When people say the South gets what it deserves for voting Republican, remind them that: 1) 45% of Southerners voted for Biden. Trump only won 53% there 2) Half of America’s Black population lives in the South 3) The region has widespread gerrymandering & restrictive voting laws

Unexploded Remnants, debut novella from tor by @theelaineg.bsky.social - which has a long awaited launch night in Glasgow on 29th October www.waterstones.com/events/elain...

In retrospect, it’s remarkable that the rat bastards got away with convincing so many of us that social media NEEDS to be a grueling, miserable hellscape of constant vicious argument with horrible people (or otherwise, it’s Intellectually Inconsequential). We don’t have to listen to them anymore.

When Jeff Flake was in the Senate he was one of the 2 or 3 most conservative members. This is quite something.

i know there's no explaining to folks like this that places that weren't flood risks a decade ago suddenly are now that storms are dumping 10 feet of water in half an hour but counterpoint: would socking them in the jaw until their next shit looks like the loosest slots in tooth fairy las vegas help

Most of us are, indeed, in the "fuck off terfs" camp. It doesn't make it any less painful when someone reveals they're not. But the rest of us are here to act in support of trans writers and lives 💕

OK...the NWS Bot collection is now fully populated and ready to go. I'm sure bugs will come up along the way, but I think it is 95%+ stable. There's an index page at nws-bot.us including a map (borrowed from NWS) to find the right bot for the area you want to follow.