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The idea that better things aren’t possible is fertile soil for reactionary politics.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But let us to the story.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.

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Lekha Sen @lekha-sen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Beginnings are often my favorite to write and excavate. I was delighted to reflect on one here, and for a Substack that focuses exclusively on those ever-important, tricky starts

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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Lekha Sen @lekha-sen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Enjoyed thinking about how queer I find detective fiction for this roundtable

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Lekha Sen @lekha-sen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My partner read 'Ozymandias' by Percy Shelley for the first time today and immediately said this is just like Viva la Vida (2008). Pillars of sand indeed.

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 22/06/2026

With ALT text. It also should be noted that all of those things are still available. Stop using genAI & search on your own. The reality is that living under capitalism means they will monetize anything they can get their hands on & convince you that you need to buy it from them. You don't.

:Screenshot of a Twitter/X post from Suraj Sharma @suraj_sharma14.

Bro I'm so sick of pretending this isn't weird.

The internet spent 20 years creating tutorials, open-source projects, blog posts, & answers for free.

AI companies turned all of it into products worth billions.

And now the same people who created that knowledge are being told they're replaceable.

We built the library.

Someone else started charging admission.

19:30 - 20 Jun 26 - 2M Views

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Happy birthday among the stars to the patron saint of us all, the great Octavia Butler.

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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sonny Rollins plays his saxophone on the Williamsburg Bridge, 1966 📷 David McLane

Sonny Rollins plays his saxophone on the Williamsburg Bridge (Photo by David McLane/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) 1966

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Lekha Sen @lekha-sen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Just read episodes.ghost.io/how-to-make-... and it was absolutely amazing. Memoir fiction by way of sci-fi? Why categorize when you can cry a little and crave cheese at the same time

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How to make risotto

The cis recipe blogger version of Emily St. James from another timeline greets another year.

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Biollante @bivouacchillin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Whalefall is the most beautiful death in the world. I would love for my decomposing remains to become a lively and diverse ecosystem for sharks, crabs, sea snails and mollusks

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/05/2026

In a historic moment, I was interviewed by fellow Black woman particle physicist Dr. Katrina Miller. Few people can understand my journey the way she does. We talked about my new book, why poetry matters, and yes, how the *fact* of non-trinary neutrinos challenges anti-trans rhetoric. #GiftLink

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A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"A piece of this book is me saying there is value in banding with the poets, and fighting for the value of being curious and trying to articulate the world with whatever tools are available to us. Not for the purposes of selling something, but for the purpose of fulfilling our humanity.” 1/ 💙📚 🧪

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Isabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 13/05/2026

HI COME HANG OUT WITH ME (also come hang out with @scalzi.com @clarkesworldmagazine.com Jinwoo Chong @rfkuang.bsky.social Jody Blanchette @yumewrites.bsky.social @thomas-elrod.com andddd @josepheckert.bsky.social , respectively, at varying locations :3 )

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Dr. Elena Mikalsen @drelenamikalsen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Baby armadillo season

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Lekha Sen @lekha-sen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Just finished reading Katherena Vermette's real ones, which was recommended to me by a dear friend. A fantastic read, with two loving sisters at the center of it all. Makes me want to write something, or work with some clay after a long absence

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Please share as widely as possible. This is open to Palestinians anywhere in the world, published or not. Call for Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories! Pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

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Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions

Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

HT make Bluesky better than Xwitter--PERMANENTLY. Choose your account's "Settings" (gear icon) from menu; pick "Accessibility" from next choices; check "Require alt text before posting" from next choices. Presto! Instant DEI! Your photo posts can now be read by lowsight/blind people like me FOREVER!

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Lekha Sen @lekha-sen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Today I saw a chimney swift behind the dumpster of the local donut franchise. What chimney lingers there? Much to think about.

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