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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 13h

PLANET SICKNESS by Kat Giles! Small press published sci-fi book about a disabled archivist who discovers discrepancies in the archival records regarding a disasterous space mission 70 years ago. Themes of climate justice, disability justice, and critical librarianship, in a tight sci-fi mystery.

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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today we are excited to reveal the cover for @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social's new novel! @kitvaria.bsky.social introduces us to A Healer’s Guide to Adventuring, coming soon from @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social! - JI 🐉 Cover art by Jenny Zemanek. fantasy-faction.com/2026/a-heale... #booksky 💙📚🪐

A piece of white paper has been ripped on a slight diagonal to reveal a portion of the book cover beneath it. The cover is mint green with white text and features illustrations of white and yellow daisies, purple lavender, a crescent moon, and a red dragon's tail.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 23h

It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...

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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 23h

Book lovers, I made something for you! Grab my FREE Reader Journal printables: bright, colorful pages to track TBRs, reading goals, and private book reviews. Sign up for my newsletter for instant access. Download: bit.ly/freereaderpr... #booksky #romance #blackbooksky

Promotional graphic for a free printable book journal showing pastel, floral-themed sample pages (book review, favorite quotes, “did not finish,” monthly reflections) with a “FREE” badge and a note: 13 journal pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, customizable.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's Tuesday, and you're wondering: "Why should I care about eels?" Well...in addition to being great fodder for memes, eels are super-important to stream ecologies! Historically, eels have made up as much as 50% of the total fish biomass in lower reaches of US & European rivers. 🗃️🧪

Meme. Picture of an eel underwater. The picture is taken from the side, so you can only see one of the eel's blue-tinged eyes, fixed on you like the red-rimmed Eye of Sauron (if Sauron were a happy fish). The eel (we'll call him Kryztaphix) seems like he is peeking out from a hole in the rocks. There are stones in the water behind him, one of which seems like a lovely speckled granite. Kryztaphix is a dark grey on top, and a shiny silver below. He is likely stopping to say hi on his way to sea.

Kryztaphix has a kindly smile on his face, and you feel comfortable in his presence. It's the sort of look that makes you want to spill out your whole life story, including that one time in middle school. You know the one. Kryztaphix won't judge you. He seen worse. Hell...he's done worse. And he will take your secrets to his Sargasso grave. You really couldn't ask for more.

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"Half your streams
are belong to us."

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Over here serving sapphic fantasy romances without men. Call that nomantasy.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We were pylon pilgrims. Each transmission tower a sacred destination in the electric ley of the land. The Hum called us to walk to them, to move under their steel legs and into our temporary temples. We marched lines of electrical ecstasy. – Tattoo Labyrinth Dave #VOH

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For when they hold the Feast of the Archangels and they make much in their sermons of St. Michael defeating Satan, I ponder why so many churches resemble nothing other than forts. Angels and saints that need stone security against the world fail to impress me. – #CLNolan

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alyson “end journalism” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

what a weight on the world

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This. When Andrea Dworkin said rape is the weapon that all men use to control all women, she wasn't saying all men rape. She was saying 1. Non-raping men permit rape to be as common as it is 2. Raping and non-raping men use the fear of "other" men to gain "good guy" status a short thread...

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026

Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Crystalline light filters through the boughs of a fiery maple tree in Kyoto, Japan. Crystal Maple by Erin Hanson, 2019 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/cr... #autumn #kyoto #oilpainting #impressionism #treeclub #landscape @bsky.art #art

Crystalline light filters through the boughs of a fiery maple tree in Kyoto, Japan. The slowly moving waters of the Arashiayama river reflect the light from above. The brush strokes fit together like a mosaic of stained glass, breathing color and motion into the scene.

Crystal Maple
by Erin Hanson, 2019
Oil on canvas
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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's the cover of Leap of Faith, out on Thursday! I seem to have managed to set up pre-orders, so if a low-heat sapphic short story set in a Welsh animal sanctuary with a recalcitrant pig is your thing, I have you covered! books2read.com/leapoffaithlester

A dark green book cover with the silhouette of two leaping hares. Text reads 'Leap of Faith by A L Lester, A Sapphic Short Story.

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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · 21/09/2026

"To understand the right-wing radicalization of Silicon Valley politics, you must understand Peter Thiel. To understand Thiel, you must understand the formative role the book 'The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State' ...

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Every year we make the case for keeping leaves, branches, & plant stems in your yard. Bugs need them for shelter! That’s not to say you can’t tidy up: rake leaves into garden beds, around trees, or just in a pile out of the way. All we ask is that you #LeaveTheLeaves! 🍂🐝 xerces.org/blog/leave-t...

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Leave the Leaves!

One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hookland is ghost country. Hookland is witch country. If you suspect some monstrous thing is lurking in your nightmares, you might just find it in that place of legends. – #CLNolan, Children’s Hour, BBC Regional Programme, 1936

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A mini-lith in the Porlock Stone Circle @exmoornp.bsky.social #Somerset Measuring 24m in diameter and containing at least 13 stones, this Early Bronze Age monument can be hard to find with uprights standing only 15 – 80cm tall 📷 Aug 2019 Small but perfectly formed 😍 #StandingStoneSunday

An upright stone from a prehistoric circle in sunlight surrounded by tufts of grass

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🧵8 Posts: High on the windy ridge above the Spen Valley, beside Walton Cross Farm at Hartshead, stands a remarkable survivor from Yorkshire’s medieval past. At first glance, it appears to be little more than a weathered block of grey gritstone. Yet this is the surviving base of

The surviving base of the Walton Cross, an Anglian high cross probably dating from the late ninth or tenth century. The shaft and cross-head have long since disappeared, leaving only the richly carved socket stone. Image: Tim Green CC BY-SA 2.0

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The speed camera is ruining people’s lives! As opposed to the reckless drivers, who just want what’s best for everyone.

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reminds me that I need to plant the Virginia Creeper and honeysuckles I scavenged from the 'not quite dead, please take a chance on us' corner of the garden centre.

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just plugged in my Home Assistant Green and although I'm a bit scared to say this aloud, it seems so simple?

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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’ll be periodically reposting this between now and the end of October to remind NT members to use their vote (it’s very quick to click if you are happy to endorse the existing Board’s recommendations).

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Andrew Varga @andrewvargaauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#TimeTravelAuthors My MCs agree that the past sucks, so neither wants to live in it. However, one secondary character is willing to lose himself in the past because he doesn't want to face the destruction that my antagonist is going to unleash in the present.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New article series alert! Thanks to @karinjr.bsky.social, who chatted with BFS Horizon Editor @robincmduncan.bsky.social to find out more about what he’s looking for in submissions, and to get his take on the landscape for short fiction now. britishfantasysociety.org/ready-for-su...

A text-heavy graphic gives the name of the article series, Get Ready for Submission, plus features images of Karin J Robinson and Robin CM Duncan. An illustration of a telescope sits above Robin's photo.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Indie Authors, I'm especially seeking more authors in the Asia-Pacific, Africa or Central or South America for my Books Direct From Authors Around the World Blog. Selling on Itchio counts, as well as Payhip/ on your site, etc. There's still room for more indies in Europe & North America too 😉

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #103

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My uncle broke ranks with my Methodist family & told me the Glyderau mountains of Dyffryn Ogwen are home to Gods, & Angels live in the rivers & trees on the valley floor As a child I listened in awe to his stories of a life with Nature, & still have no reason to not believe him

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'd like to read a book about how AI works on a technical level - not about the business/ethical side as I have plenty to read on that. Aimed at a lay person who doesn't a tech background. Any recs? #Booksky

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A quick reminder: tomorrow's newsletter will include a giveaway of 50 (!) e-ARCs of my upcoming cozy-spooky romantasy novella A Waltz of Sinister Import, the 3rd & final novella in The Supernatural Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven. Subscribe here: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter #romancelandia

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Queer authors, if you will be publishing a book on ITCH DOT IO and/or KOBO PLUS between now and Dec 31, please make that book known to me below. Especially if you're not publishing on the Evil River! Pre-order link is best, itch profile is great (so I can follow you), or whatever ya got. 🌈📚

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 24/09/2026

Saw a woman on TikTok who said she quit corporate at age 46 to become a beekeeper because “I would literally rather get stung by 10,000 bees than write ‘per my last email’ again” and you know what? I respect that

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Helen Ní Shé @muintirshe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bréanainn

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am really very fed up with the Rich Bastards being in charge. Apropos of nothing in particular, just /waves hand vaguely at everything/.

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Finn McLellan @saranadosfiction.com · 24/09/2026

TL;DR I am going to be at both Octocon (virtually) and Fantasycon (in-person!) and am panelling at both - panels on disability, anti-heroes, and representation at Octocon, panels on religion in SFFH and on the Gothic at Fantasycon (which all together make a great summary of a me, actually XDD)

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Morning world. Supervision this morning and then meeting with friends for a late lunch.

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Finn McLellan @saranadosfiction.com · 24/09/2026

#WIPSnips | meddle Midway through Silver in the Ashes, and it's a damn good thing that Avebury talks to himself when he thinks he's alone ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/05/25/s... )

“I suppose it’s only good luck that you don’t know what you were meddling with,” the Sinnlenst went on, the floor creaking again under his boots as he crossed back towards the door. “Though I feel that an object lesson might perhaps be in order.” And, in an undertone that was still more than audible, “And if you’re *not* the one who’s playing games with the talisman, then I have some questions for our master.”

*‘Our master’? Take that at face value, means he thinks Fest’s the one who broke into his room. Could use that.*

*Should tell Archer about it first.*

His guts twisted again, cramping badly enough that he almost doubled over, and he swallowed hard, bile burning his nose and throat. He was almost bloody certain he’d heard the door close behind Avebury, but if the Sinnlenst was smart enough to try and trick him out of hiding, then-

*Stay quiet. Stay safe.*

Fuck. Felt like every bad day he’d had as a kid, back when he wasn’t big enough to make a dent in half the folks who’d want to do him harm. Back when he’d first run away, when it felt like half the fucking world was out to get him, when he’d barely a couple of knives and no kills to his name, crouching in the darkness with his mouth tasting of blood and vomit and his heart rattling in his chest and every fucking fibre of his being screaming to get up, get out, and fucking *fight*.

*Supposed to be fucking* different *now, ain’t it?*

But he couldn’t kill Avebury – not right now, not knowing everything that’d bring down on Cervanso and the rest of them. And if he couldn’t kill him, then getting into a scrap with him was going to do nothing except make everything fucking worse, since knocking people on the head or choking them out didn’t conveniently erase their memories of what they’d been doing before you knocked ’em unconscious.

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anna 🪶 @futurumopteryx.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🩵✨jong ijsvogeltje 🧡💙 #nature today #Natuur #vogels 🪶 #birds #photography #garden wens iedereen een mooie avond!♥️🌠

jong mannetje, eindelijk zit hij weer achter bij de sloot. Zwemt niet zoveel in momenteel, hoop dat ie wel genoeg zal vangen. Nog niet gezien dit jaar, maar de Amerikaanse rivierkreeft is in de buurt... eet werkelijk alles op, tot kannibalisme toe. Behalve de waterlelie, vreemd 🤔

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

now that’s what I call a sunrise

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A request! We can't grow this account fast enough. So please follow us if you aren't already, and please share this post to spread the word. Help us do our bit to share positive solutions to the nature & climate emergencies, and bring more nature into people's lives. Thank you 😊🐝

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My blurb is still too long. I'm out of practice.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent

Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026

Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...

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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia

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