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Pun, book, cat, anime, and TTRPG-lover! She/They/Any

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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 07/10/2026
more information in the official write-up by @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team source: blackskyweb.xyz/what-happens...
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What Happens When You Have a Choice? : A Breakdown of The People's Assembly and Blacksky's Vision for Democratic Tooling
Blacksky’s foundation is built on self-governance and self-determination. We took learnings from Black and Brown revolutionaries with our belief that everyone has the ability and the self-efficacy to ...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7h
People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 9h
Thank you, Effie! And thanks to @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social for giving “Whales” its first home. It’s about autonomy (as said on the tin), parenthood, and rebuilding in the aftermath of an authoritarian government. I wrote the first drafts before the 2024 US election. Wild to edit and publish after.
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Danielle Lalonders @dlalonders.bsky.social · 10h
thee mascot character of this game. i dont have a name for her yet but she is our tracer overwatch <3
character from vayo
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 8h
My god, this opening statement. This is the good shit.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 10h
I don’t care how many people that idiot killed, an execution should NOT be made public. PERIOD. EVER. If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 9h
Now that's what I call high-impact journalism!
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 18h
Science fiction can imagine travel across galaxies, and fantasy can give us dragons, immortality, and entire kingdoms built on magic. Yet television has sometimes struggled with a much simpler idea: Black women belonging at the center of those worlds.
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Beyond the Final Frontier: Black Women Who Changed Science Fiction and Fantasy Television | Black Girl Nerds
Black women who changed science fiction and fantasy television, from Nichelle Nichols and Eartha Kitt to Misha Green and Chinaka Hodge.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Africanfuturism (one word, not two) is concerned with visions of the future, is interested in technology, leaves the Earth, skews optimistic, is centered on and predominantly written by people of African descent and it is rooted first and foremost in Africa. 🌍🤖👽🚀🪐
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African Futurism: Nnedi Okorafor, Wole Talabi, and Adam Oyebanji by DAW Books
Read daring, imaginative science fiction stories in this African Futurism ebook bundle! Pay what you want and support BINC!
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DragonDePlatino @dragondeplatino.bsky.social · 18h
Hi Bluesky! I'm making a game about a silly dinosaur called Toudino!
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jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had a panic attack writing this and setting it up because I have a million things on my plate, and it never stops. I really really need money to move and sign a new lease. www.gofundme.com/f/a-fresh-st...
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Donate to A Fresh Start: Help Jourdain Move, organized by Jourdain Searles
I desperately need money to move and sign a lease on a new apartment. My … Jourdain Searles needs your support for A Fresh Start: Help Jourdain Move
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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For my ENG speaking followers Unprecedented High School blockades began in the outskirts of Paris in Créteil on the 21st of Sept. National mobilisations followed on the 29th of September, the 1st and the 6th of October. The movement is ongoing and has spread both in scope and scale. #tippingpoint
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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If y’all want ACTUAL good actual play, entirely cactus-free, go follow this starter pack I made:
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Musume ✨ Souls Vtuber ✨ @gamingmusume.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Soul Train was an absolute blast!! Thank you so much to BaF for letting me host, run, AND make artwork for such a wonderful event 💜💜
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
we do not have to live this way.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is a beautiful picture book.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books
Photo of a bookshelf filled with various books that have been banned or challenged, including "Maus," "Sex Is a Funny Word," "This Book Is Gay," "Persopolis," and "1984." Text over photo reads: "ALA Releases List of 150 Books Most Frequently Targeted for Censorship Since Tracking Began. American Library Association logo
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VGBees 🎮🐝🐝🐝 @vgbees.com · 07/10/2026
We are proud to be the latest organizational signatory for @nogamesforgenocide.com We've been individual signatories for a while, so this is overdue! We're in good company and you should also consider signing the pledge. nogamesforgenocide.com/take-action/...
Organisations: 12

Game Assist, Girl Mode, Games Transformed, Red Barrels Podcast, People Make Games, Soft Not Weak, Very Evil Demons, Into The Aether, Speculative Agency (All Will Rise), Humble Grove, Alblune, VGBees
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Rascal News @rascal.news · 06/10/2026
The folks who create Dungeons & Dragons and Magic The Gathering are unionizing with @uwotc-official.bsky.social and they have identified a new pain point -- the inability to own the work they create off the clock.
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The workers at Wizards of the Coast are teaming up
Workers at Dungeons & Dragons and Magic the Gathering demand ownership of personal work made off the clock.
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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
honestly the most depressing thing to me is that we have to talk about this again and again and again and again and again. how to teach men to have human feelings, how to get people to believe us
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This. I strongly believe a lot of men have no idea how often women contend with this, and how it can stunt their ambitions.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Evergreen
Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now? 

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.
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Sasha Tudvaseva @tudvaseva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#interviewwiththevampire #louisdepointedulac #iwtv
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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 01/10/2026
It will never not be fucked up how Nathalie was treated and continues to be treated by this industry.
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Ana Diaz @pokachee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you are in a position where you can do anything at all about this, please, please advocate for women of color in media. There are so few women and nonbinary people period. Even less of them are non-white.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Guess who's got an awesome new writing gig! IndieReader is letting me gush about backlist indie titles for them, and of course my first one had to cover LD Lewis' The Dead Withheld. indiereader.com/marquee-colu...
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Alex Brown on The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis | IndieReader
Hugo-nominated, Ignyte Award-winning critic Alex Brown takes on L.D. Lewis' The Dead Withheld, a queer, neo-noir urban fantasy from Neon Hemlock.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dream with me. Yes, giving money is nice, but I want you to envision how many problems would be solved by simply bankrupting the four worst people on earth.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The show documents an incredibly important but little-known avenue through which people who are incarcerated make themselves known: prison newspapers, produced by and in solidarity with communities inside of prisons." chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...
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Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’ - Chicago Reader
“Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity” documents an important avenue through which the incarcerated make themselves known.
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DARE!!2DOG @dare2dreamrpg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m genuinely sorry to be on your feed so much begging but I’m trying to just keep my phone on until Friday when I can pay part of my bill. I’d appreciate if people can share or help, but I understand. Thank you all so much. ko-fi.com/dare2dream
“Please pay your past due amount $68.70”
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Chris Perry @perridot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OH!WARE, my first commercial release, IS OUT NOW! Your ancestors whisper guidance. The Gods all watch. They want you to check it out and give it a review 🙏♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...
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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you want to watch this amazing pro-trans Yakuza action flik, GOOD NEWS! It's on the Internet Archive! archive.org/details/the-...
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The Clan's Heir Is A Trans Woman
The head of the Tatsumi family falls ill and dies after requesting that his son, who disappeared 15 years ago, takes over. The Tatsumi family, including the young head Ryu, decides to search for his s...
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Look, I'm no music expert, but if we're talking about great songwriters, I hope someone put Missy Elliott in the conversation.
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Pansy (Trying on a name) @sagegnosis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey so because of the upcoming job change I will not be getting paid for two weeks. I'm fine on rent & food but need help with medication for mental health and UC. Passing the cup around for $150 to stay well ko-fi.com/amandatnstev...
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Buy Amanda Stevens a Coffee
Become a supporter of Amanda Stevens today!
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/09/2026
Firefly Wedding is a shojo romance that takes cuffing season literally aftermath.site/firefly-weddin...
Firefly Wedding
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
People like to talk to me about mastodon and I have to tell this story every time, which actually kind of sucks: I am not on mastodon because of the number of times I was called the N word during my first two weeks on it. The worst social media experience of my life.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
i think creating situations where people have to negotiate their sexual orientation and gender identity with public fora of strangers who aren't personally invested in their well-being is bad, actually, and we are not harmed by the complexity of people's internal sense of self and labels
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Mae Reill, puppyshell 🏳️‍⚧️🔆 @maeday.dumbdolls.online · 28/09/2026
honestly I think this post is swag
A screenshot of a tumblr post by pixelguzzler that reads:
"yall i don't CARE if Lilith is "stereotypical" that's my name. I don't walk up to dudes named david or steve and tell them their name is stereotypical. Stop telling trans girls their names are stereotypes"
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Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Half Is More manga is really good, y'all.
The panel shows a man being attacked by knives coming from every direction.  The knives are asking questions like "where did your parents meet?" and "At home, what language do you speak?".  The narrator is complaining about this, saying she pictures it like Eminem rapping too fast, and saying it's lucky she's of drinking age.
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scotus makes me scromit @kentonantiques.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just a reminder we are actively harming Cuban citizens for NO FUCKING REASON
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bug spray cody @aevris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
really enjoying this gif. please, join me for a drink
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 25/09/2026
I honestly have never considered switching from Google Pixel phones until they sent me a "wanna celebrate destroying the lives of trans people" as a system update.
Android Pixel system update screen, showing Harry Potter customizations as a bullet point.
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Daniel Stegersaurus @stegersaurus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All the repeat-idea devs are chasing down sorting inventory or finding a needle in a haystack, yet the big indie release this week is a femme-coded cozy game that's (shocking!) an original idea
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Book mail! I have 5 copies of FORGED IN FIYAH so 4 to give away. If you would like one and have not pre-ordered already (???) show me a receipt for a new $20+ donation to your favorite Black-owned/operated nonprofit in any sector and I'll send you one signed (at least by me) while supplies last.
Box of forged in fiyah hardcover books
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A Senegalese college basketball player, Amina Seck, is currently in ICE detention. Seck was travelling with her team to a tournament in New York when she was detained by ICE at Louisville Airport. She has been moved four times since her detention. #wnba eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
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KSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | Exclusive
Aminata Seck, 26, was detained while traveling as part of Kentucky State University's women's basketball team.
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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For comic makers affected by the Tapas shutdown--
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2 Mello @2mello.net · 22/09/2026
It makes me happy to see that leaving social media, limiting your time here, etc. is so much more normalized now. When I left Twitter early in this decade, I often felt like the only dumbass who threw away all my connections and friends. Now I feel like you can find community in wanting to quit!
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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just ONE WEEK before we get to celebrate the Forged in FIYAH anthology release!!! Check out our latest featured author, @veronicaghenry.bsky.social
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Also, I'm only half kidding. If you ever want a 100% way to communicate you love someone? Pay attention for a bit and figure out something they never have enough of when they need it and then just... have some for them. You will never feel so loved as when someone says "I have some if you need it."
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