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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 5h

I get it. I don't have my stuff posted anywhere either 🙂 Love that you have your poetry out there though

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NAMI New Hampshire (NAMI NH) @naminh.org · 8h

As we wrap up Mental Illness Awareness Week and celebrate World Mental Health Day, NAMI continues to highlight lived experiences. Always remember: Your story has power – to heal, to reduce stigma, and to help others feel less alone. Dive deeper into lived experience with NAMI: nami.org/MIAW #WMHD

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 5h

I gotcha. Is your non-poetry work also on your site? I'd love to check it out ☺️

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 8h

It always comes down to that. 😕

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 8h

Yay! I know what I'm reading tonight 😁

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 9h

I don't fully understand the rush to Christmas. Are people's lives so completely empty that Christmas is the only happiness they have and that's why it's forced earlier every year? Or is it just capitalism, because it always is? 🤔

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NAMI New Hampshire (NAMI NH) @naminh.org · 9h

There are a lot of different issues on everyone’s mind in 2026, yet all of them intersect with mental health. Learn more at naminh.org/vote

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 10h

We have RE-OPENED for short story and poetry submissions from Canadian/Turtle Island writers 🍁🍁🍁 Our extended period will be open until October 18th. We'd love to see: ❣obvious Sci-Fi or Fantasy elements ❣ relationships shown on-the-page heartlinesspec.moksha.io/publication/...

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks for sharing! I love finding new shirts from well-known authors (and not). One of my favorite books is the complete shirt stories of Vonnegut. Some absolute gems in there!

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Stargazer @lessonisnevertry.bsky.social · 10h

DUDE Just discovered the greatest site while going down a rabbit hole about a short story mentioned in a reddit thread. There's apparently a dope, free website with tons of short stories by all the well-known greats and also everyone you haven't heard of?? I'm addicted www.libraryofshortstories.com

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Library of Short Stories

Journey through classic short stories filled with adventure, horror, tragedy and fantasy. Read For Free, Anywhere, Anytime. H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Anton Chekhov, Beatrix Potter...

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 10h

Right?! They put out egg nog at the end of August here. Don't get me wrong, I love egg nog, but not when there are still 80+ degree days ffs 😂

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h

We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:

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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 11h

I respect and admire your minimalism in keeping the noise out. My approach is more to describe things like I'm painting them. My goal is to get a reader to see it as vividly as I do, no matter the word count.

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 11h

That's exactly why I don't consider myself a poet lol. I can write lyrically from time to time, but it's definitely not my MO. With, I Know Your Game, I had to smile, because I've known games like that, too, but you captured it beautifully. I could picture the whole thing like I was watching it.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 11h

✌🏼💙🫂

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 13h

It’s World Mental Health Day and this year the theme is all about sharing lived experiences and being heard. 🌍🗣️ You never know the difference you might make to someone’s day. Every conversation matters. ❤️ #worldmentalhealthday #talking #listening #howareyou

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 11h

I wonder why they cut this. It definitely adds to "that guy deserves a horse head in his bed" vibe

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 15h

Curious about 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Check out some recommendations shared by Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy: www.nobelprize.org/what-to-read-ann… Happy Sunday reading!

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Book tips for Anne Carson

Read the book recommendations for 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson.

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NAMI New Hampshire (NAMI NH) @naminh.org · 13h

Today (10/10) is World Mental Health Day! 💚💙 Please join us in raising awareness of mental health, promoting support & resources, and reminding each other: WE ARE NOT ALONE. Hope and help are always available. For immediate support, call/text 988 – available 24/7 at no cost. #WMHD #MIAW

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 14h

Just me ATM. I should probably work on that 😂

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 21h

Want a free science journalism crash course delivered right to your inbox? Browse our seven Science Journalism Master Classes here: www.theopennotebook.com/science-jour...

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Science Journalism Master Classes - The Open Notebook

Master your craft with our free Science Journalism Master Classes. These short courses, delivered by email, are made possible by a grant from The Kavli Foundation.

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is tonight inducting its third cohort of Legacy Honorees They were unrecognized during their lifetimes I nominated Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, and Aretha Franklin I am pretty happy tonight, as they all got in www.amacad.org/legacy-honor...

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Legacy Honorees

Part of Reckoning with Academy History

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I watched a lovely, capable person dissolve into a jumpy, near-tears wreck because the “solutions” copilot was giving her about her laptop didn’t work. “I don’t know what to do,” she said despairingly. There were still plenty of things left to try. She just couldn’t conceive of them.

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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News

A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just checked out some of your poetry. You are definitely a poet! I love "I know your game". Do you write any fiction or non, or 'just' poetry?

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please do. Someone needs to 😂🤣 And thank you 😊💛

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Right?! I definitely have to use it somewhere. I don't think I have a character who fits it ATM though. Working on a NF, several short stories and a novel. My attention span requires working on everything, everywhere all at once 🤣 I do do some poetry, but I'm totally not a poet

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't know about that. There's definitely a writer in here, though 😂 A description of someone gross talking to someone else I thought of the other day, "His breath was greasy" It just says so much with so little (and is so perfect for a bad guy character)

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sealed up some mouse holes, put away the hose, took out A/Cs, pulled out winter clothes, cleaned and turned on baseboard heaters (to burn off the rest of the crud) all while making 5 gallons of turkey and duck stock and soup. Not too shabby for a "lazy" day.

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That's my absolute favorite... going out at night when it's snowing and just enjoying the fluffy silence. There's nothing so peaceful to me as that.

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Green is a mission @greenisamission.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Forests are more than just wood and are important for the water balance. The groundwater beneath a forest is clean, oxygen-rich and excellent for producing drinking water. That is why forests are particularly often also water protection areas.💚🌱☘️🌿🌲🌳🍀💚

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mosses, liverworts, & lichens are small, moisture-loving organisms, so they love ancient woodland Mosses and liverworts are bryophytes (primitive plants). Lichens are fungi & algae. They benefit from their respective host without harming them

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Due to **declining soil quality**, nutrients in fruit & vegetables are sharply lower Researchers at Deep Science Ventures found twice the fruit & veg need to be eaten today to get the same level of minerals like potassium, magnesium or copper than 60 yrs ago www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Vegetables are half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts now know why

Fewer than a third of wheat varieties used in bread released since the 1960s meet the recommended zinc target, due to poor soil quality

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I like writing a profile/backstory for my main characters, separate from the main work, so I can get to know them better. If they do something useful to the main story there, great. If not at least I know who I'm dealing with, who they are, after writing it.

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But it's easier to ban the books than shake up and examine 'your' core beliefs, so here we are 😕

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Onyx @advantage87.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

some days you forget, but asking for help is the bravest, quietest thing a person can do

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Bay Area Nature Almanac @bayareanature.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's Thursday, and that means it's time to learn about tarantula hawk wasps, which paralyze tarantulas with a powerful sting, drag them into their lairs, lay an egg on them, then eat them alive. I kid you not! bayareanaturealmanac.substack.com/p/chapter-41...

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Chapter 41: Tarantula hawk wasp

October 8-13 ☀️ 11 Hours, 30 Minutes

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/10/2026

TW: DV October is Domestic Violence awareness month. Our goal is to post information and a few resources throughout the month. Everyone deserves safety, support, and to know they are not alone. 💜

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National Domestic Violence Hotline

24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bacteriological chemist & refrigeration engineer Dr. Mary Engle Pennington, the "Ice Woman," revolutionized food safety by inventing the "cold chain." Her groundbreaking work on continuous refrigeration kept perishable food fresh from harvest to consumer. She was born #OTD in 1872. 🧵 #WomenInSTEM

A black-and-white photograph of Dr. Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), the pioneering American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer known as the "Ice Woman." Shown from the chest up, she poses at a three-quarter angle, facing left while turning her gaze calmly toward the camera. Her expression is serene, intellectual, and confident, marked by a slight, knowing smile. Her wavy, light-colored hair is parted down the middle and neatly pinned back, framing her face and her thin, round wire-rimmed spectacles. She is elegantly dressed in a textured, small-checked pattern blazer over a collared blouse with a delicate, ornate pendant hanging from her neckline. Pinched to her left lapel is a prominent corsage featuring two light-colored, lifelike fabric flower blossoms complete with subtle leaves. The overall composition uses classic soft studio lighting that creates a gentle gradient across her face against a dark, featureless backdrop, capturing a dignified and scholarly mood that honors her monumental contributions to global food safety.

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NAMI New Hampshire (NAMI NH) @naminh.org · 08/10/2026

Profoundly grateful to NAMI NH's Jessica Renda and Susan Stearns for sharing their caregiving journeys for this AP article: www.usnews.com/news/health-news/art… Learn about free caregiver support groups: info@NAMINH.org.

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Leah (she/her) @leahgwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It was gorgeous! Don't get me wrong...I love warm summer nights, but nothing beats the absolute silence of fall and winter.

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