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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 17h

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes I scroll LinkedIn just to see what new products have been carved out of Catholicism in order to create a "genuine Catholic culture" but in the form of an app/lifestyle boo.

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Charm City Spec Official @charmcityspec.bsky.social · 23h

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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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 1d

a man making a peace sign with his hands and the words love you

ALT: a man making a peace sign with his hands and the words love you

media.tenor.com

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Mark Athitakis @mathitak.bsky.social · 1d

You should read reviews. And write them. And subscribe to publications that run them.

buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 1d

What's your totally ordinary opinion about books that you nonetheless find compelled to share when asked on a social media site such as this one for your most extreme/unhinged/hottest takes?

I'll go first: manga is popular among young people because manga often features young people.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Help support a friend who has been affected by the gov shutdown.

He just dropped a new collection (and he's v good):

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

@kjy1066.bsky.social

A Series of Hauntings: Un Combo TropiWeird by KYR_1066

kyr-1066.itch.io

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

I do like my crevices...

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Okay Brandon Taylor

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Lolol

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

An author I should read to be a better writer.

(Do NOT say Melville)

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Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 2d

All my literary opinions are actually correct and fully hinged. AMA.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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s.j. bagley @heksenhaus.bsky.social · 2d

it's been called unhinged but i find it quite reasonable: far too many writers want much more to be 'writers' than actually write and those people should simply stop.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 2d

Romance readers AND publishers need to stop expecting authors to publish a book a year, *especially* if the publisher is not providing a livable advance bsky.app/profile/rach...

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

This should not be considered an "unhinged" opinion.

Readers have become illiterate.

Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes a character is racist/sexist/homo- and/or transphobic but it does not mean the author is

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The death/lack of use of RSS haunts us.

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 3d

Sadly, my contract with Blizzard ended in September. That means I'm looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! www.hazelmonforton.com

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 8

It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.

A scene from the High Heresy cinematic in Destiny 2: Heresy (2025)

A scene from the Safiyah cinematic from Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted (2022)

A scene from the final mission in Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

A cutscene featuring the Outsider from Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)

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Post45 Journal @post45.bsky.social · 7d

The 11th annual Post45 Graduate Symposium will be hosted by Duke University's Department of English, February 20-21, 2026! Check out the CFP (post45.org/graduate/202...) and please share with anyone who might be interested.

Abstracts are due November 14.

Abstract submission form QR code for the Post45 graduate symposium at Duke, February 20-21, 2026. The form is also accessible at https://tinyurl.com/2e2dr4wv.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Pretty accurate of my mood atm

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 10d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Pretty proud of this pic I snapped today during our descent to Midway.

Tiny sailboat amidst a blue background of Lake Michigan.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 10d

Subscribe now by becoming a patron—be the first to receive Issue VI, our next print edition!

To sustain independent left media through difficult times, your help is needed—and we're excited to share our new work with you in return.

patreon.com/proteanmag

An independent leftist print magazine: essays, poetry, and art.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 11d

❤️❤️❤️

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Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 15d

J.R.R. Tolkien, commonly known in the fantasy world as “the Catholic Brandon Sanderson”

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Matt Wolfbridge (read Typebar Magazine) @wolfbridge.bsky.social · 15d

United States of Data Centers

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