S. A. Chant 🏳️‍⚧️ is writing sword & sorcery
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Author & transsexual menace. He/they. Find my books on my website: https://austinchant.com/
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who wants to see pics of the FANCY ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF PETER DARLING by @rainbowcrate.bsky.social !!

Dust jacket + edges by @olyfrogg.bsky.social
Endpapers by @mspencerdraws.bsky.social
Hardcase by @nong247.bsky.social
The special edition cover of Peter Darling by S. A. Chant, featuring a moment of homoerotic swordplay between Peter and Hook. Peter's dagger is under Hook's chin and Hook's claw is held up to Peter's face and they are smiling at each other. The endpaper illustration for the special edition of Peter Darling, a colorful watercolor spread. It shows Peter sitting on a mossy tree with a knife and Tinker Bell by his side, looking out over a beautiful vista of Neverland while Hook, in his cabin, smokes and plays piano with his luscious chest hair out. The special edition hardcase, which is white with a black ink illustration with gold foil accents of a tallship being ripped apart by the tendrils of a kraken. The back of the hardcase, showing the quote "Dreamers are always welcome here, whatever their reasons." in an elaborate gilt frame.
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junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
essaychant.bsky.social
omg I just got a surprise KJ arc in the mail, today is ✨blessed✨

(the book is already out, you should go get it)
An advance reader's copy of All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy
essaychant.bsky.social
I'm finishing a sword and sorcery novel with a trans heroine that is, without a doubt, my favorite thing I've ever written
lilahsturges.com
Trans people, I am once again asking you—nay, begging you—to share something good that is going on in your lives right now!

I’ll start: I’m working on a new graphic novel and having a blast with the creative team we’ve assembled!
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blipstress.bsky.social
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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threnody.bsky.social
hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
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kjcharleswriter.com
I am very excited that ALL OF US MURDERERS has been picked as one of Kobo's Best of the Month!

It's out everywhere today, in e at all platforms, in print at all good bookshops (it's the BA Indie Book of the Month!) and in audio read by Sonny Archer. Have at it!

books2read.com/u/mloE7q
Flyer with ALL OFUS MURDERERS cover and text saying 'One of Kobo's Best of the Month'
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spacethey.gay
from a purely economic standpoint, thats a 46% return on investment. literally wasting money by not doing it!!!
mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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luckytran.com
The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines.

While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.
CDC Immunization Schedule Adopts Individual-Based Decision-Making for COVID-19 and Standalone Vaccination for Chickenpox in Toddlers
  
ATLANTA—October 6, 2025— The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination and recommend that toddlers receive protection from varicella (chickenpox) as a standalone immunization rather than in combination with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination.The immunization schedules adopt recent recommendations by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which were approved last week by Acting Director of the CDC and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill. The schedules will be updated on CDC.gov by October 7, 2025.
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benapplegate.com
I've met Blessing a few times outside Delaney Hall, where her husband, a home health worker, has been held for months. Her baby Princess is the sweetest—loves being held and grabbing stuff off my snack tray.

This is a VERIFIED call to help a family suffering under ICE terror. gofund.me/02fea4ec8
Donate to Open your heart for this family, organized by Bernard Rous
My name is Blessing Nickerson, and I am a US citizen. My husband is a very gentle, kind h… Bernard Rous needs your support for Open your heart for this family
gofund.me
essaychant.bsky.social
It gets so tiring to have to keep jumping platforms over the years and also have no choice in the matter
essaychant.bsky.social
holy shit they are actually making protomen act III holy shit holy shit
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
finding yourself wanting to use "psychotic" to describe horrible people, governments, or events? can I present to you: the thesaurus
cosmomante.bsky.social
Sadistic, inhumane, cruel, barbaric, heartless, perverse, vile, so many more accurate and less offensive descriptors to use in this situation!
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goddessblade.bsky.social
Hiya all,

We need some help covering a car repair and buying some medications. Thankfully we shouldn't need a huge amount this time, but anything makes a positive difference. Thank you all so much!

gofund.me/a0978348
Hi all,

Thank you so much for all the help you've given us recently, it's made a huge difference in allowing me to deal with my poor mental health.

We need help with another unexpected goal—a surprise car repair! Thankfully the bill wasn't huge, and we think some of it will be covered by insurance, but it's about $450 that we're going to be missing for a few weeks at least. 

We also need additional help covering some medications that are particularly expensive right now, as well as a few other basics that might be a little hard to cover over this month while my income has been poor. I'm going to ask for contributions of about $300 to get us through the month, though as always anything above that will be much appreciated and go toward our longer term stability. 

Thank you all again! We're so thankful for all of you!
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swordsjew.bsky.social
the best gay book for spooky season is The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by KJ Charles, which opens with the sexiest ghost story imaginable, and improbably turns into a gorgeous multidecade love story (with lots of ghosts and monsters)
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
ayyy go dawgs
queersatanic.bsky.social
Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off
essaychant.bsky.social
I would like to formally thank Rainbow Crate for not infusing the pages of Peter Darling with the aroma of fish guts
essaychant.bsky.social
imagine trying to sell this to your local used bookstore and having to be like "no no it smells like that because it's an Exclusive Special Edition, I did not smear garlic mayo into the pages of this book, the publisher did--"
emilyhughes.bsky.social
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: 
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's	  	
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
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nghivo.bsky.social
1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
erininthemorning.com
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
www.erininthemorning.com
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publicbooks.bsky.social
“Both you and the cis people had the same lessons that acting trans is not a thing good people do. There are lots of parallels to religious upbringing: Even when you reject it, it haunts you.”

New at PB: @jeannethornton.bsky.social on her new novel A/S/L.
“Conjuring and Reality”: An Interview with Jeanne Thornton - Public Books
“Pronouncing a sentence about a person, wrapping them up in your narrative, can be a very gracious action, or a cruel one, or probably most often both.”
www.publicbooks.org
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