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Martha Wells

@marthawells.com
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SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12h
I finally found a clip of the whole thing, which is serving "original UK 'The Office'" levels of cringe, though the one in The Daily Beast that zooms in on his horrified chief of staff like she is Jim Halpert is the best version
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WATCH: Schmitt suggested Jack Smith perjured himself about a basketball game, but mixed up 2 teams
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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 12h
Christin's wrong about almost everything, but right about this: This committee hearing matters & real Texas parents need to let lawmakers know the effects of SB12 & SB13. @txfreedomread.bsky.social will be there with a TON of data about the damage these laws have done. Bring your stories!
Tweet from book burner Texas Republican official Christin Bentley that reads: 

“The Texas Senate Committee on Education will convene on Wednesday, October 7, at 8:00 a.m. to address several interim charges, including monitoring the implementation of legislation passed last session. The hearing specifically includes SB 571, SB 12, and SB 13, all of which contain important protections for Texas children and parental rights.

I expect there will be significant testimony regarding SB 13, which strengthened Texas' mandatory school library standards, established local school library advisory councils, and expanded parental oversight of school library materials.

SB 13 was an important step forward in our efforts to stop the sexualization of children and keep inappropriate materials out of school libraries. But passing legislation is only part of the work. Implementation and enforcement matter.”Second part of a tweet from book burning GOP official that reads: 

“We have already seen inconsistencies in implementation across the state, including districts that appear unwilling to fully comply with the law.

If you have been involved in auditing school libraries, filing local book challenges, serving on a library advisory council, or documenting problems with your district's implementation of SB 13, I strongly encourage you to participate in this hearing and share what you have seen.

You can testify in person or provide written testimony to members of the Senate Education Committee. Public testimony at the hearing will be limited to two minutes per person, and those submitting written testimony at the hearing are instructed to bring 10 copies with their name on each copy.

This is an important opportunity for legislators to hear directly from parents and community members about what is actually happening in Texas school libraries and where implementation of SB 13 may need to be strengthened.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
8:00 a.m.
Texas Capitol, E1.028
Senate Committee on Education”
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11h
Singapore plans to merge several islands into a new “western island” for industrial development. Conservationists warn the mega-project could bury up to 60% of the country’s remaining coral reefs, which serve as ecologically vital “mother” reefs. Robin Hicks reports for #Mongabay.
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Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs
SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagrasses, mangroves and…
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1h
Republican senator's gotcha moment of confrontation against Jack Smith involving a basketball game backfires when it turns out the senator got the wrong game, wrong league and wrong state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 4h
Most TV is just this now.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1h
Dropped in a Hookland vinegar cake to all at @treadwells-books.bsky.social as a small thank for hosting such a magical evening last week. They still have plenty of signed copies ‘Hookland Fragments’ with a special insert if you want to order from them.
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 1h
Cartoon by Hergé. CAPTAIN HADDOCK: Wat een week, he? TINTIN: Kapitein, het is woensdag."
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 1h
Vainglorious of me to say but this audiobook slaps
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1h
Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 1h
In Defence of the Delightful: for the latest Small Press Dispatch, @chloroformtea.bsky.social reads Zen Cho's THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO (@homewardbooksco.bsky.social)
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Small Press Dispatch: In Defence of the Delightful
Roseanna Pendlebury There are plenty of ways of talking about books that make me especially happy, and they all bear some baggage. I could say “trash”, which comes with a big side order of judgment…
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 1h
RUN FOR COVER (1977) Acrylic on illustration board H. Beam Piper is, of course, best remembered for the Fuzzies of Zarathustra. My involvement with those books began in 1976 when Ace, guided by Jerry Pournelle, repackaged the two original novels: LITTLE FUZZY and FUZZY SAPIENS. #art #booksky 🪐📚
A white haired man stares down a horned and tusked alien boar-like creature as it prepares to charge. Pappy Jack cradles a little fuzzy alien creature in one hand while gripping a laser rifle by the stock with his other. The beast turns intense orange eyes towards the pack of fuzzies that are panicked and looking for cover. The beast’s intentions are clearly hostile from the bristling of its mane to the set of its hooves on the flora covered rise.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 9h
Our creators! @stillwintercraft.bsky.social is a competition-level cosplayer, archer, designer, maker and colour artist of 15 years experience on everything from hard SF to Archie. Another multi-talented force, their colour work makes Murderbot’s world bloom. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 9h
LAND OF THE GIANTS, in which a standard suborbital flight (as, you know, we had in 1983) goes through a dimensional barrier and crashes on a planet where everything is twelve times bigger, and the crew and passengers struggle to survive.
Still frame from the credits of LAND OF THE GIANTS, with the title looming large, as if cut from stone, with a giant figure in shadow.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13h
Peter Thiel coming home from the office and cracking open a new blood boy with his teeth like an otter pop
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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 16h
Wanna try before you buy? Check out The Scarlet Ball here, and if you dig it, pre-order it before release on OCT 6! Reactor not only gave us a fun selection to read, but also an audiobook sample as well, which, incredible because the audiobook is read by the incredible @natalienaudus.bsky.social!
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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have an #UrgentNeed: i forgot my quarterly insurance payment was due this month and now it's past due for $450. #HelpSky to paypal.me/popelizbet or cashapp $popelizbet #MutualAid #MARequest
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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 19h
Release day is here!!! Help us celebrate all of the incredible authors who contributed to the Forged in FIYAH anthology! Snatch a copy or five for yourself wherever books are sold. Shout out to Matt and the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team for seeing this project through.
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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 19h
“These filings reveal shocking disdain for writers and their work through repeated, intentional decisions to steal books rather than pay for them with full knowledge that their products will destroy the careers of authors. +
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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 19h
Some more for ya: To Our Untamed Core, Sonido Reyes Tyrant in the Cracks, Hache Pueyo All the Hidden Places, Cadwell Turnbull When They Burned the Butterfly, Wen-Yi Lee The Apprentice Liar, Isabel J. Kim The Upper Tentacle, Amanda Helms The Archaeology of Falling Worlds, Megan Chee Happy reading!❤️‍🔥
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 19h
It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....
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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 23h
By 40, you should have a shirt you can’t bear to throw out, an animal you over-identify with, a bad 90s movie that makes you weep due to unresolved issues with a parent, an apotropaic charm to ward off The Curse, inexplicable memory lapses, blood on your hands, so much blood, & shoes w/ arch support
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We were pylon pilgrims. Each transmission tower a sacred destination in the electric ley of the land. The Hum called us to walk to them, to move under their steel legs and into our temporary temples. We marched lines of electrical ecstasy. – Tattoo Labyrinth Dave #VOH
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Protest in Democracy spotlight would not be complete without some analysis of climate protests: "The right may remain protected on paper while arrests, prosecution, financial penalties and lengthy legal proceedings gradually raise the price of exercising it."
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When the right to protest remains, but demonstrating comes at a price
Since the 1950s, Europe’s democratic and human rights system has developed through the gradual strengthening of protections for political expression, assembly and dissent.
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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay. Forthcoming books to want to read. @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's Flower Court. @fozmeadows.bsky.social's Godburned. @melissacaruso.bsky.social's Last Star In the Void. @stephanieburgis.bsky.social's Melting the Ice Queen. @tkingfisher.com's next several (what? she's prolific).
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 29/09/2026
In this month's edition of Undertones, we dive deep into a narrative used by leaders in the United States and other countries to delegitimize protests. Support our Protest in Democracy #GVSpotlight globalvoices.org/2026/08/24...
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Equating protest with terrorism: A narrative against dissent
In this month's edition, we dive deep into a narrative used by leaders in the United States and other countries to delegitimize protests.
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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
story!
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow. Really amazing writeup on my collection The Astronaut Among the Flowers in The Horror Review. Check it out: www.horrorreview.com/book-review-... @starsandsabers.bsky.social
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Book Review: THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS
The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories P.A. Cornell Stars and Sabers Publishing (August 18, 2026) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I ran across P.A. Cornell recently in Of Dread, Decay, and Doom…
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"From Morgan Le Fay to Elaine of Astolat, these Arthurian retellings put female characters from legend center stage." Includes my novel The Cleaving alongside some fascinating-looking reading. (h/t @cherylmorgan.bsky.social) www.jezebel.com/these-female...
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Feminist Retellings of King Arthur You Need for Romantasy Fall
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At this point, I assume any defense of AI was written by it. I’ve not been wrong.
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 29/09/2026
Friday at 7pm central, live on Twitch, we talk to Shane Hawk! Join us! twitch.tv/alphabetst...
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is tomorrow in the Seattle area and it’s free:
AUTHOR VOICES
Nnedi Okorafor
Tuesday, September 29, 6:30pm
Renton Library and Online

Details
Date:
September 29
Time:
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
Literary, Renton
Venue
Renton Library
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HARDCOVER #DEAL ALERT! Book lovers unite because QUEEN DEMON @marthawells.com is on #sale on amazon US for a limited time only! amzn.to/4hi1CDd #QueenDemon #TheRisingWorld #ad #amazoncom
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Queen Demon (The Rising World, 2)
Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Welcome back to the Martha Wells Book Club! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social dives into The Wizard Hunters, book one of The Fall of Ile-Rien, with everything to love about Wells' writing: "...deep worldbuilding, vivid descriptions, moral quandaries with no easy answers..." And of course, airships!
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Martha Wells Book Club: The Wizard Hunters - Reactor
Ile-Rien is on its last legs, and invasion is a near certainty...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026
Be careful, friends—this scam is everywhere writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...
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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses - Writer Beware
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whethe...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 28/09/2026
Corpus Christi drew $235M from an agreement with the Texas Water Development Board, in a deal to build a desalination plant that was supposed to produce millions of gallons of fresh water per day from the Gulf. The project was never completed, and the loan is coming due.
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Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant
City leaders hope to revive the twice-rejected project to avoid returning money loaned by the state.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re almost at 1500 sign-ups! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We made it easy to join the fight for libraries at action.everylibrary.org #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Damon Charles @damonmakespictures.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wondering why you've seen so many "Ai Company / Mouthpiece Says We Need Cooperation To Stop Ai Destroying Humanity" stories lately? Wonder no more - Here's another one of those "Summed up something I've been struggling to articulate" articles from @doctorow.pluralistic.net.
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McJulie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is probably a point in the bubble inflation where the fact that a lot of really key people involved in AI companies are, no exaggeration, in a cult centered around AI.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wolves & wild horses have returned to Portugal’s Côa Valley. Rewilding Portugal has been working across the Greater Côa Valley, releasing Sorraia horses & Tauros cattle since 2021 to restore natural grazing. Iberian wolves have now returned to the area on their own buff.ly/xEAcxIx #ShareGoodNewsToo
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The return of the wild in Portugal's Greater Côa Valley - ELSP
When Marta Calix moved to Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley in 2019, she joined an ambitious effort to bring nature back across one of western Europe’s important wildlife corridors. Six years later, new…
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's was a huge book festival weekend in Canada. It was great seeing all of the photos from Little Ghosts Fest and WOTS at home. I didn't get tons of pics yesterday because I was busy talking to readers! But here is a big Other Places Books sign with my face. Haha! I leave today. Bye bye Winnipeg
Other Places Books Sign with my book and headshot
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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you're in the UK (or some parts of mainland Europe), you've got just 2 more days to snap up the ebook of my cozy-spooky fantasy rom-com Wooing the Witch Queen (winner of the RoNA Award for Best Romantic Fantasy Novel) for only 99p! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... #romancelandia
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Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
A delightful, funny and seductive romantasy trilogy begins in Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis. In a gaslamp-lit world, hags and ogres lurk in thick…
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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WRONG or METAPHYSICAL IN NATURE @jsthrill.modphi.com · 28/09/2026
Remember that Kobo does price matching on Amazon if you are a kobo person
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We now resume Murderbot: All Systems Red campaigning on a Monday morning with a clear head. Shout out to the great @garyerskine.bsky.social , thoughtful, endlessly helpful, draws SF with huge clarity and passion. We became friends when he saw my longbox split at TBubs and leapt up with tape.
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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
seconded
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