Adib Khorram

excited to share the cover of me and @riadoodles.bsky.social young adult graphic novel, KISS THE BOY!! Coming April 20, 2027 (blaze it!) from Kokila!!

Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson and Democratic state Rep. Keri Ingle are competing for a closely watched state Senate seat representing Lee's Summit and Blue Springs. The race could determine whether Republicans maintain their supermajority in the Missouri Senate.

So happy to see #wishtree on this @mackidssl.bsky.social list of reading recommendations for National Bullying Prevention Month. ❤️🌳 Lots of great titles here—I'm honored to be in this company. www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/discover-boo...

Third editing pass for the bonus chapter is done. One more to go, then it will be ready for people who preordered Getting Hairy. Have you preordered yet?

a movie in which Jennifer Coolidge and Miss Piggy are competing to play Mae West in a biopic but at no point does it acknowledge that Miss Piggy is a muppet

In 2005, Time Magazine did a cover story on “The Battle Over Gay Teens.” It’s the same handwringing we see now from “concerned” adults on behalf of young people. “Kids are disclosing their homosexuality with unprecedented regularity–and they are doing so much younger.” time.com/archive/6596...

In the Nov. 3 election, Missouri voters can weigh in on Amendments 3, 6, 7 and 8, and Proposition A. The measures include an abortion ban, a referendum on a redrawn congressional map and protections to voter-proposed ballot measures.

There's no pretense left. J. K. Rowling made her hate for trans women clear in a slur-filled screed slurring them a dozen times and describing them as deceitful and dangerous. So writes @evanurquhart.bsky.social this morning on Assigned Media. *WARNING: Article quotes Rowling's hateful language.*

While Republican Sen. Roger Marshall has blamed Hamilton for one-fourth of churches leaving the denomination, church members and experts say the answer is more complex.

"In Gaza, the report found that Israeli authorities and forces continue to commit genocidal acts even after the so-called ceasefire agreement, with the intent to destroy the Palestinian people, in whole or in part." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

A (desperate) plea to vote blue for education: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/the-novemb...

Ahh I see Wildwood has struck up a conversation about what stories kids should be exposed to as if we didn’t all grow up watching Artax eat it in the swamp of sadness and “he can’t see without his glasses”

Today we lost Walter Koenig. Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....

TERRA

i was a little hesitant about Final Fantasy Resonance but it's quite delightful so far!!

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

When will it be Daylight Spending Time?

I of course loved him as Chekov, but playing Bester on BABYLON 5 really showed his range. You really forgot the guy ever *was* Chekov in that role. RIP Walter Koenig.

First paragraph of the bonus chapter to whet your appetite: I stopped drying my hair with the towel and stared. There was a present, a white rectangle of a box with a deep green ribbon tied in a perfect bow, sitting in the middle of the bed.

tag yourself I'm Zhaan

I am especially proud of the line "it is a mistake to think that I can be easily cowed by obfuscatory language." Don't ask me to pronounce "obfuscatory" though.

Underrated but so important! boltsmag.org/your-state-b...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

New federal rules take effect in two months, requiring many Medicaid recipients to prove they work, volunteer or otherwise partake in "community engagement" activities. MO HealthNet recipients will also need to verify their eligibility twice a year instead of once. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

i crave sourdough with a nice, crunchy crust. i also hate when i stab myself in the gums with the crunch crust of a beautiful sourdough

With less than two weeks left, what’s usually a sleepy, safe-for-Republicans Senate race in Kansas has taken center stage as the two candidates are neck-and-neck in polls.

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

B5 season 5 is uneven but ALSO I would never give it up, there are true gems like "A View From the Gallery."

get in, no time to explain

does anyone else's gmail just...lag these days? I turned off all the ai stuff I could find so it's not that causing lag. Unless turning it off makes them passive-aggressively throttle my email anyway.

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

Tangential to the Cheesecake Factory talk is that their workers are genuinely elite tier 1 operators in the food service industry. I have a friend who manages bars and restaurants and he will instantly hire anyone with Cheesecake Factory experience. They are like the Marines minus the war crimes