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Katje van Loon

@katje.bsky.social
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Feral writer of wild things.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 02/07/2026
NEWS: Like a fireworks display, #NASAWebb’s view of FS Tau is bursting with color: red wisps of molecular hydrogen, orange streaks of soot-like molecules, and areas of blue where light is scattered by dust: news.stsci.edu/4xW7CI5
FS Tau, a star-forming nebula. Clouds of transparent blue and purple gas and dust extend from the top center to center right. Several yellow and white protostars, some showing Webb’s eight-pronged diffraction pattern are dispersed throughout the clouds. Orange wisps and filaments of gas loosely extend diagonally from one of the protostars at the center, from the top left to the bottom right corners. There are numerous, distant yellow and white galaxies strewn about the black background of space.
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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
OFFICIAL: WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE.
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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Good night, New York. Tomorrow's forecast is sunny & sticky, hot & humid. High of 96, stay hydrated. If you're going to play chess in Central Park, wear your Knicks jerseys, and get out there early.
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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Pundits are now wondering aloud whether it would be best for Whitmore to step aside for the good of the country and allow a different candidate, the vice president perhaps, to finish what now appears to be a doomed campaign.
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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
After his signature crime bill failed to pass the Senate, President Whitmore's approval has dropped below 40% for the first time since taking office. The Gulf War vet is facing the serious possibility of serving a single term. Unless all sorts of shenanigans happen, of course.
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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
NASA will be announcing their newest candidates for astronaut selection early next week. Applicants will be notified of their selection by overnight certified mail. Will one of the lucky ones selected be the first human on Mars? Or beyond even that?
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ID4 in Real Time @1996id4.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Travel for the upcoming #IndependenceDay weekend is expected to be crazier than it's EVER been. We've got parties kicking in Dallas, Miami, Kansas City, Houston, Philadelphia, and New York, not to mention Los Angeles and the nation's capital.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Unbound/Boundless owes me $15k+ on a book that in its first royalty reporting cycle had sold around 3k copies of its 5k copy print run of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US at their request
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Daniel Hardcastle @handle.invalid · 31/05/2025
I discovered yesterday, in a mass email sent at 3am, that I will not be receiving the roughly £40,000 that my publisher Unbound/Boundless owes me for pre-order sales of The Paradox Paradox. The payment for five years of work, gone. #unboundless
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Signal boosting. I found my books in the LibGen database. This is the link I used: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... (BTW if you support piracy don't bother commenting, just take yourself elsewhere.)
theatlantic.com
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I'm close to burn out so I'm taking a mini-sabbatical from social media. Deleting apps from my phone & limiting myself to desktop sites, as well as removing all pressure on myself to post. You might see me a bit, or I might go dark. Either way, I'm fine--just re-aligning myself. 🖤
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
When the coffee is doing less than nothing... 🥱
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
4,197 words today! Manuscript of top secret project is now over 50K and I am ALMOST caught up with where I should be to be on par with my yearly word count goal.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
#HappyValentinesDay everyone! I hope your day is full of love, laughter, and whatever type of book you like best. Today Mr. Katje took me to De Dutch Pannekoek House, which I hadn't had in over 15 years. It was amazing. 😍
Photo with text and shapes on top of it. Photo is of a statue of Aphrodite in a temple to Her, with roses and offerings around Her statue. Top right corner: a shape of a speech bubble with a screenshot of a quote from a book in it. Quote reads: "Fuck it. Ingrid surged forward and kissed him." Quote is attributed to book STOLEN FIRE. 

Middle of image: a shape of a speech bubble with a screenshot of a quote from a book in it. Quote reads: "For all the women whose fire cannot be contained, and the men desperate to burn for them." Quote is attributed to book FATE'S PROMISE.

Bottom left corner: a shape of a speech bubble with a screenshot of a quote from a book in it. Quote reads: "'Is that her?' Indra whispered from across the table. Vilasas made himself breathe. 'Kalyani Davah. The woman whose smile could revive a dying star.'" Quote is attributed to book NEBULA'S HEART.

Top left of image has a heart with the words "Io Aphrodite!" in it. Bottom right has another heart with the words "Happy Valentine's Day!" in it.
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Lirpa @studiolirpa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Today’s #FebruArty prompt is #Orange Fall Ginkgo Leaves Watercolor and ink 11x14 #Artist #ArtistsOfbsky #OriginalArt #ArtCollector #ArtGallery #SciArt #ArtShare #Art #BSkyArt #SkyArt #ArtYear #Watercolor #MixedMedia #OnlyBeautifulThings #TraditionalArt
A watercolor and ink painting of ginkgo leaves falling in a diagonal line, in front of a large orange setting sun. 

Fall Ginkgo Leaves 
Watercolor and ink
11x14”
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Never ceases to amaze me how many editors think negging authors online is going to get them clients. Generally speaking...treating potential clients like shit won't get them to hire you. Unless you're a professional Dom specializing in degradation/humiliation. Then maybe.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My last post here was about Imbolc and spring being here. We then had snow, and have continued to have below freezing temperatures since. Well-played, Cailleach. Well-played.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Blessed Imbolc everyone! Spring is here. 🌷
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I was complaining to my husband that I haven't written enough this week so he said I wasn't allowed to go on social media until after I wrote every day and I am very unhappy to inform you that this, in fact, does work, and I am much more productive now.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
It feels so good to win but also I'm sort of wondering if they turned on that particle collider again or something and this is parallel universe Canucks because 2 wins back to back? Whaaaaat? (it's been a rough season okay)
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
"Canucks will get their 2 points here" Look man I know there are only 15 seconds left but DON'T JINX IT
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Wooo Chaos Giraffe!!! This score is making me so happy but we have less than 2 minutes in the period so the dread is real (even though I already know the outcome). Let's be real, I don't think the dread ever leaves if you're a Canucks fan.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
may have just shouted JIIIIMOOOTHYYYYY TIIIIMOOOTHYYYYYYY at a quarter to 4 in the morning risk of watching the game later than everyone else
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Me: Your boos mean nothing! I've seen what makes you cheer! Mr. Katje: I think they're shouting "Go Blues" Me: omg lol
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Oh my gods, watching Garland ZOOM in on that puck like a dog for a piece of cheese that fell on the floor. 🤣
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Watching Miller and Soucy in the penalty box and wishing I could read lips.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Every time I see a post disparaging third person it only fuels my commitment. I'm going to third person my books even harder now. Oh, I thought I might do one in 1st? Nope. Only 3rd. 3rd forever. You will pry this POV from my cold, dead hands.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Sometimes when I don't reply it's because I've typed and re-typed an answer several hundred times trying to make sure my tone is coming across correctly and finally just give up because I'm so tired.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Okay the Caps goalie deserves headtaps for that save even if we (somehow) managed to win; that was incredible. Be sure to pet your goalie, Caps.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I could be wrong but it looks like the Canucks are actually...*checks notes*...playing hockey??
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
new drinking game, every time I overthink my worldbuilding for entirely too long before throwing my hands up and saying "Fuck it, I'm just using the English and saying I 'translated' it from the language in my world", take a shot be hospital drunk in one writing session; works every time
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
that was an extremely painful 2.5 hours of my life seriously, my headache got worse. oh well. back to writing now i guess.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
this game I stg
withered wojak meme; no text
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Holy shit we scored. Am I having a stroke? Is this a dream? What's happening?
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Intermission, quick, someone bring Demko a coffee so he wakes up
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
You don't HAVE to be a masochist with a humiliation kink to be a Canucks fan but it sure does help.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Every few minutes my computer likes to freeze for a few seconds & when it does it sometimes causes my music to pause for the freeze, which is really awkward when I'm just trying to dance in my desk chair to Pump It.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Husband is off to work, so time to spam our Discord server with links and memes! (It's our love language: sending so many links and memes the other cannot even process them in the post-work haze. And then going "DID YOU LOOK AT WHAT I SENT YOU????" 👀👀👀)
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Ok, now that I don't HAVE to watch hockey to make sure they win I've got some more free time! I mean, not much, I'll still be watching off and on, but I don't have to catch EVERY game. More time for writing! (By which I mean getting distracted by social media.)
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Good news: I don't have to deal with the pressure of being a lucky charm. Bad news: Cardiac Kids whiffed it again.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
There is so much I love about hockey. My favourite thing has to be goalie head taps when we win. Second favourite is when the players fall over themselves on the ice like golden retrievers on a freshly waxed floor. Top tier.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Texting with Mr. Katje, talking about how PDG is better than Petey. me: yeah like PDG actually scores Literally 20 seconds later--Petey finds his motivation and scores a goal. me: apparently Petey heard me 🤣
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Mr Katje: you're not watching the game are you me: no, not gotten out of bed from nap yet him: so it's your fault! me: what seriously Buffalo was 1-0 against us. I get up, turn on the game. DiGiuseppe scores, bringing us to 1-1. ...
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I misread something in a chat yesterday and was a complete fucking farthead but by the time I realized I'd misread and had been, in fact, an insufferable asshole the chat had scrolled by way too much for me to make a correction and apology
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Bieksa is 100% right, btw. We need to keep fighting in the NHL or we're going to get more face cross-checks, it's just simple aggression math.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
My husband joked that b/c I watched our game against the Leafs & we won that but have lost everything I haven't watched that I HAD to watch today so we would win. I watched & we won (3 goals in 1st!!). Man, I don't wanna be a lucky charm. It's too much pressure. #Canucks
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
me: Temu finally tempted me w/ one of their ads husband: oh no me: resin prop replicas of the Book of the Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra from The Mummy husband: *shaking head, laughing* me: DON'T JUDGE ME
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I wish I were still fuelled by consuming copious amounts of drama and outrage. I'd be unstoppable after a brief scroll of any feed. Alas, my chemistry changed and now it just makes me tired.
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Katje van Loon @katje.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Things I research for my romance books: * astrophysics and space weather (solar storms) * the natural noise-muffling abilities of cetaceans * crystals as a super-material * Norse mythology (Yes, this is all for the same book.)
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