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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves
Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Better things are possible.
Graphic with a quote from KAPOW Handbook, it reads: 

 “Cynicism is for losers.
We can build the world we want to see”

At the bottom, it displays the URL: https://kapow.works/handbook
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's my current cross stitch pattern offerings on Patreon! Unsub when you want, you're an adult with adult money. www.patreon.com/c/badstitch #CrossStitch #StitchSky #CraftSky #needlework #FiberArts
A picture montage of six different cross stitch projects.  A small mothman holding a jack-o-lantern, a yule cat draped over a cottage, stylized 31 with a pumpkin, a gravestone with a ghost, pumpkin, and black cat in neon colors, and The Dark Tower from Stephen King's universe with the Crimson King sigil. Current Patreon Offerings. BAD Stitch.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
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Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target losing gamblers. This is yet another example of how online behavioral advertising hurts real people.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/09/2026
You and your friends can say no to the search of your devices with a three-pack of our stickers. shop.eff.org/products/i-...
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 22/09/2026
Our subscription drive is still going and is now 70 new subscribers short of its goal. We had hoped to reach that in time for our 20th anniversary issue in October so we could give everyone their raises as part of that celebration. It's going to be close. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 20/09/2026
My friend Micah Reddy, a journalist with dual South African and British nationality, has gone missing while working on a story in Djibouti. If you know anyone in Djibouti who might be able to help, please get in touch. If not, please share this post so more people find out about Micah. It's urgent.
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 17/09/2026
Files are at the printer. Official release date is November 17th, but if you order it direct from us, it will be signed and could be sooner. shop.wyrmpublishing.com/b/bsfoty2025
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/09/2026
Instead of asking "can decentralized platforms replace Big Tech?" we're asking a better question: what would real choice over participation and data control actually look like? Join our livestream 9/17 at 11AM PT to find out. eff.org/livestream-...
EFFecting Change: How to build a decentralized web that truly works for all. Thursday, September 17, 2026, 11:00 AM PT.

4 headshots of the speakers:
Babette Ngene, Public Interest Technology Director at EFF

Rory Mir, Director of Open Access & Tech Community Engagement at EFF

Bruce Schneier, PIT technologist & Author

Mallory Knodel, Executive Director of the Social Web Foundation
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Forbidden Stories @forbidden-stories.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🇮🇶#Iraq: In his latest investigation, Iraqi journalist and #SafeBoxNetwork member Asaad Zalzali reveals what happened to journalists who were injured while covering the battles against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New on my Patreon - Ghost Peppers I'm a sucker for a good pun. Anyways, this is on my patreon until 10/15/26. Get a boatload of patterns and the bestest stitching Discord for $6 bucks. www.patreon.com/badstitch/po... #CrossStitch #StitchSky #CraftSky #GhostPeppers #halloween #botanical
A cross stitch project on creamy white fabric of a chili pepper plant with long ghosts twirling through the leaves.  There are small starry motifs inside the peppers and surrounding the leaves.  The photo is staged with real foliage, greenery, paintbrush, and mint.  BAD Stitch.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Four Thieves is dead! Long live Four Thieves! fourthievesvinegar.org
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Four Thieves Vinegar Collective
Right to Repair–for Your Body. The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is an anarchist collective dedicated to enabling access to medicines and medical technologies to those who need them but don’t have t...
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 06/08/2026
THERE IS NO WAY
IKEA Advertisement for a wicker bench that reads “husband material,” clearly making reference to the spicy discourse surrounding the film Wicker
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I've got a bunch of stuff coming for Needlework Marketplace, a show for shops to buy directly from designers like me! How aboout a NEW CROSS STITCH ZINE?? This is Celestial Bugs! Full color, 7 little buggies. #CrossStitch #Zine #StitchSky #FiberArts #Needlework #AnalogCrafts
A stack of cross stitch pamphlets showing a set of celestial themed bug cross stitch projects, labeled BAD Stitch. Fiber Arts & Zines. Celestial Bugs Collection.  Photo is staged with the same hooped bug projects.Seven bedazzled embroidery hoops showing cross stitches of moths, praying mantis, dragonfly, firefly, eyelash bug, beetle, and butterfly. BAD Stitch.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is kind of an incredible website: Why your stuff stopped lasting, who profited, and what's still built right.
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Worse on Purpose
The brands you trusted quietly gutted quality to protect margins. Investigative essays on corporate enshittification. Free newsletter.
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sneak peek of my new cross stitch pattern coming this Wednesday, 7/15! Right now is the sweet spot to join #justsaying #CrossStitch #StitchSky #Fantasy #AnalogCrafts
An extreme close up of a cross stitch project with what appears to be wings and a foot perched on some metallic stitches.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In case you're wondering why Palestinians find it necessary to build a digital archive that cannot be erased, it's because their voices are disproportionately censored by companies like Meta: www.hrw.org/report/2023/...
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Meta’s Broken Promises
The 51-page report, “Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including pea...
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Big Dyke Energy @azurebitch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Transness is eternal. There will be happy, fulfilled trans people that exist long after each and every one of these fuckers has long since passed. We will fight like hell for each and every one of our living and we will proceed in spiteful joy because unlike them we are building the future.
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A post where I talk about some cross stitching community events happening on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/badstitch/po... #CrossStitch #StitchSky #community #Needlework
Bands of pink, purple, and green background, detailed with some simple clipart of polkadots, a swirl, some hearts and a stitching needle.  Let's hang out and stitch.  BAD Stitch.
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 09/06/2026
Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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John Emery DeLong @johndelong.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Me and my dad. Tybee Island, Georgia, US. Early 80s. I’m 6’6” these days, but the truth is I’ve never felt taller than this. (Miss you every day, dad.) #BlueSkyArtShow #Tall #foundphotography
A smiling child on his father’s shoulders, on a beach.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12/05/2026
We hope this post about orphaned negatives makes you gruntled. An ‘orphaned negative’ is a word that SHOULD feel like it has a related word, but doesn’t. ‘Nonchalant’ is an orphaned negative because there is no ‘chalant.’
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John Emery DeLong @johndelong.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Exemplar floof, as displayed by the floofiest officer of the resistance, His Very Grand Admiral Winston Snugglebottom #BlueSkyArtShow #Soft #corgi #floof #resistance
a tricolor Welsh Pembroke corgi smiling in the sun
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 03/05/2026
With Rayhunter, we can find out how cell site simulators are being used, and protect ourselves and our communities from this form of surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/04/2026
If you're driving in Texas, you may see one of these billboards. The reason? Texas deputies have already used Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation — and they tried to deny it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
A large billboard displays the message "Pregnant? Texas is tracking you. Learn more at Mayday.Health" in front of a cloudy sky and near a parking lot.
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John Emery DeLong @johndelong.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
To Rouse a Lenore: A Tale in Three Parts #caturday
a cat sleeps, curled in a ballA cat waking up, clearly confusedA cat, having been awakened, now appears perturbed
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John Emery DeLong @johndelong.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Do good.
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Mark your calendars!! Transgender Day of Visibility is Tuesday, 3/31 Donate to my campaign between 3/28 - 4/1, and I will send you a cross stitch pattern! Floss palette listed here: www.patreon.com/posts/trans-... #CrossStitch #TDoV #Craftivism #Artivism #TransPride
A row of embroidery floss in pleasing white, pale purple, blues and pinks are laying on top of a piece of deep purple cross stitch fabric.  Trans Lifeline Logo.  Transgender Day of Visibility Campaign to support Trans Lifeline 3/28 - 4/1
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 08/02/2026
Locking down your phone, being mindful of what you're wearing, and coming up with plans to communicate with others are all key steps to take before attending a protest. ssd.eff.org/module/atte...
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Attending a Protest
For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download). Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountable and inspire others through the act of protest. Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during,...
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This is Alex Pretti.
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Chuck D @chuckdpe.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Fire And Ice : Blood Of The New Gestapo
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/01/2026
This is ok tho
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Almost 90% of Greenland’s population is Indigenous, in case you’re wondering why the rich white men in the gilded White House think they can just take their land.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 20/12/2025
It’s clear that trans people face unique, advanced, and persistent threats—online and off. Here are some strategies for resisting the tech-enabled violence that trans people face. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Strategies for Resisting Tech-Enabled Violence Facing Transgender
Today's Supreme Court’s ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti upholding bans on gender-affirming care for youth makes it clear: trans people are under attack. Threats to trans rights and healthcare are coming
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 30/11/2025
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/11/2025
Remember the outrageous “podcasting patent” EFF defeated? Under the USPTO's proposed new rules, that challenge probably never would’ve been allowed.
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The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Last day!! Donate $15 USD (or more, or the equivalent in your currency) to one of our humanitarian aid orgs and get 30 cross stitch bookmark patterns! Craftivism for the win! sites.google.com/view/spellbo... #CrossStitch #Craftivism #ArtSky #BookSky #FiberArts #Needlework #StitchSky
Rows of cross stitched bookmarks in varying shapes, sizes, and colors.  Center text says Last Call for Spellbound Stitches Volume 5. The Bookmark Book.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/11/2025
Buying a tech gift for someone this year? Keep in mind what you're opting them into, and take the time to help set up any device you do get them as privately and securely as possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers,
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
SFWA Provides Must Read with Notes and Model Language for Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Contracts. Read the press release: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/23/p...
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Press Release - July 23, 2025 - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
SFWA Provides Must Read with Notes and Model Language for Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Contracts The Story to Date On […]
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Happy Birthday Worm! Limited time cross stitch pattern freebie to celebrate my birthday! Paid patrons get it free forever, or hit the FOLLOW button for free to download this design before Friday, 5/30. www.patreon.com/posts/limite... #crossstitch #stitchsky #freecrossstitch #birthday #needlework
Bottom text reads Free for a limited time. Free forever for patrons. BAD Stitch. Image shows a completed cross stitch project with a worm wearing a birthday hat.  His body is crawling, but with a heart loop made of his body.  There's a candypop rainbow stitched above.
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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Happy First of May! I altered a vintage cross stitch pattern to create this homage to @jonathancoulton.bsky.social 's First of May! I added my own text and made the people nakie. You're zooming in right now, aren't you? #crossstitch #stitchsky #joco #firstofmay
A framed cross stitch sampler of a large tree with a dog, blooming flowers, and a pair of naked people.  Stitched on the side says "1st of May. Outdoor fucking starts today."
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 06/04/2025
Scam "literary agency" Envision Literary Agency is impersonating Penguin Random House with fake publishing offers, via the email below, using the fake email address acquisitions@penguinrandomhouse-prh.com 🧵1/8
This is Mike Guzman, Contract Specialist at Penguin Random House.

Penguin Random House is looking for new book titles to be published this year. We are the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Headquartered in New York, we have publishing operations in 17 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world. 

At Penguin Random House, authors and their work are the center of everything we do. We are proud to provide authors with unprecedented editorial excellence, marketing reach, long-standing connections with booksellers, and industry-leading insight into reader and consumer behavior. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, Penguin Random House also uses digital technology to create unique reading experiences and expand the reach of our authors. 

I am reaching out to you to let you know that we received a preliminary endorsement of your book, [redacted] from a literary agent named Pamela Morrison, and we are pleased to accept the submission. Before we can proceed with the acquisition process, we kindly request your assistance in processing a Separation of Book Rights Order to ensure that the rights of your work are properly assigned.

As we move forward with the potential publication of your book, it is essential for both parties to have a clear understanding of the ownership and rights associated with the work. The Separation of Book Rights Order will formalize the transfer of rights to our publishing company, outlining the terms and conditions of the agreement in a legally binding document.

This step is necessary to protect the interests of both yourself as the author and our publishing company, ensuring that the rights to your creative work are secured and that all parties involved are in agreement regarding the terms of the acquisition.

Once the Separation of Book Rights Order has been processed, we can proceed with the acquisition process and work towards bringi…
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John Emery DeLong @johndelong.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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Cross stitch campaign for TDoV is done!
We raised so much money for Trans Lifeline!
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