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Thom Todd
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I write queer sci-fi/fantasy. She/They
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Hi, I’m Thom. I love writing queer science fiction and fantasy novels, but I hate writing about myself, so I don’t post very often.
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Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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started reading jordan s carroll's speculative whiteness and it is making me feel like everyone needs to be writing more sci-fi right now. like especially marginalized writers but also white writers committed to inclusive work. everyone just pivot towards inclusive, antifascist futurism please
September 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Next they'll outlaw playing hopscotch. 🏳️‍🌈
September 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Everyone can contribute something to the fight, but because certain actions tend to get all the coverage, it can be easy to feel shut out. So here's a thread of ways to help that do NOT include:
Going anywhere
Calling anyone
Writing anything
If you want to help, we want your help. Let's go....
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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NEW from DSM: A video published on YouTube showed a documentary filmmaker ordered to back away while filming the Eugene Police and subsequently learned that the department has its own "press."

We've spoken to experts who agree this is very bad.

Read about it ⤵️
Eugene Police Debuts Own Press
DSM, concerned by the EPD’s cosplay as members of the press, spoke to journalism experts who all agreed that this is bad.
doublesidedmedia.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Journalists, teachers, scientists, artists, creatives, programmers: we’re all being moved out of the way because we ask why, and even if the answers bring progress, simply wanting to know is a threat to power
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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We can’t afford homes for our veterans. But we can afford a $200 Million ballroom at the Whitehouse. And I bet it goes over budget.
August 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Alt text included!
July 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Heard it was some kind of nonbinary day 🫡 www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
July 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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btw I've been told in non-explicit terms by my publisher that the only way this book will happen is if hello sunshine does well, so, you know. tell your friends and stuff. better yet: tell your library 🫡🙏❤️‍🔥
July 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Lavonnia Moore, the librarian fired for including one of my books on a display after a child requested it, sounds incredible and what happened to her should be a crime. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/07/05/l...
South Georgia library manager fired for trans-inclusive display
The branch manager at the Pierce County Library was fired after displaying a trans-inclusive children's book in a public display.
roughdraftatlanta.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Book people: the following small presses have just lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Please consider supporting them!

A Thread.
July 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I SAW IT IN MY DREAMS
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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how about no
June 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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This week's Pride book recommendation is This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers, Edited by Elias Jahshan.

And I've included an excerpt of my essay for the anthology www.feministgiant.com/p/books-for-...
Books: For Pride IV
Excerpt from This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers Edited by Elias Jahshan
www.feministgiant.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Feels right to share this illustration while I enjoy Trans Pride day in Seattle. 😌

#oc #ocsky #art #trans
June 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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mac is here on this #makeaterriblecomicday2025 to school you all in THREAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS do not get caught off guard or Who Knows What Might Happen
June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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As a queer author, thank you for buying our gay books in response to the challenges and bans and court decisions, but I implore you to go stand up for your public libraries and schools—they’re our greatest advocates, and they’re kind of the main target of this whole effort.
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The #PrideBookFair book bundle is LIVE! My novel "A LAKE OF FEATHERS AND MOONBEAMS" is featured in the Fantasy bundle! 18 books for $35!

Highlights Include:

The Godsfang by Y. R. Liu
Chai and Cat Tales by Lynn Strong
The Edge of the World by JD Rivers

Get it now: itch.io/b/3076/pride...

🌈📚🪐🌈🚀💫
June 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Doing a thing for a Pride thing
June 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on costume design in fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural film and television. And for my final project, I chose to analyze the costumes in Jem and The Holograms! ✨
June 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Print available: Genderfluidity 💖

This celebrates being nonbinary: constantly in bloom, with multiple facets of who we are represented with the tiles. It's also about how our identities remain even when we're not perceived by others (I painted this when housebound)~

www.etsy.com/listing/4305...
June 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM