Meeting yesterday with Brianna Ghey's mother Esther - and pupils at Brianna's former school - was a powerful reminder of why controls on social media and smartphone use in schools is so important for children, teachers and parents. (1/2)

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 21:

It's time for Tingler your title! Rename your book in the style of a Chuck Tingle tingler! Have fun, and create a cover if you feel like it, too!

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

I sometimes see people dismissing the No Kings protests as performative.

Protesting *is* inherently performative. It's unity in the face of injustice, to inspire more people to notice and join. That leads to change.

It *is* brave to protest under a government that attacks dissenting speech.

I think Nathan Cofnas only ended up at Cambridge because the admin went for ‘conservative DEI’ one time and they bought off more than they could chew when it turned out he wouldn’t stop popping off about how he thinks all Black people are mentally deficient, permanently staining their reputation

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

they fired a special beam at me and now i look like this

Tyler the Creator on whether youth culture still exists. I don't know if this is completely true, but it does seem more true today than in the past.