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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe

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Indie author & academic librarian. 🇵🇷. Disabled and neurodivergent. A 🏳️‍⚧️ nonbinary, agender ✨DELIGHT✨ Publishing under A.E. Bross AO3 fanfic under SkepticalCybrarian https://linktr.ee/aebrossbooks 📚 Defend Libraries | 🚫 NoAI | 🇵🇸 Free Palestine

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello, lovely folks. So happy to have y'all here! My name is Addy, I'm a queer author, poet, & librarian.

My books:
🏴‍☠️ The Elysium Proposal - F/Enby Pirate Adventure Romantasy
💞 Where We Converge - M/M Contemporary Paranormal Romantasy set in modern day Chicago.

books2read.com/ap/xXJm2G/AE...

Background of a cracked wall with a vine growing up the sides. Light text reads, "All Kyle wants to do is propose to the love of her life. Unfortunately, it seems that toxic family, a hopeless voyage, & the search for the Well of Eternal Life all have different ideas for how Kyle should be spending her time." The Elysium Proposal "Because nothing ever goes as planned..."

Image of the Chicago cityscape in the distance, icy Lake Michigan in the forefront. Text over top reads: "Every so often, life gives us a shot at redemption. When Darius Adair is sent to help a stranger in the dead of night, he never expects that man to be a time traveler who threw himself back in order to stop a threat so severe, it endangered the world as they knew it. He also didn't expect to catch feelings for him."

Features the cover from Where We Converge by A.E. Bross.

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Megi 🦋🐍 @mmegistus.bsky.social · Aug 20

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you. 💕

An illustration of my original characters Viridian and Erebus, Viridian sitting next to Erebus’ corpse which has turned into stone, in hopes that one day she will awaken. Viridian is sitting down on the ground, wearing a green tunic looking towards Erebus with a tearful expression, who is petrified in stone, lying on her side in a somewhat peaceful slumber. He has long black hair and his left hand is covered in greenish feathers and he has talons. His right hand is normal with a golden ring on his ring finger, matching the ring on Erebus’ ring finger. There are bushes surrounding them and a warm glow coming from below, while above is the purple glow of the moonlight. Erebus is lying on a stone wall with wines creeping here and there. Behind them is the starry night sky.

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🦋 Gabriel Yuriria @gabriel-yuriria.bsky.social · 1h

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you

Mermaid and human swim in the shallow ocean, a few rocks and corals underneath them

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19m

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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DrDucko-enstein 🦆🧌 @drducko.myatproto.social · 22m

Governor Pritzker, please call off your state troopers!

You said you would stand between ICE and the people of Illinois. This is not how you do that. These officers should be defending peaceful protestors, not ICE.

blacksky.community/profile/did:...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 2h

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 6h

They are intollerable

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 7h

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♡ Kate's haunted emporium 👻 🎃 🇬🇹~ FREE 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @katespeace.bsky.social · 8h

Please PLEASE read this. Be there for Black trans youth, too. Don't forget about them.

Black Trans Lives Matter.

Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 9h

“In this environment that we’re in right now, it feels like an understatement to say that there’s misinformation being spread about this community. People really forget that we’re human beings.”

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

capitalbnews.org

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A.M. Weald - buy Fimbulvinter's Fires ❤️‍🔥 @amweald.com · 11h

I've had daily sales on the zon since my new release launched. It's still 99c for a few more days if anyone's interested!
🥺👉👈

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP1SJM96

#IndieAuthor #QueerSFF #SurvivalHorror #Novella
🩸📚🪐📚💙📚🌈🚀💫💜😱

bar graph from amazon k d p showing daily though declining sales since 30 september. none so far on 12 oct

fimbulvinter's fires by a m weald coer art is a man holding an axe in a dark wintery forest with fire in the distance and rivers of blood cutting through the snow

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 8h

"It isn't racist/misogynistic/ transphobic/homophobic/ableist enough!" is a hell of a take.

The GOP is literally based on lies, deceit, and a denial of the facts, all mixed in w/corporate money.

Dems aren't much better, but at least they have facts on their side some of the time.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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C.Quince🌈 Author @cquince.bsky.social · 2d

ARC sign ups for my next book are open!

🎄30k novella
🎁Spies
🎄Contemporary Era, and 1999 Millennium Era
🎁Christmas themed

Early Nov release for the ARC.
💙📚🌈 #mmromance #gayromance

Sign up here
forms.gle/baYYLuKgWMa4...

Text says Jingle Jingle KlLL coming December 2.

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 8h

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 17h

Good night, Bluesky. Wishing all of my fellow authors, artists, and other creators all of the creativity, motivation, and self-love that the Internet will hold.

So grateful for you.
You bring beauty to this world.
Don't let anyone tell you differently.

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 22h

I hear you there. I think the same thing with every week at work, and the week is rarely better. 😂

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The Bath Bomb Dealer 🛁 🫧 @jumpyjellybeanbath.bsky.social · 2d

Can I get some love on the new products that I have listed. I have tons of products from body butter, soaps and bath bombs available and ready to be shipped ✈️

CBD isolate infused products also available 🌱

Treat yourself to a spa day at home 🏡 HERE 👉🏽 ko-fi.com/jumpyjellybe...

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you!!!! 💛💛💛

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 1d

I feel as if there's a joke to be made here about a similarity between the creators and what was created...

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots

Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

www.newscientist.com

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 spaceships
🌡️ dark conspiracies
🎭 brotherhood
❌ no romance
🐛 strange creatures
🤖 futuristic
🪐 other worlds
🐈 a rescue cat

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

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BERNERI ✧ @berneri.horse · Jul 1

& ALWAYS WILL BE
#art ✧ #wrathmonth ✧ #trans ✧ #queer

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. I'm certainly going to try 😆

Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, my heart 🖤🖤🖤

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 1d

My spouse and I were so upset. She really was great.

Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Good on you for finishing it. Even if it's not sellable, if it helped you and makes you happy, then it's worth it's weight in gold. 💛

Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Recovery weeks are always a blessing and a curse. Yes, you need that time, but also you thought there'd be time to do the other stuff you didn't get to the week before. I feel your pain.

Regardless, I hope things settle down for you 💛

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