Notices by Catherynne M. Valente (catvalente@mastodon.world)

My refusal to participate in the reboot of Mark #Zuckerberg as the internet's Cool Friend should not be taken as support of Elon #Musk in any way, but can we not fall for another smirking fascist with his shirt off?

I’M GONNA YELL A LOT.

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/mark-fking-zuckerberg-is-not-your

I don’t know why everyone suddenly has amnesia about the fact that #CNN was bought by a conservative asshole & is just hoping you won’t notice long enough to radicalize you based on the network’s former reputation, inertia, & brand loyalty.

Nothing like #Twitter, of course.

Bastian this morning:

“What’s Pennsylvania? Is it a *makes grand sweeping gesture with his tiny hands* WORLD OF PENCILS?”

AHHHHH The Difference Between Love and Time is a Locus Finalist for Best Novelette!

*deep breath*

AHHHHHHHH!

Thank you so much to everyone who read it!

I mean you say Taco Tuesday but I could probably eat tacos every night and feel okay about it.

I realize this is a VERY stoner thought, and more power to it, but are tacos the perfect food?

Almost infinitely variable, can be vegetarian or vegan or carnivorous, healthy or indulgent with ease, veggies/protein/carb/spice, crunchy or soft, small or huge, perfect in winter (esp birria) or summer (fish, to my mind), complete without sides but great with, you don’t even need utensils or a plate.

Man, I don’t think I knew how much I like tacos before right now.

If it was the 80s and all these UFOs were being openly reported, people would be losing their minds, partying on rooftops Independence Day-style, going into bunkers & quitting their jobs & planning festive ironic greeting cards for the invasion.

But it’s the 2020s, so everyone is just like “This might as well happen. Frankly, I’m ready to go. Hope they’re hostile. Don’t really want to go to anything tomorrow.”

Wow.

The first major article headline regarding the Ginny Thomas situation was about how much she “regrets” her texts.

I do not give a fuck. Stop writing these things from insurrectionists’ point of view. They are not the victims.

The slow destruction of Twitter means I don’t have to limit myself to 280 characters anymore.

So this is a LONG-ASS post about having been online for decades & lost so many spaces to malfeasance and malice & what to do now, how angry I am & how hard this will never stop being.

Because I need to SCREAM ABOUT THIS TRASH.

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start

Mastodon, holy shit. You can’t quote-tweet (quote-mast?) AND there’s no dedicated column for mentions so I have to click individual posts and scroll to see replies?

Those are some serious barriers to using this site.

@vitruvianmeeple it also provides context, though. Especially with threads, that’s vital.