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Mattilda B Sycamore

@mbsycamore.bsky.social

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New novel, TERRY DACTYL, out Nov 11, 2025 from Coffee House in US & Cipher in UK!⚡🌷Also: TOUCHING THE ART, THE FREEZER DOOR, BETWEEN CERTAIN DEATH AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE + working on ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK ++ https://www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 16h

Yes, the book tour for TERRY DACTYL is coming right up, please spread the word!!🎉🎉 Starting at the Seattle Art Museum on 10/25, 3 pm & then In conversation w/ @alexanderchee.bsky.social in NYC, Jennifer Natalya Fink in DC, Jeannie Vanasco in Baltimore, & @lenizumas.bsky.social in Portland💎⚡🔥

MATTILDA BERNSTEIN SYCAMORE ON TOUR WITH TERRY DACTYL

10/25 SEATTLE ART MUSEUM BOOKS SOLD BY ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO.

11/19 THE STRAND NEW YORK, NY WITH ALEXANDER CHEE

12/1 POLITICS & PROSE WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH JENNIFER NATALYA FIOK

12/3 GREEDY READS BALTIMORE, MD WITH JEANNIE VANASCO

1/13 POWELL'S BOOKS PORTLAND, OR WITH LENI ZUMAS

MASKS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 14h

More updates when I can but it got pretty brutal down at ICE. Multiple arrests and looked like maybe even some dearrests. So many pepper balls roof cops even shot other DHS agent in the head

Feds piled on top of someone on the ground

Fed getting shot in head with pepper ball by roof cop

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 10h

"ICE EAT MY ASS"⚡

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 14h

Right as I finished filming the video from first post the word naked bike ride arrived with at least a thousand people. I watched them ride thru for 5 minutes straight and they were still coming in in the pouring rain

Someone’s back says ICE eat my ass with their ass out

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 14h

Reporting to you live from War Ravaged Portland

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 11h

My favorite part of this recording is hearing someone say "finally, about time"💥

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 22h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @lizafella.bsky.social · 20h

This is brilliant!

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 11h

"How can the industry work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses?" Learned a lot from this open letter🌟

David Frankel @daveyfrankel.bsky.social · 1d

It's been tough going for small publishers for a while, but they continue to publish a lot of the most exciting new work, and are the main supporters of the short story as a form. Support indie publishing when you can!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 11h

Solidarity forever...🎶

BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 13h

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 11h

But is there an LCD Soundsystem cover band called LSD Soundsystem, just imagine those remixes.

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 14h

Hooray for this historic preservation!💥

Manuel Betancourt @bmanuel.bsky.social · 14h

A highlight of my visit to Bend, OR for their fab film festival was time traveling to the early 2000s inside the very last Blockbuster.

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Wheredafukarwi @wheredafukarwi.bsky.social · 14h

😂😂😂🤩

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

Portland continues to amaze me 👏

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 14h

Eclectic Laundry
Eclectic, AL

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 14h

💰🟨💰

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Hannah Matthews @hannahmatthews.bsky.social · 15h

Congress Street, Portland, Maine

a painting of Bisan in her press vest, on a boarded up window, and someone has written LET GAZA LIVE

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 15h

Honey, Portland is knocking it out of the park🎲🎲🎲

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

There was a brief Die In on the Burnside Bridge

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 15h

what STOP how is that much blue sky possible💙

Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 15h

Registration link for my New York City book launch on Wednesday, November 19th, 7 pm at @strandbookstore.bsky.social (in conversation with Alexander Chee), get ready🎉🎉🎉🎉
www.eventbrite.com/e/mattilda-b...

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore + Alexander Chee: Terry Dactyl

Join us for a release event with iconic author and activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, discussing her new book Terry Dactyl.

www.eventbrite.com

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 15h

Here's the registration link for my book launch at the Seattle Art Museum on Saturday, October 25, 3 pm 🎉🎉🎉https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/whats-on/events/sam-talks-mattilda-bernstein-sycamore-oct-25

SAM Talks | Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | Seattle Art Museum

www.seattleartmuseum.org

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 16h

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tim d (he/him) @timdevin.bsky.social · 18h

spotted at the local pinball place in Somerville

Gilligans Island pinball game, with the banner that says protect trans youth

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Cory Johnston @skepticalleftist.bsky.social · 18h

The decay of the internet follows the same pattern as any system where power piles up. When ownership is concentrated, accountability fades. Algorithms get the blame, but they only reflect the priorities of the people who control them. Power decides what we see and who benefits.