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DesertHarper

@desertharper.bsky.social
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Award-winning Author, Artist, owned by cats, disabled desert dweller with opinions, anti-TERF, nonbinary, they/them, publisher of zines, D&D player, just trying to find the beauty and kindness in this world and pass it on.

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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 1h
Yes.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 2h
I am now filing your company into the same box as hobby lobby and chick fil-a in supporting ignorance and hate. I will be choosing floss from some other company wherever possible.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 2h
Dear DMC, I am severely disappointed that you chose partnering with that transphobic bigot, JK Rowling. Harry Potter collaborations directly fund anti-trans legislation in the UK and
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 2h
As someone who embroiders, I will not be buying DMC floss. I prefer companies that don't collaborate with JK Rowling to fund her hatred and bigotry. Customer service is at support@dmcus.zendesk.com
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 3h
Prey on. why don't we have a damned edit button yet....
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 3h
How fucking dare they prey of LGBTQIA+ authors, many who don't get big budgets to publish and market. SHAME.
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quiltersblock.bsky.social @quiltersblock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 3h
Sati, a Tabaxi necromancer.
a humanoid cat race from D&D called Tabaxi. She is black with green eyes, dressed in purple and green wizard robes, and one hands holds a leather book while the other is conjuring a skull in green flames. The figure is from the Heroforge website.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A black panther named Bagheera, that's a good callback! Love it.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, happy birthday!!
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Looks like he's mastered the kissy kata at this level of dogjitsu. I'm impressed.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bluesky, help is needed. I am looking for a free online mahjong game as similar to the ones on pogo.com as possible. They have games I like, but the number of things that pop up on the website is INSANE. Help?
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Things that make me cry happy tears youtube.com/shorts/w1R0B...
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In 1974, this little boy stole hearts, 15 years later, Sesame Street brought him back. 🥹
YouTube video by International Parenting Health Institute
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's just dresses. But I saw a mod on nexus for it that had a pantsuit. Sorry, I didn't get it so I can't say how much else that mod had. There's definitely a Victorian bent to a lot of the dress options, but one character is kinda 30's jazz singer style.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
it's addictive! if you use mods from nexus, there are a bunch there to add extra fabrics and accessories, and one that makes the sewing part automatic. I love it. This was my "dangerous Priya" dress.
a picture of a dress from the Dressmaker game.  All but the very front center is star-printed black velvet in a bodice, mermaid skirt, and blouson sleeves.  The center front inserts of the bodice and skirt are scarlet sequined fabric.
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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 05/10/2026
Definitely NOT a badge of honor, as Meg notes below. As a brown midlist author, it's hard enough to get the word out about my books--so if they get banned, that's it. You can't buy or borrow what you don't know exists. (And the author gets blamed for poor sales numbers and can't sell future books.)
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you're going to post an image of a book for Banned Books Week, include some alt text about what book it is. Screenreading software needs it and people with vision impairments want to read, too.
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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 05/10/2026
A lot of writers, readers, booksellers, etc. on the website are talking about how book bans have a disproportionate impact on living BIPOC/queer/trans authors, and it's true. But a lot of people don't know where to find those books. That's why, this year, I'm going to make a thread for you!
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's Banned Books Week. My fellow librarians, listen carefully: your book displays should be almost exclusively writers who are alive. Yes, I know classic literature is also being banned, but most of those authors are dead. They aren't suffering financially from bans and challenges.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well, that's one of the funniest and informative health ads I've seen in a while. Brilliantly done. www.oginstagram.com/reel/Dd3HoOq...
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JOE.ie (@joe.ie)
❤️ 9,922 💬 307 Sorry... wait... are they? 😂
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Nate 'The Belated' Carney @inapproprinate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Banned Book Week! Time to read some things *specifically* because some folks don't want us to read those things!
A bookstore display with dozens of banned books, and a sign which says the same (clever sign, most of the print on it has been redactted with thick black lines)
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves
Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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Kyuu3@...? @kyuu3.moe · 04/10/2026
Happy banned books week from someone who is anti censorship always.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 02/10/2026
Customer: I asked ChatGPT what I should read and -- Me: Well I'm sure its advice is *great* because LLMs are all just massive databases of books stolen from me and my fellow writers. Customer: Wow I did not know that. Keep telling people. Also if you want to know what to read, ask a bookseller.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this was on the local subreddit today. that huge price gap in Shiprock? Interesting that it's near all the reservations, where people can afford it the LEAST. www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerqu...
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Little Caesar's here is not gourmet, true. But it's reliable, decent, and still affordable. There is a small chain here that isn't Little Caesar's, and I wouldn't eat their crap if it was the last pizza in existence. so no, there is pizza out there that sucks.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OMFG... macdonald's is using AI to determine pricing? FFS. (note the $5 difference in Shiprock, insane.) www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerqu...
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ya'll like macaroni and cheese? or whipped cream? Apparently a slave of Jefferson is the reason they're so prevalent here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZa0... fascinating! (also, this is a meringue in custard, not a savory dish)
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James Hemings - Jefferson's Forgotten Chef
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The library isn't your mommy or daddy. Nobody is forcing you to check out any books. Nobody is forcing you to read any books. If you don't like a book, don't read it. If you don't want your kids reading the book, grow up, be a parent, and choose a different book.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THANK YOU! This is the one thing I don't like about AO3, where I read a lot. Yes, the tags help *some*. But so many writers put the CW at the end, and I have to scroll past the content to get the warning. My eyes already saw it, so why put it at the end? Beginning, and I can choose not to scroll.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To the folks emailing me with requests while using gen AI, can you please read my policy before clogging up my inbox? My review and promo policy is not rocket science. Thanks.
Reminder: I will not promote, review, recommend or support anyone using generative AI in their books or art. This includes, but is not limited to: AI covers, AI writing, AI narrations, AI character imagery and/or AI promo pics. If you use it, I am not the person for you and please do not ask for an exception or email me to see if you’ll change my mind. This is a hard rule and not one that will change. I hate gen AI passionately and will not touch it with a ten foot pole. Thank you.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Morning Kitten (I’m with him)
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
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matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
    4:35 PM · Sep 27, 2026
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
super easy delicious lunch for a cool cloudy day. 6 Bibigo mandu (pork/veg) boiled, add a little of the boiling water to a little miso, little soy sauce, wee bit of chili oil. about 9 minutes from the water boiling. YUM
a spoon sits in a pink and white bowl, which has miso soup with large pork dumplings in it. there are small bits of seaweed in the miso.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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In 1974, this little boy stole hearts, 15 years later, Sesame Street brought him back. 🥹
YouTube video by International Parenting Health Institute
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I should also caveat that just like with books and movies, I don't care if something's "on a chart". That is no guarantee I would like it. I form my own opinions about things. Life would be boring if we were all the same about everything.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm 56. I've figured out the genres of music I enjoy. Not the same as everyone else, and they're welcome to like whatever they want. Might listen to new stuff, might not, it's a mood thing. Just an extremely rare occasion I'm in the mood for country.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yeah, I defended e-books and got someone accusing me of "playing the disabled card". Fortunately, I read well enough and my arthritis was easing off just enough to hit the BLOCK feature for her ableist ass.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can't quit laughing. No, I haven't heard of that country song. I listen to one radio station that's rock, and ONLY when in the car. I don't tend to listen to random music online, and I can say I likely never heard of 80% of country stars that got famous in the last 15/20 years. Don't care.
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Fredison in a Spider-Man Costume @fredison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"You hated our Pervert Glasses. Now introducing... the Pedophile Amulet"
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Paging the homies! 👀
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
1990's, applying to Kelly Temps, wore a 3 piece pant suit. Was literally told if I wasn't willing to wear a skirt, I wouldn't get as many assignments. I told them if they're hiring me to wear a skirt, it's not a job I wanted. Yup, got less assignments.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Cookie!” 🍪 IG: @cookiemonster www.instagram.com/cookiemonste...
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really? the iced coffee thing? 1. I don't care what you bring to the interview, especially because you're going to be talking a lot. 2. be courteous and make sure the condensation doesn't leave a mark/wet spot. 3. if you judge over a drink, you don't really give a shit about if they're qualified.
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DesertHarper @desertharper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"You could save up to $611 with ----car insurance!" Well, I don't own a car, so I actually save a FUCKTON of money. ahahahahahahahah
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