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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Taking the dogs out for their post-dinner constitutional and there was a young buck staring me off. A doe and some yearlings then scattered and the buck literally took four steps toward us and was SUPER unbothered. I know this isn't Appalachia but it felt super not natural. Should I be worried?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/08/2026

I already didn't go to Starbucks (not drinking coffee at all helps with that) but I'm happy to support this. If you do drink coffee, find a nice local coffee shop to give your business to.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wisconsin authors and book lovers! Instead of prepping for my book launch in eight weeks, I've been heads down building a whole freaking book and author festival! Because sure, why not. Please come out and support it! It's free! Over 80 events! Here's the schedule! untitledtown.org/untitledtown...

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This is Saturday!

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

UntitledTown Book and Author Festival pitches open for five more days -- come to Green Bay, eat cheese, talk to thousands of book lovers just like you, feel awesome. Please share and repost to amplify and reach as wide a net as possible, particularly for Wisconsin-based or adjacent folks!

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Obstetrix by @naomikritzer.bsky.social is on shelves as of today! An excellent read that we reviewed earlier this year. Top of our list for next year's Hugos If anything, events are outpacing the fiction we turn to as a source of comfort in these trying times hugoclub.blogspot.com/2026/02/midw...

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Midwife Crisis (or Regressive Theocracy For Fun and Prophet)

Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 10/06/2026

A wonderful @doctorow.pluralistic.net thread on Obstetrix, out today from @naomikritzer.bsky.social

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The episodes of The Other Bennet Sister are not dropping nearly fast enough considering the state of this miserable world. RELEASE THE AUSTEN FAN FIC!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New craft essay on creating characters through what they notice in a scene! "I’ve been thinking a lot about noticing, how our worlds are shaped by what we see and what we don’t see, what we actively look at and what we try to ignore." tommydean.substack.com/p/the-detail...

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University of Wisconsin Press @uwiscpress.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Scenes from #AWP26: @wendywimmer.bsky.social is the author of the forthcoming novel The Doomscroller's Companion, publishing this fall! Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 10/01/2026

The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 11/01/2026

Have you picked up a copy of WRECK YOUR HEART by @loriraderday.bsky.social yet? I'm a sucker for well-written, witty, page turners. Loved it. I'm welcoming Lori to a bonus Q&A with my Patreon supporters tomorrow, Monday, January 12 at 8 PM ET, so join us at patreon.com/maryrobinette.

Over a background of multicolored stripes is the book cover for Wreck Your Heart by Lori-Rader Day. There's a quote from Publishers Weekly (starred review) above it that says, "Exceptional... consistently surprising."

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

We knew who they were when he applauded the journalist being axed and cut up in a conference room to be hauled out in luggage and then shook hands and smiled with his murderer. We are not freaking out enough.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The NYPD kidnapped the mayor’s daughter to get him to decry the BLM protests. Mayor after mayor of the country’s most powerful city has kowtowed to their power. Local governments across the country fear their unions and increase their budgets giving them more power. They will not save us from ICE

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I really don't like having this tiny bit of hope when I check the national news in the morning to see if he's died.

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

We're starting to fill the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference program for 4/18! Thrilled to be bringing back crowd faves @wendywimmer.bsky.social and @reneeknicholson.bsky.social, and @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social is bringing Dolly Parton poetry! More soon. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

Barrelhouse conference sessions so far:

Take Me Back: A Dolly Parton Poetry Workshop (Craft workshop with Dustin Brookshire)

The Magic Pill for Writer’s Block: How to get words on the page when you’re not really feeling it (Craft Workshop with Wendy Wimmer)

Your Poetic Universe (Craft Workshop with Renee Nicholson)

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

There are a bunch of people in Tony's mentions saying that abolishing late fees hurts library usage, and I'd like to show them the data from my library, where usage has been steadily increasing in the 6 years since late fees were eliminated.

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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This post is going around again! So, let me take this chance to say… we are having the best time! It’s looking like we will be able to accept <1% of total subs, so please don’t be discouraged by a quick response (we hope that’s better than a long wait!) and please do send more in the future! 🌈 🪐 🗡️

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The airline cancellations are going to cause a riot. The dude from the Real World is about to see what happens when constituents stop being polite and starting getting real. 🤣

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

It happened: Yesterday a baby boomer dude told me to smile. I bared my teeth and growled at him.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 02/11/2025

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time. All are considered acceptable so go off.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Guys, I had no idea how soft-core The Fourth Wing was. Someone should have warned me.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Friends, one way to stand up for you democracy today is to call your two Senators and demand they roll back Trump's illegal and destructive tariffs. The Senate may be voting on the tariffs as early as this afternoon. Make your calls everyone!!!!!!! More 👇

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

You know you're fucked as a society when you're thinking about depictions of unreasonable leaders in popular culture and honestly, it doesn't feel that bad. Like, the Burgermeister just didn't want kids to play with toys -- he didn't try starving them to death.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Republicans' shutdown message is abundantly clear: Let us jack up millions of people's health care costs or we'll starve the poor. I wish that was an exaggeration. It's not.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Pro tip: If your idiot dog is a chowhound, make sure you don't leave snack bags, like chip bags, lying around because our potato was found limp and almost suffocated today inside Sour Cream and Cheddar Ruffles and we almost lost him. Hug your babies but also pick up your trash, people.

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Congratulations, sickos. We're 15 submissions away from hitting our cap on The Dirty Issue. After that, you'll have to whisper your impure thoughts to God, and hope for forgiveness. barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit

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Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse! Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep ...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Being disabled is a minority group you can join at any time. Everyone believes they will be the exception. That it won’t happen to them, or when it does they will “try harder” than us The truth is most people will become disabled. Health is both fragile & temporary. Engage in disability justice

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Alex Galt @alexgalt.com · 25/09/2025

I just contributed to Francesca Hong’s run for Governor of Wisconsin, because that’s the leadership I want. Lots of great candidates in the primary though.

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Francesca Hong For Governor

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Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Updated (again!) Also: Portland OR area (White Oaks Books) on Oct. 22; NYC (Books are Magic event) on Oct 27. Still at work on SF and some others. If you want me to come to your town and can get a decent audience, give me a DM holler.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I respectfully request that we all stop using the term "infotainment system." If anyone uses it in public, someone is allowed to roll up a newspaper and gently tap the person on the nose and say "Fooey!"

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Still accepting pitches for this @barrelhouse.bsky.social book series. But please read the description of what we're looking for! (hint: it's not your novel, though I'm sure your novel is lovely) www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...

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Submissions — Barrelhouse

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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Mitch McConnell says people will "get over losing Medicaid"...how exactly does one "get over" losing their healthcare (other than by passing away)?

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I've only watched this on repeat five times (with sound on is best so you can hear the WHOOOOs) and I'll probably watch on repeat all day. I need owl friends.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I really never planned to waste my precious days on this blue marble learning about all the stages of a fascist coup. Just think, we all could have been reading Jane Austen novels or watching birds or painting our garage doors, like literally anything else.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Because everything is terrible, I just sent a Pride card to people I don't know -- they live on a busy street and used to always display Pride and anti-Turnip stuff but then had stopped since January and now are displaying again. I wanted them to know I appreciate them so much. Small things matter.

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Guys, I rewrote my novel's ending to be less sad and ambiguous, so I guess this is who I am now? Like, the world is now out-wimmering our narrative, how can I even compete?

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Book pitches (for short books!) are open, full details here

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Aaaargh I'm not ready! @hughbon.bsky.social you made me cry. Better you than me, Gunga Din!

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Wendy Wimmer @wendywimmer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I fell down the clock app and discovered that yt people have been showering wrong. Or maybe self-parented kids never learned how to shower correctly. Anyway, I did not think it would be life changing, and yet, here I am, being changed. And? SO so so soft and moisturized.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

If paying artists to use their work would kill the AI “industry,” then kill it! An industry that can only operate by stealing other people’s work is a crime syndicate, not a viable business.

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

We are opening for all genres for the next print issue on May 30, keep forgetting to post this, probably should repost sometime besides 10 PM on Saturday

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