Pathologist 🔬 and writer of spooky spec fic. Philly expat in Carolina. Disabled POTSie. Ace is the place for me. 🇪🇨🇺🇸🏳️🌈 she/her
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The utter exhaustion of overwork required to just afford to live in America makes it so hard to resist fascism. Which is of course the point, and how we got here, and why they will just make it worse on us all. Which is yet another reason our message has to be around basic income, free housing etc.
Black men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as white men, so early detection is imperative. atlanta.capitalbnews.org/mobile-prost...
I wrenched something in my neck/shoulder by doing nothing in particular. I love being in my 40s
SHE’S AN AWARD WINNER!! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is the 2025 Mass Book Award winner for YA/MG. I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹
Do any #writing folks know of Discord servers or forums or stuff for writers who are querying?
Andi! Last name is a work in progress lol
Aww yiss finally came up with the perfect name for the protag in the new book idea I've been brainstorming, it's over for you hoes now
Hard to slow down at the day job today unfortunately 😕 Thanks for the cutie!
There is no real reason for me to be feeling so grumpy today, but, well, here we are (pet pics accepted)
There is a reason I go by a different name online 😂
I will never recover from watching this as a teenager
I hate this a lot but I am once again asking for help to stay in therapy and get through the gap between when I start my part-time job and when I get paid at that part-time job. gofund.me/4c1963ab
"chatGPT 5 is like having a bunch of phds in your pocket" here's ten trillion dollars "bluesky is having an *actual* bunch of phds in your pocket" dying platform. it disgusts me
Got a pumpkin scone and an iced lavender matcha at the coffee shop, which feels like I'm mixing my seasons but that seems appropriate
This Sudanese refugee and student is in a race against time, being $1800 away from securing her next year’s tuition. She has only 15 days left to make the deadline. Please help with whatever you can: www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-si... #KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
No but I had this actual conversation about food dyes with a doctor I used to work with 🤦🏻♀️
All four audiobooks are now loaded at my online shop to buy direct and you can save 15% until November 1 with the coupon code NEWAUDIO15 at checkout. payhip.com/skyladawncam...
As a disabled person who’ll have to be unmasked for a procedure in 2 weeks, I’d be so grateful if folks who don’t usually mask considered pitching in to help curb this surge. N95s work best but if what you’ve got is cloth, popping it on to go into the grocery store is way better than nothing! Ty<3
Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
I don't know if I'll love them as much as Golden Fig, but there's room in my heart for multiple indie bookstores.
I'm moving to a soulless suburb type place because of my new job, but!! They have an indie bookstore!! The sigh of relief my soul just let out.
At this point I don't know what to use 🤷🏻♀️
Current situation with COVID19 vaccines at CVS. ACIP is meeting September 18-19 so it will likely become available at pharmacies w/o a prescription then, unless ACIP pulls the rug out. Prescription requirement related to state laws requiring ACIP approval for pharmacist administration.
Well either way it's a beautiful morning to sit out on the balcony with an iced matcha latte
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program. We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful. The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs. www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
Need an astrology person to weigh in just so I can feel something. How does the moon’s house bode for this. Is Mars doing anything cool. What’s Uranus signaling.
If you are wondering what happened in Indonesia yesterday, this is the whole summary. I don't care if you dislike politics, but it's about humanity. It would be greatly appreciated if my English speaker friends here try to educate themselves and share this as a form of spreading more awareness.
Right now, your ability to get access to a COVID vaccine this fall is in jeopardy, whether or not you fit the new, restricted eligiblity criteria. Please send a letter to your member of Congress here. And spread the word. @defendpublichealth.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Summer has come and passed Two days without a news broadcast Wake me up when he’s really dead
Down to my last bag of matcha 🙁
Just a few months later, an Illinois-based company wired $230,000 to the NC House and Senate Republican caucus campaign bank accounts. And the following week, Republican leaders inserted a provision into a major transportation bill that will make that company millions.
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yes, copyright is automatic but in this case (and likely others in the future) only authors of registered work receive compensation. so common wisdom + publishers shitting the bed is about to cost authors potentially many $1000s
i don't know if people are being willfully ignorant or haven't connected the dots but: authors are freaking out about copyright because of the anthropic settlement, in which only authors with works previously *officially registered* with the copyright office are eligible to claim $$ (US only)
Major update: As of this morning, CVS says it's decided it can offer the vax in 13 of the 16 states IF you get a prescription. Still a big new barrier for many people, but a change from its "no vaccines at all in these states" position yesterday. The three remaining absolute-nos are MA, NV and NM.
We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch. Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
I decided to get a salad for lunch but it's about 50% croutons and bacon bits so don't misconstrue this as me being healthy
A condor and a golden eagle to restore humanity to Tijuana’s border wall
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
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SCOOP I spoke to the leader of the 764-linked swatting group that is behind the recent spare of hoax active shooter calls at university campuses across the US. He claims to have earned $100,000 in the space of just six days www.wired.com/story/purgat...
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This thread and its point is so unbelievably important — and why it is so absolutely essentially to accurately describe what Trump does and how he’s done it. Otherwise, you — looking primarily at journalists and lawmakers — are just making it easier for him to create that reality.
Lothlórien - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper I wish I had time to get back to my Tolkien series, these are so much fun. 💙 Prints on saIe for a bit longer! 💙
Erebor - watercolor and acryla gouache on paper Complete with Lake Town and a tiny Bilbo in an alcove ✨Prints on saIe!✨
“Most people move through the world assuming that eventually, they will merge their life, finances, and domestic labor with someone else’s […] Even the price of a hotel room makes more sense when you’re two.” So, so much about this @azejournal.bsky.social article. 💯 azejournal.com/article/2025...
Hey all, I.... don't like to ask for help, but our landlord has given us until the end of September to get out. I don't know what we're gonna do. gofund.me/aeff4d4d
Why yes I *did* used to smoke 😉
Well I sit at a desk all day and then come home and sit on my couch, so I think I'm safe
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
some rare good news!! for @indyweek.bsky.social
"physical inactivity" lol check
I have a lot of questions
Superfood for Bees scitechdaily.com/superfood-fo...
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Some people give cute nicknames to Xanax, I give cute nicknames to zofran and melatonin. Party hard 🤘
People are shouting "LOOK HE'S THE BEST WE CAN DO" about the Governor of California, meanwhile the Governor of Illinois is out here talking like John Wick while *also* standing up for trans people.
How exciting!! Do you know what field of study?
I hate conservatives because why is Riley Gaines posting clips about how she’s stronger and more athletic than Zohran when her whole fucking deal is how men are magically biologically superior to women when it comes to sports.
anyway this is pretty, queerphobes are ugly ergo you should share this until someone buys it but also so more people can see pretty things okay bye i don’t do pity marketing. i do tell y’all the damn truth marketing.
This is a pretty great deal and I've been meaning to get into Murderbot. The only question is how deep do I want to go into Martha Wells when I have never read any Martha Wells.
Friends, I finally made one of these. Please share widely! gofund.me/9162f61e
Either way I'm super excited for it haha
Is it weird to preorder a special edition of a book just because it looks pretty? It's not, right? That's a normal thing to do?
If he was going around saying 25 year old women are too young to make decisions about abortion, I wonder if he’d have such diehard lib support. Bodily autonomy is bodily autonomy.
If you have a Switch and like relaxing games, I recommend Tiny Bookshop. You run a mobile bookstore in a seaside town and can decorate it, manage the inventory and hand-sell books to customers. All the good things about bookselling, no vacuuming or trash. 🥰 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
I've had this one sitting around for a while and I finally got pics and got it uploaded! A very bisexual vibes desk organizer. thebrokencircle.etsy.com/listing/4352...
Also I bought a game about owning a tiny bookshop. I'm very excited.
I am officially on vacation and I'm watching old gymnastics events so I can see Simone Biles before we all knew
They made America great again...but only if you fit in a narrow box. And 17yo Black and closeted Samira def doesn't. So when her family goes on the run in neo-Jim Crow America, she has a lot to fear, including losing her heart to another girl on the run #queerpit #YA #D #H #CoA #T #SPF
Queer Back to the Future retelling: 👩🦳 A girl thrown in the past 💔A date interrupted ⏳ A broken time travel device 👤A murderous stranger If Gemma can't outsmart the stranger undermining her and get her parents together she'll never get home. Because she won't exist. #QueerPit #YA #SF #TT
In near future USA, 17yo Samira's family must flee to Mexico when her older sister gets death threats after a protest against Jim Crow-like laws. On the trip she's exposed to the horrors of the county and to love she never expected to have. An illegal love with another girl. #QueerPit #YA #D #SPF #T
Important for writers whose books have been used without permission for AI training--this is the class action lawsuit against Anthropic. Find your books in the LibGen database, and fill out the form on the law firm's website.
My mother is almost halfway to her goal to pay off her shed and she only had one week left on her deadline! Any shares and support are appreciated. gofund.me/73d4a045
#NEISVoid New Definition: #SpatulaTime When you're completely out of spoons, forks, *and* knives, and the only way you can do anything is if someone scrapes you off the floor/bed/couch with a spatula.
Checking in from Sahe O'Midsuxa
"Prozac and therapy."
This is the cover for my next novel
Next up maybe we can all start pooping in the river again.
The obvious answer is Jason Momoa on Stargate Atlantis. He will always be Ronon Dex to me.
I am not offended by grey hairs but if they could just LIE FLAT that would be GREAT "No, we are a different texture!" Can you not "Actually the science of it is very interesting! You see, melanocytes are -- " Okay stop talking
🗣️ GENDER 🗣️ BENT 🗣️ JCS 🗣️ NOW
Meal prepping for the week and I almost forgot that substituting dry herbs for fresh herbs is not a 1:1 conversion lol oops
I just realized I could go for a bike ride today, like I forgot that's a thing people could do for fun since it's been 11 million degrees out every day
Fantastic news for artists: The lost functionality of Google Image Search as a reference image source has been recreated.
The calendar turned to August, the temperature dropped, and suddenly I'm ready for spooky season* *football
It will only make it less attractive to the kinds of people we don't want in office.
sometimes I can feel brain cells dying
June was revised down from 147k to 14k, May was revised down to 19k. So we've created just 106k jobs since April, compared to over 100k in each of the first four months of the year. That's a really big revision!
I need to pay rent tomorrow and I'm £403 short!
Timeline Cleanse: when carrying a Cheez-its box at a Pokemon convention