Seanan McGuire
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
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It's been four weeks since GOD'S JUNK DRAWER appeared in the world, and my thanks to all of you who've had kind things to say about it. May I also use this moment to nudge you into perhaps saying said things on your favorite online review depository? It really helps immensely and is appreciated.
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's been four weeks since GOD'S JUNK DRAWER appeared in the world, and my thanks to all of you who've had kind things to say about it. May I also use this moment to nudge you into perhaps saying said things on your favorite online review depository? It really helps immensely and is appreciated.
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What happens when four students from Strixhaven find themselves in Lorwyn? They unleash a terrifying beast of course! #MTGLorwyn
mtg.social/LorwynStory2
mtg.social/LorwynStory2
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What happens when four students from Strixhaven find themselves in Lorwyn? They unleash a terrifying beast of course! #MTGLorwyn
mtg.social/LorwynStory2
mtg.social/LorwynStory2
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Magic story is back! Lorwyn story started today and can be read at magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi.... There’s a link to the audio version in the article.
@seananmcguire.bsky.social thank you for the wonderful story.
We’re discussing the story on this week’s @goblinlore.bsky.social
@seananmcguire.bsky.social thank you for the wonderful story.
We’re discussing the story on this week’s @goblinlore.bsky.social
Lorwyn Eclipsed | Episode 1: Out of This Wood
Four first-year Strixhaven students stumble through an Omenpath to a strange new world.
magic.wizards.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Magic story is back! Lorwyn story started today and can be read at magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi.... There’s a link to the audio version in the article.
@seananmcguire.bsky.social thank you for the wonderful story.
We’re discussing the story on this week’s @goblinlore.bsky.social
@seananmcguire.bsky.social thank you for the wonderful story.
We’re discussing the story on this week’s @goblinlore.bsky.social
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they suggested that the mere possibility of some unknown, yet-to-be-detected threat warranted limiting vaccines to higher-risk populations—as if an experiment in that very approach hadn’t already been run in the United States several decades ago.
This Is What It Looks Like When RFK Jr. Wins
His handpicked ‘experts’ just voted to roll back hepatitis B vaccine guidelines—and reverse a historic public health victory.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
they suggested that the mere possibility of some unknown, yet-to-be-detected threat warranted limiting vaccines to higher-risk populations—as if an experiment in that very approach hadn’t already been run in the United States several decades ago.
I know there are people who think I'm mad at them because I haven't answered their email, but counterpoint, I have unanswered email from 2023. I am bad at email.
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I know there are people who think I'm mad at them because I haven't answered their email, but counterpoint, I have unanswered email from 2023. I am bad at email.
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Anyone who continually gives you unsolicited advice is critiquing you
Please understand they want to shame women into a thinness/ aesthetic that renders them unable to rest/ resist.
This will not stop in our current climate
Please understand they want to shame women into a thinness/ aesthetic that renders them unable to rest/ resist.
This will not stop in our current climate
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Anyone who continually gives you unsolicited advice is critiquing you
Please understand they want to shame women into a thinness/ aesthetic that renders them unable to rest/ resist.
This will not stop in our current climate
Please understand they want to shame women into a thinness/ aesthetic that renders them unable to rest/ resist.
This will not stop in our current climate
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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The first principle of this is a load-bearing English middle class belief that all mental disorders are faked, that anyone sick for longer than a week is malingering, that people who say they are allergic to things are lying for attention, and so on.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The first principle of this is a load-bearing English middle class belief that all mental disorders are faked, that anyone sick for longer than a week is malingering, that people who say they are allergic to things are lying for attention, and so on.
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This is an excellent point. On those occasions that Magic's story is graced by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, we often get bonus authorial insight from her blog!
Thanks @rivalrowan.bsky.social!
Thanks @rivalrowan.bsky.social!
Episode 1 of the main story is available here:
magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi...
And writer Seanan McGuire's behind-the-scenes "DVD extras" can be found at:
seananmcguire.com/blog/2025/12...
magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi...
And writer Seanan McGuire's behind-the-scenes "DVD extras" can be found at:
seananmcguire.com/blog/2025/12...
Lorwyn Eclipsed | Episode 1: Out of This Wood
Four first-year Strixhaven students stumble through an Omenpath to a strange new world.
magic.wizards.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is an excellent point. On those occasions that Magic's story is graced by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, we often get bonus authorial insight from her blog!
Thanks @rivalrowan.bsky.social!
Thanks @rivalrowan.bsky.social!
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The first episode of the #MTGLorwyn story, penned by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, is here! Four first-year Strixhaven students stumble through an Omenpath to a strange new world.
mtg.social/LorwynStory1
mtg.social/LorwynStory1
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The first episode of the #MTGLorwyn story, penned by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, is here! Four first-year Strixhaven students stumble through an Omenpath to a strange new world.
mtg.social/LorwynStory1
mtg.social/LorwynStory1
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This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
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Pichelli has since said this was taken out of context from an off-hand conversation she had at a busy con with someone who did not identify himself as a journalist and is twisting her words for click bait
Which is extra fun since this is the post that took off and doesn't even include a source link
Which is extra fun since this is the post that took off and doesn't even include a source link
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Pichelli has since said this was taken out of context from an off-hand conversation she had at a busy con with someone who did not identify himself as a journalist and is twisting her words for click bait
Which is extra fun since this is the post that took off and doesn't even include a source link
Which is extra fun since this is the post that took off and doesn't even include a source link
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So since Universes Beyond has become the major focus of what Magic has put out these days I havent really been into what it has to offer
But when I tell you that Strixhaven is the COOLest concept for a magical school I have ever been immersed in (yes, including that one), I mean it. It's that good.
But when I tell you that Strixhaven is the COOLest concept for a magical school I have ever been immersed in (yes, including that one), I mean it. It's that good.
We now have the names for this crew, a group of Strixhaven students who (*minor spoilers*) get Isekai'd into Lorwyn by a mischievous fairy.
Abigale - A deaf and poetic Silverquill owlin
Sanar - A chaotic Prismari goblin
Tam - A by-the-book Quandrix gorgon
Kirol - A beefy non-binary Lorehold vampire
Abigale - A deaf and poetic Silverquill owlin
Sanar - A chaotic Prismari goblin
Tam - A by-the-book Quandrix gorgon
Kirol - A beefy non-binary Lorehold vampire
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So since Universes Beyond has become the major focus of what Magic has put out these days I havent really been into what it has to offer
But when I tell you that Strixhaven is the COOLest concept for a magical school I have ever been immersed in (yes, including that one), I mean it. It's that good.
But when I tell you that Strixhaven is the COOLest concept for a magical school I have ever been immersed in (yes, including that one), I mean it. It's that good.
My owl bonafides have been questioned, so, here: the Ballad of Curly.
I promised animal stories, so: the Ballad of Curly, Best of Owls. CWs for thread: domestic abuse, animal-on-asshole violence.
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My owl bonafides have been questioned, so, here: the Ballad of Curly.
Oh, yay. Love to be told that my dental insurance for the year is maxed out right before a cleaning I have been sternly told I am not allowed to cancel or reschedule. Luxury bones are so great.
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Oh, yay. Love to be told that my dental insurance for the year is maxed out right before a cleaning I have been sternly told I am not allowed to cancel or reschedule. Luxury bones are so great.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
Out of This Wood, the DVD extras. – Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls
seananmcguire.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Danger Rug, Danger Rug, Nuthin's Stranger'n Danger Rug! 🦈🦈🦈
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Danger Rug, Danger Rug, Nuthin's Stranger'n Danger Rug! 🦈🦈🦈
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This is how they dismantle Medicare without saying they’re dismantling Medicare.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is how they dismantle Medicare without saying they’re dismantling Medicare.
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No, I won't fight you.
Or debate you.
I'm not coin operated.
Or a circus monkey.
Entitlement is a boner killer.
Or debate you.
I'm not coin operated.
Or a circus monkey.
Entitlement is a boner killer.
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
No, I won't fight you.
Or debate you.
I'm not coin operated.
Or a circus monkey.
Entitlement is a boner killer.
Or debate you.
I'm not coin operated.
Or a circus monkey.
Entitlement is a boner killer.
No Hogswatch giveaway for tonight. Food poisoning instead. I am going the fuck to bed; two giveaways tomorrow.
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
No Hogswatch giveaway for tonight. Food poisoning instead. I am going the fuck to bed; two giveaways tomorrow.
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This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is a deeply-reported story that addresses the heart of American healthcare. It's worth your time. Please read and share. projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
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3 hours left at #mff!
I don't normally do sunday sales, but I am really close to nearly empty luggage!
Sunday special $40 for any Purrmaid other than Bombangler and Jelly Angora.
Go go go! Adoptions open!
#purrmaids
I don't normally do sunday sales, but I am really close to nearly empty luggage!
Sunday special $40 for any Purrmaid other than Bombangler and Jelly Angora.
Go go go! Adoptions open!
#purrmaids
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
3 hours left at #mff!
I don't normally do sunday sales, but I am really close to nearly empty luggage!
Sunday special $40 for any Purrmaid other than Bombangler and Jelly Angora.
Go go go! Adoptions open!
#purrmaids
I don't normally do sunday sales, but I am really close to nearly empty luggage!
Sunday special $40 for any Purrmaid other than Bombangler and Jelly Angora.
Go go go! Adoptions open!
#purrmaids
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adhd literally isn’t our fault it’s fucking genetic
I see Hadley Freeman is back on her horse about ADHD/autism. Only this time she is obviously far more aware of the reality than...checks notes, the actual expert. Does she ever get bored of just churning out the same old ignorant attacks on different groups?
www.thetimes.com/article/476e...
www.thetimes.com/article/476e...
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
adhd literally isn’t our fault it’s fucking genetic