Sarah Loch (she/her)
@sloch.bsky.social
Gemini Bisexual with ADHD, all over the place. Writer, reader, maker of thingies, recovering librarian. Romance published as Ariel Bishop: books2read.com/ArielBishop
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With Heated Rivalry popping up all over my socials, I guess now is a good time to remind y'all that I have a whole series of m/m (and in one case, m/m/m) hockey romance out there 🧵
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Including mine :)
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Including mine :)
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
• Everyone is queer
• Family curse
• Wildflowers bloom all over Death Valley at once
• but only after it uses a woman as a battery to do so
www.neonhemlock.com/books/death-...
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a question worth periodically reflecting on is why organisms have fat in the first place
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
a question worth periodically reflecting on is why organisms have fat in the first place
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Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
We now have a greater understanding of how exercise slows cancer
Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
www.newscientist.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow
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This fight over “should authors get paid for their work” debate boils down to this: many, MANY people do not see art as labor.
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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I come from working-class folk. I work a rotating set of freelance jobs, writing books among them. 75+ hour weeks, send myself on book tours on my own struggling dime, arrange all care for non-driving disabled partner & if I were to calculate my hourly wage I'd have to call a labor union on myself.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I come from working-class folk. I work a rotating set of freelance jobs, writing books among them. 75+ hour weeks, send myself on book tours on my own struggling dime, arrange all care for non-driving disabled partner & if I were to calculate my hourly wage I'd have to call a labor union on myself.
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This is a great time to remind everyone that Thom & I run Torch & Arrow, an Etsy shop w/ cool fandom things, 1-of-a-kind Goth stuff, pins, tie bars, cuff-links, jewelry, accessories, restored vintage goodies, my backlist books, sculpture & more! We're part of Etsy's big sale! torchandarrow.etsy.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is a great time to remind everyone that Thom & I run Torch & Arrow, an Etsy shop w/ cool fandom things, 1-of-a-kind Goth stuff, pins, tie bars, cuff-links, jewelry, accessories, restored vintage goodies, my backlist books, sculpture & more! We're part of Etsy's big sale! torchandarrow.etsy.com
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hey if you're interested in jewelry that does not cost seven thousand dollars and look like shit my shop is at nora.jewelry
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
hey if you're interested in jewelry that does not cost seven thousand dollars and look like shit my shop is at nora.jewelry
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
August 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
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URGENT: Rent due TODAY! $345/$925 raised; late fees begin on Dec 5.
Thanks to you I'm over 1/3 of the way there. Your shares can help me close the gap. 💜
Thanks to you I'm over 1/3 of the way there. Your shares can help me close the gap. 💜
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
URGENT: Rent due TODAY! $345/$925 raised; late fees begin on Dec 5.
Thanks to you I'm over 1/3 of the way there. Your shares can help me close the gap. 💜
Thanks to you I'm over 1/3 of the way there. Your shares can help me close the gap. 💜
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It’s awards eligibility season in publishing, and I’d be honoured if you would consider All the Stars in the Daylight Sky in your reading for YA novels (Andre Norton Nebula, Lodestar, Locus).
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
![“This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma brought about by past experiences with mass shootings and Covid-19…[An] empathic and accessible tale of belonging.” Publishers Weekly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ra5fowzg2p6xebdg72iyvxur/bafkreicjol3cac7hyagtragd5rj5cvb3tcnr25twcmxbcqhs6sj2s6ebqe@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It’s awards eligibility season in publishing, and I’d be honoured if you would consider All the Stars in the Daylight Sky in your reading for YA novels (Andre Norton Nebula, Lodestar, Locus).
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
I’m immensely proud of this book: a love letter to my Gaelic culture and our intergenerational bridges.
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hey, props to writers who got literally anything done this year.
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So hey. Pez is the GOAT, and things aren't going so hot for her right now. She could use some of our help.
www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
Donate to Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown, organized by Linda T
Pez. Potato. PezNo. PezYes. To know Pez is to know joy and laughter and occasionally needi… Linda T needs your support for Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown
www.gofundme.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So hey. Pez is the GOAT, and things aren't going so hot for her right now. She could use some of our help.
www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
www.gofundme.com/f/putting-th...
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Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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Featured story: After a hate incident, about 100 trans and gender nonbinary people flooded the spillway of Austin's most popular swimming spot to celebrate queer joy and show that they won't back down.
At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance
Following a transphobic incident earlier this year, community members gathered to "protect trans joy."
www.texasobserver.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Featured story: After a hate incident, about 100 trans and gender nonbinary people flooded the spillway of Austin's most popular swimming spot to celebrate queer joy and show that they won't back down.
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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Please help us support our editors and other staff so that we can keep publishing stories like this one!
globalvoices.org/donate/
globalvoices.org/donate/
September 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Please help us support our editors and other staff so that we can keep publishing stories like this one!
globalvoices.org/donate/
globalvoices.org/donate/
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a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
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It's Cyber Monday and many people are doing most excellent sales!
All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places!
Click away!
All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places!
Click away!
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's Cyber Monday and many people are doing most excellent sales!
All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places!
Click away!
All links to Amazon and Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option! They may be on sale other places!
Click away!
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This got filled at a good time because we just got hit with a $200 car work bill
Hi all,
I'm going to need some help making sure I can make rent next month. My progress is still going slowly and my ability to work is still not great, so I'm concerned about making ends meet as winter approaches. We appreciate any and all help! Thank you all!
#helpsky
gofund.me/a0978348
I'm going to need some help making sure I can make rent next month. My progress is still going slowly and my ability to work is still not great, so I'm concerned about making ends meet as winter approaches. We appreciate any and all help! Thank you all!
#helpsky
gofund.me/a0978348
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This got filled at a good time because we just got hit with a $200 car work bill
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A quick thread on the academic freedom angle to the OU situation:
First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work
First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A quick thread on the academic freedom angle to the OU situation:
First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work
First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work
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World AIDS Day. We remember.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
World AIDS Day. We remember.
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Last day to grab my award-winning novella TIKKA CHANCE ON ME for just $0.99! It’s going back up to $2.99 tonight. Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date either way, but you’ll love them more if you pay less. 🤣
#romancelandia
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
#romancelandia
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder
books2read.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Last day to grab my award-winning novella TIKKA CHANCE ON ME for just $0.99! It’s going back up to $2.99 tonight. Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date either way, but you’ll love them more if you pay less. 🤣
#romancelandia
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
#romancelandia
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv