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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Oh, well, AI is already here so—" "Asbestos." "Well, I mean—" "CFCs. Leaded fuel." "—but—" "Portable baby cages." "—okay, I—" "Radium. Agent Orange. DDT..."

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope you have a nice day. I also hope your tea is always warm, your cats are mostly agreeable, and you can always find room for one more book on your crowded bookshelves.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 01/10/2026

A demon appeared in the summoning circle. It was wearing pyjamas. "I summoned thee to give me knowled-" "Really?" the demon said. "You have the internet these days, the world's knowledge a click away. Nobody's summoned me in years." "You have all knowledge. Why did I summon thee?" "... oh shit."

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Penguin Ponders @penguin-ponders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What is the next book is 100% most important to me. Even if the answer is "no idea, check back later", or "maybe in two years". I just want to know if there will be (potentially) more, or if I'm backlist only territory.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That said, the fact that there is so much interest makes me feel like I should mention them at least a little. This thread in no way can stand in place of working with a sensitivity consultant with lived experience! Here is a brief, nonexhaustive list of harmful disability tropes in fiction.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 08/09/2026

ME: Okay, so a coral snake looks like that and a kingsnake looks like—FUCK, it’s AI, I need a different image… KEVIN: *facepalm* SNAKE: Ooh, is this Fiestaware? Hijinks ensue as we attempt to get the cardboard under our new friend.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/09/2026

Spindle’s End here is the opening chapter I sometimes hold up as “how to do an establishing infodump spectacularly well.”

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There's nothing wrong with you, and you are not broken. The world that should offer us peace, warmth, and book clubs in the old forest with sophisticated animals in little tweed suits is broken.

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Penguin Ponders @penguin-ponders.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I neither drink much alcohol nor eat much seafood, so I havn't actually had one, but I am Canadian so the thought of Clam Juice in your drink seems entirely normal.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ruched #1930s purple velvet anyone? Such a drama queen, with slits along the upper arms and down the spine with a little quilted upstanding collar to frame that sharp bobbed haircut. Such a diva #AugustaAuction #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A view of the upper half of a ruched purple velvet evening dress with long sleeves buttoned at the cuff a sh small buttons centre front of the bodice. It is slashed at the upper arms and gathered around the bust

Back view of the top half of the 1930s purple velvet evening dress showing how the collar stands and the slit centre back

Side view of the 1930s purple velvet evening dress showing the slit at the upper arm and the buttoned cuff

Full length view of the front of the purple velvet evening dress showing its length alongside a detail of the centre front of the bodice

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Your daily affirmation: We should always try our best, so if the best you can do today is hide in a pillow fort with books and cats, that's ok.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 20/08/2026

Captain Clever tore Dr. Dastard's door open. He held a press release. "Is this true?" "Yes. I'm donating my fortune to things governments won't fund, like women's shelters and trans support." "Why?" "People call me a tech billionaire. Feh! I'm a villain, not a villainaire! And stop hugging me!"

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12/08/2026

CLERIC: Do you trees know the necromancer? TREE: Like…one who makes bodies stand up again? PARTY: Right. TREE: Yes! Many, many necromancers. Necromancer makes that and that… <points to buildings> GM: You realize it’s confusing necromancy with carpentry.

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Shelley: oh it was percy Shelley: ain't that right, percy? Percy Shelley: yes dear Poe: Barker: King: Lovecraft: Koontz: Poe: our world doesn't make any sense if you think about it Barker: yeah i try not to

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Brave Truth is here! Brave Truth is set in 1950. It's a M/M romance about figuring out how to build the life you want to have, recovering from moral injury, and whether it's possible to change a relationship with a parent. It's full of competence and friendship. celialake.com/book/brave-t...

Cover of Brave Truth by Celia Lake displayed on a tablet resting on brightly coloured scattered flowers - reds, purples, and yellows are visible behind the tablet. The cover is a deep orange shading to sepia, with two men in 1950s suits silhouetted. One, at the centre, reaches out for a bottle of cider on the table by his left hand, the other stands with his hands behind his back, both of them intent on the conversation. Behind them is a circular tower, ivy trailing from several spots. Glowing stars swirl up and around them.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 07/08/2026

"What did you call it?" one of the biologists said. "Bob," said the boy. "He's my friend." "I doubt 'he' is the-" "Never mind pronouns," the other biologist said. "This a new form of life!" "Nonsense, it's clearly a fungi!" "Actually," Bob said, "I'm a cheese." "And my friend!" "Indeed."

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It's ok to look after yourself. It's ok to get some rest. It's ok to buy another book. It's ok to fill your rooms with books. It's ok to be surrounded by creaking towers & tunnels of books. There's always room for one more.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You are not alone. Not when you have books. You can dress them in little outfits. You can take them to bed with you. And if you read them out loud, it's almost like having a conversation. Books. Your new best friend.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 04/08/2026

do you know how dangerous i'd be if "thinking about doing something" energy translated into "doing something" output

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

💙📚🪐📚🌈📚♿️ Amazon seems to have chosen Chai and Cat-tales for a 99 cent Kindle deal? I am as surprised as anyone else, but hey... anyone want a fluffy book for 75% off? :D amzn.to/4yRRvf7

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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A delicate Lammas dress from 1902 by Gustav Beer, richly decorated with silken wheat stalks, for drinking chouchen and telling fortunes in an old country garden, as a great golden moon rises in the dark Breton sky.

A couple embrace in a wheat field under a full moon.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 24/07/2026

the thing about ADHD is i can know: ✅ what i need to do ✅ when i need to do it ✅ why it matters ✅ how to start and STILL sit completely frozen on the couch watching the deadline approach like a slow-motion train

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Your daily affirmation: There's nothing stopping you from making this an awesome day. Or a really weird one. Or an awesomely weird one, but with tater tots.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/07/2026

For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚

A drawing of Elizabeth Bennet, a lovely young woman with her long hair tied up nearly under a ribbon and wearing what is most likely a neo-classically inspired dress, looking pensive, two letters in her hand. Meanwhile Darcy, a handsome but stern-looking fellow, looks longingly at her. Also there is me, a little gremlin in big round glasses, skulking about in the background and hoping that they kiss.

The accompanying text reads “Trung reads Pride and Prejudice for the first time, somehow.”

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H.S. Kallinger (he/him) @xakana.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Ugh. The scams start coming and they don't stop coming. Fed to the bots and the slopists come runnin. Does it make sense just to prompt for fun? Your bot gets smart, but your brain gets numb. So much to not do, so much to not learn. So what's wrong with helping the world burn?

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 21/07/2026

I noticed a neighbour had set up a little library box in their front yard. I checked the books and saw they were all jumbled up. I had only moved a few when a net fell on me. "Gotcha! Oh..." "What's going on?" I asked. "There's a feral librarian around." "Ah. Catch, tag, feed, release?" "Yup."

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 17/07/2026

"just finish what you start" oh i'm sorry, i must have left my prioritization skills in my other pants

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

something I love about humans is that when you are sitting in a coffee shop with its doors open and a tiny bird hippity-hops inside to peck around under your tables, every busy-looking adult with headphones and a laptop stops what they are doing just to watch the little guy until he leaves again

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 17/07/2026

a few good Jessica’s

A digital illustration of 6 versions of doodles of Jessica Rabbit: short, fat, flat-chested, black, asian, and masc.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 14/07/2026

MOODY PALADINS: Converting people to kissing books since 2017!

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David Bowles @davidbowles.us · 03/07/2026

RE: The Aztec division of the day. In Chapter II of PRIMEROS MEMORIALES (a sort of first draft of the Florentine Codex), we are told of multiple times throughout the daytime and night when priest would light incense, clearly marking divisions of the day. I'm going to walk you through them. 1/

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Every time I read a book, I end up with the same problem: eventually I run out of book. THIS IS SO UNFAIR. Now I have to go find a NEW book. And then it repeats. Forever. GIMME MORE BOOK BOOK. Please. And thank you kindly.

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A woman (80s?) with a curly halo of silver hair is grasping a bathtub-sized cappuccino. Eyes closed in bliss as she takes a sip. Visibly exhaling in happiness. Opening her eyes and saying to a server: "That's the best coffee I've had in months. Thank you." (4)

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Chuck Tingle: hello chums did someone call for chuck tingle, totally normal guy? Tingle: i just stopped in to remind everyone that love is real and that, in this unfeeling world, nothing is as powerful as human connection

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tolkien: well larry i guess we should thank you for chuck tingle's hugo win Correia: what? no! shut up! Martin: actually jrrt i think there's someone more responsible for chuck tingle's win Martin: and that's chuck tingle Tolkien: true, true Correia: stahp it!! i hate you all!

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 28/06/2026

ALSO THIS, which is so well-put. (And I swear this is the last thing I'll say about the word discourse.) To me is it not really the 'I don't know this word' that bugs me, it's the ask. You do not get to ORDER UP what an artist provides! You get what you get! When did this change?!!??

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I don't want to live in interesting times. I want to go back to mundane times when we were living in a cozy hollow tree in the old forest, drinking tea, discussing books, and having adventures with sophisticated talking animals in little tweed suits.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Do not fear the night. You and your soft oversized pants, late evening ennui, and towering piles of unread books belong to the darkness.

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 25/06/2026

It occurs to me that one reason *certain* people might oppose UBI is because it won't just allow recipients to leave dead-end jobs that engage in wage theft (what billionaires are built on) but will also allow unhappy oppressed spouses to leave their abusers. All the more reason to support it.

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ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse.com · 25/06/2026

My toxic trait is saying yes to things I have the ability to do, without considering if I have the time, energy, or motivation.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The St. Louis Zoo has a dedicated penguin elevator for transporting their Formal Chickens™ to behind-the-scenes areas where they can get medical checkups, enrichment activities. Kicking myself for becoming a LAB biologist when I could have been a Penguin Elevator operator. (📷: St. Louis Zoo)

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