anne gibson

“Our product could end all life on Earth. Buy our stock!”

dear internet publications please put easily visible dates on your stories, this is important for many reasons, why the hell have places stopped

@lynnemthomas.com surely you’ve already seen this but I send it to you anyway

Didn’t know I could feel this much grief on a day when nobody died but apparently sometimes when you’re storing your emotions they bleed out through the cracks

MORE BOOK ADS, FEWER GAMBLING ADS

...I keep getting Californians who are not Black/Latino/Native earnestly explaining to me that California doesn't have racism and can I just say I am skeptical

Be prepared for very bad, very racist, likely deadly things to happen viz Palestinians as Bibi feels his power very seriously threatened in the next couple of days.

This drives me CRAZY. I grew up playing sports w/ boys. I played on a U12 boys select soccer team, b4 switching to a U12 girls team that kept beating us. Nobody had any issue with any of it. Youth sports have never had the strict sex/gender boundaries that “XX-XY” activists are now trying to defend.

The phrase “liberals are the new racists” makes me want to send a whole bunch of people back to Social Studies class. Liberals can be assholes but asshole != racist

"How often do you think about the KT boundary extinction?" well now that you ask it that accusingly, youtube video narrator, probably well more than is healthy. Just, like, lots. Probably at least two videos a week.

If you’re at MileHiCon, the Sofawolf table has some original Digger omnibuses, AND the original T-shirts! Limited quantities.

tactical error: watching people dance to uptown funk at 2am. i may never get to sleep now. youtu.be/EmnSm_d2ll4?...

Hey @sfwa.bsky.social is this something we should be asking for / looking at when we sign contracts for short stories?

I was mad that good bird seed is up around $50 for a 20lb bag... but then I reframed it as "the dogs' gym membership" (because they chase the squirrels that are going after the feeder) and $50 for two dogs is a pretty good deal.

MYKA STOP EATING THE MUD (then, to Mei) She is eating mud, right? #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday

The ADA has been on the books for 36 years. Saying that change is “due to the ADA” is disingenuous — the law was there the whole time. The Christmas village wasn’t following it. Build better booths. www.phillyvoice.com/christmas-vi...

this is your friendly reminder that cold and flu season is coming. It's time to throw out those covid tests from 2023 and buy fresh ones. (the stores now sell a combined covid / flu a / flu b test which is probably your best bet!)

Can you?

1) I'm on the board of the Ray Bradbury Center 2) I am co-editing a new anthology (with Carrie Cooper, Assistant Director of the Ray Bradbury Center and public humanities scholar).

*tiny truck grabby hands*

I don’t know who the Brotherhood of Steel are but I disavow the bodiless men battling the Saints of Steel

If you like my #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday posts you should check out my Patreon at www.patreon.com/kirabug

Po-tay-toes

Got a chance to play pinball on Wednesday. Hoo I am as rusty as a farm implement buried in wet clay for a year. Feels like I’ll never get it back, but I just need practice again.

Wishing a happy retirement to Steve Ritchie. One of the greatest pinball designers of all time, Elton John is definitely one of the my favorites. Also the original voice of Shao Kahn! Spiderman, Elton John, Star Trek, Star Wars, Black Knight and No Fear are all such great games. Check 'em out!

Damn. Tommy was taken to a school that more people in this country should attend.

*record scratch* Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation… (reposted with alt text because this is an absolute treasure. Photo credit: Kevin Lohman @kevinlohman.bsky.social)

I went up a ladder to paint a window, froze, and refused to come down for a half hour. That was my first and last day as a house painter.

Myka: Huff. Hruff. Huff. Me: I know you want me to go in the other room. I’m thrilled for you. Really. #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday

Mei: BARK BARK BARK. BARK BARK. Me: Mei, that is not how we ask for things. #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday

You do not need to stand on my neck ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday

Roses are red. Tires are flammable...

Does anyone on here who has a kickstarter sell objects through them? Thoughts?

OK Folks I’ve launched my patreon. Come join for the free newsletter or for $3 a month get poetry every other day. (Then in January we mix it up and do something new!) patreon.com/kirabug

Today on The Interconnected: The Third Quarter Phenomenon and some guidance around what to do when the research is inconclusive. theinterconnected.net/kirabug/the-...

share.inquirer.com/cNlXJm The history of pinball machines makes the fact that I play in a league hilarious.

This is excellent and I hope more companies follow suit. I know Tommy Hillfinger had a line, and T@rget once did, but still boycotting the latter.

Has anyone done an Old Lady Yells At Cloud in the style of the Simpsons yet? The Pope has lung cancer and I need a gif to describe what I'll be doing the next few hours. (And I'm not even Catholic!)

@tkingfisher.com ok so a long long time ago you did a sketch of what the process of writing looked like that included a dark swamp of despair for the middle bits. Any chance you have a link to it that I can use for an article I'm writing on 3rd quarter phenomenon?

Thank you to everyone who helped fund Lightspeed and Nightmare for another year! I'm not associated with either magazine (haven't gotten published by them either) but the more markets there are, the better the chances that all of us get our chance to shine. Go team short SFF!

"what gets you out of bed each morning?" my bladder mostly

Also notable, for those of us who feel like everything is crashing down.

UX design in a nutshell.