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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 8h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 2h

Are you tired of lesbians having to be nice? Do you want lesbian romance sci-fi where fictional women get to go... apeshit?

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHMWK1L4
Itch: itch.io/c/5024026/gu...

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🔞AnemoneArt @anemoneart.bsky.social · 6h

Doing some more involved art with complex poses and backgrounds and realizing how has it been since I've been anything but a character artist.
Feeling a bit of a one trick pony ngl.
Anyway to make this less depressing what do you people prefer, lionfish squid witch or dragon cheerleader witch?

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 7h

To be fair, they are dealing with the expense of having to buy a hotdog costume for every contributor

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Juniper @coffinfairy.bsky.social · 10d

‼️Single Disabled mom‼️needing help with electric due the 8th and propane that heats my home and water filled ASAP.

Electric: $520

Propane:$650

Any help is appreciated 💜

PayPal: www.paypal.me/Coffinelf

Cashapp: cash.app/$coffinkewpie

Ko-fi: coffinfairy

Screenshot of text that says: I'm a single disabled mom of four. I have uterine fibroids that causes excessive bleeding and fatigue, POTs and PTSD from Covid turning into long covid and causing my health problems. I was working two jobs prior to not working until it caught up to me and I ended up in the ER with a heart rate that wouldn't slow down until I had to take medication. I have been trying to get on disability since. A year later I started to caretake for my disabled child by myself as well. I had help previously but it wasn't working out and l've had to do a lot of it on my own, now I'm stuck in a situation where working isn't possible for my health and while I'm already caretaking for my disabled child that needs constant care. I did not ever envision this happening to me and have always worked hard to take care of my family but now I'm in what feels like an impossible situation trying my best to take care of my kids and myself so I can stay around for them as long as possible. Im not enjoying coming online asking for help but I have no where else to turn. I'm doing

Screenshot of text that says: have no where else to turn. I'm doing everything I can to get help but it's not enough to survive off of. I'm sadly the only responsible parent and have limited family that all live too far to help. I live in California which is a bit expensive but with the state of America right now I'm trying to stay where my trans child and disabled child are the safest. Any help is appreciated and keeps my kids and I surviving while waiting on disability or other options I'm pursuing to happen. I don't know what the future holds but as a mother I'm doing everything I can to keep my family together, healthy and happy. Even if it means coming online and begging for that help. Thank you if you read.
Please boost if you're able. The chances someone who can help sees my post greatly increases with more eyes. Lots of love

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ForcefemStalin69 @chasershibari.com · 1d

a footjob wearing these, call that a sausage roll

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 2d

New at Lesbians With Teeth: a feminine apocalypse does it raw by @strigarosa.bsky.social. lesbianwithteeth.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/g...

Guest post: A Feminine Apocalypse Does It Raw

This post is a guest contribution from Lhuzie Fénix. One may recoil at defining something by what it is not, to think that is poor practice. However, that is just dishonest. Artistic movements are …

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 2d

When your Cyrano de Bergerac is a middle manager who's just fallen on his head...

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 2d

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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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 2d

Around thirty, but I'm always hitting this dilemma:

The 'two button' meme: one button says "Read book," the other "Write book."

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🔞AnemoneArt @anemoneart.bsky.social · 2d

Me when I have to choose who gets the nobel for peace, any of the people who risked their lives in Gaza to save as many palestinians as possible and document the invasion or the latest heir to a dynasty of robber barons hell bent on selling her own country to the US.
*thinks norwergianly* Uhmm...

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, 'saving lives' is a pretty large benefit. It is a real shame that the healthcare in other countries haven't worked that out, apparently.

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yes, Peter, a straw hat IS like a crown of thorns, because they are both worn on the head. Brilliant work, sir.

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 3d

Christ, even Alyson doesn't produce 10 books per week.

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 3d

The other thing that is notable about this is that the moment he received pushback, Piers just collapses into a sputtering mess.

This class of 'pundit' has become so used to going unchallenged that they literally don't know how to deal with it. Embarrassing it took so long for this to be exposed.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 3d

Gdocs has an agenda:

Spelling and grammar check:
Change tranny to granny

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 3d

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Ghoulfluencer @goblinfluencer.bsky.social · 3d

Is a "A Rotten Girl" as cringe-inducing as the summary implies? Yes absolutely.

But also as someone incredibly susceptible to second hand embarrassment I still read the entire thing in a day, giggling the entire time, 10/10.

Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah, book promo.

"A Rotten Girl" is my literary satire that features the worst transfem getting involved in the worst industry, publishing. Serious, funny, angry, cringe-tastic; I am very proud of it.

jemmatopaz.carrd.co/#rotten

The cover of "A Rotten Girl"; a woman's face, with her eyes hidden by a rough band of white.

Text reads:
Pearl is a trans woman writer on the cusp of literary greatness... or so she thought until her agent informs her that her first book has sunken like a stone for its failure to "connect with normal people". Normal people. Heterosexual people. Cisgender people.

Jaded from the knowledge that this industry rarely lets in people like her, Pearl comes up with a plan: write a commercial male/male romance. Except the market's all about authenticity these days, isn't it? The plan gets complicated, drawing her into a web of escalating deceptions where she poses as a cisgender gay man and comes ever closer to destroying all her relationships, and her own life.

A Rotten Girl is a satirical drama that explores gender, public personas, the commodification of queerness—and the reality of what it is like to be a trans woman in a hostile world.

“This entire meditation on the pseudofeminism underpinning this market is so focused and cutting, you can't help but marvel at it.” - Talia Bhatt

jemmatopaz.carrd.co/#rotten

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

Apparently, people need to know that you have written books before they can read them!
Proper authors plug every day; I tend to go "oh shit, promo" every so often!

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

Missing out on a "Transfems love to tuc!" campaign!

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The Dreaded Abighoul @popeguilty.bsky.social · 4d

I really enjoyed A Rotten Girl and I think you might, too!

Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah, book promo.

"A Rotten Girl" is my literary satire that features the worst transfem getting involved in the worst industry, publishing. Serious, funny, angry, cringe-tastic; I am very proud of it.

jemmatopaz.carrd.co/#rotten

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

Also features Tuc biscuits, and yet still no sponsorship from Jacobs.

A packet of tuc biscuits, mostly empty. A tuc biscuit is before it; it consists of two crackers with a cheesy cream between them.

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah, book promo.

"A Rotten Girl" is my literary satire that features the worst transfem getting involved in the worst industry, publishing. Serious, funny, angry, cringe-tastic; I am very proud of it.

jemmatopaz.carrd.co/#rotten

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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of LLM evangelists really don't get that they are going, "Hey, I see you do a lot of cryptic crosswords; well, this app will save you loads of time. It will do them for you! Okay, badly, but it will improve! What do you say?"
Even if it worked (and it doesn't) it is taking away the fun part!

Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 4d

People who think the idea of "give me ideas" is something genuinely creative people want have literally never experienced the absolute EUPHORIA of a brainstorming breakthrough, either solo or with a human collaborator. They don't understand what is happening when artists create, on a basic level.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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