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Dale Stromberg

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Castigator of texts and poor devil of letters. Debut high fantasy novel Mæj pub’d 2024 by @traumbooks.bsky.social. My paperbricks: https://mybook.to/strombergish Quiet immigrant. Oya-baka. Regular fugly. S-class awkward. He/him.

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · Nov 14

I’ve picked up some new followers, so let me introduce myself.

I’m mostly boring; the most interesting thing about me is I PUBLISHED A NOVEL just last month. You might like to read it.

traumbooks.com/maej/

MAEJ is a high fantasy brick. Cover by Rachel A. Rosen @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social :

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The cover of MAEJ, a high fantasy novel. The cover art looks like it has been carved or sculpted. In the upper left, a whirlybug flies over a tentslum. In the upper right, a gryphon sits regally. The bottom half shows a frieze of five women. In the centre, two lines of text: Dale Stromberg, MAEJ. Copyright © 2024 by Rachel A. Rosen, designer extraordinaire and author of the Sleep of Reason series.

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 3h

Enjoyed this↓

Longtail News @longtail.news · 12h

Feed: "Electric Literature"
By: Sara Jaffe on Monday, October 13, 2025

Sleep Is a Runaway Train and I’m Tied to the Tracks

“My Sleep” from HURRICANE ENVY by Sara Jaffe, recommended by Leni Zumas

electricliterature.com

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sarah margaret (scary) 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 7h

say what you will about leonardo dicaprio but it's crazy that he painted sixteen chapels

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 7h

Hold on, did an establishment Democrat just endorse a popular idea that would help people?

Don’t pinch me yet, I’m not ready to wake up.

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 7h

NEW: In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, in the Queens Assembly district he represents, Gov. Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal child care.

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In Rare Joint Appearance, Hochul Backs Mamdani's Push for Universal Child Care

The governor acknowledged their differences, but said in a visit to Mamdani’s district that she has “found an ally” in making New York more affordable.

www.thecity.nyc

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 7h

Dozens of mentions of “high-income earners” and “low-income earners”.

Not one mention of “rich” or “poor”. Only one mention of “class”. We just happen to be “earning” differently.

When you pretend class doesn’t exist, yes, you will find it “shocking” to learn it does.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

There's a shocking disparity between how high-income and low-income earners feel about the economy

New JPMorgan data shows how Americans in different income brackets perceive the economy.

www.cnbc.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 10h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 18h

Well put.

Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 1d

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.

Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.

3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.

You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 20h

Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 20h

They'd rather lose elections than lose the donor base.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 22h

I'm castpixel, a senior illustrator and art director with more than 20 years of experience (ok, it's 21 years). One of the best pixelartists working today. I'm looking for a project.

Clients: WB Games, Minecraft, SEGA, HASBRO

Hire me! I make your game look good.

[ #portfolioday ]

My cover illustration for the game Space Jam a New Legacy, which I also art directed and animated #art

Screenshot from a pitch for a TMNT point-and-click adventure game featuring April o Neil as a mystery investigator

Isometric pixelart illustration for Minecraft, while I was working at Mojang. This is meant to show off the world and it's thrills. It lives in the how-to-play section in-game

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 21h

Rerender all the shots.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 23h

If you are typesetting a novel which contains long italicised passages, I beg you, choose a font with readable italics. Like, check this *before* you have committed to that particular font face.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 1d

If I can tell you how many semicolons I've used today, I haven't used enough semicolons today.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Abolish ICE.

If you work for ICE, quit right now.

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 1d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 1d

Mood

Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 1d

I have no friends so I am CLEARED TO SAY THIS

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 2d

ALSO

nobody has said these things but it’s a pet peeve

It is a HELICO-PTER (spinning wing), not HELI-COPTER. People say “heli” and I always want to correct them and say “helico” but that’s why my therapist said I don’t have friends

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Garlic Bread and Roses 🏴 @aceanarchist.bsky.social · 2d

Here is an excellent guide by @crimethinc.com about wearing goggles and masks to demonstrations. crimethinc.com/2020/09/02/a...

A Demonstrator’s Guide to Gas Masks and Goggles

Everything you need to know to choose the right gas mask or goggles to protect your eyes and lungs from chemical agents and projectiles.

crimethinc.com

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ahmed-hosam.bsky.social @ahmed-hosam.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the houses in Gaza have been destroyed and reduced to ashes. Everything in them is in ruins. There is no life in them, no houses, no water lines. Help us so that my family can survive and help them with the basics of life.

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

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

Get in touch with me!

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Dale Stromberg @stromberg.bsky.social · 1d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa is funded almost entirely by the fossil fuel industry and with enough solar panels and windmills the real americans could topple the whole satanic cabal

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 2d

❤️🙏

Karam Almadhoun @karam2020.bsky.social · 2d

Our house was destroyed. We became homeless. We now live in a tent that is not fit for habitation.😭💔

We don't know where we will go. We are very frustrated. Your help in these times means a lot and gives us hope to live this life.

I hope you can help me and my family.🥹🙏⬇️

gofund.me/84663fd57

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

This is also why arguments against the term apartheid's applicability on the basis that Israel's regime of control over Palestinians does not constitute a racial one all fall flat, because race is a construct and there are infinite ways to construct it as a result. The US's way is only one way.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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tRaum Books @traumbooks.bsky.social · 2d

"Queer Black vampires giving the finger to Dracula, and a badass cult survivor who'll steal your heart <3" and the physical remaster of this book is still available through the one and only Powell's Bookstore!! 🔽❣️🥹 Supporting indie writers through indie bookstores!
www.powells.com/book/darknes...

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 2d

Muriel Eddy: hello dear readers
Eddy: are you ready for some delicious gossip about your good friend hp lovecraft?
Eddy: remember you heard it hear first
Eddy: off the record, on the QT, and very hush hush

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