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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you could repost this, that would be great. We're trying to help a friend who is feeling overwhelmed and scared. #cats #catsofbluesky #lostcat #akron #ohio

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Indie Diva 🇨🇦🧑‍🦽🕹️🏳️‍⚧️ @indiedivattv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#Akron OHIO Posting for close friends: Any contacts with animal rescue groups serving Ohio. A friend in Akron had her cat escape on her the night of the 14th. The cat's been with her for 2 years, indoor only, after being rescued as a pregnant young stray, now fixed and chipped. #Akron

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Ugh. Pop in here to find a whole lot of accounts following me offering AI services or other paid services or obviously hoping I will follow back and Join Their Righteous Crusade of Posting Memes Against Evil. I am probably going to end up deleting this account, at this rate.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

@stoat.chat What is up with the enormous "Join the voice channel" box in the middle of the screen? It's blocking text and images, which is what I'm there for, and there's no way to get rid of it. I've stopped telling people to switch to Stoat because of it. It's a deal-breaker for my friends and I.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

@support.bsky.team WTF? I'm in Canada! We don't (yet) have age verification laws for social media here. My roommate isn't getting this. So why can I not reach my DMs?

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Well, no idea if I'm going to bother trying to re-engage with BlueSky* at this point, but figured I'd drop a reminder anyway. * (or, for that matter, with doing The Indy Author Thing instead of just writing for fun and mental health and sharing the results for free)

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

If you want funny feel-good inclusive fantasy, and a chance to get out of the real world into a brighter one, go read this! (Full disclosure: I got to offer some encouragement and a few thoughts early on. But I only did it because I loved it so hard!)

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hey, Bluesky! You like banning people for wishing ill on JK Rowling? I wish on her exactly what she wishes for all trans people: a future of ostracism, isolation, dehumanization, silencing, unspeakable pain, death, and being remembered only as a misstep bad for humanity. I'm non-binary, btw!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

How can a furry little carnivore fill so much of your life that it leaves an enormous aching void when the only loving thing left to do is let go?

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Paris Vivian @parisvivian.myatproto.social · 08/08/2025

In all honesty, I suspect that many people’s sudden willingness to have LLMs think for them may in fact be a *very bad* attempt to cope with new brain fog and other cognitive issues from repeat COVID infection that most of society is sweeping under the rug. (In fact, I know a lot of people will

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Hey, @charlieangus104.bsky.social There's more to Canada than tariffs & arms. This would not protect children. It would make them grow up in a world of censorship, repression, and ignorance. It would kill the arts. And it could easily be abused to persecute LGBTQIA folks. So maybe speak up?

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Hey, all you folks who keep talking about #Canada like we're the greatest humanitarian human-rights-supporting nation ever, & I mean Canadians as well. You might want to pay attention. There is nothing in this that protects kids, who get to grow up without the right to express themselves or learn.

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Conjured.Ink @conjured.ink · 02/08/2025

Itch and Steam got a bunch of us thinking; we need a catalogue where creative (esp. NSFW & Queer) works are less vulnerable to censorship. A storefront we won't be delisted from. One giving us the autonomy to sell our stuff our way. So we're making Conjured Ink. You can join us. conjured.ink

the same text as in the post is on this graphic, followed by a cartoon of a canadian witch girl flying on a hockeystick broom

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Deep history of how we got to this point, lots of sources, and what we're ultimately up against. (It won't surprise anyone paying attention.) *This is the references page to a YT vid, which is also there. www.lextorias.com/references/p...

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Payment Censor

The Secret War To Censor The Internet Payment processors are censoring the internet, but that's only half the story. Watch On YouTube Watch On Patreon Music & Backgrounds Used

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 24/07/2025

Everyone has a skill they can contribute, so if you want to join this effort to make a truly safe home for queer and/also nsfw content, please consider joining!

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Look, my two primary advice are: 1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch 2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:

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Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

In case anyone missed itch’s statement on this—yes it’s because of Collective Shout, who targeted the site because of ONE game that’s no longer available. Yes, itch handled this incredibly badly. Like, unbelievably so.

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 24/07/2025

I'm sorry yall but we might have to start being euphemistic in our language on the platforms themselves. I know that sucks but we still gotta eat.

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Demo Argenti @demoargenti.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Visa Headquarters: +1 (650) 432-3200 Visa Support: askvisa@visa.com Mastercard Headquarters: (914 249-2000 Mastercard Support: b2b.mastercard.com/contact-us/

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Newest science-based COVID news roundup from @violetblue.bsky.social! And if you can donate, even once, even a little, please do - Violet's got a very sick cat while struggling with other expenses, and losing a beloved pet while wading through all this stuff for us every day would be brutal!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Huh. 12 days mostly off Bsky, just ducking in briefly for specific purposes. I think I'm going to continue that past the end of June. I mean, that craving for the dopamine buzz of a ♥️ or reply is there, but it's just addiction. And it doesn't outweigh the rest. 1/

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 16/06/2025

COVER REVEAL "Roots of Chaos" meets "The Locked Tomb" in this book abt saving what is precious (& lesbians). Thank you, @maybarros.com.br Preorder: dax.ink/shackles Prepare for the release by snagging earlier books in the series in the Queer Lights in the Darkness Bundle! itch.io/b/3065 🌈📚🪐🦄🧡📚

Promotional Graphic showing the back and front covers of a paperback. The back cover displays the description of the book along with a field of flowers and the wings and tail of a flying serpent. The front cover shows a woman in a flowing gown and wearing a circlet petting the nose of a large flying serpent. The text of the graphic says, “Shackles and Shards: Shattered Cover Reveal! Cover Art: May Barros. Necromancy. Shadow Magic. Ancient Secrets. Forgotten Powers. Mental Illness Rep. Disability Rep. Fantasy World with Democratic Socialism. Polyamorous Lesbians. Emotional Support Flying Serpent.”

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

@authorsmiller.bsky.social Hi - could you drop me from the SP1 starter pack? Seems like all the follows these days are only accounts looking for followers they can shove their alt-text-free genAI US-political memes at. Not worth it. Thanks!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Highly recommended - I had a sneak editor-ish peek, and this is an awesome read!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Free for 24 hours only for No Kings Day from @violetblue.bsky.social "the most essential personal and digital security advice for those attending protests, rallies, marches, or other events where there's an element of risk" Pay if you can.* Spread this around! STAY SAFE

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

@commondescentpod.bsky.social Hi! Um, quick question. I've been re-listening to Spook-E episodes and got inspired, but I don't do art - I do words. Lots of them. I love worldbuilding and the interaction of nature and culture is a part of that. 1/3

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

BTW, the last Pride I took part in, I handed these out free. I bought mixed pony beads and made as many flags as I could in varied styles. I ran out of nicer cord but I guess no one cared, because I gave out a LOT. The less-common ones esp disappeared fast: ace, pan, bi, NB...

A number of simple bead necklaces on a white blanket. A bunch on the right are trans flag colours, a larger bunch on the left are rainbow flag colours, and in the centre are a few representing other flags.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I'm going to be taking June off from social media. The only associations I have with Pride are of watching my local "community," with the trans org in the lead, gleefully and savagely help the court system destroy the physical & mental health of a disabled trans woman who was later acquitted. 1/4

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Cas (The Lil Ghostie) @casthelilghostie.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Very frustrating. Kobo was the alternative to Amazon I was recommending for ebooks. They had a good range, seemed to care more about sustainability, very importantly were not using GenAI… Can we please show these companies that going GenAI is a mistake? Send your feedback in to them, cancel subs.

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Cas (The Lil Ghostie) @casthelilghostie.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Steam are doing a cosy game sale but I'd like to hear about more indie games. As pride month starts tomorrow I'd love to hear about cosy games by LGBTQIA+ indie devs, or that feature LGBTQIA+ characters. Come talk about your games or recommend a few! #GameSky

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 30/05/2025

Today is a beautiful day to pre-order my next book--in which a throuple of lesbians take on a would-be dictator to save democracy with necromancy, shadow-magic, and an emotional support flying serpent.

Shackles And Shards: Shattered. Disabled Death Cleric with Shadow Magic Saves Democracy From a Power-Hungry Dictator with the Help of Her Girlfriends and Her Goddess.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Guess what? I write stuff! I'm working on another new one right now as you're reading this! (Unless there's a cat being a too-cute-to-move obstruction. That happens a lot.) You could scroll this thread right here and see if anything catches your attention. 💙📚 🌈🚀💫🌈📚

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Going out to gather signatures in a petition to scrap Bill 5, Ford's dangerous bill that would scrap environmental protections and give him impunity to ruin Ontario's natural resources If you're in Ontario, please call your MPP's office and tell them to stand against this bill

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I missed this bit of news, it's from 2022... found it while doing writing spot research. “We could often recognize who was drumming when we heard them; it was a fantastic way to find the different chimpanzees we were looking for,” www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...

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Chimpanzees Play Their Own Signature Drumbeats to Stay in Touch

New research suggests the animals broadcast their identity and location to find each other while traveling

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

No one wants to think about COVID, but that won't keep you safe from new variants! Wear a mask, stay safe, stay informed. @violetblue.bsky.social is a really good way to do that! (If you can afford to contribute to the author + two feline supervisors, great. If not, subscribe, read, and share!)

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I thought I had everything AI in Firefox disabled... missed something!

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ChandraDKM @chandradkm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Reminder: When a herd of reindeer is threatened, the herd runs fast in a "cyclone" to confuse predators, keeping the most vulnerable in the center. The whole herd survives. Trying to save "most" of the herd lets predators pick off the herd, most vulnerable first, until there's no herd left. 1/

A simple 2 by 3 table of text and images. The left-side column says "THIS" over a an image of a large herd of reindeer forming a protective reindeer cyclone. The right-side column says "NOT This" over an image of a handful of reindeer running across the open snow in a loose column about 4 reindeer wide. There is a small reindeer trailing far behind the stragglers of the main group.

The description under the left column reads:
The Reindeer Cyclone
What actual "herd immunity" looks like:
The fittest save the whole herd.

The description under the right column reads:
Salvaging "most" of the herd...
until there's no herd left.

Image credits:
Left-side, reindeer cyclone image by Lev Fedoseyev
Right-side image by Vladimir Melnikov

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Wanna read 2 free superhero novellas about 3 women making the powerful really unhappy? A superpowered illusionist forbidden to transition. A disabled dancer abandoned as collateral damage. Behind both: a cat-loving tech genius hated by the League. Snips below! prysmcat.com/tales

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Bondage and Other Tales – Prysmcat Books

All of Steph Shangraw / prysmcat‘s fantasy writing, available from right here!

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On Hiatus NSSJ(She/They) Queer Spec Writer @nssjacobs.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Protect yourself.

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I get nervous when I show that a product is accessible to disabled people. Cause I always lose sales because able bodied people think inclusive things aren't for them. So I'd really appreciate it if people could support me extra! By sharing my posts! And supporting my work!

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It costs 0$ to share my posts! Please help support an inclusive disabled designer! It could lead to my next sale! My bags are high quality! They can be worn as a backpack, crossbody bag & waist bag! They can be hooked on a mobility aid! They have custom zipper pulls & lining! Store: Bibipins.com

Fairy Convertible Bags in various ways to wear them

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

⭐Calling cisgender women!⭐ I'm so proud of this open statement from #NotInMyName speaking up for our trans siblings. Far too often, the only women’s voices we hear seem intent on stoking the flames. Sign & share to build the inclusive world we actually want to live in. www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

The Issue

We are a collective of cisgender* women from every corner of society - mothers, daughters, friends, sisters, partners, colleagues, caregivers, and leaders. We represent diverse ages, backgrounds, and life experiences, united by a shared truth that demands to be heard.

We reject - completely and categorically - the active discrimination and exclusion of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people. Those who continue to target this minority group do not speak for us or represent our interests. They never have. They never will.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Having a physically not-great day so poking through some old bookmarks and found a couple from anthropologist Rosemary Joyce, who has written about historical sex and gender and who got me thinking about many things that influenced the worlds I build. Two links below, old but still relevant.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Believe it or not, all three of these fish are the same species… the bluehead wrasse. Wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they transition from female to male over the course of their lives. Each phase can look radically different from each other as evidenced here #coralcitycamera

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