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Micah Nemerever @nemerevermore.bsky.social · 1d

even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Writing novels is very hard, and everyone who finishes writing one deserves praise and accolades purely for that accomplishment.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 1d

Going to be listening to this all day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2r5...

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - 1000 Deaths (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

www.youtube.com

Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 1d

What a tremendous loss.

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 2d

Found this at the Little Free Library!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 7d

Hi, do you like gay whalers? Gay bank robbers? Muscular lesbian artisans? With a side of magic and weirdness? All of this and more is in Call and Response, my collection of short stories out from Neon Hemlock next week! Available to pre-order from the publisher: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 26d

In the short term vaccines also make me feel cruddy, but in the long term vaccine antibodies add to my hotness

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 27d

He can't stand to be laughed at. Everyone still making jokes about him is doing God's work.

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · 29d

Nisi Shawl is one of the most brilliant writers out there. I'm so glad to be able to fund her literal dream project. Please consider doing the same?
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
@nisishawl.bsky.social

Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn

Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!

www.gofundme.com

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Sep 13

My high school too! (though I graduated much later than them)

Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂 ǝʇʎɥM sɐloɥɔᴉN @nwhyte.bsky.social · Sep 13

Your occasional reminder that Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick were in the same year in the same high school, liked each other’s writing, but never met in person.

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · Sep 10

"Each time I align the jump ignition sequence, I feel the shipsuit respond to my intention, its answer a thrum of power I can hardly comprehend. It opens a rift in space, and I slip through."

Read 'In The Vanguard' by @chloehsmith.bsky.social

inner-worlds.ghost.io/in-the-vangu...

#SFF #SciFi

In The Vanguard by Chloe Smith

When I’m back from a vanguard run, they all say they can’t understand me. My neighbors, my family, my lover, they all ask, how do you do it?

inner-worlds.ghost.io

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Sep 6

weekend reading

The lower half of my cat plus the book Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier, How Midcentury Mondernism Shaped Our View of the Future

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Aug 2

Becca, I am begging you: please post lots of updates!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 1

You don't actually know what will or will not make a difference which is why it matters to try to do things.

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Janna Layton @jannalayton.bsky.social · Jul 30

I was excited to see @fetaplace.bsky.social’s name on the cover in Barnes & Noble this week!

My hand holding up latest issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Jul 30

ty Janna! <3

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Stephen Case @stephenrcase.bsky.social · Jul 30

Contributor's copies have arrived! @zanzjan.bsky.social @richarddlarson.bsky.social @fetaplace.bsky.social @savantefolle.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social @derekkunsken.bsky.social @williampreston.bsky.social @lavietidhar.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social

Two copies of a magazine sitting on a table.

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Jul 24

Also brought home this Japanese color dictionary, a surprisingly fun read!

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Jul 24

Went to the art book fair and found the room with vintage paperbacks. This was my haul, which one should I read first?

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Jul 23

This story was wild!

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 23

Some psychiatric symptoms may actually be the result of autoimmune conditions. Rachel Aviv reports on the case of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who was cured after two decades of psychosis.

Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t

Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?

www.newyorker.com

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skelly @iid.bsky.social · Jul 20

do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Jul 10

Bök's earlier book, Eunoia, was pretty great too. It's all about vowels. Here's one from chapter U, the only vowel in this is u.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Jul 10

I think a really important thing is giving yourself permission to do thing slowly. You aren’t going to cook a good meal rushing, aren’t going to write a good book rushing, aren’t going to enjoy your day with a friend rushing. It’s really important to practice intentional slowness sometimes.

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Dominica Phetteplace @fetaplace.bsky.social · Jul 2

The thing about Christian Bök is that every time I enter his name into a search bar, the search engine asks me 'did you mean Christian Book?'
haha, no, I sure didn't

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