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“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its CriticsAgency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.www.wsj.com

Hope you enjoy this. A bit of a departure for us. #CriticalRole #DnD #TTRPG #CR #Critters

New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one?

It was always described to me as character building

You ever stare at your dog like I can't believe this is free. He could easily charge for this

what in THEEEEEEEEE hell

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

Shiiiiiiiiid. I am not a doctor. I am not on call.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

Back on my Pluribus bullshit. Follow along here.

This fall, I expect to reach new levels of humility speaking about the book with people who have read it at conferences & bookstores. And that's the goal: scholarship is a great way to find out how much more you have to learn.

This year, I can't wait to see if Susana Morris's Octavia E. Butler bio wins, but I also appreciate Paul Kincaid's Colourfields, and I love that the Hugo Spreadsheet is nominated, and it's just amazing to be a Black SF scholar right now today. We do good work.

More book club scam emails, which reminds me I've been slacking on promo. So let me put this into the ether: Audiofuturism will be eligible for a Best Related Work Hugo in 2027. This year's nominees are *stunning* & I would love to be one someday. So I hope you'll read it. bit.ly/audiofuturism

Audiofuturism: Science Fiction Radio Drama and the Black Fantastic ImaginationA revelatory history of Black radio productions from the 1950s to the present Audiofuturism uncovers the vibrant, overlooked history of radio adaptations that placed Black speculative writing before m...bit.ly

Calls for Reviews & Essays: November 2026

Calls for Reviews & Essays: November 2026ARB publishes reviews and essays on a wide range of speculative topics, including science fiction & fantasy, weird fiction, and their relation to utopian impulses. ARB is also always interested…ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

What’s important to know is that prevention is key for cyclosporiasis because the ONLY surefire cure is Bactrim. Unfortunately many people (ME) are allergic to sulfa drugs and the only way you find that out is when your tongue swells in your mouth and you break out in hives like I did

Thread of ways to help Spokane fire victims. As someone who grew up and also still has family living there, this is so heartbreaking. For those who want to or need help, check out the city's official resource list, which includes a handful of places for donations: my.spokanecity.org/news/release...

Community Resources Available to Those Impacted by FiresLocal organizations and services are ready to assist those impacted by fires.my.spokanecity.org

Comic about the dangers of living in LA

"Pull a standard U.S. history textbook off the shelf and you’re unlikely to find more than a paragraph on the 1919 riots; what you do find downplays both racism and Black resistance, while distorting facts in a dangerous 'both sides' framing." Read more ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...

Remembering Red Summer — Which Textbooks Seem Eager to ForgetBy Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Confronting a national epidemic of white mob violence, 1919 was a time when Black people defended themselves, fought back, and demanded full citizenship in thousands of acts of c...www.zinnedproject.org

If you think this clip is funny, check out @cerromerussell.blacksky.app comedy special Son Of Sumter

“We live in a world where Palestinians are treated as creatures without rights, as beings to whom anything can be done and against whom any harm can be inflicted,” Chokr said. “Simply, in the eyes of such a system, we are not fully human.”