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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 5h

@wtalabi.com I had a "notify me" tag on THE FIST OF MEMORY on Libby & it notified me today & I slapped a hold on immediately but 5 people got there ahead of me. Hopefully the library has ordered more than 1 copy of the ebook. Meanwhile I shall wait, impatiently.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 6h

*hears a noise* *looks, sees nothing* noise repeats *calls cat's name* noise stops *calls cat's name again* cat's head rises from behind a bag of groceries not yet unpacked, gives the "yes?" eyebrow *calls cat's name again* cat leaps over grocery bag & runs over, trilling, for pets

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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 7h

We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include...

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I feel like "He didn't mean anything by it" has been the background noise of most of my adult life. I have almost never been a target but I've witnessed a lot of crappy behavior and done what I can to short-circuit it, both directly and indirectly, and ⬆️ might be the most common response.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026

The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why indie/self-pub authors need copyeditors or proofreaders, nth in a series: "beleaguer the fact"

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Manhattan Bird Alert @birdcpk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Barred Owl, now present in Central Park for over two weeks, perches by the Loch. 🦉 🧡

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This! Especially if I only pop in and out--I don't want an app for a publication/site I visit once a month or less (or even more, lol). I read a lot of different things from different places. Just today I've looked at 3 news sites, 2 nature/science sites, & some media stuff. @older.bsky.social

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I made a *noise* when these popped up.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the ads for Muse have been overwhelming for the last week and it completely creeps me out and this is only part of why.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

how to tell it's chilly in NYC: I'm wearing long sleeves but more importantly, there's a cat claiming her share of my body heat for the first time in months.

photo of a contented-looking tabby cat, head, one front leg, and one paw visible, cuddled in the arms of a woman whose head is mostly visible behond the cat. the woman has short purple hair and glasses that have drifted halfway down her nose. she is smiling.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Don't forget that the legendary LIGHTSPEED and NIGHTMARE magazines have a Kickstarter right now! Let's make sure amazing horror, SF, and fantasy short stories keep getting published. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...

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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror

We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Author Simulator

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Please say this again...

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ugh, in this book a business has had 3 different names in 1 chapter: (not the names) Red Rose Restaurant, Blue Rose Fine Dining, Olive Garden. I suspect this indie-pubbed writer did not have a style sheet, a line editor, or a copyeditor. Or respect for the reader. Or the work, for that matter.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 25/09/2026

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/b...

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

hee hee, THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS came of e-hold for me this morning so I jumped right in and I just got to the accordion noises and lololololol not fair, @wiswell.bsky.social! thankfully I wasn't drinking anything.

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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 25/09/2026

We just hit 50% of our goal with 20 days remaining. Thanks again so much to everyone who backed the campaign. We also just added a new Add-On: Signed copies of The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson! Back today: bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror

We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.

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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · 25/09/2026

I've been quoting bits of John M. Ford, who died twenty years ago this morning. blog.zarfhome.com/2026/09/twen... “There's not the time to stand still in the corridor / waiting for life to make sense after all.”

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Twenty years without a Christmas card

I wasn't blogging in 2006, but I was a regular commenter on the Nielsen Haydens' blog Making Light in the year and on the morning that I read "Mike Ford is gone." I found the comment which I posted tw...

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.

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How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

was just talking with @rezwan.bsky.social and @ameyann.bsky.social and other colleagues today about how often tech is following the classic int'l development problem pattern of "add new technology -> fail to maintain or remove -> people left worse off than they were before"

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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

So absurd and embarrassing ..."

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Annie Dorsen @anniedorsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to all who have already participated. If you haven't yet, 7 more days! And of course please share widely :)

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Murderbot: All Systems Red, the graphic novel, will also have an introduction from David Dastmalchian! Sign up to be notified of the Kickstarter launch here: 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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Cosmic Lighthouse Comics @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Coming to Kickstarter! ALL SYSTEMS RED — the official Graphic Novel adaptation of Book 1 in The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com. Click here to sign up for exclusive discounts and content! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Note: NYC residents only. Also, they really mean _never_, apparently. I haven't checked out the form yet but I've been to the opera, including the Metropolitan, and from what people are saying, that would disqualify me even though it was like 35 years ago. Still a great thing! Go!

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

sharing despite no alt-text bc OP describes photo.

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Kevin Wilson @curiouslykevin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Toocheke dev has released an option to pull a tapas site into a wordpress website using their plugin. Wordpress isn't the only option when it comes to websites, but this feature should make it a lot easier for people to make the switch to a website if they want.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Nicholas Polson is the Robert Law, Jr. Professor of Econometrics and Statistics at Chicago. "The online platform where Polson posted his papers said it removed 257 of his works over the past month after his surge in releases." I have THOUGHTS given the racist shit I know UC folks said about me

washingtonpost.com

Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So I went to a bookfair on Saturday and bought waaaay too many books, blew completely through my self-determined budget for the day, but now I have 9 new books and I put money directly into the hands of writers so yay for all of us.

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've launched a GoFundMe to help me get my cats to a safer home in Scotland, and you can pay-what-you-want using the GFM system and get 15 of my books as eBooks as a Thank You every Friday as an update! www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho... That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!

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Donate to Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland, organized by Tobias Buckell

Hi, I'm author Tobias S. Buckell, and these are my two cats, P… Tobias Buckell needs your support for Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So good. Powerhouse performances all around, great writing. Completely watchable today.

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is literally why, for literal decades, synagogues have armed protection on our holidays. Christians, think what that means as you and your friends and family, your children, walk into churches without worry. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Suspect, police officer wounded in shooting outside Belleville, Ont., synagogue ID'd | CBC News

Investigators have identified the wounded suspect in the shooting incident that unfolded near a Belleville, Ont., synagogue Sunday night, and the local police officer who was also wounded.

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Karli! @karlicartoons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THE SEGWICK COUNTY ZOO PRINTED OUT MY DRAWING OF THE BABY TAWNY FROGMOUTH AND GAVE IT TO THE KEEPERS AND SHOWED IT TO THE FROGMOUTH ITSELF!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! 💕💕💕💕

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Got served one of those "lifehack" reels on Fb the other day that was a guy showing how to put on an inside-out shirt w/o turning it inside-in 1st & I was ?? Because that's not a difficult thing to figure out?

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I, a Jewish person, did not know Narnia--which I loved--was Christian allegory until I was an adult.

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