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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dr. Tingle is always out there, living life on the next level.

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Witches know things. Come join the tale. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...

Banner for the Khumalo Tales Kickstarter stating "The more rats had to gain, the less reliable they were."

Witches know this.

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Christine Sarmel @christinesarmel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Instead of an ‘I voted’ sticker, I want a code for my television that changes political ads to frolicking puppies and chonky bears. Voter participation would sky rocket.

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love voting early. Love voting by mail. Love voting at my kitchen table. Love that I get a little "I voted" sticker with my ballot, even when voting at home.

A hand holds an “I voted” sticker next to a ballot envelope. The sticker is round. The top half is green, and says, “I voted!” in white letters, chunky font, all caps. The bottom half is blue, and says “Ann Arbor, MI” in a similarly chunky font. The center of the sticker has a large green tree with a blue trunk, which mimics the city flag.

Not pictured: the delighted owner of the sticker, who thinks voting is the coolest thing ever.

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This morning I took off my pajamas to put on sweats and I'm not sure what the difference is but there's a difference, okay?

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Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 01/10/2026

OCTOBER IS HERE! 🍂🎃 Check out everything happening at AADL this Halloween at aadl.org/halloween!

Illustrated graphic, featuring a scene of three crows in hats, perched on a tree with falling orange leaves. Bold navy text displays "Halloween at AADL"

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You're going to want to get in on this, friends!

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Fred. @freeloosedirt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m going to tell my buddies that if they see women on the way to burn it all down, no they didn’t

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Like Mucas @mwl.io · 29/09/2026

My Christmas story collection #TwistedPresents is now on Kickstarter! Backers get two books and a short story. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwl... Unsure? There's a sample story at mwl.io/archives/24991

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Twisted Presents

Some folks love Christmas. These tales are for the rest of us. Ghosts and guns! Santa's coal mine! Final exams! Shopping! Plus an orc!

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 26/09/2026

in case anyone's in the market for some wonderful news 🥹

Screenshot of a social media post from user farmingassjas that reads, "Monarch butterfly populations are up 64% this year yall," followed by two teary-eyed smiling emojis. Behind the post is a close-up photo of a monarch butterfly, with orange and black wings dotted with white spots, resting on an orange flower against a blurred green and orange garden background.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Like Mucas @mwl.io · 23/09/2026

I had hoped to get a bit ahead, but it looks like any proceeds from #twistedPresents will go to paying Quercy's vet bill. So, uh, I have a new book of Christmas stories coming? It's on Kickstarter? People tell me it's good? I'd appreciate your support? mwl.io/ks

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Twisted Presents

Some folks love Christmas. These tales are for the rest of us. Ghosts and guns! Santa's coal mine! Final exams! Shopping! Plus an orc!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20/09/2026

Ed Sheeran: I was silent on Palestine because I never wanted to be an activist musician. Also Ed Sheeran: I’m throwing a concert for the people of Ukraine suffering under Russia’s war

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Speaking of not enshittifying things, this is the best "4 women accidentally create an AI goddess that helps them destroy capitalism with the aid of a telepathic octopus" novel you'll ever read. That's a promise. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2021/01/18/t...

5 silhouetted Black women against a light purple starchart background and haloed by a yellow sun. The middle silhouette has afro puffs and is raising her fist in the air.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 06/09/2026

All AADL locations will be closed tomorrow (Monday, September 7). We'll see you Tuesday at 10 AM! 🗓️ aadl.org/aboutus/closures

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Well, this is incredibly cool: my short story "Mail-Order Magic" made the Hugo Awards longlist (in truly incredible company)! 😍 You can read it for free right here: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...

This table of nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story includes not only the six finalists (JR Dawson's Six People to Revise You, Thomas Ha's In My Country, Samantha Mills's "10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days," Effie Seiberg's "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything," Isabel J. Kim's "Wire Mother" and Tia Tashiro's "Missing Helen," but also the 10 other stories that got the closest number of nominations. In descending order: Angela Liu's Barbershops of the Floating City, Hildur Knutsdottir's The Shape of Stones, E.M. Linden's the Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead, Carrie Vaughn's Woolly, Stephanie Burgis's Mail-Order Magic, Marie Vibbert's Yarn Theory, Isabel J. Kim's Freediver, Aimee Ogden's Because I Held His Name Like a Key, Mary Robinette Kowal's With Her Serpent Locks, and Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle's The Loudest, Smallest Dragon Son.

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just downloaded Mapquest GPS for my phone. I really like it! It offers multiple routes and lets you toggle through them to the one you want to use. #GoogleMapsIsDeadToMe

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A Forest of Turquoise and Clouds (Hey that's not bad)

A post from “writingcirclejerk” community on Reddit. Poster @elle_em says:

Your YA fantasy series name is “A [last place you went] of [your birthstone] & [current weather condition]”

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 29/08/2026

How accurate is vote-by-mail? Whatcom County, WA just conducted a hand recount of 50,451 ballots in a race separated by just 4 votes: "In the end, it was a 100% match. Every vote came out the same, every time. There were no allegations of lost or fraudulent votes, or missed votes in the machines."

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‘Zero doubt’: The story of WA’s 100% accurate mail-in election

President Donald Trump and the Republicans keep maligning mail-in voting, saying it's slipshod and corrupt. But one such local election just got a perfect score, Danny Westneat writes.

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Liam Quane 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @specificityarchives.com · 29/08/2026

Happy Skynet Day. Data centres are planet tumours.

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LaDarrion Williams @itsladarrion.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

To the kid back in Alabama who read Percy Jackson and told himself he’d write a book series with a character who looks like him one day… You did it, kid. #booksky

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Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 27/08/2026

AADL will celebrate the amazing life of Dolly Parton with Dolly Day on 9/25 at the Downtown Library. More details as we get closer to the date!

A black and white portrait of Dolly Parton, smiling brightly. Below, black text reads "Dolly Day" with a pink butterfly above the words. It also notes the event is on Friday, 9/25 at 5:30 PM at the Downtown Library.

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

About a year ago, I started buying meat from a local family farm and I'm feeling very good about that decision. I only have meat a few times a week anyway, but it's nice to know the source. Yes, it's an extra trip, about fifteen minutes outside of town, but so, so worth it.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.” BRUH.

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

16 months ago: Never forget how it started.

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Krystal A. Smith @authorkasmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Black Indie Author Day! Say less. Check out my bookies! #sapphic #wlw #fiction payhip.com/krystalasmith

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What have I been up to lately? Oh, not much, just a little thing called...gender-bent Richard III generation novella! Okay actually we call it THAT FATAL DISCONTENT and it's coming to you NEXT SUMMER FROM UNION SQUARE!

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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Video: Proofreading and copy editing are often confused, but they're two distinct services that require different skills and approaches. Learn more about the difference and find out which type of editing your project needs:

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Editors Canada presents: Proofreading

What is proofreading and how does it differ from copy editing?

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

As a freelance editor, if your sample pages look like AI, I will turn down the project. Someone will edit it, but it won't be me.

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Benjamin Hoffman @bhh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’m reading a book published in 1944 and this logo is so unbelievably tough. I’d absolutely wear a shirt with this exact design.

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Shaun Manning @fasterthanshaun.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Audiobook retailer Libro.fm announced today they're adding ebooks. With Bookshop.org also adding ebooks a year or so ago, that's two well-established sites that support indie bookstores offering an alternative to Kindle. Really hoping between the two of them they can meaningfully challenge Amazon.

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Virginia S. O'Possum, but scary @virginiaopossum.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thinking about how often I encounter surveillance cameras, even though many days I only leave my apartment to walk the dog. I go about a block and a half. Four cameras that I can see; suspect at least two more that are less obvious.

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Being a poll worker is very rewarding. It's a paid job, and the training is excellent. I work every election and I love it every time.

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Lately, I finish each day's writing with the little affirmation, "AI COULD NEVER."

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Haley Stevens has benefited from nearly $60 million in outside spending (about 1/2 from AIPAC alone). Given that those outside groups are mostly supporting her because of positions she shares with Mike Rogers, that $$$ will dry up in the general. If she wins the primary, Dems lose the general.

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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And then you're supposed to dramatically wave away the quarter, but the offer MUST be made. (At least that's how we do it in the Midwest, because you know, Midwest.)

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Alex Kourvo @alexkourvo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"Brain-only writer" is just about the nicest thing you could call me.

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