Shannon Barnsley
Writer and folklore devotee from New England. Author. Poet. Editor. Chronic illness bard. 2x stroke survivor. Forest wanderer. Lifelong pagan. Dog person. Amateur baker. Occasional balladeer.
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsleyno thank you I will not be engaging with an attempted neil gaiman redemption tour
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyYeah, same here. And y'know, teenagers do be horny, most of them. You can put that in your book if you want! But there's the line and the gray area beyond it and then there's Piers Anthony writing scenes where brave men weep to hear how gently and lovingly a man raped a five-year-old.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyAnthony: me? why's everyone always picking on me? King: Poe: Lovecraft: Koontz: Barker: Poe: you have um a little something on your face there, piers Anthony:
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyKing: of all the authors i thought would be accused of sex crimes, i never suspected neil gaiman Poe: who did you suspect? King: well if i'm being honest King: i think i would have suspected Poe: piers Anthony King: yeah, piers Anthony Piers Anthony: [huffing a pair of panties] wut?
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyDid you see this Reddit post too? Because damn www.reddit.com/r/writing/s/...
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyTbf many of these are not asking for unreasonable rights. like First North American Serial Rights. the issue is WHEN they are asking authors to grant them.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyAlso it is always fun when we delist one of the "by submitting you grant publication rights" argue that there is no way for them to not do this, that they need some publicstion rights to publish, that this is common practice. And, sigh, I am aware of what is common practice and why, this aint it.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyHopefully that transparency saves both sides some time tho. Authors who dont like the terms just won't submit. And maybe save negotiation time for publisher, because if writers read ahead of time they presumably dont have major complaints about the terms.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyIt is great when short fic publishers publicly share their terms, ideally in a sample contract but in plain language is great too. It allows writers to make an informed decision about whether it is worth spending time and effort there. But author should not be AGREEING to terms by submitting.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleySome borderline bad language is "if your work is accepted the author grants these rights". It doesnt say "by submitting" so thats better than previous. But do they mean that the publisher will ASK before claiming those rights? To me it is unclear tho I try to give this one benefit of doubt
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyWhat if the acceptance happens 3 years later and the author has withdrawn and given the market up for dead? If they truly granted rights by submitting, the publisher could claim that doesnt matter. (again probably not binding but do you want to pay to test that in court? I would rather not!)
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleySome people have argued with me to say that "by submitting if accepted" wordage should be ok because it doesnt go into effect unless an acceptance happens. Yes but. The author should choose at acceptance. When did the author have a choice? They made their choice "by submitting" it says.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyThere are a few things that are legitimate in a "by submitting" phrase, like *is not genAI *is not plagiarized *is not submitted elsewhere *the author is the specific demographic this submission call is asking for. but NOT granting publication rights.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyA variation I have seen more often lately is an apparent softening of the language "By submitting, if your work is accepted, you grant us publication rights. IMO this is equivalent to the previous and should be avoided. That "by submitting" is the red flag there.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyI've said this before but I'll say it again, I suggest not submitting to publications that state "By submitting you agree to grant us publication rights". Probably not legally binding but best not to submit anyway. Biggest reason is they could just not even reply and claim to have pub rights
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyToo late. Schumer gave up the shutdown leverage and gave them another 2 weeks of funding they didnt need to give him time to negotiate from a weaker position.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyMy goal isn't to deliver bad news on a day protesters are celebrating what appeared at first to be a win (Homan replacing Bovino). Rather, this report aims to be an early warning system telling everyone that any expert in the topics Tom Homan spoke of today knows that he's insincere and *dangerous*.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyBut worst of all is that powerful Democrats find him credible, perhaps because he used to work for Democrats (which is exactly the effect Trump wanted). But what criminal justice professionals hear when the man speaks is a stone-cold liar who will oversee more state violence in the months ahead.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyThe lies Tom Homan tells are more bizarre, in a sense, because they are on subjects he's supposed to be an expert in. One could argue that that's more nefarious than Trump lying about everything because he infamously knows nothing about anything. Homan's lies also consistently serve regime purposes.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyReaders may remember this 2024 PROOF report. I cataloged Trump's debate lies to show that he wasn't just a contemptible pol but profoundly mentally ill. Holman speaks slower than Trump but manages to lie about 1/3 as much—which is scary enough.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyBut none of that is what originally prompted this report. This report was made necessary by CNN reporting indicating that powerful Democrats in Washington saw the Homan presser in positive terms. That is jaw-dropping to any criminal justice professional. Truly shocking.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyIf ICE draws down in Minnesota, it won't be from the current 4,000 agents to the 40 its task requires. It'll remain a massive overdeployment. And any drawdown would be in service of overdeploying to a jurisdiction that hasn't yet been terrorized and had its citizens executed.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyI suspect he gets a pass because of his resume. He's worked for Democratic and Republican presidents. But corporate media seems not to accept the fact that Donald Trump has made a lifelong habit of corrupting previously only slightly contemptible people into full-on villains.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyGreg Bovino dressed and presented as a fascist and was one. Tom Holman dresses and presents as an alcoholic uncle with a dark history he never speaks about but he's absolutely committed to lying about immigration and criminal justice in ways corporate media does not pick up on.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyAmerica could even survive that—people talk nonsense all the time—but for three things: MAGA leaders are abusive grifters; MAGA is built on ignorant people denying their ignorance; and social media is captured by MAGA men who artificially boost the most cynical non-government grifters.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyAs a criminal justice professional, I'm trying to think of the right analogy here. I guess I'd say that MAGA discourse on immigration and criminal justice has as much fidelity to reality as a person who's been given an English-to-Chinese dictionary for 1 hour can speak Chinese with fidelity.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyNo one is saying that every American must understand the justice system. That would be ideal, but it's impractical. The problem is that our justice system lies at the center of our politics—which means ignorance about how it works is ripe for abuse by an authoritarian regime.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyIt cannot be sufficiently emphasized that the Trump regime has at all points lied about every aspect of its immigration agenda, every aspect of how immigration enforcement works, and every aspect of the criminal justice system that touches upon immigration enforcement. It is all a long con.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyI’ve written a detailed report on the Greg Bovino-to-Tom Homan handover in Minneapolis that at once reveals that the Trump regime hasn’t changed its plans for ICE *and* serves as a primer on the many aspects of the criminal justice system that Homan lied about today. So I think you’ll enjoy this.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyIt’s disappointing seeing people sing his praises just because he talks about Heated Rivalry. Let’s raise the bar a little higher for people who literally have our future in their hands.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyI’ll be the party pooper and say that it’s easy to idolize the PM when there’s that flaming pile of waste down south, but his speech was basically “US imperialism is fine until it negatively affects us” and the answer to all these problems is pipelines, colonization, and targeting Indigenous people.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleySettler pogroms ran out the last 2 of (once) 120 Bedouin families in Ras Ein al-Auja in the Jordan valley. The settlers graffiti'd the horrifying "Third Nakba 2026" on abandoned structures. This, from the editorial board of Haaretz, a large center-left Israeli paper: Unpaywalled, next skeet
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyDriving a hard bargain.
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsley“Never mind,” said Frog.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyWe can call them that here.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyIf this were happening in another country. We would call them terrorists.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyI expect we'll find bodies in the parks this spring when the weather warms up.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyWhat are they doing with the data on their phones? So sickening.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyPolice in Saskatoon used to do this to indigenous residents. They called them “Starlight Tours”. A number of men froze to death.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyAnd then there are all the non-citizens who are legally here who are being shopped out of state and some deported.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyDHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold. It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsleyif you in ICE’s crosshairs for getting pulled over or picked up, that interaction is going to stay with you for the rest of your life, even if “everything goes fine” or whatever
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsleythere is a specific tic in the way that centrist Dems address law enforcement: they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyYou can’t deport citizens. Some naturalized citizens can be denaturalized after a felony conviction. He is describing expulsion, a crime against humanity. It should not be subject to negotiation. Primary the entire leadership. Get them out of office if they won’t defend our rights.
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsley🚨 URGENT: Families are being ripped apart. Children are being left behind. This isn’t national security—it’s state-sponsored cruelty. We can't let this become the new normal in America. Raise your hand if you demand we get #ICEOffOurStreets immediately! 🤚
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyOne of the tropes of the Rightist propaganda machine is to portray any opposition as ,"freaking out" "coming unglued" "unhinged" ("Liberal tears" "own the Libs" etc.) especially if it's women. Dems IMO should mock Rightist emotionalism more, as AOC did when she said, "Republicans are sensitive."
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsley"Is there an underlying rage that we fellas have missed?" Good grief. Maybe deliberately ignored and DISmissed.
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsley"Around 2020, a strange thing happened. In short order, three women who’d been important in my life—three wonderful, intelligent, women—got uncharacteristically, disproportionately, perplexingly irate at me over politics." This writer may be the most perplexed man who has ever lived.
- Reposted by Shannon BarnsleyHe does briefly discuss three former female friends who “turned on him” over politics, but rest assured it’s because they went crazy not anything he did.
- Reposted by Shannon Barnsleyhas he considered women dont like him for things he has said or done?
