Callie Jennings
@aporianautics.bsky.social
Heaven bless the babe. What queer books she must have read.
she | threemachineexpression.substack.com
she | threemachineexpression.substack.com
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"If you ever want to finish a book (or an album) (or that art project sitting in your garage), you must be unafraid of the thoughts that come to your mind. Especially the fleeting ones that you dismiss as too dull, not worth writing down." ~ KB Brookins
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Stylin & Profilin On You
What freestyle rap can do for your writing practice By KB Brookins For the past month and some change, I’ve been challenging myself to freestyle rap for the length of an instrumental once a day. I …
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December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"If you ever want to finish a book (or an album) (or that art project sitting in your garage), you must be unafraid of the thoughts that come to your mind. Especially the fleeting ones that you dismiss as too dull, not worth writing down." ~ KB Brookins
brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/s...
brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/s...
I missed whatever has ignited Jenny Holzer Discourse lately but as someone who went as Truisms for Halloween, twice, I am pleased
customs official: anything to declare?
Jenny Holzer: [taking a deep breath]
Jenny Holzer: [taking a deep breath]
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I missed whatever has ignited Jenny Holzer Discourse lately but as someone who went as Truisms for Halloween, twice, I am pleased
This list is all the heck over the place (complimentary)
I sometimes check prize lists when I'm looking for something unexpected, but none of the rest of them are gonna have a heartfelt sports story, a tall tale in lumberjack argot, a mother/daughter fantasy tearjerker, & magical girls in one place
I sometimes check prize lists when I'm looking for something unexpected, but none of the rest of them are gonna have a heartfelt sports story, a tall tale in lumberjack argot, a mother/daughter fantasy tearjerker, & magical girls in one place
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This list is all the heck over the place (complimentary)
I sometimes check prize lists when I'm looking for something unexpected, but none of the rest of them are gonna have a heartfelt sports story, a tall tale in lumberjack argot, a mother/daughter fantasy tearjerker, & magical girls in one place
I sometimes check prize lists when I'm looking for something unexpected, but none of the rest of them are gonna have a heartfelt sports story, a tall tale in lumberjack argot, a mother/daughter fantasy tearjerker, & magical girls in one place
for #bandcampfriday: I've got a bunch of trumpet & an arrangement on this gentle, sweet, singalong-able thing:
thesanctuaryboston.bandcamp.com/album/the-sa...
thesanctuaryboston.bandcamp.com/album/the-sa...
The Sanctuary Boston, by The Sanctuary Boston
11 track album
thesanctuaryboston.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
for #bandcampfriday: I've got a bunch of trumpet & an arrangement on this gentle, sweet, singalong-able thing:
thesanctuaryboston.bandcamp.com/album/the-sa...
thesanctuaryboston.bandcamp.com/album/the-sa...
golems with butts!!!!!!!!!!!!
mini golem ensemble complete!!! 🥳
from top-left to bottom-right, we have:
bixby, dirt, olivine, negi
quickly, mott, river, layzer, jumbles, AC
marin, triptan, dosie, voix
from top-left to bottom-right, we have:
bixby, dirt, olivine, negi
quickly, mott, river, layzer, jumbles, AC
marin, triptan, dosie, voix
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
golems with butts!!!!!!!!!!!!
the glorious-unhinged-gay-banger-per-dollar ratio on this one is very high
for instance, this Jenna Jaco: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
and this Elizabeth R McClellan: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
(also I have two pieces in it!)
for instance, this Jenna Jaco: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
and this Elizabeth R McClellan: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
(also I have two pieces in it!)
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
the glorious-unhinged-gay-banger-per-dollar ratio on this one is very high
for instance, this Jenna Jaco: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
and this Elizabeth R McClellan: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
(also I have two pieces in it!)
for instance, this Jenna Jaco: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
and this Elizabeth R McClellan: fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...
(also I have two pieces in it!)
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For our second year, I'm proud to present the TFR Reader's Choice Awards, the only literary awards where YOU can vote for your favorite transfeminine books of 2025 🩷
Voting is open right now! The voting period will last until December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM, so don't forget to cast your ballot.
Voting is open right now! The voting period will last until December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM, so don't forget to cast your ballot.
Vote for the 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards!
Voting is open now for the 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards! Vote by Dec. 26th.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
For our second year, I'm proud to present the TFR Reader's Choice Awards, the only literary awards where YOU can vote for your favorite transfeminine books of 2025 🩷
Voting is open right now! The voting period will last until December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM, so don't forget to cast your ballot.
Voting is open right now! The voting period will last until December 26th, 2025 at 11:59 PM, so don't forget to cast your ballot.
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this is absolute 🔥
a reflection on how to relate to a world that can't be un-broken. we're never getting the moon back, guys.
(lesson learned: wear flats when you might encounter a short person lectern)
www.youtube.com/live/C6Z5ora...
#sermon #uu
(lesson learned: wear flats when you might encounter a short person lectern)
www.youtube.com/live/C6Z5ora...
#sermon #uu
FPN 25-11-30 Broken Open
YouTube video by First Parish in Needham Sunday Services
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December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
this is absolute 🔥
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New poem out from the wonderful @ninthletter.bsky.social!
It's from my WIP dealing with my time in the scouts.
Read the whole thing at ninthletter.com/2025/11/25/j...
It's from my WIP dealing with my time in the scouts.
Read the whole thing at ninthletter.com/2025/11/25/j...
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New poem out from the wonderful @ninthletter.bsky.social!
It's from my WIP dealing with my time in the scouts.
Read the whole thing at ninthletter.com/2025/11/25/j...
It's from my WIP dealing with my time in the scouts.
Read the whole thing at ninthletter.com/2025/11/25/j...
a reflection on how to relate to a world that can't be un-broken. we're never getting the moon back, guys.
(lesson learned: wear flats when you might encounter a short person lectern)
www.youtube.com/live/C6Z5ora...
#sermon #uu
(lesson learned: wear flats when you might encounter a short person lectern)
www.youtube.com/live/C6Z5ora...
#sermon #uu
FPN 25-11-30 Broken Open
YouTube video by First Parish in Needham Sunday Services
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
a reflection on how to relate to a world that can't be un-broken. we're never getting the moon back, guys.
(lesson learned: wear flats when you might encounter a short person lectern)
www.youtube.com/live/C6Z5ora...
#sermon #uu
(lesson learned: wear flats when you might encounter a short person lectern)
www.youtube.com/live/C6Z5ora...
#sermon #uu
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🏳️🌈 QUEER WRITERS! We’re open for submissions until 31st December. 🍊 We’d love to read your most boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome. Check out our guidelines at fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/ 🥝
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🏳️🌈 QUEER WRITERS! We’re open for submissions until 31st December. 🍊 We’d love to read your most boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome. Check out our guidelines at fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/ 🥝
I can't believe how much it took to disabuse me of the idea that my bosses had some skill or expertise invisible to me that could at least partially justify the difference in pay & power & respect. I was so dumb. Wish I'd had figures like this that make obvious how useless the typical executive is.
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I can't believe how much it took to disabuse me of the idea that my bosses had some skill or expertise invisible to me that could at least partially justify the difference in pay & power & respect. I was so dumb. Wish I'd had figures like this that make obvious how useless the typical executive is.
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Scene Reports is live because I got the zines before I expected to get them.
There will be a party next week. If you are in Chicago, they're five bucks, and you'll just have to find me bumming around to grab one. It's not that hard. I'm a creature of habit. I only hang around three or four spots.
There will be a party next week. If you are in Chicago, they're five bucks, and you'll just have to find me bumming around to grab one. It's not that hard. I'm a creature of habit. I only hang around three or four spots.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Scene Reports is live because I got the zines before I expected to get them.
There will be a party next week. If you are in Chicago, they're five bucks, and you'll just have to find me bumming around to grab one. It's not that hard. I'm a creature of habit. I only hang around three or four spots.
There will be a party next week. If you are in Chicago, they're five bucks, and you'll just have to find me bumming around to grab one. It's not that hard. I'm a creature of habit. I only hang around three or four spots.
when a river runs into a bunch of dumb-ass garbage blocking her way, she gets wider
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
when a river runs into a bunch of dumb-ass garbage blocking her way, she gets wider
There is so much good stuff in here!! May I particularly recommend:
Redundancies & Potentials
The Cosmic Color
The Transitive Properties of Cheese
All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From
anthologies Embodied Exegesis, Luminescent Machinations, & the We're Here annuals
Redundancies & Potentials
The Cosmic Color
The Transitive Properties of Cheese
All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From
anthologies Embodied Exegesis, Luminescent Machinations, & the We're Here annuals
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There is so much good stuff in here!! May I particularly recommend:
Redundancies & Potentials
The Cosmic Color
The Transitive Properties of Cheese
All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From
anthologies Embodied Exegesis, Luminescent Machinations, & the We're Here annuals
Redundancies & Potentials
The Cosmic Color
The Transitive Properties of Cheese
All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From
anthologies Embodied Exegesis, Luminescent Machinations, & the We're Here annuals
because of legal costs etc, written agreements aren't always that effective for protecting against hostile behavior... but they *are* great for preserving friendships & communities!
you should want contracts with your friends who you trust the most!
you should want contracts with your friends who you trust the most!
let it be said: you cannot make an entire cultural ecosystem out of friendships and connections. the more money enters into the picture, the more things have to become formalized. a lot of people refuse to accept this idea and still think of themselves as small. this has caused a lot of problems
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
because of legal costs etc, written agreements aren't always that effective for protecting against hostile behavior... but they *are* great for preserving friendships & communities!
you should want contracts with your friends who you trust the most!
you should want contracts with your friends who you trust the most!
"In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse. As contemporary social systems increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) in operational and decision-making pipelines..."
tfw the cites span 2400 years
tfw the cites span 2400 years
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"In Book X of The Republic, Plato excludes poets on the grounds that mimetic language can distort judgment and bring society to a collapse. As contemporary social systems increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) in operational and decision-making pipelines..."
tfw the cites span 2400 years
tfw the cites span 2400 years
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the captured sparrow whispers
& the wind by way of reply
reassures her with arrows;
sorrowfully she may not fly
the dead doves rot
as cranes hunt in the marshland
the tadpoles forgot
sorrowfully she may not cry
electric monks chant openly:
sorrowfully we may not lie
though it means that we may die
& the wind by way of reply
reassures her with arrows;
sorrowfully she may not fly
the dead doves rot
as cranes hunt in the marshland
the tadpoles forgot
sorrowfully she may not cry
electric monks chant openly:
sorrowfully we may not lie
though it means that we may die
August 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
the captured sparrow whispers
& the wind by way of reply
reassures her with arrows;
sorrowfully she may not fly
the dead doves rot
as cranes hunt in the marshland
the tadpoles forgot
sorrowfully she may not cry
electric monks chant openly:
sorrowfully we may not lie
though it means that we may die
& the wind by way of reply
reassures her with arrows;
sorrowfully she may not fly
the dead doves rot
as cranes hunt in the marshland
the tadpoles forgot
sorrowfully she may not cry
electric monks chant openly:
sorrowfully we may not lie
though it means that we may die
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Magica Riot: Full Bloom’s now sold over 300 copies in less than a week of sales, if you were ever doubting that trans books can find audiences
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Magica Riot: Full Bloom’s now sold over 300 copies in less than a week of sales, if you were ever doubting that trans books can find audiences
so honored to be cooking in your rotisserie, Ann 🪱🔪💜
Do you (like me) have strong feelings about worms and/or your voice (knife voice)?🪱🔪
You should read this incredible poem by @aporianautics.bsky.social
I've been rotating it in my mind all week.
You should read this incredible poem by @aporianautics.bsky.social
I've been rotating it in my mind all week.
When I Try to Verify Why They Carpet Driveways After the Rain, Google Keeps Feeding Me Distressingly Hot Factoids About Hermaphroditic Earthworm Sex
by Callie Jennings VOICEMAIL POEMS · "When I Try to Verify Why They Carpet Driveways After the Rain…" by Callie Jennings Until I thought to check, I thought I knew:worms emerge from dirt to taron the ...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
so honored to be cooking in your rotisserie, Ann 🪱🔪💜
Running these "Reading / Writing for the Strength to Act" general-audience workshops for the last couple months has brought so much life back into my own writing practice - if you just hang out with professional chefs you can take for granted how much getting some food on the table, period, matters.
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Running these "Reading / Writing for the Strength to Act" general-audience workshops for the last couple months has brought so much life back into my own writing practice - if you just hang out with professional chefs you can take for granted how much getting some food on the table, period, matters.
Proof that poets are prophets: this poem is now extra poignant with the last Old Farmer's Almanac dropping in 2026 :/
“Why, even when / I am so quiet, and so good, can I not catch a fish? Why did you die, when / you knew every psalm by heart and every benefit of witch hazel? / Do you ever feel like July has forgotten your name?"
- Lauren Mills
voicemailpoems.org/2025/11/07/l...
- Lauren Mills
voicemailpoems.org/2025/11/07/l...
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Proof that poets are prophets: this poem is now extra poignant with the last Old Farmer's Almanac dropping in 2026 :/
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I read poetry like I'm eating it and I write poetry like I'm throwing up. literacy was probably a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I read poetry like I'm eating it and I write poetry like I'm throwing up. literacy was probably a mistake.
Catch my 🪱🪱🪱 pantoum just a page over from Jamie Hood @veryhotmomm.bsky.social !!!
🍁 fall issue's up! 🍁
ft. @veryhotmomm.bsky.social, @jennacardinale.bsky.social, @aporianautics.bsky.social, @c-late.bsky.social, & more!
voicemailpoems.org/2025/11/07/f...
ft. @veryhotmomm.bsky.social, @jennacardinale.bsky.social, @aporianautics.bsky.social, @c-late.bsky.social, & more!
voicemailpoems.org/2025/11/07/f...
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Catch my 🪱🪱🪱 pantoum just a page over from Jamie Hood @veryhotmomm.bsky.social !!!
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🏳️🌈 QUEER WRITERS OF COLOUR! 🏳️🌈
We’re now open for submissions until 30th November.
We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎
See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/
We’re now open for submissions until 30th November.
We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎
See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🏳️🌈 QUEER WRITERS OF COLOUR! 🏳️🌈
We’re now open for submissions until 30th November.
We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎
See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/
We’re now open for submissions until 30th November.
We want to read your boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome!🍎
See our guidelines: fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/