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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · 6d

I truly hope you enjoy it!

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · 6d

Totally agreed, in every way. That great hall is stunning.

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome to JoCo, @amalelmohtar.com !!! So excited to see you there!

(Unless you’ve been before and I missed it, in which case, welcome back!)

JoCo Cruise @jococruise.bsky.social · 7d

Announcing the JoCo Cruise 2026 featured guests! We have some amazing newcomers, as well as returning fan favorites and old friends. Visit our website for more information about this stellar line up!
#jococruise #jococruise2026

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Sep 9

Brief and lovely, and worth the read.

Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Cook would do what she loved until the end."

😭😭😭😭

love a story that makes me cry before 9am

Kel Coleman @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

ICYMI, I have a new story out in Lightspeed Magazine about lovers aboard a doomed science vessel!!

It's short but loaded with joy and grief and lavish descriptions of alien and not-so-alien food.

Check it out:
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/last...

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Gina Kellogg @gsew.bsky.social · Sep 9

Learning from detail.

A quilting mentor once wrote that you can use 100 colors as long as there’s a place to rest your eye.
I think this is true of chaos. We can handle chaos as long as we can find a place to rest our souls and spirits.

#quiltsky #artsky #fiberart #artyear #parts #chaos #rest

Detail of an art quilt. Many colors divided by Black giving the eye a place to rest. This detail teaches me that we can handle all sorts of over-the-top chaos as long as we can find a place to rest, our souls and spirits.

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Aug 26

Forget #goals, this is a #plan

World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

In a world full of so much misery, you can ALWAYS rely on bollards to make things better.
#WorldBollardAssociation

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The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · Aug 24

ok I synthesized a few ideas and I think I figured out how to explain basically all goth music

an alignment chart where the axes are CLUB/DUNGEON and DRACULA/CIRCUS

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yup, I wish that JK Rowling feels all the fear and pain that her actions have caused. Her direct action has caused pain, wouldn’t be unreasonable for her to get some in return.

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Aug 16

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people

reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · Aug 17

🔭 Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand

Image Credit & Copyright: Witta Priester

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25081...

Trees and mountains line the bottom of a landscape image with blue sky visible above. The sky is otherwise dominated by a large and unusual cloud that is brown and gold and has many waves and structures. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 12

Just saw someone repost this so I thought I'd resurface it for everyone. It's still relevant.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Dec 17

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Aug 9

This entire thread is made of magic.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 8

It was impossible given the absolute shrieking drama of the song that there would not be a metal version of "Golden" by now and in fact there are many and this is the one that hits the spot for me

youtu.be/7oj90Eare4c

KPOP Demon Hunters Goes METAL - GOLDEN Cover (ft. Marina La Torraca & Ashleigh Semkiw)

YouTube video by Kristin Starkey

youtu.be

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Aug 5

Love the color balance and pattern on this quilt. Fabulous!

Daisy Segal @daisy-rwc.bsky.social · Aug 4

Just finished the binding tonight! For my granddaughter when she gets a big girl bed! #quiltsky

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Maylin @blithespirit4.bsky.social · Aug 2

Incredible patchwork jacket stitched all over with intricate flowers to hide the patches. In the Stitching in WWII exhibit at the Festival of Quilts. #FOQ25

A cropped patchwork jacket covered with colourful, intricate embroidered flowers.

The back of the jacket showing a peplum also covered with embroidered stitches.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · Jul 30

Keep it weird, Austin!

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Chelsey Hahmann @chelsbells7.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hi everyone,

As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.

If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!

You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Have you listened to any audiobooks lately? I would love to hear your thoughts on audiobook narration via the link above.

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Jul 28

Absolutely gorgeous work!

Ann Brauer @annies330.bsky.social · Jul 28

I call this latest quilt "musings on autumn". I love the subtle colors of the light with the sun rising above the many joyous colors of the horizon. What do you think? #artquilt #originalquilt #art #women'sart #etsy #soldonetsy #piecedart

Pieced art quilt composed of many different fabrics with the sun rising into a golden sky above the reds and purples of the distant horizon. Beneath the land is the dusty greens of autumn. #quilted #originalart #landscape

A detail image of my new quilt showing some of the many cotton fabrics used to create the overall effect. #collage #improv #quiltsky

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Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · Jul 25

Oh...my....goodness.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Jul 25

Also, this is playing on loop: youtu.be/F2w6yHaoyOo?...

600 Songs From 1990-1999 Remixed Into 34 Minutes #TimsTwitterListeningParty

YouTube video by The Hood Internet

youtu.be

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HTTP 1.1/418 Have you ever retired a teapot by mistake? @rmd1023.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hey nerds! Phil Foglio is literally the guy who drew the bsd daemon. Give him a hand.

Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Professors are in trouble! @thephilfoglio.bsky.social and @kajafoglio.bsky.social are some of the kindest people in our industry, talented, hard-working, and currently getting screwed by situations. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-f...

Donate to Help the Foglios Through Unexpected Challenges, organized by Phil Foglio

We are Kaja & Phil Foglio, creators of the Girl Genius webcomic and owners … Phil Foglio needs your support for Help the Foglios Through Unexpected Challenges

www.gofundme.com

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Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 14

The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”

Homeland Security DHS account on X: Remember your Homeland's Heritage.
New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling

Jenn Koerber (she/her) @jkoerber.bsky.social · Jul 15

Hard same: I only need to go back to my great-grandparents on both sides to find new immigrants. They came to New York and stayed there, so my heritage is about subway wheels not wagon wheels.

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Jul 15

1) This is appalling
2) Bitch, half my forefathers were exhausted Polish people fleeing Hitler and the other half were exhausted Celtic types fleeing the English,* so MY homeland’s heritage mostly involves being insulted and really needing a nap.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 14

The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Jul 15

1) This is appalling
2) Bitch, half my forefathers were exhausted Polish people fleeing Hitler and the other half were exhausted Celtic types fleeing the English,* so MY homeland’s heritage mostly involves being insulted and really needing a nap.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jul 14

The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · Jul 14

so wild there are these threads of radiant beauty just coursing through all things, and not only do we get to witness this glow, we get to pluck the strings ourselves and travel to the future or past through art and creation. all you have to do is reach out and strum to connect with the infinite

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Sew Pretty Arts @sewprettyarts.bsky.social · Jul 9

Maybe I'm just weird but I believe in lifting others up rather than trying to bring people down. We all have a story, and it's not as simple as A+B=C. My own story feels more like A+B+T/H-QxP=Z. I draw from everything around me, not just 1 piece or moment. That's what makes us, us. #quiltsky #artist

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · Jul 9

so caught up in the beauty of being alive today DANG im so grateful. sometimes i think 'how could i ever repay this?' the thought can be daunting, but amazing thing about the universe is it also says 'you dont HAVE to repay, everything you GIVE is a bonus' and that is SO inspiring to give even more

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Kimberly Vanderhorst @kymburlee.bsky.social · Jul 6

she is a wilding
in a box-happy world
a chaos quilt stitched together
with starlight and summonings

she is a clamouring of clouds
a thrillling of transparency
a wallowing of willows
a throbbing of time

she is the dance
and the music also
the sky and the storm
the wind and the winging

#poetry

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