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Barbara Brennan

@trampledamage.bsky.social
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British and now officially Canadian, author and poet, also she/her, old, autistic and not known to be garrulous in the company of thieves. trampledamage on ao3 Hello 😊 Avatar art is from Firepiggy Doodles, and banner is my three slimes from Slime Story

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Ben Horst (bluecheck.jpg) @moriamarmalade.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
what makes a good walking route: no traffic lights people, yes but not too many trees water wildlife scenery curves, can't see too far ahead can't see or hear cars it loops, you don't have to retrace your path have i missed anything
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Barbara Brennan @trampledamage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is there any money transfer system (like paypal and venmo) where you can send money to account holders without needing an account yourself? I thought paypal did, but it doesn't seem to any more.
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Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is out now @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looks like I'll be getting my EU citizenship back in a weird way.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking
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The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrusta-tion of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water. (It didn't have to be anything scary or unpleasant, like snakes or slime, especially in a cheerful household magic tended to reflect the atmosphere of the place in which it found itself-but if you want a cup of tea, a cup of lavender-and-gold pansies or ivory thimbles is unsatisfactory. And while the pansies-put dry in a vase-would probably last a day, looking like ordinary pansies, be-fore they went greyish-dun and collapsed into magic dust, something like an ivory thimble would begin to smudge and

crumble as soon as you picked it up.) The best way to do it was to have a fairy as a member of your household, because she (it was usually a she) could lay a finger on the kettle just as it came to a boil (absentminded fairies could often be recognised by a pad of scar-tissue on the finger they favoured for kettle-cleaning) and murmur a
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal
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Max @jaegerpilotmax.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Discord did a dragon x fruit challenge. Banana dragon
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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Many fantasy and sci-fi authors have created compelling fictional religions, but @tkingfisher.com has written the only one I actually want to join. Let me be be useful. Let me be practical. Let me find ways my skills can serve others in the Temple of the White Rat.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 15/09/2026
Behold! Yet another book available for preorder! This one has an aroace protagonist, many oddities, and a Very Good Goat. Also kind of my tribute to McKinley’s Spindle’s End, which you should read while you’re waiting.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In an era of increasingly AI generated SM posts, reading things that are clearly just people posting things that popped into their brains 2 minutes ago is actually nice, so I am all for this
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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Exciting news (well we think so)! We are looking for new people to regularly contribute to our archive! We accept applications from anyone based in the UK who has an interest in sending us their thoughts and opinions about life in the UK. #Skystorians massobs.org.uk/write-for-th...
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Write for the archive - Mass Observation Archive
Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Sam Alkhatib @therealsamalkhatib.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My life is a lie pal 🐒 #books #mandelaeffect #samalkhatib
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
also "fuck the systems that want you to harm yourself for their approval" is a blanket statement that's not just about gender, and not just about physical appearance of course - FUCK EVERY SYSTEM THAT WANTS YOU TO HARM YOURSELF IN ANY WAY TO GET THEIR APPROVAL all of em
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@MohanadElshieky

Please stop saying the vaccine doesn't have severe side effects. I took my shots and now I'm alive and have to keep working
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can we also decide that tomorrow will have MORE human rights than today did
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
can we collectively decide that tomorrow's going to have some just ridiculous silliness that's just -- fun-- and doesn't involve human rights or Epstein filers and certainly no ed sheeran
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11/09/2026
Last plug for the preorder sale...
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/09/2026
Garden. Cook. Knit. Write. Doodle. Sing. Whatever. (And really really don't let the existence of the plagiarism machine persuade you to outsource your own desire for expression to a computer because you think its output is "better". That's not what creativity is for.)
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 08/09/2026
Never. *Ever.* I refuse to handle stolen goods.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
TIL the Japanese soft serve place near me offers Lactaid and honestly? Brilliant
A screenshot of a touchscreen menu. The second-to-last item is "soft serve banana milk" and the last item is Lactaid, which costs $0.10
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 12/09/2026
.@danidono.bsky.social's Anti Planner has free shipping to the EU, this is the single best resource for handling executive dysfunction I've found (also very teen friendly if you have a teen). shop.adhddd.com/collections/... (Dani doesn't ship to the EU normally, this is old & limited stock)
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The Anti-Planner | ADHD Activity Book for Procrastinators | Dani Donovan
The Anti-Planner is a 300-page activity book designed for procrastinators with ADHD. No dates, no guilt. Just 100+ activities to help you actually get sh*t done. By Dani Donovan.
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Owen Michael @owenwmichael.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the great things about Foyle's War is showing the problematic aspects of it in the UK in WW2, which I think most of us would agree is one of the /best/ cases of it in human history (and without ever arguing against the latter /as a whole/)
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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) shot yesterday.
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs was my early transition book, destruction and new growth. When the Earth Was Green was blossoming, community, what we make together. Tyrant Lizard Queen, well, going through puberty twice turns a middle-aged woman’s fancy to sex and violence.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 11/09/2026
Gonna go out on a limb and say that they aren’t going to approve my request to join
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 11/09/2026
Okay I missed my bus, however the good news is I can mooch off the wifi at the pizza place and I'm not waiting alone I think I will call him... Ominous Bob
a crow sitting on top of a streetlight, photographed from below. the sky is cloudy.
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can we just call machine learning machine learning and not stick "AI" in there. Machine learning has existed for decades, but I've never heard someone call it "AI" before a few years ago. I just can't see it as innocent anymore, sorry. There's too much money and influence involved.
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GothCaptain 🦇 ⚰️🕸️ 🩸💀 @gothcaptain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the Ladies*at the Kink/SlutMeet and half a second passes before some dopey gowl hammers at the door. Him : “If you don’t let me in imma piss myself.” Me: *Settles in* “How DID you know my kink is making men piss themselves in public?” Him: * Moaning* “ i’M sErioUs” Me: “ Oh, baby.” * Ha!
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Pro unethical dnd tips: If you slip a little bit of healing potion every day into his lunch the warrior can't get stronger as the potion heals any muscle hypertrophy damage from body building.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That makes sense.
Desdinnunch is a word that means "to have dessert for dinner during lunch time".
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Old Ladybird Books updated. Granny gets a place at the table (1964 & 1976) Artist: Harry Wingfield
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11/09/2026
Oh oh oh! I read this in its Indian publication as THE SENTENCE (which was a better title IMO) and it is fantastic. Really thought provoking legal/ethical/SF thriller. Absolutely put this on your list if you like thought in your exciting books or vice versa.
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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
That's some infuriating snobbery. I kinda get it; not all indie books are equal. But that's why you read the 1st page? The blurb? Some of the biggest gems are indie books by marginalized authors. And trad pub isn't a guarantee of a skillfully written or human-made book. The elitism is pointless.
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
595) Recursivebot. Another robot that went a bit wrong. We were trying to use Storagebot's pocket dimension to create a spacetime bubble and allow FTL travel without violating causality, but it got flipped inside out and now this robot is sitting on its own head. #SmallRobotsRemastered
A spherical robot with banded legs sitting on top of a larger version of itself, with a smaller version of itself on top of it, and a smaller version on top of that one and so on to the limit of visibility. It has no mouth but its eyes convey an expression of confused frustration. The Small Robots Remastered logo appears in the top right of the frame, but smaller versions of it are repeated in the same position relative to each Recursivebot, inwards and inwards, until becoming illegible.
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Riot Gnome Pin. Jeff Bezos originally wanted to employ gnomes at Amazon warehouses, but he didn't realize how strong their unions are. If you tell a gnome he can't take a bathroom break your warehouse is getting torched. collabs.shop/bitnjj
An enamel pin of a garden gnome wearing a red hat, blue shirt, and green boots, holding a lit Molotov cocktail.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pausing from harvest labor on a hot summer afternoon, Pieter Bruegel’s Harvesters, in 1565. Today is his day.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
wikipedia doesn't convince kids to commit suicide
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 09/09/2026
I responded to this by saying that I don't really do any of the things that people do to compensate for their midlife crisis; then I suddenly realized that I've started a podcast and published a book with myself on the cover
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"The symptoms of #ADHD are just normal behaviours!" If you or anyone you know has been confronted with this argument as to why ADHD is 'not a thing', I made this for you. And yes, this IS my professional opinion.
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Dean Burnett on Instagram: ""The symptoms of #ADHD are just normal behaviours!" That's what many claim, at least. This is the rationale for dismissing it as a genuine medical condition, like @channel4 did in 'The Great ADHD Myth?' But is that true? Or is it just a deeply cynical, and clearly deliberate, misrepresentation of how diagnosis and symptoms actually work? [Hint: its the second thing] #neurodivergence #symptoms #medicine #diagnosis"
2 likes, 0 comments - drdeanburnett on September 9, 2026: ""The symptoms of #ADHD are just normal behaviours!" That's what many claim, at least. This is the rationale for dismissing it as a genuine medical condition, like @channel4 did in 'The Great ADHD Myth?' But is that true? Or is it just a deeply cynical, and clearly deliberate, misrepresentation of how diagnosis and symptoms actually work? [Hint: its the second thing] #neurodivergence #symptoms #medicine #diagnosis".
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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 09/09/2026
Saw someone posted “hard to believe this lad [image of dredd] turned 50 next year and hes somehow now younger than me” and i just want to reassure everyone: dredd ages in real time. He is still older than you.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Every terf is terrible. Just a quick reminder of this universal truth.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 09/09/2026
in the 90s the FBI noted that white militias were the most pressing threat to the country, conservatives threw a fit about it and politicians agreed to forget about and ignore the problem
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
D&d DM at session 0 what fighting form do you want to take 

Player goes hear me out and then shows a picture of a woman practicing cutting off a head while riding a bicycle
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 05/09/2026
oh my god I got stuck on something on a personal project with a library I was totally unfamiliar with; I installed IBM's Granite model (trained on permissively licensed code) on my M1 MacBook Pro and was like "tell me what's wrong here" and it *immediately figured it out*
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
don't ever be scared to cancel plans with me...

i'll lay back down so fast... 

Sarcasm dept.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
your brain processes sound and sight at different speeds. it resyncs them before handing it to the thinking bit. The "Horizon of Simultaneity" is when you're far enough from something that the diff in the speed light/sound naturally syncs the processing, reducing cognitive load. It's 15m from you.
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