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Peggy Boooooo!!!!! Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

So Kindle is removing tech support from its device, pretty much requiring people to buy new ones, and introducing ads. This is why we sell our ReBound press books on Kobo. Also for ideological reasons: Amazon has been terribly destructive too booksellers and publishers, and I refuse to support it.

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The Black List @theblcklst.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨 DEADLINE REMINDER 🚨 Writers, you've got just TWO WEEKS LEFT to get your projects submitted for consideration in the Black List x WIF Episodic Lab! Submit your pilot here: buff.ly/Sj7CLDe

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

"If you've got a cool hook then used AI to generate the first draft, I can help you turn it into the page-turner it deserves to be. Bring your AI novel to publishing industry standard by teaming with a professional editor." The next wave in editing? What think? #amwriting #aiwriting #amediting

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

happened to see this this morning and had to post. i don't make the rules. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

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Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

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Indivisible Waves @indiwaves.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Quote of the day from the movie Gandhi. #indivisible "the function of a civil resister is to provoke response. and we will continue to provoke until they respond or they change the law. they are not in control, we are. that is the strength of civil resistance." clip.cafe/gandhi-1982/...

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'The function of a civil resistance is to provoke response and we will continue to provoke...' - Gandhi

Gandhi: The function of a civil resistance is to provoke response and we will continue to provoke until they respond or change the law. They are not in control; we are.

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Tiffany Babb @ NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure. Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Pet #editing peeve: Contrived interruptions to delay characters having important conversations, in an attempt to build suspense. "I was just about to hear the secret when the phone rang."

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Coming late to this party but #Mo on #Netflix is a great show. Will be thinking about it for a while.

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The Woman Called Nova @thewomancallednova.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

There is literally a poll on tumblr right now about everyone's favourite punctuation and em dash is beating out even the humble semicolon!!

a tumblr poll, started six days ago, headlined "Fuck it. Best Punctuation poll." The em dash is winning with 28.9% of the vote, followed by the semi-colon at 20.3% and the comma at 12.2%.

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

every professional writer i know is an absolute pervert for em dashes but go on

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

These are the reviews I love.

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 19/05/2025

Netflix is stepping in to save Sesame Street. The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew: bit.ly/3ZqxTyp

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Again, LLMs aren't designed to give you the *right* answer but *a* answer. Whether than answer is correct doesn't matter all that much, bc the LLM has no way of knowing what is accurate and what is made up. Getting the right answer is more a matter of luck than anything intellectual.

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Petty Lobster 🦂🏳️‍⚧️ @pettylobster.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar. She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.

Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK
Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards.
Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'.
@fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial

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Eden Appiah-Kubi @edenawrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Oh, look a bird.

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

“This year’s ceremony lasted longer than the prior few years, and several edits were made in order to meet the originally planned run time.” Rogen could not be reached for comment. Come on. Seriously? We're supposed to believe that? www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

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Seth Rogen’s Criticism of Silicon Valley’s Support for Trump Was Cut From the “Full” Stream of Breakthrough Prize

While presenting an award at the event known as the Oscars of Science, 'The Studio' star pointed out the irony of tech titans' support for the Trump administration's defunding of science. The potentia...

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This is pretty gross: "#HBO's Bloys addressed controversies surrounding #Rowling [& her] anti-transgender sentiments. 'I’m not worried about it,' [he]said. 'Look at the huge success of the #Hogwarts video game. I’m not concerned about consumer response.'" www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...

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HBO Reveals ‘Harry Potter’ Remake Cast, From Hagrid to Snape to Quirrell

HBO just confirmed the six adult leads from its upcoming Harry Potter TV series and pledges a "faithful adaptation."

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Laura Matthews @thinkstory.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This looks breath-takingly gorgeous.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I've seen lefties floating the idea that "We should use the R word against bigots to show that our hatred for them transcends our morals" and Absolutely THE FUCK not. Are we for real with this? Like, seriously? Absolutely not, under any circumstances actually.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I'm still mad about this library, but at least they raise enough money to give the US the finger. It'll be an external reminder of how a best friend can stab you in the back. Carney is right: the old relationship is over. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Dismay as cross-border library caught in US-Canada feud: ‘We just want to stay open’

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House sits half in Canada, half in Vermont. Now, the US is planning to cut off main entrance access to Canadians

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I am a fairly bilingual grammar nerd so I have a lot of thoughts here. Firstly, I know some white people have decided to be aggrieved by the capital letter, but it makes perfect sense. In the American context, Black is a fairly specific ethnic group. White is a trait, not a specific group.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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White Gandalf @whytgndlf.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I just hope the Republican party dies before the planet.

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H. Bea O’Problem @voidbraun.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

My favorite sign today: “Old? Pissed off? Welcome to Grantifa!” held by an old guy

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I love nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love fem nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love masc nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love androgynous nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love fluid nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love amab nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love afab nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 I love intersex nonbinary people 💛🤍💜🖤 Nonbinary people rock!

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Willie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I thought it might be nice to share thoughts on how to write Native characters. First, your Native character should never track things. Second, your Native character should never be a lycanthrope. Third, stop having them emphasize the things you see as different.

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 28/03/2025

www.si.edu/about/admini... www.si.edu/ogc/legalhis... “The Smithsonian is not an executive branch agency and does not exercise regulatory powers, except over its own buildings and grounds. Thus, courts have held that the Smithsonian is not an agency or authority of the Government”

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Our Organization | Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1846 as an independent federal trust instrumentality, a unique public-private partnership that has proven its value as a cultural a...

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White Gandalf @whytgndlf.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Aw man, I really wanted him at the end to go (in Count voice): "Mwahaha, 5! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!"

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Choco Harvey Milk @chocoharveymilk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Absolutely love @petebuttigieg.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

"I learned with concern that a French researcher" on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) "who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled ," said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). "This measure was apparently taken by the American authorities because the researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy ," he added

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

@joellenovey.bsky.social wrote this: The whole entire world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing to recall I can’t remember right now because the people who taught me that song and the ones I sang it with may make the same excuses when they come for me, and you

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The Whole Entire World: A Poem · Jewschool

the ones I sang it with may make the same excuses when they come for me, and you

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Christian and Yet Not @cwwilkie.org · 19/03/2025

The party of "freedom of speech."

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.

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White Gandalf @whytgndlf.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

THANK YOU @wyden.senate.gov and @jeff-merkley.bsky.social. Oregon stands with you!

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Doctors TARDIS @doctorstardis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

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Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I like that Tolkien tried to rewrite The Hobbit in the 1960s to fit in with the tone and style of The Lord of the Rings until one of his friends politely convinced him that it was a terrible idea.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

OF THE EMPIRE
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

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Kelly Clancy @kellyclancy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Greetings from jury duty! New York may have its rough edges, but we just watched a pretty great video about implicit bias and how that impacts fairness in courts, and it ended with a quote from Charlotte Brontë, so it’s feeling like the last bastion of social sciences and humanities over here.

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