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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I went to the library today to pick up The Obelisk Gate by @nkjemisin.bsky.social (read The Fifth Season last week, it's thoroughly intriguing and devastating). I investigated sci fi and fantasy and found Shades of Milk and Honey by @maryrobinettekowal.com which I also haven't read! Big dopamine hit

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"autistic inability to treat someone in authority different just because they can fire me." I really should have worked it out sooner. Anyhoo, Godspeed Nome, I wish you fortitude.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Agree! Venba is a really really great game, I enjoyed it very much. Part visual novel and part puzzle.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have capitulated to my body, it's very unhappy and I am very, very tired and riding the knife edge of burnout. I'm lucky I can call in sick to work, so I've done this and am going to take a few days to try to recover.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am very annoyed that I am still awake. I've rested, had a massage, a shower, went to bed 4 hours ago. Now drinking milk as I'm hungry. I'm wide awake. I can only presume my hormones are yet again to blame. Sigh.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 11/09/2026

Shout out to all the booksellers and librarians who helped me fall in love with reading as a kid 💓

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I read the first book of the Man Who Is Lorge And Hits The Baddies. Perfectly reasonable book. It will be nice to read them now and then. I do enjoy the premise, the mental gymnastics I did to reconcile him being born in the early '60s and being 36 in the '90s though... Time is a weird soup.

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Pixel Bandits @ Gamescom @pixelbandits.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Tonight I am taking on The Blood of Dawnwalker and I'd love to have you with me at twitch.tv/pixelbandits Also please be kind about my pixel art :D it's my first time going for a smaller sprite and I think I'll go larger again next time :D #Gaming #VideoGames #NewRelease #PixelArt

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Saritos. @saritos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hello guys! I would ask for little help by spreading this post regarding commission! It would greatly help me out since is my current income making. comm page: saritos-art.carrd.co#commission you can DM here or instagram ty in advance! #help #digitalart #dndart #dnd #commissionsopen #commissions

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Pixel Bandits @ Gamescom @pixelbandits.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When do you find time to play video games? Tuesday for me is dropping #2 off at Cubs and sitting down with my steam deck in the car park. Today, Star Wars Zero Company and Green Hell. #VideoGames #Gaming #Gamers #CosyGaming

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carmen rd. 🏳️‍🌈 art commissions open @lucie-raoux.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Martha Valtieri, rough sketch headshot (coloured) The Elder Scrolls fanart, glazed images ESO OC belongs to private client extras in replies: • full render, grayscale • linework only • brief process 🔁 · 💙 · follow appreciated, thank you :) #lucieraouxartwork #eso #ESOfam #TES #breton #art 1/4

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Del 😈 | VGen Open | Check 📌 @artofdel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hi, I'm Del. I'm a Queer, #DisabledArtist; I love #TTRPGs, working on #OCArt, illustrations, character/costume designs. I'm trying to save $$ to move out w/ my 2 cats before school starts. Please support me via #VGenComm, Twitch Subs or Repost. 👉 vgen.co/ArtOfDel 👉 twitch.tv/PurpleTiefling

An elven woman of brown skin with vitiligo / poliosis but blue, smiling softly and wearing a tiara of sun ray spikes, a sentient water drop like being is companying her.

Black, human character with space buns, yellow ball gown, eating a slice of lemon character, character belongs to YuzuSnoozu.

A purple tiefling pin-up, sexy and tasteful, no nudity.

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Del 😈 | VGen Open | Check 📌 @artofdel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I have an #NPCPack avaiable now on my #VGenShop too! This pack contains 20 unique portraits and #VTT tokens of characters with horns for #TTRPG campaigns and can be used for a #Tiefling, #Fiend, #Planetouched, #Devil, #Demon, #Hellspawn NPC or adventurer. 😈 vgen.co/ArtOfDel/pro...

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NPC Pack: Horned Ones (Fiends, Devils, Tieflings, etc.) by Del | Purple Tiefling 😈 (@ArtOfDel)

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Superb thread with excellent contextual definitions.

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 3 Both zinc ore #Sphalerite and calcium plagioclase feldspar #Anorthite will split cleanly if you hit them with a hammer, but only one can claim a larger split of your votes! VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

A photo split between toothy translucent yellow crystals chewing on a grey rock and a blocky milky-yellow translucent crystal where every corner and edge is cut by a small oblique face.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Baldurs Gate 3 it's an evil game that eats time itself. Also, who would ever not take a character who can speak with animals. I must resist tomorrow. I have book club and need to read the rest of the book...

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 1: It's carbonate-vs-carbonate with copper-rich #Azurite against zinc-rich #Smithsonite. Which has your vote? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo of bright blue azurite and peach-colored smithsonite crystals.

The azurite forms clusters of round nodules with a matte, almost velvety-looking texture.

The smithsonite crystals are mostly discs with parallelogram faces. There are some black and gold-colores minerals mixed in.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's 11pm and there's a bunch of kids screaming with giddy joy and excitement somewhere in the next street. It's pouring rain so they can't be outside. I pity whoever is in the house with them.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's 3 pm on a Saturday afternoon and I'm comfy in bed and about to start a new book. May also have a little nap.

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Worms & Bones @homemadehorrors.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have decided for the purposes of bettering myself, that going forward, Dolly is my shoulder angel, and Tim Curry is my shoulder devil. This is probably how I wound up buying groceries for a stranger today, but also buying myself frozen pizza, cupcakes and a beer like I'm in college again.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm just starting a week off work. I have a number of books in planning to read. There are storms and heavy rain forecast. So I can lie in bed, snug, warm, listening to the rain while I read. Bliss.

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 26/08/2026

If you love The Tarot Sequence, you will also love Inheritance, and now you can love it for less with this special offer: five books, £5! (About $7). A florist who sees the future (badly). An earl running from his past. A Celtic god on the brink of death... shop.ravenswordpress.com/collections/...

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Inheritance Season One

Season One of Inheritance comprises the first five books in the series: Jack of Thorns Knight of Flames Lord of Ravens Reeve of Veils Page of Tricks

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Del 😈 | VGen Open | Check 📌 @artofdel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#Dravania awaits?? Come get your #FinalFantasyXIV gay unicorn mount! 🦄🌈 Monthly sub goal has been met! 🥳 We are celebrating it with an #ArtRaffle for #OCArt (cell-shade portrait), type !ticket in chat to join! 👉 twitch.tv/purpletiefling #TwitchStream #FF14 #FFXIV #NoAI #SupportAStreamer

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

To help offset the costs of Katie's recheck vet bill in September, I'm running a sale on the Reanimator Mysteries on Itchio. You can grab each book for 50% off or all 4 for $10 (or more, should you want to donate more). itch.io/s/198894/pay... Shares are greatly appreciated!

A grey black background with the head Katie's appointment sale and book bundle
beneath it is a picture of katie (black dog with a white, semi bald nose with a scar) and on the other side are the covers for the four books in the reanimator mysteries series (the reanimator's heart, the reanimator's soul, the reanimator's remains, and the reanimator's fate)
in between, it says my dog katie had a soft tissue sarcoma removed from her nose and had radiation. the vet bills have been a lot of money and she has a recheck in september. to offset the cost, I'm putting the reanimator mysteries on sale for 50% off on itchio. you can grab all 4 for $10

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Carrie-Edmund Laben @carrielaben.com · 21/08/2026

Just started listening to this, enjoying so far.

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Val Nolan @vallescurarule.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ADHD is real. Autism is real. Difference is real. Accommodations acknowledge this. They are an expression of decency. They are acts of solidarity and empathy and inclusion.

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Del 😈 | VGen Open | Check 📌 @artofdel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Mid week reminder that my #VGen commissions are 10% off till September! 🥳 Please consider commissioning me and/or reposting this post to help my reach, thank you! 💜 #CommissionsOpen #VGenCommissions #TTRPG #OCArt #CharacterArt #OutfitDesign #DisabledArtist 👉 vgen.co/ArtOfDel

My VGen page (vgen.co/ArtOfDel), showcasing the services I offer (character art, symmetrical, cell-shade, experimental, YCH pin-ups) and the starting prices (40, 50, 60, 80 usd) for them along with the 10% off discount (26, 45, 54, 72 usd).

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Under Reform UK’s "Making Welfare Work" policy proposal, welfare claimants would be obliged to do clerical and cleaning work in order to receive benefits. Or in other words: People would be given jobs they might not be trained to do and then not get paid adequately to do them.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I find it really vexing that as a newly unmasked ND, middle-aged woman in perimenopause I now have to reduce stress to combat Crohn's disease. I'm very angry at the moment. Therapy tomorrow thankfully.

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 16/08/2026

Can I interest you in a gorgeous book in these trying times? Survive the horrors with other, different horrors! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rav...

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Coming soon: Jack of Thorns: Deluxe Hardback Edition

A breathtaking deluxe special edition of the critically acclaimed M/M Urban Fantasy adventure.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I have had a surfeit of sourdough due to the whole oral Crohn's thing meaning I couldn't eat chewy things for the last week. I've experimented with Italian stale bread soups, not keen but glad I tried them. All that remains is for me to make bread pudding with the rest. Oh no, how terrible...

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 14/08/2026

Hey nobody told me this was happening BUT LIBRO.FM HAS EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END ON HUGE DISCOUNT AND I HAVE EARNED OUT ON THIS AUDIOBOOK SO THAT'S HEADED FOR MY POCKETS Did I mention it won a nebula award and its a USA Today bestseller and January laVoy is the narrator? libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

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Even Though I Knew the End Audiobook on Libro.fm

C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End.A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago’s divine monsters to secure a future with the lov...

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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It feels very British to use the same system you'd use to warn the nation about an imminent nuclear strike to ask everyone to please stop using disposable barbecues for a bit

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

uk government sending out a national alert because westminster Greggs is out of sausage rolls

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14/08/2026

let’s give it to Burnham, he has in fact managed to unite the country. in being pissed off about the non emergency alert but he has united us

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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Then, for a moment, she felt how beautiful life could be.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There is no good use of generative AI because the technology was built on theft of creative labor. If that position surprises you from an artist whose life's work was scraped and used without permission to train trillion dollar technology, educate yourself. www.michaelwhelan.com/faq/#digital...

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 14/08/2026

Omg hey there, you look like you're into super beautiful editions of award-winning queer books, so let me tell you about this GORGEOUS hardback with HOLOGRAPHIC foil and a REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET! #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/rav...

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Coming soon: Jack of Thorns: Deluxe Hardback Edition

A breathtaking deluxe special edition of the critically acclaimed M/M Urban Fantasy adventure.

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hubs is going to visit his dad and sister for a few days and I'm not able to go at the moment. So I've taken out from the library (Libby) A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers and the second Dungeon Crawler Carl 🥰

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/08/2026

now that we know how the new season of Reacher is (excellent), a thread about why you should watch What If A Man Was Large, The Show, in the form of a Q&A

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For those getting their A-levels today, if it doesn’t work out, I failed two out of three. There are other chances. It’s not as bad as it might feel.

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Hullo It's Icy! ✈️ #PaxAus 💛🖤💛 @hulloitsicy.com · 13/08/2026

Do you use Twitch? Did you know Amazon uses your stream for AI training? Did you know it's on by default? Did you know you can opt out? Settings > Security and Privacy > un-toggle Training for Generative AI

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Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

To all those receiving A-level results today. I got BCD in chemistry/physics/maths. I still got my place at a Russell Group university. I still got a masters and a PhD in chemistry. After some time in education I now work in clinical trial management for my alma mater. Grades aren't everything.

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