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Charm City Spec Official @charmcityspec.bsky.social · 57m

CCS alum and TropiWeird pioneer Karlo Yeager Rodriguez selling a veritable trove of great fiction over at itch.io right now! Don't miss this!

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks, Chris!

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🎃 Chris Rose from the Grave 💀 @chrisrose.bsky.social · 1h

So much killer stuff in here! It's a great chance to get a lot of Karlo's best work under one (virtual) cover!

Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 20h

Forgive the cobbled-together feel of this, but eat up!

Nine stories in this TropiWeird combo - including two stories never before seen! As they say in PR: buen provecho!

kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3h

“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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Jerna Van Vooren @jernacious.itch.io · 21h

As promised, the English version as well. The Media-Guru, page 1/18

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · 3d

This is the face of a young girl who just found out from a recording that her mother was kidnapped by ICE while simply walking down the street to get groceries. My heart is broken. #kidnapped #ice #dhswatch

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 23h

UK friends! Waterstones is running a 25% off promo on 2026 preorders which includes my short story collection SEASONS OF GLASS & IRON! Only til Friday, October 17. Enjoy!

www.waterstones.com/book/seasons...

Promo image advertising the 25% discount on preorders with code OCTOBER25, alongside the cover to SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Sabrina Vourvoulias @followthelede.bsky.social · 3h

I feel sick every time Christian belief is trotted out to sanctify or sanitize racist claims and the grievous harms the administration has visited upon so many of our neighbors (especially with regard to the brutal and dehumanizing treatment of immigrants).
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Sorry, MAGA Christians, you aren’t the only ones praying | Sabrina Vourvoulias

Some people think you must support Trump if you are a "good Christian," some think the opposite. Where will the foregrounding of Christianity that has happened in our national political scene lead?

www.inquirer.com

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Heckin Spoopy Mutilated Corpse @jrbolt.bsky.social · 14h

Susumu Hirasawa with a mic headset on some stage with a speech bubble pointing to the quoted tweet

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is.

Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 6h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3h

people will just come on here and say anything!!!

Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 16h

The media smeared Mitt Romney as Hitler. Then Republicans thought, well we might as well run Hitler.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 1d

Hello hello #portfolioday
My name is Yorgos, I'm Greek and I make book covers. I'm available for new projects from December onwards.

Here's some of my work!

Painting of a woman with a facial tatoo in long black robes holding a Zweihander

Painting of a woman wearing a crown, in a field of rye. A wolf stands besides her, mostly in shadow.

Book cover for the novel EPIPHANY. It depicts a woman half submerged in water with flowers growing around her.

A book cover for the novel "The Moss," showing a girl covered in flowers and moss with glowing white eyes.

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · 5h

Adham needs YOUR HELP to rebuild his life, starting with YOUR GIFT TODAY. please like and share.

Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 5h

We thought we had survived the genocide but then we found ourselves slowly dying..

Everything collapsed: our beautiful city our home, our lives, my office,my car & the dreams I had built with years of effort.

Survival is no longer easy, but our hope is in you.
Donate:❤️👇🏼
tinyurl.com/HelpAdhamsFa...

Donate to Urgent️, help Adham's family in Gaza, organized by Adham madi

Dear donor and supporter, this is a brief overview of me and my family, I want to be a… Adham madi needs your support for Urgent️, help Adham's family in Gaza

tinyurl.com

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks, Seán!

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 5h

I remember seeing it ages ago and it really captured the dream-like quality of it all

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 6h

The PBS one is fantastic

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beluga's kin @emmartian.bsky.social · 6h

I'm revisiting The Lathe of Heaven these days and it still feels like a Philip K. Dick story but delicate and of course with incomparable good prose.

Plus, aesthetics. I should watch the old adaptation some time.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 6h

Please help Mohammed get treatment for his severely injured brother by sharing & donating if you've anything to spare:

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 6h

Someday soon, all of the world’s energy will be plugged into some behemoth AI data center, and people will be like “god is nigh, we have sacrificed everything.” Then when they turn it on it’ll be 9% better at programming or whatever.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Spain

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Koji A. Dae @kojiadae.bsky.social · 6h

Is there such a thing as a good man?

Finally got a serial killer short story in my series... and it was well worth the wait. Make sure to check out the link to the Drabblecast version.

Is there such a thing as a good man?

Finally got a serial killer short story in my series... and it was well worth the wait. Make sure to check out the link to the Drabblecast version.

kojiadae.ink

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