Morgan Giles
@wrongsreversed.bsky.social
mentally I'm about to have my second beer after getting out of the onsen; physically I'm being used as a climbing frame by a toddler
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When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
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Kentucky nonprofit publisher @sarabandebooks.bsky.social forfeits federal grant rather than bow to Trump orders on diversity, gender.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/02/k...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/02/k...
KY publishing house 'proud to be misaligned' with Trump’s orders on diversity, gender • Kentucky Lantern
A Kentucky publishing house forfeited $25,000 because it disagrees with the Trump administration's vision for the arts.
kentuckylantern.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Kentucky nonprofit publisher @sarabandebooks.bsky.social forfeits federal grant rather than bow to Trump orders on diversity, gender.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/02/k...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/02/k...
great things are happening in the provinces. I got a black and white large format family portrait made with a man dressed as Krampus in exchange for a donation to the local food bank. I simply do not believe that's happening in the metropoles.
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
great things are happening in the provinces. I got a black and white large format family portrait made with a man dressed as Krampus in exchange for a donation to the local food bank. I simply do not believe that's happening in the metropoles.
"Troubling," says my three year old.
"Troubling? What is troubling?"
"It means you lost your button."
Their influence is tremendous.
"Troubling? What is troubling?"
"It means you lost your button."
Their influence is tremendous.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Troubling," says my three year old.
"Troubling? What is troubling?"
"It means you lost your button."
Their influence is tremendous.
"Troubling? What is troubling?"
"It means you lost your button."
Their influence is tremendous.
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If small forces of bears can keep the perverts pinned down around Gifu City and Minokoma, the bears’ main mobile units can launch a flanking attack from the southwest and take control of the regional industrial and transport hub of Nagoya, leaving the perverts stranded with their supply lines cut.
Gifu Shimbun has a map which plots monthly bear sightings and reports of suspicious individuals. The result looks like a strategy game, pitting bears against perverts. www.gifu-np.co.jp/articles/-/3...
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
If small forces of bears can keep the perverts pinned down around Gifu City and Minokoma, the bears’ main mobile units can launch a flanking attack from the southwest and take control of the regional industrial and transport hub of Nagoya, leaving the perverts stranded with their supply lines cut.
I did my part! Have you?
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
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I did my part! Have you?
realistically, if I'm not regularly listening to new music at age 38 I'm not likely to ever again. that said, it is comet gain season
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
realistically, if I'm not regularly listening to new music at age 38 I'm not likely to ever again. that said, it is comet gain season
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We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social!
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...
I don't think the person in my neighborhood understands how ominous it is to see a car coming at you that has, on every surface, the phrase GET READY TO MEET JESUS
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I don't think the person in my neighborhood understands how ominous it is to see a car coming at you that has, on every surface, the phrase GET READY TO MEET JESUS
sometimes I feel like the only parent in the world who wants their child to play with other children
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
sometimes I feel like the only parent in the world who wants their child to play with other children
made an ass of myself for literature today and I'd do it again
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
made an ass of myself for literature today and I'd do it again
dublin is great except for the number of locals who, with great pity in their voices, tell me I must move here. I know the UK is fucked! I know my beautiful innocent child will be English if I take no action! my god
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
dublin is great except for the number of locals who, with great pity in their voices, tell me I must move here. I know the UK is fucked! I know my beautiful innocent child will be English if I take no action! my god
So excited to be in Dublin next week and sleep when I want to and be my own person for a few days, for the low low price of delivering a translation workshop and talking about myself for like 45 minutes. Four days' accommodation for three hours of work! The dream!
October 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
So excited to be in Dublin next week and sleep when I want to and be my own person for a few days, for the low low price of delivering a translation workshop and talking about myself for like 45 minutes. Four days' accommodation for three hours of work! The dream!
there are far more what I would term "emperor novels" in Japan (those dealing with the role in political/historical/symbolic terms) than in Britain... by comparison the monarchy hardly seems a matter of interest to modern British writers. what's up with that, man
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
there are far more what I would term "emperor novels" in Japan (those dealing with the role in political/historical/symbolic terms) than in Britain... by comparison the monarchy hardly seems a matter of interest to modern British writers. what's up with that, man
maybe one day it'll really happen
September 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
maybe one day it'll really happen
I recommend One Battle After Another but I must warn you, do not go if you're slightly hungover. Truly thought I was going to lose it during the dips
September 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I recommend One Battle After Another but I must warn you, do not go if you're slightly hungover. Truly thought I was going to lose it during the dips
first time on the Elizabeth line. by what magic does it smell like a car wash
September 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
first time on the Elizabeth line. by what magic does it smell like a car wash
congratulations to all the losers and haters who couldn't wait for it to be autumn
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
congratulations to all the losers and haters who couldn't wait for it to be autumn
pineapple on pizza gets too much of the smoke that barbecue sauce deserves
September 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
pineapple on pizza gets too much of the smoke that barbecue sauce deserves
mid-70s man on a mobility scooter blasting "The Only Way is Up" as he bombs through Walthamstow
September 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
mid-70s man on a mobility scooter blasting "The Only Way is Up" as he bombs through Walthamstow
"It just could not happen in Britain" is a phrase that maybe the whole country ought to meditate on for a good long time
September 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It just could not happen in Britain" is a phrase that maybe the whole country ought to meditate on for a good long time
at cafe oto listening to what I would generously describe as feel-bad whale noises
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
at cafe oto listening to what I would generously describe as feel-bad whale noises
would love the dopamine of receiving finished copies without the work of going through edits
September 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
would love the dopamine of receiving finished copies without the work of going through edits