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tallboy66.bsky.social @tallboy66.bsky.social · 14h

**Illinois intensifies**

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 14h

**Michigan intensifies**

Mt bike leaning on a tree at the foot of some lovely Michigan sand hills in droughted autumn

Looking steeply down some lovely Michigan sand hills in droughted autumn

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Rebecca Campbell @rebeccacampbell.bsky.social · 18h

A brief post for the new book out this week. I moved across the country in August, packed up our life in Ontario and came home to the Saanich inlet. Which happens to be where much of this collection is set.

#theothershore #clifi #stelliformpress #sciencefiction

whereishere.ca/2025/10/02/t...

The Other Shore & Coming Home

I’m writing this post from Saanich inlet, a place that’s in many of my stories, whether I name it or not. We’ve moved back to the west coast, and it’s strange how quickly On…

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 21h

Already today, Israel has:

-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza

-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis

-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City

-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia

All in violation of the “ceasefire.”

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 19h

In related news, anybody want to buy a set of revised dual lands so I can get more solar panels and a house battery

leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 20h

the magic: the gathering card "bagel and schmear" from the spider-man magic: the gathering set. Yes this is a real card that is legal to play

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 20h

They made me send them a scan of my driver's license so they can dox me later if they need to

Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 20h

Twelve days later, 7 days past their 5 day deadline, our account has at last and without explanation been reinstated at PayPal! Q3 2025 payments are going out to 51 independent presses even now. Thank you all very much for your patience

"Your account has been restored

We reviewed the information you provided for Reference ID - PP-L-593020318334 and have removed the limitation placed. You’ll now be able to access any feature that was limited before.

We appreciate your patience in helping us resolve this issue."

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Grist @grist.org · 21h

Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative.

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#Michigan #MI #AI #Policy #Politics

A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative

Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution and higher electric rates.

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 1d

Area writer bewildered to find that finishing their book has not, in fact, magically made them either an extrovert or neurotypical.

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Jay 🌲➡️ Howloween 2025 @telekitnetic.bsky.social · Jun 21

Let's get an Indigenous art share going too!! If you're an Indigenous/First Nations artist, vendor, beader, etc, share your work and links below!!

#IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤

A picture of various formline stickers piled on top of each other. In bold red gradient text reads "Indigenous People's Day Art Share".

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 1d

For many of us, being Indigenous means living btwn worlds, rebuilding what was taken, creating a future where our grandkids won’t have to explain why their heritage matters. We’e the prayers of those who came before us & the proof that their strength worked.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #RedRiverMétis

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

Upon his first visit to what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Christopher Columbus posted men who spent the next year roaming the island in gangs, looking for gold and taking women and children for sex and labor.

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MassLive @masslive.bsky.social · 3d

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old held at ICE adult detainee facility

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old from ICE custody

The federal court ruled the boy must be freed unless immigration officials can justify detaining a juvenile with adult detainees at the Burlington facility.

www.masslive.com

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Lalo @lalo-atx.bsky.social · 1d

Today is (or was, depending) Columbus Day.

I can’t encourage you enough to go read 1493 by the very thoughtful Charles Mann @charlescmann.bsky.social.

1493 engages frankly with the changes wrought upon the world from connecting Europe to Asia through the Americas.

Fascinating, and educational.

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 1d

"The whole world is a feast of runaway craving" is the opening line of this poem and IMO a very strong argument for why you need to read it today

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 1d

Today in A CHORUS, DIVERGENT, Kaye Boesme's long, beautiful, classically erudite poem about cutting down trees, "After Erysichthon", which originally appeared in Reckoning 4: reckoning.press/after-erysic...

After Erysichthon | Reckoning

The whole world is a feast of runaway craving, of a curse that has outrun its uses. Early on, our ancestors twisted up, moved root through rock, spread fragile first leaves wide. All land was new, mou...

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 1d

My cousin Gina Lombardi, single mom of two who never genocided anybody and is the sole member of our generation to carry on the stoneworking legacy of the Massachusetts DeLucas amherstbulletin.com/2022/10/04/c...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

For months I've been following what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.

"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up"
www.404media.co/what-happene...

What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

www.404media.co

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 2d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

This is either clever or crazy or both: a UK company will install, in your home, a miniature data center, about the size of a heat pump, to serve as your home heating.

UK Power Networks helping SHIELD vulnerable customers from Fuel Poverty

Customers struggling with energy bills could soon benefit from low-cost heating, thanks to an award-winning UK Power Networks innovation that re-uses heat from mini data centres.

www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 2d

Crying right now. This is my first ever award, and I am so honored. <3

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2d

@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Short Story
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2025 Winner Outstanding Short Story: WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ by Caroline M. Yoachim

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t know what to say before, with Thyme Travellers winning just now. All I have to say is please continue to support Palestinians loudly and without apology.

So much love to you all!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2d

The Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to Genre goes to @soniasulaiman.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards

2025 Winner The Ember Award: Sonia Sulaiman

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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