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indie writer, name on my books is TJ Land
they/them
hello <3
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TJLand1
https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.J.-Land/author/B01DMRARXC
https://nanoland.tumblr.com/
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taylornprice.bsky.social
musselsssssssss
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d
this photo. minneapolis. 💜

📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
photo of march, signs for renee good and against ICe, crowded street.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social
House plant
(2023)
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
pyrus pyrifolia, pyrus communis, and pyrus pashia
three types of pears in a colorful illustration style, colored in patches almost like quilts
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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taliabhatt.itch.io
For my upcoming book's final entry, I want to examine the claim that "the gender binary is colonial", which depends a lot on the scholarship of Maria Lugones and Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí.

So let's take a closer look at their work, shall we?
The Coloniality of Gender Studies, or: What is a Not-Woman?
On searching for gender-liberation in homelands lost and imagined.
taliabhattwrites.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
astrawrites.bsky.social
practicing faces with henren #911fanart #henriettawilson #fanart
Hen and Karen from 911.
January 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
astrawrites.bsky.social
actually Stephen's looking at a really cool bug right behind him #aubreymaturin #masterandcommander #fanart
Jack and Stephen from Patrick O'Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels, just standing around pantsless I guess.
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
astrawrites.bsky.social
extremely funny that when the dust has settled THESE TWO are Zaun's greatest hope. greetings 45 year old lesbian gangster you are now tasked with Fixing Society, your only ally: this traumatized teenager who invented time travel by accident #arcane #ekko #sevika #fanart
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 PM
astrawrites.bsky.social
hey bro #asoiaf #sandorclegane #fanart
Sandor and Gregor Clegane from A Song of Ice and Fire, the latter looming over the former.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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jojovego.bsky.social
Diamond Pangolin #pixel_dailies #Pixquare #pixelart #HighDefenceCreature #Pangolin #Diamond #OC
A shining diamond plated pangolin
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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groundup.org.za
A fire tore through homes in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon, leaving over 600 people homeless.

Read groundup.org.za/article/over... by Ashraf Hendricks
Over 600 people left homeless by Masiphumelele fire
Living Hope organisation calls for donations of essential items to help victims
groundup.org.za
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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danacorn.bsky.social
I unfollowed, muted, or even blocked so many people, including major trans journalists, over the absolutely disgraceful way they treated this woman, simply for being a tireless, pragmatic fighter instead of a performative screamer.
gull.us The Final Peckening @gull.us · 3d
In light of her extensive work to get anti-trans positions stripped from the current HHS funding bill, I think Rep. McBride is owed some serious apologies by a lot of people on this site.
January 22, 2026 at 4:17 AM
astrawrites.bsky.social
hey... 👀did u know.... that you can read Doomhold.... for FREE.... 👀 right here... wow....
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

#freebook #freebooks #booksky #indiebooks #lgbtqreads #scifibooks #indiepublishing #indiewriters
Smashwords – DOOMHOLD!
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January 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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alextomlinson.com
Flat illustration of at least 17 European Starlings against a blue background. Most birds have a star in their beak which connects them to other starlings represented with a string.
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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hydeangelus.bsky.social
Cherith, Angel of Severance
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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kurinosukeboy.bsky.social
He is stuck!
January 18, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social
Tsutenkaku Tower / Osaka
(2022)
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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mdstamper.bsky.social
“Knows Her Medicine Crow Indian” by Kevin Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow American) - Acrylic on canvas / 1981 - Denver Art Museum (Colorado) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #DenverArtMuseum #KevinRedStar #RedStar #IndigenousWomen #Crow #Apsaalooke #PortraitofaWoman #indigeneousArt #NativeAmericanArt
A Crow (Apsáalooke) woman sits centered with her body turned only slightly as her face meets ours with a steady, composed gaze. Her skin is warm brown and her hair is parted and braided into two long plaits, the lower lengths wrapped for ceremony. She wears an elk-tooth cloak rendered in bold black, covered with dozens of pale, oval “teeth” that catch the light and suggest movement and sound. Bright red cuffs, collar, and a wide belt stand out while small white accents appear in her earrings and beadwork. Her hands are painted noticeably larger than her head and torso, resting in the foreground like an emphasized statement. She sits on a modern red chair before a flat wall, while a tipi scene in a frame appears behind her depicting it beneath a round moon (or sun). Heavy outlining and speckled paint spatters keep attention on the surface, making the portrait feel both intimate and monumental. Apsáalooke (Crow Nation) artist Kevin Red Star builds portraits that honor Crow life while refusing a single, fixed time. The Denver Art Museum notes that his figures can be assembled from multiple sources including old photographs, historic tribal enrollment rolls, and images he makes at ceremonies and feasts, so name, clothing, and setting can come from different moments. Here, the modern chair and ambiguous “window” of tipis place the sitter in the present while she wears tradition. The elk teeth (each one tied on individually in real regalia) signal value, skill, and community history. By enlarging them, Red Star makes their cultural importance impossible to overlook. He also uses a sun or moon as a Crow symbol to give the sense that his people are “planted,” even when the space feels like it might float. The deliberate distortion of the hands grants authority and presence, as if knowledge and care are literally what we meet first. Red Star, raised on the Crow Reservation and trained in formal painting, said you have to “know what you’re breaking before you break it.”
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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astridbiddle.bsky.social
Gransden & Waresley Woods with Cambs bryology.
Following one of the coldest nights of the winter, the ground was frozen solid, and the light stark and monochromatically bright.
Plagiochila asplenioides looking very frosty.
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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jojovego.bsky.social
Peach Pit Pop-Up Store #pixel_dailies #Pixquare #pixelart #NeonLights #90210TV

Because I was inspired by @pixelcel.bsky.social to do an isometric exterior I chose to recreate the irl Pop-Up store rather than tv show version. But the vibe is still there I hope. 🍑🥤
An isometric exterior view of a diner inspired by the tv show 90210 the orange neon sign read PEACH PIT a clock hangs above framed by neon green light
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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groundup.org.za
Hundreds of residents from six villages in Sicwenza outside Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape have gone without running water for 17 years.

Read groundup.org.za/article/flag... by Yamkela Ntshongwana
The generator broke, leaving this village without water — 17 years ago
Residents who can’t afford to buy water have to get it from a faraway river
groundup.org.za
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social
Playing your games
Illustration of a black and white hound dog running frantically through a purple grass field with checkerboard patterned ground. Two large red dice overshadow the dog behind it’s head, with five small white die at it's feet.
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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glengrambo.bsky.social
We don’t always see them in the winter, but we have had a few visiting us this year.
Pine Siskins love to hang around pine and spruce trees in the winter, feeding on the seeds in the cones.
This Pine Siskin apparently had to do some digging in the snow to get to the cones!
A Pine Siskin in a spruce tree with snow on the branch. There is quite a lot of snow on its beak from digging in the snow to find the cones. It has light and dark brown streaks all over with yellow streaks on its wings.
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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palaeosinensis.com
A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage
The image shows a blue Smilodon (a kind of extinct big cat with long canine teeth) roaring to the viewer on a red and orange background. It is framed by the words "CHIN UP" and "FANGS OUT". The style is like a vintage screenprint though the artwork is digital.
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
astrawrites.bsky.social
"I define it as a thing I enjoy more than talking about real estate and less than looking at birds." #theresidence #cordeliacupp #fanart
Cordelia Cupp from The Residence, sitting on a couch with a flamingo behind her.
January 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM