Frances Pauli
@francestypes.bsky.social
Author of the Serpentia and Sunrunner series. Typewriter nut, tea addict, mother, furry, snake wrangler, and sometimes artist. francespauli.com linkree: https://linktr.ee/francespauli
#amwriting today for the first time in a long time and I can't believe I let it go so long. Feels amazing to make words!
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#amwriting today for the first time in a long time and I can't believe I let it go so long. Feels amazing to make words!
Y'all should buy this. Like... everybody.
It’s publication day for my short story collection, The Analog Cat! ⌚🐈
If you enjoy the kind of whimsical nonsense I post to social media, my fiction is pretty much the same thing but longer and with a plot.
If you enjoy the kind of whimsical nonsense I post to social media, my fiction is pretty much the same thing but longer and with a plot.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Y'all should buy this. Like... everybody.
Time for some free fantasy reads, including the first Changeling Race novel and the start of Kingdom's gone. Happy holiday reading! claims.prolificworks.com/gg/5H907Smp3...
Summon the Magic: Fantasy Group Giveaway
It’s time to find your new favorite author! This Group Giveaway is hosted by the Prolific Works team and features books you won’t want to miss. Claim as many as you’d like and enjoy your new reads!
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December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Time for some free fantasy reads, including the first Changeling Race novel and the start of Kingdom's gone. Happy holiday reading! claims.prolificworks.com/gg/5H907Smp3...
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I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
This is quite clever and, in my experience, accurate.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is quite clever and, in my experience, accurate.
Wholesomeness. Enjoy
❄️❤️ THANK YOU!
Snow Bear has passed 85,000 views in just over a day.
I was teaching a workshop all day so I'm just catching up on all your amazing messages…
You’re incredible. 🙏🐻❄️
Watch here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xOXolSQcEb4
Snow Bear has passed 85,000 views in just over a day.
I was teaching a workshop all day so I'm just catching up on all your amazing messages…
You’re incredible. 🙏🐻❄️
Watch here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xOXolSQcEb4
SNOW BEAR - A Hand-Drawn Animated Short Film (4K) by Aaron Blaise
🎬 *SNOW BEAR – Finally FREE For Everyone!*🐻❄️ *SNOW BEAR – THE CARD GAME (KICKSTARTER LAUNCH)* https://bit.ly/4isMd20*Snow Bear is a hand-drawn animated s...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Wholesomeness. Enjoy
This is horrific.
This is just..... Wow.
chat are we cooked
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is horrific.
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I have a couple books in an Itchio bundle coming up, organized by @aimeecozza.com. If you want to support artists whose incomes have taken a hit by Mastercard's Queerphobic Bullshit, well, on Friday we get 100% of all sales.
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
#BookSky #FurryLit 📚📦
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
#BookSky #FurryLit 📚📦
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I have a couple books in an Itchio bundle coming up, organized by @aimeecozza.com. If you want to support artists whose incomes have taken a hit by Mastercard's Queerphobic Bullshit, well, on Friday we get 100% of all sales.
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
#BookSky #FurryLit 📚📦
itch.io/b/3410/creat...
#BookSky #FurryLit 📚📦
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Reposted by Frances Pauli
Cover reveal for Plott Hound Issue 3 (by @madbrake.bsky.social) ✨🍂
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cover reveal for Plott Hound Issue 3 (by @madbrake.bsky.social) ✨🍂
Very sorry and angry to hear this today.
Saw this on the other site and wanted to share it here. Furry artist ardwoof has been detained by ice for the last few weeks. here is the GoFundMe link their family/friends have set up to help with their legal fees:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-johan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-johan...
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Very sorry and angry to hear this today.
Let this quote reign. "Then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Let this quote reign. "Then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Adorables.
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Adorables.
A really exceptional addition to the world of Dr. Moreau tributes. I love this one. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Island with the Animals - Uncanny Magazine
It’s a game, Sage tells Brianna, the island with the animals. She is the third of Brianna’s clients to mention it, but the first to explain. You played as this cosmetic vivisectionist at an island res...
www.uncannymagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A really exceptional addition to the world of Dr. Moreau tributes. I love this one. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
When the dead character is not really dead but the live character is really undead... writer vague-posting. 💙📚
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When the dead character is not really dead but the live character is really undead... writer vague-posting. 💙📚
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Holy fuck
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Holy fuck
100% will use your work to train AI. adios
Another one bites the dust.
Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it.
They will use your writing to train AI.
Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it.
They will use your writing to train AI.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
100% will use your work to train AI. adios
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
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"My reflection off the mirror reminds me that I’m not enough."
"Write a story about someone who breaks an unwritten social rule and the consequences they face as a result."
"I've been trying to find the perfect gift for..."
#WeeklyPawmpt
"Write a story about someone who breaks an unwritten social rule and the consequences they face as a result."
"I've been trying to find the perfect gift for..."
#WeeklyPawmpt
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"My reflection off the mirror reminds me that I’m not enough."
"Write a story about someone who breaks an unwritten social rule and the consequences they face as a result."
"I've been trying to find the perfect gift for..."
#WeeklyPawmpt
"Write a story about someone who breaks an unwritten social rule and the consequences they face as a result."
"I've been trying to find the perfect gift for..."
#WeeklyPawmpt
Happy Samhain!
a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .
Alt: a cartoon skeleton is dancing in a cemetery .
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy Samhain!
My little free library is my pride and joy. Please download the app, get free books, trade books, enjoy and promote reading books! Come to the library. There could be several within walking distance.
When I was on my summer roadtrip across the US and Canada, I stopped at *dozens* of little free libraries. They are literally everywhere. If you've never been to one, their app has a map that shows you where they are (even works in Canada!).
I'm definitely doing this.
#LittleFreeLibrary
I'm definitely doing this.
#LittleFreeLibrary
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My little free library is my pride and joy. Please download the app, get free books, trade books, enjoy and promote reading books! Come to the library. There could be several within walking distance.
Scarburst
Change one letter, ruin a candy
A&M
A&M
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Malky Way
(For you Simpons fans.)
Malky Way
(For you Simpons fans.)
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Scarburst
Stoked about this news!!
Congratulations @kyellgold.com!
We love to see writers being recognized for their contributions to the fandom. ❤️
We love to see writers being recognized for their contributions to the fandom. ❤️
Give a big, hearty howdy to our second Guest of Honor for Furlandia 2026: Kyell Gold!
Join us Memorial Day Weekend, May 22nd-24th, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Portland!
Join us Memorial Day Weekend, May 22nd-24th, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Portland!
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Stoked about this news!!
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y'all
please tell me I'm not the only one low-key traumatized by these images of the East Wing being demolished by Trump
(I'm horrified by everything else too, but this image...it's the literal destruction of *our* white house to make a palace for Trump...why is *anyone* okay with this??)
please tell me I'm not the only one low-key traumatized by these images of the East Wing being demolished by Trump
(I'm horrified by everything else too, but this image...it's the literal destruction of *our* white house to make a palace for Trump...why is *anyone* okay with this??)
The Treasury Department told employees not to share images of the White House demolition.
The people's house is being destroyed for Trump's tacky $200 MILLION ballroom.
The people's house is being destroyed for Trump's tacky $200 MILLION ballroom.
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
y'all
please tell me I'm not the only one low-key traumatized by these images of the East Wing being demolished by Trump
(I'm horrified by everything else too, but this image...it's the literal destruction of *our* white house to make a palace for Trump...why is *anyone* okay with this??)
please tell me I'm not the only one low-key traumatized by these images of the East Wing being demolished by Trump
(I'm horrified by everything else too, but this image...it's the literal destruction of *our* white house to make a palace for Trump...why is *anyone* okay with this??)