Lee Mandelo
@leemandelo.bsky.social
phd in gender studies - writer of books (gay southern gothic Summer Sons + t4t appalachian historical The Woods All Black + anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity)- he/him
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Lee Mandelo
@leemandelo.bsky.social
· Mar 22
I hear it’s Trans Rights Readathon week, yeah? Here’s a few options from me, including Summer Sons and The Woods All Black—plus the forthcoming Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!
Also, for those so inclined: new leather boots 😘🥴
Also, for those so inclined: new leather boots 😘🥴
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so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
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I’m really, genuinely stunned that THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the final round of the Goodreads choice awards for Fantasy, & very grateful to everyone who read & enjoyed it enough to make that happen! Voting closes on Sunday, vote for your faves before then!
Final Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Fantasy of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Fantasy in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m really, genuinely stunned that THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the final round of the Goodreads choice awards for Fantasy, & very grateful to everyone who read & enjoyed it enough to make that happen! Voting closes on Sunday, vote for your faves before then!
Afternoon reading: Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samantha Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Afternoon reading: Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samantha Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell
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I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
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What your patronage means to an indie press:
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
One of our rad Cultists just emailed a pic of their updated centerpiece bookshelf & y’all: I am continually humbled that this thing that Alex & I started 5 years ago inspires such loyalty & passion.
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What your patronage means to an indie press:
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.
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took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
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art isn’t always going to make you comfortable. it’s treating art in this puritan sense where it has to please you, then it’s just a consumerist product… and we have these storefronts (payment processors too) constantly dictating what counts as art. in hypocritical ways. it’s grim really.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
art isn’t always going to make you comfortable. it’s treating art in this puritan sense where it has to please you, then it’s just a consumerist product… and we have these storefronts (payment processors too) constantly dictating what counts as art. in hypocritical ways. it’s grim really.
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Every year I share this work with my students. We read it aloud.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Every year I share this work with my students. We read it aloud.
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Just thinking about the profound impact on our lives that the craven, selfish, petty choices made by ‘access journalists’ has had. Never working again is the bare minimum of accountability.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just thinking about the profound impact on our lives that the craven, selfish, petty choices made by ‘access journalists’ has had. Never working again is the bare minimum of accountability.
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Tis the season for COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES!! It's great for your bar cart, your game night, and your gifting!! From the Mariogarita to the Pom of Power, there's something tasty for every gamer and cocktail or mocktail enthusiast!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/elias...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/elias...
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Tis the season for COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES!! It's great for your bar cart, your game night, and your gifting!! From the Mariogarita to the Pom of Power, there's something tasty for every gamer and cocktail or mocktail enthusiast!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/elias...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/elias...
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
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Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year fundraiser on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year fundraiser on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
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I just found out @tachyonpub.bsky.social is having a Black Friday / year end sale!
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I just found out @tachyonpub.bsky.social is having a Black Friday / year end sale!
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
Everything on their website is going for 30% off - and I mean *everything* everything, including pre-orders for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS... 😇
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Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Me: okay, I think I’m going to get an affordable beginner’s camera for travel photos and such!
Me, five hours of research later: does anyone actually know what a camera even is, or why they cost that much
Me, five hours of research later: does anyone actually know what a camera even is, or why they cost that much
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Me: okay, I think I’m going to get an affordable beginner’s camera for travel photos and such!
Me, five hours of research later: does anyone actually know what a camera even is, or why they cost that much
Me, five hours of research later: does anyone actually know what a camera even is, or why they cost that much