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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 1h

I have pulled my Achilles and it's such a pain in the ass.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2h

On Toad’s birthday Frog gave him a hat. Toad was delighted.

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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 2h

Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf

Saja, who is a black cat, with his little legs all tucked in, cute-like

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 2h

Oh my gods, yes!

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Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 5h

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 2h

Oh hey! Thank you, so much to the folks at Ignyte! We love this because fighting books really & truly is a practice of inclusion & equity. Really meaningful to be recognized this way. Good work team!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 20h

And the Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre goes to @authorsabb.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards

2025 Winner of the Community Award: Authors Against Book Bans

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Scare-ic Hirsch @ehirsch.bsky.social · 3h

🎵We built this city
We built this city on Roku and roll🎶

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 3h

I'd somehow missed this petition!! Maybe you did too

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 13h

CANADIANS!! The official petition started by a member of Parliament to fight back against payment processors' censorship of legal content is only open for a few more days. Make sure you've signed it: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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James Cobo @jamescobo.bsky.social · 10h

I will never tire of this glorious moment captured on film

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 3h

Urgent!

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries & hygiene items.

Goal is $150 to get 3 weeks worth of diabetic friendly perishables. Currently sitting at $50/$150. THANK YOU!!
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#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 3h

Urgent!

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries & hygiene items.

Goal is $150 to get 3 weeks worth of diabetic friendly perishables. Currently sitting at $50/$150. THANK YOU!!
💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
C/V: foxrook

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 7h

Link's perm ban is wrong and should be reversed.

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Archangel Beth @archangelbeth.bsky.social · 7h

(And if you just want to send PayPal, the link to the patreon has a post discussing the deal and mentioning the PayPal link at the bottom. ;)

Christopher R. Rice - The Raven Maniac @ravensnpennies.com · 11h

I'm in a bad way right now and once again, I call on Gondor for aid. I'm offering a temporary tier on #Patreon for my back #GURPS content. I'm highly unlikely to offer such content again like this. Check it out and please reshare this.

www.patreon.com/posts/141085...

#TTRPG #roleplaying #gaming

Lack of Pennies But A Nest Still Needs Feathering | Christopher R. Rice

www.patreon.com

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, I adore him even more!

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 6h

Alexander Skarsgard is a good egg. “Can I play, too?” is something most people don’t even think to ask, much less try or follow through.

www.advocate.com/arts-enterta...

Throwback: Remember when Alexander Skarsgård showed up to a movie premiere in full drag?

You gotta love a confident man in a dress.

www.advocate.com

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 18h

We’ve been saying this forever. The social media ban will harm kids

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19h

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

www.abc.net.au

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Monday's Manul @manulmonday.bsky.social · 5h

It's Manul Monday, keep an eye out for troublemakers!

A fluffy manul sits on a log in a zoo enclosure, glaring at the camera as if its annoyed.

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 4h

😍😍😍

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crafty ghost @craftyanddevious.bsky.social · 5h

Tiny pink rosy explosions
#FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

A spray of pink-white flowers on a big bushy plant, in an Australian garden

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16h

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 4h

OH NO.

I am so sorry, that's... that's ROUGH.

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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social · 6d

I got the email notification about this from Spreadshirt last week and promptly deleted my account. If you have one, you should too.

Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 8h

There aren't any ghosts in #ChoicesAnthology, but these stories sure as fuck will haunt you

They're certainly haunting me

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 5d

#ChoicesAnthology is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders facing the control and theft of our reproductive rights, filled with stories of terror, tragedy, resistance, and revenge

Grab your copy today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: “As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, nineteen writers whose reproductive rights are under threat explore the stories of those who, like them, have had their choices stolen from them.
These stories serve as a reminder of the power of choice and the importance of fighting for every human’s right to choose their own future.”

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 13h

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries, hygiene, and household items.

$50 for diabetic friendly perishables would be a HUGE help! Still sitting at $0 for this goal. TYSM!
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#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for this. 🩷

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries, hygiene, and household items.

Have been out of work all year thanks to mysterious lung problems. Every cent helps! TYSM!
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#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
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