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Jill McKnight 🖖 @maerlyn99.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

My phone doesn't take great night photos, but I got a few that showed the colors of the aurora last night.

Image shows the silhouette of tree limbs against a background of a green and pink sky due to the northern lights.

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The Five Petals of Thought is coming real! Fundraiser for supporting me as I write this artifact of an alt history philosophical movement: www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...

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Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn

Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Hey Bluesky, do you enjoy reading about -dilapidated amusement parks? -bizarre animatronics? -psychedelic dark rides? -cults? -friendship and sisterhood? If so, you might enjoy my book The Merry Dredgers. If you'd like to learn more, here's a review by Gabino Iglesias: locusmag.com/2023/06/gabi...

Here's a lovely image of the cover of my book The Merry Dredgers, which shows a falling princess in a pink silhouette. There's a black and white carnival tent in the background. Also, behind the cover is an image of the merry-go-round in the book, featuring winged rabbits. On the merry-go-round is the word Goblintropolis.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."

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We Can Save Public Radio and Television

Viewers and listeners like us.

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Will Li @williamlidc.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

BM: I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh Defense Lawyer: *internal* shit shit, okay, ethically, if either is shot and alive somewhere bleeding out, I might have an ethical problem…

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Happy JUNETEENTH y'all!!! Support Black creators. Here's a great place to start: go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p

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Jill McKnight 🖖 @maerlyn99.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Hey, here’s some more books I liked. You might like them too. Go on, get some @blacktopkid.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social yours truly and @jenniferhillier.bsky.social Fun was had! #BookSky 📚🪓 #SummerRecs

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MontanaMehtnarg @mehtnarg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

FRIDAY, May 23rd, 2025 BUTTE, MONTANA Weekly Rally at Federal Courthouse 400 N Main St 12:00-1:00 PM A Local Indivisible Butte Event! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve... Rally supporting programs being cut by Doge and Trump's cabinet. #butte #buttemt #montana #silverbow #mtpol #mtleg #mtnews #rally

FRIDAY, May 23rd, 2025
BUTTE, MONTANA
Weekly Rally at Federal Courthouse
400 N Main St
12:00-1:00 PM
A Local Indivisible Butte Event!
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/789924/
Rally supporting programs being cut by Doge and Trump's cabinet.
#butte #buttemt #montana #silverbow
#mtpol #mtleg #mtnews

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office And he's going to keep using it after he leaves! Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

They are gearing up to arrest some mayors, police chiefs, or governors who they think are obstructing them. That Wisconsin judge was just an appetizer. bsky.app/profile/theb...

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 28/04/2025

Contrary to the pundit class’ insistence, someone talking to you on public transit has been so reviled for so long there was a painting about it 150 years ago

“The Irritating Gentleman” by Berthold Woltze. A slimy looking guy bothering a young woman traveling alone and clearly in mourning

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 28/04/2025

i'll say this, though, this story explains a hell of a lot of how and why someone like chris rufo — who is not a scholar, not an intellectual, not an interesting thinker or writer, not even an interesting person — got to be so influential.

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The group chats that changed America

A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.

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Jill McKnight 🖖 @maerlyn99.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I don't often cry over Internet animals that I've never met, but I cried for Greyson. He and Lucy have been some of my favorites.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/04/2025

As a former child junior olympic-level runner, I have a few thoughts on the attacks on trans girls in sports. I ran for one of the most competitive teams in Southern California, and people who ran for my have gone on to become professional athletes. And these bans: they're fucking NONSENSE. 🧵

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A lot of my fellow authors are freaking out after learning more about the conduct of Meta (and other AI). I'm one of the authors who has been involved in suits against Meta and OpenAI since 2023. Authors who'd like to know more about the cases and the latest updates, see llmlitigation.com/index.html

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LLM litigation · Joseph Saveri Law Firm & Matthew Butterick

LLM litigation

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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 11/03/2025

Parents that sued Wyoming over a controversial plan to close eight Laramie County elementary schools say the recent court ruling on education funding only strengthens their arguments. Meeting discussions, they say, also prove the district administration sought closures from the get go.

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Cheyenne parents: Education ruling strengthens case against school closures - WyoFile

Parents group recently gathered meeting videos through public information request and say the discussions prove district administration did not consider educational interests.

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Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org · 04/03/2025

Only 10 Days Left to Nominate for the 2025 Hugo Awards! Get your nominations in for the 2025 Hugo Awards, the Lodestar Award & the Astounding Award. And, don't forget about the 2025 Special Hugo Award for Best Poem! 🔹 Deadline: March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PDT Learn more & nominate: buff.ly/3QcUTw6

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 06/03/2025

Was interested so I had a look, all exec branch .gov domains are registered with the security contact e-mail dl.eop.cloudadmin@eop.gov. A search on get.gov was interesting: flatgithub.com/cisagov/dotg...

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DJ Giant Robot @djgiantrobot.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It's bleak out there. Why not come out and mix with like-minded people, standing up for science? Hope to see you there! Montana State University campus, at noon on Friday the 7th. #mtpol #mtnews #standupforscience

poster showing the statue of liberty, inviting people to gather in support of science at Montana State University

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Jill McKnight 🖖 @maerlyn99.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

You know, after 9/11, a majority of the world rallied to our aid. At this point, I don't think anyone would lift a finger to help us if we were attacked again.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Voting for the Locus Awards is OPEN! 🌟 As a non-profit, Locus Magazine champions authors of all kinds, from big names to indies and small press. Subscribers votes count double! Voting ends April 15—make your voice heard! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards

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Jill McKnight 🖖 @maerlyn99.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This is some absolute bullshit right here.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/02/2025

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

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Ryan Anderson @anthropologia.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Be like Charles Schulz.

Letter from Charles M Schulz to a young Joel Lipton in 1970: “Dear Joel, I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen then it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call ‘American Virtues’ who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities. Sincerely yours, Charles M. Schulz.”

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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“Minneopa Falls, Minnesota” by Robert S. Duncanson (1862), seen at the Cincinnati Art Museum in July 2022. Duncanson was a Black artist from Cincinnati who traveled to Minnesota during the Civil War.

Landscape painting with two waterfalls. “As a free African American living in Cincinnati only miles from the Confederate border, Robert Duncanson surely felt the mounting tension of the Civil War by 1862. In the fall, he left town on a sketching trip to the Upper Mississippi through Minnesota, perhaps for this reason. While there he captured this view of the falls on the Minnesota River near Mankato. The Dakota word Minneopa, meaning "water falling twice," refers to the twin waterfalls. A traditionally dressed Native American in the foreground is perhaps a reference to Longfellow's Hiawatha, a popular poem set in the area. On the surface, the poem is about the vanishing Native American race, but it was also embraced by abolitionists as a symbol of the plight of African Americans, as both races suffered under the control of the European American.”

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Jenny R Johnson @jennyrjohnsonart.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

“Is this how it is? Is this how it's always been? To exist in the face of suffering and death And somehow still keep singing…” Today’s happy thing is this achingly beautiful banger of a song, which never ceases to be cathartic, especially at window-rattling decibels. ❤️ youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU?...

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Florence + The Machine - Free

YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/01/2025

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 🕸️

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Mercury's Gatorade @mercurysgatorade.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

- Custard Died For Your Sins - The Mints Of Avalon - I'm Afraid Of Muffins - The Handmaid's Tomato - All Quiet on the Western Omelette #BookSky #TastyBooks

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Jill McKnight 🖖 @maerlyn99.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Dustin really should not be a buyer at a bookstore. He's selling AI trash instead of paying real authors for their work.

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Danilynn Jiibay ᐧᐋᐸᓄᑮᔑᒃ @jiibaydani.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Webcomics commentary. Here's the link to read them if you want to follow along during this thread. First panel commentary begins in next reply of thread, and so on. #Comics #Webcomics #IndigenousWebcomics #Indigenous #Art natawkcomic.wordpress.com

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~Natively Awkward + Other Nishnob Webcomics

by Danilynn Jiibay

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Book club, @wiswell.bsky.social 's brilliant Someone You Can Build a Nest In, this is a nice way to end the day.

John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build A Nest In

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 19/01/2025

Back in 2020-2021, I wrote a book about how to survive scary hard times by writing your own stories and getting lost in the imaginary worlds you create. So this feels like good timing: Never Say You Can't Survive is just $2.99 in ebook formats for just one day. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Never Say You Can't Survive

WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST RELATED WORKFrom Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky and The City...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre said the Justice Department’s recent report “falls heartbreakingly short” and are still calling for reparative action

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‘This is a call to action’: Tulsa race massacre survivors express frustration with DOJ report

"At 110 years old, we are weary, but we will not rest until justice for Greenwood is secured.”

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