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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I mean if you wanna hype one of my books, thank you! tinyurl.com/bp5sdax7

Great Power and No Responsibilities by Elliott Kay: A psychic alien entity looking for a sexy vacation bonds with an LA motorcycle courier. Cover art by Julie Dillon.

Kyle Daveran always wanted to help people in need, yet his humanitarian career dreams are crumbling into the dumps of daily life. On a rainy delivery run, he meets Xinn: a psychic alien entity with sexy, ambitious vacation plans here on Earth. Xinn needs a warm-hearted human to serve as her vacation host—and to hide her from the feds!
Xinn’s people hold to strict rules against interference with humanity. She’s only here for fun, but Kyle knows her psychic powers and alien hyper intelligence could do incredible good. Escape from the grind is within reach, with lovely companions and the high life not far behind... as long as Kyle's heroic impulses don't ruin the party for everyone.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm not gonna get my hopes up for a direct connection and/or a huge impact, but this is REALLY funny. (Relevant, btw: Yandex itself says no employees were hurt in the attack. Kinda says a lot about the differences between sides here.)

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Liz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

THE SUPPORTER SECTION IS WALKING OUT. THE POLICE MADE THEM TAKE DOWN THE SIGN. All the normal signs are gone. No "y'all means all." No "trans lives matter." Nothing. It is now quiet. No music, no drums, no chants #AustinFC

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"Ah. Now THERE'S the inflated sense of self-esteem!"

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have never ever understood this phrase because to me it has always sounded like "get a gun and you can be a complete asshole and ppl will put up with it in case you shoot them" like if you need to be armed to get ppl to be nice to you maybe you should just go fix your fucking personality chad

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 09/10/2026

the next time Miller or Mullin go on about how dangerous it is to be an ICE agent—

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

First thought when I heard this: wtf Second: like the post says, WHAT Russian diesel? Third: Oh man, Trump's gonna be so pissed when everyone hates this and it does him no good at all. If it even happens.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BREAKING: Writer tries to write with feet up on desk, immediately becomes furniture for cat.

Floofy smoky black cat sacks out on top of writer. Work delayed.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Objection: yes, people pronounce "shorty" like "shawty," but it's not okay to take that extra step in your song to make "shawty" rhyme with "party." Making those two words sound alike does a wild disservice to one of them, sir. Please stop.

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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anyway tldr I'll never match the valor my Grandfather displayed on the battlefield in Europe. And frankly, I don't want to. I'd rather emulate the life he led after the war, raising a family, having hobbies, volunteering in the community. I think maybe more GWOT vets should consider this approach

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Bigots are gonna support the bigot candidate. You can't win any of them over by ignoring the bigotry. You can't win them over at all. Better to stand up for everyone else and run for *their* votes.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.

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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hasan was paralyzed in the shooting, so as if this wasn't all bad enough already, sit with the image of him being executed while in a wheelchair for that extra frisson of barbarity.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely inexcusable and horrific. There's no need for this. No good reason.

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/10/2026

Such a good thread both for letting you know what's going on in Paris and for showing standard police tactics. Telling protesters to disperse while blocking all the exits, singling people out with the intent to harm, and using tools that we know cause serious bodily harm? That's the cop playbook.

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Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Also, the flawed Athenian democracy literally fell because a bunch of xenophobic dipshits insisted on unrestrained power for their homeland and had contempt for and felt free to abuse allied states. All while facing the challenge of another, even more authoritarian power.

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Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Endorsed. You can just say they're being horrible about it if you want it known. Nobody's gonna be shocked. Sharing the actual story is much more important.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My Amazon user profile page thingie mostly showed me that I do not, in fact, rely all that much on Amazon. Yes, I buy razors and Nioxin hair stuff and the grandma's purse strawberry hard candy in 2lb bags. Yes, I read sci-fi. Seems to be all they've got on me, but they nailed that.

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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 06/10/2026

“That’s What You Get,” (Riot! 2007)

"America is grateful all the time for our federal law enforcement officers who keep us safe," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News. "We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice," the agency's statement said.

Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS' statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: "And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***"

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yesterday: lost most of my day off to waiting on windshield replacement. Today: lost most of my (working) morning to getting an appt to renew my license, then returning for the actual appointment... to discover the DMV system crashed an hour earlier. No estimate on revival. So I try again tomorrow.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Spookiest Welsh Canadian (Glynn Stewart) @glynnstewart.com · 06/10/2026

Today only, Starship's Mage is on sale in the USA and Canada for $1.49 mybook.to/StarshipsMag... Damien Montgomery has the skill and the magical gift to be a Jump Mage, but not the connections. The choice he makes to get onto a starship anyway will lead him to strange and dangerous places...

Cover of the novel Starship's Mage by Glynn Stewart

A young-looking man stands in front of a. Star scape. He wears a black turtleneck and a gold medallion. Magical energy flows from his hands, rising up to surround a starship above his head.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Not gonna repost something that includes Megyn Kelly commenting on Jane Doe like a soulless ghoul, but Kelly is in fact a soulless ghoul. Just a horror show of a human being. This is someone who was herself subject to ongoing sexual harassment. She knows better. She doesn't care.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If your newscast says Hastert was 'tied to' a child sex abuse scandal, you're failing your listeners.

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/10/2026

In 2010, I sat in on a patrol brief for a BCT in eastern Afghanistan that claimed “pashtunwali revenge” was responsible for why they faced so much violence. When I asked him to remind me why we were in Afghanistan in the first place, the colonel got frustrated and asked me to wait for them outside.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finished playing Star Wars: Zero Company. Excellent game. If you like turn-based stuff, I highly recommend it. Story is light and actual RP choices are few, but what it has is good and nothing felt *wrong*, either. That can be a high bar. I'd have been happy if it was twice as long.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well... huh. (This sure seems like a big omission from the Atlantic reporting. It had the sense of a thorough piece, but uh... yeah. Relevant.)

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"How did you get into TTRPGs?" The LARP question is more entertaining. :) But. Mom's 2nd husband got into hobby rockets. They went to a hobby store. IDK how the conversation even started, but someone told Mom the red box with the dragon would be a good gift for her son. He was right.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's a real contest between this and the opening parkour nonsense from Casino Royale... but Bond doesn't kill vampires. Blade panders directly to me so I gotta give credit. This one scene is the best vampire movie of all time. For obvious reasons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=51fl...

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Blade - Opening Scene [1080p]

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My hot take is that I would also like questions of violation and resolution and rehabilitation and correct community response to be straightforward enough to cover in 300 characters. But they're not, and to pretend otherwise is both dangerously reductive and a disservice to everyone.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

cooking: I'm good with recipes. Not much freestyling. whistle: barely draw: badly paint: nah swim: been years but I used to be good english: literally taught it dance: need to be taught sing: amazing in my car alone drive: yes gifting: sometimes write: lol I hope so guitar: no speaking: no worries

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Important to understand that Tom Cotton puts more genuine effort into being a cruel asshole than anyone else in the Senate. He may not actually be the worst person, but he tries the hardest, so it's always nice to see someone ruin his day. Especially when it's another cruel asshole he supports.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dislike sharing any clip of the jackass, but this one needs to be seen far and wide.

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Rhiannon Held/R.Z. Held @rhiannonheld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cover reveal!! Coming this winter. I have some stuff to pin down before I put up a preorder link, but meanwhile, this was hot off the cover press and I wanted to show everybody.

Cover image for Hybrid by R. Z. Held. Log line: Part human. Part alien. Nowhere to belong. The cover shows a desert at night with a space ship and dragon wings behind the title.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They aren't on our side though. Sinema wasn't scamming for women or LGBT folks. Hakeem isn't taking Palantir money to help black people. Nobody is playing dirty for "our side." They are playing dirty for the other side. Which is why we're in this mess.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OR, maybe, generative AI keeps stealing my shit and these companies will do anything to avoid paying me for my labor and production.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My forever grudge: Duke arrives in issue 22 A Cobra-brand A-10 attacks the Joes at a funeral. Roadblock wrecks it w/his .50 cal. Duke adds 3 pistol shots & acts like he did something. He tells the team—again, issue 22—that he's gonna make them into soldiers. If Duke has no haters, it's b/c I'm dead.

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Taylor Tomlinson is speaking the truth of the writer experience. Wow. I feel all of this (except the bestseller part). www.youtube.com/shorts/Wm0AI...

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MY BOOK IS A NYT BESTSELLER DESPITE MY LOW SELF-ESTEEM 🥹 THANK YOU! #shorts #book #standupcomedy

YouTube video by Taylor Tomlinson

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026

"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's time, friends

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