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Crow's Nest Comics @crowsnest.quest · 05/10/2026

We've been working with Books to Prisoners Seattle to help get graphic novels into prisons for years and a generous donor has committed to matching all book donations this week in honor of banned book week!!! Go to shop.crowsnest.quest/a/listify/re... to get them some comics and double your impact.

red background, white text "books to prisoners donation match", angry black crow flying over the text as if descending to attack

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 03/10/2026

YES we have Jimothy tea pets in stock at our Seattle café-store! Come by and adopt yours this weekend!

a row of short-spined raccoon ceramic tea pets on a gongfu service tray

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Lambda Miner Edwin @edwin.lambda-miners.org.uk · 02/10/2026

Anyway, it's Bandcamp Friday again which means if you buy this Bandcamp don't take a cut. And it's free so I get all of the nothing! Yay!

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SeaTac, heading to ChicagoLand for a week 🫂

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am VERY sad I can't make this (we oopsed so no pre-order pin 😔; also no Seanan-visit), but my being on the road shouldn't stop YOU! 😊

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You should goooooooooo 🎉🎶🍀

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's another Bandcamp Friday, where all monies go to the ARTISTS, the creators - helping them live & eat & add to the beauty & wonder we need to keep us going. Share your favs, and find many other filkish/fannish folk at www.mapcase.org/bclinks/ #Filk #FilkMusic #SupportMusicians #SupportMusic

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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S. J. Tucker Music @sjtuckermusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It being both #BandcampFriday and October at last… 🎃👻🎶

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Best AI* advertising I've seen today! 💙🫖 *Attempted Illustration (by non-illustrator/visual artist) (also, their Inflammation Rescue improves my life daily)

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The trouble with book tour is that I can't properly promote and shout about upcoming events when I'm on airplanes and running from one location to the next. Fun fun fun. But! Come see me tomorrow night in Redmond, WA for fun, and the kind of exhaustion that comes only from too much travel.

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Seattle Torrent @seattletorrent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Forever a Warrior 👏 Congratulations to Mikyla Grant-Mentis for being inducted into the Merrimack Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend!

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

reupping this because I'm seeing disability calls with no alt text again

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks! (please add alt-text to images so EVERYONE can access and understand)

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 22/09/2026

Seattle area people! Anybody got room to foster a mom and some wee little puppies?

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good summary of the weekend <3 (and as so often true from Kate, good reminder <3 )

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 18/09/2026

Ok nerds, BE COOL. We are opening another DCC tea flight preorder round. Last time, we sold nearly one thousand and it took a ton of labor to pull off. I’m not putting that on the team again until after the holidays, but we hear you and you CAN sign up now. ☕️💣🙌 www.fridaytea.com/products/def...

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PREORDER FOR FEBRUARY 2027! Defeat the Dungeon: The Complete Dungeon C

This is a Preorder! Warning: all other items ordered on the same invoice will be held to ship when this item is finished! We anticipate these boxes will ship in February of 2027. Depending on demand, they may ship as late as March 2027. These are high-labor boxes to create and demand is usually very high. Thank you in

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Sam Haney Press @samhainpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Calling all #WhiteWolf & other #TTRPG fans: Halloween is coming up! So it's the perfect time to run "Halloween in Shady Oaks," a sandboxy #ChangelingTheDreaming one-shot I designed specifically for younger players & those new to the system/setting! PWYW at www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

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DriveThruRPG - The Largest RPG Download Store!

Your one-stop online shop for new and vintage RPG products from the top publishers, delivered fresh to your desktop in electronic format.

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Finally got to watch, & have added those rowdy assholes to the Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom <3

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's ALIVE! Check out the Octocon 2026 programme featuring lots of panels, talks, workshops, readings, crafting sessions, discussion groups, games, and Meet the Creator sessions where you can chat informally with our guests, both in Cork and online! 🥳 prog.octocon.com #Octocon2026 #Speirgorm

Text of image: The Octocon 2026 Programme is LIVE! Check out everything going on in Cork and online on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October at https://prog.octocon.com
Background is a soothing purple with stylised images of Cork landmarks in black across the bottom, joined by a white giant robot and dragon. A green UFO hovers above the text.

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Available on iTunes, Google Play and most other places you can get podcasts. We can be heard Wednesday at 6am and 9pm Central on scifi.radio. filkcast.blogspot.com

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ngoziu @ngoziu.com · 15/09/2026

Now it's time to rec my books to your friends—hello! Do you like gay hockey, or body swapping, or a screwball comedy about art kids, or DC Comic superheroes? www.ngoziu.com/books 📚

The covers of the graphic novels Check, Please! books 1 & 2, FLIP, Bunt!, Barda and Orion.

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pretty sure my system dislikes me right now, _know_ the needle-adverse part of my brain does, but FutureMe appreciates it (or will) (Besides giving blood & knee injections Wed, got my flu shot on Sat & new COVID vaxx this am. More spacing would've given system less to juggle, but needs must)

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🏳️‍⚧️”Fall Futch”🦾 @faefutchauntie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's not complicated, either you think trans folks, adults and children deserve full civil and human rights of thier cis counterparts. Or you don't. Your call.

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xap @xap.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

More adulting the rest of the week, so playing catch-up again :D Thursday was mostly home-work style (plus one shared errand-run), Friday's errands were fun and then we got to see Alec (creaturaemagicus.com) do a show at SoulFood Coffeehouse! Fun […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Alexander James Adams, a laughing man with silver hair in a flowing purple shirt, black pants & boots, and silver overcoat & waist sash is seated on a tall stool on a small stage, with a large black monitor speaker in front of him. He is playing a brown guitar and obviously enjoying himself.

Alexander James Adams, a white man with silver hair in a flowing purple shirt, black pants & boots, and silver overcoat & waist sash, is standing on a small stage playing a wood fiddle.

Some small red-violet snapdragon flowers are starting to bloom at the top of a green stem. Three small buds are waiting to open as well, and several brown seed pods can be seen below on the next stalk.

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Tanya Huff @tanyahuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Barnes and Noble is running a pre-order special on SAVED BY THE SPELL (contemporary/AU fantasy standalone) over the 9th to the 11th of September. (Because I have a tenuous grasp on the date, I totally forgot to mention this yesterday.)

On the right, the cover of SAVED BY THE SPELL, a classroom with an eye looking out of the blackboard and a bunch of swirly magiky stuff. Some of the desks are warped. There's an apple on the teacher's desk. No one actually gives her an apple in the book, but...visual shorthand. The text across the bottom of the book reads, author of Direct Descendant.

Text reads: Barnes and Noble preorder sale. Discounts starting at 25% off. for B&N Premium and Reward members. With code PREORDER25 some exclusions may apply.

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(those I'm familiar with are on a GSuites platform for the email/related bits; not sure if that's the only option Dreamhost gives or just the one they chose)

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I know some orgs & businesses (and at least a few friends) who've had good luck with Dreamhost. Can't really speak to where they are on the price scale currently, but they do offer domain & site hosting, and multi-email

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions open on the 1st of October, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC! The max word count per story will be 5,000 words. There will be a 1,000 story cap. Once we reach that number of submissions, the window will close. Link to more information ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

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xap @xap.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

SOMEone was quite disgruntled today, probably because laundry meant their favorite nest was disrupted. I also managed some computer tweaking and catch up, with a bit of prep for next few days too. Yay Monday? #xaps2026 #CatsOfPixelfed

A brown tabby cat with white shoulders loafs on the arm of a burgundy recliner. Her head is turned away distainfully.

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

sorry for the delay, was trying to figure out if I could block the bot from the bridge ;) Off to bed myself now though - hope you can rest too :D

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ugh! Hate those! But yes, Grace is an adorable brat ;)

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So made a point during my last move of sending many pics etc as packing, giving them options (eg: pack for them to take, pack to store for them, digitize for memories, say bye). They're adults now too, I don't need to decide that for them (or make them deal with my decisions down the road)

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xap @exapno.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In some ways it was hard for me because I _do_ get these moments of memory&missing, followed by comfort that I can probably dig up X next time I visit. But I'm also getting better about not applying all of Me to my kids (who are, in fact, a lot like me in MANY ways each. But still Not Me).

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xap @xap.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Rather crappy night (sadly not just me either) made much of today rather a struggle, but did make it through. Even made it out to our farmer's market (with help), and was greeted by a new flower on we-thought-all-done plant 😊 Bonus chats with friends, happy […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Two pinkish-salmonish flowers on the end of a green stem hover above a cement walkway on a bright sunny day.

Illustration of a pink and purple dolphin floating in cartoon water drawn by The Latest Kate, from her 2026 page-a-day calendar. The September 4th page reminds us "every effort counts"

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