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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If anyone could help a disabled, housebound dude who’s currently without care out with the cost of some food and meds, I’d appreciate it. Sorry. ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If anyone can help with the cost of some essentials, I would greatly appreciate it. Trying to raise about £150 to cover: My overdue broadband. Food until next week. Bleach/cleaning supplies. My supplementary meds/painkillers. ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cutting back on painkillers ‘cause of poverty is… going about as well as expected 🤡💀 Current budget has me about £1,000 shy of essentials each month. I’m having a bad time, lol.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Proof of something approaching life. Currently fighting the council on 3 separate disability discrimination complaints, with my benefits stopped, very little food, no safe access to medical appointments, and no capacity to leave my flat unaided. I’m still fighting. I don’t know what else I can do.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Still here after paramedics intervention yesterday morning. Spent the day today trying to access food banks and essentials like toilet paper and cleaning supplies. Was a waste of time. It’s just becoming clearer how much of a waste of time it all is, tbh.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Thank you for everyone who has helped recently. Sorry to have to ask again, but I’m currently without pain meds or travel costs for needed physiotherapy. For context, I have Multiple Sclerosis, hyper mobility, and nerve damage. ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Being in protracted mental health crisis without support from mental health services is genuinely messing me up. If anyone could help a bit with the cost of food, meds, travel etc. I’d be very grateful ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

lol. Debt collectors coming around on Monday with body cams now? Cool… cool… I mean, I can’t even afford toilet paper, but pop off, I guess. Have fun recording yourself harassing a disabled person and taking his various nothings~

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Back home from hospital. Not doing too good. Was supposed to get emergency care funded so I’m not on my own for a bit, but there’s no budget for it. So been told to just rough it out, lol.

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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cartoon: After drawing Getafix and Grammi Gummi this seemed like another idea to explore :)

cartoon: Asterix and Obelix as Gummi Bears

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

itchio's summer sale is in full swing now! I've put my books that take place during the summer on sale for 25% off and that includes a preorder of WHEN YESTERDAY ENDS!! Pick up some summer books today until July 6th! ☀️ itch.io/s/190858/sum...

itchio summer sale graphic. It runs from Jun 24 - Jul 6th with four summer stories on sale by S. Jean. They are each 25% off, or you can buy all four for $8 USD (and that includes the preorder for WHEN YESTERDAY ENDS). Below the text are the books included and they are: Hymn of Memory, The Magician & The Bard, summertime blossoms, and When Yesterday Ends. The url at the bottom takes you to the sale and it is:
https://itch.io/s/190858/summer-booksale-of-2026

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The final story on sale during my Queer Your June sale is my short story, summertime blossoms! 🌹 The body horror of your best friend you have a thing for turning into roses and how you deal with it. Bittersweet and reflective! Get it and the others for $10 until Sunday!: itch.io/s/186406/que...

trope/theme map for summertime blossoms by S. Jean. In the center is the image from the cover of the young man reaching out to a bundle of roses and pissing one of them. The tropes/themes around the image describe the story and they are:
body horror with flowers, lasting regret of words unsaid, taking care of roses as affection, yearning love, dreams of what could have been, weird & unexplained.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“Trust the audience to know your character” is not neutral writing advice when you’re writing characters whose type and lived experiences are underrepresented and/or purposefully made illegible in the pop culture consciousness. imo.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My queer-led, “troubled”, working-class teens vs oppressive systems fungal body horror nightmare novel is officially in the post first draft editing stage! LFG~

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A tin of beans as your only caloric intake for the day is decidedly… not the vibe.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Bank balance in the negative, no food, missing meds, no painkillers, can’t afford travel to necessary medical appointments… at this point just put me in the wood chipper ffs

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If you’d like to get me a coffee for my Burffday… that’d be nice 🧡 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the Fourth be with you! Here's a Maul: Shadow Lord drawn in Procreate. #StarWars #MaytheFourth

A digital drawing of Star Wars character, Maul based on his appearance in the Maul: Shadow Lord animated series.

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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Old dogs, New Tricks. I've started a Patreon. I hope you'll check out this post. www.patreon.com/posts/old-do...

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Old Dogs, New Tricks by Lar deSouza on Patreon. Join Lar deSouza's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I grew up watching Star Wars as a kid, and maybe that attributed to what kind of sci fi I like. So, to celebrate sci fi adventures, I've put WHEREVER THE STARS CALL on sale at itchio for 24-hours, just for May 4th! Grab your copy below for only $1! 🚀 🪐📚 earlronove.itch.io/wherever-the...

May the 4th sale, featuring WHEREVER THE STARS CALL. The graphic has the main characters, Laurel, Juniper, and Cedar from the cover as they sit in their red space cruiser, grinning for their adventure. Text on the graphic details the sale and it reads:
MAY THE 4th SALE
To celebrate sci fi adventures, WHEREVER THE STARS CALL is $1.00 for 24 hours on itchio!
earlronove.itch.io/wherever-the-stars-call

At the bottom of the image is a short tagline and it reads:
Sometimes, family can be two runaways, a vampire space pirate, and a severed head...

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Acrylic marker self portrait doodle… I turn 39 in 21 hours and am feeling introspective 🙃

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Shaun Sunday - Brainbeast Studios next @M.A.K.E Comics Fest! @brainbeaststudios.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Alright #artist friends! I've been itching to do this one - a WORLDWIDE art jam! This will be an Annual event, and just like with Sketch Club Quarterly - an optional zine! Deadline is June 30, you can work in ANY 2d medium! Sign up here Sign up here: forms.gle/u4dRQYcfxdZjp6Eo6

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

ERRANT WINGS, my coming of age about a gay punk suddenly growing angel wings & rallying against a city trying to control him, has been out for one year now! If you want a heartfelt story about just trying to find your place in life, Errant Wings has you covered! earlronove.itch.io/errantwings

Trope map for Errant Wings by S. Jean, out now as ebook and paperback. The background is a photo of an alley street where a tree with golden autumn leaves covers the sky. In the center is Errant Wings's cover, featuring Asher with his angel wings against a blue sky as he kneels on the corner of a building, spray paint can in hand. Around the cover and pointing toward it are the tropes. They are: gay disaster punk, coming of age set in a fictional 90's, staying true to yourself, graffiti art as catharsis, angel & devil wings, relationships that need mending, punching assholes, and more fire symbolism than you thought you needed. Below the cover is where to order your copy and it is: "books.earlronove.com/errantwings"

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Waiting to hear back from your dream agent who requested a full of your manuscript is stressful… but on the plus side I finished an angry, political, queer possession novella in the interim, so. There’s that!?!

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Whelp… time to do nothing, eat very little, and not get to export my manuscript for submission until Monday because capitalism is bullshit 🫠

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If you've never seen the intro to Dirty Pair: Project Eden, you may be surprised to discover that it's one of the most beautiful things ever animated.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Managed to get my synopsis sorted ahead of querying my latest manuscript. That was… a challenge 💀

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Fnerff… Everything’s shite and I’m hungry and exhausted, but we shrimply must persevere, apparently.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Having a plumbing emergency and struggling to get it sorted. If anyone’s able to help financially, I’d appreciate it greatly. Disabled former creative living below the poverty line here 🫠 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Was playing bill chicken with my ISP and lost. Again. Womp womp.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Bouncing between wishing my brain would stop trying to destroy me, and wanting to just let it do its thing. So bloody exhausted with… everything. Everything just feels so incredibly hopeless. Golden Girls. Tea. Prep to wade through neck-high shite again tomorrow.

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Nix~🍉 @punklenix.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Bumping this again. Starting to feel a bit better. Not 100% but who the hell feels 100% these days. Trying to get some jobs on the books. Stock or custom work. Or if you just want to drop a dono. Got a KoFi goal going for what I need to hit going into march.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

So deeply, deeply exhausted by struggling like this constantly. I’m a drop in the ocean, I know, but I’m so tired, and even if I tried to reach out for help… it doesn’t exist anymore. The world is fucked. I wanna get off, please.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

So, I’ve given up on trying to get my tooth fixed, but would appreciate any help to get my meds this week 🧡 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Mutual aid request: a few weeks ago, I had a tooth break. Had a temporary fit, but need to have it properly reconstructed. Need to raise £557 more to pay for travel & private reconstruction as my local service for disabled patients has a wait time of 45 weeks. Any and all help greatly appreciated 🧡

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Not saying the UK is completely fucked, but, in my city the wait time for a wheelchair accessible NHS dental appointment is 45 weeks. 45. Weeks. Now, if I was wealthy and could just fart out the cash to pay private, I could get a wheelchair accessible appointment today… I hate it here so much.

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Had a meeting with a (incredibly cool) literary agent from one of my dream agencies yesterday that was very positive… exciting things might be happening this year!! Just gotta keep on through the struggle bus for a little while longer! 💪🥸

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Hey, disabled writer here, asking for a little mutual aid. I’m between benefit payments at the moment and need to get some essentials like meds and groceries. Any help or signal boosts greatly appreciated 🧡 ko-fi.com/malibudarby

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Darby Machin - Author @malibudarby87.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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