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Those of us that said this is about white supremacy in the 2010s were called lunatics! The media went on a white apology tour in 2016 to hear the voices of ‘real Americans’ aka racist whites. I created my series ‘The [Black] Americans’ to push back against that narrative: youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comThe [Black] Americans - YouTubean interview-style docuseries on black americans - descendants of american chattel slavery (ba-dacs) 011
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialMeanneighborlady @meanneighborlady.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Becuase racism is theoretical to white progressive politicians. White folks try to talk you out of labeling actual racist encounters as something else...that we are overreacting. It is thought to be unserious by progressives 1133
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialRobin Lloyd @robin-lloyd.bsky.social · 12/01/2026It was always confounding why the blatant dog whistling was handwaved away as hysteria. Now that we've slid further into a white nationalist hellscape, these psychos are still being graded on a curve by the media. That clip of Obama asking the press "are you happy now?" should be played on repeat. 1173
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026“And so we must be clear about the stakes: Our nation teeters at the brink of a particularly dangerous moment, not just for Black Americans but for democracy itself.” www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/m...nytimes.comThe ‘Colorblindness’ Trap: How a Civil Rights Ideal Got Hijacked (Published 2024) 119739
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The last thing I wrote in my colorblindness piece argued “What we are witnessing, once again, is the alignment of white power against racial justice and redress. As history has shown, maintaining racial inequality requires constant repression and is therefore antithetical to democracy...” 122535
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Some of us knew Trump’s rise was always about setting this nation’s racial hierarchy aright. Other chose vibes. And so look at who is being featured on tv news and podcasts and how little coverage the racist policies of this administration are getting. 324437
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Too many of us who have spent our lives studying the history racism in this country were dismissed as hyperbolic and hysterical and biased and people who have not studied this history and were willfully blind to the truth of America and been wrong about it all were uplifted as the voices of reason. 432062
Reposted by @sssseren.bsky.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I wrote in 2024: Conservatives are using civil rights law to claim that efforts targeted at ameliorating the suffering of Black people illegally discriminate against white people. They have co-opted the rhetoric of colorblindness not to advance racial progress, but to stall it. Or worse, reverse it. 325739
