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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 2h

^exactly! The bread isn’t Jesus at the start of the service, only once the priest does a particular prayer right before communion.

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 2h

Probably depends on whether it had been blessed or not?

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 2h

Ah, but your books swarm like pirañas (in movies, they probably don't do that for real)

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Matthew King @matthewkingart.bsky.social · 1d

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 1d

That is spectacular, and it makes me even happier. Fingers crossed no one gets weird.

Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 1d

Is there just the smallest Hellboy vibe?

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 1d

It's so sweet of you to go back over the replies, but honestly, don't feel you have to. I get it.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 1d

Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!

- Brecht

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 1d

I adore this movie

🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Alastair Sim stars with Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, and Hermione Baddeley in the classic 🇬🇧British comedy film "THE BELLES OF ST TRINIAN'S" (1954) dir. Frank Launder

🎬 British Lion Films

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 2d

This message is courtesy of my attempted brunch date with friends scheduled five days after my first chemo treatment. When your body is experiencing “unprecedented times,” it’s hard to know when to stop.

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes you don't know where the wall is until you run into it.

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 3d

This book is goddamn fantastic.

Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 3d

So Demon is charting. 7k in the kindle store, 7 in Demon Romance. Thank you to everybody who has picked a copy up. Can’t say what it means to me. My readers are just the best.

Desperate demon at number seven next to Opal Reyne

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 3d

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3d

Three years ago today was one of my favorite moments on my book tour- Shark in the Water (a surf metal band that plays songs from the perspective of sharks while dressed as sharks) played at one of my book tour stops! They called me up on stage and had everyone chant my name!

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 3d

oooh! Any other release day festivities?

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 4d

I STG I am getting through this year one Charlotte Stein/Martha Well/T. Kingfisher book at a time, with J. D. Robb plugging up the interstices.

Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 4d

Can’t believe my new book is out tomorrow. And you can still get these goodies if you preorder/order from Blue Willow!

Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Out TOMORROW! 🍂

We're delighted to partner with @charlottestein.bsky.social on the preorder for her new book, DEALING WITH A DESPERATE DEMON.

Preorder here to receive a signed bookplate, a notecard, & an illustrated page overlay, while supplies last. 😍
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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 4d

1200 days until the orange black hole's term is over. Keep feeding yourself and the people who need it most.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4d

What a delight to learn that most people aren't in fact raging LGBTQ-phobic shitweasels

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 4d

That is a lot to tote around!

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 5d

Colleague just told me his husband's professional organizations are meeting in Canada this year - partly so the Canadians and international members will attend, partly because Americans are checking out the job market here.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 5d

HEROINE: …and that is how I learned I had been repeatedly walking into the middle of a hyena pack to pee.
AUDIENCE: *stunned silence*
BOOKSTORE PERSON: And that’s all the time we have!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

When I turned 25 I was legit deeply concerned that I had not yet written The Great American Novel, now at 56 if I could time travel back to meet that young fellow worried about not having birthed a True Work of Timeless Art in his first quarter century, I would, lovingly, turn the hose upon him

QVComics 🔞🇨🇦🟡⚪🟣⚫ @qvail.bsky.social · 5d

I need to hear this as a late 20-something who's worried that if I haven't had a solid career since 18, my life is pointless.

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like high-def could also be part of this - the actors looked smoother when the screen was fuzzier

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 6d

Sam, if you’re trying to rise in society, your wife’s going to need a maid who’s good at the classy stuff!

Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 6d

They really do come up with the *wildest* shit in the name of being a jerk to ppl who just want to be left the f alone.

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