Sharpthings
@vpofsharpthings.bsky.social
Nonprofit geek, writer, mom, widow, with an addiction to baking and Bayern München. Read me here: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2023/03/what-a-widow-needs-to-know/
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Recent funding challenges for #A2J initiatives have left many wondering what their next step will be. Join us next Friday at 3 pm ET for a community discussion on how these challenges affect our work, along with strategies to find more funding and general support.
Register here: bit.ly/4i0cBQp
Register here: bit.ly/4i0cBQp
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Recent funding challenges for #A2J initiatives have left many wondering what their next step will be. Join us next Friday at 3 pm ET for a community discussion on how these challenges affect our work, along with strategies to find more funding and general support.
Register here: bit.ly/4i0cBQp
Register here: bit.ly/4i0cBQp
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#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#TheMikey deadline is this Saturday Nov. 15, midnight NYC. However you count the days (you can see how bad we are at it), you can't choose your own ending for this, sadly, but you CAN choose to send us your 250-word story—top prizes $1,000/$500/$300; finalists $100; all published in December's SLQ.
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🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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I am so excited to have my first book published, "13 Short Horror Stories for Bedtime". Thank you for all of your support! Please share and review!
Amazon
a.co/d/8ntRBDE
Barnes and Noble
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/13-short-h...
Enjoy the spooky season! #tracyrayauthor #Booksky
Amazon
a.co/d/8ntRBDE
Barnes and Noble
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/13-short-h...
Enjoy the spooky season! #tracyrayauthor #Booksky
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I am so excited to have my first book published, "13 Short Horror Stories for Bedtime". Thank you for all of your support! Please share and review!
Amazon
a.co/d/8ntRBDE
Barnes and Noble
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/13-short-h...
Enjoy the spooky season! #tracyrayauthor #Booksky
Amazon
a.co/d/8ntRBDE
Barnes and Noble
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/13-short-h...
Enjoy the spooky season! #tracyrayauthor #Booksky
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
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Do the thing that makes you want to die the most. Go write your book.
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Do the thing that makes you want to die the most. Go write your book.
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The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
This is consistent with the way they've been twisting words like "discrimination" to mean something different from what was intended.
the fact that USDA tells grocers that they cannot give SNAP recipients discounts in times when people are starving is a whole different kind of cruelty. People will die from this, and none of them had to.
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is consistent with the way they've been twisting words like "discrimination" to mean something different from what was intended.
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In Australia, there's apparently "controversy" over the PM wearing a Joy Division shirt. I'd be shocked if anyone in our admin had heard of Joy Division. Why don't we have this instead of ICE?
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In Australia, there's apparently "controversy" over the PM wearing a Joy Division shirt. I'd be shocked if anyone in our admin had heard of Joy Division. Why don't we have this instead of ICE?
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I like to think that, every few books, we yeet a new one into existence that catches even our core audience off guard; the ones who put their full faith in us, knowing that the ride will at least be memorable.
@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is one. I'm dying to see yr reactions🖤☠️
@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is one. I'm dying to see yr reactions🖤☠️
![Cover art by Carly A-F: against the blackness of space, a lone astronaut sits at their console, which drifts into the heavens in multicolored pixels.
TEXT:
LOST. LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME. FRIENDS & LOVED ONES GONE. BUT SOMEHOW, HE IS STILL THERE. AND ALWAYS WILL BE.
Blurb:
"Veer from funny to dread-inducing and back again...sits alongside THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR as a blueprint for compelling, propulsive, gorgeous [fiction]."
-Emma Cole, Love Never Dies, editor at Harlequin Books
An epistolary Cosmic Sci-Horror November 2025 from Tenebrous Press.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hzezf3upipcqfyabakveo4ub/bafkreihbroegt4vq7p5lo7xdgmxh4met2yz54dydjuohcjqdrd4o2bslbm@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I like to think that, every few books, we yeet a new one into existence that catches even our core audience off guard; the ones who put their full faith in us, knowing that the ride will at least be memorable.
@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is one. I'm dying to see yr reactions🖤☠️
@rascalhartley.bsky.social's DEAR STUPID PENPAL is one. I'm dying to see yr reactions🖤☠️
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If you have election tomorrow that you can vote in then make sure you do your goddamn American duty and help save this place!
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you have election tomorrow that you can vote in then make sure you do your goddamn American duty and help save this place!
And defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It's pretty damn obvious.
They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
And defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It's pretty damn obvious.
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Split Lip exists because of our all-consuming, kind-of-embarrassing love for storytelling (in all its forms). BTW: we're currently open for free submissions! ✨ buff.ly/ooRuxPx
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Split Lip exists because of our all-consuming, kind-of-embarrassing love for storytelling (in all its forms). BTW: we're currently open for free submissions! ✨ buff.ly/ooRuxPx
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I've been craving a good sandwich. Today must be the day.
Today Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn goes on trial for throwing a Subway sandwich.
Happy National Sandwich Day to all that celebrate.
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I've been craving a good sandwich. Today must be the day.
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You read that right! miCRo submissions are OPEN! Send us your best work of 500 words or fewer.
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You read that right! miCRo submissions are OPEN! Send us your best work of 500 words or fewer.
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Is bombing Venezuela supposed to distract Americans from the 42 million Americans Trump is going to starve?
Because it feels like it’s kind of compounding how much of a dick he is.
Because it feels like it’s kind of compounding how much of a dick he is.
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Is bombing Venezuela supposed to distract Americans from the 42 million Americans Trump is going to starve?
Because it feels like it’s kind of compounding how much of a dick he is.
Because it feels like it’s kind of compounding how much of a dick he is.
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📣📣📣 The 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period launches TOMORROW, so here's my annual guide: 13 important things to know before you #GetCovered.
It's gonna be ugly for most this year, but there are things you can do to mitigate the carnage & even some pleasant surprises:
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
It's gonna be ugly for most this year, but there are things you can do to mitigate the carnage & even some pleasant surprises:
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
Slouching towards Enrollment: My 2026 ACA OEP Guide
Almost exactly a year ago I began my 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period guide with the following words: This is the best OEP ever for the ACA for several reasons: The expanded/enhanced premium subsidies ...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📣📣📣 The 2026 #ACA Open Enrollment Period launches TOMORROW, so here's my annual guide: 13 important things to know before you #GetCovered.
It's gonna be ugly for most this year, but there are things you can do to mitigate the carnage & even some pleasant surprises:
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
It's gonna be ugly for most this year, but there are things you can do to mitigate the carnage & even some pleasant surprises:
acasignups.net/25/10/27/slo...
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If you make any financial contributions to local organizations in your community, check with your employer to see if they offer any kind of matching program for charitable donations.
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you make any financial contributions to local organizations in your community, check with your employer to see if they offer any kind of matching program for charitable donations.
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For the first 10 people to reply here with a verification that you donated at least $20 to a food bank, I’ll give you a paid subscription of The Film Maven for a full year
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For the first 10 people to reply here with a verification that you donated at least $20 to a food bank, I’ll give you a paid subscription of The Film Maven for a full year
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.