I didn't quit YouTube *sigh*

Pomodoro timers and for the healthy hoes podcast kept me there.

I understand there are billions of people on the planet but a part of me wishes the internet was a niche hobby again so that finding new handles wasn't so difficult.

It's petty, I know.

I'm returning to my Millennial roots of posting quotes to illustrate how I feel:

"Look at us, passengers in the grip of fear,
watching the pilot of the vessel go to pieces."
-Oedipus The King, line 1010-1011

I'm quitting youtube while this verification business is going on and I have the sneaky suspicion imma get more writing done.

Please welcome the National Association of Black Bookstores. Today we mark the launch of a new literary institution: the National Association of Black Bookstores. A nonprofit collective and member-based organization, the NAB2 looks to “amplify Black vo…

The National Association of Black Bookstores seeks to “amplify Black voices, and preserve Black culture by increasing the visibility, sustainability, and impact of Black bookstores and booksellers.”

Black Art In Paris: A Soul-Stirring Movement Of Radicalized History And Intellectual Liberation - AFROPUNK Discover the untold legacy of Black artists in Paris, from Josephine Baker to Kaytranada, and the spaces that celebrate their creativity.

Black Art In Paris: A Soul-Stirring Movement Of Radicalized History And Intellectual Liberation

Check out @bookspotlight.bsky.social 's newest. Give it a read, if only to find out how immortals can start the story dead. I want to know, for sure.

Let's not use "hallucinate" or "lie" when we talk about ChatGPT. It can't make decisions, it doesn't have a conscious thought, it's not having a conversation with you.

It's regurgitating false information based on stolen content without context or nuance.

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

I went into reading Paradise Lost with a serious side eye for pretentiousness and now as I reach the end, it's one of the most profound things I've ever read. I don't think I'll ever look at life, death, and free will the same.

Dear YouTube creators, for the love of all that is still holy, have a way to stay in touch outside of YouTube.

And pour one out for ye olde time-waster. We will miss ye.

I can smell the secondhand bookstore pages and candy corn in this picture.

Still stressing over another author using the pen name I've started using and what the hell do I do now? Figure out another pen name? Bite the bullet and keep using this one?

Any author/writer advice would be greatly appreciated.

I spent an absurd amount of time reading about the enclosure movement in England, various peasant rebellions, and the accumulation from dispossession theory and I haven't been this happy in awhile.

I fucking love wikipedia research rabbit holes.

in my observation, what actually moves book sales on social media (any platform) is the author themself having fun, being themself, showing off their interests and their work. doing it in a natural way can be hard! but if it's all "BUY MY BOOK!" and marketing graphics, that tends to get stale

‘A train nearly took my head off’: how Lady Pink shook up the macho men of New York’s graffiti scene Risking arrest, and even decapitation, she ‘bombed’ yards, tunnels and trains in the dead of night. As she brings the spirit of the subway to the UK, the grande dame of graf remembers scaring Keith Ha...

‘A train nearly took my head off’: how Lady Pink shook up the macho men of New York’s graffiti scene

HOLD👏THE👏FUCK👏UP👏

Rachel Ward (The Thorn Birds) and Daryl Hannah (Road House) DID A MOVIE TOGETHER?!?!?!?!

*scrambles*
*drops phone*
*picks it up again*
*starts searching for this movie *

Geology, hands down. Still carry random bits of rock information in my brain.

KOSA is back. This is the internet censorship bill!

And it's not just coming for SWers, it'll be coming for all LGBTQ content, because the people in charge view LGBTQ people as inherently pornagraphic!

We must push back even harder than we did last time we killed this bill 🔥

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

📚 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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Dear Sizeable Following,

You should definitely do this so we don’t all get dragged under and have our creative freedoms encroached upon by a bunch of hate-filled tossers who are scared of people seeing boobs and other things. Call them today. Or send an email. Just do it.

Signed,

Me

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Digital graphic with the text "anti-censorship campaign" and screenshots of headlines about how multiple storefronts have removed NSFW content due to pressure from payment processors and Collective Shout.

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones

Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign

But we can EASILY top 1,000!

I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!

↻💬♡ to boost

We CAN make a difference 💕

#itch #censorship

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#SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek or #SPAAW if yer nasty, is a good time to remind the indie community that there's more to writing than novels, and that we need to actively support unorthodox writing projects that would struggle to exist in the modern trad pub industry but would flourish here.

Hey guys, so remember how I wrote about the four stages of how P25 and Republicans want to enact anti-trans censorship?

This signals that we have FULLY entered Stage Two: We lose the trans internet. Stage One is over - they've already gotten there.

Please pay attention to this now.

Your welcome! It was such a powerful piece!

Whew. Must read. Must see.

My main comfort right now is empathetic people find each other.