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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 4h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

Gaza Port, Before and After

(Abdallah El Hajj)

Two pictures of Gaza port before and after

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“Peace” update: “5 killed by IDF in Gaza despite ceasefire…”

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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Sophie Burnham @sophieburnham.bsky.social · 16h

BLOODTIDE, the second book and feral middle child of the Ex Romana trilogy, hits shelves today! Read more queer, anti-fascist books!

astrapublishinghouse.com/product/bloo...

Bloodtide - Astra Publishing House

The fate of the empire hangs in the balance in the second installment of the genre-bending Ex Romana trilogy Perfect for readers of Saara El-Arifi and C. L. Clark and stories with strong, queer voices...

astrapublishinghouse.com

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 1d

Good to know, thanks!

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 1d

Just realized I need to figure out how to do ARC signups and how to add a book to Goodreads 😔

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 1d

Ahhh thank you so much!

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 1d

🥺🥺🥺 that is so sweet of you, I hope it lives up to expectations!

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Dan-yell Eekan: Eerie Elvenweed Era @danielaegan.bsky.social · 1d

A full Alexis Ames story about gay space androids?! I’m so there!!!

Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

I've been sitting on this blog post since August, but I finally posted yesterday about my plan to publish my gay sci-fi book: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/10/10/a.... I'd like to say that my marketing in the coming months will be better than this but tbh that's probably a lie. #WritingCommunity #SFF

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 1d

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

This is a) utterly terrifying and b) vital. Don’t turn away. The crisis is fixable because it is, ultimately, political. We know the chemistry. We decline the action necessary.

Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

The headline news that won't be headline news.

'A tragedy': World may have reached first climate 'tipping point' as coral reefs face collapse

Warm-water coral reefs - on which a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend - are on the brink of collapse, according to a major new scientific study

www.businessgreen.com

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Sophie Burnham @sophieburnham.bsky.social · 1d

Bloodtide is out tomorrow and I feel really normal about it!!!!

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NaNo 2.0 @nano2point0.bsky.social · 13d

NaNo 2.0 is LIVE. We're so glad you're here, because #NaNoWriMo is only 30 days away. Hope you're ready to write! ✍️ nano2.org #WritingCommunity #NaNo2point0

Text: NaNo 2.0 is now live! on a light blue and white checkered background. NaNo 2.0 in bold blue lettering with a fountain pen illustration. Hand holding megaphone. Bright gold stars. Text: Your source for all things NaNoWriMo!

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Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 1d

The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle turns TWO today. 😭

I had wanted to do something cool, like write a blog post or do a giveaway or even just make a new video, but I haven't had time.

Instead, I shall write a (probably) long thread here.

Mainly, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who's given it a chance

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

oh my god I had a story published 4 days ago and I missed it entirely 😂

I had so much fun writing this story and I hope others have fun reading it! "Queer fatale noir" is an excellent way of putting it.

Neon Dystopia Network @realneondystopia.bsky.social · 7d

Memories are business, and business isn't good. It's hard working the recollection black market in this Queer Fatale Noir yarn in If Memory Serves by Alexis Ames. www.neondystopia.com

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

I've been sitting on this blog post since August, but I finally posted yesterday about my plan to publish my gay sci-fi book: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/10/10/a.... I'd like to say that my marketing in the coming months will be better than this but tbh that's probably a lie. #WritingCommunity #SFF

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

omg thank you 🥺

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

😘😘😘 we're so good at this

Shiloh Carroll @medievalismist.bsky.social · 3d

*banging pots and pans together* QUEER SCIFI WITH LIKE ROBOTS AND SHIT. I've read it, it's very good. And sad. But good.

My marketing is at about the same level as Alexis', clearly

Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

I've been sitting on this blog post since August, but I finally posted yesterday about my plan to publish my gay sci-fi book: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/10/10/a.... I'd like to say that my marketing in the coming months will be better than this but tbh that's probably a lie. #WritingCommunity #SFF

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 3d

I've been sitting on this blog post since August, but I finally posted yesterday about my plan to publish my gay sci-fi book: alexisamesbooks.com/2025/10/10/a.... I'd like to say that my marketing in the coming months will be better than this but tbh that's probably a lie. #WritingCommunity #SFF

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DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · 7d

The winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Sargassa, is out in paperback! This is the first in a speculative trilogy that is equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution. Read this? Preorder Bloodtide, book 2, out next week!

buff.ly/vY1LYFw

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Sophie Burnham @sophieburnham.bsky.social · 8d

One week baybee!!

RBmedia | Bloodtide

Listen to the audiobook Bloodtide, written by Sophie Burnham, narrated by Cassandra Campbell.

rbmediaglobal.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9d

i am being negatively polarized into support for the White Sox

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 9d

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. For @reuters.com:

Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.

www.reuters.com

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 13d

🥺 That's so sweet! Yes, it's probably the most "me" thing I've ever written, lol, so you'll be familiar with the style.

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 13d

It's not about anything particularly ~edgy, lmao, I am just terrified of sharing my words in general.

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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 13d

Putting the final touches on this book before it goes off to line/copy edits and I am actually kind of terrified to share this with the world. #writingcommunity #indieauthor

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