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February Grace @februarygrace.bsky.social · 3h

I prefer struggle honest creativity no machine copy #HaikuFeels #copy

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 5h

We had a very meaningful discussion about the Oxford comma, as I recall. It was delightful.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 5h

Of course they're doing it in D.C. to start, because D.C. is a federal district. They try this in any area of the country that's not under federal jurisdiction, there's going to be serious legal issues, I'm guessing.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 8h

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller September 30,1949

P1- NANCY IS SITTING ON HER STOOL SHE IS READING
P2- NANCY IS LOOKING AWAY FROM HER BOOK,SHE I DISTRACTED
P3- NANCY IS LEANING TO SEE IF SHE CAN HEAR WHAT IS BEING SAID IN THE NEXT ROOM
P4- NANCY IS HOLDING HER HAND TO LISTEN
P5- NANCY LOOKS AROUND THE CORNER AND SEES HER AUNT FRITZI AND A FRIEND SITTING ON THE COUCH
NANCY: PLEASE TALK LOUDER
SO I CAN HEAR ---OR SOFTER SO
I'LL LOSE INTEREST Y

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 7h

"Oh dear!" cried Alice in a sorrowful tone, "I’m afraid I’ve offended it again!" For the Mouse was swimming away as hard as it could go.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 5h

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, 9 times out of 10, become original without ever having noticed it. - C.S. Lewis #WritingCommunity

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 5h

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. - C.S. Lewis

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NOH8 Campaign @noh8campaign.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The U.S. Department of Education has officially rescinded the 2024 Title IX regulations that extended federal protections to sexual orientation and gender identity, returning to the 2020 Title IX rule and stripping LGBTQ+ students of protections under federal regulations #NOH8

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 5h

The people Google is paying: It's not that much. Authors, artists whose work is being stolen to train A.I.: You guys are getting paid?

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 5h

The people Google is paying: It's not that much. Authors, artists whose work is being stolen to train A.I.: You guys are getting paid?

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 6h

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Godzilla ever picked up a bus and then threw it back down.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 8h

The phrase "A.I. music circulating" is horrific enough.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 8h

Consuming material not marketed to your particular gender? Are you *trying* to bring about the fall of western civilization?

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 13/06/2026

"Open your eyes! If you hadn't allowed evil to lead you astray with whispered untruths, there would have been no war. We could have all lived in peace!"

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 22/05/2026

With all that Google's doing to ruin their brand, I thought it'd be a good time to revive this.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

You work Five days a week To make someone else rich Who will never do the same thing For you #MPPrompt #PoetryPrompt

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 02/09/2026

The first three novellas in my fantasy series "The Trials of Seffin Phel" have finally made it through editing, and they are available to purchase in epub format on my website. Be sure to check them out, along with any of my other writings there you would like to read. stephens.website

The cover for "The Trials of Seffin Phel, Book One: Bandits of Moftal" by Stephen Monteith. It shows a walled medieval city in the center of a forest.

The cover for "The Trials of Seffin Phel, Book Two: The Alchemist" by Stephen Monteith. It shows a mountain range all in blue with the entrance to a mine in the center.

The cover for "The Trials of Seffin Phel, Book Three: The Curse and the Order" by Stephen Monteith. It's black and white and shows a castle next to a mountain range.

A fantasy map of the fictional Kingdom of Mer'cil, where the first three books in the "Trials of Seffin Phel" series take place.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19h

The jackals are out, as they usually are for a woman who speaks up in a way that challenges patriarchy. (And a lot of why victims don't come forward or withdraw--as a Weinstein victim did--is because the misogynist public and legal system launch their own punitive assaults.)

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 15h

Gods, I love Reno and Stamets. I hope he makes an appearance in SFA Season Two.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 16h

Here's the List, if you want to see who's on it and/or recommend accounts for me to add: bsky.app/profile/step...

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 16h

I finally made a list comprised of "random post" accounts I follow in the hopes I'd get some interesting coincidental posts that might give me some story ideas. How do you think it's working so far?

Screenshot of Bluesky posts. The first post is from the "Girls Running From Houses" account, and it says "If the girl and the traveller can save the house, then one of them may escape." The next is from the "a wizard" account. It says "The wizard goes down to the pond to check on the frogs." Next is the "Frog and Toad Bot" account posting "'Oh, Frog,' said Toad, 'I am so glad to be spending Christmas with you.'" Finally, "Comics Outta Context" posts a panel of DC Comics character Green Lantern thinking "Something's wrong! Someone...is in this room!!", with the caption #HalJordanRuinsEverything.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 17h

Someone once said that A.I. was a product created with no market in mind. Well, there was a market, clearly; the "microwaved fruit loop" market, you might call it.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 17h

"Hard, fruity cheese"? Their little picnic date is going to end in tears. And IBS.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 17h

You mean it's an *actual* style? I mean, I saw a picture of Jenna Ortega with no eyebrows, but I figured, it's Jenna Ortega.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 17h

Kirby! Everyone was talking about Kirby just a little bit ago, weren't they?

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 17h

Regardless, MC's gonna have to play tiebreaker here. *chuckles*

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 18h

I never got Kira and Odo as a couple. Clearly, someone at Paramount was "worried" about the show not being heterosexual enough and decided it needed as many het relationships as possible; probably the same person who decided both Garak and Bashir needed more women in their lives.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 18h

Another example of where the Oxford comma would clear things up.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 18h

That sign looks like it has bullet holes in it.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 18h

I'd definitely recommend Kobo over Kindle. Amazon is evil, and not in an endearing way that'll get it on a "Favorite Villains" list.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 19h

Actual chainmail for a costume? That's dedication.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19h

Time for this classic again.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 19h

Confession time: Okay, fine, I'm *not* immune to FOMO.

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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

There can be, but I think we all know there won't be.

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why women choose the 🐻

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you for standing up for what's right, Luanne.

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Heroic Tennessee Librarian Sues After Being Fired For Refusing To Hide LGBTQ+ Books From Kids

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

This is like when Sam Assman told Jimmy Fallon that he couldn't imagine raising a child without A.I., despite *all* of humanity raising children without it throughout all of history (and Jimmy let him get away with saying it).

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

The Supreme Court once famously said they know the difference between porn and art "when [they] see it", but I say that porn *is* art. And now that I've finished editing and republishing my Seffin Phel fantasy stories, I'm here to tell you my very next project is going to be smut and/or erotica.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

The Supreme Court once famously said they know the difference between porn and art "when [they] see it", but I say that porn *is* art.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

Now that I've finished editing and republishing my Seffin Phel fantasy stories, my very next project is going to be smut and/or erotica.

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Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.website · 29/09/2026

It's easier to just use the button that's already on the keyboard.

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