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The Official RWBY account isn't here, so I guess I'll handle this: Happy National Coffee Day! @viz.com

Black and white storyboard sketch of Team CFVY from RWBY

I'm editing an article that I'm 90% sure was written with AI and it feels like my brain is melting. Once you see the tells of genAI, you can't unsee them. I also find I don't have any of the joy in helping an author better express themselves because they likely are lazy, don't care, or won't notice.

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 7h

My novel, THE NIGHTWARD, is on sale! The ebook's only $1.99 on Barnes & Noble, Bookshop & Amazon. Sale probably ends soon, so if THE WITCHER + Caribbean mythology + Fury Road sounds good, go get it! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-nightw... bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN

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The Nightward: An Epic Fantasy Adventure of Magic and Darkness Inspired by Caribbean Mythology (Waters of Lethe Book 1)

Amazon.com: The Nightward: An Epic Fantasy Adventure of Magic and Darkness Inspired by Caribbean Mythology (Waters of Lethe Book 1) eBook : Garcia, R.S.A.: Kindle Store

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · 8h

What's a poster you had in your room growing up?

Battletoads poster from Nintendo Power, showing two anthropomorphic toads fighting anthropomorphic rodents, and a third toad leaping in the center of the poster wearing cool shades [source: eBay]

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 14h

🚨 ONE DAY ONLY! 🚨 Hey, y'all! For TODAY ONLY, Every Hunter is Hunted is a #Kindle Daily Deal! You can snap it up for a mere $1.99! Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity! It's gone by day's end! www.amazon.com/Every-Hunter... @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10h

🚨🚨Emergency protest🚨🚨 The Drexel board will be at the constitution center in Old City (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) from 5-6. We're asking Drexel to disaffiliate from the Academy of Nat Sci to allow them to negotiate what's best for them w/o Drexel interference. Be there.

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Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 10h

Tonight: don't miss Leah Hayes (Identical) in conversation with Meg Lemke (Publishers Weekly) at Society of Illustrators at 6:30 pm! ow.ly/jLtS50ZSO2Y

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 12h

Today in me being insufferable: A number of the zines and band posters inside that record shop, uh, belonged to me. The HF production design team borrowed* them from myself and other Chicago music scene/record store folks. The More You Know etc [*no I didn't get paid lol, I did it For the Culture]

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 12h

is there a better word than devastated? (shattered? fly-swatted?) anyway i've been laid off. i joined gamesradar+ as a freelancer in 2023, and the site had my lifelong admiration by the time i became a senior writer in 2024. i'll miss it lmk if u need a creepy🧟‍♀️ gurl: ashleybardhan(at)gmail(dot)com

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 13h

It's been a month since the release of my latest book, which means that my promotion will be slowing down. That said, I want to do one more thread. Because this book isn't just about BTAS, but about how valuable animation is as a creative medium. Here are my seven favorite pieces of animation:

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

since i am working on my first new alt movie posters in *quite* a while, thought i'd share a selection of my favs from over the years ! title and description in alt text all of them are ink on claybord/scratchboard

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · 15h

Sheriff Labrador? My daughter requested this one.

Pencil and ink sketch of a cartoon dog in a police uniform on a round sticky note

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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are you or have you ever been a narrative designer (as your official job title)? I would like to interview you for a video! Pls reply to this if you’re interested ❤️.

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Rick @combattlerrickv.exportaud.io · 28/09/2026

Newtype January 1994

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My cozy mystery Cheddar Luck Next Time is on sale in the UK & US through October 4th! 1.99 for Amazon ebook. Autistic (like me) lead character! Oodles of cheese! Chonky orange cat! Sequel out in February! amzn.to/3ZlFfnR [promo link]

A green book cover is bold against a red background. Amazon Kindle deal for Cheddar Luck Next Time $1.99 limited time offer: 28 September- 4 October 2026.

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · 29/09/2026

I'm so excited to finally be reading The Phantom Tollbooth with my son! He has developed a real affinity for puns over the years for some reason, so I figured he's ready.

Large blue edition of THE ANNOTATED PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster illustrated by Jules Feiffer

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

also, if you are a reviewer, librarian or bookseller and would like to take a look at an eARC, just let me know! This one is a tiny release and I'd love to get the word out.

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BLOOM is on sale today for $1.99 across all e-book platforms. Do you like: * Hannibal * farmer's market cupcakes * a literary MC * a first sapphic love story * an object lesson in rose-colored glasses * lush prose and lusher charcuterie www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736002...

Bloom is pictured against a magenta background with plants. The words SAPPHIC HORROMANCE, FEMALE RAGE, and COTTAGECORE GORE are underneath it. Now I'm imagining Tipper Gore naming her daughter Cottagecore and giggling.

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burst_error @bursterror.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Finally, another EVERY HORROR GAME video is finished up and live, check out my little tour through spooky stuff on the Sega Master System and Game Gear! Got a pretty special sponsor for this one too :) youtu.be/1oDN0GshWyc Sharing around much appreciated, thanks everyone for the support! 🧛👻👽

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Every MASTER SYSTEM & GAME GEAR Horror Game | 8-bit Sega Spooky Stuff!

YouTube video by Burst Error

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Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eric's nonfiction proposal examples absolutely got me my agent (and now my book is out tomorrow!) I can't recommend his guidance enough!

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Macbee @mcbremakes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Superman Arcade cutscenes demake (Everything but the game!!) for 8-bit NES/Famicom. My first study ROM with more than one screen and animations. ROM download: mediafire.com/file/k4j4o2r... #nesdev #superman #arcade #nes #famicom #DC #taito #demake #demo #cutscenes

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey folks, I had a big thread about AI and art that really popped off, and now I have some attention, so why don't I make a little thread of upcoming indie games I'm looking forward to that have neat artstyles? And a lot of these games will have demos to check out, so maybe give them a try?

Screenshot from Tenebris Somnia showing a creepy guy with head candles bathed in shadow

Screenshot from Hymm to the Eyeless God, showing a party based RPG with a top down view of a path through some woods, and it appears as if one of the insect like player characters is casting a spell.

Screenshot from Mandrake showing an isometric view of the interior of a building, a character called Nessa's portrait is on the left side and says "Thanks for coming to Pevenny with me Morgan. I'd have hated doing that alone."

Screenshot from Hark The Ghoul, there's a gaslight street lamp in a dark alleyway, on a crate sits a big wheel of cheese, underneath the lamp is a small rat like guy who might be cheesed to meet us.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 28/09/2026

Off to host a conversation with R.F. Kuang at the Ottawa International Writers Festival tonight. That event is sold out in person, but you can get tickets to watch online here: writersfestival.org/event/taipei...

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Taipei Story

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 22/09/2026

it is september, the month of greatly reduced sales*, personal income tax, and our highest electric bill of the year. if you want to support us continuing to make queer games and can afford it please consider donating via my ko-fi ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko, it would help a lot *happens every year

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Buy Eniko a Coffee

Become a supporter of Eniko today!

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Fred Wood @fredtwood.com · 24/09/2026

I need to sell some stuff! It'd make all my packing go a lot easier. mokuzaistore.myshopify.com

An image of recently added items to the store.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026

Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.

Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So this is messed up: I posted this same image on Instagram, and after it went viral here, an “AI content” label appeared on the Insta post. And there’s no option to change it. Now the slop machine is even calling artists’ original work AI. Just because it appeared somewhere else on the Internet.

The same photo of a lovely full moon rising over a beach, as below, posted on Instagram, but now it’s labeled “AI content”

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 28/09/2026

Promised a friend I'd post about my books more, so here goes! First up, my Nebula Award finalist book about a girl who's half star and half human and gets caught up in the politics of the starry court, STAR DAUGHTER! It's really good, and you should try it. www.harpercollins.com/products/sta...

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Star Daughter

*Chosen as a 2020 Kids’ Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist* “Shveta Thakrar's prose is as bea...

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · 28/09/2026

My daughter's pre-K teachers complimented me on the drawings I sometimes leave in her lunchbox. When I mentioned I had drawn Peso from Octonauts for her before, one of them requested Kwazii! So, here's an off-model Kwazii, with apologies to Meomi. :)

Pencil and ink sketch of a cat with an eyepatch on a round sticky note inside a pink lunchbox

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Watched in reverse, this project is losing all its backers... But from THIS rather more conventional perspective, it's ticking along and getting very close to full funding! 3 days to go, 101 backers already behind it, 85% there...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My favorite thing about working at an Antarctic research station is the solitude. My least favorite? Being driven insane by ghostly visions

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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NPR announcer Carl Kassel was once asked how early he got up to do "Morning Edition." His answer: "1:05 a.m." The followup question: "Why not 1 a.m.?" "Because," Kassel replied, "I like to sleep in."

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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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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GOTO-ing 10 and printing a good morning to y'all <3 Hope the week ahead treats you kindly. 💜

A photo of our C64C bathed in blue light from the screen in front of it. 10 PRINT "Good morning, bluesky!" is typed out on the basic screen.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

me: finally home, trying to sleep bc i have work tomorrow my brain: hey, it's time to think more about the giant ground sloths

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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026

The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026

Wow this is blowing up. Please buy my gay Mario game with fox girls. It's good I promise. It's won awards, and I have to pay rent

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026

i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot

Eniko Fox
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OH. right! i get it now!

i get why AI is so depressing to me. because covid already shrunk my world to almost nothing, where almost all of my life revolves around socializing and watching videos on the internet (which is being ruined by AI) and creating creative works through coding (which is being ruined by AI), often using open source tools and libraries (which are being ruined by AI)

i already had so little and now even that is being rotted away before my eyes
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Jamie Madigan @jamiemadigan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm not affiliated, but here's a study recruiting adults for Playing with Emotion, an online research study examining video games and mood. If you’re 18+, you can participate from your phone or computer in about 10–15 minutes at playingwithemotion.com

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Playing with Emotion

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · 27/09/2026

I already feel like UFO 50 is worth full price for Barbuta alone, and there are still 49 other games I haven't even started yet. I'm really enjoying puzzling this one out! Though of course not everyone will be a sicko for an experience like this. #UFO50

Nintendo Switch with Mobapad JoyCons showing the Barbuta title screen on a graph paper pad and pencil with a hand-drawn map

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Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Green Lantern Jo Mullein!

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · 26/09/2026

I was talking with my son about emulating video games (in the context of the Yokai Watch games he likes being so expensive), and he gasped and said, "Daddy, are you saying that you did a crime?!" 😅

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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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