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I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

A nihilistic sheep, who, like so many other sheep, just wants to watch the world burn, staring at me insouciantly, moments after it has set fire to a large portion of the United Kingdom.

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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

football and soccer are like gimme the ball i want that ball it’s mine but baseball is all like fuck this ball get rid of it i hate

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I mean c'mon. C'moooooon.

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

One of my favorite things about being friends with writers is that I get to buy two copies of their books - one for me, one for my Little Library so I can foist their talents upon my entire neighborhood.

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

And now my (delayed) repost is up, too!

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Unfortunately... Podcast @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I (Courtney) am running behind getting our final season 1 episode up. I'm hoping to get it out this weekend. In the meantime: Wanna do a short writing (or editing or reading or crafting or whatever) challenge with us this month? Details and join link here:

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Pacemaker

A Word Count Planner for Writers and Students

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 19/12/2025

Our last interview of season one is here! Making @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social has been incredibly grounding and wonderful in a rollercoaster of a debut year. I loved chatting with @jenniferhudak.bsky.social and @monawest.bsky.social about fallow periods, persistence, and resilience. 💚

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Normalize putting cup sleeves on iced drinks.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 25/11/2025

Delighted that my story, “CoverLetter_Version,5” appeared as a reprint with two other fantastic flash pieces in @podcastle.org today! They did my story proud! 🖤 Thanks specially to Kaitlyn Zivanovich for bringing my story to life so beautifully.

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I once had the displeasure of talking with a billionaire tech bro about healthcare and he *literally* could not comprehend a system not driven by profit. Like, literally. Like a fish trying to wrap its brain around the concept of infinity. Impossible.

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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤

The cover for Danai’s debut novel, VILE VILLAINS illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I simply respect my brain too much for this.

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Courtney's! Book! Is! Out!!!!!

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I don't like how everything always eventually sucks.

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

What are you waiting for? You've still got one day!

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Unfortunately... Podcast @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

We had a delay, but episode 20 is finally here! Listen to *Unfortunately... It's Like Army Crawling Through 30 Inches of Snow* with guest author, Rebecca Danzenbaker, wherever you get you podcasts. #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

What happens to all the corporate real estate when AI takes everyone's jobs?

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Everyone salivating over genAI should be forced to ask it 5 questions about a topic they actually know a lot about.

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Unfortunately... Podcast @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

It's a new episode day! We chatted with debut author Alysha Rameera about the feeling of not being enough to write your culture, how vital work-life balance can be in writing, and our strategies for managing publishing anxiety. #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity pnc.st/s/unfortunat...

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Sorry if you haven't been able to reach me. I threw my personal phone, my work phone, my personal email address, my junk email address, my work email address, my other work email address, my teams chats, my skype account, and my discord into the sea.

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 21/07/2025

Our Unfortunately... episode is now live! Really loved chatting with Courtney and Mona about our journey and the unique ups and downs of being co-writers.

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Unfortunately... Podcast @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This Friday our latest episode with @mkhardywrites.com hits the feed. We had a fantastic chat about co-writing, editing, navigating the industry with optimism, and building community! #WritingPodcast #WritingCommunity

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Lacey N. Dunham (she/her) @bookbent.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Today's the last day to örder my book with frëe shipping!! If you're ready for fall and want a suspenseful and engrossing novel, THE BELLES is probably exactly what you need. 😁

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Love living in a timeline where pleasant community events need to post signs politely asking the government to please not kidnap people unless they've bothered to nominally abide by the constitution about it.

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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thank you so much to @locusmag.bsky.social for sharing the news about VILE LADY VILLAINS going to the US in their July issue! I’ve been a fan of Locus and all they do for many years, and it’s been one of my author dreams to see my name featured in this magazine (in any capacity, I’m not picky!) 🖤

In a background image of a typewriter and several yellowed books is a screenshot of the report of the US sale of Danai’s book Vile Lady Villains, taken from the Locus Magazine July issue

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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

woohoo! had a lot of fun talking about writing, journey, quitting and more!

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I know the contents are cataclysmically bad but i don't think enough people are making fun of the fact that it's literally called "big, beautiful bill."

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Mona West @monawest.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

It has unironically been such a joy to commiserate with so many amazing and gracious writers. Failure loves company, so give us a listen!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Unfortunately... Podcast @unfortunatelypod.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Our latest episode, with @roselynclarkebooks.bsky.social, is out now. We chat deadlines, post-deal writing slumps, advocating for yourself as an introvert, and anxiety and mental health. #NewEpisode #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast pnc.st/s/unfortunat...

A graphic of a steam engine and train derailing in the middle of a broken bridge. The train cars read idea, book, query, dream. Above, there's a caption that reads Unfortunately... You Can't Just Set That Book Aside. Below the train, two tickets read Episode 14 with Roselyn Clarke.

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