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In case anyone is interested, I do paid editing work, mostly developmental and mostly speculative (though my background includes literary and poetry).

It's really damning. The accusations are numerous and well-supported. But I was really struck by the descriptions of Trump's behavior -- the name dropping, strong-arming, and attempts to buy off silence. His gross rivalry with Epstein. It's all so familiar. It's shit he's been doing his entire life.

I know it’s really distasteful and dispiriting and gross to think about, but you won’t understand Trumpist politics or the status of women if you don’t understand that a lot of people aren’t just in denial about the prevalence of rape; they are affirmatively pro-rape.

Orion’s Belt is open to submissions until October 31! @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social www.orions-belt.net/submissions

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

Four of the terfs removed from the Thorns game Friday were also kicked out of their LYFT ride after the game. When they tried to order a ride to the airport the next morning they found out their LYFT account had been cancelled. #BAONPDX www.reddit.com/r/Thorns/com...

I've spent deeply happy hours here building tables. Thousands of kids have learned craft here. One of the world's great concentrations of wealth, and the Bay Area can't keep a community gem like this going? The second biggest cultural institution in Oakland? www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

It's good to get some public good out of police spending.

hey all!!! Apex Magazine needs our help! with 4 days yet to go? they need $4,000 to keep bringing us monthly flash fiction contests, stories published from the slush, dark surreal fiction, and a zine that supports new authors and voices!

Gothamist has now picked up the story, noting activists put up flyers outside the home of killer cop Conrado Abreu-Gerez. They confirmed to Gothamist that they were arrested by NYPD’s warrant squad, which loves busting down doors in early morning raids to terrorize. gothamist.com/news/a-kille...

similar to mailers targeting amy klobuchar in the twin cities

The original game is so great, and I'm very excited to try this DLC.

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

Voter ID laws don't just block eligible voters — they also cost taxpayers millions. 💸 Voter ID is on the ballot in six states this November. If passed, states will spend millions on unnecessary new rules instead of things communities actually need. Learn more: voteriders.org/article/cost...

A hate and misinformation campaign by the Republicans made us public enemy number 1, and while I appreciate Democrats blocking bad legislation, for the most part they didn't stand up for us against Republicans during the onslaught, or call out the hate campaign for what it was.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

I keep thinking about this. Like.. you have a bunch of writers going to a writing convention and so you pick *the revolting Nazi* to cover the event? You couldn't have fucking emailed *any other writer* in attendance for 600 words?

You know what doesn't get enough love? Horror short stories. From today through Halloween, I'll update this thread with Horror short story recommendations. Stuff you can read in a sitting while feeling like the shadows are watching.

Missouri's Amendment 3 would restore an abortion ban with limited exceptions, but its ads focus on a different provision: banning gender transition care for minors. The campaign website never explicitly states it would repeal the constitutional right to abortion voters approved 2 years ago.

the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

No, and this is upsetting. I like her work a lot. But there is no ethical use of this technology and in an industry where people are desperate for work, taking work away from animators is unjustifiable.

A single billionaire megadonor is propping up the Republican effort to stop Dems from flipping Pennsylvania’s Senate and gaining full control of government—to a much greater degree than Elon Musk is doing it at the federal level

Well, shit, this is how I'm learning Alison Bechdel has used AI in her work.

Wow. Liberty Biberty just released a statement backing Vivek Ramaswamy. Just wow.

Hi, my name is Alex Goldman -- you may know me as the host of Reply All. These days I am making a longform narrative podcast called @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social . I am making a small thread to ask to consider becoming a premium member of our completely independent show. hyperfixepod.com/join

Today is the last day to participate in the downtown parking survey for my town. I nearly overfilled that modest comment box they made available. I care about humans and I want to minimize the degree to which we build our shared spaces around vehicles. Here is what I said:

AFA Frontier PHL had the CLAWS OUT today. It’s time for Frontier management to stop the excuses and deliver the #ContractNow!

If the real priority was actually protecting girls from actual men who pose a risk to them in sports, it would make much more sense to advocate for banning male coaches and male doctors. And I’ve never, ever ever heard that suggestion, because that’s not really what this is about.

I think we need to push HARD on the fact that SCIENCE HAS OUR BACKS. 1) ALL the major medical orgs support trans healthcare, including for trans children: bsky.app/profile/moxi...

If she wins a full term in November, Fire Thunder would join a growing number of Indigenous women successfully seeking higher office across the country. In Montana, the success of these candidates is a result of decades of women-led organizing on the ground.

i think "vote dem across the board, but for the 4 very worst dems on trans rights you can leave them blank" is a reasonable position (& a reasonable compromise between vbnmw & fears about dems going full uk labour)

This is *wildly* illegal and *incredibly* immoral. The paper claims that by *simply reading an article*, you agree that you can never, ever sue them for virtually *any reason*, *and* that you have consented to effectively *unlimited* surveillance and commercial exploitation of your private data.

When it comes to terrible practices by website operators, it takes a lot to shock me. I literally wrote the book on the subject.

Backed by a GOP supermajority, TN state senator Brent Taylor pushed through half a dozen laws that superseded the priorities & power of local politicians & voters. Now, after gerrymandering split Memphis' Black vote, he's running to represent many of them in Congress. By @wendicthomas.bsky.social

I agree with this strategy of voting for Dems provided that they haven't embraced extreme anti-trans positions. and I definitely agree that Kaptur, Cuellar, & Turek have all crossed that line & I personally wouldn't vote for them

...& for clarification: 1) I'm not telling anyone how to vote, you can make your own choices, 2) I address all common questions/dissents in this essay/thread. in short, trans-exclusionary Dems will proliferate unless we draw the line somewhere. this is where I'm drawing it. bsky.app/profile/juli...

hey all i dont know what authorsdaily dot com is? but they have an "Interview" with me posted that i - never gave - is full of lies - has my wrong pronouns - is full of things i dont do - or would never say? so i emailed them and told them to take it down but jfc, i am tired

ive talked on how i wont engage with writers who use ai, i wont eat at a restaurant with an ai menu, i wont have anything to do with it. but what this post illustrates is regardless of how OTHERS react, ultimately the worst part about using ai is that you are punishing YOURSELF and dont even know it

Someone running for president in 2028 running solely on "Customer service phone number connects to an actual helpful person" would win in a landslide.

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.