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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 29/11/2025

Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help: vajra.me/2025/11/29/c...

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Cyclone Ditwah Flood Relief Sri Lanka

How to donate to Sri Lankan flood relief initiatives in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah.

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niv sekar @nivnotes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

My friend needs help perusing their writing life! Please help if you can and share widely ❤️

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/07/2025

Sharing this post from Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about the absolute moral bankruptcy of the NYT’s coverage of the genocide in Gaza Full post here www.instagram.com/p/DMYha-ESnN...

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

“Centipede Station,” to me, feels like stepping into a new region of a gorgeous open world RPG where everything is monumental & mysterious. You can’t help but look around in wonder, while the quest sneaks up on you. It’s free to download until 5/6 🌿 #solarpunk susankayequinn.com/books/centip...

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chris xu @chrysaora.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Alt texted version of Mahmoud Khalil’s statement, dictated over the phone to his family and published by @ccrjustice.org

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Today, officially is the launch of Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine. This volunteer charity comics project is the long-gestating effort of Palestinian comics creators and their allies to tell some important stories of resistence, resilience, joy, and life! www.samidoonanthology.com

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SAMIDOON: COMICS FOR A FREE PALESTINE

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/03/2025

resharing with alt text. truly terrifying shit in addition to my fear, I feel fury both at the perpetrators and all the facilitators who greased the wheels

Amy E. Greer is an associate at Dratel & Lewis and issues this statement:

Last night ICE agents wrongfully arrested Mahmoud Khalil, claiming his student visa was revoked -- even though Mahmoud is legal permanent resident (green card) and not in the U.S. on a student visa. Confronted with that fact, the ICE agents detained him anyway. Overnight we filed a habeas corpus petition on Mahmoud's behalf challenging the validity of his arrest and detention. Currently we do not know Mahmoud's precise whereabouts. Initially we were informed this morning that he had been transferred to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey. However, when his wife -- a U.S. citizen who is eight months' pregnant and was threatened with arrest as well by the ICE agents last night -- tried to visit him there today, she was told he is not detained there. We have subsequently received reports that Mahmoud may s be transferred as far away as Louisiana. We will vigorously be pursuing Mahmoud's rights in court, and will continue our efforts to right this terrible and inexcusable - and calculated - wrong committed against him.

ICE's arrest and detention of Mahmoud follows the U.S. government's open repression of student activism and political speech, specifically targeting students at Columbia University for criticism of Israel's assault on Gaza. The U.S. government has made clear that they will use immigration enforcement as a tool to suppress that speech. Many individuals and organizations have expressed support for Mahmoud and outrage at the government's conduct, and have offered their assistance in the legal proceedings. Mahmoud greatly appreciates all of that support, as do we.

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gwendolyn hicks @prioryruins.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! 2: AN ANTHOLOGY OF GAMER POETRY is available in digital, paperback, and hardcover formats from @cbdroege.bsky.social!!! "ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LEGENDS AND THE LONGING UNDERNEATH," my #zelink poem, is featured in this volume. NEVER SHY AWAY FROM UR DREAMS! payhip.com/Manawaker

Graphic of a hardcover edition of "Dangerous to Go Alone! 2: An Anthology of Gamer Poetry" from Manawaker Studios. A called out excerpt reads:

"I.

I died for you. I should remember you.

Let me start again. Once there was the sky,
and the two of us in it. Your hands
balancing a harp. My hands
balancing a blade. The thread between.
Fate pulled. You fell. I followed."

The poem is titled "ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LEGENDS AND THE LONGING UNDERNEATH" and is about The Legend of Zelda.

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snail / Jules V. @snail-tamer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

from Kingdom of Uranus, my comic about how much I love my wife, dedicated to all the things we'll never have and the world we made anyway

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

double drudgery www.noncanon.com/comics/2025-...

PANEL 1: A rat sits on a stool and a duck reclines in a big green void. RAT: "I'm so tired of the double life. Terrified of the future yet performing that I believe it'll arrive just as it has."
PANEL 2: Rat in close up. RAT: "'Despair is how they win' and 'Don't comply in advance' and 'Call your reps every day' except also meal plan for next week, imagine a vacation, schedule your next haircut."
PANEL 3: The rat, dejected on the stool, the duck more fully sprawled. RAT: "And none of it does anything but get me more drudgery to stagger through, pretending that the house is not on fire, my friends and family not at hazard."
PANEL 4: The duck sits up. DUCK: "The drudgery is just a story you're telling yourself about the past like the fire is a story you're telling yourself about the future."
PANEL 5: The rat and the duck again. DUCK: "You almost certainly have no control over any of it and will almost certainly continue doing the right thing more out of inertia than vigilance." RAT: "At least vigilance feels like *doing* something."
BOTTOM TEXT: And doing something feels like drudgery.

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Vita Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Hello, all. In a time where everything is so much for so many people, I feel guilty asking but my family and I are in need of help. Even if it is a signal boost, any help is appreciated. I love you all, and I hope you are all safe. gofund.me/980022e5

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Donate to Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement, organized by Tini Howard

Hi everyone, I'm Tini Howard, and this is for my friend, and your favorite comi… Tini Howard needs your support for Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement

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The Cosmic Background @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Hey all! We had some delays in energy pushing our kickstarter since one of our team is out in Los Angeles (sending love to our LA fam!) BUT reality is we got 5 MORE DAYS TO GO WITH OUR KICKSTARTER and only $1200 away from our goal. So a highlight for you...Signed, Really, Shockingly Bad Things!

Pile of books of "Really Shockingly Bad Things and Other Stories"

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niv sekar @nivnotes.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

One of my favorite collaborations ever, help @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social fund another year of strange, moving, scary, surprising flash fiction!

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 11/10/2024

Will you, if you're lucky, if you endure, sometimes find tremendous joy in the making of your art? Nothing is guaranteed; do you still want to play this game? Even I surprise myself by how quickly I say yes.

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niv sekar @nivnotes.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

I have a new comic in the @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! "Wednesday's Child" is an all new, all color, 18 page story about Pihu, who wakes up one day after a night out and feels... fine? Where are all her usual feelings? Buy it here: www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13/09/2024

With NYS Sen. Jessica Ramos in the NYC mayor’s race, we have a candidate who 100% supports decriminalizing sex work, but also sees sex workers as her neighbors. Here’s what Cecilia Gentili (a powerhouse, who we lost too soon this year) told me in 2019 about Ramos: newrepublic.com/article/1541...

Advocates don't expect a vote on the measure this session-but they note that the rapid movement toward full decriminalization is unprecedented.
What's behind this sudden push? "I believe it was necessary for these two new women elected officials to make this kind of statement," said Cecilia Gentili, a steering committee member of Decrim NY and a former sex worker. Gentilli was referring to senators Ramos and Salazar, who arrived in the state legislature in Albany as part of a wave of left-leaning lawmakers who won election last November. "That new blood infuses the Senate," she added. "A Latinx person like Jessica giving this bill shape is what makes it unprecedented."

Ramos is also among the first state lawmakers to refer consistently to sex workers as her neighbors. "She knows US," said Gentili. "She's been walking home from the train and walks by a sex worker, specifically a trans sex worker." The Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights, which Ramos represents, has long been the center of anti-sex work policing that disproportionately targets immigrant trans women. But immigrant trans sex workers remain a visible and organized part of the community.

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niv sekar @nivnotes.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

First story alert! "Split Tongue" is a story about loss, sisters, mothers, and a house with a mouth (and a tongue). How do we reckon with the impossible nature of grief? joylandmagazine.com/fiction/spli...

An image with the text "Split Tongue" hovering over an illustrated mouth with its tongue out, a dark line down the middle.

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 29/08/2024

I'm funding an annual $2k grant for Palestinian artists working in speculative genres. There's a matching campaign to which you, dear reader, can contribute to fund a second winner. In case you were looking for an opportunity to do something. givebutter.com/IA1PTE

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2025 Watermelon Grant

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Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com · 09/07/2024

Short fiction mags are a vital part of the SF/F genre: they find new authors and stories and inspire readers who'll become the next generation of writers. @apexmag.bsky.social, @strangehorizons.bsky.social, & @uncannymagazine.bsky.social have launched Kickstarters to help fund next year's stories:

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Funding short fiction

Funding short fiction has never been more important, and three major outlets have recently launched Kickstarters to keep the lights on in 2025

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Rick Havoc @rickhavoc.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

Time for an economics lesson.

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 04/07/2024

It's time for the 2024 Comics Worker Survey for US workers! Pay transparency is crucial to uncovering patterns in pay inequity & learning what publishers and clients can ACTUALLY pay us. Submit your info and encourage your peers to do the same! cartoonist.coop/2024USsurvey (art by Phil McAndrew)

Text on top reads, "The 2024 Comics Worker Survey."

Centered is an
illustration of a word balloon reading, "Hosted by The Cartoonist Cooperative" held up by a crane, with the panel borders being moved into place. Two people moving the right panel border have dialogue reading, "How much are we getting paid for all this work?" "Good question!" A ink pen is being held up by two people framed to have been used to draw the speech bubble.

Text at the bottom reads, "US Comic Worker Edition. What did our clients and publishers pay us in 2023? What do comics workers need to survive? Add your experience to our annual report!"

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

Hello social medias... You may not be aware a major Cat 5 hurricane struck an area that normally doesn't get them. The eye passed directly over Carriacou and Petit Martinique. The devastation is tremendous. The need is great. You can help and make a difference: www.gofundme.com/f/the-people...

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Help the people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique recover, organized by Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada MAYAG

On 1 July, the eye of Hurricane Beryl bore down on two tiny i… Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada MAYAG needs your support for Help the people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique recover

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Joan Zahra Dark 🔥 جون زهر درك @joandark.com · 28/05/2024

Our E-Sim drive for #ConnectingGaza is still going, in case you need any more incentive to help break through the communications blackout. If you're not sure what you can do tangibly, donating an e-sim is helping to keep Palestinians connected with the rest of the world as this genocide continues.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

Aid is still getting into Gaza! The Rafah crossing is not the only route. Now more than ever, aid orgs need your support.

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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

fend off despair by feeding someone, even if it's just yourself

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Sanjay Sipahimalani @sansip.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Adania Shibli: “I was always afraid that one day I would wake up and I wouldn’t have language, this is my fear. And in the last four weeks language has deserted me, it was like it was not there. Whenever I tried, I failed.” www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...

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‘In the last four weeks language has deserted me’: Adania Shibli on being shut down

Speaking out for the first time since the cancellation of her award ceremony at the Frankfurt book fair, the Palestinian author sheds light on her work and the power of linguistics and erasure

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 10/11/2023

Happy Circulatory System Wandering Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

I loved ROAMING by @dirtbagg.bsky.social and Mariko Tamaki—a gorgeous balance between the smallness of intimacy and the overwhelm thereof, with an airy spontaneity that allows the book to truly come alive. An emotional and visual feast from one of the best creative duos out there.

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Gwenda Bond @gwenda.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

The Frame-Up cover now with added sparkle to say MAGIC HEIST MAGIC HEIST MAGIC HEIST! Also my mom just told me that she finished it and thinks it's my best book. Preorder at will! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713370...

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

This is so very hard, but I'm doing the thing. My family needs help. If you're able to spare some money for my immigration fees & assistance getting back on feet after 3 years of ongoing crisis, it would mean everything to me. gofund.me/6c9165bd

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microplæst[이]ks @plaest2k.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

pst, hey kid, you want a horror anthology full of original stories and art by BIPOC storytellers from around the world? well good news: the campaign to fund Death In The Mouth, Vol. 2 is now live along with some sick merch to boot!!! kck.st/3qxZ5NE

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Ashanti Fortson @ashantifortson.com · 10/07/2023

1. NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND by Miyazaki 2. “A Week After The Wedding” by Andrea Tsurumi (up on her site here: www.andreatsurumi.com/illustration#…)

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

hey folks, yu & me books just suffered a devastating fire & are raising funds to keep folks paid while the store is renovated... it could take up to a year. this is one of the best spaces in the city & it's awful that this happened. donate if u can to their recovery fund:

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Yu & Me Books Recovery Fund, organized by Lucy Yu

Yu & Me Books needs your help. On the afternoon of July 4, there was a fire in a residential … Lucy Yu needs your support for Yu & Me Books Recovery Fund

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niv sekar @nivnotes.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Working on a new comic and… drawing is good

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 01/07/2023

One thing I hope artists do here eventually is just post their old work. It’s new to somebody! You’re not being annoying when you repost stuff! I love seeing it!

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niv sekar @nivnotes.bsky.social · 26/06/2023

would love a way to just copy and paste who I’m following from round the internet

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