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Call your reps to oppose the federal book banning bill HR 7661: reps.fyi

cute pet rat in a hammock looking at you mischeviously

Quercy is ready for trouble.

Whatever sort of trouble you need, he can provide. #petRats, #rats

Heh. I've avoided reading reviews for decades, but "live off the rain and dirt" is going to stay with me.

Lightning in the shape of a 3

Now in the shape of a 2

Hey guys is it bad if the lightning is counting down

These rats are about to drop the best album of 2026

Apparently today's bad idea is "Hollywood rebooting Escape from New York." 🙄

The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Clockwise from top left: 1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.” 2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”. 3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.” 4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.

Some protesters expressed a hesitation with the emotional dissonance of the crude theme against the horrors of detention and deportation going on at the ICE facility just a couple hundred feet away. Ally Galvan, who was assisting with a table where protesters could paint penis-shaped ICE alert whistles, co-founded Grito Latino Addison. “That was something I was struggling with on my way here,” Galvan said. “I had just dropped off food to a family member whose husband was detained in Schaumburg. I went from feeling so serious, very emotional, to showing up here and various penile objects being all around.” She laughed, gesturing to a pair trying to flip large dildos upright like water bottles. “It reminded me that ‘community’ looks different in every which way. We can criticize how community looks in different communities, but that’s what also brought us to this same situation. We’re already dividing people based on race, based on where they were born,” Galvan explained. “Just being here provides a sense of community for a lot. Many of us here are enjoying ourselves, because the majority of the time, we’re up at four or five in the morning just to keep our community safe.”

Ally Galvan shows off phallic-shaped accessories. Photo: Dominic Guanzon

straight fire from @domguan.bsky.social on dildo day outside the broadview ice jail last weekend. a great reminder that despite our differences all we have is each other, and it's gonna take all of us to get there.

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Eye of Sauron being especially dramatic tonight.

Which is where Young Lucas saw it.

But searching for "Johnny Cash coat" brings up a bunch of coats that aren't a frock coat.

THAT COAT HAS A NAME????

Forty years of mystery, solved. Frock coat.

I need a frock coat.

Thundarr was glorious!

Loved it back then, afraid to look now.

Again, if you have a Substack, the best time to switch away was months ago -- but today's the second best time.

dojo o'clock!

(egotistically replying to my own post because folks keep asking, sorry)

Yes, uploading someone else's free book to amazon (or wherever) is 100% illegal. The pirates are betting you won't hire a lawyer.

In the US, read the Copyright Handbook & register your book. Other countries have other rules.

100%

Pondering a new edition of Cash Flow For Creators discussing pricing crowdfunding, and perhaps more detail on hiring people.

Unsure if that's worth a new edition, though.

illustration of a cyberpunk rat using a purple keytar. It's Neil banging out the tunes!!

IT'S NEIL

BRB, shopping for a trench coat.

It is absolutely illegal. If you've registered your copyright in the US, you can get $150k per sale.

The pirates are betting you haven't. They're also betting you won't hire a lawyer.

Hey #android folks!

I'm using #nRFConnect to try to send updated firmware to my new Prolo ring. I can connect. I can browse to the firmware file. The firmware and all other files are grayed out and I can't select any. Any suggestions?

Happy happy Neil Banging Out The Tunes day 🐭

It is illegal.

I highly recommend registering your copyright before publishing, so you can sue for punitive damages of up to $150k per "sale" (in the US, varies by country).

I'm sorry. Truly. Been here repeatedly.

The best way to prevent this is to buy into Amazon and upload it as a freebie. Which is *infuriating*.

My Lame Claim to Fame: I attended Clarion 1995 with Kelly, Nalo Hopkinson, and Lucy Snyder. All three did the work to become great writers.

Kelly, though? Her short stories are freaking genius. This is a steal.

If your ebook is not on Amazon, pirates will copy it to Amazon under their own account and charge for it. Because they can. Good luck getting it removed, Amazon doesn't care.

White Cat, Black Dog: Stories Stories

Y’all! The White Cat Black Dog ebook is currently 1.99 on all platforms. If you buy from bookshop.org, you can pick which indie bookstore you want your money to go to. 🖤🐈🖤

The Truth Doesn't Matter (Deluxe Edition), by Mesh 25 track album

Been binging the new Mesh album like crazy.

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three young pet rats in a hammock, all facing the camera, all looking at you

The youngsters, in a rare moment of getting along and facing the same direction. #petRats #rats