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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It will never cease to amaze me that so many people insist on everyone in traditional fantasy being straight white dudes. This... is boring? Aren’t we all bored yet?

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I do wish I could go to all the national parks before they stop making national parks be a thing anymore

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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💗💙💜 @zerosuitbae.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

Okay so when ppl get to pirating I don’t wanna hear shit.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I once worked at a university that gutted an entire (very popular and useful) learning center and replaced it with two guys who would teach you how to host blogs. every student had to have a blog. Every single one. Our syllabus had to mention blogs. We had to teach WITH blogs.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 20/08/2026

We should all read more. And shop at indie bookstores more. And support public libraries more. And discuss books together more.

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Madeline Peltz @peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'm proud to share the cover of my book, GOOD GIRLS AND ALPHA MALES: HOW CONSERVATIVE MEDIA IS TARGETING GEN Z, coming Feb '27. It's a culmination of years of on-the-ground reporting and thousands of hours of media monitoring. Now available for preorder: www.sourcebooks.com/978146425540...

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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Amplifying Tiffany's message about today being the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and how all of us need to support Indigenous sovereignty -- read more here: www.unesco.org/en/days/worl...

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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

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Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...

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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Signal boosting, because I'm always looking for stuff like this too!

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I think that if you have an English degree, even when you're out of college and not working in academia, they should still let you write English Lit papers and submit them to scholarly journals.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Unpopular opinion but I’m fine actually w reading mediocre books. A book that’s just good enough to make me not hate it but not be remembered next year is really helpful to me personally; helps build my attention tolerance w/o relying on cheap dopamine. Reading Whatever? Great for my mental health!

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I need to watch an indie film. That could probably fix me.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

From the few gaslamp fantasy books I’ve read, I think I would enjoy more. Just never seem to get around to it. It’s way too easy to fall into a genre reading habit and not branch out (especially when you already own too many books)

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

May we never forget about when actual bisexual educators & activists on twitter tried to use Interview with the Vampire to talk about the not-great state of bisexual rep on TV. And everyone dogpiled them to fuck because they just stanned Lestat so hard or whatever

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My spouse: Are you okay? You keep making mistakes you wouldn't usually make Me: No I am not okay and there is nothing you can do about it unless you win $6K so I can take the entire summer off of my day job🙃 ...but hey maybe the internet can sell enough of my books for me to take that time off?

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We talk a lot in the writer community about how incredible it would be to have someone make fanfic of your story. But I raise you: Cosplay. Someone cosplaying one of my characters would be so incredible I think I’d need to lie down

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Really wish more of the focus when it comes to weightlifting was aimed at keeping people healthy as they age/staying mobile/preventing stuff like osteoporosis. Less on getting toned or swole or what the fuck ever

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm continually delighted by how stupid AI is as a concept. One bajillion dollars spent, a million data centers poisoning the global water supply, dozens of corrupt officials bought, to bring this all to life. Just so it can mass manufacture the same couple names and scenarios over & over ad nauseum

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We should remember AI books are theft, not just because they’re stealing writing styles from authors. It's also just as much a grift on readers. Most readers WANT to know they’re reading something written by a writer creating with intent. They want that connection. The AI “author” is scamming them.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Haven’t been posting much lately, because I really just... haven’t wanted to *be online* much? I know it’s counterintuitive to having any sort of creative community, but oof. I just am finding myself happier when I’m not constantly online (I’ll try to be on more though)

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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I think the thing about AI "writers" that bothers me the most is, if you don't wanna write, why do you wanna be a writer? It makes no sense.

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Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Women and Other Creatures has a fair amount of bird & animal content, so I searched for days to find the right image (paid & licensed) & finally found this one. The fonts are from an itchio bundle. Side note, it’s $1.99 this weekend & is in several bundles! danifinn.itch.io/women-and-ot...

Women and other creatures, stories, by Dani Finn. The cover shows a woman with a slightly Cuban face and a number of birds, mostly hummingbirds, of different colors surrounding her.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Come grab all 4 books in the Reanimator Mysteries series for $8 for a limited time! An autistic necromancer, his undead love, and the mysteries they solve together 🫀

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Just heard a bunch of pro-AI indie authors talking about how absolutely no one wants to read AI-narrated audio books. The market is simply nonexistent. And like ofc. But I won't forget how many of those authors snidely insisted AI = tool of the future, & everyone opting out were simply out of touch

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm still loving my one page a day goal. It's so manageable, and it makes writing feel like a daily treat instead of a big looming deadline I have to reach. Also I'm knitting! Badly! It's still fun to try something new for its own sake. Creativity might save us yet, friends

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

(Late) April monthly chill goals: • Take more walks • Keep up my 1page/day writing habit • Learn to knit??

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Sarah Clowder (she/they) @sarah-clowder.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

👉👈 bsky.app/profile/sara...

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Artcher| looking for work! @artcher.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I want some extra practice, so I'm opening $40 portrait sketch commissions! Portrait: $40 Full figure: $70 Full figure monster design: $80 Please DM if you're interested!!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/03/2026

Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form

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Quandtuniverse @quandtuniverse.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

still pissed about this btw if anyone has suggestions

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Changes that Republicans made to SNAP will kick a lot of people off food stamps starting April 1. If you can, please support your local food bank. www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/...

Starting April 1, 2026, you are no longer eligible for CalFresh if you are:
• An asylee;
• A refugee;
• A parolee (unless you are a Cuban and Haitian Entrant);
• An individual with deportation or removal withheld;
• A conditional entrant;
• A victim of trafficking;
• A battered noncitizen;
• Iraqis and Afghans with Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs);
• Certain Afghan nationals granted parole between July 31, 2021, and September 30, 2023; or,
• Certain Ukrainian nationals granted parole between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We went to the local No Kings rally yesterday! I didn't know what to expect because we live in the South. But turnout was great and everyone was so nice! Going to stuff like that can definitely do a lot to make you feel more like part of a community when you're in the minority.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It's usually warming up a bit by the end of March, though this is still pretty unseasonable even for here. But I'm not complaining (yet)! A high of 80 = a nice day for a beach walk

A picture of the ocean, with a lot of empty packed sand in the foreground and a large amount of blue sky with just a hint of clouds above. There are no people in the shot, and the beach looks empty.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I wish I could convey to more people how memory problems are to struggling with ADHD. Completing tasks requires decision making, which requires being able to quickly and easily keep multiple things in mind or retrieve things easily from memory. And with ADHD, that's just. Incredibly difficult.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/03/2026

oh my fucking god

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My controversial fantasy hot take? You don't need in-depth hyper-realistic knowledge of like, 14th cent. European trade routes, dress making, etc etc. That misunderstands fantasy's origins, as well as its modern role. Fantasy's closest relative isn't historical fiction. It's folk and fairy tales.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This dreadful book banning bill, H.R. 7661, has made it out of committee and into the House. It's time to call your reps.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Always gotta take a moment and appreciate a nice sunset

A photo image of a budding white-flowered tree captured at dusk, with the color of the sky in the background making the tree appear pink. The overall effect is a contrast of glowing/muted pastel pink.

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Spooky Blaylock 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It's funny how you can tell when someone on here is a Facebook expat by how insanely rude and confrontational they are for like no reason.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

TW: Domestic violence: But like. Yeah. I don't understand how that POS even gets work, let alone awards. Hollywood, tho, amiright 🤪

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Congratulations to Amy Madigan for FINALLY winning an Oscar for the school board scene in "Field of Dreams."

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

actually, it's frankenstein's costume designer

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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

astronomy is so funny because it's this fairly niche interest for a small community of nerds and also it's 99.9999% of everything that exists

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 12/03/2026

Let's try again today. Please write in Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina for Best Novella in the Locus Awards. The public can do so and thus I'm asking for your help. Please consider helping a self-pub author win this specific award for the first time. poll.voting.locusmag.com

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Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 1. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Just to be clear, this is Mullin: So it's not over. But it's still a victory the optics became so bad that Trump sacked her. If you remember the first administration, the more chaos with constant reshuffling, the less they're able to carry some of their plans. Keep the pressure up.

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MAGA senator slammed for describing ‘smell of war’ when he’s never served

Oklahoma Republican provokes uproar by presuming to speak for soldiers: ‘He probably thinks war smells like Mountain Dew, couch cushions, and control sweat’

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Josh (he/they) @hattiejosh.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

UPDATE KOSA has been combined with the SCREEN Act to form the new KIDS Act We have less than 48 hours before this new bill goes to markup d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H_R_7757_Kid... Please, contact your reps and say NO to the KIDS Act

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