⚠️ Adult content is being sanitized and squeezed off the internet in a way that it never has been before.

You should care, you should talk about it, you should know why it is different now and a big deal.

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I made many mistakes when I was starting out, so I like to share the things I’ve learned. If you’re starting out, here are some things to keep in mind about anthologies and editors: (a 🧵)

So voting for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association officer elections is closing today. I'm running to be on the board, for the position of director at large. Full members who want to can vote for me, before the end of today

its fictional shut the fuck up

This is just tragic. All pregnancies involve risk, but what's happening today is a deliberate strategy of hurting, humiliating, and endangering women, especially Black women. The risks of pregnancy exacerbated by white supremacy, medical bias and racism, are immense.

ppl who act like performative/'pure' consumption of media is just as good as real-life activism are just looking for a way to feel righteous without putting in the actual work. like they really wanna feel like they're a good person bc they root for the rebels in star wars lmao

I just signed this petition to protect sex workers and adult artists, writers, and other creators from financial discrimination and censorship by MasterCard. If you want to fight back against censorship from capitalist behemoths like MC and PayPal, you should too.

A movie about the atomic bomb winning best picture during multiple genocides in the world. America… #Oscars

With many emotions I am sharing Podcastle's special call for Palestinian stories ❤️
May we (Eleanor R. Wood isn't here - @erwrites.bsky.social and myself) hold every story that is sent to us with care & intention, knowing that this is a small act of solidarity in a big fight against imperialism podcastle.org/2024/03/08/spe…

If this had occurred in Europe or America no one would’ve used such utterly disdainful language to refer to a civilian massacre. But when Arabs are slaughtered it’s a chaotic incident. You could teach these headlines in schools.

if u r transgender u have to live . if u accomplish something else then good . if u accomplish nothing else then good . but u have to live

To add to this, there’s something incredibly ghoulish about marketing the olfactory immersion of gunfire and napalm when there is an actual genocide happening right now, of which the games industry has remained largely silent.

I will never get his screams of 'Free Palestine' out of my head. Never.

I will also never stop thinking of the woman here in Atlanta who self-immolated & whose act has been completely hidden.

The most surveilled city on this landmass and not a single image is available.

essentially an enormous part of the reason that online leftist spaces suck so much is that they are filled with people who believe it is more important to do nothing wrong than it is to do something right

I saw a discussion about how Aaron Bushnell deserves no praise because he was “still an imperialist at age 25. He should have known better.”

I don’t think it’s healthy for any left-wing movement to have absolutely no grace for people who gain consciousness later than we may like

Between Aaron Bushnell taking note from previously ignored protests, planning every word, linking the video to the right sources, & symbolically wearing his uniform while revealing his Israel deployment orders, his might be the most provably rational self-immolation in history

I've noticed that in times of great global turbulence where I feel powerless, forcing my spouse to rewatch 90s and 00s anime soothes me like nothing else. (It's currently YuYu Hakusho.)

This feeling has been plaguing me a lot. The disconnect is so severe, sometimes it's hard not to dissociate.