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Rhem

@rhem.bsky.social

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he/they. Deep in my writing feels. I like actual play podcasts, video games, and wishing I were writing. Check out As the Devil Drives, available from ebook platforms near you (and also on Storygraph)

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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · May 30

"Hey, you. Do you want to get out of here?"

✨

My debut novel, As the Devil Drives, is now available! A poly, queer, high-fantasy road trip about a deserter trying to reunite with his sister!

www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
rhemtbright.itch.io/as-the-devil...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/60e3ad...

A promotional image for As The Devil Drives, by Rhem T. Bright comprised of three rows.
The first row is composed of cool tones. An image of a stone cell with a tall window accompanies a man with strong arms holding an axe.
The middle row features a panoramic highway cut through the hills. The sky is a heavy grey and the landscape rocky and cut with a warm green.
The final row has sunlight hitting straight red hair beside a black and white image of an open doorway with an iron gate.

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bispau @ShortBox 2025 @bispau.art · Jan 4

How it feels 😬

Sticker of a cat on a table with destruction all around and giant Japanese crabs throwing lasers trough their eyes

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 1d

putting in 70 hours a week and i'm still at the bottom of the escaping samsara leaderboards, what the fuck

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 1d

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 1d

when i was a kid i didn't understand how this worked and i thought every CD that was manufactured had to have a monster put onto it. like they'd go up to ringo starr or whatever and ask him what monster he wants and he'd say "ouhh this DEfinitely has a "Battle Rocks" quality to it! peace and love.!"

Cool Box Art @coolboxart.bsky.social · 1d

Monster Rancher / Print ad / Tecmo / 1997

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, some advice if you plan on spending time outside in an animal costume, sharing for no particular reason:

-You will sweat a lot more than you think. Have water/snacks

-You cannot move well (the Left Shark guy is a trained experienced professional dancer). Don’t run or you’ll trip and fall.

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trickyNOtreat 🎃 @trickykat.bsky.social · 2d

real shitposters only use lower case because we are anti-capitalism

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vert ⚡️🪶 open to work @subvertebra.bsky.social · 1d

hey it's me again telling you that i am ✨ open to work ✨ and also need to cover bills this month. :)

hire me for:
⚡ comms (writing, graphics, book formatting)
⚡ self-pub services (editing, book formatting)

or support me via:
⚡ tip jar
⚡ patreon

book portfolio here! bring me your weird fiction.

Buy subvertebra a Coffee

Become a supporter of subvertebra today!

ko-fi.com

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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 3d

A good editor is a fucking magician who will find ways to elevate your voice in ways that you never previously thought possible.

(Hire @subvertebra.bsky.social )

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

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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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 3d

We were discussing James Joyce in class and the next thing I know, I'm on the train trying the hardest I have ever tried to not sing the Emerald Rose back catalog out loud.

youtu.be/hdflT62-T58?...

Johnny Cope

YouTube video by Emerald Rose - Topic

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 4d

"Could you pray for my celebrity sister..."

Oh, um, sorry but no, that's not really something I'd--

"--Dolly Parton?"

*knees hit floor*

‘I was up all night praying’: Dolly Parton’s sister asks fans to ‘pray with me’

Hours after the first post, Freida Parton clarified saying her sister has "been a little under the weather."

www.wsoctv.com

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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 4d

They referenced it in the credits but gave it a cutesy robot body to try and make it seem on the same level as Tom or Crow or Cambot and that's about when I started yelling so hard that I woke myself up.

Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 4d

I sure did wake up from a nightmare that they brought back MST3K but the only writer was Chat-GPT.

Thanks, brain. Super helpful.

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Salmence @salmence.bsky.social · 4d

Now's a good time to mention that no part of my videos, script, thumbnail, footage, or otherwise, will ever have any AI used in any part of the process. You'll never have to wonder.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 4d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 4d

I think this is bang on, and gets at a sense of what I see in play with stuff from Dwarf Fortress and Qud to Rimworld to Crusader Kings and the Sims: a desire to understand the world, whether a familiar or an alien one, through play

lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 4d

"'The more we try to understand what's going on in the world around us—the more we don't just withdraw into a hermitude of my family and I as a nuclear unit, the more we try to understand our society—I think the more these kinds of games speak to us,' Short said."

Founder of Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud publisher Kitfox Games says its procgen sims for sickos are 'giving storytelling tools back to the people when games and passive media took them away'

Streets of Fortuna, Kitfox's own in-development "megasim," is chasing that same systems-driven storytelling.

pcgamer.com

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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 4d

All right I've been in my new apartment a week as of tomorrow.

Time to finally begin the no-doubt-laborious process of bullying PODs into giving my stuff back

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 4d

If this year takes Miss Dolly we riot.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 4d

See! They finally get it!! If they share the bed then they can share the human!!!

A photo of two cats on a bed. The white cat is asleep with his chin resting on a bundled up blanket. The black and white cat is laying a couple of feet away and staring at him. This is notable because three months ago, neither cat could stand to be in sight of the other.

Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 4d

I just don't see how its productive to ask questions like "but what if a renouncer has a violent dream, are they kicked out of being a renouncer" when there's SO many more interesting discussions we could be having, why do so many of you feel like you're trying to find a "gotcha"

Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 4d

I swear I'm trying to be less judgmental as a person, but some of the questions that come up during my Religions of South and East Asia class - its like damn, sorry about your deepseated cultural Christisnity, hope you get better soon.

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 5d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 5d

this site has done so many things right when it comes to building tools that allow us to escape some of the worst parts of twitter. I legitimately admire many of the technological choices they've made.

but for the love of god, EVERYTHING IN THIS THREAD. go get a communications team!!!!!

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 5d

every time i am ever critical of bluesky it's because i enjoy my time here, have nicely made a home for myself, and want the place to succeed. i'm on my hands and fucking knees begging them to stop walking into rakes like please for the love of allmo just look down at the ground to avoid the rakes.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 5d

Umm, Canada, are you taking notes???

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

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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Rhem @rhem.bsky.social · 5d

Oh I went down all 18! 8 was just when I noticed that there was effort being expended