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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 7h

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 9h

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15h

Time for this classic again.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 14h

your average Bluesky adventuring party has: - 1 sports person who is also a political sicko - 1 adhd chaos crafter who is also a political sicko - 1 sff writer who is also a political sicko - 1 romance author who is also a lawyer who is also a political sicko - 1 gardener recovering from being a po

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 22h

Our Take Back the Night event this year had protestors.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am seeing lots of advice to feed writer's stuff into programs to detect whether it is AI or not, and that seems super problematic on many levels, including that the accuracy of such programs is debatable. No one is more anti-AI than I am but I'm not gonna feed my hard-earned words into any program

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Using what happened at Cornell to promote your book? Really? Is that really what you’re doing? I have no words.

JA Williams posting: ‘Seven men accused. One university sued. An entire culture under scrutiny. Let’s talk about the Cornell allegations. And the exact reason I wrote my first dark fantasy romance through the lens of feminine rage.’

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ALL men benefit from male violence, because it allows you to think you’re a good person because you haven’t assaulted a woman. That does not make you a good person, but you have collectively put that bar in hell.

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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This works, btw. It's actually pretty incredible and heady just how powerful it is in practice. Every time I've done it the impact is pretty memorable.

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey, locals! If you're free this Saturday you can find me and a bunch of other local authors at Booktoberfest in the Gaukel Block in Downtown Kitchener. Help us make back some of the money we spent on these booths and tables!

A fall-themed poster of a stack of books and some foliage. Text reads: Book Festival Booktoberfest. Come down to Gaukel Block to check out local authors! Oct 3, 1-6 pm, Downtown Kitchener. KW Writers Alliance.

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Cecil @milonsecretcastle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The idea that cats yearn for Outside because it is essential to their wellbeing is such wild projection and it bugs me. Cats also yearn to be in the bathroom when I am pooping and to be given anything i ever dare to pick up in the kitchen, even when it is a knife or some asprin

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my ordinary life @calne.ca · 27/09/2026

im very busy

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

LRP: All of that went through my head every day while writing Sophie, who has my own disabilities. I can only hope I didn't hurt others with my writing, but having one kind of disability doesn't absolve you of treating others with respect, too.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That said, the fact that there is so much interest makes me feel like I should mention them at least a little. This thread in no way can stand in place of working with a sensitivity consultant with lived experience! Here is a brief, nonexhaustive list of harmful disability tropes in fiction.

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E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Please sign this official legislative petition so we can work towards getting some regulation on this slop generating crap.

ourcommons.ca

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Given the US hostility to Canada, I want to start reading more new Canadian fiction: Any recommendations for newish Canadian sci fi, fantasy, or historical fiction?

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A petition to amend relevant laws, statutes, and regulations to require full disclosure from AI developers of the copyrighted works used to train generative AI and require marks/labels to provide consumer certainty and protection from fraud and fakery.

ourcommons.ca

Petition e-7774 - Petitions

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is making the rounds but be aware: it's A.I. slop! First: having those big trucks with tanks full of fuel going that fast off-terrain seems highly unrealistic. But there's also a SUV and a guy appearing all of sudden and walking in the middle of it at the 17 second :P So yeah, don't fall for it

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Friends: looking for recs for a Canadian artist doing detailed-SF style covers (ACE era, full SF, painterly). Not my project. Passing along recs. I'm drawing mental blanks, but if anyone has any good options, please send my way.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fuck the Bible I obey the 10 Twilight Zone commandments 1 Don't trust aliens 2 The only good Nazi is a Dead Nazi 3 Nostalgia can be toxic 4 Don't trust Ai 5 Greed always has a price 6 Death can be kind 7 Don't be racist 8 Dont trust the government 9 change is good 10 It was earth all along

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026

Instead of standing up to Trump’s deportation and death machine that has brutalized their workers, DoorDash is lobbying for the regime’s legislative priorities — including a bill to weaken DC home rule. Delete your account and app until DoorDash speaks out against ICE’s brutality and violence.

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Delete DoorDash: our demands

Our demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, H.R. 9720, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.

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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Remember, in western culture, women only started removing their body hair after Gillette realized they could sell more razors if they convinced women to shave their legs and underarms. The road to hell is paved with ad campaigns.

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I guess I'm very carefully masking at CanCon, since asthma is no longer considered high risk.

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Driving through London yesterday (I ate at Mandarin for the first time) and there's a candidate named German Gutierrez, which is such a great name.

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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

IKEA is releasing a Pallas Cat plush, and they have nailed the expression…

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looking to chat with anyone who lived in Gander on 9/11 for an upcoming podcast episode I'm working on.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if you're in london, be sure to come check out comic con this weekend! i'll be in artist alley, but only on Sunday (my books will be there all weekend lol) ✨️

September market schedule.
Fri 11 - Sat 12, Bestival, Belmont Village, Kitchener.
Sat 12, 1pm-3pm, Indigo Author Signing, Waterloo.
Sun 13, Pagan Pride, Hamilton.
Sat 19, Royal Medieval Faire, Waterloo Park.
Sat 26 - Sun 27, London Comic Con, Western Fair District, London.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo

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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity

Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026

Happy mushroom season!

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seniors are being arrested protesting Mark Carney's complete capitulation to the oil and gas industry. They're wearing pictures of their grandchildren

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My pendant, chain, and a head to put them on arrived from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social

An oval stone pendant in purple and green (do I remember what it is? No) on a silver chain. A spooky grey doll-type head sits beside it.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's release day for Revenge of the Sunshine. It's also the first day of autumn. I crafted this image to help you better understand the main characters in the book.

Pink sticky note with simple drawing in black pen: smiling face with long hair (labelled Zoe) saying "I love autumn" and unsmiling face (labelled Bennett).

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

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Ash the Stampede @ashthestampede.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

96% with 71 hours to go, and it would be really great if we crossed the finish line today 😐

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

Writers, If you're sick of bots/ gen ai trying to spam/ scam you as a 'beta-reader' (under the delusion we're wealthy enough to be worth scamming 🙃), this could help.👇

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Kitty Chandler @mightybattlecat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

More importantly, don't throw other women under the bus for the sake of feeling witty and daring. Don't throw women under the bus at all. It's shitty. Don't do it.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Aw, yeah! @editrixemma.bsky.social’s LOVE NEVER DIES gets a shout-out in Stefanie’s Opinions Noted roundup of horror book recs for romance readers! 😍 buff.ly/e48w5rN

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Horror Book Recs for Romance Readers

Do you love a love story and also want to lean into the immaculate spooky vibes of the ‘ber months? Here’s some of my favorite horror romance reads to get you started.

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Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We have a Discord channel! It’s very encouraging and lovely, so please respect our code of conduct, and let’s continue to have great chats! Here’s the link: discord.gg/xmN2x9W5 #SpoonieAuthChat

Spoonie Authors Chat for writers who manage spoons:

Did you know we have a Discord channel?

We do! Folks are friendly too!

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Amber Morrell @atmorrell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My sapphic cozy fantasy romance, The Bramblespell Branch Library, is about a career-driven librarian sent on a temporary job to start a new branch library in the rural town of Bramblespell, but meets a strong single mom/former paladin who gives her a reason to stay. Out on Oct. 1st!

Book cover with tropes. The Bramblespell Branch Library. Sapphic slow burn, librarian x handywoman, acts of service, career driven x single mom, magical library, small-town found family. Available Oct. 1st.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Cheryl Rosbak @csrosbak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My left leg has decided it doesn't want to be attached to my body anymore, if you're wondering how bipedal locomotion is going for me.

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🌈📚 CJ Pines/J.A. Skald is writing 🐉s @suncatcherpress.com · 11/09/2026

WE'RE LIVE! Get my healthpunk #mmfantasy adventure on BackerKit 🐲 mmdragons.com Been dealing with health stuff lately, but still hoping we reach the 🎧📚 goal #🌈📚 #mmromance #GayRomance #MMReaders #gaybooksky #mmromancebooks #mmbooksky #cozybooks #Romantasy 🌍📚 🎨 MCs + Cover @samiligia.bsky.social

A tall, scrawny human male wearing fussy pince-nez and a book slung on his hip (Tal) is standing in front of a taller and broader orc male with a long black braid, fur cloak, gold jewelry, and thick riding boots. His right hand is holding on the butt of a massive crossbow resting on the ground, his left comfortably resting on Tal's hip.
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Around them are words with arrows pointing to each figure. Tal's are: needs a lift, 32, never been kissed, repressed af, book nerd, hidden disability, fear of heights.. Surak's are: needs a guide, 29, dragon rider, queer normative culture, big found family crew. Both together are: warrior x clerk, lost in translation.
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The background is white with a border somewhere between an asian and nord influenced style that graduates from ocean blue to sunny gold. A tablet displaying the eBook is shown on the left, while the Collector's Edition hardcover (with sprayed edging) is shown on the right. The cover is of a laughing Surak and terrified Tal riding on the back of a grinning golden dragon (Atago) as he flies over a beach, and the title: His Orc Lord's Accidental Accountant (by CJ Pines).
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On BackerKit! is displayed on a gold banner in the upper left corner.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 21/09/2026

Can't believe it's been 3 years since I got the first copies of my book. And because the video I took that day is still the best unboxing video EVER, I'm going to share it again.

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