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Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · 1h

I’m actually really proud of the fact that I wrote a full-on book.

My editor & I carefully shaved down the wordcount so it’s not TECHNICALLY a novel, but like…it’s a novel.

And I put equal amount of work into character/emotional arcs, as I did on fun worldbuilding & fantasy stuff.

So yeah.

Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social · Mar 25

My first book is officially out!

If you like gay archeologists, horny superheroes, giant, ancient, Indian robots, or tonnes of footnotes, check it out!

Get it from @neonhemlock.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...

The cover of THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS, featuring a superhero and a man on the balcony of a South Asian-style palace, beneath a floating garden of purple-green vegetation.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 30m

This is so disgusting. Hindering EMS doing their jobs is vile and uh also very frowned upon by the international community. No ambulance crew should ever have to fear being shot at on the job.

ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

newrepublic.com

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 32m

THE OUTSIDE would smell like burnt steak and gunpowder and then I would have to explain to everyone that this is the actual smell of outer space, as verified by astronauts

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 17h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 32m

*Sydette lets out a deep ANCESTRAL CACKLE *

Oh you mean the bitch who hid behind a murder from me ?

Or who said immigration wasn’t a feminist issue

Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 2h

I see y'all arguing with Amanda Marcotte & let me crank up the wayback machine...she hung out with a bevy of white feminists who didn't think they were racist, they just thought BIPOC women should wait until all the other issues were solved. She's one of the reasons #solidarityisforwhitewomen exists

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Micah @rincewind.run · 39m

okay yeah seems bad people should probably leave

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 2h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 2h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 40m

But consider also Shemot 8:2 -

"And Aaron held up his arm over the waters of Egypt and THE FROG came up and covered the land of Egypt"

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 18h

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE

HE IS A WHITE WORKING CLASS MILITARY VET

with a stunningly sharp media package

They can’t update their website with a plan but they can kick the knees out fo somebody whose making waves form someone older than my momma !

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

The Dem establishment appears to be putting its thumb hard on the scales against Graham Platner:

The DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has formed a joint fundraising committee with the campaign of Janet Mills.

It’s called “Maine Senate Victory 2026”:

docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
HOME / CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA / COMMITTEE DETAILS / HTML VIEWER
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1919061
1. Maine Senate Victory 2026
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Email: compliance@dscc.org;anderson@dscc.org
2. Date: 10/14/2025
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00923177
This committee collects contributions, pays fundraising expenses and disburses net proceeds for two or more political
committees/organizations, at least one of which is an authorized committee of a federal candidate.
Committees Participating in Joint Fundraiser
Joint Fund Participant(s)
1. Mills for Maine,
Committee Id: C00923144
Committee Type: Senate
2. DSCC,
Committee Id: C00042366
Committee Type: Unauthorized
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Connor Reilly
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Custodian of Records
Treasurer:
Evan Clary
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone # (202) 224-2447
Designated Agent(s):
Tristan Anderson
120 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Banks or Depositories
Amalgamated Bank
1825 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006
Signed: Evan Clary
Date Signed: 10/14/2025
(End FEC FORM 1)

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 16h

I think my biggest betrayal is that it feels like they have not nurtured upcoming generations. we've watched them cut the knees out from people who get the base excited instead of mentoring them, it's aggravating as fuck.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 17h

did you know that right now, we're only a partial skeleton? we're not fully funded, and so we're missing some critical bones.

this is truth

and sadly not sustainable

help us be a full skeleton?

patreon 🖤 www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

our coin fundraiser 💀 psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

An old looking skull lays on a cement path covered lightly in brown leaves.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 17h

threw on some Toby Daye civvies to head up to @quailridgebooks.bsky.social and chat with the singular @seananmcguire.bsky.social about Silver and Lead, the 19th (!!) installment of her October Daye series. an exhilarating, poignant, only somewhat terrifying experience that I would absolutely repeat

Charlotte, in Elf ears, a black tee, skinny jeans, and a red leather jacket, stands beside author Seanan McGuire, who wears a fun dress in a black cat and jack o’lantern print. they are standing in front of bookshelves and wearing colorful KN95 masks.

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 18h

Hi hello I am an American citizen with a very intense knowledge of the first amendment.

Apparently people who are not American cannot say Charlie Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynist rhetoric."

I fact checked it.

Charlie Kirk devoted his life to that.

Jail me.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 20h

clownery/absurdity in the face of extremism and violence function to take the wind out of the sails of whatever volatile opposition is being stood up against.

that tactic, though, only works if there’s a direct confrontation.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 20h

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 19h

You should feel threatened, Mike. They're biking naked in Portland in October in the rain. These people are fucking Terminators.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 20h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re looking to help rebuild Gaza a farmer and a civil engineer seems like a good person to help ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was finishing his studies to be a civil engineer in Rafah. His home and the small farm that him and his family had were destroyed. He’s now trying to survive with his large family, including many small children, in tents.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 21h

And actually, to fact-check myself: throughout October, the Flytrap is producing more than one free post/month—we're pubbing free posts EVERY FRIDAY, because we really the fuck just love connecting w our community and are as irritated as y'all are by the confines of capitalist media. Subscribe! <3

The Flytrap

Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm

the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · 22h

The formerly titled The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy is finally available as an ebook from Open Road. We had to change the title for legal reasons but here it is.
openroadmedia.com/.../the-big-...
Here's to a new life for one of my favorite, mixed-genre anthologies.

cover for The Big Book of SF&F (aka The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21h

Reminder to everyone: IF (and only if) you have the capacity to do so, reporting generics that don't work as well as the name brand to MedWatch (www.fda.gov/safety/medic...) contributes to getting those non-bioequivalent generics unapproved and pulled from the market

MedWatch Forms for FDA Safety Reporting

Safety reporting portal for health professionals, patients, consumers and industry.

www.fda.gov

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Queer Witch @puck1008.bsky.social · 21h

I'm so sorry for your loss. 💜

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Xopher Halftongue RESISTS! (86 47) @halftongue.bsky.social · 21h

🧵

Read the whole thing. It can't be said enough.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Just FYI, here are my personal beliefs on the use of large scale violence.

1. Violence tends to be self-replicating, and so should be avoided as much as possible.

All violence has the potential to entrench itself.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 22h

feeling this after my "just go to a place to tell them you still want to do things" appointment lol

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Them: need help doing things?

Me: yes

Them: we have a doing things medication

Me: ooh

Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?

Me: oh no

Them: things.

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Arthur @arthur.qeng-ho.org · 1d

#ShareGoodNewsToo

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21h

Trump is saying the quiet part out loud: he sent a $20B taxpayer-financed bailout to help his far-right buddy Milei cling to power.

Meanwhile our government is shut down, public servants aren't getting paid & we're barreling toward a Trump-made health care crisis. Sounds like Argentina First to me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 1d

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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