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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t understand how long Covid can be a thing of controversy. Are we really out here saying the pandemic was simply a matter of “you died or you didn’t”? That’s not how anything works, and it’s more infuriating this “live or die” false dichotomy is coming from some of the medical pros as well.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 17/09/2026

Non-US writers, I checked with the Anthropic settlement folks and we do need to file W-8 BEN forms to avoid IRS tax withholding. Thanks to the nice helpline people for the response. Here is the form: www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...

If you are not a US resident, provide Form W-8BEN: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf

This allows you to certify nonresident status. Upload your documentation in the update information portal. You will need your claim number and the email address used to submit your claim.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺

A translucent blue glass vessel shaped like a boat, with a curved hull, upturned ends, and small protruding feet for support. The surface has visible cracks. A soft shadow is cast beneath the object on a neutral background.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For the first time in my life, I'm buying shoes* to deal with a difficult situation. * I normally buy shoes only once in a blue moon and basically wear the same pair until it falls apart. I haven't had sneakers since I was a teen (probably early teens: I had a pair of lovely white high Kangaroos)

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Watching your parents age and become frail is *hard*. Today, we had to call the ambulance for my dad because he had difficulties breathing. It turns out he has fluid in his lungs. My mom was near to tears and was nearly trembling bec she was so nervous. She's now at the hospital with my dad...

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Deborah Feldman @deborahfeldman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We know exactly who threatens our safety btw. We know where the threats, the hate, the abuse come from. Spoiler: it’s not Die Linke, and it’s not Neukölln.

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

150 progressive Jewish people in Berlin who signed a letter critical of current media discourse on antisemitism and expressing solidarity with Elif Eralp and Die Linke—me included—are now the subject of direct violent threats.

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Andrew Tan @andrewtanyongyi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"An explicit call for violence against Jewish Berliners who signed the letter in support of Elif and the Left Party is currently circulating online in Hebrew; some are also receiving hate messages."

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Tashi @tashisonam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To followers abroad - we are living here in Berlin / Germany through the same hyperbolic “red scare” rampage as in the US - and that is no accident. Today: tech-fascist Peter Thiel receives the Axel-Springer-Media-Award in Berlin - for his “work to protect democracies” - not kidding!

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

Indie Authors, I'm especially seeking more authors in the Asia-Pacific, Africa or Central or South America for my Books Direct From Authors Around the World Blog. Selling on Itchio counts, as well as Payhip/ on your site, etc. There's still room for more indies in Europe & North America too 😉

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In case it wasn't clear, academia is crumbling under the enormous flood of AI-generated content. The latest victim is the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) flagship EU postdoctoral fellowships. The number of submissions has more than doubled in the past 3 years.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Gave up on the weird US American mystery series with the fake dialogue yesterday, tried a Chinese mystery series today - it's one of those bleak "all scenes are either set at night or are shot in a really, really bad light" shows and as the cherry on top, the dialogue has been translated so badly...

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TX: check your registration. Again.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's release day for Revenge of the Sunshine. It's also the first day of autumn. I crafted this image to help you better understand the main characters in the book.

Pink sticky note with simple drawing in black pen: smiling face with long hair (labelled Zoe) saying "I love autumn" and unsmiling face (labelled Bennett).

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I started watching a new-to-me small-town cozy mystery series, and I'm weirded out by the characters. Most of them seem so... fake. And even though I'm merely 19 minutes in, I've thought about half a dozen times already, "Who in the world talks like that?!?!?" Murder, She Wrote it ain't. ::sigh::

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m giving a silhouette workshop in San Francisco in October! bookbindersmuseum.org/event/worksh...

In a silhouette border of dancing hind girls: Making Silhouette
Bookplates
A Workshop with Kathleen Jennings
American Bookbinders
Museum, San Francisco
17 October 2026

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify

Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Started my vacation with a visit from Auntie Flo and Miss Migraine. 🙄 Oh joy.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Libraries BUY books. Unlike tech companies wot steal them. Also: PLR! The Public Lending Right scheme meaans authors in the uk and ireland and a few other places get money for each library loan!

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In the mood for a Days of Awe gay historical romance? I've got you covered!! L'shanah tovah!!! 🍯🍎😚 “I adored this book. Funny, fresh, and everything I want in a historical romance.” —Cat Sebastian books2read.com/SailorsDelight

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Wendy Sparrow @wendysparrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Coming down on the side of fake trad-wifing cons. 2026 is weird.

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'Roman man’s tribute to beloved pet cat and dog found in 1,800-year-old mosaic' www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

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Roman man’s tribute to beloved pet cat and dog found in 1,800-year-old mosaic

Cat’s name likely hints at villa owner’s link to North Africa

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 15/09/2026

This story is wonderful

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 15/09/2026

If you’re being pressured by wealthy, powerful people to abandon your sense of morality and justice, and you give in, “not taking sides” is taking a side. The wrong side.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Do you have a favorite medieval romance? Mine is Keeper of the Dream by Penelope Williamson. (Not the least because I could mention it in my PhD thesis on dragonslaying... 😎) Excellent discussion on medieval romance on the Smut Report blog. Check it out!

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Cathy Pegau 📚🌈🥊 - I should be writing! @cathypegau.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#SapphicSeptember Book Blitz! A Deadly Entanglement is out now!!!! Margot and Rett investigate suspicious deaths involving a nurse at a charity hospital and a clinic catering to the wealthy. #Booksky #ReleaseDay #Historical #Crime #Queer #WLW tinyurl.com/ADeadlyEntan... @minotaurbooks.bsky.social

On a dark blue to reddish brown fade with the cover of A Deadly Entanglement at the bottom right and a set of bird footprints and a pigeon from bottom left to center:
A Deadly Entanglement, Harriman & Mancini & Book 2
Money can buy just about anything, but someone else may be paying the price...
Out now from Minotaur Books, Wherever you get your favorite reads!
https://tinyurl.com/ADeadlyEntanglementlp
#ResistTheHeteropatriarchy

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For me, worldbuilding is one of the most fun parts of the writing process. I love creating versions of the past and filling them with as much detail as possible.

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A #Roman cheese press, found at Balmuildy fort on the #AntonineWall (Scotland). The cheese was put in the press & pressed down by a weight, forcing out any moisture through the holes. The resulting cheeses would have the concentric circle pattern from the press 🧀 #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Did you ever think that the Hallmark Holiday movies sound a lot like the plot to a horror novel? So does Del. She’ll do anything to avoid her co-workers holiday shenanigans. ANYTHING. books2read.com/chris...

The cover art for All I Want For Christmas Is A Werewolf - a cartoon of a woman reading a book in a hammock tied to a palm tree decorated for winter holidays as a gray dog runs past underneath against a sky blue background.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/09/2026

Hey do we know anyone in bury st Edmund’s??

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Louise Mayberry🌹 @louisemayberry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

His breathing seemed heavier than usual. Louder. And the smell of him was different—tobacco smoke and whiskey. He’d gone to the saloon. Of course. She gritted her #teeth. This is what men did. She should have known. #wipsnips from The Rain and the Light. Coming October 21.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I cannot believe the most antisocial, fucked up people from my freshman dorm get to decide how humanity works from here on out. If they aren’t put in check we are all gonna die. They do not care.

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Julia aka mizzelle @mizzelle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A difficult Gofundme update: Eviction is scheduled for the end of September. Court date Friday. I am exploring all my options. Realistically, I need a cheaper place, but that takes time & money. I would appreciate any help you can offer -- sharing, donating, job leads. gofund.me/c54bc375a #MutualAid

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Donate to Help Julia L. Rebuild after a Spinal Injury, organized by Julia Linthicum

Update of 8/25/2026 Thank you to everyone who has shared, donated, enc… Julia Linthicum needs your support for Help Julia L. Rebuild after a Spinal Injury

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Steve Ammidown @stegan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The thing about researching romance novels and authors is that for every newspaper article you find, you’re handed at least one name you’ve never heard before. And now you’ve got more work to do.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Steuard Jensen @steuard.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

These images are notable for having some of the most delightful, viscerally descriptive alt text I've seen in ages.

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Most of Germany is rightfully horrified by a far-right party almost gaining an absolute majority in Sachsen-Anhalt. The simultaneous disinterest in a possible breach of the genocide convention is mystifying, to say the least. Nicaragua v Germany at the ICJ this week www.un.org/unispal/docu...

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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Please read this whole thread. It’s a very good depiction of how community care looks right now. Please be ready to show the same care.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A particularly infuriating aspect of this A.I. bullshit is that nobody seems to remember that we all got along just fine without it for centuries. How are we all suddenly incapable of reading and understanding written words? Of creating art? Of telling stories? It’s madness.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah. German memory culture, my arse. When I think back to my viral Twitter thread about how Germany's past is taught at school in Germany and how Germany is striving to learn from its past, I feel quite embarrassed for the naiveté of my younger self.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

How today is going: Cleaned up fallen leaves around our backyard and banged my head against the overhanging roof of our garden hut. Hard. Ouch.

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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yep, I’ve just realised that my OLD agency, Sanford J Greenburger, who barely repped the book in question at all (essentially the editor approached me about a book and soon after my agent left them and formed her own agency) have asked for a 25% split with me lol.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today was a difficult day, Long Covid wise. I had to go to the supermarket (got a new credit card, but I don't do online banking yet so I haven't been able to activate that thing for online shopping and as a result I haven't been able to order my groceries online).

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