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Amy Kief @mangobee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Every word of this thread.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 21h

Saaaaaaaame!!!! I've only ever watched about 10 minutes of that film. ::shudders::

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 21h

Watership Down. I was crying and hiding behind an armchair ten minutes or so in.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 04/10/2026

no, she’s the wolf from a 4th or 5th century mosaic depicting the founding of Rome

The she-wolf who nurtured Romulus and Remus, depicted in mosaic form as a maniacal black dog with sharp teeth and white eyes.

My dog, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the maniacal mosaic wolf.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I really loved the #Kdrama Four Hands, Two Sonatas, but I wish they would have chosen a somewhat different ending for those two boys. An ending where the boys find a way to make music together - that would have been lovely.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I increasingly think Ai is has a purpose and it’s to empower a handful of very weird, possibly psychotic, men to have total control over the masses.

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For New Yorkers who want to participate in #BannedBooksWeek, I'm hosting a romance read-in at Book Club Bar tomorrow night at 7:30! We're raising money for Authors Against Book Bans and will be raffling off some great romances.

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Romance Read-In to Benefit Authors Against Book Bans

It's Banned Books Week - so we're calling on romance readers to support Authors Against Book Bans and fight back against censorship!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/10/2026

Every time I think I’ve hit the bottom of my outrage, they find a new pocket…

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is child abuse masquerading as due process.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fascinating world of ancient #glass! #Roman dove-shaped vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside and the tip of the tail or the beak had to be broken to remove the perfume. This particular example, discovered in a first-century burial at Rovasenda, Italy, is...🧵1/2 🏺

A close-up of an undamaged, translucent glass vessel shaped like a dove. The vessel contains a clear liquid with a reddish sediment visible at the bottom.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

...it patiently waited until I returned with a glass to catch it and carry it outside. If it had scurried away by the time I returned with the glass, I would have cried and would have needed to move to a different continent in the middle of the night.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Right!??! We now also get tiger mosquitoes and nosferatu spiders, though the latter is apparently, at least quite chill and doesn't try to attack you off the bat. I believe I once encountered a juvenile specimen in my bedroom in the middle of the night (not ideal), but at least...

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Natalie Boo-hrs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @eilatan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you tell someone using a mobility device that “backstage is for walking participants only” you should fuck off into the sun. Y’all have been doing this for decades, Worldcon volunteers. DO BETTER.

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Mary Sue @marysuesays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I made a point of spending some time on Sunday going to all of the future WorldCon tables and pointedly asking, "has anyone driven a mobility device around your con space because this place ain't accessible". ZERO door assist buttons on any of the bathrooms was me and Mabel's* biggest problem.

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is horrendous (and, as noted, an ongoing pattern to which no one involved in the organization seems to care in the slightest).

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nicole is a leading expert on the issue of campus sexual violence. I am floored that USA Today would do this to her. I find this kind of journalistic behavior unethical and morally reprehensible, twisting an interview with a renowned advocate for survivors into a hit piece against a survivor.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is infuriating. Can't stop thinking about it. For 35 yrs I've talked to experts, asked them for their time & expertise. IT IS WRONG to treat sources as Nicole was treated. Just shitty, one human to another, but also unethical and deceptive.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A plea to all you wonderful folks who are thinking to adopt (not buy) a dog or cat… The shelters are FILLED with animals who’ve been surrendered. Yesterday they had a bed and a family and now they are confused and terrified through no fault of their own. Consider giving them a next chapter.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ooooh, that is fabulous!!! Congratulations!!!

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh, hiiiiiiiii from middle Europe where we now have the giant hyalomma tick whose original habitat is Africa and Asia. But thanks to climate change, that horror thing (has eyes and actively hunts prey) now survives winters in more northern regions.

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Mx M @mxmreads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In case you need something unbearably cute on your TL today, my colleague found four abandoned hedgehog babies in her garden, so she and her family are now raising them. Part of that is weighing them to check if they're growing well. And they do it like this. 🥹♥️

Photo of a small hedgehog baby inside a tiny little planting pot on top of the smallest kitchen scale they could find. The little hedgehog is barely big enough to look over the rim of the pot.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We’re getting another city-wide scavenger hunt. I love that our mayor is basically like “I will fix the roads and then we will have summer camp” all year round.

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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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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Minus the scary admin, it is a super lovely room. But I hear you on admin thingesness. I'm mortally afraid that I have forgotten something and that something will go wrong and everything will go to ruin because I made a mistake. ::sigh::

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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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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Even more things you could float in your impluvium at home! 😍 You could even add a few nuts or dried dates.

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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 · 26/09/2026

In New York kann man schon sehen, was den Menschen Berlin bald auch droht: bsky.app/profile/noth...

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oooh, I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing!

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hope tomorrow will be a wonderful, joyous day for you all. 🧡

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sending love and hugs your way. It *is* hard.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I feel a bit sad that I've never fully appreciated those big family meetings of my childhood and teens.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A couple of days ago, I came across a meme that said, "I'm 56, but I still expect every adult person I meet to be older than me." I feel this. I come from a large extended family on my mom's side as well, but over the years, the family has shrunk considerably, and now most are dead.

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Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thank you, Bron. 🧡 It's a two-sided sword, isn't it? On the one hand, it would definitely be easier if I lived some distance away, but on the other hand, it's definitely a relief that I'm close at hand and can help out on short notice.

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