i have absolutely fucking had it with 100% of all of this shit. gambling websites, lies, cryptocurrency, rampant corruption, lies, deep fakes, lies, plagiarism, devaluation of expertise, lies, bile, abuse, violence, bombs, genocides, lies, plutocrats, oligarchs, and lies. fucking enough. rules time
Yeah, I just looked, and it says "paid partnership" at the bottom of that post. If Democrats take the House and/or Senate, they should subpoena these people immediately
David Ho
rich traditions
Ian Hetzner
east bay friends come get this and the two other zines we’ve done anytime that main is open
i've also literally never met an author who felt this way about libraries.
lol lmao even
not a single specific mention of spotify or amazon but sure yeah it's libraries. i'd be curious to know what - specifically - children's authors royalties would look like without school libraries. it's literally instant sales in the tens of thousands of copies.
Thor Benson
Ian Hetzner
prediction markets doing press and paying people to make society trust they’re accurate, then giving someone the trump admin has hailed as a “journalist” a paid sponsorship post to cast doubt on elections is horrifying. prediction markets need to be made illegal immediately
Ian Hetzner
Ian Hetzner
Ian Hetzner
You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
new zine for Immigrant Heritage Month 2026 dropped... stop by M&N at Oakland Main Library for a copy.
onion person
A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...