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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 9d

NO DRAB GAB TUESDAY

SLUGGO IS IN HIS BEATNIK ATTIRE
BERET, SHADES AND A GOATEE

SLUGGO : AND I DON'T BLAB ANY DRAB GAB-I CHATTER HEP PATTER

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 9d

/adds to lexicon/

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 10d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · 11d

First of all, that is in the spirit of the NC foam finger and I respect it. Second of all, I think like a n asterisk of duct tape can do a lot

Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · 11d

THAT’S WHY WE HAVE DUCT TAPE

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 15d

Finally a Large Language Model I can get behind

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 23d

This is so wholesome I don’t know what to do with my face.

Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 24d

dudes rock

Tumblr post from every-lemon
Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

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every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 27d

Bird on a Tree by Pablo Picasso, 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137305

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978

© 2016 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Sep 13

All you need is love

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Sep 13

Have you tried the Ethiopian place on Governors Island? I like it as much as Meskerem, now, which is a lot!

Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Slightly diminish a book: The Penultimate Unicorn

Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book:

The Mimicking of Moderate Accomplishments

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book:

Some Of Us Murderers

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Sep 1

Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000.

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

www.humblebundle.com

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Aug 28

What are you reading?

Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’m excited!

Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW BOOK JUST DROPPED!? Children of Owl is a dash of magical realism that’s grounded in the tragic, triumphant, dauntless Lipan Apache lives of South Texas. With art by @abigailrajunov.bsky.social

Text: Nick Thomas at Levine Querido has bought world rights to illustrated YA novel Children of Owl by Newbery Honor author Darcie Little Badger (I.), illustrated by Abigail Rajunov. After Lipan Apache teenager Maisie sees the son of Owl, she knows it portends evil for one of her beloved cousins and that she must do anything to stop it from happening. Publication is planned for fall 2026; Michael Curry at Donald Maass Literary Agency represented the author, and Aliza R. Hoover at the CAT Agency represented the illustrator.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Aug 24

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

www.humblebundle.com

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · Aug 24

Universal Art by Joaquín Torres-García, 1933 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137590

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Bequest, Richard S. Zeisler, 2007

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Ernie @nosmallglasses.bsky.social · Aug 22

And I’m mad about it

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Aug 22

I recall all the circumstances

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Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️ @grigorylukin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

#Worldcon

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yay!!! Which story? Is it one I’ve read?

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Aug 18

you just have to know in your heart

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Aug 18

can confirm

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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · Aug 18

To celebrate Hemlock and Silver coming out tomorrow, my pal Larisa and I made you ✨THREE✨ T. Kingfisher bingo cards! Try your luck with Hemlock and Silver, or whichever @tkingfisher.com book you happen to be reading next! www.thefrumiousconsortium.net/2025/08/18/t...