I'm against what the Israeli army has been doing in Gaza too but I'm also against Iran bombing the fuck out of Israel. The part where civilians have human rights and should be safe is the common thread. Yes? Yes.

the october surprise is october being tomorrow

Yes, the death penalty is cruel, brutalistic, immoral, retrogressive, unevenly distributed among races/ethnicities, and plays to our very worst instincts as a species. But: it also doesn't fucking work. So that's neat. www.scientificamerican.com/article/evid....

Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty

Capital punishment must come to an end. It does not deter crime, is not humane and has no moral or medical basis

Trying to lessen suffering is political action.

NO KINGS. That's the bare minimum these days. NO KINGS. NO KINGS. NO KINGS.

On the plane I finished Folklorn, by our own @angelahur.bsky.social I really liked it— the layering of personal stories, myth and identity issues is something really special. First book I have read by her, but it will not be the last. 💙📚

Hey! I'm finally going to dip my toe back into submission with a manuscript...and in the meantime, wondering where the best place is to find novel-excerpt contests these days. Do they still exist? Is that the mystery I will solve? #writingcommunity

Recite 80% of a movie and you get $500k. What movie are you picking?

Every morning, I put water to boil to make eggs. And every morning, five minutes later, the unexpected sound of the water boiling sends me into a panic.

This is the photo I always lead with when I teach about her [context in the alt text]