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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 3h

Perfectly ingenious solution (and entirely logical). If your mom can get past “proper”, she might be proud of you for it. 🙂

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I feel like there’s a word for all the bad things happening with the economy right now. It’s almost like the MSM doesn’t want to say what that word is because of who’s sitting in the Oval Office 🤔 apnews.com/article/jobs...

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US hiring slows and unemployment ticks higher with a month remaining before Americans head to polls

U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, according to new data, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of ...

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 5h

🤣🤣🤣 And you just earned your own follow for this one! #relatable

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 9h

I'm 38. All celebrity news looks like this: 'CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT'

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 15h

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

😂 @ Alt Text I never got into any of the cartoon Hulks, though I grew up with the live-action show and liked it rather a lot. So while her listed profession is news to me, I’m glad they made a female character whose more “ordinary” alter ego is also powerful, if in a different way. 💯

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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 24/09/2026

Using AI to do a crime does not absolve you of criminality. AI is just a computer program. It's already illegal to use computers to do crimes. Even other people's computers. Furthermore, AI is unnecessarily unsafe; using it to "accidentally" commit a crime should add charges of criminal negligence.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes, please! At your convenience, of course, but most definitely.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Alt text for quoted image: Two photos side by side. Left photo includes 3 small cats of varying shades, curled into 3 adorable and symmetrical balls of fur, all lined up side by side on a blanket or sweater that is lying on a couch or chair.😻 Right photo includes 3 small pumpkins of matching colors!

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

(Sadly, I do miss out on some really cool sites sometimes, because if I can’t focus on the actual text I’m trying to read due to videos or banners or rollovers, it’s not worth the mental energy that it takes me to read it. Might work for a lot of people; doesn’t work for me.)

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It varies from day to day, but only one “pop up” was that offer; the other two were those distracting banners at the bottom rolling over the text I tried to read, telling me who had just “bought/downloaded/added to cart!”, like I know these people or have to jump on their bandwagon. I couldn’t. 😵‍💫

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wow. I wanted to read that article, but I had to stop after the third pop-up banner trying to force-feed me FOMO. It started off well (the writing part, that is, while the site’s algorithm, ironically, chased me away).

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ah, so after Amazon purchased the then-best place to talk about books, so they could shill their own on it, now they’re copying The StoryGraph’s system? I didn’t realize there was so much demand for the quarter-star scale. /s Seriously, though, I hope the Zon doesn’t buy TSG, too. 😒

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I wish this had alt text, but I love the sentiment and had to re-share it anyway.

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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

www.threads.com/share/BANePk...

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Ed Robins @authoredrobins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Working on the next stories in my "10 Cent Universe" composed of sci-fi mashups. The primary series is a hardboiled noir on a generation ship. The other is a western set on the planet the ship eventually settles.

Banner of the covers of books in the 10 CENT UNIVERSE by Ed Robins

CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD
MURDERS IN THE GRAY
A VIOLENT MAN
EASY AS IT GETS
THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG DALTON REID

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Right?!? Like, if they can link the series, they should at least get the author right. It’s such a low bar to clear. 🤦

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

UGH! I got a book re-attributed to the correct author by requesting help from them once. I hope it’s just as easy for you to do the same, if annoying.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe there should be a Bat Scale like the Pepper Scale only for cozy horror? One bat: Scooby Doo Two bats: Bunnicula Three bats: Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking Four bats, unless it's five: Someone to Build a Nest In? Five bats: Someone else will have to name this, I'm hiding under covers XD

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I seem to remember looking forward to the much-later follow-up and then feeling like it was a bit predictable and not especially funny. I rewatched the original and thought it held up fairly well after the same number of years, just not #2.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Life is hard enough sometimes without having to use the cheap toilet paper. (Seriously, if you can cover your bills and eat well enough, buy the good stuff.)

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S.E. Robertson / C.A. Moss is first-drafting @feelingsandmagic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

seriously, Lynn's books are some of my favorites in this genre! go for it!

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's the last day of both Hearthcon and the Cozy the Day Away sale -- all my cozy fantasy books are on sale for half off (or 99 cents). Great time to pick them up! (as Priye says, 📚📚💕🐱🧶, translated as "BOOK BOOK ALL BOOK MINE!!!") cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org/author/lynn-...

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Shanna Swendson @shannaswendson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's a cool, rainy day here, so it's perfect timing for the Cozy the Day Away Sale on cozy and cozy-adjacent fantasy and paranormal books. Oct. 3-4. cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Cozy the Day Away Sale
A two-day sale specifically for the cozy fantasy genre.
Sat 3rd/Sun 4th Oct
cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Image shoes a creature on a pile of books with a cup of tea nearby.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can’t tune in live right now, but I’ll definitely be watching the replays! Thank you, Lynn, and thank you all for doing this delightful and inclusive conference! 🧡🔥😊🧡

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

💙📚🪐📚🌶📚🌈📚😻📚♿️ The stream is open and in about 20-30 min Mysti and Jolly will be explaining how to play Trope Bingo & win actual prizes for it! inc. a full set of my cozy fantasy books 😄 (did I mention how much I love that this con is free & accessible online?) www.youtube.com/@LazyDragonB...

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Lazy Dragon Books Inc

Stories that warm the heart.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every time a historical costumer posts that they’ve modified a technique to allow for not getting fucking heat stroke, people have a cow. Gonna let you in on a little secret that is not at all secret, you just don’t get it: Climate change completely aside, it was colder in the past.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you've ever wanted to know how to make your own accessible epub, @inlightsyrup.com , Bo Huffman, and I will be teaching both free and paid epub software wrangling about 6 hours from now. www.lazydragonbooks.com/hearthcon-2026 🤝 cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2026

HearthCon 2026 Schedule Watch live on YOUTUBE OCT 3-4th For email updates on any changes, please subscribe to our newsletter.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

💙📚🪐📚🌶📚🌈📚😻📚♿️ Hey Booksky - the Cozy the Day Away book sale is live and Hearthcon is starting in about 3 hours! Featuring 130+ books and dozens of authors including @slrowland.com , @celialake.bsky.social , @feelingsandmagic.bsky.social , @infinitesquirrels.bsky.social , @jsruff.bsky.social , & more!

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

😂💯👏👏👏 I can see that you’re well prepared! 😁 So now I say, “Go for it!”

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love your character answers in other posts so far, but I’d almost be worried about an Ask Me Anything (if that’s what you meant!) because we’re in the midst of a trilogy you’re writing, and I’d be loath to spoil even a hint of anything by accident. Still sounds fun in general, though!

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Schiffskatze (Mehlschwalben Fan Account) @katzenschiff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the point of every book, every painting, every song is *connecting with other people* and their feelings 🤷‍♀️ feeling like you are not alone in this world, feeling understood and understanding the other

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The Almighty Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Inside you there are two wolves. Well actually they are pugs. And one is upside down.

Dottie the black pug lays on a pillow next to Lily the fawn pug who is on her back

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

💙📚🪐 New month, new BookFunnels of #freebooks and #discountbooks! Some of these are by folks you can chat with this weekend at Hearthcon Online and get at a discount from Cozy the Day Away. First up, free cozy fantasy: books.bookfunnel.com/freecozyfant...

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Free Cozy Fantasy - October (NO AI)

Enjoy these cozy fantasy books, FREE for a limited time!

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a helpful short thread, but CW for SA in recent news, even though it’s awful that none of it is NEW. Blaming the victim, discrediting SA reporters (sometimes even by news reporters! 🤬), and shrugging it off are all ways of keeping the status quo strong. All of which is utterly unacceptable!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2026

'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That is indeed a winner for the ages! 😄

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 30/09/2026

I'm not saying every brand in Canada has to be a franglish pun, but Milk 2 Go/Lait's Go is a true masterpiece.

An image from the Lait's Go website with the text "Lait's Go: Fabriques au Canada, avec du lait de fermes Canadiennes" Below, three Lait's Go milk-on-the-go bottles in different flavours splash down into milk. It's milk all the way down, people.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026

Backpack has been declared the winner of Fat Bear Week 2026. Of the more than 200,000 votes cast in the final, Backpack beat out Bear 910 by just 5,000 votes. The annual online competition puts bears into bracket-style matchups as they prepare for hibernation.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the record, I really liked it and see what all the fuss is about. But even a *monthly* fee to Amazon could better buy multiple books, so I’ll be holding off on the rest of the series. I thought ads would be enough to cover it but misjudged the behemoth in an optimistic moment. 😂

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Saw that Spider-Noir was free with ads on my old (free) Amazon account & watched E1 during my morning workout. Went to queue up E2 during cooldown & realized it’s just the pilot that’s free. Won’t pay $157 to watch one show, so I’ll trust @authoredrobins.bsky.social that it’s all that good for now.🤷

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hrmph! 😞 Whatever it turns out to be, I hope it clears up quickly and you feel better soon!

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wow. I did stop unsubscribing for that suspicion, and while I wasn’t a caller in 2016, I did at one point have bumper stickers and flyers in my car for anyone who saw mine, mentioned anything relevant within earshot, or commented on a t-shirt or hat I was wearing. 🤷

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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 29/09/2026

anyway. i agree 100% with cab. it's important to know how to become passably good at something you don't particularly enjoy doing. that's probably never going to change, and it shouldn't. i hope to be learning new skills until the day i die.

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Cab @cabfolio.com · 29/09/2026

I learned so much work and life skills by doing the grunt work myself for years. All those things AI companies deem "automatable". Do I "enjoy" doing my taxes? Reading contracts? Managing files? Not really. But I'm now relatively good at a bunch of "adult" stuff that don't seem that daunting now.

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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You shouldn’t even have my number, because I’m almost religious about never giving it to anyone, especially for marketing purposes. Which means you’re blasting the whole country. I’m well aware of the posturing by most politicians and your love of money and need for attention. Fuck all the way off.

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