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Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Gouged" is OUT! I started this book angry about all the ways corporations are ripping us off. I finished it hopeful, because once you know how they're doing it—you can start to fight back. Thanks to everyone who has been part of this. Now go read it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

✍🏾 MY LATEST: I wrote about the moral panic Republicans manufactured about trans girls in sports. I decided to turn all my yelling on social media about trans girls in sports into a column.

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The Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: Opinion

Republicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone.

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I only hire people who bring a hot coffee to an interview.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🤬 In half an hour, 18 missiles were fired at Kyiv, another 13 at Odesa and the region Also, after the attack, some districts of Kyiv were left without water and electricity.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

❗️21st and 22nd missiles on Kyiv! Strong explosions are heard in the capital!

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 24/09/2026

The Navy revealed that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during its Middle East deployment. bit.ly/46GErMQ

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Kyiv is getting terrorised every hour and the world is already used to it like it's the new normal. When Nazis bombed London for 57 days we didn't call it London's new normal we called it the Blitz. This should be no different" @caolanrob.bsky.social

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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Steve Witkoff just told Putin he can’t wait to retire and have incredible memories of him ‘at the top.’ Then thanks him for making his trip ‘safe.’ Putin bombed the Kyiv airport Steve is due to land in to scare the shit out of him and derail his trip. t.co/Yx0ehoDzev

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Russian oligarch being close to Trump family is not shocking. We knew this. There are likely multiple.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026

Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵

A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This book is brilliant. Strongly recommend if you enjoy reading about the power of our minds and mind-body interaction.

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Climbed Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina today. Breathtaking.

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Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨ What if Mulan had magic… and instead of being rejected as a bride, she was rejected by the gods? 🌪️ Forbidden elemental magic 🎭 A stolen identity ❤️‍🔥 A dangerously perceptive commanding officer ⚔️SONG OF THE SICKLE⚔️ #QuestPit #Q #A #F #R

Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 115,000 words, first in a planned series by Megan A. Saraceno

The pitch: She’s hiding her name, her past, her power.
He sees through her every lie.

Rejected by the gods, Tessa Whitaker brands a false divine seal into her flesh and steals her brother’s identity to save him from a war he won’t survive. But when her emotions manifest unblessed elemental magic, she catches the attention of her dangerously perceptive commanding officer. If he uncovers her secrets, execution will be the least of her problems.

She can survive the war.
She’s not sure she can survive him.

Comps A Fate Inked in Blood, Silver Elite, The Knight and the Moth

Opening lines: Tomorrow, the gods would judge me.
Tonight, I pretended they didn’t exist.

I swung the scythe through another row of wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. More honest than twenty years of prayers that had earned me nothing but silence.
Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts off tomorrow and the bare stretch of skin on my forearm waiting to be claimed., pictures include: military training camp, earth magic, amber ring, abandoned watchtower, and incense

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #AG

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

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Victoria Lurie is querying @vic-and-twisted.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE FRONTMAN (She’s the Man x Almost Famous) Lolly's lying to the nation, and it may kill her twin brother. She's finishing his 1983 tour. He's secretly in rehab. When rehab fails, Lolly must choose: save her twin or save his legacy, even if the truth ruins both their lives. #questpit #Q #A #U

A mood board of 1983, featuring Walkmans, jeans tucked into socks, cassette tapes, Jon Bongiovi, Peter Wabbit via The Guardian, and photos by Bruno Guerrero and Sebastian Ervi. The board promotes THE FRONTMAN, a work of upmarket fiction by Victoria Lurie, 100k words, where a rock band replaces their lead singer with his twin sister so they can finish their tour while he’s in rehab.

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

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Kirsten | Fantasy Author @kirstenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A DEADLY EDUCATION x NANCY DREW What if the chosen one failed, and the only one who could save him was a magic school reject? NOT A WITCH / YA Fantasy with dark academia and dystopian elements #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #DF #MY #D

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Gabriel Morgan is querying @gabrielmorgan00.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A MARVELLOUS LIGHT X PENNY DREADFUL When a mysterious being heralds the apocalypse, there are only two witnesses: Rowan and Darshil, bitter exes who must brave London’s occult underbelly and save the world from eternal darkness, all while grappling with their unresolved feelings. #questpit #Q #RF

Gothic Gaslamp Romantasy
Adult standalone
109,500 words

Pitch:
After their one-night stand ends in hurt, hedonistic occultist Rowan and repressed poet Darshil never want to see each other again. That plan is ruined when a being from beyond the grave heralds the apocalypse, and they are the only two witnesses.
Forced together, Rowan and Darshil plunge into London's occult underbelly in search of answers to the apocalypse. But as the Veil between life and death slowly thins, and old passions reignite, Rowan realises the truth lies in memories he swore to forget, and that the past is a shallow grave, easily unearthed.
Comps:
The Magpie Lord: gaslamp world, occult magic, big spooky house
A Marvellous Light: opposites attract, magical bonds
The Gentleman and his Vowsmith: second chance, steamy romance
The Resurrectionist: historical setting, self discovery
Penny Dreadful: Victorian gothic, seduced by darkness

Black cat x golden retriever
Yearning
Bisexual awakening
Second chance romance
Forced proximity
Only one bed
Opposites attract
Gothic decadence
Big spooky house
Exploration of grief
Horror as a metaphor
Dreams-based magic
The occult
Alternate London setting
Art shows a thin white person with short black hair, blue eyes, and an unimpressed expression, and a plus-sized South Asian man with chin-length curly black hair, brown eyes, short facial hair, and a soft smile.

It was a poet’s job to seek out beauty, to be mesmerised by it. Darshil wanted to transform Rowan into swirls of ink, to fit his hands into the slight dips where Rowan’s waist met his hips and write him a thousand times over.

The only thing more fascinating than death was the tormented living it left behind.
It helped to hate him. It was less painful than loving him.
The dead thing woke to the acrid stench of its own rot.
Rowan matched him tenderness for tenderness, giving everything he could and knowing that for once, his everything was enough.
Perhaps closing his eyes stopped it meaning anything. Darshil knew he should do the same. This was shame beyond anything else, a secret to take to the unloving grave.
He kept his eyes open anyway. With Rowan beneath him, as beautiful as the dawn, he couldn’t bear to look away.

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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Q #A #F #Questpit ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power... "They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission." Querying now!

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE HACIENDA x THE BOOK OF COLD CASES x SIXTH SENSE AN UNUSUAL PATIENT, 78K. A child psychologist decides to offer therapy to an evil teen river spirit who is the only witness to her husband’s murder. ⭐️Ukrainian folklore #QuestPit #Q #A #S

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I missed #questpit but here’s a pic of my grandcat Ally. My daughter rescued her recently. She is about 7-8 yrs old and is a former stray found recently by a lake. Absolute sweetheart.

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Threads asked if I was a bot and then I had to verify I was a human because tech bros invented AI and now they locked me out. I give up

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oh, the pressure to finish so whoever this 1 person is can have the book…

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is not an issue for the IOC, they celebrate it and will give Russia a medal for marksmanship.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 08/07/2026

Criticism mounts as IOC faces questions over favoring Russia. 🧵 1/9 ⬇️

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 14/07/2026

⚡ For the first time, Ukrainian troops marched in Paris's Bastille Day parade, while Ukrainian pilots co-piloted French Mirage fighter jets overhead.

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This is a ridiculous idea but I want one of each

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 06/07/2026

Russia has killed these children in just one week. 🧵 1/7 ⬇️

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Dreanor🐝🏳️‍🌈 [processing 7.5] @dreanor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"oh those poor ruZZians. They suffer so much" #UkrainianView #noodlesdoodles

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 10/07/2026

Over the past 24 hours, russia carried out 1038 attacks on 49 settlements across the Zaporizhzhia region, killing a person and wounding 12 others. 714 drones were launched at the city and nearby communities. Help protect people from russian terror: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

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Andrii Katriuk 🇺🇦 @andriikatriuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I imagine: "Economist morning meeting: - How would we can suck russian dick today and promote some bs? - let's make an interview with rich fascist russian who made money in current russia and write in headline that he would change it! - Great idea! Approved!" #UkrainianView

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

What in Gilead is this? I was then asked to provide my social security number or driver’s license? This was on my iPad. iPhone let me in…

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Feels like the entire world is on vacation

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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Kyiv. The number of people killed in russia’s nighttime attack on has risen to 27. More than 90 people were injured. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

But does your dog randomly attack a window and shutter it into a hundred pieces and slice himself all over when you get home from a tough day at work? He is sort of ok, not much you can do for a hundred tiny cuts but clean them and hope they don’t get infected. House looked like a murder scene.

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

At this point in the summer my diet is entirely fruit

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

More movies like Voicemails for Isabelle, please.

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