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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man

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Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers nalohopkinson.com

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works goes to WE WILL RISE AGAIN: SPECULATIVE STORIES AND ESSAYS ON PROTEST, RESISTANCE, AND HOPE edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social (Saga Press) See the contributor list in the alt text
2026 Ignyte Award winner in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works: 

We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope: EDs. Dr. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, Malka Older 

CONTRIBUTORS: Charlie Jane Anders, Samit Basu, Tobias S. Buckell, Reo Eveleth, Jaymee Goh, Nicola Griffith, Alejandro Heredia, Vida James, N.K. Jemisin, R.B. Lemberg, Sam J. Miller, Abdulla Moaswes, Laia Asieo Odo, Kelly Robson, Nisi Shawl, Ursula Vernon, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Izzy Wasserstein. Interviewees: adrienne maree brown, Andrea Dehlendorf, Walidah Imarisha, L.A. Kauffman, Scott Gabriel Knowles, Kendra Pierre-Louis (Saga Press)
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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social · 2h
"After picking up" is itself government spin. A witness says it hit his hand, and the prosecutor themselves say they can't say either way which it was bsky.app/profile/rica...
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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 1h
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and finalists of this year's Ignyte Awards! This is a really special award, and I'm very honored to have been a finalist again! I'm also super happy for ML Krishnan, with Ichthyosis as a finalist! A lot of friends, seriously cool ppl, and great reads on this list!❤️‍🔥
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1h
Bookshop.org is having an anti-amazon-prime sale, & you can get THE DEVOURERS slightly discounted there. A mythic realist, queer dark fantasy about love, sex, violence, & shapeshifting set in contemporary India & the Mughal Empire. It won a Lambda Award.
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The Devourers: A Novel
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination.LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF...
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1h
THE FLESH KING, the second Ford and Neuland book (and sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL), is out in paperback today!
the cover of The Flesh King
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Anya Johanna DeNiro @adeniro.bsky.social · 1h
literary/genre distinctions got you stressed? How about a weirdo transsexual cryptid that just might shatter your heart? bookshop.org/p/books/okps...
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Okpsyche
★ "DeNiro's novel is a lyrical, emotionally powerful story . . . of queer parenthood, of the reality of the sharp fear of trans lives, and of complicated self-discovery." - Booklist (starred review)In...
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 1h
Oh! Free shipping TODAY on gender/queer longing! bookshop.org/p/books/endp...
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Endpapers
It's 2003, and artist Dawn Levit is stuck. A bookbinder who works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she spends all day repairing old books but hasn't created anything of her own in years--and with no...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23h
Updated my bios to reflect that I currently live in Scotland. A 'whoa' moment. Because we're still in a temporary place and living out of suitcases it doesn't yet feel like it, so it feels weird to write it down. It'll be challenging rebuilding a social network at 47, but I hope this works.
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Miles W. Griffis @mileswgriffis.bsky.social · 22h
"These Long COVID Superheroes may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they’re showing us a world where listening to your body, standing up for your needs, resting, and leaning on others is true bravery" 📝: @heatherhogan.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2026/10/05/k...
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Kids with Long COVID co-created their own superhero comic book - The Sick Times
Long Covid Superheroes showcases the bravery of asking for help, resting, and being compassionate with yourself and others.
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 22h
Women's fashion can be so ludicrous. "Discreet control thong?!" It's a THONG. What in the world is it controlling? Plus no thong in the world has ever been discreet. Yeah, don't tell me about panty lines. I said what I said.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I would like to suggest that seeking election or appointment to your library board is a very good way to address book bans. Applications for our 2027 cohort are now open for those interested: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - we need leftists to engage in governance.
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FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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“E.C. Horror” Myers @ecmyers.com · 04/10/2026
Had a bad breakup? Tired of dating apps? Try BetterEx, the first multiverse matchmaking service. Read all about it in my new short story, "Carbon Dating," out today in @morningtransport.bsky.social: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/carbon-dat...
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Carbon Dating
The Sunday Morning Transport arrives in October with tricks and treats in the form of weekly stories by E.C. Myers, Emma Osborne, James K. Morrow, and Mur Lafferty
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oo! I literally finished the audiobook of this last week, and it was awesome! Congrats, Amal!
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Guys, I’m speechless. Gonna be sharing this award with my 8-year-old since this poem was inspired by their question “why do we never see fireflies in the winter?” Huge thanks to the Ignyte organizers, all the voters/readers, and to @thedeadlands.com for giving this one a wonderful home!
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 04/10/2026
Congratulations to all the 2026 Ignyte award winners and my fellow nominees! It was a joy to be nominated this year. Thank you to the jury, the voters and everyone out there supporting human art and creativity, especially from marginalized voices. 🙏🏾💫🏆
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Morning, theydies and gentlefolk! Today's the day! We'll see you in a couple of hours.
Ignyte Awards 2026: Winners Announcement Oct 3 @ 12pm ET
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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Come see me today in Decatur, GA!
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thrilled to share the cover art for "From An Antique Land," a new short story @reactorsff.bsky.social will publish on November 18! Art by Jon Juarez, editor @annvandermeer.bsky.social
red overhanging rock and blue ruins below. 

 

From an Antique Land

by Jeff VanderMeer

Illustrated by Jon Juarez

Edited by Ann VanderMeer
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maasslitagency.bsky.social @maasslitagency.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Deal: Martha Wells New York Times Bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells has partnered with Cosmic Lighthouse for a graphic novel adaptation of All Systems Red. All Systems Red by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz (Daredevil, Spawn and…
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Deal: Martha Wells
New York Times Bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries Martha Wells has partnered with Cosmic Lighthouse for a graphic novel adaptation of All Systems Red. All Systems Red by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz (Daredevil, Spawn and X-Men) and Gary Erskine (Dan Dare, Hellblazer, Punisher and Wolverine), published by Cosmic Lighthouse, and containing a new Murderbot short story by Martha Wells, exclusive to the graphic novel.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/09/2026
Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.
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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 30/09/2026
If you can be in Kingston, ON tomorrow morning, come to this panel with Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, Sophia Hannan and me. Rebecca's book is great. Sophia's book LOOKS great but I can't say because my son stole my copy. Moderated by Kimberly Lemaire.
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Beyond the Veil of Things - Kingston WritersFest
Sophia Hannan and Rebecca Hirsch Garcia take to the stage with two remarkable fantasy novels.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026
My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Global meningitis is in retreat. Meningitis is one of the top ten infectious killers worldwide, causing an estimated 259,000 deaths in 2023. That’s down by a quarter since 2015 & half since 2000, with the sharpest reductions coming in deaths among young children. buff.ly/4BvmwnO #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
Although mortality and incidence have declined significantly since 1990, progress is insufficient to meet WHO 2030 targets. Despite marked progress in reducing bacterial meningitis via global…
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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in recognition of Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors of the Residential School System. The Canadian govt has only completed 15 of 94 Calls to Action. We have yt nationalists threatening First Nations people on reserves (1/2)
Every Child Matters: Orange Shirt Day, September 30, is a day to honour and uphold Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors of the Indian Residential School System, and to commemorate those who didn't return home. Source: University of British Columbia UBC website
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW!! NGHI!!! VO!!! We are THRILLED to present an excerpt from @nghivo.bsky.social's next novel, a bloody Gilded Age gothic coming October 6th. Come check out The Scarlet Ball!
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Read an Excerpt From The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - Reactor
An all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed weds The Gilded Age with the Gothic vision of Guillermo del Toro.
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Help save "Room" (Canada's oldest feminist lit magazine), especially if you'd like to see new fiction from me in their next issue. But mostly do it because they rock, and they're important: roommagazine.com/whats-new/an...
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Save Room Magazine: A Fundraiser - ROOM Magazine
SAVE ROOM MAGAZINE: A FUNDRAISER Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary magazine, running since 1975. For over 50 years, our small nonprofit has carved out a space in Canadian literary publishing w...
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My team at the NVA Lab has produced a new dashboard for exploring our data on US protests from Jan 2025-May 2026. This snapshot shows the 61k+ protest events (>14.6M+ recorded participants) active in the US since Trump's second inauguration. Link to dashboard in thread.
A platform displaying the data on US protests from the Crowd Counting Consortium. It includes a map of the US with counts of protest events in circular form overlaying the protests' locations. It also includes weekly tallies of protest events and participations, top protest issues, and various filters allowing users to explore events by location, issue, date, political valence, etc. The top of the image shows a total of 61,782 protests with 14,684,201 participants across 55 US states and territories from January 20, 2025 to May 31, 2026.
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Abbie @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
California is weaning itself off fossil gas, fast. Gas-fired electricity generation in California fell by 26% in the first half of 2026, as utility-scale solar, batteries and the new SunZia wind project feed power in via a dedicated transmission line. buff.ly/QWQoLPc #ShareGoodNewsToo
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How California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate News
Solar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity.
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I backed this solely to encourage more fun covers like this. (I mean, sure, book sounds great, Michael's great, blah blah, but seriously look at that cover)
A book mock up image. 
The cover is a snowman doing a handstand. The snowman model itself looks like it was hand-crafted and not generated.
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m on my way to Kitchener for my chat tomorrow with Donna Bailey Nurse. Looking forward to it; I haven’t seen Donna in ages! culturedays.ca/en/events/62...
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Black Talk: Nalo Hopkinson & Donna Bailey Nurse
In 2024, Textile launched Black Talk, a literary event bringing celebrated and award-winning Black authors to Waterloo Region for conversation and community engagement. Black Talk 2026 features decora...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And neither of them is working for me 💀
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More @nikostratis.com and more SOPHIE on what would have been her 40th: xtramagazine.com/culture/soph... (Full disclosure: I scheduled that Xtra post and don't think I knew this other article existed.)
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Saying goodbye to SOPHIE | Xtra Magazine
Remembering the boundary-breaking 34-year-old trans musician’s life and legacy
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9
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Kākāpō population reaches new milestone
The official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds.
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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 18/09/2026
Canadians! Sign the official parliament petition for regulating Data Centers in Canada www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7550 - Petitions
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Julie E. Czerneda @julieczerneda.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For my #fridaybookrec, a treasure from the incredible Michelle Sagara. Warmth, eerie graveyard, big dog, dead people, and hope. Oh and set in #toronto! from @dawbooks.bsky.social
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have been sewing for 52 years, and I'm here to tell you; the set-in sleeve is a tool of the Devil's.
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 17/09/2026
Behold, the gorgeous West African cover design for my forthcoming novel THE FIST OF MEMORY!
West African cover design for The Fist Of Memory by Wole Talabi. Coming from Masobe books.
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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
Quakers are always about that life
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's difficult to convey to people who haven't been paying attention that every single thing they are reading about the immigrant concentration camps has been happening in U.S. jails and prisons since their origin. People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
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Prison Culture » Torture & Corporal Punishment in Early 20th Century American Penitentiaries…
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12/09/2026
This 👇👇👇 🎨
💚 Your artist and designer friends probably aren't as full of themselves as you think.

Please remember: they share their work and accomplishments all the time as a matter of survival. No one else will be their hype man.

That grant? It's the only thing keeping them going during these slow months.

This flashy opportunity? They have been trying to make it happen for a year with only hope to keep them going and it's finally happening!

That exhibit? It's the only one they got into out of the 15 they submitted for.

That new painting they posted? They kinda need it to sell so they can pay the rent next month.

So be kind in your thoughts. Imagine if your job required social media presence on four platforms to make sure ends meet.

And if you see your friends or acquaintances post art that you like, please share it! It can make all the difference sometimes.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 10/09/2026
This Saturday, September 12, I'll be doing a reading, a panel, and a signing at ArmadilloCon in Austin, TX. Guests of honor are: Micaiah Johnson, Rudy Rucker, Bruce Sterling, MJ Kuhn, Plum Parrot (MC Gallup), Keith Barnfather and Ariel Burgess.
A graphic with a picture of me and the text saying that I'll be appearing at ArmadilloCon, an SF/F convention for readers and writers, in Austin, TX, this Saturday September 12.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Indigenous people are defying Canada's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and offering a safe haven for trans people on their land globalnews.ca/news/1205333...
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Alberta First Nation invokes treaty clause to set up gender-affirming care safe haven | Globalnews.ca
Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm launching in New York!!! 9/22 Hope to see you there!
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