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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Get THE GHOST OF HIGHTOWER POND! A Gothic #horror #novella out October 13. Netgalley reviews so far: 3 x ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1 x ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Netgalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... Amazon preorder: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6PC6JJJ

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The Ghost of Hightower Pond: A novella

THE GHOST OF HIGHTOWER POND is a 40,000-word Gothic hor…

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Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

17yo comic-nerd Zach is a liar. That’s his superpower. So when his best friends break up, shattering the trio, he dresses up as a superhero to fix things to the way they were. But he never expected Stella would ask him to help unmask the guy she’s falling for. Being a hero sucks. #Q #R #YA #Bluepit

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Halloween purple background; A nerdy YA Cyrano retelling; comics; hearts; superheroes

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The pitch: He’s slow. He’s awkward. But he tries hard.

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awkward comic nerd: a boy hidden behind a comic book
insecure fangirl: girl texting

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Comps : Convention setting (Shipped) ; Mistaken identities (Tweet Cute) ; Friends to lovers (Not Here To Stay Friends)

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Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

BETTER THAN THE MOVIES X PLAYING FOR KEEPS After her kiss-cam accident with The Jerk became viral, 17yo Jess thought she’d reached rock bottom. But to make things worse, she sets up a fake-dating scheme with him. No way she’ll get lower than that and catch feelings, right? RIGHT? #Q #R #YA #Bluepit

Agent’s guide. Baseball background with hearts. sports YA romcom

Baseball background. the pitch: A kiss doesn’t mean anything… And certainly not the fact that they hate each other.

Characters: the only girl in her team photo montage. Childhood-best-friend-turned-pain-in-the-a**

Comps: Heartbreakers and fakers, Better than the movies, Playing for keeps, Throw like a girl

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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

futurism.com/future-socie... lol

As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.

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morag @mordant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Oh cool cool cool now the fact the US has a barbaric healthcare system is going to kill like 300k people in England alone and probably hasten the death of the NHS god I hate it here. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests

Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exports

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Using genAI for writing fanfic, something people have been doing for decades, fuelled only by a deep passion for a piece of media, is low. Lying to people about using it is even worse.

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tulipathy @tulipathy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

lrp OpalApparition marked “NO AI” all over her ao3 but there she was, using it. When people first started accusing her, I supported her. I didn’t read her HR fic but we were friends. She would never! There were many chances for her to cop to her lie of not using it. She never took a single one.

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verb animal @hexacoral.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Come get your roundup of the most juiceless motherfuckers alive

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Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Instead of this, why not participate in the #Transrightsreadathon? Lots of great recommendations at: transrightsreadathon.carrd.co There's also the hashtag here on Bsky, and I've personally reposted a ton of trans authors and artists today.

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Trans Rights Readathon

Trans Rights Readathon 2025

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🎃 Trip Ghouley 🎃 @trip.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Legendary (and Minor) Houses of Twixt are what you get if you take the idea of SFF noble houses, but make them *found* family instead of blood family, and add a little supernatural boon-and-bane twist. Plus infuse each one with inspiration from queer culture! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

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The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel

It’s Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets The Chronicles of Amber in this queer post-apocalyptic science-fantasy extravaganza!

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I loved this book so much

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your friend is a cat @yfiac.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

just picked this up on kobo, looking forward to it! 💖

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 03/03/2026

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

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Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This kickstarter looks incredible! I adored the Market of Dreams and Destiny, and I'm really looking forward to this.

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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Authors in Conversation: Trip Galey and R.D. Pires Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Trip Galey and R.D. Pires, authors of the upcoming Science Fantasy The Fall of the House of Valenziaga and Epic Fantasy Before the Ghost Sea, respectively! With both books launching Kickstarters this…

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Authors in Conversation: Trip Galey and R.D. Pires

Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Trip Galey and R.D. Pires, authors of the upcoming Science Fantasy The Fall of the House of Valenziaga and Epic Fantasy Before the Ghost Sea, respectively! With both books launching Kickstarters this month, the authors wanted to chat about their projects, so before we get started, here's a little more on those!

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

March is my anniversary, and so it's the perfect time to pick up my cosy achillean fantasy about two disaster husbands trying to save the world while learning what marriage means to both of them. And it's currently only 99cents in the US kindle store for this month only!

Text reads cosy fantasy for only 99ç! March only.

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Plushiious @plushiious.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Hey yall this is your chance to show the trans community you really are an ally and you're not just saying it for brownie points!! -Do not support ANY of this -JK Rowling has said on numerous occasions that her income goes DIRECTLY into anti-trans legislation in the UK -Seriously. NONE. Of it.

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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukman.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Incredibly excited to announce that my story, The Salt and the Cure, will be coming to @lightspeedmagazine.com next February! Its about looking at the question of 'what is even god' and instead asking if you can love someone into god.

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Andy @rukira91.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This isn’t even all of the AIDS quilt. It was so long they didn’t have room to display it all. Reagan flat out fucking murdered queer people

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 13/12/2025

🆕 An employment tribunal has set out in great detail why the Supreme Court ruling does not require segregating Trans+ people from single-sex spaces, in stark contrast to advice from the EHRC www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...

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Supreme Court decision does not require Trans+ bathroom ban, Scottish court says

An employment tribunal has set out why Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act 2010 does not require segregating Trans+ people from single-sex spaces

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

2025 in numbers: 1 book published (US) 3 books written 215000 words approx 5 on page murders 2 on page cats 1 coming out (I've lost track of how many books I've read, whoops) It's been a rough year, but if the horrors persist, so do I.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I don't know if I'm eligible for any awards, and frankly the idea of looking terrifies me. I'm just a little guy; there are so many fantastic writers out there. But hey, I wrote books, one was published last year (the green one - it's very good, or at least I think so.)

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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

My hand holding a shortbread cookie in the shape of an airplane. There are red sprinkles in the pattern of the survivorship bias plane.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

What's the relationship dynamic in the Murder Train book? Much as I love the stoic bodyguard who adores his prince but can't be with him dynamic, that didn't fit these two. The physical feelings came much faster than the emotional ones. In their defence, they are idiots, your honour 😂

Quotes read from top to bottom:

“You’re a disrespectful little cur. I should have my father whip you.”
“Whip me yourself, you coward,” he snapped.

“You’re cute when you’re being treasonous.”

“I don’t care,” Seth replied. “You need to eat, so you’re going to eat this, and if you don’t do it by yourself, I’ll pin you down and feed you myself, and not in an enjoyable sexy way, either.”

“Hey,” Laurence said softly. “You’ll keep me safe. I know you will.”

“I believe you said something about begging, your highness,” Seth said softly, leaning down to nibble gently on the prince’s ear. “Perhaps you might like to reconsider?”

“You mean you weren’t just desperate for another taste of my cock?” Seth raised an eyebrow and Laurence laughed, a rich and full sound that made Seth’s heart swell.

“Arse,” Seth said, a little louder than he intended. He slung Laurence’s arm over his shoulder.
“Arse,” Laurence replied, pinching Seth’s with his free hand.

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting. *An epic sapphic space fantasy about the rise of a dead cosmic god, the chronically-ill Herald of its arrival and the transfem Valkyrie who are just literally holding hands through the horrors. the-hallowed.carrd.co

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Hesse Phillips @hessephillips.com · 25/11/2025

"All lesbians are TERFs" is propaganda designed to divide the strongest allies in the spectrum of queer identities - don't fall for it. A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine 🌞 (IYKYK)

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers. www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...

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Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked

Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

And he's done! 84k, 34 chapters, and one epilogue down, the Anti-Empire Murder Train book is done. This started as a bit of a spite project, a pushback against pro-imperial structures in fantasy, but I utterly fell in love with the story, with the journey of Seth and Laurence.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Anti-Empire Murder Train WIP Accountability Thread: Word count - 83818 “I grew trees,” Seth said.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm so happy to be involved in the spectacular cover review for Metropolis Down, by @vesperdoom.com It has been an absolute honour to watch this book come to life, and I can't wait for people to enjoy Jett and Eddie's story!

A black, green, and red swirled space background with two men in the foreground. The one on the left is a broad man with curly brown hair, freckles, a beard, and green eyes. He is wearing a dark blue jacket with golden cuffs and collar open over a black shirt and pants. He has an arm circled around the man on the left’s head. The man on the left is upside down. He is slender and has tawny skin, black hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing all black with cutouts on his shoulders. Below the figures are the words: METROPOLIS DOWN and VESPER DOOM.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Everyone should be disgusted by this. EHRC are saying that if you don't meet someone's standard of "woman" you can be openly harassed and forced out of public spaces. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social this is impossible to implement, and will cause harm to women both cis and trans.

BBC news headline stating Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 20/11/2025

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING
TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
THIS IS WHY WE'RE SO FUCKING ANGRY

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

BUCKAROOS ASSEMBLE. still a few days left to get your vote in for the HORROR GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD where your bud chuck tingle is a nominee with LUCKY DAY. only takes a few second to vote LETS TROT www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

meme that says 'me and the buckaroos heading out to vote for chuck tingle in the goodreads choice awards' and it has buckaroo hal from malcolm in the middle leading a march of sturdy hunks

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

In a post apocalyptic world of climate disaster and internet collapse, which has left drifting digital ghosts infecting the human world, @rainewilson.bsky.social's new book The Salt Oracle is a unique and intriguing tale of dark mystery and murder aboard a floating research college 💙📚🪐

The hardback book The Salt Oracle stands next to the paperback of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest on a bookshop table

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥 YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Art by @mxmorgan.com All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...

Cover art, a swan alights on a cosmic celestial sea, the sky in the colors of the trans rights flag

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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

SHADOWPLAY, the sequel to the award-winning PANTOMIME, is out now. I had a friend go in and send me some nice things people are saying about it. The Micah Grey trilogy is a whimsical gaslamp queer fantasy with found family. Escape into the circus or step onto the magician's stage.🎪 🔮 🪄 🎩 ✨

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Hit 75K on the Anti-Empire Murder Train book, so it's time for a chapter title update. Tag yourselves in the comments.

CHAPTER ONE – MAKE SURE I GET A FANCY STATUE
CHAPTER TWO – WHIP ME YOURSELF YOU COWARD
CHAPTER THREE – HIS HIGHNESS IS IN A BAD MOOD
CHAPTER FOUR – AN INTERMITTANT PERSONAL PROBLEM
CHAPTER FIVE – ONLY WANT YOU FOR YOUR BODY
CHAPTER SIX – WHAT A LOSS TO THE WORLD
CHAPTER SEVEN – BEFORE YOU CAN SAY CHOO-CHOO
CHAPTER EIGHT – YOU’RE CUTE WHEN YOU’RE BEING TREASONOUS
CHAPTER NINE – IF WE BOTH GET HURT IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT
CHAPTER TEN – I DESEVE A LITTLE KNEECAPPING
CHAPTER ELEVEN – THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHER UPS
CHAPTER TWELVE – AN OBSCENE NUMBER OF PILLOWS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN – I’LL EAT LAURENCE’S CRAVAT
CHAPTER FOURTEEN – WHICH WAS BAD FOR SETH
CHAPTER FIFTEEN – PURE ACCIDENT

CHAPTER SIXTEEN – LESS THAN IDEAL
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – NOT SO SPECIAL IN CHAINS
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – IT WAS ALWAYS FUCKING STARS
CHAPTER NINETEEN – PROBABLY NOT EVEN A PRETTY FACE
CHAPTER TWENTY – WHETHER TO SHOUT, CRY, OR THROW UP
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – I LIKE MY TREAT THRESHOLD LOWER THAN DISMEMBERMENT
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO – BEING ALIVE DID HAVE ITS ADVANTAGES
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE – PURRING INTENSIFIED
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR – LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF ROMANCE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE – COULD YOU NOT BE OBNXIOUS FOR FIVE MINUTES
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX – HE’S VERY… INTENSE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN – NOT HAVING ANY OF IT
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT – IT WOULD ALL BE OVER TOMORROW
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE – NO REST FOR THE WICKED
CHAPTER THIRTY – THE EXTENT OF MY CRIMES

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Kelrond, Best Purveyor of Gay Books Ever @panediting.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

To be a little less screwed until Friday, anyone got a few dollars for gas? I've actually heard back from a part time job! A remote one! To supplement my bookstore job 💖 I just gotta make it to Friday again. 🫠 PayPal.me/panediting

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Pay Kelly Russell using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/panediting and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Rae Loverde @raeloverde.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

officially about to set something on fire over MSFT sneaking in an A/I utility in the newest Office update if you want to delete tf out of it, go to C:\Program Files\MicrosoftOffice\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Office16 and delete the "A/I" folder (obvs without the / )

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The Teabun 🧙🏻‍♀️ aka El @theteabun.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Another fantastic book finished. I genuinely didn’t want to put this down. Very much recommend if you enjoy wholesome but dark queer fantasy. The character progression was so good. Looking forward to more books by @wordsofrablack.bsky.social

A paperback book is laid on a rabbit themed cushion. The book is Fated Winds and Promising Seas by Rose Black.

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Rose Black @wordsofrablack.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It’s transgender awareness week so please be aware of 🏳️‍⚧️🌸💖✨him✨💖🌸🏳️‍⚧️

Piccrew image of a whire man looking with sly smile at the camera. His hair is blond and down to the collar. He wears a light blue brocade jacket and cravat.

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It’s transgender awareness week so please be aware of 🏳️‍⚧️🌸💖✨h e r✨💖🌸🏳️‍⚧️

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

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