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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 6h

And it's time... Get yourself a bundle of eclectic queer horror-books, visual novels, kinetic novels: itch.io/b/3876/we-ha... One month only. #BookSky

Screenshot of an inchio bundle including
Manor of Shadows
Joachim Heijndermans
The Day We Ate Grandad
CMRosens
The Muse
SpoonyCatt
By Your Hands
ChellayTiger
Eververt
Cross Couloir
Vampire Maid
Ebbasuke
Her Love, Like Poison
ebi-hime
My Vampire Boyfriend Smokes Lucky Strikes
justacarrot
The Red Ballet
Pink Narcissus
Helleborine
TabbieDearest
MR BIG
KinGoliard
Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 1 ~ Waltz
ArcanaXIX
Stranger Still
K-Ramstack
Blood Play
Tabitha O'Connell
Dark Communion
alyshkalia
Lock the Last Door
Vincent Lore
Bloodsight
L’Poni

Screenshot of an Ichio bundle, including:
Only the Dead Are Safe, and Other Stories
Rob MacWolf
He of the Trees
Rob MacWolf
The Cryptic Parade & A World Unfurling
Barrows
The God Sun
Alan K. Dell
Be Not Afraid
Ronove
Where Dreams Are Lost: The Second Nightmare
SRTudor
Dark Heart of Ilmoure
Cara N. Delaney
Doce Drosera
anita
And The Silver Shining Over
Comhachag
IMG_1697
RhettoeRaven
Hotel of Lost Souls (Lost Humanity #1)
H.S. Kallinger
Dayworkers
M.B. Hare
Troubled Bodies
Jake Vanguard
Silverstone
Team Silver Strides
My Lord
L. B. Shimaira
Swim with Me, Darling
Sylvie Helstaff 📚 Monster Romance Author
18 Mile Hike
thegoodnightfellowship
Fimbulvinter's Fires: a queer apocalyptic sci-fi horrormance
A.M. Weald
The Agony of Authenticity by Lyn Weaver
Duck Prints Press
Killer Debt: An Anthology of Murder
DiannaGunn

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 7h

oof oof owie oof ouch my intestines

An image of magneto from the movie X2, with the caption "too much fiber in your blood" having been crudely edited to read "too much fiber in your diet"

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 16h

Getting mad at Joyce Cato Oates for being a snob after cheering all her epic burns is a different form of being a member of the Leopards Eating Faces party. You can’t contain that heat, you can only hope to avoid its gaze.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 9h

I've long since learned that as a defense attorney the best way to interact with discussions of alleged sexual assault on social media is to simply not read anything and engage as little as possible.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h

That's where I've been for a while. We can't even reach questions about the death penalty itself because we fail essential predicates such as "fair and consistent criminal justice system" and "reliable death penalty verdicts that leave no reasonable doubt" and, as shown tonight, "humane execution."

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JBR @jetblackraider.itch.io · 17h

Obssessed with Garffeld "I have not been idle" when jon scolds him *chef's kiss*

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 20h

Recently, I did a wonderful interview with the indefatigable @emilystjams.bsky.social about trans people's online information environment and why there are very strong incentives to spread panic. It was a wide-ranging discussion that I think is more relevant than ever.

episodes.ghost.io

What's the matter with trans panic media?

Scholar Katherine Alejandra Cross on why it's so profitable to "sell panic to trans people."

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18h

I don't believe that every trans person in America should immediately be made aware of every single evil bill introduced by some podunk state rep in a random red state they don't live in I don't think that's healthy. I have always needed to see a likelihood of advancement before I would write it up

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Nintendo DS Lewis ✝️ @blueberrymill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If Episcopal churches taught and modeled extemporaneous prayer I think there would be less hand-wringing over finding the Right Liturgy to pray over your backpacks or whatever

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

is there literally anyone who says things like this who does not work in software engineering

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The scansion bothers me I may be forced to fix this at some point (I'm upping my p(dog) / 'cause I'm going analog whether AI thinks like me / is a question that's easy see through the silly fiiiiiights / with my offline eeeeeeyes we take breaks from work to go on runs...)

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vagabond_aeon @vagabondaeon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I dare any motherfucker following me to explain to me why this is a justifiable thing to do I know nobody will, but I'd like to see someone try anyway

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Atkinson @maddavenport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Repeat after me: “If ‘just try harder’ could possibly work, it would have worked already.”

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There’s a pretty common trope in fantasy about children being receptive to magic and losing the ability as they grow older and while I’ve always accepted it I’ve never really been nailed to the wall by it until just now when thinking about A WRINKLE IN TIME.

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neuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

either we tell a persuasive story about the society we live in or the fascists will

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The idea that political messaging needs to incorporate a narrative of community is not unclear or wishy-washy, and the success of the no kings protests are due in no small part to the fact that it taps into centuries of American mythology.

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Sysfin @sysfin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We gotta ban the whole damn industry.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The old line that analytic philosophy is answering questions that come naturally to toddlers via methods that come naturally to lawyers remains undefeated.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This explains a lot of the posting over the last week. I think it’s useful to remember that when something gives you existential dread, you don’t need to insist that everyone else focus on it. Usually you benefit by talking about it to your therapist.

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Jonah Bamel @bamelawyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just as the Odyssey is an ancient legend about getting lost as a divine punishment, there is also a rich history of literature about people seeking the disorientation and isolation of getting lost and having to find themselves/their way in a new locale. We contain multitudes, and always have.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the most stereotypically Tory conservative man of the 21st Century, responded to Suella Braverman with a long-form video criticizing her position and rejecting a race-based theory of Englishness, and in response has been ratioed by the increasingly feral British online far-right.

Jacob Rees-Mogg
@Jacob_R...•22h
The English are a mongrel people, not an Aryan master race.

Underneath is an extremely English-looking man in a suit sitting in front of a large bookshelf.

There are 6.2 thousand comments compared to 6 thousand likes.

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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026

As someone that dislikes open floor plans - preach it

plaguedocboi Follow
I hate the "open floor plan" that everyone is obsessed with in houses now. I want nooks and crannies and bizarre floor plans. I don't need to be able to see what someone is doing on the other side of the house. I want places to hide and lurk and dwell in the shadows. I am the beast who awaits in the labyrinth

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Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Actually, the only thing that will save us is making it untenable to be a horrible crank. We should be dunking, and dunking hard, on cranks in our community. Cranks poison out ability to thrive and people need to learn how to spot them, and eject them.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh, just an eternal masking until every INTRODUCED disease to the Americas is conquered, then. That's much more reasonable.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So what you're proposing isn't a change due to covid but a complete overhaul of society in which everyone masks up eternally until all disease is conquered.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Were you able to go to concerts before covid hit?

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am @jrpgdog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

10 years later

ink and watercolor painting of an older Anthy & Utena drinking tea on a porch overlooking a garden

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026

transphobia is a lot more widespread than I’d like transphobia is also a luxury belief and only really gains traction when people think their lives are otherwise pretty solid it simply cannot hold a candle, electorally speaking, to “car juice expensive”

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doom boy @doomboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

hilarious and insane article. full of the sorts of people you meet all the time in left activism, who combine neuroticism and narcissism to bring down any institution they're allowed into.

bostonglobe.com

A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. - The Boston Globe

Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead.

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

These are not normal times. Your internalized expectations of what you *should* be able to accomplish right now are likely not calibrated for the kind of distress we're all experiencing. Forgive yourself for struggling, forgive your colleagues and friends and family and strangers for struggling.

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Matthew 8647 ❌👑 @authoridad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

18 months later, they’re finally learning.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

BlueSky saying "well I've never heard of this person" like it means something. Last week you were all telling me you'd never heard an Ed Sheeran song. At some point you have to stop and ask yourselves if the real problem is that you haven't been in touch with new music since 2013.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Watching people get angry at Kathryn Tewson because she communicates largely in questions is really funny to me but also makes me think that the criticism of engineers being insufficiently trained in the humanities may been more valid than I’d believed.

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was already honored to be a voice in their game, but now I’m DOUBLY grateful to have @doublefine.com’s continued support as they unabashedly celebrate our collab! (And please don’t worry. While my success & public joy seem to be upsetting to some, I feel like I’m getting to live my dream life!)

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I feel compelled to add that the reason I am including the ongoing philosophy of mind fracas in the "pointless" category is because all the promoters are taking as given that physicalism is true, that functionalism is true, and that an AI capable of thought (arguendo) poses no ethical issues.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Messing with the free version of Claude to see its capabilities really drives home the pointlessness 99% of the arguments about AI on this website. I have no doubt that a person who has set up a complex harness could get it to answer my question. But the chatbot struggles.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I remember sitting down on my bed, 30 years old, after hanging up on the call where my psychiatrist diagnosed me with ADHD (height of covid!) and bursting into tears because I finally had a reason for my having been a lazy failure of a student who could have been top 10% but never was.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of the very convenient parts of being a Christian is that I don’t have to pretend I don’t believe in “magic” souls. Unfortunately I do have to care about when AI becomes ensouled and what that means for the soteriology of silicon. ⚓️

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

its fun to watch the physicalism vs dualism debate play out in real time, but I don't think bsky is going to resolve this 3000+ year old debate

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 20/09/2026

Parker Molloy Stay Deactivated.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes, and that is why coders rightfully are very impressed by the technology! It does not make it useful in every other field!

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This ad is a pro-trans dog whistle virtuously designed to mislead hogs. “Washington needs to stay out of it” the only thing Washington is doing is trying to impose a national ban, Washington staying out of it means “no ban”

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

People are arguing about whether or not these things are inherently plagiarism machines and ignoring the fact that they are being used as such.

theatlantic.com

The Rise of Parasite Authors

First, AI stole their books. Now it’s stealing their readers.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 19/09/2026

The Ford app just added AI. This is the greatest thing ever.

Ford app AI prompt, with the user-entered text "Write a 150-word story about Sailor Moon and Hatsune Miku kissing."

Under the gentle glow of a moonlit Tokyo skyline, Usagi Tsukino stood atop a quiet rooftop terrace, the night breeze catching her golden twin tails. Beside her, Hatsune Miku adjusted her glowing teal ribbons, a soft electronic melody humming faintly from the synth display at her wrist. The vibrant city buzzed far below, but above the streets, the air was peaceful and still.
Turning toward each other, Usagi smiled warmly, her bright eyes reflecting the starlight. Miku stepped closer, her digital glow softly illuminating the space between them. Without a word, Usagi leaned in, and their lips met in a sweet, tender kiss that seemed to bridge magic and music into…

one perfect harmony. As they pulled back, blushing beneath the moonlight, Miku shared a soft, cheerful smile.
Now that the magic and music are in harmony, is there anything I can help you with regarding your Mustang Mach-E
today?

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tyme nowe to playe the musique Tyme nowe to lighte the lightes Lo! See the gathered muppets on The Muppet Showe tonighte! Tyme nowe to put on grease-paynte Tyme nowe to dresse up righte Tyme nowe to rayse the curtayne on The Muppet Showe tonighte!

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Excellent article on why stochastic parrots are still a thing and why that’s only bad if you’re committed to the belief that LLMs possess human reason.

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