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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦

@bythestillwaters.bsky.social
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I play video games and write sci- fi stories. NB Lesbian

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Shuǐyuánsù Gurumaru | Slime Vtuber @shui.zgsystem.online · 22/07/2026
Going to start releasing drafts of a new Cyberpunk story I'm writing. Near future Earth with some psychological thriller and found family elements www.royalroad.com/fiction/chap... #booksky
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Chapter 1 - Project: Helios
Relena resisted the urge to look over her shoulder. Getting caught carrying the package wasn't a concern. What bothered her was the feeling of being watched. She kept walking down Fifth Avenue with a ...
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Beatrice Mckinsey @oroboro.itch.io · 28/07/2026
Chapter 14 of Blaze // Again is now available! Abi deals with her heartbreak like any young woman would. Using her mech to go clear out a hive of human sized wasps. #lesfic www.royalroad.com/fiction/1771...
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Blaze // Again
"I'll find you in every world and re-live our love story. Again. And again. And again." — Abi, a skilled blaze pilot from a remote village, spends her days hunting the colossal beasts that threaten ...
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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
For those who may be unaware: www.techpolicy.press/substack-fou...
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Substack Cofounder Defends Commercial Relationships with Nazis
Helping Nazis grow subscription newsletter businesses is ultimately best for the world, reasons Hamish McKenzie.
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Beatrice Mckinsey @oroboro.itch.io · 28/06/2026
Blaze // Again is live! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1771...
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Blaze // Again
A sapphic sci-fi adventure about girls who pilot giant robots to fight monsters both without and within. — Abi, a skilled blaze pilot from a remote village, spends her days hunting the colossal beas...
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Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Ambrosia Sky: Act Two arrives as a free update on August 6th! ✨ Featuring: 📖 The truths behind the disaster 🪐 New locations to explore ⚙ A reworked progression system 🍄 New exo-fungus to discover 💜 Maeve is waiting Start Dalia's journey today at ambrosiasky.com
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 05/06/2026
Anti-LGBTQ+ school suspensions soar amid anti-bullying cuts – and transphobic policy may make it worse 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/anti-lgbtq-s...
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Anti-LGBTQIA+ school suspensions soar amid anti-bullying cuts – transphobic policy may make it worse
A sharp increase in homophobic and transphobic school suspensions are revealed as ‘Section 28 2.0’ is due to come into force
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Time to dim the lights. Sweet Dreams, America! Keep singing. #RadioFreeAmerica #politics youtu.be/67pyIglP79U?...
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Paul Simon and Rhiannon Giddens--American Tune live at Grammy Salute to Paul Simon
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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
It’s HAPPENING! It’s in the world and world has *eyes*
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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Looks like theft is back on the menu, boys!
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HOME » NEWS » JAMES CAMERON CHANGES HIS STANCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
"ESSENTIAL FOR CUTTING COSTS"
James Cameron
Changes His Stance on Artificial Intelligence:
"Essential for Cutting Costs"
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Famed director James Cameron, known
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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
God forbid a woman have hobbies
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nahnopenada.bsky.social @nahnopenada.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦 @bythestillwaters.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Sitting out back on a rainy Saturday.
A line of trees photo taken from my backyard on a rainy day.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.
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Caitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
ARTEMIS FROM SAILOR MOON WAS AT THE ARTEMIS 2 LAUNCH AND IM VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...
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Reddit - https://i.redd.it/6wobm5kwotsg1.jpeg
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦 @bythestillwaters.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Space Fashion! 😎 Why the Artemis II Astronauts Will Be Wearing Orange www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/s...
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Why the Artemis II Astronauts Will Be Wearing Orange
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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Artemis II launches today so I've mapped out the detailed flight path for those interested
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lorimetz59.bsky.social @lorimetz59.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This morning captured a dragonfly, emerged from its nymph exoskeleton. Have had so many breeding in our pond the past year. No fish.
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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Fast forward 2 years. Only US made routers are allowed. They can spy on everyone’s web activity and restrict it at will
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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Silkroad Ensemble's Sanctuary Tour has truly been a transformative experience so far. An honor to perform with these musicians and break down the barriers between audience and performer. We're on tour for the rest of the month, and have lots of free community engagement events surrounding the shows.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/03/2026
What To Know About ‘Project Hail Mary’ theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pro…
Q: What idea does the film explore?

A: Whether humans and aliens can really be friends without sex getting in the way.
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 13/03/2026
Running errands at lunch. Oh nooooo
Tractor supply sign: chicks and ducks available
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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦 @bythestillwaters.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
So I got a new chair for guests…
Grey and white cat on new chair.
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Beatrice Mckinsey @oroboro.itch.io · 10/03/2026
The ebook for Fractures Between is now available in places other than Amazon! Please check out my lesbian romance about two women hung up on ghosts and past mistakes but still managing to find something genuine anyway. books2read.com/u/b5yVOG oroboro.itch.io/fractures-be...
Picture of a book cover. The title reads "Fractures Between." The Author reads "Beatrice Mckinsey."

The cover depicts two women sitting back to back, a jagged white line separating them. The woman on the left is white, has long dark hair and glasses, and sits alone in a darkened wood. The woman on the right is white, has short red hair, and sits alone at the side of of a lake, during a Sunset. Their fingers cross the white lines and intertwine with each other, implying that they're reaching out for each other across a split in realities.The second chance she always dreamed of is only a reality away.

Theo's best friend and her first crush, Summer, died tragically when they were teenagers. Ten years later, Theo has a new job and is returning home. The scars of that tragedy run deep, but she's determined to face her past and move on.

Until a wish on a comet catapults Theo into an alternate reality where she and Summer never became friends… and Summer never died.

Summer falls in love easily, even though it's rarely returned. As a dropout, former bully, and gas station clerk, she knows she's not really a catch. When Theo shows up on Summer's doorstep, she offers the bed in her tiny apartment while Theo tries to find a way home. It's a small sacrifice, but then Theo looks at her as if she's the most important woman in the world, and Summer wishes she could give her so much more.

As they grow closer, Theo discovers there's a time limit on this miracle, and she has to make a choice. Can she really abandon her family and friends to stay with Summer?

Or will she have to say goodbye to Summer for the second time?
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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Apparently today was the one year anniversary of TDD! If you know anyone who likes fantasy novels about a morally-grey group of friends being gay and doing crimes, then do me a favor and share this with them.
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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I am willing to die for Statler
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“You’re a U.S. senator!” Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someone👇🏽 This should go great
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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦 @bythestillwaters.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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U.S. women's ice hockey team captain Hilary Knight broke her silence and revealed the real reason why the team declined the White House's invitation.#usa #tiktok #HilaryKnight #winterolympics #Womensh...
TikTok video by Mayara Sales
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lincoln carpenter, skeleton @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"I was expecting it to take longer for people to care about Maeve and Dalia's relationship," narrative director Kait Tremblay said. "But it did not. People got in on that sapphic yearning right away."
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After planning 2 more paid acts, narrative scifi power-washer Ambrosia Sky is instead finishing its story in one free update to 'maximize' its focus on what players loved: 'People got in on that sapph...
So much for slow burn.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 04/03/2026
It was just announced that the second half of Ambrosia Sky (immersive sim meets sci-fi horror powerwash sim) will be releasing as a free update for the game. The price will be going up when it launches, and the original price is slightly discounted right now. So now's the time to get in cheap.
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Save 15% on Ambrosia Sky: Act One on Steam
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, exp...
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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦 @bythestillwaters.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Have I used it? No. Search works better. But would I do it again? Probably. The process is the process.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We are THRILLED to reveal the cover for THE one and only @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social!!! A house is a ghost story, waiting for its death...step inside October 13, 2026 with @putnambooks.bsky.social / @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 🦋
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Revealing The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson - Reactor
A unique haunted house story, arriving October 2026
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 21/02/2026
So I kind of figured it’d be amazing to watch but man this really is different. She’s so relaxed. She’s visibly having so much fun. She’s not fighting for a medal here. She’s just playing her favorite game
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
2026 basically
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
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Jen Clare Smith 🏳️‍🌈✍️🎮📚🇺🇦 @bythestillwaters.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Rebels finds a new spot to claim from the others. He said, “This one is mine too.” And did not move until everyone lost interest.
Grey and white cat lying languidly on back cushion of a sofa with beige curtains with branch and bird design behind him.
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streetshot.eurosky.social @streetshot.eurosky.social · 13/02/2026
#Fotovorschlag 'Tierische Begegnungen'
Zwei farbenprächtige Echsen begegnen sich zwischen Felsen und trockenem Wüstenbewuchs. Links eine dunkel gemusterte Echse mit orange‑gelben Streifen, rechts eine blaugrün schimmernde Echse. Beide ruhen in einer felsigen, naturgetreuen.
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 13/02/2026
A star for Radiant Star! www.publishersweekly.com/9780316290357
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Leckie (Lake of Souls) returns to the setting of her Hugo and Nebula award-winning Imperial Radch series for this striking stand...
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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
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For Freedom's Sake @forfreedomsake.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
They literally wrote a song about this.
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a person standing in a field with 99 luftballons written on the top
ALT: a person standing in a field with 99 luftballons written on the top
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/02/2026
Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG: “I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.” The ad aged. The internet remembers.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/02/2026
Botany valentine. Another oldie.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, there are three beautiful blooming roses, and the text says "Roses are red..." In panel 2, there are some lovely violets budding and blooming, and the text says "Violets are blue..." In panel 3, there are some terrifying red and flesh colored plants with toothy maws and the text says "Hydnora are leafless, bizarrely fleshy, and incapable of producing chlorophyl..." and in panel 4 there are some cute hearts and the text says "And so are you. Happy Valentine's Day"
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 08/02/2026
Since Valentine's Day is approaching, I'm reposting some of my past Valentine's comics.
A great blue heron is standing in a marsh reading a book. The book says "They lived at opposite ends of the pond. From afar, she admired his long plumes and excellent fishing technique." The heron gets more flustered as she reads: "One day he came flying toward her. Watching him approach, she wondered: What did he want? And was he... carrying something in his beak?" The heron gets even more flustered as she reads: "Her heart skipped a beat as he landed beside her. Fluffing his neck feathers, he said those three special words:" The heron falls backwards in a swoon as she reads, "Here's a stick."
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/02/2026
This "emptiness" is something I really appreciate in cinema. It makes fictional worlds feel more real to me. I know some people find it "too slow" or boring at times, but you can't please everyone. When it's done well, this (sadly rare) "gratuitous motion" enriches the fabric of these stories. 🥰
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two women are standing in front of an airplane with the letters ee on it
Alt: two women are standing in front of an airplane with the letters ee on it
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Americans, we are living in a time of viciousness. We are living in a time where speaking the “wrong” language or having the “wrong” skin color puts you in danger. Congress must disband ICE and impeach Kristi Noem.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/02/2026
WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
We already live in a surveillance state. ICE lets its agents wear masks so they can’t be identified; meanwhile, they scan our faces. They know who we are, where we’ve been, and who we’re connected to. They’re openly building a 24/7 social media surveillance operation. 1/2
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Sue Carr @scarr54.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Immigrants can’t vote unless they have become American citizens.
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⭐️ The cabbit of the stars ⭐️ @tommothecabbit.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.
Jerry Lawson, the inventor of the video game cartridge.
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