kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Why does the only shampoo and conditioner I like for my hair have to be $22/bottle. I am too poor for these curls. 000 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Inconceivable that Lightspeed could fall short of funding. To me it's an institution. Kick in a bit if you can. 0610 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I saw some upsetting news earlier that triggered 1) a lot of feelings about my mom's illness and 2) a lot of my own health concerns. Then had a conversation with my dad just about my lack of full-time employment and I broke down crying and blubbing about all my anxiety around... 130 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There are like 3 different movies I want to see in theaters this month, which has not happened in a very long time. 010 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Tried to fill up on gas while in Ohio, where it was a WHOLE DOLLAR cheaper than where I live, but the gas station would not take my card?? FINE, OHIO, KEEP YOUR CHEAP GAS. 230 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Every time I have to drive somewhere, my dad goes out to check my tire pressure, then puts air in my tires. And I feel so Loved. 130 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is. 231503205 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂𝔄𝔤𝔷𝔇𝔢𝔊𝔯𝔢𝔶🧙MCM London E-17 @agzdegrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Whatever bumpy road you may be on... remember... 💀🌱 ✧・゚: *✧・゚:* [ 𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓊𝓅, 𝓈𝓀𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑜𝓃 ] *:・゚✧*:・゚✧ ⟡ #soulsborne ⟡ #art ⟡ #darksouls 012649 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Did the @pwhl--detroit.bsky.social tickets all really sell out in 10 minutes or is Ticketmaster broken..........static.klipy.comPuzzled Woman Calculating Math EquationsAlt: Puzzled Woman Calculating Math Equations 110 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I didn't know until the primaries in August, but apparently Michigan is a "you have to show picture ID to vote" state (ugh), and I registered to vote in person with my Illinois license & proof of residence but I think I need to get a MI license before the actual election ughhhhhh. 110 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Very sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton has passed away. Here's a short thread about her role in the Apollo mission, and her lesser-known work on the simulations that led to the discovery of Chaos Theory. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️news.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90. 7987446 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sometimes you just have to read your brother's texts and go about your day. 140 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 07/10/2026It was my 38th birthday so I have most of my works 38% off on Itch. All proceeds go toward paying off the medical debt I have from the emergency surgery I had to undergo on my birthday. itch.io/s/203668/dax... 42827 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Lisa No Thank You @ohseafarer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you're inclined to do any phone banking or donating to GOTV efforts for Dems this year, the NC, NH, Kansas, Michigan, and Ohio Senate races could use you. 01810 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026One extremely small good (to me) thing about the Cornell case is I have been seeing a lot of other women talking about how it took them several years to understand they'd been assaulted, and that makes me feel very not alone. 030 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB. 271290639 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Laser @lasersinger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026made myself a motivational poster to make sure I get all the writing i need to get done this weekend. 37912 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The LGBTQ Gothic, Dark Fantasy and Horror bundle is live, with 30 books for $10 over on Itch. So much great work, including my own Manor of Shadows, My Lord by @shimaira.com and Shadow and Flame by @sylviehelstaff.bsky.social and many more. Find it here itch.io/b/3931/lgbtq... 13028 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I read romance, I teach romance, I value romance. And I am always slightly confounded at the difference between what people think it is and what it actually is. The idea that a whole subset of novels dedicated to intimate human relations are indifferent are going to be simple and worthless? Weird. 221317 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it. 8435135 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I just think that dunking on one of the most esteemed peers in the industry over a video game character is perhaps a terrible look for an author. 020 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Does anybody want to buy Bob Ross-esque oil paintings off me for like 25 buckaroos? I have too many paintings. They are overtaking my room. 110 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My father was going to the store and I asked if he would consider buying me an Autumnal Candle. I did not specify much beyond that since I figured he Might struggle picking out a specific brand/scent (*insert male InstaCart shopper joke here* yada yada). Lo and behold, look what he returned with. 130 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026actual hot take: y'all, generally speaking, are not interested in supporting BIPOC and queer authors when they are not writing about Hurt and Trauma because it's not educational to you. even if the books have BIPOC and queer casts and are in new settings. 629169 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 30/09/2026Help me cover rent by buying some beadwork!! RENT IS DUE! I need more sales to be able to pay it without incurring overdraft fees. Every piece is made with care and every order is appreciated. Boosting is super helpful <3 Shop my work: cvkvlv.com Thank you!! Sales goal updates in comments ⬇️⬇️ 6199198 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 30/09/2026Final day of the month. Final day of #SapphicSeptember. I need four sales still to keep my sales streak going. If you're looking for some sapphic science fiction, I'm running a one day flash sale on my Ko-Fi. Get paperbacks of Kotov Syndrome AND Woodpusher for $30 combined. ko-fi.com/s/d610eec22fko-fi.comKotov Syndrome/Woodpusher Signed Paperback Bundle - S. Morgan Burbank - Another Indie Writer's Ko-fi ShopSigned books...but two of them! By buying two at once, you get a discount. 0912 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Please take care of yourself, take breaks from social media whenever you need to, and don't mistake posting for morality. You don't need to weigh in on everything, especially when that thing cuts into your personal traumas. 29330 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I still feel so low today. I haven't been able to focus on work or get myself to do anything enjoyable. I think the last time I felt this depressed & stuck on social media was back in February between the men's hockey team's phone call fiasco & the release of a lot of the Epstein stuff. 120 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026also thinking a lot about how #MeToo apparently went too far, when it’s quite obvious now that it didn’t go far enough. it didn’t really go anywhere. there were no lasting consequences of that cultural moment beyond people making jokes about it. 12766149 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Having real #MeToo flashbacks today, what with various news stories going around, and thinking a lot about how women were encouraged to rip themselves open and show off our trauma, in all its Technicolor glory, so that men might begin to believe us 7830174 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something. 8728206 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 29/09/2026Two days left in September. I need four sales of books to keep my sales streak alive. Please consider picking up one of my books for your shelf this month! If you like sapphic sci-fi, my stories are for you. And they're pretty good, if I do say so myself. anotherindiewriter.itch.io 11815 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The doomscrolling has really been getting me the last week. There's just been such an avalanche of shitty news. 340 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mine happened in college (in 2013 no less). It was by a member of a fraternity. It was on campus. I never talked about it or reported it or anything because it felt hopeless given our culture. 130 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Me: I wonder why my wrist always has such bad problems. Also me when I'm working: 010 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026UK textile artist Rachel Wright creates artworks using machine embroidery on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt 91539266 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I fell victim to one of the classic blunders. Going on social media right after waking up and immediately arguing with people. Shame on me. I know better. 110 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How much do you like these tropes? (Yes, let's do more) Enemies to lovers: 7/10 Second chance: 6/10 Fake dating: 9/10 Friends to lovers: 8/10 Age gap: 4/10 (I don't mind fantasy versions of this) Found family: 9/10 Grumpy x sunshine: 8/10 Pregnancy: No/10 Slow burn: 11/10 Love triangle: 2/10 100 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106198706645 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Arranged Marriage: Maybe/10 He Falls First (and harder): 7/10 Shadow Daddy: 4/10 Rival to Lovers: 9/10 Amnesia Romance: 2/10 (1 for each time I've seen it done well) Forced Proximity: 11/10 Fated Mates: 1/10 Touch Them and Die: 7/10 Who Hurt You?: 9/10 Why Choose: 5/10 Forbidden Love: 11/10 130 0
kt 🎃🍂 @ktsimpson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Happy Bi Visibility Day! If you did not know, I am bi! And I feel like shouting it extra loud right now because I have been, unfortunately, really struggling with a lot of feelings of Not Being Queer Enough™️ lately. 150 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The 13th COVID-19 wave crests as the US heads into winter with lowest immunity since 2021" 🔹 1 in 91 Americans actively infectious 🔹 542K new infections daily; 3.81 million weekly 🔹 900–1,700 excess deaths per week 🔹 191K–760K new Long COVID cases weekly 🔹 21 million adults have had Long COVIDwsws.orgThe 13th COVID-19 wave crests as the US heads into winter with lowest immunity since 2021The 13th COVID-19 wave has likely crested, but the US heads toward winter with the low short-term immunity of 2021-22, a highly divergent variant circulating, falling vaccination and a government dism... 510153 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care we deserve not to die 2370135 0
Reposted by kt 🎃🍂Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 21/09/2026So grateful to all of our backers so far who’ve brought us to 61% of our goal with 9 days to go. But if we don’t reach our goal in time, we don’t receive any funds. We can do it! Back us now for a subscription, t-shirt, books, handmade rewards. Great stories await! kck.st/4x4r1oz 0710 0