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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Great story about trans teens loving each other and especially about that pivotal moment when the possibilities of a much-desired life seem not only real, but imminent. Also, jizz superpowers!

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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sign up by SEPTEMBER 30TH for our next online fiction workshop with One Story author @adeniro.bsky.social! Tuition includes a one-on-one meeting for a deeper dive into your work. Classes meet on Zoom, 7pm to 9:15pm ET Oct. 14-Nov. 18. For details visit: bit.ly/46EzTpW.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There's a lot of interesting stuff in this very well-written and reported article, but my main take away is that I wouldn't want to hang out with any of these people. harpers.org/archive/2026...

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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss

Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Beloved friend @sorayaroberts.bsky.social has died (1980-2026). I will miss her voice, both in sound and in her writing. I loved her sweet snark. After a career in freelance cultural criticism, she was about to start an MFA at UBC and a hybrid memoir titled About Face.

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Kamu! ✨ 💤︎ @kamu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Such an indispensable labeller if you're not already using it. Useful for identifying bots and engagement manipulators. bsky.app/profile/stec...

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Predictably, I LOVED Elliot Page’s role in the new Odyssey movie—especially the second scene

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

All avocadoes are transsexual. Checkmate, transphobes.

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Wesley Crusher’s sweaters in Star Trek: The Next Generation are unparalleled. I wish there were a knitting pattern book. Look at these beauties!

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 28/07/2026

Was today years old when I learned of Open Square, which is apparently all of the Open Access books from NYU Press. opensquare.nyupress.org/books

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Books

Open Square is NYU Press’s platform for publishing and reading open access books.

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Gender-affirming care is apparently about to shortly be mandatory in the U.S. military. T levels, when too high, convert to estrogen.

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I hope every young man in South Carolina who woke up to web search “TMZ phone number” is having a great day

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

bona-books.com

Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Why did the buffalo go to Pride? To support his bi son.

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Going to iterate the crop top by cropping off the top of the shirt instead

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 08/06/2026

It's publication week! My book, Critical Fandom: Representations of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Fan Fiction, is officially out through University of Iowa Press. Use code MESSINA40 for 40% off: uipress.uiowa.edu/books/critic...

Book flyer for Critical Fandom: Representations of Race, Gender, and Sexuality by Cara Messina published through University of Iowa Press. There is a QR code and a discount code, MESSINA40, for 40% off.

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Nick @schorn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My story out today (!) is a response to many things, like corporate greed and scarcity and innocence, but it’s also a response to Mom’s question “do you think you’ll ever use your civil engineering degree?” cause this is me using my civil engineering degree. Thank you @giganotosaurus.bsky.social !

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026

Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

precisely 10 years ago today, the concept of "transgender social contagion" was first invented on the now infamous anti-trans parent website 4thWaveNow. a full timeline of how the concept spread (not unlike a "social contagion") can be found here: juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/orig...

screenshot from the linked-to timeline that reads:
February 20, 2016: Insofar as I can tell, the first ever claim that "social contagion" is turning kids transgender.
It occurs as a comment on the 4thwavenow.com "About" page, posted on February 20, 2016 at 5:27pm, under the handle "skepticaltherapist." Shortly thereafter, 4thwavenow.com turned this comment into its own post, called...
February 29, 2016: 4thwavenow.com publishes "Tumblr snags another girl, but her therapist-mom knows a thing or two about social contagion."
As noted in the previous entry, this is skepticaltherapist's earlier comment, posted along with a brief intro from the folks at 4thwavenow. There are several potentially noteworthy things about it, and the comments that follow it:
o It begins by referencing a Star Trek TNG episode in which the crew becomes addicted to an alien video game, then makes the following analogy: "The alien mind control device made its way into my home about two years ago when my then eleven-year-old daughter begged me for a Tumblr account since her friends all had one."
o In the piece, skepticaltherapist describes herself as a psychotherapist, later adding, "As a therapist, I mostly work with adults."

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/01/2026

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

standwithminnesota.com

Stand With Minnesota

A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

What do birds call it when it starts to snow? Suet-er weather

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Max Tiu @maximumtiu.com · 26/11/2025

as an indie bookseller, can confirm!

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Claire Jackson @claire.northsky.social · 25/11/2025

but somehow I'm the asshole because I keep saying we shouldn't invest half of our school's budget into this

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 13/11/2025

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Well, it's no longer possible to opt out of AI in Word. Switching to LibreOffice.

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Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com · 22/09/2025

I created a template academic job market folder for folks to use Feel free to share around! bit.ly/AcademicJobF...

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20XX-20XX-JobMarketTemplate - Google Drive

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

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Vampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Transgender for everyone, motherfuckers 🏳️‍⚧️

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

If you've read A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara, I want to hear what you think

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

For anyone looking for a Wordle alternative, I'm really enjoying Well Word: wellwordgame.com or in-app

wellwordgame.com

Well Word

Your new daily word game.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

My single Red Hood issue was the 15th best-selling comic of September, like out of all serialized comics in America. Incredibly funny.

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Love sending anti-GenAI propaganda to all my fellow haters. Love you, Merriam-Webster! Best thesaurus in the game.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2025

it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

why, dear god, have i been texting the same 5 transsexuals to get a g-d passport since november and (despite being able to/afford it) none of them have????

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/09/2025

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Here's how to support my work: I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social. The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

resistancesummerschool.com

Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series

A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

What’s the convent’s most popular weapon? Nunchucks.

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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This is the kind of shit they'd sell you in Kakariko Village

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/09/2025

Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer

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emrys donaldson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @exlibris.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A civil litigation attorney’s favorite dessert? Tiramisu(e)

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...

abcnews.go.com

Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns

At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This morning’s whitewashing of Kirk’s legacy by civility-obsessed liberals isn’t just offensive to anyone targeted by Kirk (ask anyone on the ‘professor watchlist’) but dangerous. 1/2

NYT headline to Ezra Klein op-ed “Charlie Kirk was doing politics the right way”

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