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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Started as a little study and became another one of the 'Secret Society of Unpractical Headpieces in Space' series (that still does not exist) 🪐

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira showing a black woman with an elaborate golden headpiece. Her hair is curly and long, she's wearing a dress, and gold and blue make up on her eyes. She is framed by a circle and behind her there is a space view with a star and small planets.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“A DIFFERENT WORLD' SPENDS TOO MUCH TIME MINING NOSTALGIA: Don't blame critics for identifying flaws. It's part of the job. By @soraya.press

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'A Different World' spends too much time mining nostalgia

Don't blame critics for identifying flaws. It's part of the job.

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

I usually pause updates for at least two weeks after something big comes out, but I haven't noticed any issues with the last two. I'm not really a power user, tho

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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Let's talk $$$ We spent 3x on the convention this year. Last year's convention raised more than $17k. This year? We're sitting at $13.5k. That sounds like a lot, but friends, we TRIPLED how much we spent on the event. And we've made a LOT less. Help us out? flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

I'll also be attending ACES VCON in the three days prior to #FoF because I didn't learn my lesson when I did them back to back last year!

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

Next weekend I'll be on two panels for @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social: Oh That Stings: Dealing with Rejection and Criticism Sept. 18, 3 PM PST Kiss First, Save the World Later: Balancing Romance and Plot Sept. 20, 12 PM PST Hear me talk about two things close to my heart: self-loathing and kissing

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

☠️ First three sessions are free, it's hard out here

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

Congratulations, how exciting!!

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

Ohhhhhh this is beautiful 😨 my favorite color~

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Becca Gomez Farrell @becca.gomezfarrell.com · 03/09/2026

Critique partners often give feedback suggesting more explanation/world-building is needed as well. It is a natural instinct to do so when trying to offer help. But the well-seasoned author should learn when to ignore that and trust the story and the readers.

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

If editors had more time to establish a rapport with their clients perhaps this issue wouldn't be so bad, but if you're lucky to get an editor at all, they're rushing and they probably never had a conversation with you face to face about what they actually think you need to do

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

You get feedback in rejections and critiques and copyedits that amount to rapid-fire questions about your narrative choices, and of course you're going to assume the editor wants you to elaborate in the text when they're NOT necessarily saying that

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

I think I made this point during the Flights of Foundry presentation I gave last year: Editors are just not very good at explaining things sometimes.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 03/09/2026

I sincerely believe that algorithms calibrated toward outrage/anger have created an atmosphere where shallow/lazy readings of media are rewards with actual money, and the exhausting discourse cycles over people not understanding subtext is getting into the heads of writers

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Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The misguided need to identify with the protagonist missed half the point of reading. We know this because marginalized people read in spite of our underrepresentation and/or misrepresentation in all forms of media. Not because we're Virtue signaling, because there's extractable value in

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 20/08/2026

something that irritates me is the implicit assumption that artisinal local news will be left-wing (or, at the very least, not right wing) when even a cursory examination of US history shows that local journalism has been a bastion of hate for basically our entire existence

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026

<3<3 Thank you, I needed to hear that! And I think the same of you!

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026

Lul, I be getting mad my piece didn't get in and I didn't even submit anything 🫠

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026

Dang, feeling called out rn

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026

your mom is great and you should tell her I said so

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026

You already have it framed 🥹

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Team Two Dogs @lchanwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

We need voices like @khoreo.bsky.social in the world, and their editorial team is also top notch, friendly and professional. Do have a look and see if you can help out!

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 03/07/2026

At some point we're going to have to reckon with the fact that part of learning, part of educating yourself, is figuring out how to deal with the friction between yourself and the world at the limits of your knowledge in ways other than retreating from it or making it someone else's problem.

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 21/06/2026

Sounds like you ran yourself through Google Translate 💀

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nige 'dear ratboy' @niall.codes · 20/06/2026

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 20/06/2026

Like...conservatives revel in hypocrisy for a reason. It's a power move. The ability to bend reality to your will is very useful.

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 20/06/2026

I think this requires us to know whether the audience is engaging with the art in good faith. Which I'm not sure is a safe bet when anti-intellectualism is so rampant.

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 16/06/2026

how do these ppl think they're gonna make money

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 21/05/2026

that makes sense! really tickles the painter part of my brain ☺️ and it does make me angry when restaurants put a whole uncooked flower on my pasta like I'm a rabbit on a big adventure

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 21/05/2026

so naturally your food pics always look amazing but I have a random question: do culinary schools teach color theory and proportions on purpose or is it just, intuition-based??

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 17/05/2026

wow, the fabric is so lifelike

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Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

"To Stand, You Must Be Rooted" is a thorny story about Black land ownership, identity, and place by Verdell Walker which is free to read now from Reckoning X: reckoning.press/to-stand-you...

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To Stand, You Must be Rooted | Reckoning

“What should we bring Pawpaw for dinner?” I asked Mama. Her bronze urn rested in the passenger’s seat, secured by the seat belt. Her ghost sat in the backseat, wearing the green skirt suit I’d buried ...

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A lot of y’all need diaries.

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 16/05/2026

For YEARS I thought MJ was saying, "Anything you want, get it, or you won't get any" on Smooth Criminal, not, "Annie, are you okay?" And then I was like: WHOO is Annie??? They need to enunciate! 😂

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 16/05/2026

To be fair... I think the real lyrics are just him making random sounds 😅

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 15/05/2026

Also: If the post went viral before you corrected it, most people have already moved on, accepting the information as fact. Unless you have some way of forcing the update in front of those ppl again, the damage is already done

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 15/05/2026

I mean, this is a good point. I'm finding myself hesitating to edit my Slack and Teams messages when I fat-finger the keyboard, because 1) everyone already knows what I meant 2) perfectionism just discourages me from posting at all

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 13/05/2026

holy shit, this was excellent

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026

I just killed one that looked just like that yesterday 🫠

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026

Right, it's not that I think RFK genuinely cares about mentally ill people or SSRI side effects. But I wish our healthcare system was a lot more equitable so he couldn't latch onto real problems to try and legitimize his ableism

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026

mine didn't, so I don't know what else to tell you

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Sydnee @sydmt.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026

Yeah, that's my issue. Sometimes withdrawal symptoms last years and sometimes they're permanent. Doctors won't tell you this when they prescribe these drugs.

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