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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Alrighty, my page for Extra Life on Nov 7th & 8th is now up. Most of the rewards don't go live until game day, but some are available now. This is Team SENSIBLE SHOES' 10th anniversary, 10 years of doing this for my birthday, so there's a special list of heroes to pick from for us. For the kids!

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 05/07/2026

"Mum, look!" She ignited the fire by pointing at it. "Ah. You are a sorceress. I did wonder." "Why?" "You're the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter." "I don't have six sisters. Or aunts." "They died. Most children do." "Oh." "Now, what will you do?" "I'll make sure no child dies."

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/05/2026

and a very happy Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May to you all

An illustration of the Glorious Twenty Fifth of May, with a banner saying Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love! And a hard-boiled egg!

the background is a lilac blossom, a hard boiled egg and an ankh-morpork city watch badge

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 22/05/2026

The sphinx stirred. "Halt! If you seek to pass, you must solve my riddle, or I will kill you!" The wanderer skulking in the sphinx' shadow froze in place. "Riddless? It wishess to play a game of riddless? We know riddless, we do, my preciouss, we do!"

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Thomas White @blarkytopia.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We’re one week away from Team Sensible Shows streaming some Shadows of Brimstone as the Trederran Strike Team with a tip jar out for the Wounded Warrior Project! Join us for some fun, monsters, banter, and mutations next week.

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Rachel W. Martin @rwmartin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written and I think it’s important to credit our sources.

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Mark Baxter @aotearoabadger.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The Ides of March approach and the Voids are gathering.

Two Void panthers of considerable girth stand on wood laminate floors plotting evil.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 23/01/2026

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?" "I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands." After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?" "This, too, it's magic."

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araina.bsky.social @araina.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today in technology or magic: Coworker: Can you help me with $machine? Its giving me $error. Me: Huh. I haven't seen it do that before. But let me poke at it. Sometime later and lots of poking.... Me: Well its fixed, I think, but I haven't a clue how I fixed it nor why you got that error...

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araina.bsky.social @araina.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

No cheating: quote skeet with the most recent picture of your pet

A dilute tortie gets the belly rubs she desires

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Welcome, all, to the Year of the Curious Squid.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I choose to take this as a positive omen. (As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)

A heraldic-style portrait of the Year of the Curious Squid. The squid looks somewhat startled, and has a green body with blue tentacles and a blue stripe along its mantle

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Mark Baxter @aotearoabadger.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I am in my Fortress of Voiditude. Give noms.

Void panther with a white tail tip sitting inside a cardboard beer box.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It was peaceful until the cat nation attacked

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Staff and Branch @staffandbranch.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Fuck it. Let’s run a give away. This dice box can be yours if you -follow me -repost If you are live in Canada let me know and you get 3 entries. I got shipping. Giveaway ends on Sunday March 9th! Good luck!

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 19/02/2025

KM3NeT xkcd.com/3053

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire. SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1

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Oathbreakers

The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou...

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Lucy Jane Santos @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

OUT TODAY. "Chain Reactions looks at some fascinating, often-forgotten stories. From glass to penny stocks; from something to be feared to a powerful source of energy, this history explores the scientific narrative of this unique element, but also shines a light on its cultural and social impact."

Collage of endorsements for Chain Reactions The Hopeful History of Uranium by Lucy Jane Santos. Including one by Marco Visscher "Full of surprising facts from a tumultous past, Lucy Jane Santos offers an intriguing and entertainng story of a powerful elment with revolutionary potential."

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/11/2024

This threatens national security on a scale that Al Qaeda never dreamed of.

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araina.bsky.social @araina.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Search your camera roll for “hell”

Two stamps from Greece on the corner of a yellow envelope. They both say “Hellas” and other things in Greek.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 27/09/2024

There was only one bed. The farmer put his sack of grain down. "I think we're in the wrong story." "Who worried about crossing a river?" the fox said. "Julius Caesar," said the hen. "What?" said both farmer and fox. "Never mind. Lets just work out how we all can get some sleep." #MicroFiction

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araina.bsky.social @araina.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #71,761! Lurking from nearly the beginning

Celebrating over 10 million bluesky users. I was #71,761 in the first 1% joined may 11, 2023

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

"You will never be this photogenic"

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araina.bsky.social @araina.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

Gadget wishes everyone a lovely Friday (the 13th)

A black cat stands on wooden floor (in the way of course) and looks up expectantly

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Unpopular opinion, but I dislike Patriot Day September 11 has nothing to do with patriotism. No first responders were thinking "oh wow I love my country" as they rushed in to the towers to try to save people A day of remembrance & service, absolutely But lose me with a false veneer of patriotism

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

The cats were getting under foot so I put out some traps.

Photo of my large brown tuxedo tabby Fergus and petite white cat Francie sitting up on top of folded brown paper bags that are lying on a wooden kitchen floor.

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Lee Black @leeblack.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Interest check: would anyone take me up on it if I offered up a handful of cheap editing slots, like 10 for $40, first come first served? I really want us to get the new boosters but $400 just isn’t doable right now

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

A recent New Scientist cartoon.

"Ian was starting to worry that his 'lab cape' wasn't going to catch on."
Ian strides theough the lab, his majestic white cape billowing behind him.
His colleagues studiously ignore him.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 23/08/2024

The knight's lance was broken, his armour split, his blood pooling under him. "You failed," the dragon sneered. "There'll be no tales teaching children dragons can be slain." "But there will be stories teaching them to fight regardless." "Because you failed?" "Because I tried." #MicroFiction

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 18/08/2024

It’s really is super covidy out there, in case you haven’t heard! I just returned from a trip and seeing that virtually no one else was masking in the airport or on the plane (though many were coughing!!) felt like spending the day out in a heavy downpour and being the only one carrying an umbrella

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araina.bsky.social @araina.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

It is a truth universally acknowledged (by cats at least), that a newly emptied space must be in want of a kitty

Artemis a dilute tortie explores an empty shelf as I attempt to reorganize my books

Gadget, a void , explores the same shelf

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 08/08/2024

My cat woke up, did a big stretch, and yawned. Then she hiccoughed, turned into a small dragon, and coughed up a fireball. "!!!" I said. "What?" She shrugged back into cat form. "You're a shape shifter?" "All cats are. There's just never any reason to not be a cat." #MicroFiction

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 11/07/2024

"Yes," the Fairy king said, "the stars in our sky are the same as yours. Our realm parallels your world, not any others." "Then, graceful majesty," the astronomer said, "I ask permission to build an observatory in your realm." "Why?" "It is hard to see past our own lights." "Ah." #MicroFiction

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 25/06/2024

"We were the first companion," the dog said, "the first ally and friend." "Well done you," the cat said. "After us, the humans befriended cows, sheep, goats, and pigs." "Humans domesticated so many animals." "And you." "Us?" the cat said. "We only domesticated one. Humans." #MicroFiction

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

SCIENCE CAT (my latest cartoon for New Scientist)

Title: SCIENCE CAT

Panel one: A black cat walks into frame wearing a white lab coat and carrying a clipboard and pen.

Panels two, three, four: A mug sits near the edge of a table. Science Cat's pen appears from the right ans gently pushes it off the table. It falls to the floor and smashes.

Panel five: Science Cat writes on the clipboard and thinks "Once again, the experiment confirmed my hypothesis, but further research in this area is required.

Panel 6: Science cat leaves, thinking "I love science!"

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Tom @tomel.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

ChatGPT already has “Ph.D.-level intelligence,” in that once you remove it from its extremely narrow field of expertise (assembling words into credible-sounding passages) it is wildly out of its depth, but people vastly overestimate its authority because they don’t understand what “intelligence” is.

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