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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 6h

#Booksky We generally don’t plug our books on Amazon but the last two months of book sales have not been great anywhere so needs must. There’s a A+ page up for the Astreiant Series now! Dig into some great gay fantastical mysteries for October! www.amazon.com/Astreiant-6-...

Astreiant

Visit Amazon's Astreiant Page and shop for all Astreiant books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Astreiant

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 1h

I'm very afraid for my future as a person trying to be a novelist, specifically as a WOC who does not shy away from dealing with race in my work.

I am scared. I'm worried in this economy and political situation. Will publishing say no we'll just go with the comfy books that don't rock the boat?

Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 17h

Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia breaks down the slump in book sales, what this means for marginalized writers, & what we as readers can do: www.patreon.com/posts/boycot...

Boycott? Not likely | Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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🖤 Sandra’s Evil Twin 🖤 MWAHAHAHAHA 🪓 @sgwong.com · 2h

I deliberately kept my kids’ faces off socials when they were too wee to give consent. When they were old enough, I asked & they both refused, as was their right.

Social media has been training people for decades to post w/o consent and those people have no clue how “AI” will fuck them up

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 3h

.. I don’t even think it’s worth saying anymore

AI is a lack of consent machine

It’s about class and consent

And here’s where I’m ACID about some of this being gendered

especially around CHILDREN which we claim to care about many of the transgressors will be women for shit like this

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Say what, now?

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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 2h

Black children when they are murdered by vigilantes while minding their own business and being a kid: This monster had it coming

White elected officials and GOP party officials, actual whole ass adults, when they promote Hitler: Look, these are just kids being kids, this is just idle talk

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 17h

Seeing people say that "by the numbers" Stancil is right about No Kings being bigger than the civil rights mvt. But no. That's not how any of this works.

It's like saying I'm a bigger organizer than Greta Thunberg because I'm taller. It's not technically true, it's just stupid.

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jaydo @jaydocovid.bsky.social · 1d

The average person is not informed that Covid is not confined to the respiratory system and infects blood vessels, immune cells, and the brain.

We rolled the dice and have exposed everyone to SARS2 repeatedly, and the idea that this has been determined safe through rigorous study is patently false.

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 4h

PARKER!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h

Spanish police investigate as Picasso painting vanishes on way to exhibition

Still Life with Guitar, worth €600,000, noticed missing after van arrives in Grenada from Madrid Police in Spain are investigating the disappearance of a tiny Picasso painting, worth €600,000 [£520,000], that vanished en route from Madrid to an exhibition in the southern city of Granada. The gouache and pencil work, Naturaleza muerta con guitarra (Still Life with Guitar), was due to go on show at a new exhibition at the CajaGranada foundation, which opened last week. Continue reading...

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 4h

I'm offering a short story critique as part of Apex's Kickstarter. Apex was my first online story publication & they really gave me the confidence & perspective to keep going. Any amount helps!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

My birthday is Sunday and for as long as I can remember I have used that occasion to raise needed funds for a project, organization or person. This year is no different. I have a goal of raising $5000 by 10/20 for EvLovesNYC @evlovesnyc.bsky.social - If you can & want to, please support this project

EVLovesNYC - Non Profit Helping New Yorkers in Need

EVLovesNYC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing food & resources in NYC. Over 340,000 Meals provided & working with 75+ partner organizations.

www.evloves.nyc

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 5h

YEARS holy wow I am so so sorry Jenna! I'm incredibly glad you made your way out of it. You deserve ease.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 16h

Bans trickle down to who a publisher is willing to buy. If queer and BIPOC stories are getting targeted, publishers are less likely to buy them.

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 14h

Ahh I think I understand now, like doubling down on the demon clan documentation part?

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 15h

Pain insomnia sucks. That is all.

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 15h

Okay dammit now you've got me story-izing that:

"I was reborn during the second Convulvomitus of the Titan, splattered upon the Grecian shores."

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 15h

Evil?
It really is a mixed bag of satire and romance and whatever subgenre they could nab, but it is truly a "demon of the week" show.

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V. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 20h

Last week was awful. There was a death on my birthday, and I found out my SNAP benefits went from $290 to $23

It was a bad time

So, if anyone wants to join the Patreon or Kofi, even for a month, I'd be thrilled.

There's microfiction, and updates, and tarot/oracle readings. Maybe other things too.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20h

literally generations. part of all our lives’ work for the rest of our days.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Sep 5

It will take decades to unfuckup this country.

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 22h

SNAP runs out in a couple of weeks

Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast @statsboyandi.bsky.social · 22h

Everyone’s talking about Milpay, but reminder that USDA is currently using excess 25 funds to pay for WIC and School Lunch. They say they have like maybe a month of that left.

Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 22h

Openly is the only change. So much of this conversation is disingenuous because these "The young white conservatives say horrible bigoted things" scandals happen annually and every time the claim is that it is different. They made afterschool specials about young white supremacists in the 90's

Micah @rincewind.run · 23h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.

Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."

Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.

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Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing

The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone who still believes Israel has ever operated in anything resembling good faith would be thoroughly cured of that delusion if they read about Marwan Barghouti. In a world with any justice, he would be president of Palestine.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 22h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 1d

I've already passed this on to several people and recommend you share with the disabled folks in your life!

Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 2d

Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?

Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.

Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight! I'll be reading "Interstate Mohinis" (originally published in @diabolicalplots.com) for the first time ever! Be there, or be square 🖤🌃▪️

Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 1d

Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders red-tinged color photo of writer M.L Krishnan, a woman with light brown skin and straight, glossy hair pulled back. Her hair may be black or may be purple; the red light makes this a mystery. She wears large plastic-framed glasses, a red silk tank, gold earrings with ornate hearts hanging from sunburst decorated with red hearts, a gold ring in her septum and several gold rings on her fingers, red lipstick, and black cat-eye eyeliner. She rests her chin on one beringed hand, her face in three-quarter view, and regards the camera with a serious expression.

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