Eli Donovan
@elidonovanwriter.bsky.social
Author of adventurous SFF, usually with kissing. Hopeful romantic. Dino geek. https://linktr.ee/writerelidonovan
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This is a lovely idea in a hard time for trans young people, and they're taking donations, too:
Trans? Under 25? 🏳️⚧️
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
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There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
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Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
Are you trans and under 25? You could receive a free gift from Trans Secret Santa
Are you trans and under 25? You could receive a free gift under a heartwarming Trans Secret Santa campaign. Here's how to apply.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is a lovely idea in a hard time for trans young people, and they're taking donations, too:
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Writing answers only.
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Writing answers only.
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Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
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In fairness she had the most seasons and episodes of the bunch!
“Cabot Cove in Maine…has 149 murders for every 100,000 people”(higher than any country in the world or city in the US) www.theguardian.com/media/mediam...
Which fictional TV town has the highest murder rate? | Media Monkey
Media Monkey: Radio 4's More or Less has totted up the figures to work out the deadliest fictional place on television
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In fairness she had the most seasons and episodes of the bunch!
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Great Horned Owl (with babies!)
Sea otters (with babies!)
Coyotes
Quails
Alligator lizard
(also known as the most Californian list ever, lol)
Great Horned Owl (with babies!)
Sea otters (with babies!)
Coyotes
Quails
Alligator lizard
(also known as the most Californian list ever, lol)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Great Horned Owl (with babies!)
Sea otters (with babies!)
Coyotes
Quails
Alligator lizard
(also known as the most Californian list ever, lol)
Great Horned Owl (with babies!)
Sea otters (with babies!)
Coyotes
Quails
Alligator lizard
(also known as the most Californian list ever, lol)
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NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
NASA Found Something on Mars. Now We Might Just Leave It There
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NASA spent years and billions of dollars collecting Martian samples to bring home. Now they might be stranded
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The week's new LGBTQ+ releases in scifi/fantasy/paranormal romance for NOV 19 which I reported within the larger new releases blog post. #booksky #romancelandia
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The week's new LGBTQ+ releases in scifi/fantasy/paranormal romance for NOV 19 which I reported within the larger new releases blog post. #booksky #romancelandia
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
If you see this, post egg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you see this, post egg.
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Beaming! TAMSYN my next novella in the #zombie Planet of Last Resort series is up for preorder (on the Zon and Apple only) & it's the #3 Hot New Release in its category. It releases DEC 8 and will be wide, including Kobo and Kobo Plus. #booksky #sciencefiction www.amazon.com/TAMSYN-Plane...
TAMSYN: A Planet of Last Resort Novella
TAMSYN: A Planet of Last Resort Novella - Kindle edition by Scott, Veronica. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading TAMSYN: A Planet of Last Resort Novella.
www.amazon.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Beaming! TAMSYN my next novella in the #zombie Planet of Last Resort series is up for preorder (on the Zon and Apple only) & it's the #3 Hot New Release in its category. It releases DEC 8 and will be wide, including Kobo and Kobo Plus. #booksky #sciencefiction www.amazon.com/TAMSYN-Plane...
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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I WANT TO HOST ONE OF THESE
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I WANT TO HOST ONE OF THESE
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random...
Literally go fuck yourself.
Literally go fuck yourself.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random...
Literally go fuck yourself.
Literally go fuck yourself.
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(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
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@tkingfisher.com saw this thought of you and the white rat!
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@tkingfisher.com saw this thought of you and the white rat!
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
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this is the most beautiful thing
Thanks, Blue Jays fans!
Seattle Children's hospital gets surge of donations from Blue Jays fans
www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...
Seattle Children's hospital gets surge of donations from Blue Jays fans
www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...
Why Blue Jays fans have been donating to Seattle Children’s Hospital
Approximately 250 Blue Jays fans have donated nearly $10,000 to the Seattle Children’s hospital since last Monday's Game 7. Here's why.
www.seattletimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
this is the most beautiful thing
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One-pager zine inspired by a friend thanking me for telling her about some good things I heard about people doing.
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
One-pager zine inspired by a friend thanking me for telling her about some good things I heard about people doing.
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
Well this had me tearing up. Sometimes the world is good.
I am so flabbergasted & tearful & grateful & JUST REALLY EMOTIONAL over everything that’s happened around this so-special pup since this saga started on…good god, how was it only Wednesday morning?
That it has meant as much to so many of you fills me up to the brim.
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That it has meant as much to so many of you fills me up to the brim.
www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
Tiny Adds Up: Unshittification and The Pawshank Redemption | Catherynne M. Valente
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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Well this had me tearing up. Sometimes the world is good.
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The thing about the relentless march of time is that you only get an ending (happy or otherwise) in fiction. Here in the real world no cause is ever lost forever even though we may not live to see it prevail. This is both hope and cautionary tale.
"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences.
Don't say the second when you mean the first.
Don't say the second when you mean the first.
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The thing about the relentless march of time is that you only get an ending (happy or otherwise) in fiction. Here in the real world no cause is ever lost forever even though we may not live to see it prevail. This is both hope and cautionary tale.