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Jill S

@outseide.bsky.social
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Tea drinker, Seattleite, queer femme, erstwhile writer, dilettante, librarian, birder, renter, traveler. If you reply-guy me, I will block you. Pronouns: she/her www.slowbloom.com/blog

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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 30m
Ugh I’m so sorry
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 32m
Giving The Pendragon Cycle: The Rise of Merlin (Amazon Prime) a try. So much willingful suspension of disbelief required.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 2h
I meant postings that companies had no intention of filling, but just listed to make them look better to investors
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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 10h
THIS. Having a story published in Shimmer is one of the highlights of my life. If you look at the authors that were published by @ecatherine.com in Shimmer (and if you look at her work at @thedeadlands.com now), you will SO many awesome writers. Donate to help her: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey
hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 3h
They should all be castigating this administration but I guess they are too busy sucking up. barf.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 4h
It is fucking brutal out there. And then on top of that, not even knowing which job postings are legit.
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Raven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · 4h
Looking for remote work in: editing, technical writing/editing, content writing/management, curriculum development, test development/assessment, teaching, & copywriting. If you know of something, let me know. I'll even consider graphic & web design. I have pro experience in it all. 2/2
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 4h
YES THIS
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 4h
Also the amount of blood lust on display
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 4h
It’s a beautiful, sunny, and crisp day in Seattle so of COURSE everyone is out with their goddamn leaf blower. There is no stopping the scourge.
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Christine Hanolsy (she/her) @christinehanolsy.com · 6h
Gonna be honest, I didn't even know we had a day. But in honor of International Lesbian Day, I invite you to read some stories by me, a lesbian. 1/8
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4h
It's great marketing for Waffle House, which stays open unless they absolutely can't. (Hence the "index.") But I'm sick of these exoticizing narratives that paint southerners as pre-electrification rubes who rely on the Old Ways to know things. They have access to information down there I promise.
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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Judkins Park station opening has created one of the clearest desire paths I've ever seen.
Desire path on the I90 lid.
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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 8h
I'm having a launch party for SHARDFALL: TRAGEDY REIMAGINED! It's going to be virtual so more people can be there to watch me and @authorizedmusings.bsky.social talk Shakespeare! Event discord link: discord.gg/XJMrfMn8MC
A red and black graphic with photos and text:

VIRTUAL LAUNCH PARTY

Photo 1: a black and white picture of a light skinned black person wearing glasses 
Photo 2: the book cover of SHARDFALL: TRAGEDY REIMAGINED by T.O. Tate
Photo 3: a dark haired person's face partially obscured by a dog who appears to be smiling 

T.O. Tate in conversation with Jennifer R. Donohue

Join us on Discord to celebrate the release of Shardfall: Tragedy Reimagined! October 27 at 7:30 eastern https://discord.gg/XJMrfMn8MC
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 7h
Yes you need it
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 11h
Mwah ha h aahaaa
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Beth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 11h
I love spooky October mornings.
Foggy look out my front window. Trees disappear into the fog.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 11h
That fog looks hungry
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 11h
subtweet subskeet submarine subtotal
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 11h
Solidarity my friend. <3
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 11h
Happy birthday!
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This interview on Fresh Air with @gilduran.com about his new book The Nerd Reich is worth the listen. www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
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Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy : Fresh Air
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. D...
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 20h
Yes that’s true!
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 21h
Today I met an adorable terrier of some kind named FIG NEWTON.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 21h
I just crumbled into dust
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 22h
I haven’t read any of Beth’s books! I should remedy that.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 22h
It is possible! I hope the lesbians double with every book.
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Kisha Delain @skyintist.bsky.social · 22h
Rebecca Thorne, book one is Can't Spell Treason without Tea
Four book series by Rebecca Thorne, starting with Can't Spell Treason without Tea
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 22h
Oh I read that and the sequel!! I didn’t realize there were MOAR!
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 22h
I am a tabla rasa to them. Tell me about this tea-themed fiction though.
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 23h
Elise is an editor at Deadlands, a long-time member of the SFF community. She's fighting cancer right now and going through a lot. Please help if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey
hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers
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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 22h
“What is something you are still trying to prove?” Rachel Martin asked.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fuuuuuuucccccckkkkk these assholes
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
finally catching up with S4 of Reacher.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I swear I read it, but apparently I never got that far. I might have twitched the book into the fireplace!! Ha ha
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh thank you!! I am trying to read some dark academia romantasy and it’s not quite what I want.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wait, seriously? I DID NOT KNOW THAT ABOUT HER.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 08/10/2026
Oh this is like when I threw BIRD BY BIRD across the room because the author was like "I worked so so hard on my stories!" followed by "And then I sent them to my father's literary agent!" Me: 🫩
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fuuuuuuucccccckkkkk these assholes
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zoë @zo-e.xyz · 07/10/2026
okay so this anecdote in Margaret's obituary has me crying because this is exactly what it's like being in tech and trying to anticipate failures and having men basically tell you you're being hysterical and then you have to fix it later
"the Lauren error": One day, her daughter Lauren, then four years old, was playing with the command module simulator at the
Instrumentation Lab when she somehow activated a pre-launch program, called P01, while the simulator was in midflight - which
crashed the simulator altogether. Hamilton created a program add-on in the technical documentation warning users not to launch P01 during flight.
She also proposed a software fix to prevent the error happening during a real mission, but she was overruled on the grounds that the highly trained astronauts were never going to make that same mistake. Yet during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, that's exactly what happened: Jim Lovell inadvertently launched P01 during the flight, causing the on-flight navigational data to vanish. Hamilton and her team were called in to solve the error, and after that her proposed changes were integrated into the program. This was an early example of "defensive" programming, the
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The interview was harrowing enough. As a matter of fact, I bought a GIANT bottle of whiskey yesterday at Costco. Hmmm. No more banger. I need some softness waaaa.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This interview on Fresh Air with @gilduran.com about his new book The Nerd Reich is worth the listen. www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
npr.org
Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy : Fresh Air
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. D...
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh no! That is sad!
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And he keeps getting WEIRDER. Like his whole thing with the Antichrist. MY DUDE COME ON.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
90!! That is a good, long life. I mean, I hope her life continued to be good. That is such an epic image.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It determined I was likely to not return an item I was considering buying. GEE REALLY? I have never returned an item (or maybe I tried once?).
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
bit of a long shot, but I have two clients wrapping up their contracts who I just found out aren't renewing, and a possible third in December. anyone out there - ideally in A) Portland or B) the arts, but I've kind of done everything tbh - looking for a grantwriter with 20+ years experience?
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I was listening to an interview with a journalist today (from Fresh Air) and it just made me want to punch a wall. Fuck that guy. He doesn’t deserve air.
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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Seriously wtf. These helicopters are obnoxious.
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