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Ola | Aleksandra Hill

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Writer, editor, data scientist. Words in Analog, LeVar Burton Reads, Writer’s Digest, & more. Founder & publisher, khōréō magazine. Rep: Eric Showers, HMLA www.aleksandrahill.com

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 11h

uh, AI *is* the enshittification trap?

Wired headline: Can AI avoid the enshittification Trap

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe if I compile a series titled Virgil: The Saddest Boy in the World, @weratedogs.com will rate him 20/10 to cheer him up

Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 9h

Someone cue the Sarah Maclachlan 🥲

Virgil, a spoiled blue Merle poodle mix who has known only love and who gets many treats and cuddles, looks off-camera with all the sadness in the world radiating from his eyes.

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Erin A. Snider @erinsnider.bsky.social · 1d

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!!!!

Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 6d

Truly the saddest boy in the cruelest world. (He had to take a bath)

Virgil the blue Merle poodle mix looking absolutely devastated at the prospect of taking a bath.

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 7d

While I'm still on my laptop, they've just dropped the schedule so here's where to find me next weekend at @multiversecon.bsky.social

www.ldlewiswrites.com/appearances/...

graphic showing L. D. Lewis's convention schedule for Multiversecon 2025 in Peachtree City, GA Oct 17-19. Sidebar includes author photo and the covers of books Year of the Mer, The Dead Withheld, and A Ruin of Shadows

Friday 10/17 - Breaking Into Traditional Publishing panel @ 2:30pm
Building A New World panel @ 4pm (moderating)

Saturday 10/18 - Fantasy Therapy Panel @ 10am
Beyond the Afrofuture panel @1pm
MCs That Look Like Me: Queer Protagonists @ 5:30pm

Learn more at Multiversecon.org

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 9d

Ball is life. More ball is more life.

Virgil, a blue Merle poodle pox, stands with two plastic balls in his mouth. He looks like a complete goober.

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 9d

Ball is life. More ball is more life.

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 9d

UPS has lost a package containing my medication, which is a Schedule II controlled substance and so something that someone probably should care about not misplacing, and literally the only answer I’m getting about why it was supposed to be here on TUESDAY and still isn’t is 🤷

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 16d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 24d

Oh no now *I* need sour keys

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations!!!

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 25d

Well, this is wild! Audition for the Fox has made the USA Today Bestseller list at number 89. WHAT THE HECK?!? Thanks so much to everyone who has loved this book and supported it. I doubt it’ll be there next week, but this is pretty dang cool! @tachyonpub.bsky.social

Audition for the Fox is number 89 on the USA TODAY BEST SELLER LIST!

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27d

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 27d

dudes rock

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so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

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Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · Aug 11

The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 27d

hi my book comes out tomorrow 😭

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Sep 17

really weird to have to promote a book while the world is on fire but also it is a job and any way my book comes out in paperback next week, it's really funny and also has a lot of very relevant things to say, please buy it or request it from your local library

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 27d

Join us this Friday during the first hour of @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social for a panel about Multilingual Life for Creatives!

Featuring @witchywonderer.bsky.social, @danaiwrites.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, and @foxesandroses.bsky.social.

Register for free at flights-of-foundry.org 🔥

A visual showing the four panelists, the moderator, and the date and time.

Panel title: Multilingual Life for Creatives
Panelists: Zhui Ning Chang, Danai Christopoulou, Jelena Dunato, and Eugenia Triantafyllou
Moderator: Millie Abecassis
Date: September 26, 2025
Time: 10 am PDT
Register at https://flights-of-foundry.org/

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 28d

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · 29d

My friend @mcflycahill90.bsky.social wrote a book and I got to hear him and @csecooney.bsky.social talk about it on Tuesday and it was a delight! If you need a little bit of light in these troubling times, consider grabbing a copy, for 🦊’s sake.

Ola and Marty standing next to each other. Ola holds a copy of Audition for the Fox!

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · Sep 20

LD I’m gonna have to unfollow you before I spend all my money 😂😂😂 it’s GORGEOUS

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Ola | Aleksandra Hill @aleksandrahill.bsky.social · Sep 20

I have tickets for it again this year; it’s like a five minute walk from where I live… signed up for a full-day beginner herding class with my dog instead and gonna sell my tickets 😂 so, hard same.

Also lmk if you feel like grabbing a coffee or something when you’re in town!