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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 01/10/2026

Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.)

Image headlined "WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OBSOLETE ENGLISH LETTER SAYS ABOUT YOU", with thumbnails of MSS focusing on thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G, and long S; each one has the label "You are a nerd."

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NCC-60147-working on comms @ncc-60205.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don’t have anything ready but it seems like a good time to post this (

a phoenix tribute statue in San Francisco

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J. Russell @jrussellwrites.com · 08/09/2026

A beautiful ship from any angle. No matter where I stand, this model above my desk looks great. Happy Star Trek Day to all who celebrate!

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy Star Trek day! Here's my ENTERPRISE official piece with @vicepress.bsky.social I'll have these with me at Open House this Sat, or international friends can get it from Vice Press- shipping galaxy wide! vice-press.com/products/uss... Boldly going (on the wall?) #StarTrek #StarTrekDay #art

ENTERPRISE art print spaceship with brightly coloured space

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Ichor Magazine @ichormagazine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are currently OPEN for submissions until 30th September 23:59 BST. Please email us your manuscript in .doc or .docx format to ichorzine@gmail.com with the word SUBMISSION clearly in the subject. We do not require a cover letter. For guidelines please see ichormagazine.com/submissions/

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Submissions – ICHOR Magazine

Submissions We are currently closed for submissions, but will be opening in SEPTEMBER 2026. Follow us on Bluesky if you want to hear updates about when we open for subs in the future! We are looking…

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J. Russell @jrussellwrites.com · 01/09/2026

How do I know I have management potential? Look at how many unread emails I have.

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D.R. Ranshaw @drranshaw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wait a minute... I just threw you out!

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4

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Isaac Arthur @isaac-arthur.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What Happens Inside a Black Hole? youtu.be/X_UdE4YuDO0 What really happens when you fall into a black hole? We explore event horizons, spaghettification, what you’d see inside, possible gateways, and why future civilizations might deliberately build around these cosmic engines.

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What Happens Inside a Black Hole?

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J. Russell @jrussellwrites.com · 26/08/2026

Somehow, it’s only Wednesday.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life?

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly Thank you for your songs and everything you achieved in helping millions of children read. #BookSky

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Isaac Arthur @isaac-arthur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The First Generation Problem – Who Shapes a New Civilization’s Values? youtu.be/_45OuS8mZHc What happens when a colony ship’s children inherit a mission they never chose? We explore the values, conflicts, and founding myths that shape civilizations born between Earth and the stars.

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The First Generation Problem – Who Shapes a New Civilization’s Values?

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Absolute longshot: I'm looking for Euan Smith who drew artwork for White Dwarf magazine in the mid 1980s and therefore is probably British and probably in his late 50s or 60s. Do you or did you know him?

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J. Russell @jrussellwrites.com · 17/08/2026

I mean, gunpowder (and thus firearms by extension) had a place in LotR. Tolkien shows Gandalf using fireworks for merriment, while Saruman use explosives for war. (Though, it wasn’t directly called black powder, but portrayed that way in the movies.) Just write.

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Bearji @bearji.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

RE: Recent light discourse on if guns have a place in fantasy or not is that it is only really a problem for people more concerned with Worldbuilding™ than people who are actually _writing_ fantasy.

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Tom the Scribbler @tomscribbler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Triumph of Neptune and the Four Seasons, Late 2nd-century AD, from La Chebba, Tunisia #MosaicMonday 📸 my own via Bardo Museum, Tunisia

Detailed mosaic showing Neptune with a trident rising out of the sea on a chariot pulled by horses, surrounded by decorative detail including animals, flowers and classical figures representing the seasons

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linlin📸 @linlins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

月の入まで1時間ちょい西の空で25% (漸増)の月🌒が輝いていますすでに少し色が濃くなっているようですが、昼間は雲で全然分かりませんでした只今(東京)🌡️27℃ 少し蒸してきました💦 #イマソラ #月 #sky #moon #photography #NoWar☮️

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Album Sheet with Two Armadillos, unknown artist, c. 1550 - c. 1570 During the 16th century the armadillo became the symbol of the Americas. It was often depicted on prints and maps, and dried specimens were collected in cabinets of curiosities. (Rijksmuseum)

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J. Russell @jrussellwrites.com · 17/08/2026

Because of travel last month, and revelations that Google Drive could be scraping information for LLMs, the friendly writing competition I had going among some acquaintances died. #ayearofwrites may return in the future once a stable schedule and hosting platform for sharing our files can be found.

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Stuart Webb @inflatabledalek.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

LCARS. A computer interface that conveys the story information that it needs to (which is always the most important part), but also, and almost uniquely for SF computer designs) actually clearly would work. And indeed, turned out to work for real.

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Eva Soulu 🌿 @soulu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Today is my birthday! If you like my art, would you share it, please? That means the world to me.

A portrait of Hyth from FF14, a beautiful blonde man in black robe with silver mask on his chest.

An illustration showing Warden and Witch of the Wilds standing before Eluvian before crossing over. A dark shadow of the Dragon looms over them.

An illustration of the girl in light dress and big white wolf resting near underground spring.

An illustration of Warrior of Light and Alisaie, visiting friend's grave (FF14).

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Rosie M 💫 | Comm closed @supnovagy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

God, not even Cara an anti-ai platform made for human artists is safe from AI bros Some Reddit user made a post on r/defendingai literally saying they scarped the entire website of Cara and is planing to use it for AI training

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I LOVE A MAP 🗺️ What would you bring back? #BookSky

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

'The wreck, measuring about 21 metres long and 6 metres wide, was described by Italy’s culture minister, Alessandro Giuli, as “one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years”.'

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Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily

Discovery of 2,100-year-old vessel hailed as ‘one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years’

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Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Fire-damaged head from a Chryselphantine (ivory & gold) statue thought to represent Apollo. Dated to 6th century BCE. Found buried next to the Sacred Way, Delphi, Greece. Sacred items could not be destroyed so were therefore buried. Archaeological Museum of Delphi. 📷 Helen Simonsson

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 10/08/2026

"We can't afford to let the human consequences of nuclear war become an abstraction," write Victoria Kelly and Karin Tanabe, whose documentary, "Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of World War II" explores the legacy of nuclear war through interviews with both American veterans and Japanese survivors.

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LGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

LGR building update vid! youtu.be/hBkMCSMikjc Progress so far on the LGR archive (LGRchive?) warehouse/workshop/storage building! Going over what's been built and moved in so far, what is still to come, and ideas for future usage and customization.

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Going Through the LGR Building! Progress so far in August 2026

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you alter the way you write, these motherfuckers have won. Change nothing. Be yourself. Em Dash it up. Go to town. Have an em dash dance party. Use any POV you want. Write as you have always written. (Unless, you know, you want to change style for reasons of levelling-up, or whatever).

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Bounty hunters have been drawn to Whisko Reach by rumours of a reward. Details seem curiously hard to come by but they are sure it's good pay for easy money. Several fights break out across the Reach's habitats and you are asked to help keep order in space.

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Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A snoozy dog escaping the midday sun in the Bronze Age Mycenaean tholos tomb known as the 'Treasury of Atreus' (aka ‘Tomb of Agamemnon’), Mycenae, Greece. 🐶💤 📷 me

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J. Russell @jrussellwrites.com · 10/08/2026

I had a dead juniper tree on one of the property lines that I needed to cut down, so now I get to use it for “research” by turning it into a new longbow since I’ve never used anything related to yew for a bow. Or I could sit down and write some more instead of messing around in the garage.

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Zoli Aswad Osaze @zaswadosaze.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

hashem.alghaili Centuries before dental clinics, the ancient Maya used sophisticated jade fillings to treat toothaches. For decades, archaeologists have uncovered Maya teeth decorated with precious stones like jade and pyrite.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Proper crowdfund update soon, but we JUST got the NESS 2026 files to the printer and boy are our arms tired. Publishing nerds, like us, may enjoy this free Patreon post on the process we've just begun: www.patreon.com/soimwritinga...

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NESS: Traditional Printing Proofing Process | Oliver Brackenbury

This is a detailed, behind-the-scenes post all about the proofing & printing process for a professional grade, independently published Sword

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Isaac Arthur @isaac-arthur.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The First Martian Cities: Planning Habitats youtu.be/L7woLWtsN3E Mars won’t get cities because it becomes easy to live there. It gets cities because people stay. We explore how the first fragile outposts become homes, economies, neighborhoods, and civilization.

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The First Martian Cities: Planning Habitats

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it looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

don't follow your heart. follow MY heart. only write things i want to read please and thank you

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Isaac Arthur @isaac-arthur.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Can You Survive Inside a Star? youtu.be/9DUn44KPvrM Can you survive inside a star? The answer is stranger than “no.” Explore plasma storms, red giants, magnetic shields, and how future civilizations might turn stars into fortresses.

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Can You Survive Inside a Star?

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When Lord #Elgin stripped the Treasury of #Atreus at #Mycenae in 1802, he left its monumental entrance a bare, undecorated skeleton. We look at these fragments today and forget they were once part of a dazzling Late Bronze Age façade. #ReliefWednesday #AncientBluesky 🏺

STONE RELIEF FRAGMENTS FROM THE TREASURY OF ATREUS, C13 BCE

Here we see three carved stone fragments from the Treasury of Atreus. The top and bottom pieces feature running spirals above roundels, while the middle rosso antico fragment shows opposed half-rosettes separated by a vertically banded triglyph. The lowest piece is carved from greyish-green limestone. The deep carved centres of the spirals were originally drilled to hold bright blue glass inlays. Despite its name, this was a royal tholos tomb, not a treasury. The long approach and towering façade were accessible stages for public funerary rituals. The lavish decoration served as dynastic propaganda, overawing subjects and rivals with imperial power. While such conspicuous wealth was an open invitation to theft (it was heavily looted in antiquity), the immediate political need to project dominance outweighed the risk of desecration.

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it looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

three act structure. first the character has a problem, then it's miraculously solved, then you have 300 pages of nothing. easy as piss

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≽(•⩊ •マ≼ @josh.masto.byrd.ws.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

Every X-Files episode ever

Scully says "Mulder, listen to me." And Mulder says "No."

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Ichor Magazine @ichormagazine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Announcing Ichor Magazine, an amateur magazine of sword and sorcery touched by the sublime. A home for new authors dipping their pen into the violet ink of unknown horror. Not ready for a NESS submission yet? We may be your perfect intro market. Opening for subs September 1st 2026

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