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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026

this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 12h

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4

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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That reminds me, I wrote an essay on this feeling (and the work of Leslie Feinberg) pretty recently. “I write this because I want to bring disability, pain, and illness into the image of butchness and I want to show that it has always been there.” butchanarchy.medium.com/butch-abilit...

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Butch Ability

Butch Ability Butches hold open doors. Butches arm ourselves and patrol around the local queer bars in order to protect other queer folks from bashers. Butches use power tools, build sheds, haul the …

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☣️ THE DISASTYR ZONE ☣️ @disastyrzone.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

A lot of people think it's an orca but that's actually a common misconception en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boops_b...

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Boops boops - Wikipedia

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liz duck-chong @lizduckchong.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

every time a queer woman says they need "a butch" to do some DIY a femme with a toolbox in her car loses a feather from her wings

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

mine is here too ☠️ search your titles, author name didnt pull it up

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al-boo @captainacabairbud.myatproto.social · 30/05/2025

having narcolepsy, or as i call it “doing an irish goodnight”

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

hearin a lot about how based this pic is bc of the shirt n not NEARLY enough about the mask !! the shirt goes incredibly hard do not get me wrong but the choice to wear a respirator literally causes a change in the physical environment resulting in cleaner air for all nearby—talk about based !!!!!

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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Happy Disability Pride Month! Here are some disabled SFF writers and writers who write SFF about disability to follow: @annabookwriter.bsky.social @risawolf.bsky.social @katemontgomery.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @larkmorganlu.bsky.social @ringwrites.bsky.social 3/

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Sarakas @sarakas.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Happy Pride, here’s my stack of book recs if you want a Hot* Butch Summer ❤️‍🔥 (*sometimes sad) + recs I don’t have physical copies of: The Scales of Seduction by Rien Gray These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark Lemme know your recs! #booksky #pride #butch

A stack of books, spines facing outward, sitting atop a fireplace mantle. From top to bottom the books are: Boulder by Eva Baltasar. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo. Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark. Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang. Mrs. S by K. Patrick. Spear by Nicola Griffith. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. The Duke by Anna Cowan. The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan. The Unbroken by C.L. Clark. The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman. Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin. Metal From Heaven by August Clarke. The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson. Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling. Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta. The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri.

The meme of Saoirse Ronan from the Little Women movie but instead of the caption reading “Women—“ it instead reads “Butches—“

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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

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Jennifer Hudak @jenniferhudak.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I am still in shock...!!! Thank you so very much to everyone who read and voted for "The World To Come"! And HUGE thanks to both @strangehorizons.bsky.social and @sfwa.bsky.social -- I could not be more honored! 💙

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

authors: your work may have already had a huge impact on someone who youve never met and you will never know this unless they tell you readers: tell them

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

they also didnt get paid during the govt shutdown 🫩

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Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com · 01/04/2026

People think covering a NASA launch is super glamorous but it’s usually more “eating an adult lunchable out of a cooler in the trunk of your car” than it is rocket launches. Can’t beat that view though.

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

one of my fave stories of last year tbhhh its incredible!! pinky & pepper forever but make it cyberpunk vibes

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Nova & Mali @novamali.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

FUCK ICE! We’re running a fundraiser to benefit The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota and The Food Group MN. 100% of proceeds from our sale will be donated, split 50/50. www.novaandmali.com/shop

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

sara killing it as always ‼️

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/01/2026

Appears this is also true for fascism.

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ceej @ceej.online · 11/01/2026

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

FEELIN' PRETTY NOW OR NEVER TO ME

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SUMMER ETERNAL @summereternal.com · 23/12/2025

As promised in our newsletter, we're organizing a giveaway of the Summer Eternal Anthology Deluxe Firestarter Bundle! To enter: 1. Follow us 2. Repost this post Winner receives one free pre-order for the Anthology Deluxe Bundle.

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ConCurrent Seattle @concurrentseattle.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It's awards eligibility season and we at ConCurrent are definitely eligible for one award: the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. However, if you think we're a good fit for other awards, please do consider us! Short fact thread incoming. 1/

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

a love-hate letter to the game of my childhood 😌

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

windows into the soul

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Effie Seiberg is a spooky Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work. Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 15/11/2025

I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever

A photo of a woman in pink in a wheelchair. She has an intubation for oxygen. She looks up at the viewer. Words:

This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing
Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine ! would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin.
We need more stories about us and our culture.
You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
may her memory

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

developed some film i accidentally partially exposed to light and it made this pic from worldcon look like star trek transporter sfx

worldcon hall C with an orange-and-white light leak beam superimposed in the middle

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

"lauren are you okay all you ever do is retweet the streets and sodium lights quote" no. but its somewhere to be

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.

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Summer Fletcher @summerfletcher.com · 10/09/2025

Tired: check on your strong friends (unclear, mixed framework) Wired: relieve your strong friends of their watch (actionable, rest-specific, provides care within the fortified edifice wrought by himbo brain weasels)

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TJ Berry @tjberry.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Wow... 75% funded in less than a day!! Help us push our sapphic adventure anthology over the finish line!! 🏳️‍🌈😍🦄

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/ www.patreon.com/posts/138349...

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Genre Grapevine on the Anthropic AI Settlement | Jason Sanford

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

YOU - (Look at your wrist.) “It's apocalypse o' clock. Time to commence the Gloaming.”

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cal? @calgif.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

For sale: ship of theseus Condition: used, like new

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

realized i have not yet catposted here so good moomin morning to you all

big white cat sleeping on a purple cat tree with light falling on him in celestial shapes from a star and moon cutout curtain

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Many authors have searched The Atlantic's LibGen database of pirated titles to see if they are listed there. However, I've uncovered that authors of short fiction aren't always discoverable there. Here's how I discovered more of my short fiction in the list. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 28/08/2025

Yet another night of terror for our friends in Gaza City 🚨 The giving circle supports 6 families + a displacement camp of fifteen more in Jabalia. Anything is bold, life-sustaining, and hopeful, especially if you click "weekly." 2202/2500 by Saturday. chuffed.org/project/hope...

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Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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Lauren Ring @ringwrites.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

im missing just one very apt square from #BookBingoNW2025 and would love some recommendations for books about hope!! looking for fiction only and preferably scifi :) (alt text has no authors/editors bc character limit but feel free to ask abt any of the books and im happy to give more info!)

Book bingo adult summer reading 2025 sheet with all squares filled in except "Hope". Other squares include stickers and writers/editors of the following: Suggested by a Library Worker is Hijab Butch Blues, SAL Speaker is H of H Playbook, Grief is Blood Sweat Glitter, PNW Nature is Nature Obscura, Censorship is The Memory Police, Author from Another Continent is The Sunforge, Suggested by an Independent Bookseller is A Physical Eduation, Flower on the Cover is Death in Yellowstone, Intergenerational Friendship is FutureDyke, New-to-You Format is Pinky & Pepper Forever (Special Edition), Dystopia is Wool, Found Family is The Brief History of the Dead, Resistance is A Country of Ghosts, Humor is How Could You, Disability is Skin Tooth and Bone, Great Escapes is The WIll of the Many, Monsters is The Hollow Places, Read in Public is Nigerians in Space, BIPOC Historical Fiction is Last Night at the Telegraph Club, One Big Book is The Sun and the Void, Gender Bender is The Sapling Cage, and Buddy Read is Psycho Nymph Exile

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Stephen Granade @granades.com · 22/08/2025

i summarized my story for you, your welcome

A @dril tweet re-written to say “TELEPORTING may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,”

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Weyodi OldBear- The Root and The Seed is available. @weyodi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Next year's WorldCon is in Los Angeles, and the theme appears to be Westward Expansion or possibly Manifest Destiny. The guests are referred to as Pioneers and the venue as The Frontier. This year the awards were swept by Indigenous writers. The choice is stunning in its ugliness.

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