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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
ILY MORE MWAH MWAH
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
THATS MY BEST FRIEND SHES THE BEST EVER ADMIRE HER
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Eva! I specialise in illustration and design for book covers, favouring custom type and bright colours where I can. I'm available for work from 2027 onwards, but looking for support on Patreon until then! 🎨 isthiseva.carrd.co ✉️ eva.isq4@gmail.com 🅿️ www.patreon.com/isthiseva
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The other site really liked this Leyendecker study #art
A Leyendecker-style painting of a man with brown skin and long, wavy black hair. He is drawn in profile, marching forward with an intense expression on his face. The composition is inspired by J. C. Leyendecker’s painting, “Minute Men"" for The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 201, No. 52 (June 29, 1929).
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Wives #art
A black and white drawing of two older women sitting by a fire sipping tea. One is slender with short hair and is wearing a pale dress, while the other is fat with longer hair tied back in a pony tail and is wearing a suit. Their hands are clasped together over the table.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Lighting the Way. This was originally done as a reward for my patrons. Available as a high resolution wallpaper here: www.patreon.com/isthiseva ( #Art #ArtSky )
Painting of a partially submerged statue of a fat woman in a flowing dress, holding a lighted lamp in one hand. She glances askance with a small, mysterious smile. It is nighttime; the waves rise high around the statue, lit blue-green by the light of the lamp. The colours are muted and ghostly.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
No limits #Fitzloved #RotE #RobinHobb #Art #ArtSky
A portrait of Fitz and Beloved gazing into each other's eyes while touching tenderly. They are both painted in an ethereal way, bright and glowing and golden; the outlines of Fitz's form fade indistinctly into the dark background.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Iron the fishing sea #ArtSky #Art
A painting of a giant statue of a woman holding a clothes iron, in the middle of the sea, posed as if she is flattening the waves. There are three tiny ships at the right corner of the painting. It is daybreak, with heavy clouds in the sky that appear to be clearing.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Burgeoning Frost: The origin of glaciers #Art #ArtSky
Painting of a statue overlooking a cliff’s edge in an icy nighttime landscape. The statue depicts a woman holding an urn over one shoulder, from which she pours water into the chasm’s icy depths. The aurora flashes overhead, reflecting on the frozen lake below.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I have never been wise. #RotE
Illustration of an apricot branch surrounded by swirls of apricot brandy. There's hand-drawn text around the illustration reading "I have never been wise."
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
hellooooooo
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Hi i was summoned 🙂‍↕️
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Queen-in-Waiting #Kettricken #RotE #RobinHobb #Art #ArtSky
Painting of Kettricken from the Farseer Trilogy. She is a young white woman with golden hair and blue eyes, wearing a fluffy fur coat. Her lips are parted slightly in an earnest smile while she gazes off into the distance. Her portrait is framed in a golden oval surrounded by sparkles and stars, set against a purple background. The text "Queen-in-Waiting" is written at the bottom of the image.
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Will This Be A Problem? @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Spotlight: African Translation Project We'd like to shine a light on an initiative dedicated to translating modern fiction from non-colonial African languages into English. Projects like these ensure that our stories are shared, celebrated and read by readers globally. 🧵
A promotional graphic set in a dark green background with wavy line patterns. At the centre, inside a circular frame, bold text reads “Spotlight On: African Translation Project”. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. The overall design highlights a spotlight theme.Green textured background with the heading “Spotlight: African Translation Project” on a light green banner. The main text explains what the project is about and why it matters. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.
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Dewdrops At Dawn - A Mulian Zine @mulianzine.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The wait is almost over! Dewdrops at Dawn will be released tomorrow, Tuesday 15 July. In the meantime, take a look at the cover of the zine. 🌸 #DewdropsAtDawn #MuLian #TGCF #TianGuanCiFu #HeavenOfficialsBlessing #天官赐福 #慕怜
A graphic in light pinch hues, with some banners coming down, from which can be seen some cherry blossoms with golden lineart, colored in pink hues. In the center of the cover, surrounded by a minimalist design of pink leaves and a dewdrop, some text reads: “Dewdrops at Dawn. A Mulian Zine”
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Dewdrops At Dawn - A Mulian Zine @mulianzine.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Our next spotlight is for one of our writers for the winter section, the one and only @syllareads.bsky.social 🌸 #DewdropsAtDawn #MuLian #TGCF #TianGuanCiFu #HeavenOfficialsBlessing #天官赐福 #慕怜
A graphic with some light pink and golden accents and some cherry blossoms. On the left side there’s an icon: a person in cartoon style drinking a cup of tea.
Under that icon, some text reads: “Sylla. Writer. @syllareads (bsky) @syllapoecats (Tiktok/YT). ‘Hi, I’m Sylla! I love reading and writing unhinged and/or sad queer things and making readers suffer <3 If any of that sounds interesting to you, stick around and let yourself get hurt. XOXO’”. 
On the right side, there is a sneak peek of some writing:
“Love, the cat yawns, butting her little head against his thumb and Mu Qing thinks about the order he had received, and tries not to shudder. Xie Lian’s eyes stare at him, white as his hair, the barest tinge of pink around the edges, and Mu Qing does not tell him because he does not know how. Instead, they both sit and keep quiet, the cat’s mindless purring their only shared conversation.
When Xie Lian leaves, Mu Qing deposits his little beast onto the pillow next to his head and tries to ignore the plaintive cry (cold!) echoing inside his mind.
He had other magic to dedicate himself to. It is, after all, only proper for a bastard to be commanded by his king”.
On the bottom left, it says “Dewdrops at dawn”, adorned with more cherry blossoms.
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kauri c. kiliann @ghostlycath.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Happy #hotwetpitch day! Coming with something small today #hotwetqueersummer #wip #f
A trope map graphic. The background is a photo of water, in the middle is a close-up of a candle with the text 'title & cover to be revealed'. On top is the hashtag #hotwetqueersummer and at the bottom #hotwetpitch. Around the candle is text that says "hurt/occasional comfort", "bpd & npd sapphics", "majorly trans cast", "aroace incubus", "cannibalism", "mc needs a hug".
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quelmdn-twtfiles.bsky.social @quelmdn-twtfiles.bsky.social · 17/02/2023
Binggekitten meets catjiu's friend! (liukitty cameo 😾)
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Quel @quelmdn.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
OH i haven't posted binggekitten and catjiu things here yet
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Foxy Joy @foxyjoy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Tiny YQY and SJ! - #SVSSS #YueQingyuan #ShenJiu
digital illustration. Young Yue Qingyuan and Shen Jiu from Scum Villain but in modern clothes. She Jiu looks a little beat up like he'd gotten into some trouble
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小粉喵ZEEBUB | comms open! @zeeneedssleep.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Peg him, Shizun! #jiuyuan #svsss #人渣反派系统自救
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🍉Kuya Pipino 🥒 (Disappears every 3-4 mos) @dohmeytay.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
[old] Some Old doodles of baby ZZL inspired from Alex's fic 🥹🐍💚 found here⬇️ archiveofourown.org/works/385236...
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Nothing is as motivating as that dreaded "five people are waiting :)" section on Libby 😭😭😭
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
HI @aldergroves.bsky.social DO YOU WANNA BE DRAGGED INTO RAREPAIRS AND THUS CORRUPTED
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Rocking back and forth in the corner,,,, Nosferatu,,,oh you masterpiece
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Since you're all already here: feel free to check out my latest wrapup video where I did exactly as promised (used the itch links for every indie author I mentioned) 💙📚🌈📚 youtu.be/dx6fyE-1HWk?...
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Reindeer Readathon || Results
YouTube video by Sylla's Poecats
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
And this is why I consistently try to link to itch when shouting out indie authors! Encouraging other indie book reviewers to do the same if possible 🫶📚💙📚🌈
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Fae’rynn is Writing @faerynnistired.itch.io · 31/12/2024
i really cannot stress enough how itch.io has consistently been out performing other retailers for my book. indie authors really need to give this platform a try if they aren’t already. it absolutely does require you to do more of the legwork via marketing because there is no discoverability but +
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Download the latest indie games
itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I have hung up the laundry. 0/10 experience 😔 onto BREAD BAKING (don't ask)
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I'm tired so obviously it's cancelled??? Smh
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Like wdym there's laundry
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I'm so sleepy and yet I have things to do
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
My ace themed #wallpaper set is now up in my shop! buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva/e/...
Promotional graphic for a set of 5 asexuality themed wallpapers, shown on 5 phone screens. One shows a pair of hands levitating an ace of spades playing card; the second shows a starry night sky with a dragon formed in the negative space of the clouds; the third shows a cheesecake slice in the ace flag colours, with the text ""ACE, no matter how you slice it;"" the fourth has hand-drawn text that says ""I'm beauty, I'm ace, if you mess with my I'll punch you in the face!!;"" and the last one shows a cat sleeping among the clouds.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Pinning some of my artist links ✌🏽 - Portfolio (open to work inquiries): isthiseva.carrd.co - Tip jar/shop/get my comic: buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva - Patreon: patreon.com/isthiseva - Tumblr (semi-active/queue): www.tumblr.com/isthiseva - Instagram (barely): www.instagram.com/is.this.eva
A promotional graphic for Is This Eva's Patreon. A speech bubble at the top reads: ""Support me on Patreon!"" Below are circular images depicting the three available tiers: $1 (Need For Seed), $5 (Best Buds), $10 (Beleaf In Me). Decsriptive text reads: ""For early access posts, WIPs, time-lapses, high-res downloads, exclusive art, process notes, wallpapers, and more!"" At the bottom is a link leading to my Patreon page. A character walking across a sunflower field holding a basket of sunflowers is imposed over the graphic.A promotional graphic for Is This Eva's Buy Me A Coffee page. It shows a QR code, below which is the link to the page. The call-to-action at the bottom reads: ""Buy from my shop or send me a tip"". The information is enclosed in a pink box with a black border, floating over a blurred-out drawing of a person holding a sunflower.Promotional graphic featuring the Bite Sized, a comic by IsThisEva. The price of $5 is written inside a blood-drop shape. “Buy now at buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva”. There are arrows arranged around the cover with a list of tropes, as follows: hurt/comfort, enemies to allies to lovers, NBi/m romance & established NBi/f pairing, banter, vampire vs. hunter, arguing and swordpoint, “what if I make it your problem?”
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The Gardener and the Governess #art
A vaguely historical-themed painting of two women. One is a governess with brown skin and dark hair. She is wearing a purple dress and is seated on a bench. The other, a gardener with light skin and dark hair wearing a white shirt and brown breeches, is kneeling in front of the governess, helping her adjust her shoes. They are gazing at each other with soft and smiling expressions. The entire scene takes place on a sunny day beneath the shade of a large tree. The background shows a view of a lake with trees and mountains in the distance.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Ok today y'all are having my favourite painting, Directions For A Kiss, which is also the one I spent like 5 months doing studies for.
Painting of a man on horseback leaning down to kiss a shepherd, who is holding a lamb in their arms. There are two sheep in the foreground. In the background, an overjoyed sheepdog is bounding towards the shepherd and the traveller. The background is a yellow grassland with a forest and mountains in the far distance. The sky is bright blue with soft clouds.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I've been working on some very cool #covers lately, and I'm always down to make more. If you or someone you know would like to book me (hehe) to illustrate and/or design a cover in 2025, feel free to reach out! isthiseva.carrd.co#covers
An illustrated book cover for Help Wanted by J. Emery. The cover features a harassed-looking raven sitting upon an open book on a desk. Behind the raven the desktop is strewn with several several sheets of paper, stacks of books, a smoking candle, and stray feathers. The title is included inside speech bubble coming from the raven.A book cover for Awakenings, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 1 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover shows three figures on a sandy road in the middle of a red desert, facing away from the viewer as they look up at a domed city atop a red cliff in the distance. The three figures consist of one person in a tattered cloak, another with curly blond hair and a yellow tunic and armour, and a lizard person in a jumpsuit and goggles. Their vehicle, a cyan wagon with numerous pipes running along it, is in the foreground, partially cropped out of view. The colours are bright and vibrant, with orange and pink as the predominant tones.Cover art for the web novel Tales from Aurea. The title features a sword as the T in Tales and two dragons forming an infinity symbol in the background. Five characters stand ready to fight under a solar eclipse. From left to right: Leif, a man with a battle axe and cocky expression; Jo, a muscular woman with a mischievous grin; Kaja, a small, nervous girl with dragon horns and a tail; Sakrattars, an elf wizard with a spell book and a toad on his head; Amale, an anthropomorphic painted dog holding a bow.A full wraparound book cover for Stories from the Deep, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 4 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover depicts a massive yellow-and-teal kraken locked in battle at sea with someone with water powers. Along the shoreline is a wagon, from which two people are bursting out to view the battle.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Hi! I forgot to mention this but I offered prints of these paintings for a fundraiser assisting a First Nations activist. There's an event happening today but you can purchase my prints (and items by other contributors) even if you cannot attend. Details here: www.instagram.com/p/DC2mtCkBpXo/
A painting of a giant statue of a woman holding a clothes iron, in the middle of the sea, posed as if she is flattening the waves. There are three tiny ships at the right corner of the painting. It is daybreak, with heavy clouds in the sky that appear to be clearing.Painting of a statue overlooking a cliff’s edge in an icy nighttime landscape. The statue depicts a woman holding an urn over one shoulder, from which she pours water into the chasm’s icy depths. The aurora flashes overhead, reflecting on the frozen lake below.Painting of a partially submerged statue of a fat woman in a flowing dress, holding a lighted lamp in one hand. She glances askance with a small, mysterious smile. It is nighttime; the waves rise high around the statue, lit blue-green by the light of the lamp. The colours are muted and ghostly.
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Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
My heart knew (before I knew my heart) Study of La Belle Dame Sans Merci #art
A study of the painting La Belle Dame Sans Merci, featuring a man in armour standing before a woman on horseback. They both have brown skin; the man has shoulder-length blonde hair while the woman has long and flowing black hair, atop which rests a flower crown. She's leaning over the saddle to smile down at him playfully, while he stares up at her with a devoted expression. The horse, which has a black coat and wears armour pieces that matches the man’s, is stamping a foot and staring at the ground.
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Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep WaterA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof BeatsA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our MoonA collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This is the LAST day you can buy this bundle of sixteen works for only ONE(1) dollar! No catch. A bunch of books and short stories, hundreds of thousands of words, for a buck. Happy holidays :) elajo.itch.io/lmaowhat
Cover for the book bundle, proving that it's worth $50 and only costs $1Covers of all 16 works included in the bundle :)
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Looking at a lot of these Best Of SFF lists and it's very clear to me that a lot of book people do not read widely or diversely. If your best ofs are majority NYT Big 4 bestsellers and books by and about cishet white ppl, I feel sorry for you. Missing out on so much incredible fiction.
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
i love him,,,,,,,,,
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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆。˚ 𓆝⋆。˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Blessings Of The Wool Dragon
A smiling being.. perhaps the ancestor of all manner of capra, a dragon of goat-like, sheep-like qualities. Its wool is white, shimmering, as it lays on a meadow, allowing villagers of a weaving village to gather from its body its fine wool. All manner of baskets, carpets, blankets and dye-pools, spinning wheels and looms surround the dragon. swallows fly over the sky peacefully.
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
vaginal pumpkins, my favorite meal
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Time for a little tally: how did I do with my TBR goals in 2024, and where do we want to go from here? #syllareads #booktube #tbrgoals #booksky📚💙📚🌈 youtu.be/gw4kpKwrsUo
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TBR Goals || An Overview for '24 and '25
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
yaaaaaaay
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a white cat is laying on its back on the floor and playing with a toy .
ALT: a white cat is laying on its back on the floor and playing with a toy .
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
u did something and i will stop my gnawing but only if i get cuddles
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SteveLibrarian @librariansteve.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Screenshot from the NYT article in case you're paywalled.
Graph showing proportion of books published by people of color, by year, 1950-2018. The bars begin around 1% and irregularly increase up to 11% in 2018.
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SyllaReads || Writing Commissions Open! @syllareads.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
but i wanna hate with you :c
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