Yay! I’m in dire need of some straight talk.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Look! Science and medicine!

Harry Enten: "If Donald Trump's idea was to give Jimmy Kimmel more press and more viewership, he absolutely did so"

Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Bravo.

You may not agree with me on this, but it looks like we may have a U.S. bird flu pandemic at some point. I hope I'm wrong! Remember the shortages & also the things that helped you through Covid - put some of those helpful things in place as much as possible before you have to compete with others.

Remember this day.

The last full day with a Democratic President.

We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺

I am so honored, thank you! And I am in such great company!

I planned lunch with two very good friends who are smart and funny and like-minded. And I’m not looking at or reading any news that day.

Made a starter pack of lit mags and presses that have been around a while and made their way to Bluesky.

Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.

If Bluesky seems dead or low activity on your end it might be that you haven't yet made the most of its design. It's different from Twitter in some key ways so you have to interact differently. I'm writing these tips below from my non-techy perspective, techies please weigh in if I get things wrong:

I'm on an old black and white movie kick.

What's your favorite classic film?

In case anyone is struggling with what happened last week, like I am, I’ve written ten ways we can take care of ourselves.

#1. Exercise. At a time like this when we can’t help but let our thoughts get carried away with themselves, we have to do what we can to get out of our own heads.

So delighted to be in this issue of Gargoyle Online with this painful story! gargoylemagazine.com/anita-brienza/ #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity

Thanks, @identitytheory.bsky.social !

Thanks, Matt!

Hi Peter! So glad to be reconnected! And I get to see your great quotes again!

Em Dash sounds like someone’s best friend in high school.

Thanks for the reminder! I’m all signed up to follow you!

Chosen Tongue, my podcast 🎤 about translingual writers and their journeys, is LIVE today! Follow and be notified when the first episode drops & if you enjoy it, please share and review! It’s a project very close to my heart and I can’t wait to share it with you! spotify.link/mGWtUZZpCDb

Freebies Over the last few weeks, my health has decided to explore a new dimension. Which is the most positive way I can find of saying it has tumbled over another cliff. It isn’t worse necessarily just diff...

My October newsletter is full of freebies for the writing community - example story lists, a character creator template, a story planner, a geeky submissions tracker spreadsheet... Hopefully some useful stuff for you all.

PS - very grateful for re-posts to spread the word!

#Flashfiction #writers

Thanks, Matt - didn't know about this! Just subscribed.

Love that image. I did not know you had this talent. Here’s my word: comfort.

Looks like you knew it well.