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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 13h

Im Baz Navarre, a trans bi-leaning-gay trans man who writes MM figure skating romance! My first boon just released, so this month the goal is to write the second in the series!

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 28/09/2026

The "social contagion" thing drives me screaming angry. When I was young I had no clue trans ppl existed. I'd never met anyone trans. I saw cruel caricatures in pop culture occasionally. When I realized trans was a thing someone could be, it hit like a lightning bolt. My life felt newly possible.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This cute little frog lured me to my doom… or at least into stepping on a ledge that wasn’t and crashing a few feet down to a mostly dry creek bed. So now I’m sore and scraped, but hey, I got a picture!

A brown frog in a small pond with old broken up concrete and dried redwood needles around it.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

This is ridiculous. If the team we are supposed to be rooting for is advocating for genocide, then what’s the fucking difference, you spineless twits “The anti-genocide people are why we can’t win” is the worst Liberal mantra of all fucking time

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Newsom vetoing attempts to stave off fascist overreach because he’s worried it might limit his power as an executive is so on brand I’m surprised he didn’t announce the decision first on his podcast with Ben Shapiro.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Im pretty sure that every time I rewrite this character profile that I somehow keep losing, the guy gets taller. Is this how guys end up thinking they’re half a foot taller than they are in real life? :)

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You do not need to explain, to Queer or Black or Disabled people in America, that you can't always have a perfect thing. That is not news to us. You are not providing new information. It is the height of arrogance to assume that's not already part of our understanding of the world.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If EVER a cat needed a merch line for the safety of the cat’s own species and the dopes determined to bring one home, this baby needs plushies, right now.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The world is worlding right now, so here’s a piece of good news! My debut novel launches on Friday!!! And you can preorder Back Outside Edge now.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Trans people don't want your pity. Miss us with your regretful sorrow. We're not dead yet, we're the stalwarts fighting the good fight, on your behalf as well as our own.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I like to work outside the park visitors center sometimes because it’s pretty and people and whatever. Every single time I’m here, at least one insanely huge camper gets themselves stuck by accidentally driving into the wrong parking area.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Based on the first two performances at the kinoshita cup, this years senior ice dance is going goth

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/09/2026

Hi @greenburgerlit.bsky.social! A bunch of us authors were wondering what the basis was for your claiming 25% of the total amount for any books your agency remotely touched in the Anthropic Settlement.

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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh no! Left behind? Us? What a scary thing. So scary. We're the ones that picked up anachronistic craft hobbies. We complain about "when google worked" and "when the internet sounded like dying robots" we own the Deep Magics of the PDF Conversion. We were left behind by the economy decades ago.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I must be in a mood this morning. Just cried over how sweet a coach was to his student in the figure skating grand Prix kiss and cry.

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J. Tomala (MM/Queer Romance Writer) @authorjtomala.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The season of the witch is upon us!!! And of course that means that I'll throw gay paranormal romance at you. Vampires, mafia, shenanigans, and spice. All of this and more you too can have in your life if you read one or both of these books :) #mmromance #gayromance #vampirebooks #bookrec

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You cannot say this and remain in office. He has to go. And Democrats have to make an enormous deal out of threats to exterminate an entire group of people.

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

jk rowling threatens international human rights organistions and the nhs with slapp lawsuits and we still have to hear from cis ppl about how she just has opinions that we disagree with. it's not normal to be engaging in vexatious lawfare against human rights organisations and the nhs.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I want to think the right is losing. But I very recently had a conversation with a woman who has always seemed like an ally. She told me that she really liked Charlie Kirk and doesn’t believe men should be in women’s sports. Out of nowhere except, I assume, me being trans.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I woke up with this odd sense of foreboding. Haven’t seen anything so far to justify it, so here’s to hoping my brain is just confused!

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Drumroll please… My book is available for pre-order! If you love MM romance, high stakes competitions, figure skating, and rivals to lovers, this is the book for you! Pre-order now at www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFDN2NVV/

Illustration of two men skating while looking into each others eyes with a text box stating: some people arrive in your life when everything is already on the edge. For Stefan and Evan, that means pressure, fear, and a connection neither of them saw coming. Sabotage? Make that banter, trust, and way too many feelings for one tiny room. Figure skating has never been this stressful - or this hot.
Back Outside Edge

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veryqueerbooks.bsky.social @veryqueerbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Okay, guys. Cat Shifters today, because why should the wolves have all the fun? Cat's Chance in Hell by Meghan Maslow Jacquin the Cat Mysteries by Alexis Duran Hexbreaker by Jordan L. Hawk #mmromance #bookrec #catshifters #gayromance

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Honestly, this is the worst part this whole movement: seeing that to pretty much everybody, no matter who they are, actor, viewer, parent, peer, what have you, it just doesn't matter at all. Being a virulent transphobe is an asset, not a liability, and nobody will say "nah, I refuse."

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Out of sheer—something—I’m going to randomly post updates on my first watch through of one of these BL dramas people talk about…. We’re going with A Winter Sun Wakes the Wind in Spring Hill’s Dream for no reason whatsoever.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Now that I’ve spent hours formatting my book with all the cute things, I guess I’d better actually buy the software, huh?

Formatting preview of a page from my book, including text bubbles and emojis

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

so as usual, it's not transgender women causing problems in women's sports -- it's cis men.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Grammar check informing me that “mouth full of his cock” isn’t correct. I should be using “mouth full around his cock.” I don’t know why grammar check yelling at my sex scene details amuses me so much, but it really, really does

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 02/08/2026

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/08/2026

When we expand the narrative around trans childhoods beyond stories of feeling wrong, we challenge the idea that you must know you're trans from the moment you become self-aware.

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Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood

"I loved being a girl, I just couldn’t see myself becoming a woman."

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 24/07/2026

It seems abundantly, ludicrously clear that the number one way we could reduce the violent crime rate is by making sure every child is wanted, protected, and loved. We should be spending billions on education and child welfare, instead of making them run on shoestring budgets.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/07/2026

SPAIN WINS SPAIN WINS 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Must give Martinez credit. I type as a ball gets past him. Still, he’s done really great work this game

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Soccer: the game where you’re not allowed to use your hands. Except when you’re getting handsy with your opponent, obviously

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I very nearly didn’t bother to watch this game. Then considered turning it off at half time. Am I ever glad I stuck with it. This game is wild

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Below are various stories under the premium tag on my website for paid subscribers - lots of queer and trans work! You can subscribe for as little as $1/month, or even $1.01 per year, and you can access all of the below, as well as new premium works as I publish them. #WriteSky #Queer #Trans

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 16/07/2026

Read it and share it! Or risk causing more harm to transmasculine people by not doing so. The choice is yours.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

good morning #portfolioday ! i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, fantasy book boxes, ttrpgs, and comics. historical fiction, fashion, & fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 🖼️ www.nooska-art.com ✉️ alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk 🛒 nooskaart.etsy.com 🌿 www.patreon.com/nooska_draws

An illustration inspired by the game Disco Elysium. It shows Kim and Harry sat at a table playing a boardgame: the boardgames features important characters and people of interest to the Hanged Man case (the case they solve over the course of the video game). Kim holds a card and looks determined while writing down notes in his notebook. Harry looks thoughtful, his hand reaching for a set of 6 sided dice.

2 portrait illustrations side by side.
1. Digital illustration divided into 3 main panels.
Panel 1: bordered like a cathedral window frame. A nobleman worriedly tends to his wounded knight. The nobleman reaches up with his handkerchief to wipe blood off the knight's face. The knight has his eyes closed.
Panel 2. bordered like a medieval pennant banner. A close-up of the nobleman's face. He looks up at his knight in worry, but in also something like awe.
Panel 3: bordered like a medieval pennant banner. A close-up of the knight's face. His eyes are open and intense, staring at his nobleman. The nobleman wipes the blood off his knight's cheek with a white handkerchief.
Around the outside of these three panels are little illustrations and motifs. A swan and a fox representing the two characters. A sword surrounded by flowers and vines. Stars. Daisies (meaning innocence and new beginnings) and edelweiss (meaning complete devotion) flowers.
2. A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.
Right: The cover for the book The Need for Dandelions by Alex Larkspur.
Two men stand back to back surrounded by depictions of dandelions. The man angled to the front is Galen. He has tan skin, red hair, and hazel eyes. A large portion of his face is covered by a burn scar. He wears a yellow tunic and brown pants, along with a pink flower pendant. He lifts up one hand, and looks concerned. The other man, facing towards the back but looks over his shoulder, is Sasha. He has light brown hair, dark brown eyes, and stubble. He is wearing leather armor and green shirt and pants. He is holding a sword.

A digital illustration of a purple, green, and grey-blue themed bookshelf. The book shelf is filled with old tomes, Victorian inspired knick-knacks such as keys, teacups, candles, and a flask of a potion. On one of the shelves there is a framed picture of an anatomical human heart, along with a skull resting on a stack of books. On another shelf, there is a bust of Diana the Greek goddess.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I kind of understand the jumping spider pet trend right now. This little guy has been hanging out with me for awhile this morning and he’s definitely growing on me. It’s like she (according to Wikipedia) wants to come home with me!

A bronze colored jumping spider rubbing her legs together on the lid of a to-go coffee cup, staring at the camera

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 08/07/2026

We can't give people second chances if they don't think they did anything wrong that warrants reflection and growth. That's not a second chance, that's just letting folks be shitheads.

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My name change is getting sent up to the judge today!!! It’s so close to official!

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

US men’s soccer team to Trump: we were doing great until you found out we existed

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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

there's something so Roman Empire about "the Senator obviously died a couple weeks ago but nobody is allowed to say it"

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Anyone in Seattle looking for tickets for today's game? My friend's buddies missed their flight 🤦‍♂️ He's got 2, $1500 each (what he paid) but you won't have to pay the additional fees. HMU if you're interested.

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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 06/07/2026

I love this for everyone involved

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Bastian Writes (has no idea what he’s doing) @rain-midnight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I appreciate that (from what I’ve seen) this ref seems to be unwilling to take any shenanigans on his pitch, especially after the last few games

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J. Tomala (MM/Queer Romance Writer) @authorjtomala.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The heatwave is over (for now), but summer isn't, so I made a short and sweet reading list of lesser-known #gayromance #books for you guys to check out this summer. #bookrecs #mmromance

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