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Dale Ivan Smith

@daleivan.bsky.social

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Retired librarian, now "full-time" writer/ reader of fantasy, SF and mystery. TKZ blogger. Author of The Empowered series, Meg Booker librarian mystery series, and various novellas and short stories. Avid stargazer, role-player, board gamer. Fez wearer.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · Dec 1

A Shush Before Dying is the first novel in my Meg Booker Librarian mysteries, a cozy mystery series set in the 1980s. Card catalogs, big hair, not so simple minds #cozymystery #mystery

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Kathryn Rushent 🌊🐱🍁 @krushent.bsky.social · 4h

Introducing Beans! She's the cuddly-est kitten we've ever had, I think. #Caturday

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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social · 3h

Luna and Xena vying for the same spot🤣🤣
Just go to sleep ladies.

Good night BlueSky😴💤🌙

#caturday
#catsofbluesky

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 14h

Now this is the office I want to be in.

Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 14h

Beautiful images. The trails around the tower are almost certainly satellites, which swarm the night sky these days.

glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 21h

Photo of Orion over Glastonbury Tor.
If you zoom right in on the right of the tower and just above there are what look like scratch marks all going in different directions. They are not on the shot before or after. For information, 10 second exposure. Do you think they are shooting stars?

Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 14h

Another vote for satellites.

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, we're gonna get through this. The people are alright.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

We are. So proud of my city of Portland and especially these protesters who are embracing whimsy as a response.

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 23d

If you're a writer of fantasy, SF, or horror looking for an online community dedicated to cooperation, kindness, encouragement, and craft, please check out my Patreon.

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creating Stories, Community, and Love since 2007 on Patreon

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

I can so relate to this.

Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

”People in animal costumes standing together!” (To riff off of Ghostbusters)

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from The Denton Observatory!

🔭 #Astrophotography

A comment with a greenish tinged nucleus, and, and light yellow tail. There are multiple stars in the background. There are satellite trails through throughout the photo.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

You may well be right. With you on nothing surprising me any more.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

Agree 100%. Clegg's statement is also another "tell" that Gen "AI" is built on a house of fiscal cards which may collapse soon, taking the industry down with it. I'd call that a silver lining only it very well might crash the economy in the process.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. Also, I suspect the AI companies wouldn't be happy about a rival copying their code, but creatives are apparently not included in intellectual property rights.

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Pamela Dolby @pdolby.bsky.social · 1d

Portland frog costume will win Halloween this year. You heard it here first

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed! Wonderful series!

Jen Willis 💫🎃 @jenwillis.bsky.social · 2d

Happy book birthday to me!

"Poison Pen" (Haunted Coast 5) brings a celebrated author to the Oregon coastal hamlet of Grady — along with fireworks, surfers, special election shenanigans, a Tom Wolfe wannabe, and of course murder.

Also, there are recipes in the back!

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The cover for "Poison Pen," Haunted Coast book 5 by Jennifer Willis. A young woman stands on the shore with the stars and a disgruntled ghost behind her.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 1d

I had a tooth, too severely cracked to save, extracted on Wednesday afternoon. The silver lining is that the implant could be put in then rather than waiting four months. Now it's three days of enforced couch time. My wonderful wife has been taking very good care of me and I want for nothing.

Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 2d

I've taken several of @catrambo.bsky.social 's insightful classes, highly recommended #writing #writingcommunity

Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 2d

Saturday I'm teaching Plot Basics. Come brush up on the ins and outs of constructing satisfying story plots. Scholarships available.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 2d

Living rent free in Trump's head all these years.

Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 3d

Many of us will be at No King’s 2 in ten days— that might be the moment. But the only insurrection is in the WH.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 3d

Free shipping today at Bookshop for anti-Prime day!

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 4d

I made a proper graphic for anti-Prime day! Free shipping on @bookshop.org — these are just some of my books! #solarpunk #hopepunk anti-AI short stories and more #SFF #sci-fi #steampunk

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#booksky #books

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 3d

It was moving and impactful to watch the documentary THE LIBRARIANS, which is about freedom to read and the fight against banned books, in a roomful of librarians and writers.
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984
@debbieohi.com @jgcanada.bsky.social

Film title THE LIBRARIANS on a screen with audience members watching.

Smiling photo of Joyce Grant, Karen Krossing and Debbie Ohi.

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 3d

Striking cover! Looking forward to this stand-alone.

Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 3d

Oh, look, a cover!

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Radiant Star

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Locati...

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Dale Ivan Smith @daleivan.bsky.social · 3d

They are blind to the fact that minister is acting as Jesus would.