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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 9h

Two, actually.

Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 1d

Yes and yes. Literary mysteries by people who don’t care about the mystery part can pound sand.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 4d

New books by live queer authors need the money, support, and validation more than dead old white people.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 4d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning

Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 6d

I forgot I had a paper due in my Shakespeare class until the
night before, so I went to my memory and wrote a brilliant one comparing The Simpsons version of Hamlet to Mel Gibson’s and the prof loved it.

Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote a lit crit paper in grad school about The Anxiety of Influence, Elliott Smith, & and the Beatles and included a burned CD. GenAI could never.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 6d

YES! he was brilliant and I loved Rose’s growth. Scott Frank is one of those writers I just always trust

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 7d

Since @bookshop.org is offering free shipping through the end of the day why not pre-order my book and save a few coins?

Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

bookshop.org

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 7d

Good tools reinforce flow.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 7d

I have this typed out and taped on my desk.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 7d

Writing longhand in a restaurant the way god and David Mamet (before he went batshit) intended. I’m using a nice writing pad as @johnrogers.bsky.social intends instead of my cheap legal pads as well.

Writing pad and fountain pen in a brown leather portfolio on a diner booth table.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 7d

-Take long walks
-Read long books
-Get a therapist
-Watch long movies in cinemas
-Take long naps
-Drive with the radio off
-Write a letter to someone you love and mail it
-Write a letter to someone you hate and burn it
-Eat a good meal and let the chef pick what you eat

Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 8d

•Turn off all notifications except calls and texts.

•Raise your bike seat. It’s probably too low.

•Lower your arms when you run. Fists down by your hips.

•When you walk your dog, do solely that. Don’t be on your phone. Spend the time being with your dog and out in the world.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 12d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 8d

Congrats. I got to play the game for the first time this weekend!

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 8d

I just started Murder in a Small Town, which is on Fox of all places with only 8 episode seasons. So far I’m digging it. I’ve also been watching the five Agatha Christie movies (limited series?) Sarah Phelps did on BritBox and enjoying most of them.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 9d

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.

(Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

www.nytimes.com

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 14d

It‘s all the subtle clues from years of following @mdbell79.bsky.social The same thing happened to me. There’s something about the intensity of clenched fists and feet hitting the ground and the sweating that make me forget the world and literally force the stress from my body.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

The weather is gorgeous out, my meds are working right, I look good and feel good, so I wanted to document it.

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

Elden Ring is an absolutely gorgeous game with a decent story, but Horizon Zero Dawn is beautiful as well and so much fun to play (robot dinosaur fighting!) and the story is heartbreaking and brilliant and a little too close to home these days.

Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 15d

I am no expert but to me the easy answer is Shadow of the Colossus.

Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 15d

(honest question) what are the “good” video games? artistically i mean, not in a “i enjoyed this escapist slop” kind of way

Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

FYI, just signed up for a Daggerheart demo session next month, so that’s exciting!

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits: DnD 5e
DnD 5e (2024)
Shadowdark
…

I obviously need to play more, but finding new games is hard. I was lucky someone from my DnD group wanted to run a Shadowdark campaign.

Michael R. Underwood (Mike) @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 15d

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits:

Daggerheart
Fabula Ultima
The Between
Blades '68

Eric_IAG @thesocialjusticegm.bsky.social · 15d

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits:

DnD 5e
Icons Superpowered Roleplaying
Daggerheart
Trinity Continuum: Aberrant

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

I just for some new stationary specifically for fountain pen notes. I already have a robust collection of stationary for typewriter letters. I am a full on @rachsyme.bsky.social disciple.

Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

Congrats!

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

You’d certainly recognize it from getting it repeatedly in your stocking

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 15d

All this time and you end up with this is all you can come up with? You’re really trying to get us steamed aren’t you?

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 16d

Well compared to you…

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 16d

I fly with weapons of mass derision

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Bryon Quertermous @bryonquertermous.com · 16d

Says Sarah who has probably been up since dawn.

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