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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️

@magicariot.com

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Author of trans magical girl novel “Magica Riot,” upcoming sequel "Magica Riot: Full Bloom,” and the Maidensong Magica universe. 43 year old trans lesbian from PDX. Lover of magical girls, sci-fi, anime, and games. SFWA member. She/her. magicariot.com

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · Jul 1

New trans girl Claire just found out the members of her fav Portland band are magical girls - and she's one, too! Now she’s out of the closet as the newest member of Magica Riot!

Check out the book Strange Horizons called "brilliant trans joy," in print, ebook, and audio. magicariot.com/magicariot

Artwork of the cover art of "Magica Riot," featuring protagonist Claire in her purple magical girl costuming posing in front of the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Across the top, artwork of her and the other four main characters in a park is placed. Around the book art are placed several blocks of text: "trans protagonist," "entirely queer cast," "found family energy," "thrilling action," "music-based magic," "goopy monsters," "useless lesbians," "modern-day Portland." A quote from Strange Horizons Magazine calling the book "Brilliant trans joy" comes next. Finally, text at the bottom reads: "Recommended if you like Sailor Moon, Symphogear, Pretty Cure, Power Rangers"

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V @visceralhit.bsky.social · Aug 6

Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1h

Christ

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 7h

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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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 18h

Instead of spending a fortune to revive ancient IP, just ... make something new. Maybe it'll also bomb, but maybe you'll create a new franchise.

@lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social says this all the time, with more eloquence.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 8h

would sure be nice for all of us out there *making* new stuff that would lend itself to film 😩

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 8h

would sure be nice for all of us out there *making* new stuff that would lend itself to film 😩

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 8h

I cannot wait for y'all to see the rest of this 👀

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Nikki 'Samyazan Scion' Ophan @nikkiophan.bsky.social · 9h

chat is this good

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 9h

I finally made something that is A Thing 🥹

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 9h

I've thought about these two Achewood panels a lot over the last year

Two panels from Achewood. In the first, Ray is riding in a motorcycle sidecar. He is looking at Roast Beef and saying, "Damn. This is a thing, isn't it?"

In the second panel, Roast Beef is driving the motorcycle, looking ahead. He is saying, "This is completely a thing. Our every move is the new tradition."

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 9h

oh heck thank you! 🥹

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 9h

this is not referencing anything specific it's just my general attitude

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 9h

Portland, bay-bee

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 10h

fortuitous that there is an "orange book" emoji

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 10h

📙

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 12h

A thing I think a lot of cishet folks don't appreciate is how reluctant many of us are to trust these days

And how much harder it gets when the few we do let us down

"If [NAME] could turn on me, so could anyone"

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 5d

Writing my queer magical girl rock band is now, officially, my job. So, if you'd like to support me, please consider buying a copy of the first book! The sequel is nearly ready for its big debut, so you're getting in on the ground floor of a new magical girl universe. 🥰 magicariot.com/buy

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SilverMoon9000 @silvermoon9000.bsky.social · 17h

New to my bookcase is Magica Riot @magicariot.com

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 15h

Aw heck thank you!

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The Strawberry Koala @strawberrykoala.bsky.social · 15h

@magicariot.com here at powell's right now getting my copy! #magicariot

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 17h

Aw yay! Thank you so much 🥹

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🌙 Jin ✨ @nyangjinart.bsky.social · 19h

Check it out!

About - Magica Riot - The Official Site

A novel about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.

magicariot.com

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🌙 Jin ✨ @nyangjinart.bsky.social · 19h

A little wip of YCH comm of Nova that I'm working on for @magicariot.com

A cropped digital art, "Your Character Here" commission of Nova from Magica Riot: Maidensong Magica Book 1, posing with a v sign hand gesture with a big smile. She has pale skin tone, light blue hair tied in pigtails, a bow tie matching her hair color, fingerless black gloves, a white v-neck shirt with a dark blue jacket.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20h

Fashy Cinemasins

That's what this is, the effect the proliferation of "anti-woke" youtube grifters have had on their audiences as a whole, stunting their ability to engage with media and training them to look for "DEI sins" to call out, atrophying their ability to enjoy the games they're playing.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 20h

I bought it on a whim and am nervous but I'm gonna try it 😅

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 20h

Yeah! It's a Japanese Blossom Pink edition PSP 3000.