Senate Democrats voted multiple times to fund TSA separately from ICE. Republicans voted it down every time.
Republicans are to blame for today’s airport chaos — all because they’re happy to keep letting Trump’s thugs terrorize our communities with no consequences.
Remember this.
I'm coming to the Seattle area in a few weeks. Learn more on my website or newsletter site. jakkoke.substack.com
another (less strictly positive, but possibly more useful) is: join1440.com
Most news sources purposefully use fear because that draws views ... and ultimately views lead to ad revenue. To help balance out the depressing news, I often use news aggregators that are vetted to be positive or unbiased. Here's one:
www.positive.news/society/what...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Great green macaw
Barracuda
Gila monster
Toucan
Orca
My thoughts (and advice) on writers using word count as a metric to track their progress.
#writing #writingcommunity
Woot! Congrats! <3
In which I talk about getting older ... 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... " 🤣 #writingcommunity #mexico #birthday
Ouch!
Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
Jak Koke self from 3rd floor of the Seattle Convention Center - Summit.
Seattle Worldcon Post Mortem -
Two goals, one success. Plus a friend gets an award nomination, and free stuff (at the end).
jakkoke.com/newsletter/
@karawynn.bsky.social and I will be in Seattle for Worldcon (and to visit friends). #seattleworldcon #writingcommunity #sff
Learn why attending a nonviolent protest is one of the most effective things you can do right now. #nokings #resist
ninelives.karawynnlong.com/strategic-re...
we all feel this way sometimes... and this is a good reminder.
@karawynn.bsky.social talks about the difficulty of picking what to write in the face of an exploding world. ninelives.karawynnlong.com/a-question-f...
Do you have protest photos from last weekend? Did you do any crowd-counting?
Help social scientists accurately measure protest participation by scrolling to Submit a Record at the CCC.
(If you don’t have the data, maybe someone you know does! Please pass it on.)
ash.harvard.edu/programs/cro...
Reading is good for your health! I've believed this for years, but recent science now confirms it!
Not mentioned in the title is that reading also seems to stave off dementia!
#neuroscience #sff #reading #writing-community #writing #books #fiction
The novel in question is [Activation Degradation](lostetter.wordpress.com/activation-d...) by Marina Lostetter.
@marinalostetter.bsky.social - kudos! thanks for the great experience!
Just finished this excellent science fiction book. Really engaging, exciting, and heartfelt. Highly recommended!
#booksky #sff #unreliablenarrator
i found this enlightening...
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
