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Wanly Made Mailman @basicchunnel.bsky.social · 2d

Kelly !!!!!! @kellylink.bsky.social

often processing them in a torrent. You look at something horrible on Twitter or somewhere else, but it's surrounded by other kinds of information, and so you don't have the space to have the intensity of feeling that we should have when something horrifying or traumatic happens. [highlighted by me] Supernatural horror is a technique for restoring the right kind of emotion to the horrifying things that people do or that are done to people. You're reestablishing that a terrifying thing is, in fact, terrifying. That a horrible thing is horrifying. That trauma has actual weight. You're giving space for the person reading to have the actual emotional response that is appropriate to the thing that just happened. [end highlight]

CMM: That speaks to me as a person who intellectualizes her feelings and often is very bad at experiencing them. It's a defense mechanism, obviously, a way of keeping yourself safe. Analyze it or put it in a framework, and it's not going to be as scary.
I've had therapists tell me, "Sometimes, you have to just experience a feeling; you have to let it run through you." So that makes a lot of

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Chains Boolay (Shane M. Bailey) @shanembailey.com · 7d

"Fourteen minutes later, Deadspin replied from its official account: “@realDonaldTrump Go fuck yourself.” "

This Post Should Have Been Shorter

My favorite political blog post of all time was published by Jim...

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 8d

it's your last chance to register for next wednesday's workshop, centered around submitting to literary magazines!

natraum.com/workshops

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Aura Martin @auramartin.bsky.social · 8d

For sure! xoxo

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Friday, Stargazing 🌌 @teawitch.bsky.social · 9d

Slots are full for the moment, but I may be able to open a few more by the weekend! If you know anyone wanting an in-depth star chart analysis, point them my way!

Friday, Stargazing 🌌 @teawitch.bsky.social · 10d

Taking on a few natal chart clients again! I have capacity for five right now. Full chart analysis in PDF with highlighted focus on any specific areas you want to question.

$75 per, DM me if interested!

a zodiac circle with the signs of the zodiac inside

Alt: a wheel of western zodiac symbols

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Aura Martin @auramartin.bsky.social · 9d

I have had my chart read by her! Highly recommend 💫

Friday, Stargazing 🌌 @teawitch.bsky.social · 10d

Taking on a few natal chart clients again! I have capacity for five right now. Full chart analysis in PDF with highlighted focus on any specific areas you want to question.

$75 per, DM me if interested!

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Alt: a wheel of western zodiac symbols

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 17d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 22d

hi folks, i'm here to plug my workshops again. even if you have no experience doing any of these things, they will be very fun and you should sign up for one or maybe all of them.

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 25d

icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?

tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!

2025 workshops

It's Lit: Literary Magazine Submissions. October 29 @ 7PM EST.

THE RANDOMIZER #1. November 6 @ 7pm EST.

No Choice But to Stan: Writing Pop Culture in Poetry. November 15 @ 12pm EST

Writing to Grieve: Poetry as Processing. November 22 @ 12pm EST

THE RANDOMIZER #2. TBD late November.

About your instructor

nat raum is a queer, disabled, and recently unemployed artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all of which were proudly published independently.

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Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 26d

I needed to see this today. Perhaps you do as well. ❤️

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 26d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, @debutiful.bsky.social! debutiful.net/2025/10/01/1...

12 noteworthy debut books you should read this October

Debutiful’s Adam Vitcavage recommends noteworthy debut books for readers to discover each month.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 29d

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · Oct 1

That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...

MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why

The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · Sep 29

I did not know this! JSTOR is a fantastic resource, I used it all the time in college and it's great to have access to it again.

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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · Sep 16

It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do

Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?
• I'm aware
• Wow, rude

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · Sep 21

This is the way. Re-pledged to PBS, as well.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · Sep 19

This took me years of being a published writer to understand:

To the people who only know you by your work, you are like the blank screen at the front of a movie theater. You have your own physical reality, but they only see what's projected. They are talking and reacting to the light and shadow.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Sep 19

this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.

jay Dragon is recovering @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 14

its so strange to be a public figure. people build such elaborate mythologies around you. and im not even like, famous famous

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · Sep 19

hi squad, i am hoping to supplement my unexpectedly reduced income with some gig work, including the first of a few workshops!

tix: forms.gle/AHW4sQLEJh5v...

stretchy geralt monotone background. text overlay: no choice but to stan. a generative pop-culture focused virtual poetry workshop. hosted by nat raum. october 1 at 7pm est. $10-30 sliding scale. proceeds help nat with living expenses while out of work. for tickets: natraum.com/links.

stretchy geralt monotone background. text overlay: about your instructor. nat raum (they/them) exists where Iris von Everec’s soul meets Triss Merigold’s body. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all proudly published independently.

stretchy geralt monotone background. text overlay: i can't make it! can i get the prompts? yes!!!! fill out the form and select "i'm just here for the prompts." suggested donation: $2-5.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · Sep 17

I read the transcript of Ezra Klein talking to Ben Shapiro, because I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they were trying to accomplish. I read rather than listened because I can’t stand the sound of BS’s pinched little voice. 🧵

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Sep 15

This exchange says it all.

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iolanthe @iolantherosa.bsky.social · Sep 14

The other #watercolor piece from my @janetpulcho.bsky.social workshop: gourds. These were very fun to paint. #ArtYear

Three ornamental gourds, leaning against each other. On the left, a large, smooth deep orange gourd; in the middle, a miniature pumpkin in light yellow with bright orange creases; on the right, a "Turk's turban" gourd, orange oval on top, and a small green-striped "foot" underneath. Schminke and Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches Cold Pressed paper.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 13

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

www.nytimes.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 11

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.

And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.

I refuse to sanitize him.

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Aura Martin @auramartin.bsky.social · Sep 10

5 centos! Woo-hoo! Thank you Genrepunk 🥰

Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social · Sep 10

5 Centos by Aura Martin! @auramartin.bsky.social

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Lilacs from Taurus Cento from “Planetarium”, “Trevail et Joie”, “Well in Ruined Courtyard”, “Yom Kippur 1984” by Adrienne Rich, “Lisbon Sonnet”, “Love Poem”, “May to December”, “Orlando”, “Paris So…

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