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"People sometimes get involved in elections because they are skeptical of how they work. Then they discover that the problems they expected to find are not there..." www.votebeat.org/national/202...

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How Monae Johnson went from MAGA darling to endorsing a Democrat

South Dakota’s Republican secretary of state once questioned vote-counting machines. Four years later, she is defending them and backing a Democrat to replace her.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7h

"Texas schools are underfunded — hundreds have gone to four days a week..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...

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Opinion | Republicans Are Worried About Gina Hinojosa. In Texas, I Saw Why. (Gift Article)

The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 6h

Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...

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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO

Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 6h

In August, Trump purchased between $1m and $5m in SpaceX bonds. Two days later, he signed a memorandum setting out a new policy pledging US government support for space transportation companies: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h

New Trump rule set to go into effect Oct 22 -- may cause serious spike in prescription drug prices for millions of Americans: www.usatoday.com/story/money/... apnews.com/article/drug...

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The cost of drugs from Canada is set to soar for millions of Americans because of a federal rule

Millions of Americans who buy cheap drugs from Canada could soon lose access due to a new customs rule.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

The @houstonchronicle.com posted this video and it's pretty jarring. No matter that he was fleeing, law enforcement officers may not use deadly force on someone who poses no significant risk of death or serious injury to others. Deliberately hitting someone with a car is a use of deadly force.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h

NBC News: "Hunger grips a rural community hit by Trump’s cuts" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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The Sunday Morning Transport @morningtransport.bsky.social · 6h

The Sunday Morning Transport considers the possibilities today with a story from Emma Osborne (@redscribe.bsky.social) about an incredible journey through grief and reunion. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole thing!

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The Three Paths You Take Upon the Death of Your Beloved Sister

The Sunday Morning Transport welcomes Emma Osborne this week, with an incredible journey through grief and reunion.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026

Because of the Nobel Prize, a lot of people will be talking about neutrinos today (including me I’m sure)! I *also* talk a lot about neutrinos in my new book, “How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking),” which is available for preorder now! www.astrokatie.com/book-htbau

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How to Build a Universe — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST

Information about "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack

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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am aware this is the most me-coded thing I could possibly post, but people. People. The preliminary report from Mamdani's charter review committee is written so WELL and someone or someones did SO MUCH RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF NYC GOVERNMENT PROCESSES 😍😍😍

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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

@wiswell.bsky.social JOHN I see what you did there, John (the book is great by the way)

A page from John Wiswell’s new book, The Dragon Has Some Complaints. The text reads: “Chapter 48: The Man In Black. The man in black fled across the deserted alleys, and the dragon followed.”

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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham @govmlg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We've surpassed our 2030 renewable energy goal five years early, with 52% of our electricity generation now coming from renewable sources. That's supporting 14,000+ clean energy jobs, attracting billions in private investment, and building a stronger economy and a healthier future for New Mexico.

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U.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Heat pumps are helping more Americans cool & heat their homes efficiently — in the first quarter of this year alone, sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32%. Read more via @grist.org ⬇️ grist.org/energy/the-u...

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The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps

In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.

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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The article should mention that none of this would have been possible without support of Laborers’ International Union of North America Minnesota & North Dakota, which supported the project and ensured it was built by union workers. Learn more about this here awf.labortools.com/listen/minne...

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Minnesota’s largest solar plant will be built with 100% union labor

The AWF Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Kevin Pranis of LiUNA Minnesota and North Dakota joined us on today’s show.

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Trump’s Department of Energy lost a big battle today at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, after the Trump administration decided to keep a Michigan coal plant open past retirement under the broad concept of Executive Branch “emergency powers.” More: substack.com/profile/2357...

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Amee Vanderpool (@shero)

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

this is perhaps the best piece of journalism i have ever been involved with

How long have you known Alix Harrow?

Wait, that’s her name?

Yep.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

this is Spindle's End, her sleeping beauty retelling, but I promise you all her books are like this. the vampire romance starts out with a full chapter about baking. probably my biggest influence rip to my goodreads ratings

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking

CHAPTER

1

The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrusta-tion of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water. (It didn't have to be anything scary or unpleasant, like snakes or slime, especially in a cheerful household magic tended to reflect the atmosphere of the place in which it found itself-but if you want a cup of tea, a cup of lavender-and-gold pansies or ivory thimbles is unsatisfactory. And while the pansies-put dry in a vase-would probably last a day, looking like ordinary pansies, be-fore they went greyish-dun and collapsed into magic dust, something like an ivory thimble would begin to smudge and

crumble as soon as you picked it up.) The best way to do it was to have a fairy as a member of your household, because she (it was usually a she) could lay a finger on the kettle just as it came to a boil (absentminded fairies could often be recognised by a pad of scar-tissue on the finger they favoured for kettle-cleaning) and murmur a

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 21/09/2026

great news! | patreon.com/lubchansky

PANEL 1: A TECH BRO running through the street, holding a laptop over his head.
TECH BRO: GREAT NEWS! I THINK I WROTE THE COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO KILL EVERYONE.

PANEL 2: MATTIE peers at the laptop, which just says KILL ALL HUMANS on it, with a blinking cursor. Another WOMAN runs away.
MATTIE: IT LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST TYPED A SENTENCE HERE ON THE LATPOP.
WOMAN: AHHH! DON'T LET IT NEAR THE NUKES!

PANEL 3: The TECH BRO shakes his head.
TECH BRO: NO. YOU CRETIN, YOU DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND ITS CAPABILITIES.
TECH BRO: PLUS, IT'S SCRAPED FROM SOMEONE *ELSE* TYPING IT. IDIOT.

PANEL 4: A BUSINESSMAN hands the SCIENTIST a big bag of money. The space behind him is also filled with bags.
BUSINESSMAN: HERE IT IS! EVERY PIECE OF CURRENCY EVER MINTED INCLUDING COINS FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD
TECH BRO: THANK YOU.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

first "in conversation" event i ever did was with erin. she even moved a tour stop so that i wouldn't have to drive as far (i was still breastfeeding). this industry can be cold, algorithmic, obsessed with perceived status--but every now and then u get to pay back a favor 7 years late <3

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

oh! forgot to post this here: there's a 15th anniversary edition of THE NIGHT CIRCUS coming out and i got to write an introduction for it <3 www.penguin.co.uk/books/412187...

a redone cover for THE NIGHT CIRCUS by erin morgenstern. a man in a bowler hat looking at a woman. sort of moulin rouge vibes. a line at the top says "with a new introduction by alix e. harrow"

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(this is from a glossary based on Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast, an 1840 memoir that was supposed to be a working class manifesto but has been used more often by novelists trying to pretend to know how boats work)

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this book requires me to learn some late 19th century sailing jargon and idk why every single word needs to sound like something a drunk victorian would yell out his carriage window

GLUT.
A piece of canvass sewed into the centreof a sail near the head. It has an eyelet-hole in the middle for the bunt-jigger or becket to go through.

GOB-LINE, or GAUB-LINE.
A rope leading from the martingale inboard. The same as back-rope.

GOODGEON. (See GUDGEON [sic].)

GOOSE-NECK.
An iron ring fitted to the end of a yard or boom, for various purposes.

GOOSE-WINGED.
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee clew are hauled up, and the weather clew down.

DOLPHIN-STRIKER.
The martingale. (See PLATE 1.)

DOUSE.
To lower suddenly.

DOWELLING.
A method of coaking, by letting pieces into the solid, or uniting two pieces together by tenoning.

DOWNHAUL.
A rope used to haul down jibs, staysails, and studdingsails.

DRABLER.
A piece of canvass laced to the bonnet of a sail, to give it more drop.

DRAG.
A machine with a bag net, used for dragging on the bottom for anything lost.

DRAUGHT.
The depth of water which a vessel requires to float her.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

so not only did greene county sheriff’s deputies assist ICE in stealing dozens of our neighbors, they flagrantly violated the constitution by racially profiling drivers AND tried to cover that up by violating state law requiring them to accurately report their traffic stop data to the state?

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

elise was the very first editor to pluck me (and so many other writers!) out of the slush pile. give & share if you can 💙

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AICouldNever My niece's spouse attended the Billy Strings concert in Oakland last night (3 hours long!), so here's Billy playing "Ramblin' Man" two years ago just because I also love the Allman Bros Band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcyJ...

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Billy Strings - Ramblin' Man | Allman Brothers Band Cover | St. Augustine, FL | 4-19-2024

YouTube video by Matt Harrison

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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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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026

Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Riots against price gouging by the wealthy and oligarchs, fyi. youtu.be/g5bTgU9EHhs

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The Women Led Riots They Don’t Teach You About

YouTube video by PBS Origins

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Brain Scans of 24 People With Long COVID Reveal Signs of Injury to Dopamine Neurons" A small Canadian study of 24 people with Long COVID found signs that dopamine-releasing neurons may be damaged. Those with bigger changes had worse memory, slower movement and less motivation.

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Brain Scans of 24 People With Long COVID Reveal Signs of Injury to Dopamine Neurons

Scientists have discovered a distinct change in the brains of people with long COVID that might explain some of the illness's most debilitating symptoms.

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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 03/10/2026

*record scratch* Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation… (reposted with alt text because this is an absolute treasure. Photo credit: Kevin Lohman @kevinlohman.bsky.social)

Professional photograph of a squirrel leaping down from a branch at a very startled-looking owl. The owl’s yellow eyes are wide as it looks over its shoulder up at the squirrel who clearly has zero regard for his own life, his mouth open as if shouting WITNESS ME, or potentially some sort of justification for this surprise attack, Inigo Montoya style. Whatever the Owl has to say in return is definitely in all caps.

Caption reads:
CALIFORNIA POST
California squirrel's flying attack is finalist in national wildlife photo competition

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, who tragically lost his 58-year-old mum and several family members to COVID-19 complications, continues advocating for vaccination. “I have asthma,” Towns said, highlighting his “high-risk status” while raising awareness of the non-mRNA NUVAXOVID vaccine.

A screenshot of a Forbes article titled "Karl-Anthony Towns Who Lost Mom To COVID-19 Talks Of Value Of Vaccine." The article is written by Bruce Y. Lee and shows a publication date from early October 2026. Below the headline, a photograph captures NBA player Karl-Anthony Towns sitting at a press conference microphone wearing a white New York Knicks jersey. He is looking forward with a serious expression against a blue backdrop covered in repeating logos for Chase and the New York Knicks. A caption below the photo identifies him as the Knicks center speaking at a recent Media Day.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Seriously, it is. Just so beautiful and human, in the very best way. (free article).

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop.

Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community.

Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered.

Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's book day for THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON AND OTHER STORIES in the US. My third collection, themed around what it means to speak and to be heard, is available at your favorite retailer. I'm grateful to you, reader.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sweet, strange uncitizens: ONCE I WAS MADE OF EARTH is here, an epic fantasy that's been ratling in my brain for years now and that I'm putting out into the world serially outside of the capitalist publishing apparatus. Share, and read, and comment. archiveofourown.org/works/91618061

The painting "The Moment" by James Warden, with the text "Once I Was Made of Earth" on it by Rivers Solomon. The painting is in the romantic style, quite dramatic and dark in tone if not colour, with a horse rearing with fear in its eyes as a snake launches to bite it, against a back drop of pink and blue mountains.

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Weightless Books @weightlessbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New today, THE GREEN MAN'S DEBT by Juliet E. McKenna from @wtpress.bsky.social: weightlessbooks.com/the-green-ma...

Cover for THE GREEN MAN'S DEBT by Juliet E. McKenna, featuring a blue-eyed snarling wolf

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 11/09/2026

I don't typically write about 9/11 (I don't believe I've done so since the LiveJournal days, when it occurred in the first place) but I was actually thinking about it yesterday - and not because of the usual rigmarole leading up to memorial ceremonies. No, it was because of a pedicure.

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you're having a stressful day, why not sit back, relax & immerse yourself in the reconstructed soundscape of a Jurassic forest. Based on ingenious analyses of the fossilized wings of extinct insects, from a paper in latest issue of @pnas.org. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (Sound up, obviously.)🦗🔊🧪

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