Maria Haskins

I write speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror & points in-between), and I also write reviews & essays. My short fiction is available in two short story collections: 🛤️ SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN: mariahaskins.com/six-dreams-a... 🐺 WOLVES & GIRLS: mariahaskins.com/wolves-and-g...

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'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.

Serbia's student movement ousts nationalist leader Aleksandar Vucic in parliamentary elections

Happy #IntersexAwarenessDay! Today I'm reposting my old Intersex 101 thread from Twitter - with new improvements, resources, and more! It's starting right here, read on!

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!

It's another day, so let's talk about this. First of all, Lula didn't win the election alone. He won because more than half of the country FREAKED THE FUCK OUT and built a popular movement that organized several actions both irl and online.

now that the elections are over i’m going back to the REAL accountability story: science world REFUSES to rotate its temu sphere pumpkin display so i can take part in the halloween season DISCRIMINATION

Why did Canadians elect Mark Carney, British Columbians elect Lorne Doerkson, and Vancouverites elect Pete Fry and a bunch of COPE candidates? Allow me, the pundit, to explain that it's coincidentally due to my own beliefs about political strategy that I talk about all the time.

the video of him is AMAZING. just stop watching towards the end if you don't want to see a cop being a cop

I spoke to the mom of the 3-year-old soccer star who was left "thinking he did something wrong" after a league official called police "due to a disturbance between parents" The youth sports league said they launched a review and reached out to the family

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Heartiest congratulations to all the winners including @renanbernardo.com, @wnwagner.bsky.social, @tanaudel.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social and @jhameia.bsky.social! You are all very much deserving and its so cool to see y'all get these wins.

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If Americans need our little southern recipe for how to defeat fascism it goes like this: - Put people in the streets by standing for popular demands (wages, healthcare, public services) - Do not engage with fascists online - Do not succumb to doomsayers or media-driven narratives - Be happy

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.

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

Congratulation to all of the finalists and winners of the World Fantasy Awards! locusmag.com/2026/10...

excellent dumb discourse.

look, nothing is simple and i have no parsimonious explanation for anything here, but a student protest movement, focused on corruption & authoritarianism, just won a major european election. a big deal.

Greeks: sculpture is about the ideal body, perfect proportions, beauty through which we can experience th— Etruscans, over in the corner:

Moved house recently, just sorting bits n bobs out. Have some very nice MOON, MUTE, Source Code, Warcraft related goodies in need of a good home so keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks for some nice give aways :) May also have a beautiful ROGUE TROOPER poster by @westonfront.bsky.social too!

some scary and wicked beasts prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...

Lorne Doerkson is the new premier of British Columbia. David Eby announced his resignation as BC NDP leader. And BC Greens leader Emily Lowan won her seat on Vancouver Island. #BCPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...

Ever notice "abusers can grow and change" uniformly comes from people who haven't actually checked if someone grew or changed? It's like a magic wand of sentiment they wave over harm.

Share a movie that immediately puts you in a good mood!

I only ever received two death threats online. One was from JDA. But that's a fraction of what he did to Paul and many other good people in our community. That's why I'm extremely disappointed that File 770 chose to give him a platform.

"There are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade." — Rick in Casablanca, shit-talking a Nazi

we must not idealize the cheesecake factory. even with cheesecake automation, it's brutal physical labor with no rest ever since the advent of cheesecake taylorism

No, really www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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I think what's gonna stick with me the most, like a majority of people, is just what the hell David Eby was thinking, and who (if anyone) was whispering in his ear that this was a good idea. Because everything leading up to this was non-stop warning signs not to pull the trigger.

Seeing a lot of fear-mongering on my timeline tonight from trans folks and allies outside of B.C. Yes, this result is what it is. But this is not a “stockpile your HRT now” situation. And I think suggesting people do that is uneccessary and actively harmful to people who actually live here.

For better and for worse, the B.C. Cons are kind of an unknown. They are not OneBC. They certainly have some parts that are like OneBC, but they are also a party of a bunch of factions of the right Frankensteined together that are going to have to figure out how to run a province together.

Next up for my Halloween themed artworks. "Crow Returned Charred Black" hand embroidery art www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p15/Cr... #UKGiftHour #WildlifeArt #embroidery #31DaysOfHalloween

I'm hoping that the words on this say it all. But I'm going to be wrapping things up this afternoon and can wrap one up for you too. Send it to you, or too someone you love with a little note. Please share the word. It means the world to me ❤️ www.samcannonart.com/Calendars

Artists, QP with your green art! ❇️ #arttrain #digitalpainting

Walkin'

I know times are weird for a lot of folks right now, but if you've ever been interested in owning one of my originals, these three framed paintings are still looking for loving homes 🖤. everydayoriginal.com/artist/Matth...

I'm not much into everything going on in genre fandom, but still knew long ago not to pay attention to File 770.

Hey, so, it actually took a lot of people doing a lot of unpaid work for Jon Del Arroz to be properly marginalized from the SFF community, and now he’s back, and in one of the more widely read genre fan columns around. So I just have one question: @file770.bsky.social, what the actual hell?

Folks, they'll be teaching this one in CDN POLI 101 for years.

Who is going to be the first NDP member of caucus to publicly say they opposed Eby's call for a snap election?