So what? The literary world is always in the first detonation blast zone. Run towards the searing light. You don't want to live in the world without the arts. Become a writer.

Don't train AI when you could simply influence and corrupt young people to become writers. You don't have to feed them lifetimes of stolen labor and algorithmic manipulation. You just have to instill a little hope.

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

beestung is now open for new work by two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers!

we're usually only open for a few days or so!

beestungmag.com/about/

Forgot to post these pics of the local art I saw on my walk outside the library. Good to see kids are still being little weirdos. #sidewalkart

The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

An OC from a project called "Fire in the Rain" I co-write with @juliatilford.bsky.social. Dedicated Bluesky for the project coming soon! #FireintheRain #OC #myart #art #originalart

This was so incredibly hard. Honorable mentions included The VVitch, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Blair Witch Project, and The Cabin in the Woods.

🦇 Horror movies to get to know me:

1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Smile 2
3. I Saw the TV Glow
4. Scream (1996)
5. Hellraiser (1987)
6. IT (1990)
7. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
8. The Craft
9. The Stand (1994)
10. Repo! The Genetic Opera

Visiting friends in New York

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

This is Bunn. Her full name is Bunnicula, and her fancy name is Bunnifer Love Hewitt. She showed up on my doorstep a little over two years ago, and she is the world. 💕🌏 She says hey. #bunny #pets

Congrats, @meredithrosier.bsky.social!! Love this piece!