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@shannonknight.bsky.social

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I write books. Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror Tree watcher. First wave LC. she/her Abolish ICE. https://shannonknight.net

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · Feb 17

I write science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels. You can find out more about my work at www.shannonknight.net.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Shannon Knight. The background fades from orange to pink and is covered with purple clouds. Atop that are four book covers of books by Shannon Knight. Domestication has cover art by Savanna Mayer. A ram is being sheared with a canine skeleton emerging in a comic style art that is very creepy. Wish Givers cover art by Elizabeth Peiró. A realistic illustration depicts a Polynesian woman covered in tattoos smiling up at the viewer. She is surrounded by a ring of fire and an upward spiral of ghosts. The colors are gold and violet and the image fantastical. Insiders cover art by Isabeau Backhaus. A realistic illustration shows a young woman with white hair floating in space. She is wearing a plant suit and surrounded by a ring of plants. Grave Cold cover photo by Kiselev Andrey Valerevich. Close-up photo of a beautiful woman covered in frost wearing dramatic makeup. The colors are violet and pink. Protect the Dead. www.shannonknight.net

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Long Covid The Answers @longcovidanswers.bsky.social · 4d

Understanding Micro Clots | The Sticky Protein Behind Long COVID Symptoms.
Prof David Putrino explains why you're testing normal

#longcovid #longhauler #longcovidtheanswers @putrinolab.bsky.social

Understanding Micro Clots | The Sticky Protein Behind Long COVID Symptoms. Prof David Putrino explai

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

This Is Fascism

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 7h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 7h

Gorgeous vocals

송소희(Song Sohee) - Not a Dream [Visualizer]

YouTube video by 송소희 Song Sohee

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 8h

I saw a coyote in the closest neighbor's yard last time I was out. The farmers, originally city people, have been leaving the coyotes too many dead sheep lately, and the coyotes have been coming in closer and closer. I'm like...have you happened to have read my book? Domestication?

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Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social · 8h

share your couples art!

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 9h

Sometimes books are SO HARD TO WRITE! UGH!

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 10h

An absolute shame!

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 10h

Alright. THAT's a costume! I especially like the feet.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 11h

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 10h

My quibble is this is a costume contest and no one hit that outfit with an iron or steamer or something. Otherwise, looking good!

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 11h

Mr China coming in hard with the first of the traditional and *stunning* looks. There's just the right element of cosplay to the look, the colours are stunning and we love a weapon as a prop in Mister Global (fnar). Although the shoe looks oddly clunky. Minor quibble though.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 10h

A very good thread on masking, especially in these hellish times when the systems meant to protect us are being spitefully destroyed by evil little power hungry gremlins. Mask up! Protect yourselves and your community! 😷😷😷

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 11h

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 10h

"Nearly every Saturday night [...], it’s been the same routine [...]: A line of people dressed in risqué androgynous outfits arrive in the late evening. Theater employees hand out bags of rice and toast, and they draw a red “V” on the forehead of anyone visiting for the first time."

‘People kept showing up’: Clinton Street Theater celebrates 50 years of ‘Rocky Horror’

Portland's Clinton Street Theater has shown the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” every Saturday since 1978, one of the longest runs in the world.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 10h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve [...]” Kupperman wrote. “Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.”

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Elfy🎨🖌️ @elfypedia.bsky.social · Dec 8

Another from the subreddit drawme. They requested something creepy so here we are haha #painting #art #artist #digitalart #portrait #procreate

Digital portrait painting of a woman with ghostly white eyes and black veins creeping throughout her skin. The whole painting has dark and creepy horror vibes, with an almost black background

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 11h

I was thinking, wow, her makeup game is incredible! Then I realized it was a painting! I really love that pearlescent quality to her skin with all the colors!

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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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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 12h

Insiders is in Kobo's Thanksgiving Sale (CA, US) for $3.99 from Oct. 9-14. 💙📚

Grab your copy!
Kobo www.kobo.com/en/ebook/ins...
Amazon www.amazon.com/Insiders-Sha...
All stores books2read.com/Insiders

Kobo's Thanksgiving Sale (CA, US). Esme Torres, the
engineer of Jacks,
served in the military
with the captain.
But now she'll
disobey her captain
and sacrifice her life
if it will protect
her wife.
Book cover of Insiders by Shannon Knight. Illustration by Isabeau Backhaus of a young woman with white hair floating in space. She is wearing a plant suit and surrounded by a ring of plants.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are not trivialising LLMs.

Copyright theft is not trivial.

Environmental damage is not trivial.

Unreliability is not trivial.

Risk to human cognition is not trivial.

Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 15h

Yeah no I'm leaving the moment I get a real job again (I suspect I'm a little too feral to be hired at something real, but that's the plan) (surely I can be redomesticated!)

The profit/loss document for my life isn't really working out, oh well

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 18h

You should be concerned about the rate of authors leaving publishing. Especially from marginalized communities. This year I have seen so many authors just pack it up and go. And it's only getting worse.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

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Shannon Knight @shannonknight.bsky.social · 1d

More cats need help as people lose housing or their ability to pay for their pets’ needs. There’s also a vet shortage.

Herding cats in the Rogue Valley: Volunteers care for cat colonies as prices for animal care soar

Rogue Valley animal shelters are often at capacity, desperately trying to find foster families. And there’s a growing population of stray and feral cats. But a hidden group of volunteers is on a missi...

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 1d

Note HEPA is not connected to CO2. CO2 level utility should also not be discarded in a similar manner.

Fresh air is good for you. Filtered air when the air outside is too yucky.

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 1d

ICE out of Portland!
#abolishICE #resist #PDX

A digital drawing of a frog standing on a bright red background. The frog is holding a sign that says “ICE out of Portland”. The frog looks mad.

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