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SciFiMagpie

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Author, artist, parent. Very queer and disabled. Writer, jewelry-maker, knitter. Love D&D/TTRPGs, folklore, science, cats. May contain politics. She/her or xe/xer/xis. www.scifimagpie.com

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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 22/09/2026
Bonus stuff: ✦ Magic: The Gathering custom cards, alters, and alter sleeves ✦ Pokémon custom cards and art ✦ My Ko-fi for one-offs tips ✦ My Patreon if you wish to support me long term, with proper rewards coming as soon as I pick myself up
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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 23/09/2026
Still need your help!
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So one of my friends who is multiply disabled and multiply queer is at risk of being homeless and is currently like, on their back, with a serious injury. They're applying for disability and stuff, but they're flat broke. Anything helps; please pass it on. www.paypal.com/qrcodes/p2pq... #mutualaid
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
And now OpenAI is out with their big announcement. If you're hearing about "AI does a math breakthru!!1!!!" please read the resources in this thread. Also, journalists, please, do not let OpenAI pull the wool over your eyes.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yesterday would have been my father's 76th birthday. My first Sept. 7th without him. I penned an essay about why journalism and union organizing are acts of political love. What my Father Taught Me About Fighting for Journalism in a Loveless, Lying Society karenattiah.substack.com/p/what-my-fa...
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What my Father Taught Me About Fighting for Journalism in a Loveless, Lying Society
On Labor Day what bell hooks, my father, and the labor movement taught me about truth, love, and solidarity
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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 60th, Star Trek. Live Long and prosper.
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Narrative Matters (@itsnarrative on Twitter) @narrativematters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The evil Confederate translation of Les Misérables: "We've omitted parts Hugo meant only for French readers, like the sentences condemning slavery." Victor Hugo: "I wrote my classic novel 'Do Not Oppress People' for literally every person and country in the world."
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In May, 1863, at Richmond, Virginia, appeared the first volume
of the Confederate translation of Les Miserables, which was intended
to be a vast improvement over the Yankee version of Charles E.
Wilbour. As the " Editor's Preface " states (I, p. iv) : " The trans-
lation (= Wilbour's) which has been adopted as the basis of the
present reprint, although in the main spirited and faithful, is dis-
figured by numerous errors and misapprehensions of peculiar French
idioms, some of them even of a ludicrous nature. The work of revising
and correcting it for republication was commenced by that accom-
plished scholar, Professor A. Dimitry; but the pressure of other
engagements having compelled that gentleman to give up the under-
taking after he had progressed as far as page 49 of this edition, the
task of revision was entrusted by the publishers to the present editor,
. . ."(Signed) "A. F."
It was the original intention that the translation should be nearly
complete. Omitted, however, were to be " several long, and ... rather
rambling disquisitions . . . exclusively intended for the French readers
of the book." Moreover, the editor added: "A few scattered sentences,
reflecting on slavery-which the author, with strange inconsistency,
has thought fit to introduce into a work written mainly to denounce
the European systems of labor as gigantic instruments of tyranny and
oppression-it has also been deemed advisable to strike out . . . theText reading:

words in the original French. Hugo explained his ambitions for the novel to his Italian publisher:[24]

    I don't know whether it will be read by everyone, but it is meant for everyone. It addresses England as well as Spain, Italy as well as France, Germany as well as Ireland, the republics that harbour slaves as well as empires that have serfs. Social problems go beyond frontiers. Humankind's wounds, those huge sores that litter the world, do not stop at the blue and red lines drawn on maps. Wherever men go in ignorance or despair, wherever women sell themselves for bread, wherever children lack a book to learn from or a warm hearth, Les Misérables knocks at the door and says: "open up, I am here for you".
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Ash, apparently @arreffbee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
AI does not belong in education. I'm sorry but it doesn't. Unless the purpose of the class is explicitly "how to use AI without getting AI brain rot" I haven't yet encountered a good reason for students to use it.
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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I keep saying that chatbots show how many people absolutely *ache* to be enslavers I wonder how often Confederates would've said "slavery is here to stay"
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Refusing to use AI isn’t a recalcitrant position. It’s the moral one. There is too much wrong with how this is happening to just “if you can’t beat em join em” this. It’s a lack of consent machine. An environmental destruction machine. An emotional and cognitive numbing machine.
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@maryharris.bsky.social you did great, but not super thrilled with "what Democrats need to do to win". "What about a little bigotry against trans people as a treat?" Your pushback was great, but idk, fucking Mamdani didn't need to "lean centre" about this and neither have other candidates.
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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 25/08/2026
Magical creature, a cuckoo wasp (Chrysis conica) 💙💚🖤 Found this one trapped in a window frame, tuckered out just enough to not immediately fly away after I freed it. #bugsky
A gorgeous iridescent metallic blue/green wasp with black eyes on a white semicircle (my disconnected flash diffuser) on a white background. The wasp's body armor is dimpled all over as if finely hammered.
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The AMOC is being disrupted and climate tipping points are happening and you dipshits are arguing about the feelings of AI.
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I'm terrible at marketing my own books but it's posting here or dancing on tiktok and I can't dance to save myself
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is, and I am not even joking, going to fuck up so many hyperlexic kids. I got accused of plagiarism because I used the word “porous” in a sixth grade paper and that shit sticks with you, if not on the permanent record, then in the childhood.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/07/2026
Break this company up.
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
UPDATE: The city is FINALLY listening & has put Ali on a priority list to get into a hotel by the end of the week They'll still need $$ for food and to replace essentials that were stolen, but there might be an end in sight
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/05/2026
So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
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Spencer M Ross @srossmktg.com · 07/07/2026
If you want to avoid these AI generations of your Instagram posts, without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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Stephen Graham King🍉 @stephengrahamking.com · 25/05/2026
I loathe the cult of the car.
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by hazel (@sodiumPen) on X(dot)com

europeans will ride a train going 200 mph through the alps while drinking wine and americans will sit in traffic on 1-95 for three hours eating a gas station sandwich and say "at least i have my freedom" brother you are imprisoned by a honda accord

9:59 PM 3/27/26
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 22/01/2026
Enrichment is so important
A sphinx attempts to catch a harpy in her claws. The harpy looks deeply unamused.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/07/2026
Like, imagine all your friends yelling at fictional characters in real time alongside you like you’re watching sports. That would be so fun.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/07/2026
I think book clubs should sometimes be all of us getting together and reading books to each other out loud, because I imagine this is the experience everyone must be getting from me live-posting my first Austen. It’s fun to read together! We should do it as grownups!
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/07/2026
CLASSIC to misspell “misspell” when addressing misspelling
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/07/2026
I had to stop and take a few minutes to doodle out a little dreamt visual of Mr Darcy.
A portrait drawing of Mr Darcy, a handsome man with a taciturn expression turned away from the viewer. He is also surrounded by hearts and such, a personal touch by the artist.
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Julia Kaye, lovergirl era @upandoutcomic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
girlhood is everywhere for those with the eyes to see 🥹💜
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Tristan Cooper @tristanacooper.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
book meme, left is pride and prejudice a giant book

on the right is pride and prejudice if lydia had a gun

1/4 of it is dedicated to defeating lady catherine de bourgh
3/4 of it is taking the gun away from lydia
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 22/06/2026
I’m trying to convince people that reading is fun because you can yell at the book like it’s sports
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Nem @emmatypesstuff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries adapts this SO well - Lizzie and Charlotte are both grad students and Collins wants a partner for his new slop video firm. He makes an 'attractive offer' and Charlotte eventually grabs it because a well paid partnership means more than her financially risky degree.
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 01/07/2026
I’ve been haunted by the transition from this worldview to the legacy of it in two books I read nearly back to back, LOLLY WILLOWES by Sylvia Townsend Warner & THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE — both feature unmarried adult women seeking autonomy from family in ways that overlaps with the supernatural
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𝕲𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖛𝖆 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑 @godivaghoul.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
All the Right Things
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Princess Natalie 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦀✡️ @nattygo.me · 02/07/2026
A reminder that they are obsessed with us because our existence blurs the rigid distinctions between the sexes that they rely on to enforce a strict gender hierarchy
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Israel and Russia are both engaging in genocidal wars of conquest and should be stopped.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hildegard recommends humans wear overalls, because they have oh so many pockets for a noodle to be properly chauffeured around in
A snake hanging out in my overall pocket as we enjoy a sunny day in the yard
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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Big-Ass Pride Shawl
Auction item 'Big-Ass Pride Shawl' hosted online at 32auctions.
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I went in expecting delicious drama and mess. I found hard self insights and truths waiting for me. What is everyone missing about the Lindy West story? Dr Devon Price and I can tell you. open.substack.com/pub/scifimag...
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The Vivisection of Lindy West
Adult Braces is getting a vicious backlash. Why?
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Pretty happy with these cookies and pizza tonight. This cookie recipe is The One. I love her. Notes: 1 tbsp baking powder instead of baking soda A whisper of cinnamon is magnificent www.noracooks.com/vegan-chocol...
Sultry orange brocade curtain overshadows seductive salted chocolate chip cookies Two vegetable and cheese pizzas, one circular and one rectangular. Both are homeley and home made.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 01/06/2026
Oh boy oh boy oh boy
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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🌈tempestuous M/NB-I romance 🌈a widow with a mane 🌈found family + complicated bio family 🌈aroace besties who ran away from home to save their friendship Get Zimanges and 36 other queer books for just $40! itch.io/b/3676/pride...
Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #2: Pride Hard with a Vengeance
Fear the Wood Jeremy Rayne; The White Ribband Mason Hawthorne; The Cruel Gods The Thirteenth Hour Trudie Skies; Zimanges M C Burnell; A Study on Magic and Crystal May Barros; Awry With Dandelions J S Fields; Candy Apples Aleksander E Petit; Colors of Magic Liz Sauco; Imposter J M Rose; Common Accord K N Brindle; Consciousness Soup Girlie machine; Crown of Ivy Victoria Audley; Eating At Chain Restaraunts in the Future Cayce Kolodny; Echo Sight Cian Verati; Event Horizon Dan Bispo; Fools Rush In Sarah Clowder; Forest of the Morning Emmylou Kotze; Forgotten Gods Alina Lee; Goblin Girl K A Mielke; Her Majesty Alex Zandra Van Chestein; Hooked Sidney Quinn; I Knew Him Abigail de Niverville; Jane and the Sea Wight E M Anderson; Lantern Burgundy Athena Pendragon; Lifes a Zoo Snow Lupinwood; Many Drops Make a Stream Adrian Harley; Pane Bailey Elizabeth; Rainbow Islands Devin Harnois; Second Glance A E Bennett; The Killing Song Felix Graves; The Mycelium Palace S M Reiher; The Rising Dark Celia Thorn; The Stars Will Guide Us Back Rue Sparks; The Wolf And His Witch Elis Madsen; The Wonders of Mundus Talia Elliott Besler; When I Had Fears Holly Penrose; Wish Lists Lead to This Kay ClaireDear Friends, I want to tell you the story of the book I submitted to this bundle. I had just been told by someone I love that the rather chaste ftb gays in my stories were too sexual and it was offensive. This flipped a lightswitch for me. I saw the real meaning behind the words, and understood what I was being told was ‘you’re gross, and I can only tolerate it so long as I don’t have to look at it.’ In response, I wrote the loudest, queerest book I could muster, and wrote myself into it pointedly.  I was mad, I was filled with wrath, and what I created to express it turned out to be this funny cozy fantasy about friendship and people being silly and reckless because sometimes you just need to. Also, a heist. Don’t forget the heist.
Anyway, that’s my story and this is my book. If you’ve seen it around and been curious, this is a great time to pick it up at a steal and support a bunch of other queer creators along the way.
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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
If it helps at all, I know for a fact I will be running queervc Wednesday night. We are trying very hard to build a community here where everybody feels seen. That our shoppers are the ones who put this together warms my cold dead heart.
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@maryharris.bsky.social Heyyy Mary, I just wanted to compliment your work over the years on hosting What Next. One of my fave podcasts and extremely comforting in these dire times. I do have some feedback about a recent ep though...
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Kurodou @kurodzuchi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Nah, the Redwall feasts were an iconic part of my childhood, and I never finished Ice and Fire. Also Mariel was a formative heroine for me! I've definitely seen at least one cookbook, but in the name of canon and fairness they gotta come out with a pescatarian one
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Kurodou @kurodzuchi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Yeee, I'd be more invested in the existential threat to the world of ASOIAF if it contained the occasional element that was more positive 'fleeting, complicated, and morally fraught pleasure'
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Brian Jacques is a better writer than George RR Martin and you can't convince me otherwise
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Hey so if you’re a man with an XX partner or child that you care about, I need you to read this thread because shit is not going to change unless cis men start not being okay with this stuff.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026
Comparing people’s living conditions in 1901 to now is already silly & serves no meaningful purpose so let’s talk about numbers that matter to Alive People In 2016 Elon Musk’s wealth was 11 billion dollars. Today it is 800 billion dollars. Federal minimum wage in 2009 was 7.25. Today it is 7.25.
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SciFiMagpie @scifimagpie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So my friend's buddy is really struggling, and in danger of homelessness. If you can spare even a dollar or two - or if you can't, please share! - it all helps. gofund.me/313de841d?sf...
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Donate to Support Donnie's Fight Against Disability and Poverty, organized by Donnie Cianciotto
My name is Donovan (Donnie) Cianciotto. I live in Queens with … Donnie Cianciotto needs your support for Support Donnie's Fight Against Disability and Poverty
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 10/04/2026
A mod in /r/Canadaland says Jesse is planning to publish personal info that could compromise the safety of his family. “Other, legitimate journalists have managed to uncover this [information] before and have declined to publish it because of the safety risks.” Source: www.reddit.com/r/canadaland...
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Jesse Brown Doxxing, Round 2

So, Jesse Brown reached out with additional doxxing threats (posed in the vein of a question).
This one in particular threatens my safety due to high exposure to mentally ill folks who regularly issue death threats.
If I lived alone, I'd just go ahead and post his big reveal.
But I don't. I live with my wife and my dogs, who this also threatens.
Jesse Brown has been provided with samples of the threats that he'd be providing my name to. He is choosing to go ahead anyway.
I should note that other, legitimate journalists have managed to uncover this before and have declined to publish it because of the safety risks, and because they ultimately decided it wasn't particularly newsworthy.
I'm hoping he reconsiders, but if not, I guess we'll have a discussion after he posts.
Responses will be slow, as his timing is for when I am out of town on work stuff.
Anyway, I was supposed to be getting on the road right away, but have to take a bit of extra time doing some security planning before I go.
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Lexi Bee (475-1000 left for car! ) @lexibee69.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Now we on late fees. Any little bit helps me catch up on my final debt!
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