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IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 04/09/2025
Can democracy survive amid climate collapse, pandemics, and nuclear threats? In a conversation with Ivan Krastev, Jonathan White explores how a sense of doom redefines our understanding and trust in democracy. Watch their talk from the #VHF 2024: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wLN... #TBT
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JONATHAN WHITE - CAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE THE DEATH OF THE FUTURE?
JONATHAN WHITE in conversation with IVAN KRASTEV SATURDAY, 28.09.2024 / 12h30 AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, SITZUNGSSAAL In his recent book In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea…
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“The distant future can be a source of hope”, Jonathan White details in his book, In the Long Run, “but it can also be reason for passivity.” Noah Gordon on the three peaks of the climate transition, and the politics of promises www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
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Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.
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Jonathan White @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
'The Future as a Democratic Resource', my article now published at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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The Future as a Democratic Resource | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
The Future as a Democratic Resource - Volume 24 Issue 3
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Jonathan White @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New article of mine- 'Time and the Neo-Monarchist Turn', European Journal of Social Theory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @lse-ei.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
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Future Histories @futurehistories.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A new episode of Future Histories! This time I speak to Jonathan White ( @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social, @lse-ei.bsky.social ) about the future as a political idea. Full Episode: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo... #FutureHistories #FutureHistoriesInternational #Podcast
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LSE International Relations @lseir.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📄 Dr @nikhil-kalyanpur.bsky.social has published a new article titled "Twilight of the oligarchs" in the @ripejournal.bsky.social. As billionaires play an ever more visible role in shaping politics at home and abroad, this piece offers a new perspective on understanding their power. bit.ly/3OXcOcP
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Twilight of the oligarchs
The hyper-wealthy are increasingly, blatantly influencing politics both at home and abroad. Despite multiple paths to plutocrat-status, and perpetual infighting within the very top of the economic ...
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Review of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Twilight of the oligarchs, by @nikhil-kalyanpur.bsky.social
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Twilight of the oligarchs
The hyper-wealthy are increasingly, blatantly influencing politics both at home and abroad. Despite multiple paths to plutocrat-status, and perpetual infighting within the very top of the economic ...
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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 12/03/2026
"Drawing on comparative political economy and international relations theory, this Commentary develops a typology of billionaires based on their sources of income and their relationship to state power." Twilight of the oligarchs - @nikhil-kalyanpur.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A 2×2 matrix classifying varieties of plutocrats along two dimensions: "Balance of Power" (Plutocrat-Dominated vs. State-Dominated) across the columns, and "Income Source" (Via private capital vs. Via state capital) down the rows. The four resulting types are: Oligarchs (private capital, plutocrat-dominated), Tycoons (private capital, state-dominated), Cronies (state capital, plutocrat-dominated), and Kleptocrats (state capital, state-dominated).
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Leaflet @leaflet.pub · 10h
The Atmosphere is the family of apps that run on Atmosphere accounts, Bluesky is the flagship. Your bsky account IS an atmosphere account Now, Aster ID is an Atmosphere account provider geared specifically toward research! More on the Atmosphere and accounts here! lab.leaflet.pub/3mrq6ma5dgs2x
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What is the Atmosphere?
An explainer for everyone in 4 minutes or less.
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Leaflet @leaflet.pub · 10h
Exciting things happening for researchers on this website!
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Nick Bray @zootherabirding.bsky.social · 10h
Seen plenty of Crimson-rumped Waxbills at Abu Simbel these past couple of days. Grossly lightened this pic to get the detail and what a stunner! Only officially discovered in May 2025 in this far flung corner of the Western Palearctic. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birding
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Peer Sylvester @peersylvester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My designer diary of Upland&Prairie is online and if for nothing else, ppl should read it to learn how lineages of inspiration can flow. boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
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From the King of Siam via Afghanistan to Sweden and back to Berlin: Upland & Prairie | BoardGameGeek Blog
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Kathy Keatley Garvey @bugsrule.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Monarch. Zinnia. Blue sky. Vacaville. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
TODAY: Ray and guest-host Blakey Vermeule question masculinity with Robin Dembroff from Yale University, author of "Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Weaponizes Gender" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2….
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What Is Masculinity?
Ideals of manhood differ across times and cultures—why think there’s any one thing it means to be a man?
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Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 17/05/2026
Why do appeals to biology so often get used to justify social hierarchy? Robin Dembroff explores this question thoughtfully in their new book, "Real Men on Top". oxford.ly/4ezikNy
Square graphic displaying the book cover of Real Men on Top by Robin Dembroff against a textured blue background with the text “May 2026.”
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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
What a book! Patriarchy is more than sexism, it’s a set of claims of superiority that encompasses adults over children and humans over animals—and, most of all, status among men. Offers a path out that sees value in masculine traits, but eschews the system of power. robindembroff.com/real-men-on-...
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Real Men on Top by Robin Dembroff | Philosophy of Masculinity
In the Real Men on Top book, Yale's Robin Dembroff explores the philosophy of masculinity and how patriarchy harms men. Discover the new release.
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Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 27/07/2026
Robin Dembroff's "Real Men on Top" revisits ideas inherited from second-wave feminism and asks whether patriarchy should be understood as more than just "men dominating women." The result is a nuanced argument about how gender hierarchies are organized/maintained. oxford.ly/3TSGw4Q
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What We Get Wrong About Patriarchy
A conversation with philosopher Robin Dembroff about their new book, Real Men on Top, identity categories, and the possibility of undoing patriarchy.
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Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 31/07/2026
What if patriarchy is more than a system of domination? In Real Men on Top, Robin Dembroff argues that patriarchy shapes the very reality we inhabit. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation on the New Books Network: oxford.ly/4vN9ReA
Listen to Robin Dembroff discuss Real Men on Top, available now as a podcast. New Books Network. Oxford University Press.
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Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the past week reminds me of this @lopatto.bsky.social piece about *just how much* of the past several years has been shaped by powerful men dismantling the court of public opinion, because it was the last court they might face any consequences in
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How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Patriarchy is not only a system in which men dominate women; it is a grammar that teaches people how to see the world. As our podcast of the week details, the concept makes hierarchy and injustice appear as natural. With Robin Dembroff on @unhappinesspod.bsky.social buff.ly/d0tahRS
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When the country’s unemployed youth were compared to “cockroaches," Abhijeet Dipke jokingly put out an online call: “What if all cockroaches came together?” Our video of the week explores the rise of India's Cockroach Janata Party. Feat. Anuradha Chenoy at @tninstitute.bsky.social buff.ly/zPgccvm
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reporting from Budapest's Danube Institute as Viktor Orban's rule unravels, this piece traces how US and European conservatives treated Hungary as a model for using state power against liberal institutions. By @briankgoodman.bsky.social in @thedriftmag.com buff.ly/AeMVDS4
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The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
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Max M. @ambystomax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seasonal job opportunity in Northeastern Oregon with some of the cool people I work with! Spend your summer chasing woodpeckers and hiking around some beautiful country 😊 jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
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USFS Wildlife Technician | Natural Resources Job Board
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Tyson Wepprich @tysonwepprich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tack on a community health impact surcharge to the country club for the Parkinsons's jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Proximity to Golf Courses and Risk of Parkinson Disease
This case-control of older US adults examines risk of Parkinson Disease by proximity of residence to a golf course.
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Mike Perham @mike.perham.net · 29/09/2026
Pitched the idea of using eminent domain on Lake Oswego’s biggest golf course to build housing to the Mayor last night. It’s a gaping wound right in the middle of the city, they pay $200k/yr in property tax for 120 acres!!!
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our new edition of Walter Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is out now. "This book is a legendary classic that galvanized freedom fighters around the world." -- @cornelwest.bsky.social
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. In this classic book, Rodn...
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 29/09/2026
As you can see, the US has been the largest producer for the last nine years, since it overtook Saudi Arabia. Production in the US gradually declined during the 1990s and early 2000s, then increased sharply after 2010 and is now at an all-time high.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 29/09/2026
The United States is the world’s largest oil producer. When people think about global oil, their minds often go toward countries in the Middle East. But it’s the United States that is the world’s largest oil producer. The chart shows oil production by country since 1990.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has foolishly cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, and homelessness is predictably now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if lazy political ideology doesn’t get in the way.
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Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow. LinkedIn's algorithm really did not want people to see @sarahagilbert.bsky.social's important article on preserving human connection from AI. Out of 10,200 impressions on my posts last week, LinkedIn only showed @sarahagilbert.bsky.social's article to 65. www.techpolicy.press/millions-of-...
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Millions of Volunteers Are Keeping the Internet Human. For Now.
We’re never going back to the human internet we had. But we can hope for a better internet than the AI-dominated one that is emerging, writes Sarah Gilbert.
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Vermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 29/09/2026
In a recent Vermont Public poll, 57% of respondents said they thought that the state should impose a new yearly tax on second homes. Read more: www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/20…
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
A retired Army colonel who has worked with the Pentagon to promote Pete Hegseth’s agenda has a history of praising dictators, denigrating women and minorities, and suggesting that only people with children should be allowed to vote.
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The mind and its imaginings know no borders... #NightmaresandDaydreams: A.C. 2020 is OUT NOW in North America! 🔗 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nightmares... #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #londonexhibition #newbook #publishing #heavymetal #artbook #illustration
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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The English department at Reed College—my department—is hiring a TT prof in post-45 US fiction and/or narrative. This position includes teaching in the interdisciplinary humanities program (mostly the freshman core course) as well as possibly contributing to upper level interdisciplinary programs.
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Post-1945 Fiction and/or Narrative of the United States - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed C...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/09/2026
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal. n.pr/4ryNNUh
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4 ways to avoid getting ripped off, according to a pricing expert
Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal.
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Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What @gizmodo.com says! Here you go! Bookshop: bit.ly/GougedBookshop Amazon: bit.ly/GougedAmazon PRH: bit.ly/GougedPRH
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Gouged: The End of a Fair Price--and What That Means for Your Wallet
“A thrilling true crime story about how the largest corporate monopolies in America have hatched a scheme to pick our pockets. Gouged is the book corporate America does not want you to read.”—Robert B...
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Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Shocked by this? I’m not. I wrote about this exact problem in Gouged—McDonald’s purchased a minority stake in Plexure in 2019 to build out the infrastructure for personalized pricing. Of course they would eventually deploy it. 1/2
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 29/09/2026
The customers say the internet provider made a “Price for Life” promise, then backtracked years later. They refused to accept that. mrf.lu/2d7Ll
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“With high-quality, universal services in place & an economy structured around the imperatives of social need rather than those of private profit, the importance of work in daily life would dramatically recede.” - @lukewsavage.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lukewsav...
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Between luddism and creative destruction
Technological progress could set us free. Under capitalism, it destroys jobs instead.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 29/09/2026
The Trump-Vance administration has scouted three sites in Grand Teton National Park to potentially host an MLB game. National parks exist to be protected, not paved over for entertainment.
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Gretchen King @gbtking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An icon of the West, the Maroon Bells, looming in the Elk Mountains on Colorado's Westslope, sits in an area that the Forest Service can no longer manage due to budget cuts. Is it a harbinger for privitizing these public lands? www.hcn.org/articles/the...
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The Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country News
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Which reminds me I still owe readers my two final theses on car chases and gender! adriandaub.substack.com/p/twelve-the...
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Twelve Theses about Car Chases, Gender and History -- Part 1
I'm working on my book on cars and I may be losing my mind
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 29/09/2026
The Sept. 9 immigration arrest inside the Portland International Airport was captured in surveillance footage. mrf.lu/2d7HF
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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This story was a big collaboration between graphics, data, photo, and immigration. A story with bylines across 4 desks, which I think shows the seriousness with which The Guardian takes covering this
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Owl Attacking a Bat, by Horaku, early to mid-19th century
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Kat Leyh @katleyh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It's coming!!! My graphic novel about a post-apocalyptic bicycle courier is available for pre-order! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Spoke/...
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Spoke
The Eisner and Lambda Literary Award–nominated creator of Thirsty Mermaids and coauthor of the bestselling Lumberjanes series returns with this hea...
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