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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

We're shouting out a book interview on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🤩 Contributor @sabrinahicks.bsky.social was interviewed by @ivygrimes.bsky.social about her new book COYOTE GIRL 🎉 Catch the convo now: buff.ly/fVNlZp3

Book cover of Coyote Girl by Sabrina Hicks. A sketch of a coyote howling.

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Our books don’t fit neatly into any category, genre, or scene, but they fit just fine into your mailbox! malarkeybooks.com/store

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Bookstore — Malarkey

You can order signed books through this website. Feel free to request a signature and a friendly note.

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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

We are excited to announce our new author, Ani King! Ani's debut book, FAMILY NIGHT, a collection of flash fiction filled with magical realism, will be released in Fall 2026. Join us in welcoming Ani to MJP! @aniking.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social #flashfiction #debutauthor #magicalrealism

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Linda Dunn @dunn4authors.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Promote Your Uniqueness One of the greatest things about you, author, is that you are one-of-a-kind. There is no one else like you on this planet, and there is no one who does things quite like you do. tinyurl.com/s...

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Promote Your Uniqueness

what makes an author unique, what makes an author stand out, what makes an author different than the next

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Had a look at some illustrations for an as-yet-unannounced 2027 title. Will be worth the added cost as well as the extra layout work. IMO you should just sign up for the book club so you get all the books.

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Our very own @ironbrewer.bsky.social will be reading next week at the Valley Art Center for Ekphrastacy ‘25 🎨✍️🎙️ See you there?

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I have a new poem out if you have a minute to spare 💚

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation.

Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror...

I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes.

A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her.

Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

If the bill passes this week, it will give ICE enough money to become, by 2029, the nation's largest federal interior law enforcement agency with enough funding to become the nation's largest jailer.

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Huge honor to be in Smokelong! 💚

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Bill Merklee @bmerklee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Completely knocked out that one of my longer short stories, "All the Small Things," will be included in Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine (@stanchion.bsky.social) next month. They're taking discounted pre-orders if you're so inclined: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Stanchion Magazine Issue 18 | Stanchion

This is a pre-order for Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine. Expected to be published and shipped directly to you in April 2025.The issue will be approximately 90 elegantly uncoated pages full of short sto...

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

⚡📢❗BIG NEWS KLAXON❗🔊⚡ Issue 87, which includes the winners of this year's SmokeLong Workshop Prize, goes live on Monday. ⭐⚡⭐

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This is still the greatest email ever.

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

In addition to helping vulnerable people and orgs, something else you can instead of screaming is to put a wrench in this administration’s plans every chance you get. A few ideas:

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower. "What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations." theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...

I'm writing this with a heavy heart and no small amount of fear. As a former X (formerly Twitter) employee on an H1B visa, I can't reveal my identity without risking everything, but I can't stay silent any longer about what I saw and was made to do.

When Elon Musk took over, everything changed. What started as a social media company became something much darker. I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter's systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election. It wasn't subtle, and it wasn't ethical.

We completely changed how the algorithm worked, pushing pro-Trump and right-wing posts to the top of people's feeds. To make it look balanced, we also boosted some left-wing critics of Democrats, but it was all carefully calculated. These changes didn't just affect Americans - they impacted users worldwide.

One of the most disturbing things we did was create thousands of fake accounts using advanced AI systems called Grok and Eliza. These accounts looked completely real and pushed political messages that spread like wildfire. Havn't you noticed they all disappeared? Like magic.

We also knowingly allowed foreign governments to manipulate the platform. State-backed groups from Israel, Iran, and Russia were running their own influence campaigns, and because their goals aligned with ours, we looked the other way. Even when they clearly broke the rules, we didn't stop them.

Perhaps the most unethical part was how we manufactured news stories. One team would write completely fake articles, while another team would artificially boost their engagement metrics to make them go viral. We specifically targeted certain groups of people, knowing exactly how to manipulate their views and emotions.

The moderation team became a tool for our agenda. We systematically silenced anyone who got in our way, enforcing the rules when it suited us and ignoring them when it didn't. Elon Musk himself was deeply involved in these decisions, often joking about being "Black Hat MAGA."

What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations. The damage we've done is immeasurable, and I don't know if it can ever be fixed. People don't know what's real anymore, and that's exactly what we wanted.

The pilot program for the Eliza AI Agent, was election interference. Eliza was release officially in October of 2024, but we had access to it before then thanks to Marc Andreessen.

I'm terrified to be writing this, but I had to speak up. I just hope that someone with the power to do something about this sees this letter. You'll know what i’m saying is the truth by Elon's actions to the news someone spoke out. For more evidence look at the docs of Eliza AI Agent software. We left bread crumbs.

Yours sincerely,

A former employee who can't sleep at night.

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Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

From our friends at @literarycleveland.bsky.social: "Plum City Reading Series is Literary Cleveland's new regular reading series bringing the country's most interesting and groundbreaking authors to Cleveland." Info: www.litcleveland.org/events-progr...

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Has anyone else read this blog post on Atticus Review? It was posted last week about their new format and it sounds super sketchy. I’m thinking about pulling the work I have there. newsletter.atticusreview.org/p/an-a…

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An Atticus Review Update: A New Publishing Model

Upcoming changes to format, minting literary NFTs at Atticus Review.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

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Dozens of lawmakers beat stock market in 2024: Report

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen lawmakers once again outperformed the market as bans on congressional stock trading stalled, according to a new report from the trading trackers at Unusu…

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Huge honor to win third place! Thank you so much to all of the Smokelong editors!! 💚😊

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

New poem in this issue! Thanks to everyone at Fahmidan for their support! 💚

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

👀Made the Longlist! Congrats to all the others for making it too!

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Finished National Novel Writing Month with 50k words. Just printed out the 175 pages to do some editing. Gonna get it to 80k hopefully by the end of January 🤞🏽

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Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

In case you forgot about us: 1. We're an ancient online lit mag (circa 2000). 2. We publish sporadically. 3. We will publish a bunch of stuff this week. 4. Poems, micro, and interviews, with longer stuff mixed in.

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Been a while since I signed in and I have some new followers. Hi y’all!

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Philly-area writers! We're 6 weeks away from bringing our conference back to Temple U. Join us on 10/5 for a full day of fun, engaging, practical advice from authors and editors. $85 gets you registration, lit mag subscription, free book, and meeting w/ an editor www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

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The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse

Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA on October 5, 2024.

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Cotton Xenomorph @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social · 01/07/2024

🚨👻CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THIS PLACE IS HAUNTED👻🙀 Remember Cotton Xenomorph submission window opens today! Please follow the guidelines for this special theme call 🌚🐍 We can’t wait to see what you have! cx.submittable.com/submit

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Cotton Xenomorph

General NotesPlease only send one submission at a time and in one genre. Do not mix genres in your submission. If you publish a piece with us and later use it in another publication, we humbly ask tha...

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

I only write the highest of brow poetry 💀💨

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

I have a poem up today at Cuyahoga Public library for Poetry Month! This love poem, “For My Hot Dog Vendor,” was originally published with No Contact. 🌭⚾️ cuyahogalibrary.org/blog/poetry/rea…

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Our fourteenth, and final zine, will be a collection of flash fiction of 1,000 words or fewer. Submission guideline: www.ellipsiszine.com/fourteen/

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY! We're giving $100 to help boost your writing in 2024—workshop, comp/submission fees, membership, critiques, books, pens—anything you find helpful, anywhere. Like & share to enter. We'll also give $100 to one of the organisations we support—winner to choose. Ends midnight NYC Dec 23

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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Starting out Tuesday with a Fiction Fest! So, please join me in celebrating with a bizarre birthday party of sorts. Check out "Jesus Christ Throws Himself a Surprise Birthday Party To Interrogate Who Stole His Tupperware Lid" by @ironbrewer.bsky.social www.roifaineantpress.com/post/jesus-c...

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

I have a new story out in this incredible issue! Wonderful writing throughout! 💚

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DeMisty D. Bellinger @demisty.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

All backlist books at Unnamed Press are on sale for 35% off, including my novel New to Liberty! www.unnamedpress.com/books

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Unnamed - Books

The Unnamed Press publishes literature from around the world.

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Corey Miller @ironbrewer.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

New story coming out the 10th!

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