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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 9h

YES

Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 9h

I have returned from Dallas with zero speeding tickets, which is one fewer than I got last trip.

I'm giving half the credit to me for driving slower than the prevailing (speeding!) traffic at all times, and half the credit to the Mexican vanilla milkshake. 👍

Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 3d

I really want to be in Dallas tomorrow but I really do not want to *drive* to Dallas tomorrow.

Unfortunately that's how I'm getting myself and my mother-in-law there as I promised.

I'm totally getting myself a Mexican vanilla milkshake on the way for breakfast.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 3d

I really want to be in Dallas tomorrow but I really do not want to *drive* to Dallas tomorrow.

Unfortunately that's how I'm getting myself and my mother-in-law there as I promised.

I'm totally getting myself a Mexican vanilla milkshake on the way for breakfast.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty!

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 3d

RIGHT?!

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 3d

No idea how I completely forgot to answer this, sorry! I did like getting a bit of knowing Gemma! Especially how they met, it was adorable! But like, we got 2 pieces of important info during that whole episode - yet at the end, *nothing had changed* for the characters. And I'm with you on your Qs.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3d

I was honestly blown away by this tender portrait of trans life behind bars, by LGBTQ+ incarcerated journalist B Speaks who spoke with a trans woman in his prison.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3d

What's it like for a trans woman in a men's prison? B Speaks brings us this haunting, hopeful look at a woman remaining true to herself through unimaginable hardship.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Freedom is Something You Carry Inside — Assigned

A trans woman’s account of life in a men’s prison in Georgia.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 3d

💌🩹

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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 3d

Would you like to host of postcard writing party to support Mass's right to read legislation? If so, we'll provide the postcards! Just fill out this form: airtable.com/app3MTRqolF2...

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

This is disgusting. The *laugh*.

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Lauren Morrill @laurenmorrill.bsky.social · 4d

Indie authors being expected to divest from Amazon while NYT bestsellers and every major publisher play in their landscape feels very similar to how Exxon tells individual households to lower their thermostats in winter to save the environment

Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 4d

My three audiobooks are currently exclusive to Amazon/Audible, because laziness and higher royalties, but I'd like to distribute them more widely. Except every time I investigate other platforms, it's like "Google Play will use your audiobook to train their AI." NO.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

It's gonna be a shock when y'all get up one morning and it's chilling at the kitchen table waiting for breakfast.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

I... didn't know they could or would do that. 😂

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

Leave Dr. Tingle out of this!! 😂

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 5d

Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.

It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!

Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this week is being unkind to you.

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