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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc

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Author KA Silva: UF, romantasy, horror comedy. Fiction editor. Enby transmasc, he/they, occasional frog. Strange love celebrated, weirdness vindicated. Avatar by Sally Jackson, WENDIGOGO. https://www.graythornpub.com

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · Feb 9

All my books have some form of social justice: payback for racists who harass Cassie for Farming While Black in STRAW MAN. Indigenous legends take on a greedy oil company in WENDIGOGO. Transmasc Scarecrow & lots of queer pride in STRAW SONG and STRAW SOUL. Signed books & ebooks at graythornpub.com!

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · Jul 15

Since intros are going around: indie, enby transmasc author here (as KA Silva) writing romantic UF, romantasy, & horror comedy! WIP: sequel to WENDIGOGO. Queer & marginalized characters, weird romance, body horror! #booksky @gpub.bsky.social www.graythornpub.com or www.amazon.com/author/kasilva

Image: cover of STRAW MAN by K. A. Silva, illustration by Talhi Briones. Cassie, a Black woman in a flowing cardigan and skirt, looks over her shoulder at Jack, a white man in a suit and tie. Glowing magic vines swirl from Cassie's fingers to curl around Jack. Straw sticks out of his sleeves as he adjusts a cufflink. They stand back to back in a pumpkin patch under a blue sky.

Cover for WENDIGOGO by K.A. Silva, art by Sally Jackson: Morty, a white man in blue sweater and jeans, looks suspiciously over his shoulder at the monster looming behind him. It has an elk skull with glowing red eyes and dripping fangs, exposed ribs under dirty fur, and long arms ending in wicked claws. They stand in front of a swirling blizzard of snow at night.

image: cover of STRAW SONG by K.A. Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. Modern witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair wearing a tight bodice, ruffled skirt, and Wiccan jewelry, wields a glowing magic needle and thread. The Scarecrow of Oz stands beside her looking worried, wearing a formal green coat and peaked hat, hefting a shovel as a weapon. They face unseen enemies at dusk in a cornfield.

image: cover for STRAW SOUL by K.A. Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. The Scarecrow of Oz, in a formal blue coat open to reveal his stitched burlap chest, tugs a handful of straw from his own body, looking determined. Witch Theo, a young white woman with shrt orange hair, wearing a hoodie printed with a pentagram, stands beside him. She clutches a basket of treats protectively and brandishes a broken bottle as a weapon. Spears ring them in, wielded by unseen opponents. They stand ready to defend themselves in a heated cavern far underground, surrounded by stalactites and stalagmites.

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Annoyed O’Brien @annoyedobrien.bsky.social · Sep 5

FUCK ICE

Indiana Jones, taking a short break from stealing Indigenous peoples’ artifacts, is punching nazis in the face, as he should.

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Dumb Industries @dumb-industries.com · 1h

DUMB TELEVISION 10/15 [TIMES ET]:

*RANDUMB*
10:30am - The Mads Are Back: I Accuse My Parents
11:31am - The Mads Are Back: The Choppers
12:38pm - Matt & Emmy & Chris & Justice League of America
2:07pm - Mary Jo & Chris Watch Weird Vintage Ads
3:10pm - Movie Jo Night: Buck Rogers

(1/3)

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 1h

Nine universities across the country, including MIT and Dartmouth, were given a test of loyalty from the Trump administration. Now, students are demanding their schools not sign the president’s 10 point compact agreement.

Read the full story:

College Students and Faculty Resist Trump’s “Free Speech” Funding Scheme

Nine universities across the country were given a test of loyalty from the Trump administration. Now, students are demanding their schools not sign the president’s 10-point compact agreement.

www.teenvogue.com

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 2h

#inktober day 15 ragged

They're friend looked cold, so they gave him gifts
友達は寒そうなので、贈り物をあげました

#inktober2025 #inktoberday15 #ragged

A watercolor and sumi painting of a corpse scarecrow as crows give gifts of scrap cloth

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning. Before you plunge your face deep into the overfull bowl of our clogged collective news toilet, cleanse yourself with an apple review! Today: the ORLEANS REINETTE.

Apple Review #15: Orleans Reinette

Why is it that sometimes you eat well-regarded apple but find it terrible? Or, the reverse: an apple that sucks is, to you, in that moment, good? There are, of course, a lot of things going on. Som…

terribleminds.com

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 57m

Vampire forg!

Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 2d

#inktober day 13 drink

vampire frog likes the blood
吸血カエルは血が好き

#inktober2025 #inktoberday13 #drink

A watercolor and Sumi painting of a frog on a leaf drinking blood of its victims.

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

Unions representing federal employees have asked a federal judge in San Francisco to halt the Trump administration's latest round of layoffs, which are coming amid the government shutdown. n.pr/43lxVcR

Thousands of federal employees are getting laid off. Will a judge intervene?

Unions representing federal employees have asked a federal judge in San Francisco to halt the Trump administration's latest round of layoffs, which are coming amid the government shutdown.

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 3d

#inktober day 12 shredded

murderer
殺猫

#inktober2025 #inktoberday12 #shredded

A watercolor and sumi painting of a cat shredding a portrait of Dorian Gray before he became a murdering asshat

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 59m

ICE actively kidnapping citizens for the crime of protesting their actions and presence (clear 1st Amdt violation). Every one of these thugs needs to be thrown into prison for life for crimes against humanity.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

Today, the Supreme Court will hear a hugely consequential case that will determine the future of the Voting Rights Act

US supreme court to hear case that could upend Voting Rights Act

Dispute over Louisiana district returns to justices after long legal saga – and could have far-reaching implications

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1h

Look, folks... I went to college in the 80s and the guys in the frats and Young Republican clubs were EXACTLY LIKE THIS! This should not be news. Yeah, maybe there was a period around the turn of the century when they might have felt the need to be slightly more discreet but none of this is new 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1h

The increasing proliferation of facial recognition systems which often fail to properly capture and categorize disabled users with facial differences As Faces At All is leading to mischategorization, inaccessible systems, personal tech lockout, & other harms, & like… Yeah, dawg: we told you it would

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.

www.wired.com

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 1h

Have some Halloween silliness with awful puns:
youtu.be/iTTlIAazQ2w?...

(I legit love this. Reminds me of dumb skits my childhood bestie & I put on.)

Ha Ha Halloween

YouTube video by Billy Kelly

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah. There are whole states I refuse to set foot in now. Shit is scary out there.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 3h

For those saying Rs have become worse: no. they've become more open about who they are. They've been horrible humans for decades, from racist frat rats who went into local politics in the 80s to the monsters sowing hate online today. Straight line. Bigotry begetting bigotry.

leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 5h

Politico: Members of that vicious Young Republican chat are saying that texts referring to Black people as “monkeys” and “water melon people”, or praising Adolph Hitler, or slurs against Jews, were “taken out of context”. I can’t see any
“context” that makes such statements acceptable.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 17h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks to everyone who tagged me on this. I am in touch with NZ officials. I have called for an urgent inquiry into the real possibility that this is the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them.

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 16h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 3h

Hope it goes without a hitch. That's one of the 2 big reasons I don't fly anymore for anything.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 4h

We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --

*waits five years*

The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 4h

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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NPR @npr.org · 4h

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats. n.pr/4oaEZ4N

A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans' redistricting efforts

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.

n.pr

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DecomposedMaw @decomposedmaw.bsky.social · 11h

cat and leaf boat #pixel #pixelart #animated

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 4h

List of Labour MPs who are openly transphobic nowadays and who to vote for to unseat them.

1) Tonia Antoniazzi

Transphobic for years. Open GC. Behind the "Women's Dec" for Labour

Constituency: Gower
Maj: 11567

Suggested vote: Plaid Cymru

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 4h

It must be said that the act of busting brings a euphoric sense to me.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 10h

I've made some new Diverse Book feeds.
-Trans & Nonbinary Books 📚💙💕
-Black Booksky 📚🖤
-Black Queer Bookworms 🌈📚🖤
-Disabled & Neurodiverse Books ♿📚

They're linked with emojis & or keywords they pick up/to put your posts on them, in this thread🧵👇

Also in thread: Queer SFFH 🌈📚🪐. Aro & or Ace Books

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