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Mrs. Patterson’s Home for Landlocked Men

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

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Flash Point SF @flashpointsf.bsky.social · 19h

NEW FICTION: "Mrs. Patterson's Home for Landlocked Men" by Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social
#SFF #flashfiction
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“You’ll be very comfortable here,” Mrs. Patterson promised

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 17h

Right As Rain.

Nine reasons AI should probably be shut down

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Just me @grandmer9x.bsky.social · 17h

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 17h

Nine reasons AI should probably be shut down open.substack.com/pub/lindac/p... Linda Caroll explains exactly why we don't need AI...

Technology should minimize human suffering not cause more of it

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Melanie Jackson @mljackson.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks, as always, for your advocacy, #TheWritersUnionofCanada.

Alberta Must Reverse Book Bans | The Writers' Union of Canada

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Melanie Jackson @mljackson.bsky.social · 28d

Bubbly day in #NelsonPark, #WestEnd, #VancouverBC.

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The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca · 4d

New issue just dropped! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa... #canlit #bookreviews

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

Lights! Camera! Theft?: www.curios.com/collections/...

Film Flam by dkperlmutter

Read the eBook version of Film Flam by dkperlmutter. When the mightiest superheroines in the universe find out that they have become the subject of Hollywood-like alien movies without their permiss...

Read the eBook version of Fandom by dkperlmutter. The International League of Girls With Guns, the world's mightiest superheroines,are threatened with the exposure of their secrets...and their deat...

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

When fans become fanatics: www.curios.com/collections/...

Fandom by dkperlmutter

Split Decision by dkperlmutter

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

When they clash, everyone will hear it: www.curios.com/collections/...

Read the eBook version of Split Decision by dkperlmutter. Jody Ryder- canine superstar high schooler-athlete- superhero robot- can be a winner at nearly everything she does. But, when the anti-hero...

The Singular Adventures of Jefferson Ball by dkperlmutter

David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

She's the most powerful girl in the universe- and the dumbest...: www.curios.com/collections/...

Read the eBook version of The Singular Adventures of Jefferson Ball by dkperlmutter. She's the most powerful girl in the universe....and the dumbest.... The unconventional, roguish...

Nothing About Us Without Us by dkperlmutter

David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoons not real? They beg to differ: www.curios.com/collections/...

Read the eBook version of Nothing About Us Without Us by dkperlmutter. The continuing adventures of the Cartoon Republican Army as they do everything possible, legally and otherwise, to achieve ful...

Let's Be Buddies by dkperlmutter

David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

A fractious friendship resumes: www.curios.com/collections/...

Read the eBook version of Let's Be Buddies by dkperlmutter. When Major Hamilton Pomeranian is injured severely on the job, she is summarily dismissed from her service in the Star Soldiers. Returnin...

Honey And Salt by dkperlmutter

David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

Being a superhero takes two X chromosomes: www.curios.com/collections/...

Read the eBook version of Honey And Salt by dkperlmutter. Canada's most prominent young female superheroes gather for a summit in Winnipeg. However, they are unaware that they have become pawns in ...

Read the eBook version of Orthicon by dkperlmutter. Whole worlds and characters once thought fictional suddenly come to be proven as real. The U.S. government intervenes and centers them around a c...

David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

A novel of cartoons, politics and power: www.curios.com/collections/...

Orthicon by dkperlmutter

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

The history of animation on television, from A to Z: books2read.com/u/4Ep1nz

The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows by David Perlmutter

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 2d

The history of animation on television: books2read.com/u/4jBQno

Available now at your favorite digital store!

America Toons In: A History of Television Animation by David Perlmutter

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 3d

I have launched a new author website via Bookbub. Come see it at www.canadianhistorian.com.

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Jason G. Butterfield @jasonbu.online · Apr 15

About me:
I'm Jay, #GenX, #coffee-fueled, and wired for story. If you're into adventure games, long walks through dystopia, or philosophy with a punchline, we’ll get along fine. ☕📚🎮 Follow for writing updates, #gamer thoughts, and the occasional rant about reality.

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tejanolos32.bsky.social @tejanolos32.bsky.social · 6d

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 5d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social · 5d

New this week open.substack.com/pub/thelinkl... You can find my published fiction easily at the resident Library of Substack.

New this week

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