I am gobsmacked? Shook?? Thunderstruck a.k.a astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak???
(thank you for like my story this much 😭)

A dark blue image with a faded illustration of Scylla, the woman-turned-creature from Greek mythology. In the top centre sits a white logo that reads 'Scylla' in a bold font, with the bottom of the letter 'y' curling into a serpentine monster's head. Below that in larger white text is the title "Who am I?" in all caps. Underneath is two lines of thinner light blue text that says "A sapphic spec fic anthology of identity and purpose". In the bottom center of the image are the words "Submissions open now" in all caps, and a light blue rounded rectangle button that says "scyllapublishing.com" in blue text.

I AM READY!!!

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Devastated Gaza. Rubble and sand.

How do you “come to the table” with the colonial regime that did this to you?

Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA

“A democratic society needs people in Ezra Klein’s position to treat Charlie Kirk’s anti-democracy stances as disqualifying, rather than pretend they’re just another policy opinion…”

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social w/an excellent critique of Kirk hagiography

www.arcdigital.media/p/ezra-klein...

Unbound for Gaza Silent auction 'Unbound for Gaza' hosted online at 32auctions.

Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.

www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...

The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.

i read books from the year i was born YouTube video by JemilaBeReadin

I read three books that were published the year I was born and it was…interesting!

youtu.be/WVIPh7Wxf_I?...

LA WorldCon has released a statement. It's better than I expected but still not as thorough as I'd like.
www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...

Next year's WorldCon is in Los Angeles, and the theme appears to be Westward Expansion or possibly Manifest Destiny. The guests are referred to as Pioneers and the venue as The Frontier. This year the awards were swept by Indigenous writers. The choice is stunning in its ugliness.

FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart The FDA is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137.

The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope

Hey, I have had a largely great experience at Worldcon, but the #Hugos owe @wordsiren.bsky.social an apology for forgetting to include her in the announced Lodestar nominees during the award ceremony. Kamilah deserved celebration, not this blatant disrespect.

i’ll never get over how blatantly and proveably lying is one of the best political strategies of the modern age

#ReleaseTheCuomoList

mid year book freak out tag YouTube video by JemilaBeReadin

Whoops, I let a few months go by without posting a YouTube video, but I posted one yesterday! youtu.be/YxFn4pFcMh0?...

I wonder if they’ll address doing two HP fanfic books despite saying that they would no longer platform that franchise (including announcing one edition on the same day as the JKR funded case stripping transwomen of their rights)

for anyone even remotely tempted to see how much of a trainwreck this is, let me save you the time and just link you @jemilabe.bsky.social review www.youtube.com/watch?v=1406...

Please free yourselves of Harry Potter!!!! #readersoftiktok #bookishthings #bookishtiktok #bookishopinions #dramione #roseinchains #manacled #bookishthoughts #fanfic #hplovecraft #cosmichorror #bookis... TikTok video by JemilaBeReadin

In which I talk about Lovecraft, Dramione and resistance.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6rYCthH/

A deal announcement for OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm

If you’ve ever wanted to read a book about a Palestinian haunted house that fights back against its occupiers—and the three generations of Palestinian women who are connected to it—then be on the lookout for Deena Helm’s debut!

Coming to you in Sept 2026 from Tor Nightfire! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

This is a jaw-dropping lie. Check my feed for videos of ICE at Dodger Stadium trying to get into the parking lot and being blocked by the LAPD.

I was doing a rewatch last month and had to stop the final episode because I kept crying LOL

When ICE comes into our neighborhoods targeting our communities and hurting our leaders, we show up! United. Organized. Ready to protect families.

ICE waited until a woman’s lawyer went to the restroom then dragged her away. She fainted from stress and they dragged her unconscious body into the elevator, refusing medical attention.

One thing I’d say about ranked choice voting in NYC is that you don’t have to do complex calculations of viability. You should rank in order of *who you want to be mayor* and if you *don’t* want someone to be mayor, you shouldn’t rank them!

Upcoming Fantasy-Romantasy Books by Black Authors

You want to know the upcoming fantasy/Romantasy trad pub books written by black authors? Well I’ve created a spreadsheet listing all of the upcoming books so that you can plan your preorders now 🤎. Romantasy

Click this link
#booksky #blackbooksky #fantasy

Thank you! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

This should absolutely be a scandal which people lose their jobs over. You'd have to assume that anyone in power actually cares though to think that would happen, which obviously would be a bold assumption in present circumstances.