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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Hedorah Connolly (he/him) @byharryconnolly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Escape from Dino Island Brindlewood Bay A Town Called Malice Stonetop The last one wasn't my choice but it was quite good.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Electricians just finished work on our house yesterday; they did a great job, but it's still disruptive to live through. Some dead circuits work again, and they added some new receptacles that I'm already using.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I finally got to break out and play The Questing Beast after it'd been on my shelf for two decades. It was a great time, even with a short session. (Full blog writeup here: www.scottrpg.com/llamafodder/... ). I'll repeat it below for Bluesky.

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The Questing Beast – Llamafodder

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Post a tree you photographed:

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 07/07/2025

For those who need it, I've updated my #Uplift feed: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Waking up and preparing for a day at towerporchfest.org. At noon I'll be watching No Shop Talk at the duck stage, a block south of the Tower theater!

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Tower Porchfest

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng was deep and strange and intimate. It’s mostly about two families that tangle into each other – Mia and Pearl rent a house from the Richardsons – Trip, Lexie, Moody, Izzy, William and Elena. #booksky

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Blood over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang was bold. Her main character, Sciona, is very focused. She falls into the realm of extraordinary competence and skill- appropriate for a glass-ceiling breaker- and the narrative doesn’t flinch from giving her some common flaws associated with driven people.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki is a relatively straightforward book about cynicism, optimism, and skepticism. It’s also a touching tribute a fellow researcher and friend (Emile) told in anecdotes throughout the book. #booksky

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Siege of Tilpur (by Brian McClellan) was an interesting universe (with Powder Mages in a colonial setting); with a strong main character well positioned to demonstrate lots of angles to the setting. Jury Duty by Jim Bucher was a fun Dresden interlude; it's easy to slip back into that world.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The Hall of the Diamond Queen (by Anthony Ryan) was effective - I kept thinking about the Voice and implied history well after finishing. The Ethical Heresy (by Sam Sykes) leaned hard on the costs of compliance with injustice, with a fascinating (and relatable) viewpoint character.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Uncharming (by Deliah Dawson) was a very creepy look at a weird underworld, Mark Lawrence's A Good Name was an interesting take on a culture of honor, and went in an interesting direction to capture good lessons about maturity.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I particularly liked Madwalls (by Rachel Caine) for the engaging lead character and parental relationship. Dichotomy of Paradigms (by Mary Robinette) was almost campy in a good way - when you're contracted to make a pirate look good, art goes interesting places.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The short story was from The Great Way series - a sad tale about a doomed subject kingdom on the eve of its freedom. There were lots of other interesting stories; many clearly set in new to me worlds, and would probably appreciate more with context. Like The Way Into Oblivion for others.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I recently read Unbound, collected short stories by Shawn Speakman. It was mixed - with fascinating to me introductions to new authors, and some new short stories from old favorites. I was looking forward to Harry Connolly's story, had no idea what it'd be, but I like the worlds that he writes.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I wrote this for myself and posted it to my blog as a form of accountability to remind myself to avoid the outrage/despair cycle. In honor of FDR’s CCC, I’m calling my rubric the 5Cs: Cope/curate Care Connect Construct Challenge imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...

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The 5 Cs: a rubric for getting through the storm | I Make Up Worlds

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It'll be a while before my friends reach critical mass here, but with Facebook imitating X-was-twitter in pushing people out, maybe we'll coalesce.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It was well written and moving; a lot of hard choices. The many minor frictions - even with people and agencies ostensibly helping - was rough. We're often told to give money to food banks - they can leverage it much better than we can -- but the same applies to individuals.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

I just finished rereading @byharryconnolly.bsky.social's The Great Way trilogy. It's excellent and avoids a lot of unconscious tropes, and includes a period of dynamic growth after a terrible disruption to the status quo. Way into Chaos starts-- and doesn't end as a first book is expected to.

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ScottM @scottmoose.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

I'm a big fan of Becky Chamber's books. I've loved them all, but the Monk and Robot books have been so charmingly and sparsely written that I finished, waited a few minutes, and began reading them again. (A Prayer for the Crown Shy follows A Psalm for the Wild Built.)

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