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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 12h

Food is a right, not a privilege.

We know many members of our reading community, including our bookselling partners, will be impacted ❤️ Here's how to help, and where to find help. ⁠

Food is a right not a privilege. With SNAP expiring, here's how to help and where to get help.

SNAP—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—will not be going out November 1st, leaving 42 million individuals without benefits to supplement their food income. We know this will impact many of our readers and bookselling partners.

Here's how you can help: 🫶🏻 Donate money or time to your local food bank, so they can keep your community fed. ❤️ Add food into free pantries, or start your own. ☎️ Contact your representatives at a local and state level to urge them to restore and fund SNAP and WIC. 🫂 Contribute to and get involved in mutual aid groups

And where to get help: 🥫 Many food banks are preparing for an increase in aid. They are here to help your community. 🥡 Visit a free pantry near you for shelf-stable products. 🍲 Many local businesses are offering free meals for those on SNAP. Ask around to see who is participating. 🛒 Companies like Gopuff and DoorDash are offering groceries to impacted individuals

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Heidi Archer @archerh.bsky.social · 2d

Haida Gwaii clinics next week! Also there is a drive-through flu shot at Skidegate Health Centre this Thursday 12-6 pm.

David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 2d

Just got my annual flu (and Covid) shot. The process was fast, free, easy, and came with the added bonus that it’s now less likely I’ll get sick or make someone else sick, or worse.

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 3d

In addition to likes and dislikes there should be a 'hello' button for when you don't have an opinion to share but you want to say hello to everyone

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X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 3d

we have a weird mobius strip of a story by Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social !

a hunter shoots a deer & is instantly reborn as a deer himself. a beautifully written piece -- i love its focus on "the laws of consumption"

xraylitmag.com/strange-is-t...

STRANGE IS THE MEAT by Brittany Terwilliger

As his bolt pierced the deer’s flesh, Nathan felt himself reduce, his body contracting into a dark, wet mass. He clenched against the blinding light, choking on snorts as he plopped onto a leafy patch...

xraylitmag.com

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Sonia Spookyman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 4d

You should read this anthology of Black speculative fiction from Canada: houseofanansi.com/products/as-...

As the Earth Dreams

A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy. This bold and innovative anthology of speculative short ficti...

houseofanansi.com

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Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social · 7d

B.C.’s LNG boom is called progress—but for Indigenous women, it signals danger. Linked to man camps and state neglect, Michaela M. McGuire asks: what’s being done to protect women?

Read the full Brief, linked in bio.

a quote is bordered by a dashed red line. A quotation mark sits at the top centre of the border and “The Yellowhead Brief” is placed in the bottom centre of the border. Inside the border reads: We are dehumanized, our bodies and lives considered unworthy of care. We bear the brunt of environmental, colonial, and genocidal violence. This unfolds against the normalization of racism, which exacerbates societal indifference, perpetuating harm.

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David Archer @davidetc.bsky.social · 8d

This is neat!

theconversation.com/i-tried-out-...

I tried out a new version of Minecraft to see why environmental storylines help children learn

A new version of Minecraft gives players the chance to make decisions about tackling coastal erosion in scenarios based on Bude in Cornwall.

theconversation.com

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Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social · 10d

dentist says to me so you're a composer, i say yes, dentist says so where do you compose, meaning "what company do you work for", i do not understand, i say, in my room, you know, at a piano. dentist and i are silent. then i realise my mistake. blood is coming out of my mouth. i say, at a podcast

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 9d

Actual @lastweektonight.com is here?

Resharing an advocacy thread from last year! :D

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Jun 1

Tonight, we parody a great, recurring sketch from Last Week Tonight:

How is This Still a Thing?

@lastweektonight1.bsky.social
@thedailyshow.bsky.social
#TheGreatestMEdicalScandal #JohnVsJonVsME

A cream background with a black vertical line dividing it in half. On the left-hand side, it says "the Lightning Process" in small, Garamond font with a little image of blue ball lightning. On the right-hand side is block lettering which reads, "How is this still a thing?"

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Laura Elliott @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social · 9d

just for the record if any of you want to make Awakened go viral/become a spooky season bestseller as a wedding present to me, that would be very ok!!!!🐦‍⬛

(is this marketing???? i hope so)

linktr.ee/lauracelliott

Laura’s book Awakened standing on a table, its cover facing out featuring a creepy raven with a blue eye bearing the Tower of London on its back, alongside a stack of the same book with the spines showing

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Sonia Spookyman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 10d

Hey! I'm Sonia, an Ignyte and Ember award winning creator, making stories inspired by Palestinian folklore and history. I'm just relaunching my Patreon with new membership options. Take a look. And don't miss out on the first zine, coming out in time for Halloween! 👻

www.patreon.com/cw/soniasula...

Sonia Sulaiman | Patreon

creating stories inspired by Palestinian folklore

www.patreon.com

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 10d

Every now and then you can still spot one of these beautiful creatures roaming free in the wild, and not brutally enslaved by humans, being exploited for its scales.

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María Richardson @diatoma.bsky.social · 11d

I'm so bored of being able to do so little (house/couchbound & also drastically dosifying any learning etc) & of suffering so much & the world at large not knowing about #GreatestMEdicalScandal. Sharing this again for @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social + @markruffalo.bsky.social

María Richardson @diatoma.bsky.social · Nov 18

1/9 Continuing on my (almost-housebound w moderate #ME in CDMX) quest to try to get #GreatestMEdicalScandal, the ongoing story of neglect & abuse of people with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis worldwide, on the radars of @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social 🧵 Share if you co-sign ❤️!

1. Line tracing of two photos of John and Hank from their onstage presentation at VidCon. They're both speaking into the microphone. The letter says: "I really appreciate your minds, hearts, and communication skills and invite you to look into #GreatestMEdicalScandal, the story of ME/CFS (and its relation to other infection-associated chronic illnesses)."

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now 🎃 @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 11d

So all this is said with the caveat that the conversion cushion has been included to reconcile our figures but

Crips for eSims for Gaza has officially spent over $3M CAD on eSims.

#ConnectingGaza

bit.ly/eSimsRUS

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David Archer @davidetc.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats! 🎉

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 13d

Cover reveal for Phantom View! It drops next week. I'm so excited to share this one with y'all.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 13d

A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father tries to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.

Next week. "Phantom View," a new short story by @wiswell.bsky.social!
Art by Hokyoung Kim
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

A painting of a closed window; a bloody smear drips down the bottom left pane

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 13d

Genuinely never realized why the pity response to disability is so uncomfortable, even frustrating, until I realized: it's because "ohhh how sad!" is about the listener.

"By telling me that, you've made ME sad."

It centers the listener, and even sounds accusative: you've burdened them. By existing

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14d

"Cybourgeoisie" is the term for the tech-enamored well off, a vulgarity of class and time.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 14d

nothing says “cyberpunk” like owning a $100,000 vehicle

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David Archer @davidetc.bsky.social · 19d

Incredible news!

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Jeanne @toomany2choose.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Thursday, everyone! 🍂

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 21d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 22d

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 22d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 24d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 24d

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