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Dina James

@dinajames.com
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Chronicler of the Paranormal. Tea junkie. Gothic Goddess. Knitter of DOOM. Kind and Benevolent DM. She/her. Mostly evil. No AI. Blocked by YouTube lawyers. Read: www.payhip.com/dinajames

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 6h
It took a lot of work and time, not to mention aggravation for both myself and my beloved subscribers, but I'm finally off Gumroad. I'd been unhappy with the platform for years, especially the increasing push to use "AI" (or let it swallow my work), and I finally... snapped.
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Knitpool @knitpool.bsky.social · 6h
Almost missed posting this.
Knitpool had a witch's hat and is surrounded by pumpkins and other Halloween things. 
Logan: You know it's only September. 
Knitpool:  In notgoing to let you killmy vibe, Logan.
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 6h
Ok, last day of the month. My health took a severe downturn over the summer and I haven't been able to do much. If I can get up to 70% of my goal, that'll take care of my biggest concern, and free me up to fill your October with cool, seasonal arts! ko-fi.com/karidru
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 6h
I have a Big Ask from our community. Many of you will remember our graduates Pikachu and Eevee, who were adopted together. Eevee had dealt with some very challenging chronic diarrhea while she was a kitten, but before adoption, we figured out a food that worked for her & she was all better (thread)
Eevee, a soft dilute torbie cat, hunched over looking uncomfortable and thin.Eevee, a soft dilute torbie catEevee, a soft dilute torbie catEevee, a soft dilute torbie kitten.
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Devil's Panties @thedevilspanties.com · 6h
People think I’m joking when I say I’m going to be doing comics about Alzheimer’s. thedevilspanties.com/archives/17205 thedevilspanties.com/feed #convention #JournalComic #perimenopause #SelfPromotion #SliceOfLife #webcomic
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 6h
Let's fix that. The first three are an omnibus now, so it's easy to get started without feeling like an ATM. The Waverly Jones books are delightful. Our times aware, ACAB, character forward mysteries for the angry. If you yearn for justice but you live in the bad timeline, these are for you.
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Dina James @dinajames.com · 5h
It’s only one point over, but I’ll take it! I found a Rarity-69 word worth 88 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 801 points · 10 rare words. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. playoutlier.com/s/M2DBXP
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OUTLIER · Day 133
dinajames scored 801 on Day 133. Can you beat them?
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All These Cats Feed+Rescue @allthesecats.org · 21h
14 outdoor cats depend on us daily for food/water. Tomorrow, we start rationing food. Donations have decreased dramatically. I get it…everything is expensive. 😔 These aren’t the cute kittens. These are cats that were left behind, born in wild. A bag/box of food? www.amazon.com/registries/g... #cats
A gray, black, bronze tortie cat lies in brown mulch near a patch of green grass. Community cat, Barclay. allthesecats.org
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 21h
I LOVE MY FAT BEAR SON
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explore.org @explore.org · 22h
Introducing your ultimate fighter and champion: Bear 89 Backpack 👑 Thanks for joining us for the biggest Fat Bear Week to date.
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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 24/09/2026
I'm joining the war on slop with cheap, fast flyer commissions. If you know someone who is asking the computer for event posters, tell them to ask me instead. Get the guarantee!
A poster mocked up as if it was offset printed in black and red roughly 60 years ago. The header reads "AVAILABLE NOW! FLYERS DESIGNED BY A HUMAN BEING!" and the subsequent text is pitching $50 flyer designs with a "SLOP-FREE GUARANTEE," incorporating some vintage Henry Volk clipart of people looking at a poster and saying how well it reflects on the event organizer.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19h
Adios from the public health trenches, where sometimes my best coping strategy is a little laugh— an ounce of prevention if you will 😉 As spotted on campus today, “what doesn’t kill you, mutates and tries again” So mask up, vax up, wash your hands & don’t give evolution extra material 😂 G’night🌙✨
Photo of a square sign on an office wall that reads “What doesn’t kill you, mutates and tries again”. The text is arranged in a circle, and in the center of the circle are drawings of a variety of multicolored pathogens.
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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 19h
Have any of you taken any classes on paranormal investigation? It’s for something I’m writing, please help me productively procrastinate
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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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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Dina James @dinajames.com · 17h
I found good ones today. I found a Rarity-76 word worth 90 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 786 points · 10 rare words. Only 20 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 1 find no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. playoutlier.com/s/JPAFJS
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OUTLIER · Day 132
dinajames scored 786 on Day 132. Can you beat them?
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Saavik ‘Careful of the Ankle’ Ford @saavikford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Halite crystals in meteorites can contain water inclusions from the protosolar nebula. Which you could lick. I’m just saying! #MinCup26
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Wangleberry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will not Doomscroll Doomscrolling is the peace-killer Doomscrolling is the slow-death that brings gradual but inexorable depression I will face the Doomscrolling I will put my phone down and take a shower And when I am dressed I will turn the inner eye to see its path Only shitposts will remain
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My neighbour told me archivists keep accessioning his documents so I asked how many documents he has and he said he just goes to the shelf and gets a new document afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding documents to archivists and then his librarian started crying.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 13/02/2025
So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!
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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 28/09/2026
"When the lights go out, who do you trust?" DAMAGE (Ghost Squad #1) is $2.99USD (and CAD) in ebook, until 9/30! Amazon: www.amazon.com/Damage-Ghost... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/damage-lil... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
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Damage
Reeling from trauma and divorce, Cara Halperin takes what should be a simple job with an expensive agency. As a nanny to rich children, she shouldn't have much to worry about, and her job is just…
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026
Be careful, friends—this scam is everywhere writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...
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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses - Writer Beware
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whethe...
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Dina James @dinajames.com · 28/09/2026
So close to 800! I found a Rarity-81 word worth 92 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 792 points · 10 rare words. Only 18 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 2 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. playoutlier.com/s/R2PQU2
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OUTLIER · Day 131
dinajames scored 792 on Day 131. Can you beat them?
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please help if you can! Queen City Cat Lounge is an adoption center I visit frequently here in Vermont and their window was vandalized last night. Fortunately they had double glass for the cats' safety, but the broken outer window needs to be fixed ASAP. www.gofundme.com/f/repair-and...
Poster with a black and white screenshot of security footage showing a man peering into the front window of a cat adoption center. Text says "please help Queen City cat lounge recover. last night someone broke the window at Queen City cat lounge - an adoption center that has placed hundreds of cats in loving homes. the cats are all safe but the window needs to be replaced quickly!"
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Dina James @dinajames.com · 27/09/2026
Missed yesterday’s puzzle but did fairly well here. VANISHING is quite the challenge. I found a Rarity-79 word worth 91 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 810 points · 10 rare words. 4 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. playoutlier.com/s/AX5SD7
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OUTLIER · Day 130
dinajames scored 810 on Day 130. Can you beat them?
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Zoe Tunnell ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Holy shit
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title is “Cats living together”.
The first panel shows a black cat and orange cat cuddling with their eyes closed. The orange cat says “I love you”. The black cat says “I love you too”.
The second panel zooms in on them. 
The third panel shows the orange cat opening its eyes.
The fourth panel shows the orange cat raising its paw to punch the black cat. It says, “Actually you know what”.
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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TIL that Central America has been hiding a smaller, cuter raccoon from us.
A small furry mammal with giant rounded ears, a masked face, and a long black and white striped tail.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I noticed that the New York Times, which I unsubscribed to when they solf-sold Trump, has changed its policy on "gift" articles. You used to be able to read them. Now the NYT tells you: "Someone gifted this article to you. You must allow us to harvest your email address to read it." Ur, no. Go away.
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Char's lil meow meow mewtype @mewtype.online · 27/09/2026
Starting a fight in the dnd group chat by posting gnolls are catboys and catgirls, and a form of tabaxi and logging off.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 25/09/2026
New #WriterBeware blog post: If you're a writer, you've probably gotten one (or more) of those AI-generated scam marketing emails or book club invites that make it seem like the sender really read your book. Here's a little peek at how it's done. writerbeware.blog/2026/09/25/h...
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How Those Personalized Generative AI Scam Emails Are Built - Writer Beware
One of the things I often hear from writers whose inboxes are crammed with incredibly personalized marketing or book club or editor impersonation emails–you know, the ones that make it seem the sender...
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So sad to see this happening again. Here is their crowdfunder for shutters and window repairs. Let’s give them some support 🫶 www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...
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Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books
For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!
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Heather, Dice Goblin @errantdreams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thread: tidy-up and shop sim games that supposedly do not use AI and are cool (IMO). Disclaimer: You are welcome to add games to the list. You will be blocked if you start a witch-hunt, particularly based on "but it LOOKS like AI." I do not want my money to support AI. Part of that...
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Michelle Manus @michellemanus.com · 26/09/2026
In a mood, so new short just dropped. "But you were born a pill too bitter to swallow, with spite on your tongue and rage in your heart. You are made of sharp edges and jagged teeth, with a mind that thinks its fill and lungs that are a bellows for your words." michellemanus.com/it-is-not-yo...
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It Is Not You Who Should Be Afraid - Michelle Manus
You were told from birth to fear harm, because your body has a uterus, and men will want to use the way to it. You were told not to walk so far down the street, where your brothers were never told not...
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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.com · 26/09/2026
if you think this is just a trend puff piece, it isn't, I have literally had seven-year-olds running around my house going THAT'S SO AI
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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 26/09/2026
I love these books and here's an inexpensive way to get started on your next binge-read!
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IGN @ign.com · 26/09/2026
The seminal workplace comedy 9 to 5 is returning to theaters October 9 with ticket sales benefitting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which gifts free books to kids and promotes childhood literacy.
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton celebrate as they have their boss tied up behind his desk in art for 9 to 5. Caption reads: Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 Returning to Theaters October 9
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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 26/09/2026
Look, I'm the first to tell writers to have small group chats where they can vent and be bitchy. It can save you from posting through it publicly when you just want to be petty and catty. You can't work in this industry without collecting a list of people you dislike for petty reasons.* BUT...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Quilt guild held a silent auction and I got *aggressive* about bringing home the laundry basket with 30 pounds of scraps.
A tall white plastic laundry basket staged in front of a bronze radiator in front of a window. Assorted fabric scraps fill it to the brim. A black cat sitting on the radiator cover is curiously sniffing a basket handle.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 26/09/2026
We're trying to find a home for, and I quote, "the Pissfingers of cats." Any takers? ❤️
Three screenshots of our facebook post about Jaffa Cake the unlucky mogJaffa in his cone of shame
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Silvarebel Studio @silvarebel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So there is a fake Comic Fury app in the google play store (see pictured). Don't download this, it's not real. The real Comic Fury site is not owned by the developer and there are no microtransactions. Please help Kyo, the real creator and owner of Comic Fury, by reporting its ass.
Screenshot of a "Comic Fury" app in the google play store by developer "StonePathDigital" that "contains ads" and "in-app purchases".
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Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Musk is a vain dipshit who thinks he's a genius. And that's one of the biggest problems re: the damage he can do. He did not design, plan or build anything. He's a spoiled little rich boy with an out of control ego. He's done nothing but buy businesses and drive their reputations into the ground.
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Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think it's telling that the companies buying up these books to throw into the maw of the AI machine feel obliged to do it on the down-low.
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