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Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social · 1d

Knocking stars off your book review due to spelling mistakes, when you were trusted with an UNCORRECTED bound proof, really is a thing some people do, huh?

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 8d

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.
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Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 8d

When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.

I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍

ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...

Hardback edition of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift, with cover featuring a wolf and branch/leaf/flower design, photographed in the garden with the author's cat in the background being dramatic

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 8d

New Review - happy publication day to the excellent When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social - a science fiction novel for the 21st century that gives us hope. Run and get it I think we need this. One of the best reads of my year! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Arcadia for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and valid review Publisher – Arcadia Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £9.99 ebook   Dec...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 10d

/adds to lexicon/

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 11d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 12d

don't compare yourself to other people or where you think you should be or where you wish you were or even to you before it happened. it's only useful to compare yourself to where you were when you were at your lowest imo. every episode is a hard reset on Everything, so don't beat yourself up 🤝

Lauren Walsh @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 12d

It can be incredibly hard to see your progress when recovering from depression or burnout. The whole world keeps demanding certain benchmarks of you to the point that it’s easy to feel like a failure despite your hard work. Remember your progress is your own journey. Every win means something.

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · Sep 16

I know we all enjoyed his video about male friendships, but I think this one about reading might be even better.

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KiKiTheBookNerd @kikithebooknerd.bsky.social · 17d

She is OUT!! (No I don't mean this fruity #BookNerd 😉🏳️‍🌈)

Happy pub day to #TheSovereign by @clclark.bsky.social !!

Full review to come but im about to start part 2 and AHHHHH!! I am LOVING THIS 🤭🥵🫣

Thank you @gambit589.bsky.social / @orbitbooks.bsky.social for the #ARC 💜✌️

#bookpost #booksky

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The Story Engine @storyenginedeck.bsky.social · 16d

The Sovereign is here - and so is @clclark.bsky.social (if you're in Toronto)!

The new Magic of the Lost book hit shelves Sept. 30, and the author will be in Toronto to celebrate the launch. Join us @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Tuesday, Oct. 21 @ 6pm for our interview, a book signing, and a Q&A!

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18d

"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 19d

Nick Valencia, who has been doing amazing reporting, just wrote about this:

“These Are Abductions.” Newlywed Husband Says Wife Taken During Green Card Interview

open.substack.com/pub/nickvale...

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 19d

Sure, it's great to have 'subversive' "the princess doesn't need a knight and rescues herself from the dragon," but we should have more stories about the heroism of the dragon attempting to save everyone from the monarchy.

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Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social · 19d

Vampire: The Masquerade. It’s D&D for goths.

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Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social · 19d

Well this is gorgeous (by feyspeaker)

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Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 21d

I will accept ID cards on two conditions.

1. They're not actually required for anything.

2. They're called a Multipass

a man and a woman are holding up a texas id card that says leeloo dallas

Alt: a man and a woman are holding up a texas id card that says leeloo dallas

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 21d

This is very Hollow Places coded

Kay Vaindal @kayv.bsky.social · 23d

Nothing pleases me more like a kudzu-covered telephone pole on a foggy day

Kudzu-covered telephone pole at a stoplight in Cecil county, MDx looks like a creature

And another! Harford county, MD. This one looks more Wispy and the vegetation is dead

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Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social · Sep 17

agreed!

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Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social · Sep 17

do have them send it over!

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skelettuce @latisserande.bsky.social · Sep 11

Gretchen Felker-Martin getting her comic cancelled for echoing this exact sentiment is *wildly* on-the-nose

Abbath Doom O'Lantern @wolvendaughter.bsky.social · Sep 11

no new pics, where you at mentally

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Lament Sporkfiguration @strivingally.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is so beautiful.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Aug 20

If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:

Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Le Caghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · Aug 26

Every time I feel discouraged about the value of my work in the midst of all of this, I remember that if education did not matter, they would not be attacking it so hard. If humanities and the sciences did not matter, they would not be attacking it so hard.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 14

#EditingTips

The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Aug 14

Some excellent suggestions in the replies, many of which I'll be nicking immediately. My only sure-fire one is to read the whole thing aloud. I sit at a mic, press record, and suddenly I hear a thousand false notes and crunching sentences. 1/

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · Aug 12

Loved this bit from Against the Grain: A Carpentry Manual for Women by Dale McCormick so much that I typed it up and pinned it over my desk (h/t Michelle Millar Fisher on insta www.instagram.com/p/DM2S05bOKk...)

The minute I start swearing at the work I'm doing I know I've lost it. I just walk away and come back when I'm calmer. You can't think when you're furious and thinking and remembering are what is needed to solve the problem you're having. Patience and learning how to fix your mistakes are what it takes to be a good carpenter.

DON'T FIGHT YOUR WORK

If you find a job is frustratingly difficult and that you are fighting your work, then something is materially wrong. Do not berate yourself by saying such things as "I'm stupid, I'm weak" or "I can't do this." Those are thoughts that do not help solve the problem. The problem is not within you; it is somewhere in the work. Remain calm and begin analyzing the material aspects of the situation. Now evaluate and inspect the job again:

1. Is your body positioned to give the most leverage and strength? Reposition yourself and try again.
2. Are you using the right tool? Do you need another?
3. Is a screw or nail holding and you failed to notice?
4. Are you turning the nut in the right direction?
5. Are you using the right method?-- try another.

Do not get frustrated at yourself; look to your
method.

Dale McCormick, Against the Grain: A Carpentry Manual for Women

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