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Audrey

@shockandaudrey.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Bitten by a radioactive bookworm, but no one noticed or cared because reading fast is a pretty boring superpower. bibliovermis on LibraryThing, StoryGraph, Goodreads

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
would you like to meet our new cat? her name is All The Fur I Brushed Off Madeleine Over The Summer
A pile of cat fur arranged into a loosely cat-shaped mound; two ears have been pinched into shape, and two googly eyes have been attached in the place where the eyes would be. It is sitting against a green wall, and it is very wrong to the eye.
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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nero's guide is awesome, and concretely helped me with making a website as somebody who doesn't have the brain for this stuff 👍 if you're an artist of any sort, making a website for yourself is one of those things that hugely pays off the extended effort time and again
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Jake Lawrence @timecowboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
some creatures you might find in the woods.
Two panels; top is of some glowing sprite type creatures huddled together in the grass and the second is a big black serpentine creature with blank yellow eyes moving slowly through the forest.
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John Allison @badmachinery.com · 22/09/2026
Whenever I talk to students or young artists, I tell them, whatever else you do with it, put your webcomic on your own website you own that you made yourself. Then no one but you can take it down. It is easier than it has ever been to make your own website.
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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
this meeting could’ve been a psychosexual journey into the id
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spiders🏳️‍⚧️ @spiders.rip · 19/09/2026
anyway, to celebrate the occasion i finally did a post-jam update!!(๑>ᴗ<๑) welcome to Procurding Estrogen for your Toxic Slime GF: DX Edition there’s a bunch of new assets, new dialog, fancier graphics and a whole damn drum set to play with ->->-> spiderzone.itch.io/procuring-es...
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procuring estrogen for your toxic slime girlfriend by spiders
little slimey halloween thing made in wareware
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Audrey @shockandaudrey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An entire generation was of course traumatized by the illustrations in these classics. I still have dreams about them
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Collected from Folklore and Retold by Alvin Schwartz. Drawings by Stephen Gammell (that's the guy, he's the one, the amazing man who did this to all of us)
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Audrey @shockandaudrey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When I was 10 my school library had like the entire back catalog of Christopher Pike horror novels
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
y'all heard of this book THE WEST PASSAGE all the cool kids are reading THE WEST PASSAGE
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 14/09/2026
Tashan Mehta (@tashanmehta.bsky.social) reads from her novel Mad Sisters of Esi, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
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Tashan Mehta reads from Mad Sisters of Esi
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
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Audrey @shockandaudrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A top book of the year so far, very worth picking up. The frequent Le Guin comparisons are not without merit
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap
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[untitled games event] Amsterdam @untitledgamesevent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are so excited to announce the first [untitled games event] weekender: a prototype festival. 3 days of experimental games and playful arts in Amsterdam. 20+ games and a full program of workshops, talks, and collective playthroughs. Free and BYO. Details: buttondown.com/untitledgame...
Here’s what the first UGE Weekender looks like: 

FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
[untitled games event] at the Rijksakademie

SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
UGE Workshop DLC

SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
[untitled games event] #9: “dreams and disquiet”
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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Every drag show this weekend is going to have to make some very hard choices
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 25/08/2026
if you're in line to donate money to the Imagination Library, please stay in line
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
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Audrey @shockandaudrey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
it bugs me that on the bluesky app the 'go to top' button covers user icons as you scroll, but on the web on desktop it's just slightly off. thank you for reading the least important gripe in the world
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Bri (she/they) @palguy87.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
i hope i can get one or two of these a year until i die which i hope is at age 125
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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...
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PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute
The lost footage, said to amount to roughly 50 terabytes of data, reportedly included historical items shot over roughly 70 years of the station's programming.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 07/08/2026
Also I’m not reading a substack in 2026. Get out of there.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
But they will be
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Guy who went on holiday to Toontown and made it his whole personality:
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
anyone else ever find themselves sitting at their desk on a Tuesday and realizing they died forty years ago this very morning
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 24/02/2026
drink less water. clench your jaw. worsen your posture. this is the time of monsters
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Audrey @shockandaudrey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Okay 2026 is halfway over, I should tell you about the very good books I've been reading, already
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW: A federal book banning bill has been introduced in the Senate. It's time to make our voices heard. Tell your Senators to REJECT pro-censorship legislation like S. 4925 that would limit the freedom to read! We need every advocate to speak out against censorship: action.ala.org/campaign/S4925
Show up for our libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association.
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Eden Robins @edenrobins.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I believe it was Tolkien who said, "Gather ye ebooks while ye may, for who knows how long this deal will last"
A graphic telling you there is currently a $1.99 sale on the ebook of the novel Remember You Will Die, from today until question mark. There is also an image of the cover for Remember You Will Die, a book that I hear is just terrific.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14/07/2026
google's "why don't you want to use our documentation chatbot" survey offers a pretty good list of reasons not to use their documentation chatbot
popup asking Would you like to use an AI chatbot to help you while browsing this site? Yes / No, with No highlightedpopup survey with all checkboxes checked 

What's the main reason you prefer to read the documentation yourself instead of using an Al chatbot?

I want to read the full context of an article to ensure I don't miss any important details.

I find standard documentation design (tables, diagrams) easier to scan than a chat interface.

I enjoy the learning process of researching and discovering solutions manually.

I have strong concerns about the accuracy or reliability of Al-generated answers.

Last input is for "Other" and the text inputs reads "I hate ai"
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Audrey @shockandaudrey.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
5 living writers you've read 5 books by each Neon Yang Freya Marske Helen Oyeyemi Grady Hendrix Adrian Tchaikovsky (limited to authors I've read *exactly* 5 books by each, to narrow this list down)
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Get your hands on a mind-bending and genre-shattering modern SFF classic! @vajra.me 's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS was a Nebula, Ignyte, Locus and IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award winner, and a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin, Hugo, Lammy, and Dragon Awards! Buy now geni.us/stbdoors
A UK paperback copy of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera on a blue fabric background.
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Daniel D. Beck @ddbeck.com · 25/06/2026
I finally added video of my talk "Stop chopping onions and extend Markdown without tears" to my site. It's my guided tour of a few little-used extension points in Markdown.
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Stop chopping onions and extend Markdown without tears at FOSDEM 2026
A tour of Markdown's hidden extension points.
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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 24/06/2026
Git still hiring poets to write error messages.
A git error message reading "fatal: you are on a branch yet to be born"
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 24/06/2026
Zines are now a federal crime in the United States. They are setting precedent to go after anyone they want for writing or reading anything they don't like.
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
won the crawford award! nominated for the astounding, locus, and mythopoeic awards! also the le guin prize! I'm definitely forgetting a couple!
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Isaac Fellman @isaac-fellman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Notes from a Regicide is $2.99 in all ebook formats through the 26th. Celebrate Pride with a whole family of hot messes raving about oil painting! All the streets in New York are canals in the future, so they can't march; you have to do it for them. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Notes from a Regicide
Winner of the Nautilus Silver Award!Named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly and Amazon!A Finalist for the Locus Award!A Finalist for the...
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
i do find the imagery of pouring endless, unnecessary money into a corroded mirror of rancid water a little heavy handed
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If It Gets Too Real, Blue Can Always Turn It Off @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Please submit a comment on this proposed set of funding rules by July 13, it'll allow the cancellation of any federal grant and block spending if applicants or institutions don't pass a political litmus test (like supporting trans ppl whatsoever). www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
social media that's bad for minors is obviously bad for adults too. crazy to me that the move seems to be to just accept that and ban minors rather than regulate the obvious design patterns that were put in there on purpose which make it harmful to its users
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fragilenarrative.bsky.social @fragilenarrative.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND GET @gingerhaze.bsky.social 's brilliant Scarlet Morning for very cheap ($1.99!) on Kindle or Kobo (or presumably wherever you get your ebooks). $2 is a steal for one of the best books I've read this year. THIS IS MANDATORY!
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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Future dystopian sci-fi has imagined things like nuclear wastelands, sure. Totalitarian oppression, climate catastrophe, sure. But rarely has it imagined today's real horror of AI making stupid and annoying people 100x worse.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/06/2026
Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
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POKEY THE PENGUIN @pokeythepenguin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
HOORAY FOR MY NICE TRANS FRIENDS!!!
I AM HOLDING A TRANS FLAG TO SAY:  HOORAY FOR MY NICE TRANS FRIENDS!!!
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride Month. If you know a young person (age 13-26) in the US who is getting their access to queer library books restricted because of local small-minded folks, please refer them to the Books Unbanned program. More people should know about it. #pride booksunbanned.com/card
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Books Unbanned - Get a Card
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