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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc

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Author KA Silva: UF, romantasy, horror comedy. Fiction editor. Enby transmasc, he/they, occasional frog. Strange love celebrated, weirdness vindicated. Avatar by Sally Jackson, WENDIGOGO. https://www.graythornpub.com

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · Feb 9

All my books have some form of social justice: payback for racists who harass Cassie for Farming While Black in STRAW MAN. Indigenous legends take on a greedy oil company in WENDIGOGO. Transmasc Scarecrow & lots of queer pride in STRAW SONG and STRAW SOUL. Signed books & ebooks at graythornpub.com!

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · Jul 15

Since intros are going around: indie, enby transmasc author here (as KA Silva) writing romantic UF, romantasy, & horror comedy! WIP: sequel to WENDIGOGO. Queer & marginalized characters, weird romance, body horror! #booksky @gpub.bsky.social www.graythornpub.com or www.amazon.com/author/kasilva

Image: cover of STRAW MAN by K. A. Silva, illustration by Talhi Briones. Cassie, a Black woman in a flowing cardigan and skirt, looks over her shoulder at Jack, a white man in a suit and tie. Glowing magic vines swirl from Cassie's fingers to curl around Jack. Straw sticks out of his sleeves as he adjusts a cufflink. They stand back to back in a pumpkin patch under a blue sky.

Cover for WENDIGOGO by K.A. Silva, art by Sally Jackson: Morty, a white man in blue sweater and jeans, looks suspiciously over his shoulder at the monster looming behind him. It has an elk skull with glowing red eyes and dripping fangs, exposed ribs under dirty fur, and long arms ending in wicked claws. They stand in front of a swirling blizzard of snow at night.

image: cover of STRAW SONG by K.A. Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. Modern witch Theo, a young white woman with short orange hair wearing a tight bodice, ruffled skirt, and Wiccan jewelry, wields a glowing magic needle and thread. The Scarecrow of Oz stands beside her looking worried, wearing a formal green coat and peaked hat, hefting a shovel as a weapon. They face unseen enemies at dusk in a cornfield.

image: cover for STRAW SOUL by K.A. Silva, illustration by Sandra Chang-Adair. The Scarecrow of Oz, in a formal blue coat open to reveal his stitched burlap chest, tugs a handful of straw from his own body, looking determined. Witch Theo, a young white woman with shrt orange hair, wearing a hoodie printed with a pentagram, stands beside him. She clutches a basket of treats protectively and brandishes a broken bottle as a weapon. Spears ring them in, wielded by unseen opponents. They stand ready to defend themselves in a heated cavern far underground, surrounded by stalactites and stalagmites.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 22m

Yeah. There are whole states I refuse to set foot in now. Shit is scary out there.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 25m

For those saying Rs have become worse: no. they've become more open about who they are. They've been horrible humans for decades, from racist frat rats who went into local politics in the 80s to the monsters sowing hate online today. Straight line. Bigotry begetting bigotry.

leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 2h

Politico: Members of that vicious Young Republican chat are saying that texts referring to Black people as “monkeys” and “water melon people”, or praising Adolph Hitler, or slurs against Jews, were “taken out of context”. I can’t see any
“context” that makes such statements acceptable.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 14h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks to everyone who tagged me on this. I am in touch with NZ officials. I have called for an urgent inquiry into the real possibility that this is the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them.

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 13h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 33m

Hope it goes without a hitch. That's one of the 2 big reasons I don't fly anymore for anything.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1h

We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --

*waits five years*

The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1h

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats. n.pr/4oaEZ4N

A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans' redistricting efforts

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.

n.pr

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DecomposedMaw @decomposedmaw.bsky.social · 8h

cat and leaf boat #pixel #pixelart #animated

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 1h

List of Labour MPs who are openly transphobic nowadays and who to vote for to unseat them.

1) Tonia Antoniazzi

Transphobic for years. Open GC. Behind the "Women's Dec" for Labour

Constituency: Gower
Maj: 11567

Suggested vote: Plaid Cymru

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1h

It must be said that the act of busting brings a euphoric sense to me.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 7h

I've made some new Diverse Book feeds.
-Trans & Nonbinary Books 📚💙💕
-Black Booksky 📚🖤
-Black Queer Bookworms 🌈📚🖤
-Disabled & Neurodiverse Books ♿📚

They're linked with emojis & or keywords they pick up/to put your posts on them, in this thread🧵👇

Also in thread: Queer SFFH 🌈📚🪐. Aro & or Ace Books

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Elderest Millennial @ebwell.bsky.social · 11h

Huntsville and north Alabama youth could use your support.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

You can get that PROTECT TRANS YOUTH t-shirt, designed by @tombofnull.bsky.social, from @greenpeapress.bsky.social! Proceeds benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet!
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...

Protect Trans Youth — Green Pea Press

Due to the very sudden influx of orders of this product, we are currently working to restock low quantities. We must have gone viral, y’all! Please sign up to receive a restock notifications. Thank yo...

www.greenpeapress.com

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14h

the Bajoran version of the Bechdel test is “do two named women talk to each other about something other than murder” and I love “Deep Space Nine” because it fails almost every episode

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5d

It's Murderbot time! I'm back with a discussion of Artificial Condition and everyone's favorite Asshole Research Transport.
reactormag.com/martha-wells...

Martha Wells Book Club: Artificial Condition - Reactor

When we last left our grumpy SecUnit, it had ditched the PresAux team and set out for the great beyond...

reactormag.com

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 13h

They want to kill people. Trump's lawyers argued he could kill his political opponents without criminal prosecution. He praised Duterte's mass murder of "drug dealers." He's ordering extrajudicial killings of fishermen at sea.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13h

The administration is reframing migrants and gang members as “terrorists”, so DHS wannabe operators can do GWOT-style night raids here in the U.S. of A.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatable goals: (1) expose the lie about war-torn cities, (2) mock bullies trying to seem powerful, (3) encourage bystanders to join you the next time, (4) refuse to give them the optics they need to create propaganda, (5) get the media to keep attention on the abductions through whimsy.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 11h

@padraiclindsey.bsky.social you need a T rex costume!

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11h

"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?

Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

buff.ly

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 11h

Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease

Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 11h

Humans suck. I hope more of them finally grasp how much better masking makes going out in public for everyone, but I'm sure it'll take another huge wave of death & vastly better people in charge.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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"All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff
should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement.
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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 14h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 11h

I think there's a Rifftrax of that, if it helps.