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Marianne Kirby

@therotund.bsky.social

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Writer, editor, semi-professional fat person. SFF/spec/soft horror/whatever. Here for the weird stuff. she/they

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · May 2

My partner does not find this nearly as funny as I do so I had to come here and share it. Bi-cycles! They go both ways!

A photo of a couple of street signs - one is obviously the back side of an all-way stop sign but the focus is on the one-way sign with its emphatic rightward pointing arrow and the sign bolted to the post below it that says EXCEPT BICYCLES. It’s funny because OF COURSE bicycles go both ways. Bi-cycles!

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 6d

If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need.

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 8d

Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:

Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja

Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives

www.gofundme.com

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · 4d

Thank yooou! I didn’t expect to love them as much as I do - they are a lot more versatile than I expected.

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · 4d

TOO LONG. We have to just plan something.

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Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 4d

I love when you ask an autistic person for something and they're like STAND BY and you know you're about to get the absolute best resources available.

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · 4d

We’d have had so much fun - I’m so glad to have known you all this time!

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · 4d

This rushed up on me, too - I realized after I woke up this morning. 😆😆😆

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Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 6d

I enjoyed this in much the same way I enjoy elaborate fan theories attempting to reconcile incompatible episodes of Doctor Who, but also in the way I enjoy old investigative reports about shady banks in Miami.

Thousands Of Words About The Bearer Bonds In DIE HARD

You will learn things from this blog post!

www.calmdownben.com

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · 4d

Also, the Lebanon Hanover show was EXCELLENT.

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · 4d

Back in my early 20s I thought I never got approached in clubs because I was fat. Sometimes i snap a selfie that even now reminds me of the actual reason: man, in a club I straight up just look like a bitch most of the time. 😆😆😆

I’ll take a cute selfie, I said. I’m having such a good time at this show, I said.

A darkly lit selfie of Marianne, a very fat pale femme wearing red lipstick, tiny Ben Franklin looking glasses, and a white DARE tshirt (at the goth club, for irony, I guess), with long curly mostly dark brown hair and the most resting bitch face ever.

*facepalm*

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Billie Bloebaum @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 20d

I guess it's Prime Day(s) again, so here are some options if you'd rather not help Jeff Bezos grow even richer. 🧵

First, a couple of Starter Packs of Indie Bookstores to support. (If you are or know of an indie bookstore w/ a Bluesky account that's not listed, let me know.)
go.bsky.app/DZdrHhm

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 29d

BEE FORTRESS

photo of a text message or dm from "today" at 8pm. photo shows a gray honeycomb lump stuck to the side of a painted white brick wall.

text caption. this is a photo from the shed at work. these are the nests that the mud bees build. usually they are brown because of the mud. this one is grey because the bees are using fucking concrete dust from the bags we have in there and it is basically an Indestructible concrete bee fortress.

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Benjamin Ahr Harrison @benjaminahr.mobi · Sep 24

Chotiner interviews Janeway

A back and forth between Isaac Chotiner and Captain Janeway made to look like a screenshot from The New Yorker.

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Marianne Kirby @therotund.bsky.social · Aug 19

Morcheeba, Tricky, and Portishead.

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Dave Cactus @davecactus.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just a reminder. Hat tip to @bornmiserable.bsky.social for the excellent shirt.

Dave Cactus (me) wearing a Trans Lives Matter shirt.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lessons from the recent past, can give us inspiration for the battles to come.

“The neo-Nazis just kept coming in groups over and over. We were far outnumbered, but I watched countless antifa youth risk their lives, one by one, to fight back.” itsgoingdown.org/antifa-saved...

“Antifa Saved Their Lives”: Report from Clergy at Charlottesville

"But I could not say a word. It nearly took my breath away when they chanted, "Black Lives Don't Matter" and "Fuck You Faggots" over and over again. It felt like they just kept coming one by one." A f...

itsgoingdown.org

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tonči zonjić @tozo.today · Jul 26

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tonči zonjić @tozo.today · Jul 26

some more helpful reminders from 2016 me who knew more than i do now #reruns

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · Aug 12

All my coworkers live in Virginia and ask me the most ridiculous questions about living in DC

“Is it bad in your neighborhood?”

“Is it weird on the metro?”

“Can you even go out at night?”

The number of nights I have staggered half cockeyed across this city

the misinformation is very real

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · Aug 11

YESSSS!! DO THE THING, FRIENDS AND COMRADES!!! Such an awesome opportunity.

FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚨SPECIAL ISSUE alert!🚨

SINNERS, SAINTS, AND HAINTS will open from August 20th to August 31st, for *reprints only!* Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social and Shakeema Smalls. The movie Sinners elevated a genre Black creators have anchored for decades, and we want to show those stories some love!

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