luna
@lunalein.bsky.social
always threatening to start a book podcast.
gonna die mad about Mookie Betts.
she/her
gonna die mad about Mookie Betts.
she/her
Recommended if you like Cassandra Khaw/Caitlin Starling/horror with lots of lore
My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤
The Devourers by Indra Das: 9781101967539 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination. LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER •...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Recommended if you like Cassandra Khaw/Caitlin Starling/horror with lots of lore
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Life hack: just stay home
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Life hack: just stay home
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#food made phở gà using a rotisserie chicken for dinner tonight and it was a+++++ delicious (plus now all we need to do for dinner tomorrow is heat up the broth, grab some more herbs, and make more noodles).
look I'm taking the wins where I can. and sometimes the wins are soup.
look I'm taking the wins where I can. and sometimes the wins are soup.
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#food made phở gà using a rotisserie chicken for dinner tonight and it was a+++++ delicious (plus now all we need to do for dinner tomorrow is heat up the broth, grab some more herbs, and make more noodles).
look I'm taking the wins where I can. and sometimes the wins are soup.
look I'm taking the wins where I can. and sometimes the wins are soup.
does being an insufferable pedant pay well?
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
does being an insufferable pedant pay well?
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Good.
Boston University Student Faces Backlash After He Called ICE on Workers
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Good.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's your chance to do something about the people being starved and beaten in Broadview ICE custody.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
Share this post, and I'll donate $1 to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund (www.mibfc.org).
And if you make a donation to them, let me know how much and I'll match it 1:1.
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Dance like nobody is watching.
But post like there's a very real chance Joyce Carol Oates might notice.
But post like there's a very real chance Joyce Carol Oates might notice.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dance like nobody is watching.
But post like there's a very real chance Joyce Carol Oates might notice.
But post like there's a very real chance Joyce Carol Oates might notice.
The God of Small Things absolutely blew me away, broke my heart, and taught me new narrative shapes and things i’d never seen language do before.
Arundhati Roy’s new memoir is also excellent.
Arundhati Roy’s new memoir is also excellent.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The God of Small Things absolutely blew me away, broke my heart, and taught me new narrative shapes and things i’d never seen language do before.
Arundhati Roy’s new memoir is also excellent.
Arundhati Roy’s new memoir is also excellent.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
if my doctor said that i’d quit my job and start doing cocaine, but i don’t have 8 billion dependents.
If my doctor said that 2/3 of my tests shows I was going to die prematurely, I’d be quitting the beers and getting on the bike, ASAP!
(In fact I probably just should anyway)
(In fact I probably just should anyway)
The 2025 State of the Climate Report has been released, indicating that 22 of the Earth’s 35 vital signs are being pushed to critical levels, as the planet reaches its hottest temperature in the last 125,000 years.
Led by Oregon State University, read more: 21centuryweather.org.au/the-earth-is...
Led by Oregon State University, read more: 21centuryweather.org.au/the-earth-is...
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
if my doctor said that i’d quit my job and start doing cocaine, but i don’t have 8 billion dependents.
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Every episode of Douthat's podcast is like, "Today I interviewed Vlad Tepes on his new book, his real estate investments in London, and the sweet music that the children of the night make."
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every episode of Douthat's podcast is like, "Today I interviewed Vlad Tepes on his new book, his real estate investments in London, and the sweet music that the children of the night make."
“Here’s to Devil’s Night, my new favorite holiday.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Here’s to Devil’s Night, my new favorite holiday.”
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
If you see this, I implore you to post a pic from your device without context.
it’s been 10+ years, but i wish i could cancel my NYT subscription again, harder.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The antidote to our polarized politics “is a creative, re-energized political center,” the Times editorial board writes.
The antidote to our polarized politics “is a creative, re-energized political center,” the Times editorial board writes.
Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
The antidote to our polarized politics is a creative, re-energized political center.
nyti.ms
October 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
it’s been 10+ years, but i wish i could cancel my NYT subscription again, harder.
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If you see an otter steal a surfboard, no you didn’t.
Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If you see an otter steal a surfboard, no you didn’t.
me, watching baseball, saying "good eye" to the batters so much that I sound like a friendly australian.
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
me, watching baseball, saying "good eye" to the batters so much that I sound like a friendly australian.
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"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!
October 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!
Brain
Poor Things
Butterfly fucking Kisses
Poor Things
Butterfly fucking Kisses
Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand
October 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Brain
Poor Things
Butterfly fucking Kisses
Poor Things
Butterfly fucking Kisses
Fuck yeah Seattle 🔱🔱🔱
I may be the only person alive who gets nostalgic about the Kingdome.
I may be the only person alive who gets nostalgic about the Kingdome.
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Fuck yeah Seattle 🔱🔱🔱
I may be the only person alive who gets nostalgic about the Kingdome.
I may be the only person alive who gets nostalgic about the Kingdome.
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A A A A A R R R R R R G G G G G G H H H H H ! ! !
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October 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Can Seattle put Ichiro on the ALCS roster?
The Mariners should call up a random guy from the minors to start game 1 of the ALCS just to fuck with the Blue Jays and give their guys a chance to rest.
October 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Can Seattle put Ichiro on the ALCS roster?