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The Literary Minds of J. B. Garner 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good morning. So...I found out yesterday that the surgical center for my upcoming orchiectomy wants $2000 USD paid in full before the surgery. That leaves me two and a half weeks to come up with that sum on the meager wages of an author. So...help? Please? #mutualaid gofund.me/29c2b9b2a

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Donate to Urgent: Fund Jamie's Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Jamie Garner

Hello! I'm Jamie Beth Garner, author and freelance editor, both professions… Jamie Garner needs your support for Urgent: Fund Jamie's Gender-Affirming Surgery

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ran a wild game of Tarot RPG last night. It was a ton of fun & mixing decks was a new level of chaos for me!😆 Thanks again to the wonderful crew who hired me for the eve! (if anyone here wants to do the same, I have a profile & games listed with @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social 💜)

A photo of a narrow table piled high with tarot and oracle cards as part of a ttrpg. Words overlaid say: When you ask the party if they want to play a D&D or Sci-Fi Western themed game and they respond... Both? Both!!

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'll be there running Tarot RPG and popping into a few GM roundtable chats (I love talking worldbuilding, mental health, creative practices, homebrews, dragons)

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Me, bf, and kiddo are doing (at least the free $) #pokemongofest2026 stuff 😆

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Heads up, gang. Thread.

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Shannon Eichorn @shannoneichorn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Bookshop.org has the print version of Farewell Speech marked down. Preorders are open if you enjoy scifi stories about single mothers, protective teens, and supportive body-sharing aliens. bookshop.org/p/books/fare...

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Farewell Speech

Check out Farewell Speech - "Body-sharing aliens, life-altering choices, and a mother's devotion-what's not to love?" - K. M. Herkes, author of The Sharp Edge of Yesterday".....

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It's a gray kind of day inside and out. What song(s) do you like to play to brighten the room with warmth, comfort, and joy?

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Same, though I'm mostly running games now (with @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social). We decided to run counter-programming in Chicago and also make it a mutual aid benefit thing, which has been fun (if stressful) to help plan!

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Overheard just now: I love this weather, it makes me want to go frolicking! Honestly, same

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I know her! Seriously though, I got the chance to do some sensitivity reading for Shannon a few years ago and absolutely fell in love with this universe she'd written. Also? I made this cover! 😊

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

The Chicago skyline at dusk on a clear night, as seen from just north of Foster Beach

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

At every turn, Rough Magic has shown me that I'm in the right place, with the right people. I'm a little sad because C2E2 is where I met all these folks for the first time in person, but more so I'm excited for what's to come 💜

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This. 100% this. Your appreciation helps push back the negative thoughts that like to creep in and say everything we do is trash and nobody likes it or us

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy Lunar New Year! In this year of the horse, these fiery unicorns are ready to fill your 2026 with fierce, rebellious energy—if you can harness it! I made these ones gray, but over on Patreon, you can download the line art and make them whatever color you please www.patreon.com/posts/151016...

A gray unicorn with flaming rainbow mane, tail, and eye. Art by Dex Greenbright. Text says “2026 | year of the horse”

A gray unicorn with fiery mane, tail, and eye. Art by Dex Greenbright. Text says “2026 | year of the horse”

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 15/02/2026

fun fact: you can’t spell “painting” without “pain,” but that’s super arbitrary and you can totally paint for joy too. duh.

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The more I see, the more it looks like 2026 told 2025 to hold its beer.

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Awful upon awful, the depths of evil on display are bottomless

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oh hey, that's me! I'm going to be at Polar Vortex on Friday & Sunday running my Tarot RPG and helping out with the booth 🩵

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Abhijeet @bingingout.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Excited and proud to announce that I'm guest editing @tasavvurnama.bsky.social's Spring 2026 issue. Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.

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Fiction - Tasavvur

Submissions – FICTION Submission Cycle for our Spring 2026 Issue will be from February 1st – February 28th , 2026. What We’re Looking For: We love Dreamscapes and nightmares Soaring Read More

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Signal! Boosting! Anyone know someone who does this?

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I've been told I'm a bard, a druid, or a wizard. This test seems to think I'm too introverted for bard and too nerdy for druid? Wizard it is!

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Rough Magic Games @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Launching soon!! ⚔️ Dungeon Scratchers is a scratch-off ticket mega-dungeon experience tor use with any TTRPG system. Scratch the ticket to push your luck with puzzles, combats, traps, and treasure! Sign up to stay in the know www.kickstarter.com/projects/rou...

3 scratch-off lotto-style cards made to look like an unexplored dungeon. Presented by Rough Magic and Foxwing Games

Text: Dungeon Scratchers. Coming soon to Kickstarter! 10 unique dungeons, each system agnostic, expandable quests, optional accessories

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🌱 MK/RET @retquits.art · 24/01/2026

so don't get too comfortable. #art

A digital painting of an ice cube, followed by several hands closed over each other with water pouring from them. Bold text on the art reads: "ICE MELTS".

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Gwen Tolios ✒️ 💜🖤🤍💚 @gwentolios.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Capricon 46 is around the corner! I love this Chicago SFF convention, and this year I'm on several panels. Come say hi!

Gwen's Friday schedule: ✒️1pm - The Movie Was Better
✒️4pm - Loving Something When the Creator is Toxic
✒️5:30pm - Fictional Source, True Results

Gwen's Sat Schedule: ✒️1pm - Queer Tradegies vs Burying Your Gays
✒️4pm - Loving Something When The Material is Unavailable
✒️7pm - Keeping Up - Or Not

Gwen's Sunday Schedule: ✒️10am - Imagining Privacy in SF Futures

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Rough Magic Games @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

A sudden Drinking & Dragons cancelation at Replay in Lincoln Park means there are 4 seats up for grabs for Sunday's game! Turn their loss into your gain and become the hero of the day! events.humanitix.com/drinking-and...

A tiny, worried red dragon holds up a sign saying "Heroes needed!" while a huge shadowy dragon roasts a knight leaving nothing but ash. Additional text reads: 4 new open seats at Replay Lincoln Park! Sunday January 11, 4-8pm

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progesterin @erinys.uwu.lgbt · 03/01/2026

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Child: I am stealing your feet, just like I stole R's 😈 Now I have 6 feet Me: Awesome. Now will you please just walk over to your room and get changed? Child (slowly scooting): I must slide there, because of all these feet. Me: WHAT?? You've got 6 feet, so walk like an insect. Go. Goooooooooo 😩

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.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed

the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized

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Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved.
Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like.
Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch.
This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Listening/watching now and it's a great convo. Highlights so far: - players becoming more confident outside the game because of being able to explore tough topics in-game - links to resources - really interesting modifications to safety tools

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Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"I like people, I like the way they smell, I like the way they think"

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

When I am finally victorious and my ideological enemies thwarted, all who opposed me shall be lined up and dutifully distributed their equitable share of the rights I fought for and they so vigorously opposed, because That Was The Fucking Point

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piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

new Clippings column is now up. written and illustrated by yours truly. this month, we take a look at the life and legacy of Peta, a two-spirit healer on the front lines of the AIDS crisis, and Therese Frare, a photojournalist who captured Peta's final years www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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A Clippings Scrapbook: Peta Church, Therese Frare, the Shot that Defined the AIDS Crisis, and the Two Spirit Healer Who Let the World In — Assigned

In November 1990, LIFE Magazine ran a now-legendary photograph of AIDS activist David Kirby’s last moments. Just out of frame was another eventual victim of AIDS, and the reason Therese was in the roo...

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Helped a neighbor dig her car out of the snow today. The aftermath was a brutal reminder that I'm not in my 20s anymore. On the other hand, I'm not in my 30s either. Send muscle relaxers 🫠

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Rough Magic Games @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

If you haven't already, consider joining our email newsletter tonight! The December news scroll goes out early Monday morning, and we wouldn't want you to miss out. We even asked our little dragon to make a snowflake chain to decorate it! We'll see how they did 😜❄️🎲 mailchi.mp/roughmagicga...

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piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

TOMORROW ON @datafruits.bsky.social JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS RETURNS FOR OUR 5TH YEAR i will be on the air from midnight to midnight, blastin' jazz and soul, hanging out in the chat, and raising money for @translifeline.org if you don't have anywhere else to go, now you do. come hang with us <3

The poster for the Jazzy Fuckin Holidays charity marathon, showing a smiling femme figure with a visible Adam's apple and swirling, curly hair wearing a fluffy coat, hiding her eye behind a flowing bough of mistletoe. The text is heavily embossed and embellished, and reads:

DATAFRUTS.FM AND PIPER AND THE JAZZ PROGRAM PRESENT...

JAZZY FUCKIN' HOLIDAYS

OUR 5TH YEAR!

TWO TWENTY FOUR HOUR RADIO CHARITY MARATHONS RAISING FUNDS FOR TRANS AND QUEER MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINES.

THANKSGIVING: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TRANS LIFELINE

CHRISTMAS DAY: RAISIN' FUNDS FOR TREVOR PROJECT

SPININ' JAZZ AND SOUL FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT ON DATAFRUITS.FM

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 25/11/2025

Looking for a gift for a birding friend or a kid who loves nature? I have 10 books for adults and kids, some bestselling and some award-winning, and you can see them all here: rosemarymosco.com/books (Note: one of them, Birding Is My Favorite Video Game, is out of print but a new edition is coming!)

A book called The Birding Dictionary: A Tongue-in-cheek guide for people who find themselves obsessed, against all logic and reason, with birds by Rosemary Mosco, with a quote from Sibley: Best. Dictionary. Ever. And a quote from Ed Yong: laugh-out-loud funny

A picture book called There Are No Ants in This Book

A book called A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Resist the Trump regime - give to support the people of Chicago! We've compiled a (non-exhaustive!) list of citywide resources you can reference. You'll find ways to donate, volunteer, or organize an event. Step up for Chicago communities: tinyurl.com/ICAmutual

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a group of people are holding hands in front of a sign that says " mutual aid : the power of community "

ALT: a group of people are holding hands in front of a sign that says " mutual aid : the power of community "

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps. When the sales drop, please remember that!

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm running a birthday game for my nephew later today and I convinced the kids to give my Magic of Friendship Warlocks a try. Each get a different flavor to their eldritch blast, and the more warlocks you get blasting at the same time, the more powerful they become as a group.

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a group of care bears are standing in a row

Alt: a group of care bears are standing in a row. light emanates from the pictures on their bellies, resulting in a powerful blast called the "care bear stare"

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Rough Magic Games @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We have loads of games coming up! Sat Nov 22 - Quester's Guild: Minions Guild @loavesandwitches.bsky.social Drinking & Dragons Sun Nov 23 @ Spiteful Brewing Tue Nov 25 @ California Cookies dispensary Wed Nov 26 @ Revolution Brewery Get your ticket at events.humanitix.com/host/rough-m...

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Rough Magic | Humanitix

Rough Magic uses Humanitix for their events. Discover events by Rough Magic, learn more, or contact this host.

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

@seventhink.bsky.social i saw an email pop up about a new design with my "favorite skeleton" and was dubious. Opened it up to see that yep not only is it my fave, but I'm currently wearing the Mapled shirt 😂

Dex wearing and pointing to Seventh.ink's Mapled shirt where a delighted and curious skeleton inspects a maple leaf

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Nobody asked, but: I think the biggest pitfall of sci-fi/fantasy storytelling, especially for worldbuilders, in the infodump. You're (rightfully) just so proud of all the work you put into creating a cohesive setting that you just wanna PUKE it all over readers/watchers on page one. (thread)

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂 For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me! Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages. blikada.com?pg=1#showComic

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Blikada

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Dex Greenbright @dexthewriter.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

A little winter-loving monster doodle to celebrate the first snow this fall in Chicago

a little goblin-ish, kobold-ish monster wearing a winter coat, hat, pants and boots. They look really excited and happy, and the pupils have been replaced with snowflakes

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