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Renee Carter Hall

@rcarterhall.bsky.social

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Fantasy/science fiction author for MG/YA/adults. Loves cats, tea, & books of all sorts. Member of SFWA, SCBWI, Codex, Furry Writers' Guild. Blue dot in a red state. Still masking because the pandemic isn't over. She/her. https://linktr.ee/reneecarterhall

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Renee Carter Hall @rcarterhall.bsky.social · 14d

Hi new followers! I write fantasy/sf for MG/YA/adults, specializing in talking animal characters for all those age groups.

If you want to check out my work, here's some you can read for free:

My free ebook Six Impossible Things

Free short stories on my Patreon

And for news I have a mailing list!

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Emmy Brown Illustration @emmbrr.bsky.social · 1h

#PortfolioDay Hello! I’m Emmy, a children’s book illustrator primarily working with anthro animal characters. I’m open for PBs & chapter books with availability for all of 2026 🤍

emmybrownillustration.com
[email protected]

Two frogs sitting around a campfire. One plays the banjo and sings. The other sleeps. The image is a digital painting in mostly greens with an orange fire in the center

A digital painting of a pumpkin house on a black background. A ghost mouse with a trick or treat bag approaches the front door. A brown mouse looks out the window at it. They smile at each other

A black and white graphite drawing of four little kittens in a four post bed. They’re all sleeping except for one, who is playfully looking out of one open eye

A digital painting of a grey raccoon in a bluish grey trash can. He holds up a bunch of trash like it’s the best thing in the world

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 1h

<totters out onto porch>

<settles into rocker>

<thumps cane a few times>

Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.

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0r0ch1 @0r0ch1.bsky.social · 1d

Don't suppose anyone in the broke-ass US is in the market for a used Wacom Mobile Studio 16?

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 3h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 5h

Check out this important thread about protein powder lead. In America, things that are considered "dietary supplements" are only very mildly regulated, if at all.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 6h

Iconic artist Drew Struzan, who created the movie posters for Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Back to the Future, has passed away:

reactormag.com/drew-struzan...

Legendary Movie Poster Artist Drew Struzan Has Passed Away - Reactor

Drew Struzan was 78.

reactormag.com

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🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 10h

if i can get these costs covered i can start moving in tomorrow!!!

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Just Call Me Amanda🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ @amandabf.bsky.social · 20h

Skeleton holding an orange tabby. Caption reads when youre dead inside and sick of life but at least there are cats

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🍁 Juniper/Blomblida | #Weretober 🍁 @yeeniebeans.fiskiper.art · 18h

👩🏾 Black furry creatives? artists? musicians?
👨🏾‍🦱 Black furry writers, lyricists, poets?
🧕🏾 Black fursuit makers? craftmakers?
👵🏾 Black furries who wanna hype up other Black furries?

Let's make a thread of some Black work 👇🏾

(Non-Black furries: boost work you like, but enjoy our greatness in silence 🤫)

𝔰𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪 ☾🔞🏳️‍⚧️ @w0lfertinger666.bsky.social · 1d

queer spaces are so overly racially biased it makes me upset every time.

the lack of boosting black positivity or just interacting with black art is upsetting. black art, people, and characters aren't viewed in the same desirability as white characters.

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Creep-E-Coyote 𓃦 Zack Loup @straysongdog.com · 1d

Hey, it’s #furrybookmonth! Have you read Friendly Fire yet?

ebook: baddogbooks.com/product/frie...
Paperback: www.straysongdog.com

Friendly Fire explores gray morality, forbidden romance, & found family.

#furrywriter #furrywriting

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Oct 25

otherwindow on tumblr: "a dim and grim fantasy tavern but the drinks are very colourful and fruity with little umbrellas & curly straws"

Image is Strider in the Prancing Pony, with his hood up, smoking a pipe in the light of a flickering candle. His drink is a bright red, pink , and blue longdrink with a slice of lemon on the ring.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Oct 19

2 ferrets in cute woolen turtleneck sweaters, one light blue, one salmon pink.

topherchris on Tumblr:
I hope this image helps you cope with any problems you may be having.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 15d

Another day when I wish this reminder was not needed, but politicians, publications, etc., continue to share images without alt text, which means that folx with vision loss & other disabilities will not get access to whatever information is being conveyed in images, so PLEASE update your settings! 🙏🏽

Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · Jan 30

Do you care about access? 🫂

Please try updating your settings to prompt alt text descriptions with media! 🙏🏽

Under, Accessibility, you can select "Require alt text before posting" to remind you! 👀

That way, if you forget, then you are unable to post until you provide a description of your media! ✨️

Image Description: Against a dark background, text states:
Accessibility
Alt text
Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges
Haptics
Disable haptic feedback

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Caytlin (Tamberlane) // ⭐Read My Webcomic!⭐ @caytlin.tamberlanecomic.com · 1d

New website update dropped! With #Tamberlane's move to scene updates, you can now see:
- status of next scene's pages
- estimated public release date
- link to pages' patreon posts, if any
- the three latest Patreon posts
- my current status
tamberlanecomic.com

Tamberlane

A comic about a community of fuzzy woodland critters who find a human child... and have no idea what it is!

tamberlanecomic.com

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Renee Carter Hall @rcarterhall.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome! Happy birthday!

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Renee Carter Hall @rcarterhall.bsky.social · 1d

A shame they didn’t release them in the US. I would’ve lived off them until I got all the stickers.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 2d

I am very tired of this, but a quick review.

In America, it is legal for you to own your bullshit laser, no matter how it got into the county.

How you use your bullshit laser matters. Most jurisdictions escalate to felony for lighting up any law enforcement. Doing to them in the sky is ++Felony.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 2d

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

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MartyθΔ🐮🐻‍❄🏳‍⚧🇵🇸 @martybigburr.bsky.social · 3d

Hey yall I could really use some help to get some groceries while i job search! ive run out of all the food i had left, anything helps keep me from starving!

Cashapp: $merczy

ko-fi.com/martybigburr...

Buy MartyBigBurr a Coffee

Become a supporter of MartyBigBurr today!

ko-fi.com

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Anne Golden @annegolden.bsky.social · 2d

To all those saying “We’ll take the government back in the midterms”: 27 states use Dominion voting machines. Dominion has been sold to a new company, Liberty Vote, run by a former Missouri Republican election director, Scott Leiendecker. /

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Bold Bubbles @boldbubbles.com · 2d

The skies are clear with our "blue skies" scented #Data soap! You'll feel "fully functional" after #ShowerSunday with our favorite #StarTrek android. Data smells like clean cotton & so will you after your next sonic shower. Bonus: You can get him at a discount now! boldbubbles.com/products/sta...

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Allison Thai @thaisibir.bsky.social · 8d

"Mild Fish and Linen" by Veronica Mullin now free to read online!

"The name they had for him, or what passed for one, was a low tut and a breath through the nose, followed by a little rasp. It meant, as near as he could translate, 'Mild Fish and Linen.'"

plotthoundmag.com/mild-fish-an...

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Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com · 2d

for active military or if you know someone in the military:

“The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.”
www.nimj.org/top.html#/

Orders Project

The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may....

www.nimj.org

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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · May 26

Digital illustration (inked figures in a looser more watercolor-y background) of a frame from the movie The Neverending Story. Young, shaggy-haired Atreyu, hip-deep in swamp muck, is desperately pulling on the reins of his white horse, Artax, who is neck-deep in the same swamp. In a speech bubble Atreyu is saying, ‘Maybe it will happen today!’ If you recognize the reference you are already triggered and my work here is done.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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