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Jay Wolf @jayxwolf.bsky.social · 21h

Still just over a week to go on this! I have a few entries so far but I would love to see more! Check out the list of this year's Derby books, see if you can spot the one I wrote, and report back to me on the Google form in the thread! Signed copies of my debut and possibly some other goodies...

Merritt Daniel McDowell @mdanielmcdowell.bsky.social · 16d

Hey all! I'm finally finding some equilibrium, after months of intensive care work with my mother, and seeing daylight on several creative projects.

Including: the 2025 Publishing Derby.

My latest book is one of the books on this page! Can you guess which one is mine?

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The books of the 2025 Publishing Derby

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 23h

Anyone who’s witnessed the bloodlust on display from normie Facebook Americans around reports of someone being mean to a dog will viscerally understand this

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 23h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 23h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 20h

shout out to @amalelmohtar.com for linking me to a reddit ama (!!!) with mr. adams. he's extremely correct about this btw:

I never met Tolkien, and I can't say I've seen the films. I hear they're good. I think the Lord of the Rings is first class. Wonderful. There aren't enough novelists today writing stories. Not many novels nowadays are really stories - they concentrate on character and the relationships between characters. Sad love and happy love. But a story. "Once upon a time...". It's not sophisticated enough you see, but I think there' a real place for it.

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Jay Wolf @jayxwolf.bsky.social · 21h

Still just over a week to go on this! I have a few entries so far but I would love to see more! Check out the list of this year's Derby books, see if you can spot the one I wrote, and report back to me on the Google form in the thread! Signed copies of my debut and possibly some other goodies...

Merritt Daniel McDowell @mdanielmcdowell.bsky.social · 16d

Hey all! I'm finally finding some equilibrium, after months of intensive care work with my mother, and seeing daylight on several creative projects.

Including: the 2025 Publishing Derby.

My latest book is one of the books on this page! Can you guess which one is mine?

2025pubderby.carrd.co

2025 Publishing Derby - The Books

The books of the 2025 Publishing Derby

2025pubderby.carrd.co

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Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social · 2d

Omniscient POV can be the most intimate POV

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

making inanimate objects animate for children is the precursor for "property damage is terrorism" politics

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

And you know what makes homelessness worse?

COPS STEALING ALL THEIR STUFF.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

Do you know how HARD it is to save for a deposit on an apartment when you have to keep replacing things you need to Not Die on the regular?

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3d

The solving of "those thorny problems" is the job.

That's the writing.

The more you outsource it to the plagiarism engine the more you lose your hard-won ability.

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Patrick Nielsen Hayden @handle.invalid · 3d

Not only is this explanation great, I also know 5,271,009 people whose lives would be changed for the better by taking it on board.

Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 13d

This Tumblr user summarizes something I've been feeling/doing lately. Against everything going on, it somehow feels helpful.

User homoquartz writes: as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now."
Small talk isn't to get to know a person. It's just a greeting to affirm you're buddies in the universe. I am motivated by wanting the other person to know I am friendly, so I have gotten pretty decent at small tall when I used to hate it.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 3d

It being a Sunday, there's no update today. Things are quiet as usual. But we do want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has got us over the £3000 mark. Everyone else, why not click the link and find out more. www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 3d

Made the right fucking call, Sarah, let me tell you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

The WHO has verified the elimination of both measles & rubella in all Pacific Island countries, alongside rubella elimination in Japan. The achievement follows 2 decades of coordinated immunisation campaigns, regional surveillance, and high routine vaccine coverage. buff.ly/EpFb7HK
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Rubella elimination verified in Japan, and measles and rubella elimination verified in Pacific island countries and areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the 21 Pacific island countries and areas that are part of the WHO Western Pacific Region have collectively been verified as having eliminated…

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 3d

No money in the red kettles. Mutual aid instead.
(And no, I'm not taking questions about this.)

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 3d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

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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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 3d

“Get ready with me”? No!!!!! I am not getting ready for anything!!!

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 3d

Yep! Even my 74 year old mom (also a grandma & great-grand) is getting her news from Gen Z progressive podcasters on YouTube this fall 🤷🏾‍♀️

She loves her TV news, but also, I get my intelligence from her.

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 3d

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 4d

Really kinda wish we could stop living in interesting times.

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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 4d

For certain readers and authors "Fantasy" seems to mean "Superheroes, re-skinned"; that's fine, but it's really not for me.

Though I enjoy Sword & Sorcery as a cloak over other genres, if I'm in the mood for superheroes then that's just what I'll read or watch. I want something else from Fantasy.

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 10d

Show me how you draw armor! 🛡️

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 4d

I'm perplexed at watching pundits in the trades struggling to explain Tron Ares' disappointing opening.

Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.

The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 4d

I apologize but I have a silly request. Could I sell 2 art books? Im attempting to leave the house by going to st augustine with mom and I'd love to get some jerky and popcorn. It's not a necessity, I will survive without them! But it's tradition to get them there. Thank you!

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · May 20

I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

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Tyree art book cover featuring various drawings and sketches of the main trio

Art book page featuring Chicahua and Cuicatl. Dialog reads: Cuicatl is the name of Chi's deer. He's a complete bastard to everyone but Chi. He is well known among the nobles for being the deer that bit the king on the ass. He loves Chi and only Chi.

Tletl's art page featuring various drawings and a sketch of her. Text reads: Tletl is the enteral lit flame of Kopitl. The ADHD daughter of the Sun. Her hair moves like fire.

Meztli's page from the art book. Text reads: Meztli, the mood goddess, is viktor's mother. xei calls viktor "Little rabbit" because of Meztli's affinity for rabbits. Her vitiligo changes with phases of the moon. She keeps a rabbit charm that maurice had made for her.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 4d

Year of the Mer is firmly adult and I will screech obscenities directly into your face if you place it somewhere else, mentally or otherwise

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

I kinda want to play "Is this YA" but I already know that 95% of the books people will ask about will not be YA.

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