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Athena Devine

@amdevine.bsky.social
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AuADHD | Fantasy Author | books | human made is best. video games. papercrafts. chainmaille. coffee. (you probably know me as @zuyadragon.bsky.social) a rare dragon sighting

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12h
And by a current Cornell student: "This putrid treatment of women did not originate in this house. It is a culture created over years of “tradition,” and it is what fraternities are built to produce, no matter what we say about the usual exceptions to the rule."
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Cornell, abolish your fraternities
The case surrounding the ‘Cornell 7′ is as lurid as it gets; whether or not these men face prosecution, it will not change the structural issue with Greek life
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is not the great white hope of the Democratic Party. This is a Republican in cosplay.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
of COURSE newsom is pro pervert glasses lol like please be less predictable sir
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That said, the fact that there is so much interest makes me feel like I should mention them at least a little. This thread in no way can stand in place of working with a sensitivity consultant with lived experience! Here is a brief, nonexhaustive list of harmful disability tropes in fiction.
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Athena Devine @amdevine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Someone's made a petition to attempt to get Amazon to ban AI-Slop out of Kindle Unlimited - www.change.org/p/ban-ai-gen...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Ban AI-generated "books" from Amazon's Kindle unlimited now! There is no space for AI!
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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Glimmer, Errybody!
The new shop logo is a teal dragon curled around the name.
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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 19/09/2026
Things are getting tight out there. So a few general tips: 1) Make a “menu” for the week before grocery shopping. Be ready to change it based on sales, but if you know what you’re making and the ingredients it’s easier to budget.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Added in the thread, also adding here while I publicize it: If you don't want to buy a "loyalty discount" with your shopping data for them to sell and use to profile you, enter (area code) 867-5309 on the payment machine at checkout: it has worked almost every time I've tried it
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you genuinely believe that libraries negatively impact book sales, I don't even know what to say to you.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/09/2026
What do you mean I can't have this mini-Bengal
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Jessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every new thing extremely online straight men are doing is FOR OTHER MEN. We didn’t ask for any of it.
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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 14/09/2026
Val and @tiffaniangus.bsky.social have written some spec(tacular) books about writing speculative fiction, published by the excellent @lunapress.bsky.social 👇
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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 12/09/2026
Y'ALL. I AM IN LOVE WITH THE @portlandfire.bsky.social WNBA MASCOT. Every girl in Portland wants a Rose stuffie for Christmas. Including Tall Wife, who literally gasped when she saw Rose. SHE BREATHES GLITTER.
Rose, the WNBA PDX Fire mascot. She is a fabulous hot pink dragon with a crown of roses. Rose, the WNBA PDX Fire mascot. She is a fabulous hot pink dragon with a crown of roses. She has big wings and a big tail. She is dancing.
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lifespans of cats: Outdoor ferals: Usually dead in 4-5 years. They become coyote-chow. Indoor-outdoor "ranging cats": Usually dead in 5-6 years. Indoor house cats: Usually dead in 14-16 years. You are literally robbing your cat of a decade of life by letting them out off-the-harness.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/09/2026
FINALLY: If anyone gets a response from a publisher that is something along the lines of "yeah, we just asserted ownership for all titles that had our name listed as publisher regardless of reversion status" PLEASE send that information to me or @victoriastrauss.com.
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Audra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A heads' up that at least one university press is doing this, in violation of the infringement clause. Check your contracts, write to your publisher, and upload your documentation to the settlement administrator's site.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 02/09/2026
1Password supports straight-up Nazis, and you should stop using it.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/09/2026
New Q: what do you do if your publisher claims 100% of the proceeds rather than just their 50%? First of all: yuck, gross. Second: PLEASE report this to @victoriastrauss because she is collecting data and this will help show a pattern and practice of behavior.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/08/2026
the thing about 3D printers & ADHD is that 3D printers are not just another ADHD hobby. 3D printers are a new friend that enables you in the next 500 hobbies because any time you want to do something you can just go see if anyone has posted a design for it, and they probably have.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fact check: Pfizer has been approved as well as novovax. Looks like they’ll all be shipping “within days” Up to 60% of Americans will likely qualify Here is the HELLA LONG list of “preexisting conditions” which includes stuff like depression or simply being physically inactive.
cdc.gov
Underlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19
Learn risk factors for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and actions to take.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 25/08/2026
Although I should have done it long ago, I finally donated to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library & encourage you to do the same if Dolly & childhood literacy are important to you. Let's overwhelm them with donations in honor of our angel. imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Infosecsie (ツンデレ) @myraccoonhands.com · 01/08/2026
Oh, for sure! In fact, they’ve already openly admitted to that. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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CEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated Women
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.
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lu @coffinvows.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
maybe in another life why not this one
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It is 2005. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2012. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2018. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations.. It is 2025. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2026. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allega--
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I am tired of pasting dozens of links at people, so I've loaded a bunch of the papers into Paperpile and exported a bibliography. You can find a collection of 34 papers on social media's effects on teenagers (and sometimes adults) and alternate hypotheses here: paperpile.com/shared/smMqS...
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20 shared papers
Hall JA Ten myths about the effect of social media use on well-being J. Med. Internet Res. • Dissing AS et al. Smartphone interactions and mental well-being in young adults: A longitudinal study based...
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Athena Devine @amdevine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's a bit chaotic tbh, written in order of priority. Nonfiction: By Subject > author name Fiction: Fav Authors shelf: Name > Universe > In Universe Timeline. If standalones, pub date. Every Book else: Genre > Name > Series > In Universe Timeline > Pub Date Manga: Mangaka > Series
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
this is a masterpiece
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/07/2026
See also: doctor and lawyer shows are not for doctors or lawyers
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 21/07/2026
Automatic Dunning-Kruger devices!
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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ollie says comic books and graphic novels count as reading and should also be very much encouraged. You can’t complain about the youths™️ not reading then gate keep what is and isn’t acceptable for them to read. ✨Everyone should read everything, all the time ✨
The back of my scrunkly white terrier, which kind of just looks like a pile of white fluff and one golden ear, reading Count by Ibrahim Moustafa while sitting on the couch. I’m holding the book up for him because he doesn’t have thumbs.
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I can't believe I even have to say this, but: Insisting on the reader developing basic literacy and vocabulary improvement skills is not, nor has ever been, ableism. Encountering a word you do not understand is not gatekeeping. It's an invitation for you to learn a new word. FFS.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 15/07/2026
HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
When guys are like “that’s not rape, all my friends have done that,” that’s exactly what we’re talking about. That’s the problem. Rape is so common and unpunished that a guy could casually reveal all his friends are rapists and not see it as a problem.
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Arloween 🎃 @feraldactal.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
No I actually find it deeply disturbing that you haven’t read a book in years. You need to be reading. You don’t have to read a book day but you need to be reading. Pick up a book.
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Athena Devine @amdevine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Xfinity is doing work on the internet in our area. So of course, our internet is going out randomly. I have a hotspot on my phone, I *should* be fine, except my PC won't stay connected to the hotspot.
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training. It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs. 🧵 1/4
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"They have no shame, do they? They don't even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that's the final humiliation."
- Ghorman senator Dasi Oran, to Mon Mothma as the Empire baselessly justifies another atrocity.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/07/2026
You stupid motherfuckers
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 13/07/2026
Seriously, just read the full piece. It's short, it's bullet points — and unlike RFK Jr's HHS, it'll tell you about the treatment that's effective against Cyclosporiasis — and even where, if you're so inclined, you can buy it tonight www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...
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Cyclosporiasis Is Here: How to Protect Yourself | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Cyclospora infection is often asymptomatic, but when symptoms occur, illness is characterized by anorexia, nausea, flatulence, fatigue, abdo
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Petergeist Clines @peterclines.com · 13/07/2026
Nice work, everyone! Keep it up!
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The Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in Public
Meta's camera-equipped "AI Glasses" are so divisive that some adopters are reportedly leaving their expensive smart glasses at home.
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Athena Devine @amdevine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In a purely Magical fight, it'll always be Magdalena on top. For most of her life, she's the most powerful magi alive by 2 full grades of power. That being said, not all fighting happens with magic, and Magdalena isn't *technically* a Combat Magi. #ValkryndoftheRose
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Athena Devine @amdevine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Magdalena, every time someone calls her a harmless old lady. Like they currently are at the edge of the village she's choosing to protect right now. It's gonna go badly for them, lol. #ValkryndoftheRose
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Star Trek Picard: Test That Assumption
Alt: Star Trek TNG gif of Picard and Worf, Picard saying "You may test that assumption at your convenience" to a Klingon commanding officer in response to them saying something about how Picard is a weak/soft man who wouldn't do well in Klingon customs of asskicking.
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Rodrigo Alem FernánDeath 🎃 @rodf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Exhibit N°128482016492 that UBI works and _makes money back_ For those in the back: UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME HAS ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAN ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 09/07/2026
This is Jet, Kiki, Ricky Bobby, Sushi, Whimsy, and Ducky. Their human left the back door open when she left. They assumed that was a pool party invitation. 13/10 thank you for hosting (TT: goldroxgoldens)
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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Most people understand [we must reduce] global emissions of greenhouse gases fast or we are in deep trouble in the long term (20-30 years). However... heating is happening much faster than predicted. The average global temperature [expected by] around 2035 is actually here now.”
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I see people are freaking out how to "prove" they are a real writer and not using AI. First, chances are your word processor and/or cloud service keeps a history of your saves. Second, come on. Your files all look like this. Stop lying to us.
a file screenshot of one book (Blaze) with a dozen different variations including "edit letter" "working proof file" and "edited disaster of doom"
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