Mal Frazier (they/them)
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Mal Frazier (they/them)
@malf.bsky.social
· Sep 13
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Flip by Ngozi Ukazu--utterly lovely YA about a Black girl and white boy who swap bodies. Fandom inflected, balances artfulness and tropeyness perfectly. Asks more questions than it answers. Just great.
Flip by Ngozi Ukazu--utterly lovely YA about a Black girl and white boy who swap bodies. Fandom inflected, balances artfulness and tropeyness perfectly. Asks more questions than it answers. Just great.
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An unflinching and erotic story that examines abusive relationships and their emotionally fraught nature, loneliness and the need for connection, and the fabric of space time as a partner!
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
Timelike Curves, Spacelike Curves - Reactor
Is it bad to cheat on your boyfriend with the fabric of space and time?
reactormag.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
An unflinching and erotic story that examines abusive relationships and their emotionally fraught nature, loneliness and the need for connection, and the fabric of space time as a partner!
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
Oh shit I forgot Dylan Morrison’s book is out now! Hello libby please pls pls give
i am terrible about posting the various links to the various places for my own books, this is because 7 days out of 10 i have the executive functioning skills of a wet towel and those last 3 days i'm making up for other 7 but EVEN I MANAGE TO USE THE LIBRARY THAT IS HOW SIMPLE IT IS. LIBRARY
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Oh shit I forgot Dylan Morrison’s book is out now! Hello libby please pls pls give
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Linking to the actual article
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Linking to the actual article
This was really amazing fun btw and you should read it or make kids in your life read it
Scarlet Morning has been named one of NPR’s Best Books of the Year! AND the New York Public Library! AND Bookriot! AND Amazon! AND a Booklist Editor’s Choice! AND an Indigo Heather’s Pick! My book is good, is what I’m saying, and you should read it
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This was really amazing fun btw and you should read it or make kids in your life read it
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My passion for still life which in French is called “dead life” perfectly convenes in one of my favorite photographic subjects
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My passion for still life which in French is called “dead life” perfectly convenes in one of my favorite photographic subjects
@pnh.nielsenhayden.com the sales rep for Norton used to drink at the bar I tended back in 2019 and pitched this series to me so hard and I really should have listened back then. the fact that they have so many imitators becomes immediately comprehensible once you actually read them. #5 is SO GOOD
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@pnh.nielsenhayden.com the sales rep for Norton used to drink at the bar I tended back in 2019 and pitched this series to me so hard and I really should have listened back then. the fact that they have so many imitators becomes immediately comprehensible once you actually read them. #5 is SO GOOD
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
fuck.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
fuck.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
We all still want Hannibal season 4, if only the denizens of IP will allow it:
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Bryan Fuller Says If You Didn’t Like Hannibal Season 3, You Probably Won’t Like His Season 4 Idea - Reactor
Can someone please just give Bryan Fuller what he wants already?
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November 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Truly the best bsky account
a man who rides a horse is called a horseman
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Truly the best bsky account
This book absolutely fucking rips. I would not actually call it cozy--it's in conversation with NYC's early gay memoirs, Edmund White esp., a slice of life family story about folk music set in Greenwich Village. Unbelievably beautiful.
I do NOT go in for cozy, but Cat Sebastian’s latest is an actually palatable comfort read about redemption and hope in what looks like an impossibly difficult historical moment. Definitely written for fall 2025.
Two thumbs way up.
Two thumbs way up.
After Hours at Dooryard Books
Check out After Hours at Dooryard Books - <p>1968 New York City</p><p></p><p>News about the war might be keeping Patrick up at night--news in general might be keeping Patrick up at night--but he's doi...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This book absolutely fucking rips. I would not actually call it cozy--it's in conversation with NYC's early gay memoirs, Edmund White esp., a slice of life family story about folk music set in Greenwich Village. Unbelievably beautiful.
Critical error!!!! Understandable, ofc.
My roommate and I have anthropomorphized the vacuum and the plants. we're absolutely not allowed to pretend we would do anything less to cats. We found an injured crow and referred to him as "our son" for a week.
My roommate and I have anthropomorphized the vacuum and the plants. we're absolutely not allowed to pretend we would do anything less to cats. We found an injured crow and referred to him as "our son" for a week.
My wife and I were trying to keep a layer of separation between us and our new barn cats. It... did not work.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Critical error!!!! Understandable, ofc.
My roommate and I have anthropomorphized the vacuum and the plants. we're absolutely not allowed to pretend we would do anything less to cats. We found an injured crow and referred to him as "our son" for a week.
My roommate and I have anthropomorphized the vacuum and the plants. we're absolutely not allowed to pretend we would do anything less to cats. We found an injured crow and referred to him as "our son" for a week.
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very little brings me as much joy as explaining the plots of romance novels to my husband. no one is more earnestly appalled. "he made a BET to marry her? but that will hurt her feelings when she finds out!" yes beloved
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
very little brings me as much joy as explaining the plots of romance novels to my husband. no one is more earnestly appalled. "he made a BET to marry her? but that will hurt her feelings when she finds out!" yes beloved
second most sustainable thing one can do with fashion: learn to identify what clothing is going to last. I have jeans I got in college, which are still going because they're 100% cotton.
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
second most sustainable thing one can do with fashion: learn to identify what clothing is going to last. I have jeans I got in college, which are still going because they're 100% cotton.
I have a copy of this and it's great 10/10 but could be freakier
And as a bonus, something I grabbed at Cymera, Sacred Bodies (Ver) is also about human/creature relations, but in a 2ndary world conjured into being with incredible deftness for a relatively short comic. Really excellent worldbuilding and incredible art.
www.stoutstoat.co.uk/products/sac...
www.stoutstoat.co.uk/products/sac...
Sacred Bodies
This is an EU-exclusive listing of Sacred Bodies, run on behalf of VER. If you are sending this order to an address outside the European Union (e.g. the UK, USA, etc), please go to the main listing of...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I have a copy of this and it's great 10/10 but could be freakier
Ok this sucks but the thing that got me was “with 23% of Gen Z adults identifying as LGBTQ+—a number that continues to rise and which we see at similar levels across the globe”
Get fucked bigots, you’ve already lost.
Get fucked bigots, you’ve already lost.
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ok this sucks but the thing that got me was “with 23% of Gen Z adults identifying as LGBTQ+—a number that continues to rise and which we see at similar levels across the globe”
Get fucked bigots, you’ve already lost.
Get fucked bigots, you’ve already lost.
I might have surpassed myself in comical injuries: tore something in my ankle “drifting“ around my living room in socks after watching F&F 3: Tokyo Drift
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I might have surpassed myself in comical injuries: tore something in my ankle “drifting“ around my living room in socks after watching F&F 3: Tokyo Drift
FUCKING AUTOCORRECT
it was always bad. it's awful now.
it was always bad. it's awful now.
#AmWorking
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
FUCKING AUTOCORRECT
it was always bad. it's awful now.
it was always bad. it's awful now.
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Re pepper spray exposure from ambient spray in the air, I got lots of useful advice on my other thread, like this:
bsky.app/profile/maur...
bsky.app/profile/maur...
If you were exposed to chemical agents today:
From Let This Radicalize You
From Let This Radicalize You
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Re pepper spray exposure from ambient spray in the air, I got lots of useful advice on my other thread, like this:
bsky.app/profile/maur...
bsky.app/profile/maur...
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Re-upping this with a link that goes to the upcoming trainings in Longfellow, Kingfield and Cathedral Hill since Naomi's link was for an older training. monarcamn.org/training
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I took the Monarca Rapid Response training last winter and I would recommend it:
unidos-mn.org/events/2025/...
unidos-mn.org/events/2025/...
Unidos MN
Legal Witness Training The incoming administration has promised to deport millions of immigrants, starting in blue states. While we do not know exactly what will happen, we are preparing to bear wit...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I took the Monarca Rapid Response training last winter and I would recommend it:
unidos-mn.org/events/2025/...
unidos-mn.org/events/2025/...
Important chain here!
And if you're somewhere that pepper spray was deployed, if you felt it in air ... it's on your clothes and in your hair. Don't be like me, and sit down and write up an e-mail about the protest before you deal with the contamination.
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Important chain here!
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Scott's stand is principled. I'm so disappointed that the company that bought the print magazines is blaming authors rather than taking responsibility for their own bad contract and changing it for everyone.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Scott's stand is principled. I'm so disappointed that the company that bought the print magazines is blaming authors rather than taking responsibility for their own bad contract and changing it for everyone.
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Eeep! ALL OF US MURDERERS is one of BookPage's Best Mystery and Suspense of 2025!
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Eeep! ALL OF US MURDERERS is one of BookPage's Best Mystery and Suspense of 2025!