Amazon Syren
@amazonsyren.bsky.social
Unusually Tall.
Queer, leather femme. Poet, pagan, glamazon, and kitchen witch. Not-so-secretly a sea monster. (She/Her)
https://allisonlarmstrong.wixsite.com/writer
Queer, leather femme. Poet, pagan, glamazon, and kitchen witch. Not-so-secretly a sea monster. (She/Her)
https://allisonlarmstrong.wixsite.com/writer
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Happy #N30! This is the 26th anniversary of the mass direct action that shut down the World Trade Organization Ministerial in Seattle. If you want to learn more about what we did and how we did it, I recommend listening to this excellent two-part series from @margaret.bsky.social.
Part One: The Battle in Seattle: How Scrappy Protesters Shut Down the World Trade Organiation - Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Margaret tells you about the Direct Action Network that organized the successful shutdown of the WTO in November, 1999
omny.fm
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy #N30! This is the 26th anniversary of the mass direct action that shut down the World Trade Organization Ministerial in Seattle. If you want to learn more about what we did and how we did it, I recommend listening to this excellent two-part series from @margaret.bsky.social.
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I'm with you in Rockland where we are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm with you in Rockland where we are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter
Crow cards for this snowy morning:
4 of Earth
King of Earth
Who will take care of us?
I/we will.
4 of Earth
King of Earth
Who will take care of us?
I/we will.
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Crow cards for this snowy morning:
4 of Earth
King of Earth
Who will take care of us?
I/we will.
4 of Earth
King of Earth
Who will take care of us?
I/we will.
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queer anthology drop! 🌈 📚
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
queer anthology drop! 🌈 📚
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
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I feel like actually access to knowledge and learning is a universal good which shouldn't be available only to the rich, to the 'time rich', to the 'clever', or to the 'hard-working'. It should literally be available to everyone to engage with, for enrichment, for knowledge, for a better world.
I wish there was more emphasis on access to education disentangled from employability and focusing instead on enrichment because people who engage with education (or have the ability to) as enrichment interact with it differently. (And that's a whole society thing, not an in-uni thing) 7/7
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I feel like actually access to knowledge and learning is a universal good which shouldn't be available only to the rich, to the 'time rich', to the 'clever', or to the 'hard-working'. It should literally be available to everyone to engage with, for enrichment, for knowledge, for a better world.
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Lord I see what You’ve done for others
But if the court finds OpenAI knowingly trained on pirated books and deleted the evidence to to avoid scrutiny, that could mean actual consequences to the tune of billions of dollars.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Lord I see what You’ve done for others
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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I really hate asking for help again but I'm about to get hit with an overdraft when my home insurance and phone bill autopay Monday but my check won't hit until next Friday. Any bit of help would be much appreciated ❤️ www.paypal.com/paypalme/the...
Pay Danielle Hardy using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/thebookqueen and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I really hate asking for help again but I'm about to get hit with an overdraft when my home insurance and phone bill autopay Monday but my check won't hit until next Friday. Any bit of help would be much appreciated ❤️ www.paypal.com/paypalme/the...
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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🖤SATURDAY #Giveaway for e(i7🖤
FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/Z8rgDrq
Interact w this post thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity
FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/Z8rgDrq
Interact w this post thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🖤SATURDAY #Giveaway for e(i7🖤
FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/Z8rgDrq
Interact w this post thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity
FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/Z8rgDrq
Interact w this post thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity
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I can't emphasize just how much you all need to see this film, especially in the light of recent news
An amazing film on an important part of Japanese post-war queer history, but also, a film directed and driven by a trans creative team both behind and in front of the camera
An amazing film on an important part of Japanese post-war queer history, but also, a film directed and driven by a trans creative team both behind and in front of the camera
Blue Boy Trial revisits a 1964 landmark case, focusing on the trans women whose testimonies shaped Japan’s approach to gender and identity for decades.
We dive into one of the year's best, and most important films.
We dive into one of the year's best, and most important films.
The importance of the superb “Blue Boy Trial” | scrmbl
In 1964, a doctor was arrested for breaking the Eugenics Law. Not i...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I can't emphasize just how much you all need to see this film, especially in the light of recent news
An amazing film on an important part of Japanese post-war queer history, but also, a film directed and driven by a trans creative team both behind and in front of the camera
An amazing film on an important part of Japanese post-war queer history, but also, a film directed and driven by a trans creative team both behind and in front of the camera
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Please help my friend, Denise, if you can. She is best people and she needs us.
Or a repost? That costs nothing. Thank you 🙏🕯️
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#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #KeepFolksAlive #HelpSky #FundSky
Or a repost? That costs nothing. Thank you 🙏🕯️
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#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #KeepFolksAlive #HelpSky #FundSky
Donate to Southeast Transplant Fund in honor of Denise Ruth Warner
Help Denise Ruth Warner's friends and family raise money for medical expenses associated with Double Lung Transplant. Donate today.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Please help my friend, Denise, if you can. She is best people and she needs us.
Or a repost? That costs nothing. Thank you 🙏🕯️
helphopelive.org/campaign/266...
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #KeepFolksAlive #HelpSky #FundSky
Or a repost? That costs nothing. Thank you 🙏🕯️
helphopelive.org/campaign/266...
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #KeepFolksAlive #HelpSky #FundSky
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help?
Mem's raising for rent and is only a little over $200/$1133 of the way there. Rent's been late multiple times, shutoffs also aplenty & bill due. Doc needed for meds.
ignoring this condemns them to homelessness with trauma / bad health / threat of death & institutionalization.
Mem's raising for rent and is only a little over $200/$1133 of the way there. Rent's been late multiple times, shutoffs also aplenty & bill due. Doc needed for meds.
ignoring this condemns them to homelessness with trauma / bad health / threat of death & institutionalization.
i have 5 lexapros left that are $30+ at walmart & now 2 days without blood pressure meds.
I thought id get them by now after paying utilities on time but i did not raise them, they all risk shut off & i now have til Monday night to raise $1133 rent.
Please share this thread to the end?! thank you!
I thought id get them by now after paying utilities on time but i did not raise them, they all risk shut off & i now have til Monday night to raise $1133 rent.
Please share this thread to the end?! thank you!
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
help?
Mem's raising for rent and is only a little over $200/$1133 of the way there. Rent's been late multiple times, shutoffs also aplenty & bill due. Doc needed for meds.
ignoring this condemns them to homelessness with trauma / bad health / threat of death & institutionalization.
Mem's raising for rent and is only a little over $200/$1133 of the way there. Rent's been late multiple times, shutoffs also aplenty & bill due. Doc needed for meds.
ignoring this condemns them to homelessness with trauma / bad health / threat of death & institutionalization.
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If you enjoyed Unknown Number, if it was meaningful for you, if you've shared it with others and come back to re-read it again and again, thank you. And also, I could use your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-blue-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-blue-...
Donate to Help Blue (author of Unknown Number) get her surgery, organized by Blue Neustifter
I'll be honest: Choosing to make this project, to ask for help, i… Blue Neustifter needs your support for Help Blue (author of Unknown Number) get her surgery
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June 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you enjoyed Unknown Number, if it was meaningful for you, if you've shared it with others and come back to re-read it again and again, thank you. And also, I could use your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-blue-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-blue-...
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Great to see some provinces understanding the importance of investing in 2SLGBTQI+ inclusive health care
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.L. commits to bettering transgender health-care effort, minister says | CBC News
Newfoundland and Labrador's new health minister used one of her first interviews to commit to improving inclusive and accessible health care for the province's transgender and LGBTQ+ population.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Great to see some provinces understanding the importance of investing in 2SLGBTQI+ inclusive health care
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Crow
Fox
Rock Bass
Minke Whale
Moose
Crow
Fox
Rock Bass
Minke Whale
introduce yourself with 5 animals youve seen in the wild:
-fisher (little kits scampering around(!!))
-coyote
-barred owl
-bnuuy
-beaver
-fisher (little kits scampering around(!!))
-coyote
-barred owl
-bnuuy
-beaver
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
bison
pronghorn
sandhill crane
gopher tortoise
manatee
bison
pronghorn
sandhill crane
gopher tortoise
manatee
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Crow
Fox
Rock Bass
Minke Whale
Moose
Crow
Fox
Rock Bass
Minke Whale
One of my crow buddies has a broken wing.
And is now hanging out with a friend who has white feathers on their head.
I don't know how to help
And is now hanging out with a friend who has white feathers on their head.
I don't know how to help
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One of my crow buddies has a broken wing.
And is now hanging out with a friend who has white feathers on their head.
I don't know how to help
And is now hanging out with a friend who has white feathers on their head.
I don't know how to help
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truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind
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Tired of your garbage family and their heterosexual nonsense? Spend the holiday with my group of lesbian disasters instead!
Looking for a supernatural queer read?
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Ebook jessicaconwell.itch.io/ghost-flower
Paperback link in replies
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Ebook jessicaconwell.itch.io/ghost-flower
Paperback link in replies
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tired of your garbage family and their heterosexual nonsense? Spend the holiday with my group of lesbian disasters instead!
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Ah yes, all us petite bourgeoisie artists out here with our charcuterie plates and our means of production.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ah yes, all us petite bourgeoisie artists out here with our charcuterie plates and our means of production.
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To All Those We Are Indebted To - a four book series in Arabic & English, each arranged around a dialogue between two critical thinkers.
First in the series, 'the light through the shards', showcased here.
We are so pleased to be working with Bilnaes Books to help distribute these -
First in the series, 'the light through the shards', showcased here.
We are so pleased to be working with Bilnaes Books to help distribute these -
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
To All Those We Are Indebted To - a four book series in Arabic & English, each arranged around a dialogue between two critical thinkers.
First in the series, 'the light through the shards', showcased here.
We are so pleased to be working with Bilnaes Books to help distribute these -
First in the series, 'the light through the shards', showcased here.
We are so pleased to be working with Bilnaes Books to help distribute these -