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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 30/09/2026

"What is beautiful in a good novel hasn’t strayed in accidentally. Beauty in the novel is bone-deep, essential. Everything in a good story or novel is essential." You can read the original post here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin — 25. Petty Expectations

Part One. Critical Expectation: Genre and “Literary” Fiction I’ve been pondering, tracing connections, wondering about expectations. The first object of my brooding is a pair of sentences from a boo...

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What if you all just left trans folk the fuck alone? What if that happened? Why not give that a try?

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Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

All to say, I think the Meta algorithms in particular are deliberately steering people toward conflict because it keeps them engaged, and social justice communities on these platforms are not exempt. Something to keep in mind as we get fed more and more infighting pre-election.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s Latine Heritage Month and never too late to start my thread of books so here we go! Just finished Lilliam Rivera’s supernatural horror TINY THREADS and could not put it down. Set amongst the industrial backdrop of Vernon. Highly recommend!

A red book cover featuring scissors cutting a bleeding dress form in two. The text reads: a novel
Lilliam Rivera
Tiny Threads

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The NYT best TV shows of the 21st century is just rage bait. Will I fall for it? Yup.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today is an excellent day to share my friend Musa’s campaign. Every donation helps his family thrive. 🖤 chuffed.org/project/mosa...

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Mosa sayyd

From the courtroom to the tent: Saving the Musa family from destruction in Gaza

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Starting SGJ’s OFF THE RESERVATION tonight! Thank you @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #sagasayscrew for the ARC!

A paperback ARC of Off the Reservation by Stephan Graham Jones sitting on a laptop covered in stickers with a white plastic human skull and skeleton hand resting on it. The photo is dark and vignetted, and my left knee is in the lower left corner clad in black.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today is an excellent day to share my friend Musa’s campaign. Every donation helps his family thrive. 🖤 chuffed.org/project/mosa...

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Mosa sayyd

From the courtroom to the tent: Saving the Musa family from destruction in Gaza

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT is out today! In 1994, three girls go to the movies to see an obscure film. Only one comes out. 30 years later, the survivor learns the movie isn't done with her yet. Now playing in a bookstore near you 😈📽️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827994...

Hailey Piper in a red dress holding a copy of her book This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want, cover art by Julia Lloyd, showing a fedora over a suit, but there's no one inside except the light of a projector. Out of the book juts a ticket for Blood-Curse of the Toad Man.

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Jene O'Ween @luckymud.myatproto.social · 13/09/2026

You don't get to argue that the number of trans people is so small that our rights can't be a major priority, while also claiming there are so many of us that we are going to destroy the whole country by withholding votes.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

HUGO VOTERS! As you’re reading for next year, please consider nominating Children of Owl for BEST NOVEL (a Hugo) and the LODESTAR (not a Hugo).

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

No surprise, this book is a gd delight. Paranormal YA horror, genderqueer MC, and kittens! 🐈‍⬛ 🐈

Screenshot from the Libro.fm app on my phone of the audiobook cover for YOUR BOYFRIEND NEEDS AN EXORCIST with an illustration of a girl’s ghostly face that is partially the boy she is possessing.

Text reads:
STONEWALL HONOR-WINNING AUTHOR
JUSTINE PUCELLA WINANS
Your Boyfriend Needs an Exorcist
by Justine Pucella Winans
Narrated by Mekayla Bierman

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Speaking of yesterday’s rainbow, I caught the very end of it. 🌈

A photograph of a sunset in a stormy sky above an apartment building, clouds the color of yellow, orange, and pink with a hint of blue above. There’s a smol end of a rainbow next to a tiny palm tree.

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Shadow Cats @shadowcats.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Courtesy Post Austin,Tx 78741 area. 3 bonded, vetted and social, previously indoor cats have been put outdoors recently and abandoned. They are being fed and staying close but indoor placement is needed. If you can assist with feeding or intake, please contact: cristhianb1030@hotmail.com

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 06/09/2026

Also the "You have to explain things to the reader" thinking, no I don't, that is totally optional, where did people get that idea?!? That's never been mandatory. Readers can keep up. And they should be very good at it if they read a lot of speculative fiction!

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/09/2026

My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...

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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware

This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like these: The one on the right invites authors to review and confirm their claims: jus...

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"they blocked me and i never even said anything to them" buddy i have some bad news about how many people can perceive your behavior in a public setting

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Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

3) Again, I want to recognize the intent behind creating an entire award solely for YA works, because that does matter. However, in 2027 we will have a full ten years of nominee experiences to review, and my suspicion is that this cohort found being "Not A Hugo" to be, at best, othering.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This whole thread, esp this part.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

....the ongoing delights of being both a Hugo finalist and a wheelchair user. "The backstage is for walking participants," said directly to my face, as a wheelchair user.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Popped into the B&N I used to work at (two stores ago) for a wander and a hello and found that they still use my Locked Tomb shelftalker 🥹 Maybe the “coming soon” for Alecto was wishful thinking 😂

A blond wood shelf in a bookstore featuring Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon, Harrow, and Nona. The shelftalker reads:

Locked Tomb Series by Tamsyn Muir
Four words: Lesbian Necromancers in Space!
Four Books: Gideon the Ninth
Harrow the Ninth
Nona the Ninth
Alecto the Ninth (coming soon!)

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just about to settle in with the laptop to do some critique stuff and Kaz has other ideas. So helpful.

Kaz the black cat has flopped on top of the laptop and my notebook so I’ve obliged with with some pets.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In honor of Dolly, I'd like to give away some of my middle grade books to teachers who are having trouble getting books into their classrooms. I have Mine, Camp Scare, and Ride or Die on the Horror side and Minecraft Mob Squad on the Fantasy/Gaming side. I'll give away 4 mailers with 3 books each.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I need everyone to watch this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026

here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Me (whispers): Yes YES The Tiger is out

Ari the lynx point Siamese cat sits on the topmost shelf in the catio like a loaf ready to pounce. He looks out at the neighbors, palm leaves, and blue sky.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's auction time in three days! Huge thanks to @jocelynrish.com and @beccapodos.bsky.social for making this happen, and to everyone who donated books, critiques, art, and more. I’m so grateful. Bidding opens August 21 at 10 a.m. ET: www.32auctions.com/auctionforce...

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Auction for Celeste Pewter

Silent auction 'Auction for Celeste Pewter' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Happy Kaz Appreciation Day 🤩

Kaz the black cat munches on cat grass on a well-scratched light green rug. Two cat toys — one a white skull and one a crow with a purple witches hat — with orange feathers sit next to him.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My friend Musa has finally been able to study again to take the bar exam (he did it!) but within that time donations have plummeted. If you can send a few $€£ his way, you’d make his fam’s day. chuffed.org/project/mosa-sayyd

Screenshot of a Chuffed page for Musa & his family (spelled differently as Mosa Sayyd). At the top is a photo of Musa surrounded his boys from left to right: the infectiously smiling Zain, inquisitive Saeb, and football-loving Ammar.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Graham Jones. Due. Koja. Tremblay. Malerman. Amor. Harrison. Cassidy. Kingfisher. Kim. Golden. Bazterrica. Khaw. Hill. Lansdale. Files. Enriquez. Moreno-Garcia. LaRocca. Katsu. Mohamed. Piper. Langan x 2. Barron. LaValle. McMahon. Evenson. + What a time to be a horror reader.🖤

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 11/08/2026

I've talked about the Sameer Project before—an excellent life-saving on-the-ground initiative in Gaza. Since April 2024, they've distributed nearly a quarter of a million meals alone (plus water, medical care, and shelter). But funding has dropped so much that they'll have to shut down without help.

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Food & Water x The Sameer Project

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🎶 Twistin' round the fire, havin' fun bakin’ potatoes, bakin’ in the sun 🎶 #catsofbluesky

A black cat named Kaz twisting his back on the warm, sun-drenched concrete of the catio.

Moments after Kaz vacated the sun spot, Ari the lynx point Siamese claimed it as his for some grooming time. He’s in a twisty sitting position cleaning his back.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pigeon is such a brave foster kitten. She just had surgery to repair problems around her heart, and her foster fam is holding a GFM to raise $ for her care. Donate & share pls! gofund.me/4584c21e1

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Donate to Giving Pigeon the Kitten a Second Chance, organized by Alexandra Overy

Meet Pigeon, the bravest little foster kitten! At just four we… Alexandra Overy needs your support for Giving Pigeon the Kitten a Second Chance

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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Ari celebrating #InternationalCatDay the best way he knows how:

A white and gray/brown lynx point Siamese cat curled up in shrimp pose on cool concrete licking his leg like a boss.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Ngl the absolute bookseller joy I feel when introduce a teen to The Hunger Games for the first time. Never gets old.

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Dean. @deanmxadams.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oh for one gd day without AI writing discourse. 😤 Fuck AI.

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