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I'm flattered to be mentioned alongside so many fantastic game writers! Everyone go and play Fallen London to experience these stories and so much more. @failbettergames.com

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Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down

These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.

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ceej @ceej.online · 4h

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7h

Oh: I really can’t emphasize enough how useful it is to check — literally right now, do it. Likely, it’s peace of mind in a couple of minutes. At worst, you still have time (barely) to remedy it.

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Sa-ilent Hill Bajaj @sahilbajaj.dev · 30/09/2026

The Bronx zoo has a Himalayan Snow Leopard cub and her name is Sarka 🥹

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6h

If you've ever wondered where to start reading my books, I have a guide here: www.courtneymilan.co... /jb

A bookshelf, bookending by a dragon head and tail, with books by Courtney Milan in series, separated by little book nooks showing miniature tableaus.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 8h

I am learning the left version of government mandated girlfriends is "you have to work with that guy. he said sorry."

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 11h

The Borb of Judgement #SpookyNature #birds 🌿

A black and white closeup photo of a very round black bird staring towards the camera in a threatening fashion.

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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 6h

This is another great example of retail politics. It’s minimal impact for cars etc, huge benefit to neighborhoods and safety. If anyone. Complains they get treated like a Halloween Scrooge. Solid win

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When mask bans were first being enacted, disabled people warned they marked a return to Ugly Laws. They were a crucial step towards eliminating us from public life. They were designed to make us hide away, unable to safely exist in public. Disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 7h

I feel like “everyone could use a snack and a nap” is applicable at basically all times these days

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 8h

Kiddo and I got our Nuvaxovid covid shots today, with only minimal lying to get around the “oh kids don’t need to be vaccinated unless they’re high risk” bullshit

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　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 14h

PRO TiP: to avoid a crisis of identity after someone you had a parasocial attachment to is revealed to have done something awful, try not making a parasocial relationship part of your identity

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 9h

My other ride is a camelsaurus

Color photo of panel of white speckled terra cotta in the shade, depicting a creature with a camel-like head and neck, but with a hump that takes up the rest of the body and squat legs. Also ridges along back and curled tail. Dude is hauling a flat transport sled.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Every time a historical costumer posts that they’ve modified a technique to allow for not getting fucking heat stroke, people have a cow. Gonna let you in on a little secret that is not at all secret, you just don’t get it: Climate change completely aside, it was colder in the past.

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Adele Buck @adelebuck.com · 9h

If you have an agent and you've liked my work and think I should query them (even better if you're willing to give me a referral) then I'd be SO happy to hear it!

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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 10h

Everyone who makes comics is cool and is doing a good job.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10h

"I don't mean to downplay sexual assault..." Stop right there. Cease. Desist.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 11h

every time i get suckered in by a "but what about all the useful stuff AI does in my life??" argument the useful stuff is either "something you could google in two seconds" or "highly-skilled labor you don't have and therefore can't fact check"

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 12h

Inevitably the discourse turns to "restorative justice," which I think is deeply misunderstood because there is a sort of corporatized version that got copied and pasted as a policy for institutions looking for an easier answer. (Very similar to "anti bias" trainings).

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 13h

Depended a little on the person but in general you'd use maps for places you weren't familiar with and you'd sometimes have to stop and ask for directions. That's pretty literally it. And yeah, you'd remember steps to get somewhere and if you learned to navigate a city pre-GPS you probably still do.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13h

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 11h

i think if you’re having complicated feelings about a man you looked up to being outed as a sexual abuser the thing to do is work through those feelings before/without writing an essay about it. the take economy has cooked your brain.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21h

Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13h

What’s up everyone, why are you on this one this week

Butterfly meme.
Top: folks on social media
Butterfly: Black woman
Bottom: is this my punching bag?

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Mali 💤 MCM London G-23 @sleepimali.bsky.social · 12h

My treasure 🌟

Watercolour painting of a couple of bunnies by a pink blossoming tree and a pond. One of them is fishing fallen stars out of the water with a net to put into a glass jar, as more stalls fall in the dark sky behind them and the other bunny looks at them in awe

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Heknitt @heknitt.bsky.social · 13h

Just a lil pumpkin lover 🎃 #cottagecore #spooky #fallvibes #whimsy

Knitted frog wearing a white shirt with frills at the wrists, dark grey overalls with pumpkins embroidered on it, and tiny orange shoes with white pompoms

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RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.myatproto.social · 12h

It’s because big ag wants to use the land to grow durable crops for export, like corn, soybeans, and wheat, and not for local consumption

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 19h

This is my version of the Tom Holland "Umbrella" video--I have to repost it every time I see it here.

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Gwen 🌈🌺📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good night! Red- bellied Woodpecker 🪶

A woodpecker with a red cap is climbing up a maple tree and looking to the left behind small branches

The woodpecker is walking across an arching branch with his head hidden by leaves

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Jon @arfmeasures.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

Wife: use the newspaper to get that spider down Me *reads the news out loud* Spider *depressed* holy shit

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’ve been inspired by @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social ‘s excellent spooky photos. So how about a spooky nature photo a day till Halloween? Please join me for #SpookyNature! First up is an intense looking Snapping Turtle. Or possibly Godzilla. Small creatures, beware! #herps #SpookyNature 🌿

Close up black and white photo of a large turtle’s head sticking up out of the water. It looks positively prehistoric.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Transphobes calling me "sir" don't realize I was raised on Peanuts and it just comes off in the deeply sapphic Marcie way.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Loves do I know anyone who has the time/expertise to answer some questions for our PTA about how to find/apply for grants? They are trying to cover budget shortfalls for extras for our kids and could use some guidance. They probably can’t pay, but I will make you art to barter!!

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

why do people insist on believing that you can sweet talk technofascists into behaving like they don't hate humanity--you cannot. They're not toddlers. You can't gentle parent them into not blowing up the world for a few billion more dollars.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In light of this thread, which was the 25-point meandering journey through all the things I'd learned in my first few weeks working at the airport, I've been working at a grocery store since March, one of the big national chains, and I'd like to share what I've learned there. Strap in.

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Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 02/10/2026

ICE doesn't have to exist. The End.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Then it should be used very specifically for specific jobs, with strict guardrails, and not propping up our entire economy, and being forced into everything. The same way I don’t need to know how to use, say, software for dental offices, or a forklift, most people don’t need AI.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Melita Curphy @missmonster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NOW AVAILABLE! REAL PEWTER CASTS! missmonster.bigcartel.com

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love this ❤️ People have all sorts of reasons they avoid vaccines- some as simple as this. Being open about it and having a simple thing like a friendly person helping you through it is great 👍🏻

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this is a thing that I worry about with the incel discourse. yes, people who feel they are failing at maleness in some ways can be violent misogynists. but so can "successful" men in mainstream male spaces.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 02/10/2026

But they just call EVERYTHING AI at this point and she's so confused and how coukd she not be? All she knows is that literally every time she has to interact with a computer now, it is broken and dumb.

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Edward Philips Art @edwardphilips.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Morning all. The weekend is almost upon us. Thank you for following. Please accept this as a toucan of my esteem. xx 🪶 #beakybirds

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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#boktober

My black and white drawing of a chicken sitting on a skull.

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Slowly getting there, for @skullsandsheets.bsky.social amazing auction to raise funds for domestic violence charities. Adding Mari Lwyds in appliqué & embroidery to this 1950s floral tray cloth, layering fabric fragments & embellishments from other eras, enjoying the enthusiastic amateur approach

A white lace edged tray cloth embroidered with pink blue purple and green flowers and grey spider webs, with two Mari Lwyds added in black thread embellished with pieces of a white lace doily, pearls, white buttons and beads, and a scroll with the words memento Mori embroidered in black on a scroll across the middle, the cloth is resting on a hot pink quilt

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S.H. Cooper @pippinacious.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No, YOU guys are crying! Self-publishing is hard. There's no budget, no marketing team, and a deluge of slop trying to drown you out. So making it into the top 50 new releases for horror collections is incredible 🥹 Thank you for giving my little book a chance and helping me shout about it! #booksky

A screenshot showing Death in Its Many Forms at number 49 for new releases in horror collections.

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