Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

WordWitch @wordwitchlife.bsky.social · 4h

I'm not caught up with my notifications on X but I keep falling asleep!
Keep jumping awake. *shugs*Waking up to find myself leaningto the right.
go
#tired #mentor #amwriting #writingcommnity

Goodnight!

1 1

Reposted by WordWitch

Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 18h

I think that as I start getting paid real money for my day job work, the absolute pittance I make on novels in contrast to the amount of effort expended is becoming depressingly stark.

7 2 59

Reposted by WordWitch

Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social · 18h

Wizardry, Witches and dark magic abound!

www.amazon.ca/Snow-Queen-S... #IsabelAllende #JoanneHarris #spells #childlore #Rituals #folktales #Fairytales #SupernaturalSunday #books #reading #readers #spells #darkmagic #trolls #witch #wizard #darkfantasy

10 16

Reposted by WordWitch

💘Beth C Greenberg✍️ Cupid's Fall series @bethcgreenberg.com · 18h

With a pair of titanium hips
And cherry-red Botox-filled lips
Of feelings, she's practically void
Less human and more fully #android
You don't want to be there when she strips! 😱🫣

#vss365 #limerick #limerickoftheday #writersofbluesky

4 23

Reposted by WordWitch

Brain Candy @metaphor-imagine.bsky.social · 18h

#vss365

This advertisement, one of the first of its kind, was not very successful.

“I am your AI #android girlfriend—always here to listen, laugh, and love. Whether you need a flirty chat, deep emotional connection, or just someone to talk to after a long day, I’m yours.”

1 7

Reposted by WordWitch

word-massager.bsky.social @word-massager.bsky.social · 18h

I had an inkling
which became a notion
finally concluding
in a uniquely me production

It's this artistic progression
of the glorious creation process
that gets me in hot water
with the
masters of our universe
now run by soulless #androids
and automated AI buttheads
pretending to be human

#vss365

2 8

Reposted by WordWitch

Michelle Mann @michellemybelle75.bsky.social · 18h

Have a beautiful Saturday, BlueSky ☀️🌳🫶🏼

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike. ~Paulo Coelho, Aleph

#photography #naturephotography #treelovers #greensat #eastcoastkin #imageandverse #blueskyartshow

4 4 52

WordWitch @wordwitchlife.bsky.social · 5h

I wish!

Reposted by WordWitch

Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 18h

is there anything i can do to get more steps that does not involve moving my body

9 3 35

Reposted by WordWitch

Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 18h

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

140 1.3K 6.2K

Reposted by WordWitch

Joe F @joe--f.bsky.social · 18h

Hyper space portal —
Intergalactic peace fest
All you need is love

#haiku
#scifaikusaturday peace

2 5 29

Reposted by WordWitch

Lexikon @lexikonical.bsky.social · 18h

#vss365
"I thought I heard voices?" Rowan peered over Elena's shoulder.
Declan snorted, "Probably built herself an #android to do the chores."
Elena blinked slowly. "I was on a video call. I'll just change and follow you there." She closed the door on them. They locked eyes. "That was close."

3 11

Reposted by WordWitch

Vicky (she/her) @staytruecreate.bsky.social · 18h

My human eyes could see
The effort & attempt
And my real heart could feel
Rage at the violation.

Know my withdrawal
Is purely to process
What I need to feel
In spite of what I know & trust

My brain processing
Delayed & unique.
Sleeping and silence
Required to calmly continue.

#android #vss365

5 12

Reposted by WordWitch

Sheilagh G. Lee -She/her🇨🇦 @sweetsheil.bsky.social · 18h

#vss365 #poetry #prompt #androids

2 8

Reposted by WordWitch

Johnny Appleweed @thejohnnyappleweed.bsky.social · 18h

I went to No Kings and met a fellow unicorn.

#NoKings
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

68 320 2.8K

Reposted by WordWitch

Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 17h

#vss365 #android #SciFaikuSaturday #peace
#senryu #haiku

mercury dawn
Nemesis downloads
a memory of doves

3 19

Reposted by WordWitch

Keyser Lauze 🇨🇦 @keyserlauze.bsky.social · 17h

Here's one for the #ColorADay theme #GreenSat! A little timeline cleanse if you need it, much love✨️💚🌲💚✨️

"The paths of life are there for us to take
The footings may be different
But the destination is the same"

- Brian Turner

#pathway #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #green #growth

Down this dappled path i wander, where will it take me, I stop to wonder. The gloriously green glow, garners great gratitude as I glide gracefully with glee. A sunny day, a forest path, for me, it doesn't get better than that!

5 15 140

Reposted by WordWitch

C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 17h

Ouch. This one cuts to the bone.

Meme featuring two well coifed, intellectual looking Wojacks reading: PEOPLE WHO READ

Beneath them are two disheveled, sick looking people with black circles under their eyes reading: PEOPLE WHO WRITE

14 170 1.1K

Reposted by WordWitch

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 17h

I’m focusing on getting Full Bloom ready for launch but “Magica Riot” is approaching its one year birthday and is reaching that birthday having exceeded my original sales expectations by 2,000% so that feels pretty neat

I’m very proud of the lil trans magical girl book that could 🥹

7 25 180

Reposted by WordWitch

Dale Tudge? Humor! @daletudgehumor.bsky.social · 17h

I took #possession of my new starfighter straight from the spacedrome showroom, having haggled the #android rep down to a mere 450,000 astro-dollars. What?! Do you think I paid too much? But it included the premium gizmo accessory package and atomic racing stripes.

#vss365 #inkmine #blueskyrelay

5 11

Reposted by WordWitch

Vicente L Ruiz 🍏📜🎲🌓 @vicentelruiz.bsky.social · 17h

"Did you know a female #android should really be called a ginoid?"

"Androids don't exist."

"Well, if they did."

"Would they be gendered?"

"That's not the point."

"That's exactly the point. Maybe they'd all be fluid. Or agender. Who knows. More interesting than male or female, innit?"

#VSS365

2 11

Reposted by WordWitch

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 17h

“I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.”

Seamus Heaney

1 22 57

Reposted by WordWitch

Thomas Michael @bell-chimes-in.bsky.social · 17h

Koan frowned. “My parents were Devoteds: their parents lived during the #Android Purge.”
“Behold the Age of Decadence: Mortals cast off their woes and thought themselves as Gods, crafting false angels to toil in their stead,” Matthias quoted.
“If they only knew what the Angels would become.”
#vss365

Steve - Teller of Tall Tales 🇺🇦 @bofferson.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome, lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏

So many amazing writes so far. Wish I had time to read every single one.

So, a robot with human appearance.
Mwahahahahahahahaha!

Or the mobile phone operating system if you prefer.

The word for Oct 18th :

ANDROID

#vss365 #prompt #android

a close up of a man 's face with blue hair

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with blue hair

media.tenor.com

1 4 9

Reposted by WordWitch

Sophie Byrne @drabbles.bsky.social · 16h

#vss365 #android
I don't think I'll ever get over Rutger Hauer's monologue from #bladerunner
Tears in the rain.

2 10

Reposted by WordWitch

Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 16h

The sun shines today also.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#GreenSat #EastCoastKin

A green fern frond reaching upward against a clear blue sky with trees blurred in the background.

3 39