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Akira K

@akirak.bsky.social
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Writer, drummer, archer, dreamer. Big geek energy in tiny tired body. They/them.

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 23h
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 13h
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 23h
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 23h
It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.
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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Would You Have A Look At The Replies To This Post
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The aquaman sneaking up on Superman meme with Henry cavill captioned WHY IS IT DARK AT 7 NOW and Jason Momoa with NOVEMBER 1
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the beginning was the word and the word was bullshit. —William S. Burroughs
William Burroughs sitting down in a suit with a shotgun on his lap
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/09/2026
Today in "People should read whatever they want": www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’
It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online
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SpooktobAeryn 🧛🦇👻 @femgirlgaming.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Alan Moore did not fucking miss
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 29/09/2026
Feel like some good news? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Delight as Sycamore Gap stump shows new shoots three years after felling
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers travelled from their homes to cut down the much-loved sycamore during a storm
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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is terrific. As old Hollywood crumbles, but I’ve been waiting for signs of what the new and improved studio system will be. Read the whole article. #AnarchistsUnited variety.com/2026/film/fe...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society formed upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution.
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tor (is summoning KRALDUM from the mud) @toothandshore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
LAUNCH CONFIRMED TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER THE RIVER AWAITS TRIBUTE gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Kraldum: Solo Fantasy Mudlarking RPG by tooth & shore - Gamefound
Go down to the shore below the city. Collect what you can. Survive what lurks there and beat the rising waters to make it home.
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools?
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YesBiscuit @yesbiscuit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Caturday
Flyer featuring a picture of a tabby and white cat sitting in the viewing gallery of an indoor pool
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Green looks at Blue as Blue is dramatically laying down on the floor.
Blue: You can go ahead and go to that party. I'll just be here by my self, alone.

Green looks at Blue with a frustrated frown, as Blue sticks his tongue out while making a disgusted face.
Green: You could also come with me.
Blue: I don't like people.

Green raises an eyebrow.
Green: Don't I count as "people?"
Blue: Of course not. You're the love of my life.
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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026
So today, honor the memory of the guy who wanted to “make the world a little bit better for my having been here.” Go do something worthwhile today. Create something. Collaborate with others. Read something. Or go be silly simply because you can. Jim Henson would want you to.
Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog.
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🗡️ Jess Jewell 🗡️ @jessjewell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
✨FUCK✨ ✨GENERATIVE✨ ✨AI✨
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 24/09/2026
Never hurts to repost (and maybe get a few more recommendations)
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEWS: I don’t like transphobes and here is a short list of why. 1) They are full of shit.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/09/2026
"The Red Scholar's Wake" in @nytimes.com's "Space Opera: A Starter Pack" "(an arranged) marriage between a hacker and Rice Fish, a sentient pirate starship... Some of the best love scenes ever written .. interspersed with mouthwatering descriptions of food" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b... (1/?)
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Space Operas: A Starter Pack (Gift Article)
These epic, star-spanning adventure stories blend interstellar action with political allegory and romantic drama. Here’s where to start.
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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Worlds Beyond Number @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BIG. MONSTER. IN THE BAY. Our Patreon-exclusive World Turner cast video is out now! If you haven't already, join us by the fireside at the link in bio to access! www.patreon.com/worldsbeyond...
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026
Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...
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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 19/09/2023
pov: you're a regional cryptid about to have the worst day of your life
X Files publicity still of a backlit Mulder and Scully in trenechcoats looking sternly at the camera
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Autism has arrived!
Photo of Orange cat looking at a lake in Autumn with orange leaves fallen all about it's finally autism
It reads "it's finally Autism"
Context: this is a conflate Autism and Autumn meme made by honest but it's being used to say it's April, the Autism acceptance month
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 22/09/2026
Happy birthday JOHN WOO. We look at the career of the great action filmmaker and his influence on he genre... alltherightmovies.com/feature/john...
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John Woo and his influence on action cinema - All The Right Movies
John Woo is one of the great action moviemakers. This feature looks at his films, his legacy and his influence on the action genre.
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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 22/09/2026
I’m a little late to plug this issue of the excellent Animation Obsessive newsletter. It’s about What’s Opera, Doc? and quotes from my 1991 interview with Maurice Noble. animationobsessive.substack.com/p/w…
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Why ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ Looks Like That
Plus: news.
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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Having already named one of my least favorite tropes ("it was all a dream!"), let's make this an open question: what trope or plot device would you fire into the sun, never to be seen again? (Take it as a given that offensive tropes like fridged women and magical Negroes are already on the rocket.)
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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What you need to understand is nothing we built was “off the shelf.” Store-bought environmental assets for stop-motion features do not exist. We were given concept art and told “make it look like this.” Everything you see here, down to the dirt and moss, was meticulously designed and crafted.
A forest path from Wildwood
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Dropout @dropout.tv · 21/09/2026
This week on Dropout... 🃏 Monday: Game Changer S8 Finale (with judges Maria Bamford, Kumail Nanjiani, and Gianmarco Soresi) 🔊 Tuesday: Toonout 🧸 Wednesday: Dimension 20: Toylight 🗣️ Thursday: Adventuring Party 🐷 Friday: Smartyshorts 👇👇👇
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's a surprise and an honor when somebody writes something this thoughtful about my work. My goodness. I'm ace/aro and it's always going to have an impact on my fiction. And I'm glad we're building some space for more apsec voices.
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DIMORPHODONS @dimorphodons.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The biggest lie the James Bond films sold wasn’t any of the stuff about hot spies, magic cars or poorly made cocktails, it’s that there was a government organisation willing to drown insane billionaires in a vat of radioactive coolant for the betterment of humanity.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Wile E. Coyote Finally Kills Road Runner Then Immediately Wishes He Hadn’t
4 panel comic

Panel 1: Wile E. Coyote has finally murdered Road Runner by crushing him under a massive boulder

Panel 2: Wile celebrates his long sought after victory

Panel 3: Wile steps out from behind the boulder and is immediately confronted by Columbo who says “Mr. Coyote” in his typically annoying but persistent manner

Panel 4: Columbo calls his name again. Panicked, Wile retreats quickly behind the boulder, but in his heart of hearts, he knows it will do no good. In about two hours he’ll be going to prison. And not cartoon prison. Human prison.
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you gotta buy my pots cause actually they may one day grow to be Emrakul The Promised End and destroy all of humanity thats how powerful and important they are. Every time i throw a pot i am tempting eldritch power. Invest now in pots
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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There are so many. EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson is an absolutely bonkers first contact alien invasion story that goes through everything from Kurdish history to information theory. It's wonderful.
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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What's a book you love with all your goddamn heart that you believe did NOT get the love and attention it's due? I'll go first, and it's abso-LUT-ely THE CITY IN GLASS by Nghi Vo. There are moments from that book that live in my blood and wake me from the dark.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 20/09/2026
🔭 Analemma over the Callanish Stones Image Credit & Copyright: Giuseppe Petricca ap260920
The featured image the Sun in many positions above
the Callanish stones. 
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don't go out looking for stray ginger cats but somehow they keep finding me: www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
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Lots Of People Will Unsubscribe As A Result Of This, Solely Because It's My Second Post In Consecutive Days, But The Fact Is My Cat Died And I Needed To Write About It
Back when I lived on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, a little over a decade ago, there was a running joke amongst people who knew me that my house was a kind of after-hours youth club for cats.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kermit the Frog ys one thousande tymes more real than Tilly Norwood
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026
The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.
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