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Kelly Lianne @kellylianne.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #PortfolioDay!! 🎨✨

I’m Kelly, Cornish illustrator and graphic designer looking for some fun projects! Here’s a selection of green themed work just for funsies! 🌿🍀💚

www.kellylianne.co.uk

Grid of four illustrations. Top left: a curious ghost emerges from a mushroom forager’s basket sat upon a tree stump. Top right: a white cat lounges in green grass. Bottom left: Red Pikmin lays in a bed of clovers, he stares into the middle distance. Bottom right: digital sketchbook spread with an array of cat, plant, and flower sketches.

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Morrigan’s slightly more spooky dumpster fire @morri-the-insane.bsky.social · 6h

follow me for my terrible opinions and tits you'll never see

skelettuce @latisserande.bsky.social · 7h

tip for those new to bluesky: follow trans women with perfect opinions and perky tits

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 13h

It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.

ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you

'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'

metro.co.uk

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Dahlia Adler 📚 @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com · 5h

Looking for the perfect fall read? HIS HIDEOUS HEART, a collection of retellings of Edgar Allan Poe's works by some of your absolute favorite YA authors, is on sale now for $2.99!

Amz: amzn.to/3J1Y9KI
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/his-hideou...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined|eBook

Thirteen of YA's most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe's most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this worl...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 5h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 16:

What's your MC's favorite mash? (song)

Anything from Amy Macdonald, as in literally anything, that's not the title of the song. 😂

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 6h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 16:

What's your MC's favorite mash? (song)

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 15: What's your MC's favorite mash? (song). BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 15:

What's your MC's favorite treat?

Toasted sourdough bread, the spicy sausage, the runny egg, and the aged cheese. Messy and delicious.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 15:

What's your MC's favorite treat?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 5d

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Els Jones🖤🤍💜🩶 @elsjones.bsky.social · 1d

I keep thinking about how ahistorical the US is becoming and how that relates to historical romance being sidelined. Esp as historical romance was starting to make more space for writers of color. Suddenly trad pub decided it wasn't worth it anymore!

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 2d

Me to my family who can't grasp that I might not want to 'celebrate' the holidays this year:

a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is saying " don 't believe me just watch "

Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana is saying " don 't believe me just watch "

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 14:

Introduce us to your MC today!

Prisca is very, very loose inspired by Ilona Maher. She's autistic, ace and biromantic. She's a retired rugby player and coach but for the past year spent her time as caretaker.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 3d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 13:

Goals day! What are your goals this week?

Still hope to manage 600 words a day. It would keep me on track to finally wrap this WIP up by the end of October. We'll see.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 13:

Goals day! What are your goals this week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 4d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 11:

Check in day! How was your week?

A day late but I hit my goal all but one day last week so I'm calling that a win.

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 5d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 11:

Check in day! How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 4d

Keith poses an excellent question…and the answer is NOTHING!

Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 4d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 5d

Like Bari Weiss being stuffed by a billionaire atop CBS to lie to normies, this is billionaires stuffing rightwing ideas into AI systems to lie to normies.

The whole fascist takeover of the US is built atop an information war.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 4d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 4d

Because it needs to be said:

The Salvation Army does not exist to save you

The Salvation Army exists to convert you

And if they cannot convert you, they will not lift a finger to save you

Do not support those whose “charity“ comes with conditions

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 4d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 9d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Sass Everett @sasseverett.bsky.social · 6d

My novella The Hand That Feeds still makes me very happy! I loved writing these characters so much
books2read.com/u/4APvDq
sasseverett.itch.io/the-hand-tha...
#lgbtqwriteathon

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 6d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 10:

What will you find in my Skeleton Crew cozy series?

- Chaos Kittens
- Found Family
- An adorable autistic vampire + their witchy girlfriend
- Knitting
- a cozy paranormal world filled with magic and mystery

readerlinks.com/l/4105779

#CozyMystery #ParanormalRomance

a photo collage including the book cover for A Curse for Samhain, A photo of tacos, a raven, a roll of yarn with knitting needles, and a tarot card reading.

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 6d

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 6d

The Ace Bee makes me so happy every time I use it.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 6d

Curious if folks are getting the impression that those around them are unaware antifa is not an org? We know this admin is dead set on pretending it is & many media are uncritically perpetuating that. Feels like we’re watching an elite disinfo campaign move in both a rapid and absurdist fashion.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 6d

As a birder this breaks my heart. As a citizen of this extraordinary planet, this breaks my soul.

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 6d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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