Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Tracy

Meek 🍁🍂 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks @rooster907.bsky.social for the links! There's a QR code for money donations, and a couple more ways you can help!

Western Alaska
Disaster Relief
2025 Fund
Support Our Community Together
Partnership Organizations:
Kawerak, Inc.
Maniilaq Association
Bethel Community Services Foundation
Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
First Alaskans Institute
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Western Alaska is in crisis
Typhoon Halong has devastated communities across the Y-K Delta-flooding homes, displacing families, and cutting off access to clean water, power, and medical care. Entire villages like Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, and Napakiak are in urgent need of rescue, shelter, and supplies.
Your donation to the Western Alaska Disaster
Relief 2025 Fund provides:
• Emergency food, water, and medical aid
• Shelter and supplies for displaced families
• Support for search and rescue operations
• Long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts
Michelle DeWitt, BCSF
michelle@bcsfoundation.org
(907)545-6052 (cell)
Megan Cacciola, ACF
mcacciola@alaskaacf.org
(907)249-6617
Lilah Walker, Healthy Alaska
Natives Foundation
Icwalker@anthc.org
Every dollar helps. Every moment counts.
(907)729-5651
Stand with Western Alaska. Help us protect lives and rebuild hope.
DONATE NOW

Blurb from first page with QR code for monetary donations

Coastal communities in Western Alaska are facing devastating impacts from two major storm systems. Lynden Air Cargo is accepting donations at our Anchorage location of dry goods, clothing, diapers, and other essentials for storm relief that we will deliver to Bethel, Alaska. The items need to be contained in totes or boxes. Please no chill or freeze donations at this time. These donations will be coordinated and distributed by the Alaska National Guard in Bethel.
All donations must be delivered to Lynden Air Cargo at 6441 South Airpark Place, Anchorage, AK 99502. We are open 8am-7pm (M-F) and 8am-4pm (Sat). To contact us, please reach out to 907-243-7248 or laccs@lynden.com.

EMERGENCY DOG FOOD DRIVE
Dear Friends: We have received pleas for help from our contacts in Kotzebue and Nome. The storms and flood water left a lot of destruction (including ruined dog houses). Lots of dog owners are out of dog food right now. Countless dogs are without shelter and going hungry. We wish to ship as much dog food as possible to Kotzebue, Nome, and surrounding villages! First shipment will go out early next week, then we will keep shipping as long as we have food. PLEASE HELP US.
PLEASE DROP OFF DOG FOOD AT:
Southside Animal Hospital and Wellness Center
12000 Industry Way
Anchorage, AK 99515
(907) 345-1905

15 24

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Oct 2

Insta suspended me so guess I should come back to posting here 😭

We suspended your account, Tracy
180 days left to appeal or we'll permanently disable your account
Suspended on October 2, 2025

1

Reposted by Tracy

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Aug 22

Eden Robins (@edenrobins.bsky.social‬) introduces and reads from Remember You Will Die, her novel in obituaries, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25

2 44 160

Reposted by Tracy

Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · Aug 20

There’s a new propub Dramione piece this time in the NYT, and once again, they fail to talk to trans folks about how publishing and authors like SenLinYu, Julie Soto, and Brigitte Knightley are keeping HP relevant

1 1 4

Reposted by Tracy

Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · Aug 14

Update: 16 of 24 authors and 2 judges have now withdrawn.

First Book:
Curtis Garner
Jason Okundaye
Sacha Coward
Sanah Ahsan
Amy Twigg
Mae Diansangu
Eleanor Medhurst
Hanako Footman
Ciara Maguire
June Thomas

Main:
Olumide Popoola
Robert Hamberger
Dean Atta
Andrew McMillan
Rhian Elizabeth
Jane Traies

The first book Longlist for the Polari prize with books by Curtis Garner
Jason Okundaye
Sacha Coward
Sanah Ahsan
Amy Twigg
Mae Diansangu
Eleanor Medhurst
Hanako Footman
Ciara Maguire
June Thomas
Crossed out to show they've withdrawn

The Polari prize Longlist with books by Olumide Popoola
Robert Hamberger
Dean Atta
Andrew McMillan
Rhian Elizabeth
Jane Traies
Crossed out to show they've withdrawn, and books by Karen McLeod and Avi ben-zeev circled to show they've made statements confirming they'll stay on.

8 140 600

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jul 22

You thought deeply but did you speak with Trans people, especially Trans people in the UK where she has backed/funded the push for harmful anti-Trans legislation?

6

Reposted by Tracy

Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · Jul 22

I would honestly love for reporters to actually push back on Julie Soto when she says that fanfic is an act of resistance, because what is her nazi sex slave fanfic resisting? Also extremely disappointed that you didn't mention JKR funding the court case that ruled transwomen aren't women

Kalyani (kull-yah-nee) Saxena @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social · Jul 22

hi friends! excited to share with you some new reporting that’s been in the works for months.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Publishing’s affair with fan fiction has a new star couple: Dramione

Two new romantasy bestsellers were inspired by online stories about Draco and Hermione.

www.washingtonpost.com

3 13 24

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 13

2025 Reading journal

Book 120

Afterparties
By Anthony Veasna So

Read: 1-5 Jun
Format: Digital (Libby)
Pages: 194
Genre: Literary
One sentence: Variety of short stories offering peaks into lives of various Cambodian-American characters.

Cover image of the book Afterparties is in a cartoon style. Two people lay in the back of a black pickup truck. They are smoking, one has his feet dangling off the tail gate while the other lays perpendicular to with legs over the other persons chest. He wears a blue Baseball cap and is smoking. The truck is parked I. A parking lot, of a strip mall. You can see the mall in distance with yellow hills with windmills behind the blue building. The sky is pink.

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 12

2025 Reading journal

Book 119

Indigiqueerness: A Conversation about Storytelling
By Joshua Whitehead

Read: 4 Jun
Format: Physical
Pages: 95
Genre: Non-Fiction
One sentence: Short look behind the author’s writing and inspiration.

Cover image for book Indigiqueerness. The text is in bright red block lettering. There is a photo of the author but it’s sectioned into three parts with them slightly moved so they are disjointed. In the image they have long hair on one side and undercut on other, they wear big hoop earrings and a jean jacket with patches on it.

1

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 11

2025 Reading journal

Book 118

Artificial Condition
By Martha Wells

Read: 1Jun
Format: Digital (Libby)
Pages: 149
Genre: Science Fiction
One sentence: Second book in series is as clever as first with Murderbot searching for answers from its past.

The cover image of the book Artificial Condition. Image of murderbot in full gear with helmet standing on an industrial looking ledge with a space craft combining out of thick smoke behind it.

1

Reposted by Tracy

Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · Jun 11

If you are a white follower, here is a tangible opportunity to support a member of my beloved BIPOC community! Tajh remains one of the best folx I know! 🫂🫂🫂

If you cannot contribute, please at least share this post! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Venmo @Tajh-Sutton
Zelle [email protected]
Cashapp $TajhDanielleSutton

A Facebook post is seen.

Against a black background, white text states:

Tajh Danielle Sutton
2h

Good morning cutie patooties.

Been too long!

Hoping to resurface soon but in the meantime, still out here doing what I can when I can.

Hoping to raise funds for a multiply immunocompromised Black queer comrade experiencing eviction and abuse from their landlord.

Would love to be able to pay their phone bill & purchase them some groceries to take the edge off while we continue fighting

Links in comments, please feel free to like, comment & share ❤️

😘 Care Comment Send

😘❤️You + 2

Most relevant

Tajh Danielle Sutton

Venmo @Tajh-Sutton

Zelle Tajh.a.b.sutton@gmail.com

Cashapp $TajhDanielleSutton

1 16 9

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 6

2025 Reading journal

Book 117

Hijab Butch Blues
By Lamya H

Read: 18Feb-1Jun
Format: Physical
Pages: 304
Genre: Memoir
One sentence: Excellent memoir from queer Muslin that weaves stories from the Quran through to relate to her experiences.

Cover image for the book Hinab Butch Blues

Reposted by Tracy

⋆｡°✩Kinsale Drake⋆｡°✩ @kinsaledrake.bsky.social · Jun 6

Billy-Ray Belcourt, Angeline Boulley, Shane Hawk, and Deborah Taffa Jackson have all praised our anthology, available for preorder now! @littlebadger.bsky.social
www.torreyhouse.org/product-page...

3 19 32

Reposted by Tracy

Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Two of the authors in our community just dropped ARCs in the discord. Come join for free so that you can give them a read/review! ❤️

Bindery Books | Do you want some ARCS?

Want some ARCs from authors in our community? Head over...

leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

7 17

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 6

2025 Reading journal

Book 116

Meet Me on Love Street
By Farah Heron

Read: 28-31 May
Format: Physical (ARC)
Pages: 341
Genre: Romance
One sentence: A quirky, funny and sweet YA romance set in Toronto

Cover image for Meet me in love street. In cartoon style the artwork shows a boy and girl walking down a street with a bike in between them. They are looking at each other. The girl has long curly brown hair and is wearing a white Tshirt with a pink heart on it and bright pink pants. He boy has short brown hair and is wearing a grey Tshirt and pants. The street they are walking down has two story buildings on one side there is an awning with hearts dangling from the side. The other side of the street someone is on a ladder putting up a line of heart balloons. A banner of hears stretched across the street behind the couple.

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 4

2025 Reading journal

Book 115

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
By Stephanie Foo

Read: 27-30May
Format: Audio (Libby)
Pages: 10hrs 3min
Genre: Memoir
One sentence: Hard story of childhood abuse but also hopeful path of healing.

Cover image of the book what my bones know featuring artwork that is a cross of two long bones nestled in a bunch of flowers and fruit.

Reposted by Tracy

Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · Jun 1

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE!🏳️‍⚧️ We’re kicking off our annual Pride Fundraiser today, which will keep the library thriving into the next year & beyond 🎉

givebutter.com/Jr8Tfu

1 210 230

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 3

2025 Reading journal

Book 114

The Paranormal Ranger
By Stanley Milford Jr.

Read: 14-30 May
Format: Digital (Libby)
Pages: 304
Genre: Memoir
One sentence: Navajo Ranger's account of his career, including the supernatural encounters of his life.

Cover image for the book the Paranormal Ranger. A Ranger truck is parked in the desert with a stary night scy behind, one bright shooting star streaked across the sky.

Reposted by Tracy

Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · Jun 3

If you believe diversity in publishing is NECESSARY please support my reader community and publishing imprint by becoming a free member. We publish women writing horror and Indigenous authors writing YA and Adult fiction (any genre) please take action to support boozhoo.binderybooks.com

Bindery Books

publishing stories that haunt and heal.

boozhoo.binderybooks.com

12 22

Reposted by Tracy

âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · May 31

Spin me right round, baby - separatists up against Indigenous rights again! My piece in the Toronto Star today:

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Alberta has something to learn from some unexpected opponents to provincial separatism

Cree citizens launched their own referendum in response to Quebec’s 1995 ballot on whether to secede from Canada

www.thestar.com

2 35 84

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 2

2025 Reading journal

Book 113

All Systems Red
By Martha Wells

Read: 28-29 May
Format: Digital (Libby)
Pages: 144
Genre: Science Fiction
One sentence: Murderbot just wants to binge it’s show but it has to save the team of scientists that it’s been assigned to protect.

Cover image for book. Murder Bot: All systems red. Cover image is a photo of a human-looking head, with open eyes looking out from the image but the head has wires hanging from where the neck should be a robot hand holds it above a tile of robot parts.

1

Reposted by Tracy

jess m. @jametc.bsky.social · Jun 2

reminder, bsky has a clever way to display pronouns that's built in!

but you only see them if you yourself opt in, so please feel free to here by subscribing and then choosing which applies!!

@pronouns.diy

18 2.9K 3.6K

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 2

2025 Reading journal

Book 112

Spoiler Alert
By Olivia Dade

Read: 25-28 May
Format: Digital (Libby)
Pages: 416
Genre: Romance
One sentence: A tweet brings together an Actor who secretly writes fanfic with another fanfic writer (and geologist by day).

Cover image f the book spoiler alert. Cartoon type drawing of a man and women embracing, with their eyes closed and lips almost touching. She has long red hair and white skin, she is plus sized and wearing a form fitting white wrap dress with a tie at the side. He has blond hair and slightly tan skin compared to her, he wears a costume a tunic with bronze detail. In the background there is line art of a San Francisco neighborhood with the bridge in the background.

1

Tracy @tmdreads.bsky.social · Jun 1

2025 Reading journal

Book 111

The First Thousand Trees
By Premee Mohamed

Read: 26 May
Format: Digital (ARC)
Pages: 139
Genre: Dystopian
One sentence: Third book in the trilogy follows Henryk’s journey(with the worst luck ever) and another exploration of human nature.

Cover of the First Thousand trees. Artwork is 3 black crows with their winds out, breaks open, flying towards each other. There is a red root like thing coming out from each of them

1

Reposted by Tracy

Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo.bsky.social · May 29

I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series.

Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.

J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.

The Advocate @advocate.com · May 28

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

39 2K 3K