Sam (he/they)
@samusc31.bsky.social
Autistic Genderfluid Librarian Mathematician
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Lovely review of THE DEAD WITHHELD by L.D. Lewis over at the Blerd Library 📚
theblerdlibrary.com/2025/11/17/t...
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The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis: A Sapphic Paranormal Neo-Noir Review
Neon Hemlock has another hit on its hands with The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis. Published in 2025, the sapphic paranormal neo-noir novella follows Desdemona “Dizzy” Carter in her quest to find the mur...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lovely review of THE DEAD WITHHELD by L.D. Lewis over at the Blerd Library 📚
theblerdlibrary.com/2025/11/17/t...
theblerdlibrary.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Wondering what are the BEST science fiction and fantasy books of 2025? I got you covered! Here are ten fantastical books that rocked my world and keep snagging in my mind.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy novels of 2025
From an indigenous vampire story to the tale of two sisters living in a cosmic whale, this year’s books kept us guessing.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wondering what are the BEST science fiction and fantasy books of 2025? I got you covered! Here are ten fantastical books that rocked my world and keep snagging in my mind.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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Sephiroth is in blue (about to shed) and I got a pretty picture of his pale colors :^)
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sephiroth is in blue (about to shed) and I got a pretty picture of his pale colors :^)
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For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For #transawarenessweek, a bump for Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity!
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
Featuring contributors from across the globe, including both familiar and fresh voices, it gathers 22 speculative stories about queer and trans futures—and I hope at least one of them will hit for you 🖤
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It’s a beautiful day for a General Strike.
January 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s a beautiful day for a General Strike.
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Sharing this here for anyone able to help support Alice’s family and her projects.
Please repost and share!
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Please repost and share!
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This is the GoFundMe that will support Alice’s family and ongoing projects: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help Alice Stay In Community, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us.
A… yomi wrong needs your support for Help Alice Stay In Community
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November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sharing this here for anyone able to help support Alice’s family and her projects.
Please repost and share!
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Please repost and share!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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MAKE ME BETTER is my forthcoming novel about the horrors of community. It is about cults, wellness, control, and the things we will do to escape grief.
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
MAKE ME BETTER is my forthcoming novel about the horrors of community. It is about cults, wellness, control, and the things we will do to escape grief.
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Sometimes it hurts to grow -- but your community believes that you can be made pure.
It comes out in May.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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“Covid has never ended,
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.
Which side are you on?
Put a mask back on!”
ICYMI I made pro-mask lyrics for the classic union rights song ‘Which Side are You on?’, check it out— & mask up! 😷
www.patreon.com/posts/141233...
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.
Which side are you on?
Put a mask back on!”
ICYMI I made pro-mask lyrics for the classic union rights song ‘Which Side are You on?’, check it out— & mask up! 😷
www.patreon.com/posts/141233...
Lyrics: Put a Mask Back On ("Which Side are You On?") | The Ailing Witch
Get more from The Ailing Witch on Patreon
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November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Covid has never ended,
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.
Which side are you on?
Put a mask back on!”
ICYMI I made pro-mask lyrics for the classic union rights song ‘Which Side are You on?’, check it out— & mask up! 😷
www.patreon.com/posts/141233...
Measles and flu abound;
Instead of giving sick days
They’ll put us in the ground.
Which side are you on?
Put a mask back on!”
ICYMI I made pro-mask lyrics for the classic union rights song ‘Which Side are You on?’, check it out— & mask up! 😷
www.patreon.com/posts/141233...
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i spent all last night thinking about tales from the borderlands tbh. i can't even remember how it came up but god i loved that game
It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
i spent all last night thinking about tales from the borderlands tbh. i can't even remember how it came up but god i loved that game
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Oh, we already knew. “I have not found one single instance of a straight person risking, helping, protecting a queer and trans person during this history,” Newsome said. “Not a single one."
"Friends" were horrible about my attempt to get out of here. Had to give up.
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
"Friends" were horrible about my attempt to get out of here. Had to give up.
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
Holocaust Researcher Says Up to 1/3 of Imprisoned LGBTQ+ People Reported by Friends and Family
A new exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center aims to shed light on the diversity of LGBTQ+ Holocaust stories.
www.them.us
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Oh, we already knew. “I have not found one single instance of a straight person risking, helping, protecting a queer and trans person during this history,” Newsome said. “Not a single one."
"Friends" were horrible about my attempt to get out of here. Had to give up.
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
"Friends" were horrible about my attempt to get out of here. Had to give up.
www.them.us/story/lgbtq-...
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done! it's better now. *manifesting manifesting*
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
done! it's better now. *manifesting manifesting*
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here, have another for the road #hellosunshinespoilers
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
here, have another for the road #hellosunshinespoilers
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Today is the last day of queer history month, which also happens to be Halloween… so what better time is there to read The Woods All Black?
An historical Appalachian gothic about queer-trans bodily autonomy and resistance ft. bash-back revenge, monsterfucking—
An historical Appalachian gothic about queer-trans bodily autonomy and resistance ft. bash-back revenge, monsterfucking—
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today is the last day of queer history month, which also happens to be Halloween… so what better time is there to read The Woods All Black?
An historical Appalachian gothic about queer-trans bodily autonomy and resistance ft. bash-back revenge, monsterfucking—
An historical Appalachian gothic about queer-trans bodily autonomy and resistance ft. bash-back revenge, monsterfucking—
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its a cozy fall day AND im gay
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
its a cozy fall day AND im gay
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Trying to get to 1000 letters by tomorrow... actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trying to get to 1000 letters by tomorrow... actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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When a poisoned newspaper columnist asks Dr. Miles Singer to find his murderer, following the trail uncovers the kind of secrets a nation can't survive.
but maybe with secrets like that, it shouldn't.
The Kingston Cycle - available wherever fine books are sold.
Audio: libro.fm/search?q=C.L...
but maybe with secrets like that, it shouldn't.
The Kingston Cycle - available wherever fine books are sold.
Audio: libro.fm/search?q=C.L...
The Kingston Cycle | Series | Macmillan
About this Series
C. L. Polk’s historical fantasy s...
us.macmillan.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When a poisoned newspaper columnist asks Dr. Miles Singer to find his murderer, following the trail uncovers the kind of secrets a nation can't survive.
but maybe with secrets like that, it shouldn't.
The Kingston Cycle - available wherever fine books are sold.
Audio: libro.fm/search?q=C.L...
but maybe with secrets like that, it shouldn't.
The Kingston Cycle - available wherever fine books are sold.
Audio: libro.fm/search?q=C.L...
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...
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Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
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Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
CDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union Pressure
Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio...
www.afge.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
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Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost
- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!
NSFW and erotica welcome.
#WriteSky #BookSky
- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!
NSFW and erotica welcome.
#WriteSky #BookSky
September 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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General strike anyone?
September 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
General strike anyone?
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I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
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also it has really really good music
Listen to me. You have to watch The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. You have to see these fucking puppets dude. There's a puppet show within the show where the puppets are using puppets and it fuckin rips shit. The skeksis are so shitty and I love them and they are all my friends.
September 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
also it has really really good music