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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/10/2026

This is such important work, and the thing to keep in mind is that when AI people tell you that games will be personalized for you, this is the kind of thing they are more likely to mean.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

why would these photos and videos download to file and not the gallery 😭😭😭

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Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I'm going to elaborate on this in as calm and reasonable way as possible, but sincerely: fuck off

the society of authors' feedback form about why you're not renewing your membership. In the write-in box, I have written: "I was shocked and deeply disappointed to see the magazine issue and now charter statement on genAI, which both seem totally full of waffle and apologist compromises.

This is a technology being used to put authors and illustrators out of jobs, using stolen work, and depleting the capacity for critical thought in people who use it. I get that you’re trying to make industry bodies agree to the charter as a ‘small step’ in the right direction. But I fundamentally disagree with the idea of some ‘ethical’ use becoming possible - look at the companies running these things, the severity of its environmental and community harms, the exploitative processes used to build and maintain the databases and server banks required.

As a full-time author who's marginalised and severely disabled, I do also find the idea that genAI companies are somehow making my job more accessible - not looking to undermine and destroy it - insulting and patently absurd.

I thought the SoA was supposed to advocate for authors' rights, and pleading with industry bodies to use this tech, but nicely, feels like a massive concession, and not one I'm able to be at all associated with."

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I like to draw sad knights who are trying their best.

Digital art, my work. Realistic suit of armour with an illustrative crow on his shoulder

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So, it's been about one month since Macklemore got dropped from the Ed Sheeran tour and my Macklemore video got a big bump from the news, I'm donating the extra revenue from it (about $400) to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (pcrf.net) and hey, maybe you want to also

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PCRF

The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

one day i'll learn not to horror at these wee hours of the morning when i can't sleep but tis not today. the consolation popcorn is lovely though.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Quick Update: youtube is miles behind and so is the blog. there's probably only going to be four videos this month, not five. the light sensitivity is such a pain this time and i'm going to have to cut down on screens.

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just found out I’m losing my main source of income because AI search has nerfed the revenue of my main client. I am, also, 2000+ miles from home doing photography I expected to pay for with that income. If you can help, I’m hoping to raise $1000 to help cover trip costs & the drive back west.

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Support Animal Photo Reference Repository

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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 09/10/2026

Boosting for Mahmoud - so many people need help right now, and are really struggling. I'm trying to boost the ones I know of!

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I found it! Really captures the essence of the text

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift featuring a couple in a very brown and sparce forest. He is kneeling to propose. His clothes are inexplicably shiny and her hair is inexplicably big. She is wearing a massive red dress.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the three chronic illnesses are all fucking me at once 🫠

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i said october would be a rest month and the universe has been laughing at me ever since 😭

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L Dest - Author of Mermaids of Sapphire Bay @ldestiny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Summer may be over but if you’re wanting a cozy read, Sapphire Bays shores still welcome you.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

christmas ad on soundcloud. i hate you wren.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just for fun and your knowledge, I'm going to be running a history of queer romance course next year through the Uni of Liverpool. Online and for everyone. I *think* it's the first of it's type in the UK but I could be wrong?

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know HK is associated with the iconic traffic cones, but think there’s some danger here of thinking it’s *the* thing to do. Even our frontliners a few months in were going ‘this is inefficient and dumb’

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*deep sigh* having to call up to fix issues with a [] was not on my list of becoming an adult thresholds this month but i suppose that's one of the big ones, isn't it?

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

People who save internets please save this internet

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beijing once again proving it doesn’t understand then Streisand effect. They didn’t have to remind people there’s a genocide and forced labour going on in XJ but they did by saying ‘we totally didn’t’

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/10/2026

This is genuinely cool and I love bike lanes and agree with everything in this post except the first two lines. Not every disabled person is capable of independent mobility and if you tried to invent the device my legally blind mom needed, it would probably look like a car.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i've goodreads, storygraph and a list on my phone and didn't put this book on any of them 😭

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Honestly, I think the way to actually engage with romance and its readers is not to go in thinking we're fools. Opening your mind about it even a crack and you'll find so much opening up to you. This thread (and its typos) brought to you by 2am frustration.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it.

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Eyepatch Wolf @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

After an exploding eye and months of recovery- IM BACK IN THE CURSED VIDEO ESSAY GAME youtu.be/X6I-l3saQEM

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A lot of the old YT links I had for videos and clips from 2019-2020 are now dead, a combination of people scrubbing their channels or this

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C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 03/10/2026

Sharing for Om Jameel!

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This thread is great. Image: four people in a small boat in beautiful blue water pass by a very chill shark, seen from above.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

okay. so i said i wouldn't post about new videos until i'd gone and captioned all the videos before. turns out eight years of videos is a lot of videos! so mini thread for the end of the year. it would take a miracle to get 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours before february. but not impossible!

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Ally Roth @alinaisyou.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For 15 years, there is no one I have relied on or trusted more than my friend and brother Mikey Goodmark. The support he shows to everyone he touches represents what every human being should be. But Mikey is struggling. And we have reached the point where we need help getting him back to safety.

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Donate to Keep Mikey and His Cat in Their Home, organized by Raven Jakubowski

Our lifelong friend and found family member Mikey Goodmark is currently facing… Raven Jakubowski needs your support for Keep Mikey and His Cat in Their Home

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I made a tiny little video of me with the Irish countryside behind me to introduce the Scare a Day challenge! youtube.com/shorts/Y49Fd...

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A Scare A Day Reading Challenge

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It starts today! Come join us!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

This is part of a series of terrible arguments that people make that they think are real gotchas. Yesterday, someone said "I get why women would choose the bear, but then why haven't they? Why haven't all women walked into the woods?"

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Mason @masonhawthorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The White Ribband is competing! 🥳 My first time entering, I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes 😊

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Ezra Arndt @arndtezra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On the back of complaining about not being able to afford any life outside of work/home, here's my GoFundMe campaign. All of the money will be going towards rent/bills/medical debt, with the hope that when I'm all caught up, I'll be able to go out and be among other humans. 🤞🤞🤞🤞 gofund.me/40e5a9a6e

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Donate to Help Ezra Cover Medical Debt and Rent Through January 2027, organized by Ezra Arndt

Hey, it's Ezra Arndt. I'm a disabled queer author of dark and … Ezra Arndt needs your support for Help Ezra Cover Medical Debt and Rent Through January 2027

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Jessie' s Girl guy discovered Buddhism. New episode, y'all www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxvs...

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TRAINWRECKORDS: Rick Springfield's "Tao"

YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows

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L Dest - Author of Mermaids of Sapphire Bay @ldestiny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had a lot of spare photographs and decided to make a moodboard out of them just for fun. I am working on a short story featuring a goblin so I thought it would be handy to have.

A moodboard consisting of photographs of a toad, a frog, a mushroom, a creature made of pebbles and sticks and a tree branch background with the words “Goblincore” over the branch.

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My 1,000th blog post on China Sorrows!

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

i was really disappointed the first time with everything around the chorus but it's growing on me

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Emei - Night At The Opera | One Take Performance

YouTube video by Emei

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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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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the fact that since i'm in [] i can access bsky messages but can't listen to any full length olivia rodrigo songs on soundcloud is such a shit trade off

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

sat down on the plane and started crying 😂

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you have been waiting for it, the #AScareADay challenge for October is up! It's one short story or poem a day to celebrate the spookiest of months. They're all hand-picked by my own fair hands. Take a peek! romancingthegothic.com/2026/09/16/t...

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The 2026 October #AScareADay Challenge

It’s that time of year again! I’ve spent the whole year putting together this list, trying to find a good range of new authors and some old favourites! The #AScareADay challenge is all …

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APiscesDreams @apiscesdreams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

chicken with no seasoning tastes so sad 😭

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