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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 2h

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Check out Apex's new T-shirt and tote bad design for this year's Kickstarter. Created by the amazing Ori Whipple!

Apex Magazine's T-shirt design for our Kickstarter. Says Support Your Local Punks with profiles of many different punk heads.

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 3h

It's time! The @apexmag.bsky.social 2027 Kickstarter is live! Help us fund another year of strange, shocking, beautiful, and surreal speculative fiction! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Brian @crashbox.net · 17h

Friday would be a good day to show your favorites some love. Or maybe even discover a new favorite. Regarding discovering something new, allow me to suggest Spacelord. spacelordband.bandcamp.com/music

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Brian @crashbox.net · 30/09/2026

Since you borrowed his line, I'll ask if you ever got to meet Stan Lee?

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Brian @crashbox.net · 30/09/2026

Same except I thought it was Wednesday.

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Brian @crashbox.net · 29/09/2026

@aletheakontis.com hey stranger... I've got something I need to ask you about, what's the best way to reach you?

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Brian @crashbox.net · 26/09/2026

That's perfectly reasonable in my opinion.

Brian @crashbox.net · 26/09/2026

You walk into a men's room and see someone doing the 3rd or 4th from the left. What do you do?

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Brian @crashbox.net · 26/09/2026

That sounds a lot like how @lesleyconner.bsky.social lives her life.

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Brian @crashbox.net · 25/09/2026

They seem to be staying away from people's names. Which is good. Imagine how you'd feel if they gave an AI tool your first name.

Brian @crashbox.net · 25/09/2026

They named an AI thing after Nickelback? *ducks* 😂

Brian @crashbox.net · 22/09/2026

It worked with Seattle did it with Marshawn Lynch in the Super Bow....oh wait, nevermind.

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Brian @crashbox.net · 21/09/2026

The mental state of a Packers fan is pretty scary too

Brian @crashbox.net · 21/09/2026

I once had to break up a fistfight when the father of a kid on my kid's soccer team attacked the ref in the parking lot after the match. This was a U10 league. The aggro a-hole father was on crutches btw. Imagine being so angry over youth sports that you'd try to fight someone while on crutches.

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That's taking the "double click your mouse" euphemism literally, huh?

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I mean they are ... wait for it....fun guys

I'll watch with you.

Picture of a TV showing the Cornell vs Colgate football game

Intellectually you are more than capable of understanding football. If you'd ever like a primer, let me know.

Brian @crashbox.net · 18/09/2026

Flu vaccine ✅ COVID vaccine ✅ Now we wait to see if I feel crummy for a day or two.

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UndEd Grabianowski @robotviking.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you are or know of an editor looking for freelance writers with a lot of experience (NYT byline and all that), please let me know. Beats include tech, health, science, environment, sports, automotive, education - honestly I've covered just about everything at this point.

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter is coming soon! Be sure to hit that 'Notify me on launch' button so you can be one of the first to back another year of Apex! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Brian @crashbox.net · 14/09/2026

Well, when you finally get here with that biggby coffee, I'll give you some teaspoons (and a cup of tea). 😀

Brian @crashbox.net · 14/09/2026

We've got an abundance of tea spoons. Guessing that won't help

Brian @crashbox.net · 13/09/2026

I have a lot of questions. Like a *lot*.

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The same place socks go when you put them in the dryer.

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You are always welcome on our doorstep. ☕☕

I'm not aware of too many employers who do it and I appreciate your fact that mine does. Can you bring me a fancy coffee please? 😂

For the last 4 yrs my company has implemented "summer Fridays" which means everyone gets a half day on Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Today is the first full (8hr) Friday I'm working since May 15th (I had some time off planned too). It's taking a lot not to burn some leave and quit early.

DO. IT. And use the time wisely: Go get a fancy coffee and browse your favorite bookstore or go you farmers market. Or day drink. Or go home and convince your husband to take a little break from work in you know what I mean. 😉

Can I also say that we're awful people. The people that run this store are just trying to make a living and we're here dreaming up ways to subtly annoy them for absolutely no reason other than that we're trying to distract ourselves from the fact the world is a dumpster fire.

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And of course in conjunction with that, you need to have as many pair of sunglasses as possible in your purse so that when you go to get your wallet to pay, you just start piling them up on the counter as you work your way to your wallet.

Ok so next step is to have more than one pair. One on your head, one in you shirt, etc.

One subtle thing you could do is make sure that every time you go in, there are sunglasses visible, just not on your eyes. Up on up of your head, or hanging from the neck of your blouse, or across your throat, or in your hand...

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You could walk with a limp every third time you go there. Or speak in a different accent every time. Or only walk backwards. Or pay in only nickels.

I am here for weird signs at the small local grocery store. Please keep us updated. Also maybe you need to start doing odd things when you go there to figure out what is sign worthy. For example, walk into the store with one arm pulled inside your shirt and stay that way for the entire visit.

Brian @crashbox.net · 10/09/2026

I didn't have to read Animal Farm in HS, and I decided to read it a couple months ago. Yeah, this is a weird time in history to experience that book for the first time.