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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 7h

Tomorrow join @emilybeitiks.bsky.social, Silvana Rainey, @comicnurse.bsky.social & me for a virtual panel on accessible comics to launch a new iteration of the Comics Beyond Sight accessible comics exhibition at UMich. Should be an illuminating conversation & excited to see the show go forward!

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Exhibit Opening: Comics Beyond Sight

Hear from the exhibit creators, engage with the exhibit, and talk with tabling presenters.

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 12h

This is exactly why I am a Hard Nope on AI anywhere. If some jobs, some formats, some genres are more "legitimate" than others, that leaves room for someone else to decide that YOURS isn't legitimate. This isn't limited to books or writing or literary/art vs. commercial applications.

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Lore ✧ 🍂 @lorewyrm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

no i will not be doing any challenge for october. i will be challenging myself by living every day

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My October monthly drawing challenge will be to draw

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Mombian @mombian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@melindabeatty.com's fun new picture book, What Is a Pirate? isn’t even out yet, but the school she herself attended has already disinvited her from an author visit bcs of concerns that some might take offense to the story’s gender-nonconforming protagonist. mombian.com/2026/09/30/a... #BookSky

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Author Disinvited from School Visit Over Gender-Nonconforming Character - Mombian

Melinda Beatty's delightful new picture book, What Is a Pirate? isn't even out until next week, but the elementary school she herself attended has already rescinded an invitation for an author visit b...

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hello. I am widening my submissions categories to include: - Epic Fantasy - Space Opera - Near Future/High Concept SF - Horror Details here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song

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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026

meta Muse perfec t size for put private d\ata in! inside very Secure and Private data very safe put data in Muse. No problems ever in Muse because very trustworthy and Mark super protective. AMeta muse yes a place for data put data in muse trust meta for givening good safety to data. Friend meta.

An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

no, it’s ok, I wasn’t working on anything, you can shut the computer down

a three-legged tortoiseshell cat sitting on a laptop computer that she just rebooted

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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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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#mentorship_opp Are you a Canadian writer working on a children's manuscript? I can apply for a @twuc grant to mentor 1 writer (10 hrs). Get in touch with me by Oct 15 if interested! writersunion.ca/mentorship-m... @canscaip.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social

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Mentorship Microgrants | The Writers' Union of Canada

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the people I see who are the most enthusiastic about AI are almost always using it for the most banal purposes. like “what vegetables are good roasted” or “based on my tv habits would I like this popular show”

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What I picture when people say escrow

The cool S design people used to draw in school with crow wings

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please somebody photoshop Mittens Bernie on the other side of the table

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@kidlitgn.bsky.social has been really generous with the giveaways! There's still time to enter to win a @scrivenerapp.bsky.social license but it ends TONIGHT: kidlitgn.com/2026/09/22/w...

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Win a Scrivener License for MacOS or Windows – KidLitGN

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you’ve ever wanted to eat an entire bottle of gummy vitamins but don‘t want to get iron poisoning I highly recommend these (this is not even a joke, gummy vitamins are too delicious, vitamins aren’t supposed to taste THAT good, how do people not eat entire bottles regularly)

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Michelle Witte @michellewitte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seems like most folks were seeking help with pitches before #dvpit on Wednesday. I'm still puttering around for the next hour or so if anyone else has one they'd like an agent to give some feedback on.

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Really looking forward to @tombreihan.bsky.social’s Number Ones column about this song, whenever that will be

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wily would post twice, complain that it’s totally dead here, then go off to LinkedIn and get a small following (of bots) for her rise-n-grind platitudes Oatmeal would be cautious enough to register under a pseudonym, but all her posts would be random keyboard mashing

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is an interesting and revealing choice of illustration: the soon-to-be-cut-off parents are poor harmless balloons who will float away into the sky which is probably not the first or second or fifth thing you’d think of when trying to visualize the metaphor of cutting someone off

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

they call it a nor’easter but I don’t see it nor’easting

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

things to bring to a job interview: iced coffee, music without headphones, a bag of disgruntled hornets things to take from a job interview: the means of production

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 22/09/2026

Graphic novel pals, feel free to suggest me to your agent (if you like working with them), as I am back on the querying grind with a graphic novel that would be a perennial selling YA/adult follow up to my award-winning book on comics, that is still in print (3rd or 4th printing)?

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Colin Butreallyscary @cpcolin.crappycomic.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks, Wikipedia

An image from Wikipedia of a deely bobber held in front of a cat. The caption is "This cat's head is too small for this deely bobber."

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

chat, order some flowers for what's his face, that dead mouse

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve gotten a few gray hairs in the past year or so, and I think they’re mostly in the same place, and I have always wanted a Rogue streak so I’m crossing my fingers here

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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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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if you are in the market for a small dedicated device to pick up and talk to, I enthusiastically recommend: cat

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Big news in the land of Oatmeal: actively seeking affection for the first time! Purring! Headbutts!

A tortoiseshell cat enjoying being petted

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oatmeal has concerns about my choice of reading material

A tortoiseshell cat, mid-meow, standing next to a copy of All My Dead Cats by s.e. smith

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

wait...I think this one's about me???

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

She’s started coming up to my desk but she does NOT want pets, she just wants me to give her things to knock off the desk

a tortoiseshell cat sitting and hoping you’ll give her something to destroy

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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 22/09/2026

everyone wants to tell artists what to do and i wish we could shift to telling audiences what to do sometimes. if you liked webcomics that were on tapas, follow somewhere else. learn to use RSS. don't let the seamlessness of apps turn your brain into soup. you can change your habits

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wonder what it’s like to only go on social media when you have to, rather than all the time because you’re irredeemably skinnerboxed

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The deadline approaches! #NEGM26 is coming this winter (12/3), hand in hand with MICE -- and we want your proposals for panels, workshops, and talks. Come hit the Pressure Point with our wide New England community. Art by Caroline Hu #GraphicMedicine #comics #newengland

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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...

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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall

A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

deodorant deodorants better than antiperspirant deodorants but I really want something that antipersps

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