the first CEO to just be like "fuck the groupchat, we're going back to offering 2019 level of service" is going to see exponential brand growth for their org while their buddies open and close their mouths in outrage like hyperventilating goldfish
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to my trans homies, you're gorgeous and I love you.
and happy you better be fucking donating to a mutual fund to support trans folks or calling your reps about HR 7661 or donating to ACLU ID or KS to fight the fresh shitty laws there day to my cis people
FELLOW AUTHORS: the deadline to file a claim in the Anthropic settlement for stealing all our work is MONDAY. The settlement provides for $3000 per work.
GO GET YOUR MONEY.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form
Completely agree, it’s inevitable. Humans will rise above the slop.
Thrilled to see ZED MOONSTEIN featured here with other middle school friendship books, all of which sound so good.
I'm sure I'm not listed, but even so, needed to send a 'get fucked' email
Infuriating. Thanks for sounding the alarms on this.
House Republicans have just introduced a bill that would result in a NATIONWIDE book ban. Oh, the bill is also specifically transphobic. Contact your House Rep and ask them to publicly oppose this legislation. A few more thoughts in the thread about this action. bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...
Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.
A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website:
www.georgiafort.com/support
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
This is amazing, John! I love that story and the project you came up with, and I’m delighted that talking about Stand By Me brought all that back for you. Sending you all the good vibes for that project!
This was a delightful conversation with Jessikah!
Loved this conversation! Thanks again for having me!
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for sharing!
Check out 16 Forever. With a pared down prose and a driving narrative, this story is highly readable and accessible. Carter's challenges will both entertain and pull at your heart strings.
𝟏𝟔 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 by New York Times bestselling author @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐭 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: a.co/d/gQdXJvj
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
Ha same
Hey! 16 Forever is out! It’s a romantic, funny, time-loopy story about Carter Cohen, who is stuck forever at age 16 as the world keeps aging around him. It’s about time, memory, change, and love, both romantic and familial. I’m very proud of it. www.harpercollins.com/products/16-...
Yay for great books! Favorites of 2025 Part 2:
- Tale of Time City (Diana Wynne Jones)
- Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
- Afterglow and Embers & Echoes (Karsten Knight)
- Nightingale, Sing (Karsten Knight)
- Eternity of Masks and Shadows (Karsten Knight)
Hey thanks, Irvin! I’m delighted you read and enjoyed Zed!
This was a delightful conversation. E Train is so impressive.
I love this festival so much. Hooray for 2026!
Can’t wait!
The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing. While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too. On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past.
So many good books here!! Honored Zed is in the pack
🌪Still Life of a Tornado by A.S. King 🎸The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk ⚔️My Lady Jane by Hand/Ashton/Meadows 👀The Agathas by Glasgow / Lawson 🚫Internment by Samira Ahmed 💜Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick 💧Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman 🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by Lance Rubin 🥊When I Was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds 🦄The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton 🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything by Sherri L. Smith ☃️Whiteout by Clayton / Jackson / Stone / Thomas / Woodfolk / Yoon 📱Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner 🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold 📡Simon Sort Of Says by Erin Bow 💰Immoral Code by Lillian Clark 🙀Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison 🌹The Everlasting Rose (The Belles sequel) by Dhonielle Clayton 💀Deathless Divide (Dread Nation sequel) by Justina Ireland
Rec'ing great books to my 8th graders today, including new favorites I recently read:
🤖Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend @lancerubinparty.bsky.social
🪰The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
📡Simon Sort Of Says @erinbowbooks.bsky.social
🐦Candace, The Universe, And Everything @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social
Meant every word, my friend. Can’t wait to see how it ends!
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
The cover of Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by Lance Rubin. A kid is strapped to a giant computer face.
I just read Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by @lancerubinparty.bsky.social because you know I have to read anything with robots and AIs in it. A kid uses an experimental app to generate an AI friend which goes badly wrong. It's unfortunately very timely! #kid #middlegrade