Leaf 🍁(they/them)🏳️⚧️
@magneticcrow.com
A forest dweller, artist, and constant reader. Friend to cats Cinnamonopteryx and Hazelnutmegadon. Writes about birds, bugs, whatever I'm reading at the moment and my general wanderings. Jewish, nonbinary, autistic.
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Tachyon Publications is giving away a free copy of The Universe Box. Details on my blog.
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Win A Free Copy of The Universe Box
. Tachyon Publications has a small but painless contest--a chance to win a physical copy of my new short fiction collection, The Universe B...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Tachyon Publications is giving away a free copy of The Universe Box. Details on my blog.
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2026/01/win-...
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Take of the day: if your traffic lights force some pedestrians to stand on an island in the middle of the street then you've made the intersection more dangerous for everyone
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Take of the day: if your traffic lights force some pedestrians to stand on an island in the middle of the street then you've made the intersection more dangerous for everyone
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#Booksky Not unrelated, if we sell 11 copies of THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT from our webstore or 20 of our other titles, I can actually pay myself this month, which would be super handy right now. We invest in our local communities! #Minneapolis #smallbiz
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January 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
#Booksky Not unrelated, if we sell 11 copies of THE COMPLETE ASTREIANT from our webstore or 20 of our other titles, I can actually pay myself this month, which would be super handy right now. We invest in our local communities! #Minneapolis #smallbiz
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Are you currently 480th in line for an e-book and wondering why @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social doesn't just ... buy more copies?
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Are you currently 480th in line for an e-book and wondering why @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social doesn't just ... buy more copies?
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
The short answer: e-books are incredibly expensive. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to curb the excessive pricing from publishers, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
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Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
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For anyone who wants to help: Beth Israel has a donation form on their website and I've donated with a note it's for immediate fire recovery expenses. www.bethisraelms.org
Beth Israel Congregation
www.bethisraelms.org
January 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM
For anyone who wants to help: Beth Israel has a donation form on their website and I've donated with a note it's for immediate fire recovery expenses. www.bethisraelms.org
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Autistic people oppose a cure to autism and I have a hard time reconciling why that isn't the end to the conversation about it.
September 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Autistic people oppose a cure to autism and I have a hard time reconciling why that isn't the end to the conversation about it.
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If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.
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Yup, this. I'm personally seeing many on social, but younger folks especially, lean into the idea there's no such thing as objective truth + believe in conspiracy theories... and it's concerning.
I keep telling people that sharing misinformation from the left, just as much as misinformation from the right, furthers Trump's goal of getting people to believe there is no such thing as objective truth.
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Yup, this. I'm personally seeing many on social, but younger folks especially, lean into the idea there's no such thing as objective truth + believe in conspiracy theories... and it's concerning.
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all of this
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
all of this
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Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Avoiding my geopolitical anxiety by reading the Harvard Magazine obits, and damn this issue starts off with a banger
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For the first time in history, renewables have overtaken coal as the largest source of global electricity, with wind and solar covering all growth in the first half of the year. That’s why Science called renewable energy the breakthrough of the year. buff.ly/2Jeoldi
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January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
For the first time in history, renewables have overtaken coal as the largest source of global electricity, with wind and solar covering all growth in the first half of the year. That’s why Science called renewable energy the breakthrough of the year. buff.ly/2Jeoldi
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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im growing increasingly concerned that luck is not what lemon pigs are attracting
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
im growing increasingly concerned that luck is not what lemon pigs are attracting
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I am still working hard on learning/improving with watercolors. I like how this one turned out; the flowers got a little messier than I'd have liked, but I still learned a lot. 👍 And I have a good scan of the sketch that I can print on watercolor paper if I ever want to take another crack at it.
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I am still working hard on learning/improving with watercolors. I like how this one turned out; the flowers got a little messier than I'd have liked, but I still learned a lot. 👍 And I have a good scan of the sketch that I can print on watercolor paper if I ever want to take another crack at it.
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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To everyone who can openly declare that they are transgender,
and to everyone who cannot yet come out to those around them🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
The world has not yet fully seen the dawn, but let’s continue to support one another.
Chiitan is here with everyone’s hearts.
Everyone is beautiful♡
and to everyone who cannot yet come out to those around them🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
The world has not yet fully seen the dawn, but let’s continue to support one another.
Chiitan is here with everyone’s hearts.
Everyone is beautiful♡
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
To everyone who can openly declare that they are transgender,
and to everyone who cannot yet come out to those around them🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
The world has not yet fully seen the dawn, but let’s continue to support one another.
Chiitan is here with everyone’s hearts.
Everyone is beautiful♡
and to everyone who cannot yet come out to those around them🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
The world has not yet fully seen the dawn, but let’s continue to support one another.
Chiitan is here with everyone’s hearts.
Everyone is beautiful♡
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i’d die for her
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
i’d die for her
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How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
May 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
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*Grumble*
Do we HAVE to start a new year?
Do we HAVE to start a new year?
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
*Grumble*
Do we HAVE to start a new year?
Do we HAVE to start a new year?
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We report from high in the clouds, where there is warmth in the perishing light, and where things move fast in a way that makes sense. For this little while, we do not think about the tiredness of dark days, and the languor that the cold has wrapped our bones in.
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We report from high in the clouds, where there is warmth in the perishing light, and where things move fast in a way that makes sense. For this little while, we do not think about the tiredness of dark days, and the languor that the cold has wrapped our bones in.
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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 first magazines for 2026 are 2 days away, but in the meantime, we've just added @onspecmag.bsky.social #134 weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga... AND The Complete Astreiant series from @qospress.bsky.social weightlessbooks.com/the-complete...
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Our first magazines for 2026 are 2 days away, but in the meantime, we've just added @onspecmag.bsky.social #134 weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-maga... AND The Complete Astreiant series from @qospress.bsky.social weightlessbooks.com/the-complete...
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Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.
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A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)