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Bithi Paul @bithipaulauthor.bsky.social · 3d

"Mom!" I hear the cry of my little girl.

"What's happened?"

She points at a flying #beetle. I smile. She is afraid of cockroaches, too. She is still too young to realize that humans are more fearsome than innocent insects.

#vss365

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 3d

#vss365

Smoky illusions
And Sephia-tinted regrets
Chasing you
To #unearthly destination
One moment
You're a King
And the next ...
A slave
Too ignorant to realise
We're all in a merry-go-round...

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Steve - Teller of Tall Tales 🇺🇦 @bofferson.bsky.social · 3d

Welcome lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏

"You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension of not only letters and words but of the mind."

Have you ever experienced something unnatural? Something very strange?

The word for Oct 16th :

UNEARTHLY

#vss365 #prompt #unearthly

a black background with the words the twilight zone in white letters

ALT: a black background with the words the twilight zone in white letters

media.tenor.com

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 4d

Caught this yesterday evening... Though it looks like a flaming sky, it was rather calm and peaceful on my island. 🏝️
Photo by: Essvari
#photography
#nofilter

Flaming sky marking the setting sun on my island silhouetted by tall skyscrapers. Photo by Essvari

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 4d

#Deepavali is near.
Shopping 🛍️ ✅
Sweets 🍪 ⏳
Cleaning 🧹⏳

Rangoli kolam designed in shapes of two peacocks perched on each side with an indian lamp in the middle and a purple elephant above with the words "Happy Deepavali" on the top of it and a few decors matching with the rangoli kolam.

Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 16d

Lovely prompt.

As for my all time favourite song...In English, it would be Can't Fight This Feeling by Reo-Speedwagon

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 16d

#vss365

Cracks in deeply held secrets
Fresh #pulp forming from recycled hearsay
Truth left to wither away
Mind stunned
Refusing to move on
Going through all that happened
Over and over and over again...

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 20d

This is interesting—I see a lot of these tells in my work with writing scams, where the use of chatbots in scam solicitations and impersonations has become ubiquitous.

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 21d

🌻🙏🏽

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 21d

#haikufeels

Lost moments - once #mine
Sweetness of your fingerprint
United in love...

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 21d

#vss365

I wear my words like a shield...
No smear by the ignorants
Will wreck my #escutcheon

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 23d

#vss365

Crack open these poisonous words
Caked in between #sonorous speech
Transmute it
with patient wisdom
and watch it shed its toxicity off

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 23d

#2WordPrompt

"It's #very close."
"Sure it is. The orbit of Cassius the #Third's moon is indeed too close to our Halo spaceship."
"I didn't mean that. I meant you're standing way too close to me. And you're blocking my view."
"Oh. Sorry."
"..."
"What?"
"You haven't stepped back."
*Grins* "I am now."

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 23d

Let your Words Flow
Online workshop
Writing for Wellbeing
Creative writing makes you feel good, with wonderful ideas & mood-boosting inspiration. Choose Sun 12 Oct 2–4pm, or Sat 18 Oct 10am–12pm. Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
#WritingforWellbeing #writing

Flowing water of deep turquoise blues and whites

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 23d

Who said poetry doesn't sell...???!!! 😁

Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 23d

My esteemed publisher (Nell at HappenStance) informs me that the Whatever You Do, Just Don't express train is fast approaching Reprint City. Yay!

However, in the meantime, both she and I still have some copies of the first print run available for purchase. You know where to find us...!

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 28d

Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping One Acre Fund in Niger, Nigeria to pursue their dream? www.kiva.org/invitedby/_c...

#kiva #microloan #microfunding #micro #fund

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Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 24d

An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help.

open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...

(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)

What does it cost to produce a book?

Why small presses in the UK are struggling - and what can be done about it.

open.substack.com

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 24d

#2WordPrompt

The
#weight of her
silence...
dims
even the lustre
of a flighty
#firefly
wings...

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 24d

#vss365

Bathed in stale smoke
Drunk in the #caprice
of her regret
She let her fingers draw invisible map
of a never discovered world
on a dust-caked floor
with her shadow friends...

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you 🙏🏽😊

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 28d

Rest in peace, Matt Beard. You brought glory to #LFCWomen with a special back to back #WSL Championships 🏆 in 2013 & 2014.

I'll never forget your leadership off and on the pitch. I remember staying up late to catch the ladies matches on YT.

Thanks for the memories and rest easy, Matt. 🕯️ 🕊️

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you 🙏🏽

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 28d

Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping One Acre Fund in Niger, Nigeria to pursue their dream? www.kiva.org/invitedby/_c...

#kiva #microloan #microfunding #micro #fund

www.kiva.org

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 29d

FT: #LFC 2-1 Eve
About time the ref blew the whistle 😮‍💨

(+) 1st half: Happy that Ekitike and Gakpo scored.

(+) 2nd half: We didn't lose our lead (though we very nearly did)

Next up: EFL Cup Round vs Southampton.

#YNWA 👊🏽 🔴

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Essvari @essvari.bsky.social · 29d

Wonderful to see your writing after a long time, my friend.
Sending you goodwill wishes 🙏🏽

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