Reposted by LauraM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Naomi Klein Is Spot On....... 15787163381
Reposted by LauraBrian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New design is live (only because the idea made me laugh and that's all the reason I need): d20monkey.dashery.com/products/997... 13013
Reposted by LauraKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/08/2025If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: Doesn’t matter if it’s awful Doesn’t matter if it’s nice If it confirms your bias, check it twice! ::clap clap:: 191741683
Reposted by LauraFiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 28/09/2026Meet Detective Inque Wells, your literature teacher. Two fists of cold justice, half a bottle of bathtub moonshine, and They/Them pronouns. Respect 'em or yours become Was/Were. The Edutainment Vortex Diner releases Dec 7 for free on PC. store.steampowered.com/app/4993020/... 12513
Reposted by LauraThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/09/2026"If we had started this transition 40 years ago, maybe there was room for these delaying, slower tactics to reduce emissions." "Carbon offsets should be the last option." The Hon Senator Rosa Galvez at today's #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2026 @senrosagalvez.bsky.social 512343
Reposted by LauraViolet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"The kiwi chicks were reaching fight weight in four months rather than six or eight... It’s like they had been at all-you-could-eat pizza night." thespinoff.co.nz/society/07-0...thespinoff.co.nz‘It was 10 years of work, all in one moment’: Wellington’s kiwi are now truly ‘free range’Removing the last of the monitoring transmitters from the kiwi roaming Wellington's hills was smelly, but special. 04614
Reposted by Lauracee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky 35482141908
Reposted by LauraMatt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise. 47126133784
Reposted by LauraLark 🔞🍉 @sensationseekng.bsky.social · 18/08/2026guess i'm crying about fiction and fanfiction at 5pm on a monday. no, not any particular story, but how it's all of us saying hey, this is what it feels like 525661024
Reposted by LauraTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 06/09/2025Reissuing this as a point of etiquette 232593757
Reposted by LauraHeather @lunarjade.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Been looking forward to this for ages. Detective Grimoire games are a delight and I highly recommend them. 1122
Reposted by LauraAussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 15/07/2026The #BrisabaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028 table at @laworldcon.bsky.social needs helpers. If you are interested DM with your details and someone will get back to you. 0105
Reposted by LauraAndrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Govt's gambling "reforms" arrived today. They're useless. The PM should personally explain why protecting gambling companies, media companies and the major sporting codes is more important to his Govt than protecting the interests, and lives, of Australians. #auspol #politas 0457164
Reposted by LauraOh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026You've got three hours left to join our Birthday Pledge Drive! We still need another ✨40ish people✨ to reach our basic funding goal so we can provide another year's worth of comics by diverse creators-- and YOU'LL get exclusive comics & posts at any tier amount! www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy 03020
Reposted by LauraBrian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 22/06/2026OTD in 1979, THE MUPPET MOVIE opened in theaters across the United States. Jim Henson noted (with typical understatement) that its reception was "Great!" and it was one of the most profitable films of the decade. But getting the Muppets to the big screen in the first place was hard work. 8491173
Reposted by LauraIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Today, in Animal Experimentation Everybody Loves: Japanese researchers have been testing the capacity for theory of mind in chimpanzees by making them movies, and the chimps love watching the movies so much they don't even need food reward enticements to do so. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdya...youtube.comScientists Made Movies For Chimpanzees (They LOVED It)YouTube video by A Curious Birb 19223
Reposted by LauraOh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026@jpawlik.com shares with us their feelings about sketch-booking. The traditional media and tactile experience of putting pen to paper. Read this PLEDGE DRIVE EXCLUSIVE comic when you join our Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-... 15610
Reposted by LauraOh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Happy 13th Birthday to Oh Joy Sex Toy! Join our Patreon Pledge Drive this month for BONUS COMICS and to keep the site going for one more year! www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy 5444198
Reposted by LauraRachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 14/06/2024I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖 14225003619720
Reposted by LauraAussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Today is May 27th. On August 27th, @laworldcon.bsky.social opens in Annaheim, California. That's three months away! 12 weeks! 94 days! There is still time to join and to download the Hugo Packet. Site selection opens soon, and excitement is *intense*. Vote #Brisbanein28 #Meanjinin28 22417
Reposted by LauraChristina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Okay so, remember when we did this big post about the most iconic contemporary speculative fiction books? A lot of responses we got from authors included a "no one else has read this but it's awesome" pick. All bangers, no skips. So we started an essay series: The Hidden Gems Book Club. 211933
Reposted by LauraThat Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it… 4553002168
Reposted by LauraGuillaume Bonnet @zazb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Another page of sketches while I'm on a roll! A few studies so I can decide the looks of the knight story I'm thinking about. 81126217
Reposted by LauraPlayboy @playboy.com · 19/05/2026Hello Bluesky. It's Playboy. For our first, and timely post, we share our latest investigation into OpenAI's disastrous plans to become x-rated. "Altman’s idea of an “erotica” feature seemed riddled in uncertainty." Read our piece "Why ChatGPT Can't Be Sexy" here: www.playboy.com/read/politic... 1374181761
Reposted by LauraMel Gillman @mgillman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I also got to contribute some annotations to this! This book is really something special. Dozens of queer and trans artists, writers, and scholars added their thoughts and experiences to this book — expanding and broadening what was already a seminal piece of queer literature. 03913
Reposted by LauraRyan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 18/05/2026Six years ago today, Banned Book Club was released. This book changed Hyun Sook and I's lives. And we have a special announcement to celebrate. This September, Iron Circus Comics is releasing a new full color edition, with colors by @amandalafrenais.com and a brand new 20 page followup story... 6297124
Reposted by LauraGood Luck High Five @glhfmagic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This is important stuff, even if it's hard to talk about. 514844
Reposted by LauraJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Oh hey, guess what else real scientists (as opposed to Man Scientists who tried to block this research because menstrual blood is too “messy and hard to collect”) discovered (thread): - 84 unique proteins that only show up in menstrual fluid which can: - reduce inflammation - repair cells 14542213
Reposted by LauraThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/02/2026A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia. As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy. Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/251111-d… 520476
Reposted by LauraBrian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Howdy! I have openings in my schedule for commissions and freelance illustration and cartography work! I have decades of experience, a deep client list, my rates are flexible, and I work hard to make you happy. Let's make your thing. #ttrpg #cartography brianfnpatterson.com 23622
Reposted by LauraMatthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 03/05/2026Hitting my deadline. Here's "Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion:" flux.community/2026/05/rich...flux.communityRichard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - FluxSenescence makes people believe silly things, so does bad science 830478
Reposted by LauraArchangel Beth @archangelbeth.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Cool not-insect facts for @seananmcguire.bsky.social and @tkingfisher.com ! CW: scorpion arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comScorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metalDifferent hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal. 1146
Reposted by LauraAussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Share our logos! The ‘Meanjin in 28’ logo was developed by First Nations visual artist Tori-Jay Mordey. It highlights the ideas of self & country held by First Nations Australians, & explores time, space, & land across speculative-fiction genres #MeanjinIn2028 #AustralasianSFF #Brisbanein2028 294
Reposted by LauraAussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The campaign to bring #WorldCon to #BrisbaneIn2028 needs your support! #AustralasianSFF#MeanjinIn202 Things you can do.... 1109
Reposted by Laura🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 23/04/2026Share your views on Yokai! Japan wants to know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comSurvey on Japanese Yokai (For participants outside Japan)Hello, my name is Junya Kono, and I am the representative of Hyakuyobako Co., Ltd. For the past 20 years, I have been organizing events and creating works centered around yokai in Kyoto, Japan. I am ... 03742
Reposted by LauraMichelle Rapp ➡️ MagicCon Atlanta @kilnfiendpotter.bsky.social · 15/04/2026What kills me about all of these creative roles being axed is that these companies don't want us to have the best. They want to get away with giving us "barely good enough". I think we deserve unbridled human vision and creativity. We deserve the best. And that comes from people, not a server stack 2281
Reposted by LauraReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...sbnation.comWhat football will look like in the futureSomething is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. 315148
Reposted by LauraJess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 27/03/2026I cannot let the implication that I would EVER forget 17776 stand but if somehow it passed you by please read it, and also here’s an essay about it I commissionedelectricliterature.comThis Weird Online Fiction About Football Is Also a Crash Course in Empathy - Electric LiteratureHeaven is scary in the groundbreaking digital fiction “17776” 815756
Reposted by LauraHien Pham 🐻 @hiencomics.com.au · 24/03/2026🌈 Let's Get Tested! ✨ Read the full comic: www.ohjoysextoy.com/lets-get-tes... What does STI testing look like in Australia? Why would I want to get tested? Why wouldn't I? Read all about my STI check-up in the latest @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social comic made in collaboration with WAAC and M Clinic 💖✨!! 28222
Reposted by LauraAussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Site Selection for the 2028 World Science Fiction Convention will open soon. To vote in Site Selection, you must be a WSFS member (supporting, virtual, or attending) of @laworldcon.bsky.social, the current year’s Worldcon. Join LAcon V soon and vote to bring Worldcon Down Under! #Worldcon 01218
Reposted by LauraKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 09/03/2026May you be as happy as these ducks today 35816
Reposted by LauraIron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 08/03/20262/3rds of the way through the Kickstarter, and Sleeping Wizards is ✨⭐2/3rds FUNDED!⭐✨ The finish line is within sight! Wanna help us get there, and score yourself a thrilling sword-n-sorcery adventure story? ebooks are just 💵$6.00!💵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...kickstarter.comSleeping WizardsA ragtag party of wizards & thieves brave a dangerous dungeon to free themselves, and find out what happened to Eliza's missing father! 01911
Reposted by LauraAimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 03/02/2026When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I learned to survive through everything. I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight - Everything Everywhere All At Once 4976371
