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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Things I'm grateful for today: My wife is home. Green chile. Iced coffee. Long talks with @jodipayne.bsky.social (even if I kept her up too late.

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Oh, this looks fun. *grabs it up*

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

#NationalDogDay -- Meet Bernie, Boomieshark, and Precious. :D

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Not sure why Republicans are so intent on pushing America toward a police state, but Texas just gave us another example. GOP leaders forced Democratic lawmakers who had broken quorum to sign so-called “permission slips,” effectively agreeing to be tracked and escorted by state

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It never ends. Last night three local Texas activists, along with a Democratic leader, gathered at the Texas Capitol to show support for Rep Nicole Collier. Collier who had refused to sign a GOP-mandated “permission slip” requiring a Department of Public Safety escort and instead staged an overnight

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Good Morning! Do the Little Free Libraries in your area have banned books in them? Your assignment this week is to find out & if not make sure they do! (As always bonus points if the books are by living authors from communities being targeted by book banners!)

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Recovering from getting glutened. Stupid body. #celiacs #glutenfree

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Thank you to Free DC and everyone joining the protests to help #FreeDC. ✊

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2025

Meiselas: A MAGA anti-vax extremist opened fire on the CDC, killing a heroic Black officer. 500 shots fired. Do we hear Trump or JD Vance saying anything? Cohen: Not even thoughts and prayers.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This Saturday, nationwide “Fight the Trump Takeover” protests will take place with 50 rallies across 20 states to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas. “Fight the Trump Takeover” is coordinated by Texas for ALL(@texasforall.bsky.social), the day of action pushes back against

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I'm trying not to panic. So far, it's not working.

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DebauCharade @debaucharade.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Since it’s in mastercards rules that content that is ”patently offensive and lacks serious artistic value”, I think all artists should all call in and politely ask for the definition of “patently offensive” and where we can find the comity responsible for determining “artistic value”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Reporter: The president threatened to use not just the National Guard but the military. Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.

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Katherine McIntyre @katherinemcintyre.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Given the current events, I wanted to remind folks that the last thing we should be doing right now is staying silent and obeying in advance.

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

*grins* Not only was it rough, the entire plot hangs on the fact that I wrote it before smart phones... ;-)

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I bought this one the day it came out. Second chances are my jam. ❤️

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

#QueerPrompts Hey y'all! I write LGBTQ+ cowboy romances while hanging with my wife and our hound dogs. If I'm not writing, I'm crafting. Right now I'm working on Cowboy Wanted 4 and a charity novella (but I want to be writing on a shiny new idea...)

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Things bringing me joy lately: 📖 Local book clubs 🏳️‍🌈 My wife 🧑‍🍳 Australian cooking shows 🍅 Tomatoes from the garden 🌹 Roses on their second bloom 🐉 D&D on the weekends 🪑 My new chair! 🧶 New knitting class on Sunday What's bringing you joy?

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

So, I need to write a bonus story for my newsletter this month, and I'm drawing a blank. Does anyone have any prompts to spark a thought?

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Just picked this one up on audio. Looks fascinating as all get out.

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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Also, hey, go buy a bunch of hidden-from-search books and PROVE THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS WRONG. tormentedartifacts.itch.io

tormentedartifacts.itch.io

Dee Arbacauskas

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 24/07/2025

UPDATE: If you have a confirmed report on a book that has been REMOVED or DELISTED on itch, please share the titles and authors in this thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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shirokoi🔜MFF @shirokoi.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This is so fucking depressing. With each year, a major platform is hit with more censorship of adult content (Gumroad, Patreon, Etsy, and now Itchio). If you want to help fight back, please consider signing the ACLU petition here: action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

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Chris B 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 24/07/2025

It doesn’t matter if you don’t directly engage with nsfw work, letting a few large companies control what art is censored is bad for *all* of us. (And let’s be real, they’re coming after all queer work as well even if it contains nothing nsfw.)

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This is my entire position today. :P

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Okay...I have to admit I was intrigued enough to buy this. *grins* I'm a sucker for a second chance.

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I'm having one of those mornings where I just am going to have to go with surviving is a win...

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Trying to have faith in something while the world burns, so I spent some time with a friend.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

reposted with alt text! FUCK EM UP, WGA this merger needs to be stopped

WGAW (WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST)
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA EAST

WGA Statement on Paramount's
Decision to Cancel The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert

On July 2nd, Paramount agreed to settle a baseless lawsuit brought against 60 Minutes and CBS News by President Trump for $16 million. On July 15, during a regular show of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert went on-air and called the settlement a "big fat bribe" in exchange for a favorable decision on the proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, a charge currently under investigation in California.

Less than 48 hours later, on July 17, Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a show currently performing first in its timeslot, giving vague references to the program's "financial performance" as the only explanation. For ten years, the show has been one of the most successful, beloved and profitable programs on CBS, entertaining an audience of millions on late night television, on streaming services and across social media.
Given Paramount's recent capitulation to President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show's cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval.

Cancelations are part of the business, but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society. Paramount's decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage, and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.
The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount.

We call on our elected leaders to hold those responsible to account, to demand answers about why this beloved program was canceled and to assure the public that Colbert and his writers were not censored due to their views or the whims of the President.
In the meantime, the Writers Guild of America will support our members at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and across the late-night industry as they speak truth to power and we will explore all potential legal and political avenues to fight for our members in the aftermath of this decision.

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I was today years old when I learned the term #hopepunk. OMG. OMG. I love this so hard!

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Okay, y'all. I'm trying to figure this platform out, but it's not coming easy to this old bat...

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

THE Rep. Jasmine Crockett to Elon Musk: "Fuck off." So say we all. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Video clip courtesy of @calltoactivism.bsky.social

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Way too many people think of community as "me and all of my friends helping each other." You will not always like everyone you are in community with. You will need to support them at times, and at other times you will have to rely on them. You will still not like them. Community isn't about like.

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Discworld.com @discworldofficial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” ― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight #Discworld #DiscworldOfficial #TerryPratchett #sirterrypratchett #terrypratchettquote

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This is the person of the year.

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I will never not repost this.

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BA Tortuga @batortuga.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

What does a gay romance author do when he heads to the school after his son gets into a fight and finds that the other dad in the principal's office is the cover model for his best-selling series? Find out today!

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God @thegodshow.com · 09/12/2024

Billionaires work very hard to keep the peasants distracted and divided so they never notice how badly they’re being SCREWED and unite against the billionaires.

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