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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks

@olinj.bsky.social

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Queer author of queer romance. Any pronouns. Really 3 trash pandas in a trench coat. 🔯 Getting My Goat, my debut romance novella, is available in paperback, ebook, & Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFWY7KCW website: https://jessicaolin.com

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 33m

I remember being literally afraid for my life and avoiding my favorite (gay) bar for a long while because the KKK was making noises about doing something.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 55m

So weird watching white liberals on this app repeatedly talk about the 90s like they were the good old days

Weird iteration of MAGA

Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 2h

only 16.2% of the time

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 2h

There are a few that are loudly terrifying.

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 15h

Is Viktor upside-down? No, but his belly is still on display.

A black and brown tabby is laying on his side with his belly exposed.

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 2h

Both of my main characters are queer and chill. And this will come up in the story, since there's a trans designer, a trans model, and an nb designer. #QueerPrompts

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 3h

Can't end on that note, so I leave you with this:

Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 5d

“The presence of frogs is often a mark of a healthy ecosystem, something we should strive to preserve.” – David Attenborough

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 3h

a close up of a man 's face with the word wow written on it

Alt: Owen Wilson saying wow

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 15h

Is Viktor upside-down? No, but his belly is still on display.

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, and happy birfday

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Laura the Spookiest of Ducks @fallenlights.net · 1d

Hey #portfolioday!
I'm Laura, a fantasy abstract fine artist that sometimes does illustrations! Huge fan of stories, whether they're a single line or pages upon pages. I work in watercolor, graphite powder, and gouache
My style vibes with what I need it to do
[email protected]
fallenlights.net

landscape of branches and roots growing around a small puddle of water. a blue raven stands above it with a feather in his beak, peering down into the water.

three small abstract landscape paintings. Green seaweed looking one, a green stone formation that can be a city or forest, and a green and yellow natural formation that can be a leaf breaking apart

Two book cover paintings. a blue one with a man and a sword, looking tired and worn, and a burnt hand besides him. the background is abstract shapes hidden by misty swirls.

The second image is of a city. There is a crowd of people that are just forms, and one man standing out in a red trenchcoat and white eyes staring at the viewer.

dark blue landscape of two woods meeting for a conversation. It can also possibly be a single tree split down the middle.

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Best one-liner in movie history?

Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Baba Yaga, Inc. is basically "what if Baba Yaga is a job instead of a person?" with some light cannibalism thrown in for a treat.

Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Werewoof boyfriend is an nb graphic designer human disaster bisexual and a m cheese maker werewolf disaster bisexual in my Monstrous Rochester series.
Fashionably Late is a romcom between the executive director of a queer community center and a fashion designer against a fashion design reality show.

Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

#SpoonieAuthChat biggest goal is getting to where I can type without pain again (after 4 weeks of PT, I can type, but it's not easy). As for writing goals:
1. edit werewoof boyfriend & send to editor
2. plan Fashionably Late (romance)
3. start researching for Baba Yaga, Inc. (horror)

Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 1d

Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), October 14, 2025:

We're in the latter months of the year! Any goals in mind for 2026?

(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

So close!!!

The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 1d

FREEDOM defeats PLAYING WITH FIRE, 82-79-1.

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Just realized I haven't shown you all the original art I bought from @fallenlights.net. I spent a perhaps unwise amount on it, but I tried and failed to resist. (Haven't decided where I'm hanging it yet.)

A painting with aquas and golds and grays that looks abstract at first but then resolves into a spectral and beautiful deer.

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Right???

Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

So much of "literary fiction" is really just "literary wanking". Focusing more on how they say things instead of what they're saying ends with the story as a victim. (Not all, mind you, but soooooo much.)

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Also, A+ choice of music.

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #portfolioday 👋

My name is Denis, and I'm a children's book illustrator who likes stories full of heart, bold lineart, limited palettes, and painterly textures. #kidlitart

🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
📚 Represented by Emily Talbot, United Agents (UK) and Susan Hawk, Upstart Crow Literary (US)

Illustration of a child kneeling on top of his desk wearing pajamas and showing a teddy bear the Ursa Major constellation through the window

llustration of a giant squid, a duckling and a kid in a bathtub. The squid is looking curious trying to get the attention of the kid with its tentacles. The child is looking right at us in fear. The duckling is standing between the two, wings spread out, trying to defend the kid

Illustration of a two anthromorphic zebras in a sculpture studio. One of them has no stripes and is sculpting a bust of the other zebra who is sitting in a stool with her eyes closed

Illustration of a little girl and her dad in the kitchen. The dad is stirring a meal in a pot on the stove. There are aroma lines coming out of the pot and the girl has closed her eyes and is taking in the smell. There is a black cat peeking above the counter top and looking at the pot.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all, we've almost beaten Neil Young. Vote Spacemen 3! You won't regret it!

The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 2d

The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #96
#22 Neil Young, FREEDOM
vs.
#43 Spacemen 3, PLAYING WITH FIRE

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The Best Album of 1989 Round 2 Match #96: Neil Young vs. Spacemen 3

This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Monday, October 13th 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 3 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I highly s...

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #Portfolioday
I'm a book cover artist and character designer for Achillean romance and MM books in various sub-genres.
I work with fantasy, urban fantasy, historical romance and adventure, and can do cyberpunk, steampunk. I'm style-flexible if a project interests me.

www.thistle-arts.com

Cover art for a 2nd book in the series called 52 HZ
It shows a young man with black hair and his eyes closed floating in water and a huge whale is visible behind his head.
Another man with read hair is sitting in the director's chair in the front plane as if he's imagining the first young man as his creative vision.

Book cover art for "Blood Sails" by Sierra. J. Meril
Two white men caught ina dynamic fight on a deck of a pirate ship.
They are both dressed in richly decorated pirate clothes. One is a mage and has a fire spell ready to launch that is in a shape of a fiery bird. The other hold a sabre. Despite them fighting some erotic tention is palpable between them

A book cover: Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro. The cover has three men: an auburn-haired man, a black-haired man, and a blond man, all dressed in early 19th century clothing, all clearly sailors. The auburn-haired man is embracing the black-haired man across the shoulders. The blond is standing protectively by, holding the hilt of his sword.

Cover of "The Mage and his stolen prince" by J.E. Ridge

A young man in black clothes and long silver hair sits on a stone ruin. Another man with bright red hair sits near his feet and leans his head towards the blond man's knee.
They both hold magical purple flowers in their hands.
A beautiful mysterious garden is in the background.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1d

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Dormice count reveals 'bumper' breeding season

"Volunteers from the Hampshire Dormice Group, who have been carrying out surveys to monitor the tiny mammal, said the warm, dry summer had allowed them more time to breed."

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Dormouse survey reveals 'bumper' breeding season in Hampshire

This year's warm, dry summer appears to have allowed dormice more time to breed.

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