The Jerusalem Cross is a symbol of the Crusades. Disingenuous people argue it’s “just a representation of Christianity and not bigoted”
But we all fucking know the Crusades was about massacring anyone that wasn’t Christian.
Pete Hegseth has a HUGE one tattooed on his chest
It’s a symbol of hate.
There are some important things to remember in terms of Awards-shortlist day etiquette. A short thread.
Even folks I really like and respect make some blunders on this stuff.
1) Allow people to enjoy the shortlist. Avoid dismissing the finalists (whomever they are) for at least a month.
I'm assured by writer friends that one good thing you can do to support them is to buy not just new releases but explore their backlists.
Read SF/fantasy? Like queer stuff? I am part way through a project looking at great queer SFF from the 2020s.
2021 is here, and... 1/2
Razor wire fence and tear gas.
Our tax dollar pays for their crime.
This is the reality for the children in Umm al-Kheir, West Bank.
Zionists at work...
Anyone who visited the following locations during any of the listed dates and hours may have been exposed: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s Customs federal inspection station in the international terminal arrivals area, and lower level international bag claim area, on April 12, 2026 from 7:50 - 10:30 p.m. FastMed Urgent Care (2827 Smith Ave. Baltimore, MD), on April 14, 2026 from 5 - 8 p.m., and on April 17, 2026 from 12 - 3:30 p.m. Sinai Hospital’s emergency department main waiting area and pediatric emergency department, on April 17, 2026 from 3:30 - 7:10 p.m.
Maryland! Measles exposure: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...
Trump didn't invent fascism in America. It was always here. There's no need to reinvent the wheel to fight him when practiced pros have been in step fighting fascism long before you came along.
Hey, today a few of my peeps and I launched a fund raising money to support survivors of sexual violence and trafficking.
For people who've benefited from programs paid for by $ that (we learned later) caused great harm, & for people who just want to be part of bringing more healing: ashrufund.com
I've been thinking about the backlash Marie Kondo got and I think part of it was not just that she was saying "buy less shit" she was explicitly say "only buy what actually makes you happy" and in a nation of conspicuous consumption it pissed people off.
kia needs immediate support for a medical emergency, please see her pinned post if you can help
support indigenous artists!
They are still relitigating the last election instead of currently laying the groundwork for winning the next one.
And all of the candidates who need non-white supremacist, non-ableist, non-transphobic votes are very busy bashing the marginalized & disenfranchised.
That’s how you lose again.
I had the opportunity to read an early copy of the novel and it's wonderful.
www.fangoria.com/jane-schoenb...
“I went ahead and made a browser extension.
Kill Yr Substack intercepts every Substack link (even on custom domains) and redirects it to `archive.is`.
Substack's numbers go down. You still get to read the thing tho.”
what a great workaround 🤗
pretty much spent the last decade writing books about this lol
This is going to make the next month even harder. So if you want to do something to help, now is a great time to support my Patreon.
I am completely exhausted. I didn't want this life, but I've reached a point where I'm risking my life to feed my starving family.
I'm malnourished. I've been without income or work for over two years.
If you would like to donate, please do so through Chuffed. 😔⬇️🍉
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It bears repeating that historically, the #1 thing that keeps people alive in hard times and disasters is “the ability to play well with others”
This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
Today's a great day to support some creators.
Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it.
Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.
good, but public power + electrified mass transit even better
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more here:
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update:
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this is in no sense how it should have happened. but it is precisely because we find ourselves in a situation that requires war, death, and destruction to get well positioned political actors behind accelerating energy transition that we should demolish fossil capital as decisively as we can
I missed this announcement how?!
if you are somehow not aware, Kuzhali Manickavel is one of the best and weirdest writers of our age, and, without even having read it, I guarantee that her first novel will be incredible and renew your faith in the human capacity to art. Preorder instantly pls 👇🏾
Thank you @profcrunk.bsky.social for calling out the issue underlying the scourge of mass shootings in this country. Mental health is the easy answer, and it is obviously part of the problem, but the patriarchy rotting our society from the roots has to be addressed.
www.thecut.com/article/shre...
a bunch of Ds voted yes on her confirmation.
just vote against them all, you fucking dopes. www.senate.gov/legislative/...
The currently escalating tech backlash must be put in the context of:
“people have been listening to the most insufferable techbros in the world gleefully threaten everyone else with mass unemployment for over 6 years, and they’re sick of their shit”
THIRTY MINUTES.
thirty goddamn minutes.
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND Aurora award nomination graphic
Aurora award best novelette/novella shortlist graphic AURORA AWARDS BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA The First Thousand Trees, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press "In the Gardener's Service", Michèle Laframboise, Asimov's, July/August "The Lure of Stone", Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Sixty-Six A Palace Near the Wind, Ai Jiang, Titan Books The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA NOMINEE
excited to announce that 🏰🍃🌬️A PALACE NEAR THE WIND🌬️🍃🏰 is a 2026 Aurora Award nominee for Best Novelette/Novella!! Thank you so much to all those for voted and a big congratulations to all my fellow nominees!! 🥺🙆🏻♀️🤍
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