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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sweet, strange uncitizens: ONCE I WAS MADE OF EARTH is here, an epic fantasy that's been ratling in my brain for years now and that I'm putting out into the world serially outside of the capitalist publishing apparatus. Share, and read, and comment. archiveofourown.org/works/91618061

The painting "The Moment" by James Warden, with the text "Once I Was Made of Earth" on it by Rivers Solomon. The painting is in the romantic style, quite dramatic and dark in tone if not colour, with a horse rearing with fear in its eyes as a snake launches to bite it, against a back drop of pink and blue mountains.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There are times when I really miss the Mythbusters, and having the question "Which fish are most likely to explode if you hit them with a battering ram?" is one of those times. www.ksl.com/article/5160...

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Watch an orca ram a sunfish so hard that the fish explodes

How hard do you have to ram a fish to make it explode? Ask an orca.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm sure it's been said 47 times, but: Jurassic Park. (My dad would want me to mention The Exorcist and Jaws)

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Who abridges an 8-hour audiobook? What is this nonsense?

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

An absolute titan of literature for young people. I cannot imagine my childhood without her.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2026

congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today in Things I Did Not Think I Would Need To Know For Library Work: Where the fuck do I buy caster socket inserts? Am I using the right word for the thing I want to buy, which I think is a caster socket insert? (I will figure this out tomorrow, I know the general answer is "hardware store")

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I still remember this. It was hilarious.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

There is a jumping spider in my office and he's on my window blinds so I can't catch him under a cup and release him outside and I know (intellectually) that spiders are fine and good but emotionally my whole day is now making sure I know the location of the spider at all times.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Spent time this morning alphabetizing CDs, as you do in the year of our lord 2026.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I really need the AI bubble to pop and for the whole thing to crumble in on itself before my job/life requires me to learn anything about how this works.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I know it's been said here and there over the years, but Beethoven's 5th Symphony is just an all-time banger.

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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 21/04/2026

Trying out XinXii for ebook distribution. It gets Amazon, Apple, B&N, Casa del Libro, Kobo, Google Play, Tolino, Everand, and maybe a few more. Seems to do audiobook too. The UI isn't great, but it's *free*.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Going through old periodicals at work and came across a (slightly mangled) copy of Library Journal from 2011 when @scalzi.com was promoting Fuzzy Nation

A cover of Library Journal magazine from May 2011. There is an artists rendering of John Scalzi on the cover, which advertises "Scalzi's Novel Reboot: The sf author's take on a classic, publishing today, and why we need libraries." The top right corner of the cover is torn off.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

On the one hand, ppl dont pick up their dogs' shit in the dog park (or anywhere else). On the other hand, ppl bring tennis balls to the dog park and leave them there for all to play with. I think deciding to focus yr attention on how people suck vs how people are kind, is basically up to you.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The fun thing about charging for plastic bags is that people don't want to pay for only buying a few things, which is how you can see someone leaving the grocery with a gallon of ice cream and a single sweet potato.

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Queer and Pleasant Danger @monsterologist.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Moving all my stuff into a new place. This comic is one of the only things I have done that I actually feel proud of, It's such an odd feeling. But I love it. And I love you, so I thought I would share it with you. 1/2

Panel 1.

The word Énouement is written in white, against a dark field of stars.

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows defines énouement as "the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future, where you can finally get the answers to how things turn out in the real world—who your baby sister would become, what your friends would end up doing, where your choices would lead you, exactly when you’d lose the people you took for granted—which is priceless intel that you instinctively want to share with anybody who hadn’t already made the journey, as if there was some part of you who had volunteered to stay behind, who was still stationed at a forgotten outpost somewhere in the past, still eagerly awaiting news from the front."

I think it's such a perfect word.

Leave it to the French.

My name, Samantha Richardson, sits in the corner of the panel, also written in white.

Panel 2: A child is asleep in a dark room. There is a stuffed dinosaur lying on top of them. A Dark Crystal poster hangs on the wall behind them, as well as a childish drawing of a T.rex.

Panel 3: Same scene, but a crack of light, as if from an opened door, falls across the child.

Panel 4: A person dressed in a long green coat and rolled-up pants stands in the middle of the room, which is again dark. The person is carrying a duffle bag. We see dinosaurs, books, and clothing strewn across the floor. The person says, "Hey."

Panel 5: The person sits on the child's bed, and we see now she is a woman with brown hair, grown out from a purple coloring job.

Panel 5: Close up on the woman, who, seeming to speak to the room in general, says, "So, I know how sad you are. I know how you cry yourself to sleep some nights."

"I know how angry you feel."

"How scared."

Panel 7: The woman picks up the stuffed dinosaur, which is green with widely-spaced, thin, purple stripe. She holds it almost timidly.

Panel 8: Close-up on the dinosaur head, which has a plaid white and blue patch sewn onto the neck. The woman says, "I know what the years that are coming are going to be like."

"And I am so sorry."

Panel 9: The woman holds the dinosaur gently to her cheek, and a darkness seems to gather behind her.

Panel 10: The darkness coalesces into a cloud over her head, and the woman buries her face into the dinosaur's back, hugging it tightly.

Panel 11: The woman pulls her face away from the stuffed dinosaur, and the dark cloud appears to break up.

Panel 12: The woman straightens, tears running down her face. The cloud dissipates.

Panel 13: The woman offers a small smile, still crying. She says, "But..."

Panel 14: There is a Boba Fett toy on the floor, a sock, a toy T.rex, and 2 issues of The Uncanny X-men comics, issues 167 and 168. The woman continues, "...You're going to have good times, too. You'll have amazing friends."

Panel 15: More floor. In this panel there is a blue, hard-back cover of The Book of Mormon, and a red scripture-marking pencil. The woman says, "You're going to serve a mission in Portugal. You're gonna fall in love."

Panel 16: The top of a night stand, we see a small plastic sauropod, a green army man with a bazooka, and an orange Swedish Dala horse. The woman's dialog reads: "You're going to visit Sweden. A lot."

Panel 17: Floor again, where a plastic two-headed dragon battles a knight and ranger. More dialog: "And...Dungeons and Dragons. It's totally going to change your life."

Panel 18: The woman is reaching hesitantly towards the child. The woman says, "And there's Jurassic Park, and SO many superhero movies, even if the X-men ones are kinda terrible."

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I started doing agility training with my husky mix about a year ago, and it will never not be funny to me to be in a class where the dogs are a sheltie, two Aussie shepherds, a poodle, and this amiable chucklefuck. #Wilburforth #TheAdventuresOfWilbur

Wilbur, a grey and white husky mix with a white stripe down his nose, is standing and looking at the camera. His mouth is slightly open and he looks happy.

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Denver Snow @denversnow.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I love so much of the country is about to get snow, I'm so happy for everyone else

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I'm so tired of Denver never plowing the roads! It's been snowing all morning and I haven't seen one plow! (There is 0 accumulation. But it's been so long since we got snow and EVEN LONGER since we were able to bitch about Denver's snow plowing policy, I'm just really excited.)

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I'm glad this is a lovely and inspiring story, because it could also be a setup for a horror movie.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Ughghghghhhhhh not my sweet spiky vanilla-smelling cinnamon roll trees! (Ponderosas are my favorites)

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Ghost_lyne 💜🤍🖤 @ghostlyne.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Shout out to the people who are emotionally or physically drained but still trying to make christmas special. Shout out to the military and people overseas who might be spending the holidays alone. For some, it might be hard to find joy in today but I'm proud of you for trying. Merry Christmas. ❤🎄

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.

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Helen | Vei4 demo in fall 2026 @helenicchi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I am turning on Top Gun: Maverick, which I have never yet seen. Me (navigating Paramount app): Man, that opening montage of the aircraft carrier in the original was so cool. It fit so perfectly with the music. Top Gun Maverick: YOU MEAN THIS MUSIC?? I STILL HAVE THE MUSIC.

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last. www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...

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nkjemisin - Twitch

nkjemisin streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

roses are red big laughs are hearty

The crowd has gone silent at Cuomo's party.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Well. The oldies radio station is playing the Beastie Boys. We will fight for our right to party in the old folks' home.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I don't know who needs to hear this (except the 2 of you that I'm subtweeting in the kindest way possible), but reference librarians spend a sizable part of their day helping ppl learn to use computers or find the new Nora Roberts. Don't feel shy about bringing them weird research questions.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Didn’t know this! Do you know how many years I pined for jstor access! Yes I am a giant nerd who pines for academe leave me alone with my papers and books

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I don't know how universal a childhood experience this is, or if it's my brain being neurospicy, but I have a very specific brand of "Movies you saw too early in life," and it is called "watching comedies and entirely missing the fucking point."

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 11/09/2025

The evil that men do lives after them

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/09/2025

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/09/2025

Iowa Leaves Big Saran-Wrapped Bowl Of Potato Salad At Illinois Border After Making Too Much theonion.com/iowa-leaves-big-saran-…

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pretty BOO!!!👻👻🎃🎃😈😈🎃👻!!!😈g @inyourculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

i'm at the civil war i'm at the great depression i'm at the combination civil war great depression

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A thing about my dad is, you know if he likes the book you got him as a birthday present if he comes up to you 4 months later and starts teaching you all the things that were in the book you got him (that you have also read).

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 01/09/2025

Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old: copa.apps.uri.edu

copa.apps.uri.edu

Commercial Pattern Archive - Home

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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Quick note that near Byers, Colorado, there is Happy Butt Airport

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/08/2025

The "oh you won't compromise and abandon [marginalized group]? enjoy the nazi takeover!" argument rings pretty fucking false when you consider that the horrors of a nazi takeover begin with the abandonment of marginalized groups.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I have had a wonderful time at WorldCon and met some great people, but theres always going to be someone who makes you want to beat your head against a desk.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I see fans at Worldcon are being super normal

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The Liberation Garden @resistancegarden.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

"I'd die for the revolution" Okay but would you organize and facilitate meetings? Cook for people and take care of childcare so community members can attend? Do the dishes?

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