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Matt Siegel @mattsiegel.bsky.social · 3h

mari needs immediate help with shelter, meds, and food; see links in thread

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Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social · 12h

Happy spooky season! 🎃

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 12h

Me 30 September vs 1 October ☠️💅

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 12h

Phil Keeling's Be Not Afraid is a five star debut of Southern weird fiction and religious horror: a hellbender hunt, a wounded angel in the cellar and a TV chef's last show. gnofhorror.com/be-not-afraid-by-phi…

be not afraid by phil keeling book cover

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 15h

PS Keith Rosson’s Crone is so crazy fucking good, a grief-noir crime thriller with Cronenbergian drugs and cryptid black magic that’s predicated on shitty fatherhood as the baseline curse of America.

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Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 21h

New pinned post. Hi there, I’m Costa, a writer obsessed with the void. My new short story collection SUCH EARLY FANGS is out now. Get everything you need @ - costak.wordpress.com

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 12h

The Crone in Horror: Witches, Folklore and Keith Rosson’s Crone gnofhorror.com/the-crone-in-horror-…

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Imy @autisticimy.bsky.social · 22h

is anyone able to give me some advice on writing a cover letter for a couple of jobs going

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 22h

The 12yo has declared it Hawaiian Monk Seal Awareness Day! The only seal endemic to Hawai’i & one of the most endangered seals, they got their name from skin folds around the neck like a monk’s caul. They eat fish, cephalopods & crustaceans Some of you might remember their eel snorting fad.

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Hawaiian monk seal - Wikipedia

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The 12yo has declared it Terre-de-Haut Racer Awareness Day! This endangered snake only lives on 2 small islands in the Lesser Antilles: Terre-de-Haut and Terre-de-Bas. It feeds on lizards & small rodents. It can reach a metre in length. Harmless but might release a “cloacal secretion” if disturbed.

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Terre-de-Haut racer - Wikipedia

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Sarah Clowder (she/they) @sarah-clowder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's the first book of three. Book two is 90% complete and was going to release next year. Book three is also almost complete. I'm terrified of sounding desperate, but it's felt like a total flop and I have zero motivation to keep going. The characters are delightful. There's so much love. Please.

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Sarah Clowder (she/they) @sarah-clowder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please consider giving my book a try. I have a free preview if you're unsure. It's full of queer characters, magic, demons, gods, found family, second chances, and so much more.

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you for coming to #NotAloneTalk today and enjoy the rest of your day/evening/night! Take cae, and remember - like these penguins, you are not alone.

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Penguins Huddle on Grassy Terrain

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 23h

#NotAloneTalk what's a good thing from today? Me: I found some biscuits I'd forgotten about at work. Also, it's from yesterday but The Great British Bake-Off episode 2 was fun. (And that's all I'm saying - no spoilers, we have North Americans here who can't see episodes for three days).

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 23h

#NotAloneTalk today is World Stroopwafel Day! Stroopwafels are delicious syrup waffles from the Netherlands. If you place them over a hot drink they go soft as the syrup melt. Who likes stroopwafels?

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Daelmans Stroopwafels & Coffee Moment

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 23h

Welcome to #NotAloneTalk, our daily chat anyone can join in. To join, use the hashtag i all your posts and replies. How is everybody?

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you for coming to #OCDTalkHour this week! Feel free to keep the conversations going. Take care and see you next week. I'm off to #NotAloneTalk. #MadSky also have a chat at 8pm UK time every Wed.

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Lucy 🌘✨🍃🌷🌖 @enoughofthis4.bsky.social · 23h

It is. And it's a good point that it's still really running the show. #OCDTalkHour

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georgebikes.bsky.social @georgebikes.bsky.social · 23h

Hi all, hope everyone is doing OK. I'm also in avoidance mode I think, which is not good long term but also means OCD isn't ruining every day, but it sort of means it is running the show really. It's exhausting isn't it.

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Lucy 🌘✨🍃🌷🌖 @enoughofthis4.bsky.social · 23h

It can go both ways for me, too. I find if I'm just out walking for exercise, the thoughts tend to whirl. If I'm going somewhere specific and it's not a long walk, or if I have company, the odds of it being a good experience are better. #OCDTalkHour

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An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Last day. I still have a fairly significant chunk left. :-/

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Lucy 🌘✨🍃🌷🌖 @enoughofthis4.bsky.social · 23h

address that (if they have time given the limitations often put on them by insurance), but it definitely seems like it would help prevent backsliding. I'm pretty sure these are common themes (I remember someone who went to a residential program and they had a group session on "guilt"). #OCDTalkHour

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Lucy 🌘✨🍃🌷🌖 @enoughofthis4.bsky.social · 23h

You may want to start a new thread for this, but I'll just put it here for now. Continuing with your discussion of using therapy to get into what drives the obsessions, and dealing with hyper-responsibility and some other stuff. I suspect the best OCD therapists probably

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Bert Piedmont author and editor @bertpiedmont.bsky.social · 23h

Submissions for Queering Cthulhu are OPEN a few hours early. Please spread the word to your #LGBTQ+ writing brethren. #subcall #cthulhu #queerhorror obsidianbutterfly.com/qrcthsub.html

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 23h

#OCDTalkHour topic - do people like walking? Does it calm you down or just give your thoughts more time to whirl around? For me it can be either. Mostly it's good but sometimes it's bad.

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just gonna re-post this because I like @ocdukcharity.bsky.social, walking and Autumn. #OCDTalkHour

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Welcome to #OCDTalkHour, our weekly chat about all things OCD. Topics are in different threads, this is the hi-how-are-you thread. Hi! How are you? Remember this is a public forum, so only share what you're comfortable with.

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Sara S. Messenger サラ @smessenger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The account that posted the call for help literally got deleted between me reposting this an hour ago and me checking my notifications. BlueSky is horrible

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Ahmed's family is still crying out for the basic support they need for his care. Treatment he needs is cheap by Western standards, only $140. So there's no reason he should lack for this. This boy's life is in danger & you see him every day. His family feels so helpless. Please boost & give.

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 30/09/2026

Thank you for protecting cat's identity, Google Maps

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Sam Dobbie @sam1982379.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OCDTalkHour will be today (Wednesday) at 7pm UK time. I'll be hosting. What would people like to talk about?

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026

Let me tell ya a story of the last remaining female Karure, Old Blue, who birthed enough babies to save her entire species when only five were left... *banjo twingles* seriously though, these birds are amazing.

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026

🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi

A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.

A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.

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Oftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @pepsffk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💔 My little daughter, Kinda, is growing up, but her body isn't. Malnutrition is stealing her childhood. She urgently needs nutritious food and vitamins, but we simply can't afford them. We're trying to raise $200 for her food and vitamins. gofund.me/4d998a9f7

Fundraising appeal for Rania and her four children from Gaza after their home was destroyed, showing a girl with a cast, a girl holding a cat, a boy in a tent, and a child using an inhaler, framed by pink flowers and a QR code.

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For Silent Film Day, I suggest that we all emulate Dreyer's Vampyr by writing a narrative in which some queer nerd wanders around looking at spooky shit until he gets so overwhelmed he blacks out and has a nightmare that solves things. (For "he" substitute "they," or "she," or whatever.)

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Quentin B.Yale @quentinbyale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Artist! Quote with your art with the best shadows! www.deviantart.com/bandageburri...

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It*s Where Our Demons *Hyde*

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