Sasha HC 🏳️🌈
@morecocoa.bsky.social
Museum Maker, Incessant Reader, Chocolate Devourer. They/She. Queeeeeer. 🏳️🌈
It’s so disheartening. Dems don’t give a shit.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It’s so disheartening. Dems don’t give a shit.
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
Oooh. Y’all should go buy this.
GASP!
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!
THREE BUCKS!!!!!
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!
THREE BUCKS!!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Oooh. Y’all should go buy this.
I just finished the new T Kingfisher @tkingfisher.com #book “Snake Eater” and it is delightful. A modern fantasy in the Southwestern desert about running away and finding oneself, replete with the odd characters one finds in a very small town, some old gods, and a Very Good Dog. Highly recommend.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I just finished the new T Kingfisher @tkingfisher.com #book “Snake Eater” and it is delightful. A modern fantasy in the Southwestern desert about running away and finding oneself, replete with the odd characters one finds in a very small town, some old gods, and a Very Good Dog. Highly recommend.
A new Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social came out ON MY BIRTHDAY and nobody told me. You all have a lot to answer for.
Just finished Cinder House by @freyamarske.bsky.social and I'm blown away by the writing - it is rich with a lush, almost desperate and sensual yearning. Incredible prose that resonated all the way to my floorboards!
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A new Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social came out ON MY BIRTHDAY and nobody told me. You all have a lot to answer for.
Capitalism.
We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Capitalism.
“Wearing the Lion” by John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social reimagines mythology with a well meaning Himbo Heracles, a cranky Hera, and a cast of gods and heroes. It’s about trying your best, deceiving ourselves, and found family. The main characters are complex and unreliable, but fully compelling.
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Wearing the Lion” by John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social reimagines mythology with a well meaning Himbo Heracles, a cranky Hera, and a cast of gods and heroes. It’s about trying your best, deceiving ourselves, and found family. The main characters are complex and unreliable, but fully compelling.
Turns out voters care if the candidates are humane and loving people.
There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Turns out voters care if the candidates are humane and loving people.
Yes, that’s Lupita Nyong’o, as well.
THIS JUST IN
CNN, NBC News, AP projecting: up-and-coming rapper Young Cardamom is the next mayor of New York City
CNN, NBC News, AP projecting: up-and-coming rapper Young Cardamom is the next mayor of New York City
Young Cardamom, HAB - #1 Spice (From "Queen of Katwe")
YouTube video by DisneyMusicVEVO
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November 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Yes, that’s Lupita Nyong’o, as well.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
We don’t need to throw away people to win.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We don’t need to throw away people to win.
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What are some trad pub SFF/H books that have been out at least a year that you think didn't get enough attention? Adult or YA. Marginalized authors preferred, and small press titles encouraged. Not looking for big bestsellers or award-sweepers.
September 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What are some trad pub SFF/H books that have been out at least a year that you think didn't get enough attention? Adult or YA. Marginalized authors preferred, and small press titles encouraged. Not looking for big bestsellers or award-sweepers.
This is tragic. Teens deserve excellent political journalism, too.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is tragic. Teens deserve excellent political journalism, too.
How to describe “The Sins on the Bones” by Laura R Samotin? ( @laurarutledge.bsky.social ) A queer normative dark fantasy full of Ashkenazi Jewish mysticism and 19th c Eastern European court intrigue and civil war. Spells and demons and longing and a traumatized exiled tzar. I want more!
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
How to describe “The Sins on the Bones” by Laura R Samotin? ( @laurarutledge.bsky.social ) A queer normative dark fantasy full of Ashkenazi Jewish mysticism and 19th c Eastern European court intrigue and civil war. Spells and demons and longing and a traumatized exiled tzar. I want more!
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October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Fully support this. It goes with my parenting style of CTFO. (Chill The Fck Out)
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Fully support this. It goes with my parenting style of CTFO. (Chill The Fck Out)
I'm sure I've seen an apocalyptic movie start like this.
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I'm sure I've seen an apocalyptic movie start like this.
dooooo eeeet
THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES, latest and so far longest of the Mossa & Pleiti Investigations, is on ebook sale across platforms! If you've been waiting to catch up on the latest Jovian mystery, or wanted to get your own copy, now is a great time to do it!!
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses ebook by Malka Older - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses" by Malka Older available from Rakuten Kobo. The next entry in the multi-award-nominated cozy space-opera mystery series The Investigations of Mossa and Plei...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
dooooo eeeet
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The poster for the film about this game just dropped
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The poster for the film about this game just dropped
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rushing to integrate undercooked, misrepresented, and misunderstood technology into every corner of our lives just so a handful of terrible people could make more money might have been a bad idea
“An artificial intelligence system apparently mistook a high school student’s bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.”
US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for firearm
Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
rushing to integrate undercooked, misrepresented, and misunderstood technology into every corner of our lives just so a handful of terrible people could make more money might have been a bad idea
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Yeah, this is how I feel. It’s not people, but JFC, enough already.
I know that in terms of actual harm inflicted on real people, this is small potatoes, but when you've lost as much as we have, tearing down a historic building on purpose feels obscene.
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Yeah, this is how I feel. It’s not people, but JFC, enough already.
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This is what they've done.
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is what they've done.
Whooooooa
awesome news for fans of a really bleak time!
the 1995 computer game based on Harlan Ellison's grim dystopian story about an insane AI god torturing the last few humans - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - has been remastered, updated & is now available on PC, Mac, Linux from Steam/GOG
links 👇
the 1995 computer game based on Harlan Ellison's grim dystopian story about an insane AI god torturing the last few humans - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - has been remastered, updated & is now available on PC, Mac, Linux from Steam/GOG
links 👇
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Whooooooa
As a middle school parent, seconding this thread.
A couple things, as someone who has taught in high schools for almost a decade (I'm a school librarian who teaches digital literacy). 🧵
1) None of this is surprising to anyone in schools rn.
1) None of this is surprising to anyone in schools rn.
In a national survey of over 21,000 students, "tired", "stressed", and "bored" were the most common words students used to describe how they feel at school.
In an in-depth follow-up with 472 students, "75% of all feelings students reported...were negative."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In an in-depth follow-up with 472 students, "75% of all feelings students reported...were negative."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As a middle school parent, seconding this thread.