James Coruscanti Diner III
@adillondev.bsky.social
aroace essayist, librarian | too many thoughts about Dexter Jettster | "Thoughtful, sometimes baffling, but always worth a read" | he/him
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I am a transmasc first-time homeowner!
Even in the short mon… James Dillon needs your support for Help a First-Time Trans Homeowner Replace His Foundation
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A year-on update for my GoFundMe: still raising money.
To recap, foundation repairs I knew would be needed turned out to be more extensive than I thought. The cost is (at least) $10,000 higher than the largest loan I could take out.
Anything helps. #MutualAid
www.gofundme.com/f/3jwdqs-hel...
To recap, foundation repairs I knew would be needed turned out to be more extensive than I thought. The cost is (at least) $10,000 higher than the largest loan I could take out.
Anything helps. #MutualAid
www.gofundme.com/f/3jwdqs-hel...
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It’s really funny that Gandalf says “DO NOT TAKE ME FOR A CONJURER OF CHEAP TRICKS” in the middle of demonstrably conjuring a cheap trick
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It’s really funny that Gandalf says “DO NOT TAKE ME FOR A CONJURER OF CHEAP TRICKS” in the middle of demonstrably conjuring a cheap trick
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
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I'm writing to you with a broken heart.Im exhausted
Look with your hearts,not just your eyes.How can you watch your child suffer before your very eyes and be unable to help?
Myson suffering chronic anemia weightloss
My family suffers this disease,unable to provide safety,food,treatment they deserve
Look with your hearts,not just your eyes.How can you watch your child suffer before your very eyes and be unable to help?
Myson suffering chronic anemia weightloss
My family suffers this disease,unable to provide safety,food,treatment they deserve
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I'm writing to you with a broken heart.Im exhausted
Look with your hearts,not just your eyes.How can you watch your child suffer before your very eyes and be unable to help?
Myson suffering chronic anemia weightloss
My family suffers this disease,unable to provide safety,food,treatment they deserve
Look with your hearts,not just your eyes.How can you watch your child suffer before your very eyes and be unable to help?
Myson suffering chronic anemia weightloss
My family suffers this disease,unable to provide safety,food,treatment they deserve
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This is amazing. Colorized pictures from queer/trans history.
We’ve always existed and will not be erased. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
We’ve always existed and will not be erased. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Gorgeous colorizations of trans history images,
and a lot of incredible stories, including many lesser-known to many (A Zapatista colonel, a "transvestite pass" issued in 1928, the Scottish nobleman who the courts ruled should inherit his baronetcy in the 60s... for example...)
and a lot of incredible stories, including many lesser-known to many (A Zapatista colonel, a "transvestite pass" issued in 1928, the Scottish nobleman who the courts ruled should inherit his baronetcy in the 60s... for example...)
Coloring the Past - Eli Erlick
Using recent breakthroughs in photo editing techniques, Eli colorizes, restores, and digitizes photos from queer and trans history. The following images are originally from 1897-1973.
elierlick.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is amazing. Colorized pictures from queer/trans history.
We’ve always existed and will not be erased. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
We’ve always existed and will not be erased. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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41. Though I am unsure this upcoming Maul show will be any better than any of the other recent Filoniverse projects, one thing I do know is that Sam Witwer is going to deliver the scene-gobbling performance of a goddamn life time.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
41. Though I am unsure this upcoming Maul show will be any better than any of the other recent Filoniverse projects, one thing I do know is that Sam Witwer is going to deliver the scene-gobbling performance of a goddamn life time.
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
I tried doing this once while they were both in-person, and Meg just raised an eyebrow and went back to her embroidery.
Whenever someone threatens to call my mom aka @tspofnutmeg.bsky.social on me for my shenanigans I have to remind them she's never stopped me from being a little shit in fact she encourages it
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I tried doing this once while they were both in-person, and Meg just raised an eyebrow and went back to her embroidery.
I need to emphasize how sincere I am being, as an aroace attracted to exactly one (1) man:
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I need to emphasize how sincere I am being, as an aroace attracted to exactly one (1) man:
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A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Live or die; make your choice, Charlie Brown.
What does an eight thousand pound mako shark with a brain the size of a flathead V8 engine and no natural predators think about, Charlie Brown?
I am the one who knocks, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Live or die; make your choice, Charlie Brown.
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Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
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“There is a magic when I’m baking,” he said in Spanish. “I feel free. When I’m angry, I feel like the bread will absorb it.” One of many Chicago vendors being helped by efforts like neighbors buying out their entire stock and getting them off the streets to be safe from ICE
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“There is a magic when I’m baking,” he said in Spanish. “I feel free. When I’m angry, I feel like the bread will absorb it.” One of many Chicago vendors being helped by efforts like neighbors buying out their entire stock and getting them off the streets to be safe from ICE
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Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
Home Depot speaks out about ICE involvement as boycott calls grow
The retailer's premises have become a key target of immigration enforcement activities in recent months.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Home Depot on defense for their horrific enabling of ICE crimes. That means Ain't Buying It boycott is already working and it's not even Thanksgiving yet!
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
www.newsweek.com/home-depot-i...
OUGH I AM HAVING EMOTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY CHOSE TO OPEN #TheMightyNein
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
OUGH I AM HAVING EMOTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY CHOSE TO OPEN #TheMightyNein
Parents barred me from moving too far away for a paleontology degree, so I pursued physics at a closer school, realized I didn't want to be a physicist or a physics teacher but was too stubborn to quit (also I liked physics), and learned there was demand for librarians with a science background.
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Parents barred me from moving too far away for a paleontology degree, so I pursued physics at a closer school, realized I didn't want to be a physicist or a physics teacher but was too stubborn to quit (also I liked physics), and learned there was demand for librarians with a science background.
My last three attempts to read 500+ page books that have been sitting unread on my shelf for ages.
Attempt 1: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of content. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 2: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of writing style. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 3: ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER MISSING.
Attempt 1: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of content. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 2: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of writing style. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 3: ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER MISSING.
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My last three attempts to read 500+ page books that have been sitting unread on my shelf for ages.
Attempt 1: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of content. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 2: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of writing style. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 3: ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER MISSING.
Attempt 1: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of content. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 2: Immediate dealbreaker in terms of writing style. DNF'd and Donated
Attempt 3: ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER MISSING.
If, like me, you wanted to learn more about this: www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If, like me, you wanted to learn more about this: www.latimes.com/california/s...
COWORKER, about a library display: "Those are some new dinos, aren't they?"
ME: "...how much Dinosaur Kid do you want in that answer?"
CW: "Not much tbh"
ME: "We've known Utahraptor since 1991"
CW: "How is it different than just a raptor?"
ME: "How Much Dinosaur Kid Do You Want In That Answer?"
ME: "...how much Dinosaur Kid do you want in that answer?"
CW: "Not much tbh"
ME: "We've known Utahraptor since 1991"
CW: "How is it different than just a raptor?"
ME: "How Much Dinosaur Kid Do You Want In That Answer?"
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
COWORKER, about a library display: "Those are some new dinos, aren't they?"
ME: "...how much Dinosaur Kid do you want in that answer?"
CW: "Not much tbh"
ME: "We've known Utahraptor since 1991"
CW: "How is it different than just a raptor?"
ME: "How Much Dinosaur Kid Do You Want In That Answer?"
ME: "...how much Dinosaur Kid do you want in that answer?"
CW: "Not much tbh"
ME: "We've known Utahraptor since 1991"
CW: "How is it different than just a raptor?"
ME: "How Much Dinosaur Kid Do You Want In That Answer?"
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post