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MulletBraid @mulletbraid.bsky.social · 7h
The first hit is free, as a friend said. This is an addictive story.
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 8h
Spooky season is upon us! We're posting a free light novel set in the SIDEQUESTED universe and the first chapter is available now, where a very dangerous little girl discovers that magic is real. sidequested.com/lightnovel/t... #witch #Halloween #SpookySeason #novel #book
The preview image (cover and "it all started with a book) for SIDEQUESTED: THE FIRST QUEST
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h
Go read Diane’s books! Seriously, they are the best!
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 17h
COMIC: Lost in Thought
PANEL 1: ARTHUR, a yellow duck, lays on a green grassy hill, with a blue sky with white puffy clouds in the background. FLACO, a green lizard, stands next to Arthur, looking at him.
ARTHUR: Wouldn’t this be a lovely spot to just get lost in thought?

PANEL 2: ARTHUR continues to lay, while FLACO runs out of frame. No text.

PANEL 3: FLACO returns, carrying a thought bubble, tongue out in concentration like it’s heavy. No text.

PANEL 4: FLAVO stands above FLACO, holding the thought bubble over his head, tongue out in concentration. It casts a shadow on ARTHUR’s face. ARTHUR smiles.
ARTHUR (text in the thought bubble): ahhh that’s better.

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Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 14h
We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 15h
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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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 12h
Thread. (And also, re: the position mentioned in the first post? Ye *gads* but that's completely beyond the pale.) 🤣
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Jenn (She/Her) 📚🐉🏳️‍🌈 @jennreads303.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes, when I get down to say…4 or 5 books by @tkingfisher.com that I haven’t read, I get scared that a time will come when I don’t have an unread T Kingfisher to enjoy. Should I slow down…pace myself? Silly, naive me. She is keeping us FED. Can’t wait for this one!! 💙📚@torbooks.bsky.social
Book cover for A Devil of a Crime by T Kingfisher. There is a silhouette of a church’s and gravestones, blood, and a real background. There appears to be an angel and devil hiding among the tombstones.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026
Oh wait, I almost forgot: We are doing this to benefit the Young Center. There is a reason I am willing to push my feet into throbbing zone and it's because (a) I really want to beat my husband goddammit and (b) because kids deserve counsel in immigration proceedings. runsignup.com/courtneymila...
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Waymakers Virtual Mileage Challenge
👟 Challenge Overview Throughout September 2026, the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights will host its 6th Annual Waymakers Mileage Challenge to celebrate 20 years of advocating for the right...
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Alder Liam Coleman @demonaxis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 29/09/2026
Stevie Wonder celebrates 50 years of 'Songs in the Key of Life' with four previously unreleased recordings from the landmark album's sessions, personally curated by Wonder and newly mixed for release. zurl.co/cmuNj
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Stevie Wonder Unearths Four Unreleased Songs For 'Songs In The Key Of Life' 50th Anniversary - That Eric Alper
Fifty years after Stevie Wonder finished work on ‘Songs in the Key of Life,’ four recordings from those legendary sessions are finally getting their turn. Wonder is celebrating the album’s 50th anniversary with a four-song EP featuring the previously unreleased “It’s Easier,” “My Life Story of Love,” “I Can See the Sun In Late December” […]
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/09/2026
love this pendant!!!!
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 29/09/2026
I’m so excited to read this & so wish I could see Ursula on tour! If you have the opportunity to catch her on tour I urge you to take it, she’s one of the warmest & funniest speakers it’s been my privilege to hear.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@dongwon.bsky.social is an agent who PROVES LOVE
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A nearly intact medieval wax notebook found in Germany still bears readable Latin notes, offering a rare glimpse into the daily life of a wealthy 13th- or 14th-century merchant.
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A 700-year-old notebook was found at the bottom of a medieval latrine, now scientists have figured out how to read it
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026
I am SO GLAD that somebody was HERE for Yousen. This is a lovely thread.
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026
If Third Way got there before you did, you should feel bad.
The "Jason Figured it Out" meme except instead of Jason, it's Third Way
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 29/09/2026
One of you lovely #BookSky humans told me to actually put my books in the thread—and that’s a good point. Most are here: brandyschillace.com/our-books/ And the new forensic one is here (it’s me reading it): www.amazon.com/hz/audible/p...
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 29/09/2026
New data centres designed for AI ‘require power in excess of that used by 100,000 homes’
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New data centres designed for AI ‘require power in excess of that used by 100,000 homes’
Oireachtas committee hears projections suggest installations to account for about 35% of electricity demand by 2035
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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Re-upping this from last night
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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amirite tho
White text on yellow-orange ombré background that reads:
Don't let Al ruin your writing.
It's your writing.
Ruin it yourself.

Amirite
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Ale @alepresser.com · 29/09/2026
YES, book! Very book! Chonky book! Very much made by humans book!
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Side Quested Book 1 - Side Quested Webcomic
About the Book The course of true love never did run straight…For fans of The Owl House and Critical Role comes the first volume in the lighthearted and epic adventure…
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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him
cat on a statue
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's the CNN story that cites it. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tho I actually like this post better. IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.
The inept White House political propagandists are using our money on government-sponsored campaign TV ads for the sinking GOP. The latest commercial tries to rally the dwindling MAGA base by reminding them that Trump once posed as a fighter against warmongers and a corrupt political establishment, but the recycled ad just sharply reminds everyone that the lying Trump is the war-maker-in-chief and presides over the most corrupt presidential administration in U.S. history. You can’t use our tax dollars to fool us.
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NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign.

Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."

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Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New Stones and Bones is out on Polar Bears and new Odyssey fragments. Featuring Michael Kulikowski, @sarahebond.bsky.social, Christopher Epplett, Nandini Pandey, and @sentantiq.bsky.social www.nationalgeographic.com/newsletters/...
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Polar Bears in the Roman Colosseum?
It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh smart. Thank you! I’m coming up on 30 days now because I’ve already revised my request twice for them, so that’s a great idea
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026
Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 28/09/2026
The Divvle was BUSY
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Seven Places in Europe That Legends Say Were Built by Giants, Devils or Dragons
Bridges, mountains, caves and rock formations that seem impossible to explain become magnets for folklore
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org
Photo of No Kings event map
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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Socks' sister, Beth March, likely has small cell lymphoma like him. (His cancer is in remission but he's still on treatment.) If you've been thinking to yourself,"What should I do with this $50 I've got lying around?" Maybe a paid newsletter subscription! theheatherhogan.substack.com/p/support-an...
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Support an Endangered Writer and Beth March!
And sign up for the second session of Write With Heather!
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 28/09/2026
Status report, "Weary Experimentation Mode": I wonder if the 9:16 book trailer for THE ADVENTURE OF THE LIONESS'S MANE will display correctly here? *Let's find out!* (...And yes, you can buy the book! Wait for the QR code. Or go to bit.ly/Lioness-Mane! Whichever you prefer!) 🙂 #booksky #ebook
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
my beloved sister-in-law Kristy (my sister Cat’s wife) is a medical caseworker for CAP NW, formerly Cascade AIDS Project. Their annual AIDS Walk helps fund so many programs for LGBTQ+ Portlanders. please toss Kristy’s walk team a few bucks if you’re able! www.aidswalknorthwest.org/fundraiser/k...
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AIDS Walk Northwest 2026
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know for a fact an ICE detainment happened. I am being told it does not exist. That is what I need help with. If you have any insight, my DM‘s are open
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raycorrigan.bsky.social @raycorrigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"When an industry that is eating itself alive through hyperscaling demands that the government bless a conspiracy to halt competition and ban open-source alternatives, you should be suspicious." @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Terry Pratchett & Rob Wilkins @terryandrob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent at 5pm on the 3rd October at Questival on the Wirral for a special conversation about Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch, from finding Tiff’s voice to bringing together the wisdom of the witches of Discworld: questival.uk/products/del...
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The Witches of Discworld
Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent discuss their collaboration on the Discworld tie-in bestseller, Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch, following young Tiffany Aching's witchcraft journey and lessons learned from the Disc's greatest witches along the way! Expect talk of Feegles, fairies, and the magical influence
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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 28/09/2026
OH HEY SAN DIEGO FOLKS Completely forgot to mention that I'm going to be at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social tomorrow night chatting with @seananmcguire.bsky.social about the latest October Daye book-- A DIVIDED DUTY. Swing by and ask questions. Get answers. Buy books and have them scribbled in.
A Mysterious Galaxy event poster for SeananMcGuire (in conversation with Peter Clines) Monday, Spetember 28th, 2026 at 7:00pm. The posterhas both our headshots and the cover of A DIVIDED DUTY
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
folks, I want your input! what local elections are you following where you are (or anywhere else really) that you think are important and want others to know about? non-federal contests please: I’m hoping for the county executives, city councilors, state legislators, school boards you care about!
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 26/09/2026
I’m on tour!!! Who’s in Italy next week?
A cartoon of myself superimposed over an actual photo I took of a piazza last time I was in Italy. The word balloons say, “I’m going on book tour… in Italy!”ANGELICA E IL PRINCIPE ORSO
TRUNG LE NGUYEN IN TOUR

4 Ottobre | ore 14:00
BIBLIOTECA CASA NICCOLINI, FERRARA
Festival Internazionale

5 Ottobre | ore 17:00
BIBLIOTECA SALA BORSA, BOLOGNA

6 Ottobre | ore 17:30
SALA SANTA MARIA NIVES,
RIMINI

10 Ottobre | ore 17:00
EXMA TORRETTA TAM TAM, CAGLIARI
Festival Tuttestorie

11 OTTOBRE | ORE 18:00
LIBRERIA NOVARCADIA, ROMAA cartoon of myself superimposed over an actual photo I took of a piazza last time I was in Italy. This time I am running around like the roadrunner. The word balloons say, “Yaaay!!!”
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reupping, in case you missed it.
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Trish Paton @trishpaton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Apropos of this thread, I finished @travisbaldree.bsky.social Brigands & Breadknives and really enjoyed the story - set in the realm, but a different take (more serious/thoughtful I think) that expanded characters. (Death Omen bookmark courtesy @alepresser.com & @kbspangler.com ) #book #booksky
Travis Baldree’s Brigands & Breadknives front cover, with a Death Omen rising up like a very distressing bookmark
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/09/2026
okay I'm finally doing it. just the 50g samples, but I need to see all of @protopasta.bsky.social's new colors. and as a reminder, they donated a TON of filament to help print whistles, so they're not just glitter filament, they're also pretty cool people.
a bi-monthly subscription to get samples of 6 protopasta colors so I can always know what the new colors are
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Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BBC News - Mystery of concrete ring at Orford Ness 'solved after 30 years' - BBC News @hookland.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mystery of concrete ring at Orford Ness 'solved after 30 years'
The concrete ring on the Suffolk coast has baffled people since 1993.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 27/09/2026
RIP Toshio Masuda. "He later directed the 1977 Space Battleship Yamato film compilation of the series. He was one of the directors and scriptwriters for the 1978 film Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, the 1979 film Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage, and the 1980 film Be Forever Yamato."
Toshio Masuda
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