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SUMMER ETERNAL @summereternal.com · 01/10/2026
We're now on Goodreads! 🔥📖🏚️ We're celebrating with a #GoodreadsGiveaway of five Standard Editions of our Anthology Volume One. 👉👉 www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
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SUMMER ETERNAL @summereternal.com · 28/09/2026
COME HOME TO ROOST 14 OCTOBER 2026 summereternal.com/redrooster
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@te-net.bsky.social writing exercise for Shore of Jord: You're the kind of person who, given a chance to move the fortunes of others would rather they thought that you weren't given one. After all, anything could go wrong if you were to intervene. So you rather they blamed the wind. Or the current.
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@summereternal.com If you'd ever need a narrative design tool that can do some of what articy:draft can do, also visually, but is lighter to run and open-source, please take a look at github.com/marek-lach/l...
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GitHub - marek-lach/loomlight-narrative-editor: Loomlight — A graphical, branching interactive fiction narrative editor, capable of importing/exporting to Twine's Twee format
Loomlight — A graphical, branching interactive fiction narrative editor, capable of importing/exporting to Twine's Twee format - marek-lach/loomlight-narrative-editor
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Shore of Jord | WISHLIST on Steam @te-net.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Wow, not gonna lie, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much support BlueSky provides for indie game devs. I did not expect that one bit. Feeling so hyped that I decided to punch some bags in Shore of Jord. Wish me luck! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gaming #RPG
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/09/2026
"The super-rich have apocalypse fantasies of their own, built not on faith or ideology but on a calm and rational evaluation of how best to maintain their position; they would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven."
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Elliot Davis | Pre-Save To Feel Your Warmth @moreblueberries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Coming to BackerKit October 20th! To Feel Your Warmth is a tragic vampire duet about two people in love, one of whom has been cursed with vampirism, in the final hours before sunrise. It is a conversation about love, trust, and the decision to move forward together or say goodbye forever. 🚪🩸
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To Feel Your Warmth - A Tragic Vampire Duet TTRPG
Get notified when To Feel Your Warmth - A Tragic Vampire Duet TTRPG launches on BackerKit!
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social is one of the best books of 2026, and should be a strong contender for the Hugo Award next year. I wholeheartedly endorse this book. We had the chance to chat with the author about his debut novel, his influences, and about language in general.
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Translation Is Not A Mathematical Formula: Language In The Republic of Memory (Interview)
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
To celebrate the upcoming release of The Blood of Dawnwalker #game on September 3, here's a small scene called The Awakening of a #vampire: He woke up with a sharp headache. It seemed to him that he must have been awake for ages, although he really gained consciousness slowly and uncertainly.
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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
For newsletter/blog alternatives to consider, there's Beehiiv, Ghost, PencilBooth You can also look into some new ones being developed on ATproto (the tech Bluesky is built on) like Leaflet @leaflet.pub Pckt @pckt.blog and Offprint @offprint.app
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The pilot that got L and I the Yellowjackets job (and all other work in TV) is a hyper niche drama about queer teens and adoption in ‘90s South Dakota that we _did_ have a rough seven season plan for so I guess that??
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Lever is featuring Lincoln Project cofounder favourably? Oh, what fail. #DINO
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#university students of #socialwork and #disabilitystudies in the #US, or #UK, I’ll be glad if you could help with #academicresearch in education by taking this survey, to help me understand your views about #disability: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
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Understanding Social Work and Humanities students' insights on disabled socialization
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#Lebanon ‘s turtle conservationist advocate, dies after Israeli attack: www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202... #war #waroncivilians #enviromentalism
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Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s turtle advocate, dies after Israeli attack
Khalil spent more than two decades protecting the nests of endangered turtle species in southern Lebanon.
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Eva Navratilova @evanavratilova.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Scarlet Deer Inn isn't part of the festival, but our demo is up on Steam and ready to play. ☺️ #SteamNextFest store.steampowered.com/app/1553260
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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I'm always on the lookout for contributors to apersonalanthology.com. Do you love short stories? Can you communicate that love in words? Can you bear to pick just 12 of them? Then get in touch! The substack has 2,500+ subscribers. The archive has 3,500+ individual entries. Help me build it!
apersonalanthology.com
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition will be released on June 30. Preorder from @apexmag.bsky.social and get 30% off! Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
Cover for Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition, featuring new cover art by Marcela Bolívar.
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Mei 🪲 7.56 @magitekwitch.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
YOU GOTTA READ THIS YOU ALL GOTTA READ THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #reibelard
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
i’m not loving all the cutie-cute words for Recession lately like quit dressing up my $5 gas station candy bar in a little pink bow
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Not a good look, reminisent of a certain girl school:
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Cereza 🍒 COMISSIONS OPEN 🍒 @beatorichie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I need help for another month to pay my therapy. I've had depression most of my life, but the last 2 years have been especially difficult. I need therapy, but it's expensive, so I'd like to sell portraits of yourselves or your favorite characters for 30€ 😔🙏
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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can we please stop the genre of "Trump Will Rue Getting Exactly What He Wants THIS TIME, FOR SURE!" articles? How many times do you all have to be wrong before you admit that you literally can't stop this dude w/ Neoliberalism b/c that's what gives him his power?
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Billionaire: I must prepare *complain about Mamdani as my life does not change in any discernible way*
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you are teaching about #disability in #socialwork at an university level in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland., could you distribute this research survey among your students: It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL Thnx
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If anyone in #academia has students of #socialwork, I have a colleague who is conducting Phd. research on #disabilitystudies inclusion from perspective of future social workers. It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12/05/2026
I wrote about the Washington Post's embarrassing wave of badly-written editorials trying to protect billionaires from paying their fair share of taxes
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The Billionaires Are Afraid
The Washington Post's recent wave of billionaire agitprop demonstrates how terrified the extraction class is of informed consensus and the looming possibility of meaningful reform.
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🎃 Trip Ghouley 🎃 @trip.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
It’s happening! VALENZIAGA will fall. Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race + a gay Game of Thrones + Chronicles of Amber. High drama & high CAMP! 200+ people already pledged to make this book happen! LATE PLEDGES STILL OPEN! #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Cover of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF VALENZIAGA, done as a stained glass piece, with a drag queen, Aurora Thunder, breaking through and shattering it.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🔴 Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto "Karp and Thiel are no longer engaging in ideological debate, but are handing down their mandate as an expression of confidence that the Technological Republic has arrived"
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Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto
Palentir's CEO Alex Karp has confirmed the anti-democratic agenda of the company's founder Peter Thiel
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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Why I Wrote The Christian Past That Wasn't open.substack.com/pub/warrenth...
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Why I Wrote The Christian Past That Wasn't
This week's podcast segment provides an origin story
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Youngles 🇰🇷🔜PAX Unplugged @youngles.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The more scared they are, the easier you need to make it Consequences can come later Do not pair consequence of action with communication of action This makes kids associate honest communication with punishment Do the communicating. Take a few beats. Then the next day talk about consequences
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
#healthcare explained: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dpG...
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Rick Goes Rogue | Common Side Effects | adult swim
YouTube video by Adult Swim
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 27/04/2026
Paper here.
nature.com
Early attention deficit hyperactivity disorder prediction from longitudinal electronic health records - Nature Mental Health
Using electronic health records from over 140,000 children, the authors developed a neural network model that predicts attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis years before a typical clinica...
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 25/04/2026
The 85-year-old widow “was chained by her wrists and ankles to other inmates and loaded onto buses and a plane ‘like a potato sack.’ After two weeks in detention in Alabama and Louisiana, she said, she feared she might die.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
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The 85-Year-Old Widow Snagged by Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Please keep an eye on these featurettes! We’re telling you all about the game right up through launch!
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Spookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Your regular reminder Peter Mandelson handpicked every new Labour MP in 2024. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk
Mandelson was given secret spreadsheet to vet left-wing MPs in Labour power struggle
Whistleblower's revelation shows extent of his direct involvement in bitter battle to gain control of the party ahead of 2024 election
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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
As an Indian this fills me with a particular flavor of dread and recognition of how fully genocidal Israeli policy in the West Bank is www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says
Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages
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Sterling Dodge (aka Justin Eger) @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Legitimately one of the best spy thrillers I have ever read.
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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Was not expecting that last sentence.
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Zoë; commissions open! @tankpotzoe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Today is a great day to commission me
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Wootles @music2000.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
tl;dr Brave was created by a guy who got kicked out of the for-profit part of Mozilla for being too for-profit and corrupt, so he created a browser that was focused around manipulating advertisements to divert the revenue and then threw several crypto scams on top of it when that failed.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
not even joking i am so sick of the cringing apologetic way democrats have come to behave about anything remotely left of center. give me what i want and fucking smile about it dammit
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Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
You could try my own Rhetorics of Fantasy, I also recommend Peter Stockwell, the Poetics of Science Fiction, and Susan Mandala Language in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer, is very good.
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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 13/04/2026
Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak — and I'll show you how it's done You can transform your old Kindle — even a bricked device — into the ultimate open-source reader. Here's how. www.zdnet.com/article/your...
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Your Kindle's not obsolete, it just needs a jailbreak - and I'll show you how it's done
You can transform your old Kindle - even a bricked device - into the ultimate open-source reader. Here's how.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to
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Unofficial CBC News Mirror @cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Gaza family says toddler released from Israeli custody found with cigarette burn marks | CBC News
On March 19, the day before Eid al-Fitr, Osama Abu Nassar took his 18-month-old son, Jawad, to a supermarket east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza when eyewitnesses say he approached a restricted area and was detained by the Israeli military.
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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Microsoft Corporation’s #LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal #spying operation on every computer that visits their website: a new report reveals. Microsoft decided to distract EU regulators with what can only be described as “compliance theater”: browsergate.eu/executive-su...
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Executive Summary
Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website. 1. The Regulation of Linkedin In 2024 Microsoft was designated ...
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Toby Litt @tobylitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Or you went for Third Person Omniscient, but you don't know when it's good to head hop? Today is the start of my podcast series on POV. Exercises, advice, a map of territory. It's free. It's here awritersdiary.substack.com/p/a-complete... #pov #pointofview #writingcommunity #writingadvice
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A Complete Guide to Point of View Begins Today
But why, really, bother following it?
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
CNN reports that the US/Israel bombed an Iranian ORPHANAGE, killing at least two people. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/w...
US-Israeli strike on orphanage west of Tehran kills two, Iranian media reports
Sana Noor Haq
By Adam Pourahmadi and Sana Noor Haq
At least two people have been killed by a US-Israeli strike on an orphanage west of Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported Monday.

Five others were injured in the attack on a newly built orphan charity complex in the city of Fardis, about 25 miles west of Tehran, the agency quoted a regional official as saying.

Rights groups have condemned the number of civilians and children killed in US and Israeli strikes and the targeting of educational establishments and residential areas.

In Iran alone, strikes have killed at least 230 children and injured a further 1,800, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday.
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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Today's my birthday! And I'm launching a new thing, which is a bit scary and I need your help to spread the word. So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
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The Thirteenth God
Taking down a god isn’t easy… In order to escape a prison at the edge of the world, con artist Kalsis Chiroptera agrees to do the impossible: overthrow the Princeps, the immortal ruler of all mankind...
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