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Bill Bodden

@b1llz1lla.bsky.social

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Author, birdwatcher, baseball fan, gamer, steampunk, reader, incurable romantic, and celebrates Hallowe'en year-round. I blog occasionally at billbodden.com I don't promise to follow back, especially if you don't have a thumbnail and/or don't post.

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · Nov 16

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 23h

First, there’s always something you can do in your turn that makes a difference. Second, it’s a fun, engaging, addictive way to learn about birds. Third, the default set is North America, but expansions add birds from Asia, Oceania, and Europe. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26...

Wingspan

Attract a beautiful and diverse collection of birds to your wildlife preserve.

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 1d

Wish we lived closer together...

Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 1d

Makes it convenient to demonize someone, so it doesn’t really matter whether the people in charge actually believe it or not; their thralls do, and they’ll do the dirty work of harassing, starting fires, etc.

Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 2d

Kickstarter for Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution is LIVE!
Please SHARE this link and PLEDGE what you can!:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
(Kickstarter United is currently on strike, and we strongly encourage everyone to read more about that: kickstarterunited.org
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

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Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 2d

DID I MENTION
@sallycantirino.bsky.social is the artist slinging us some scorpion-folk
@gabcontrerasr.bsky.social made me re-understand color and
@paulcornell.bsky.social, godfather of the project, writes an intro?

Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 3d

It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, I bought TWO of your books and don’t think I even saw the post in question! 🙂

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 3d

Gail Carriger is the special guest on this week’s Friday Tea with Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter! 9:30 PM Eastern/6:30 PM Pacific. Don’t miss it!
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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the age-old conundrum, and a battle I fight too: wear them often because they’re your favorite and wear them out sooner. Wear them only seldom to “save” them, and be stingy with your joy. Besides, elastic doesn’t age well and will give out anyway regardless of wear and tear.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 3d

Do this! Bookshop.org is good stuff.

Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 4d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 3d

Wingspan is my latest obsession in board games!

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, and no (Red)
Purple is my SECOND favorite color. :)

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 4d

Any chance this will be PoD, or strictly digital?

Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 4d

They may be oldies, but not all of us have seen them before. Besides, they’re still good!

Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 4d

Reminds me of the magic “spy” ring from the film Beastmaster.

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 5d

Same, Lady; same.

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 5d

My essay is on the 1954 classic THEM!
Kickstarter for Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution is LIVE!
Please, please SHARE this link and PLEDGE what you can!: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...
(Kickstarter United currently on strike: we strongly encourage you to read about it: kickstarterunited.org)

www.kickstarter.com

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 8d

And we are LIVE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution

More Reflections on Futuristic Films That Broke the Rules

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 8d

Sunday Oct 19 Book Chat is Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw at 7:30 PM Eastern/4:30 PM Pacific
We meet over Zoom; you can also join via Madame Askew’s Twitch or YouTube channels.
Please join us!
November’s book is Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger on Nov 16.
www.facebook.com/events/11244...

October Steampunk Book Chat

Event by Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter on Sunday, October 19 2025

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 8d

@madameaskew.bsky.social plans to sip the tea (and possibly spill some too!) with guest author Sharon Skinner this Saturday at Noon Central time: www.facebook.com/events/78086...

Sip the Tea with special guest Sharon Skinner

Other event by Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter on Saturday, October 4 2025

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eSpec Books, LLC @especbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Are you a librarian, bookseller, or reviewer? Do you have a Library Thing account? Check out the Souvenir Anthology from Stokercon 2025, essays, interviews, and stories, curated and edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. Great reads from great horror authors!
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#horror

Book Giveaway for StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Enter to win one of 5 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 10d

Got our tickets to see you on Friday at the late show. See you there!

Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 12d

I’ll be on the air in 15 minutes (7PM Central) supporting Ghost Show Press’s newest Kickstarter, for volume 4 of the Everyone’s Gone to the Movies essays on sci-fi/horror films. Stop by and see what all the fuss is about!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZfs...

The Ghost Show: Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution Kickstarter Launch Party

YouTube video by BAMF Podcast

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 12d

Do you speak mock Swedish too? 😆

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 13d

Here's my list of desirable qualities in a resistance movement. Think of it as sort of like an activist's Cosmo checklist:

Black type on a white background. It reads as follows:

Strategies and Qualities of Unstrained Resistance
Transparency - We will be surveilled and infiltrated. Let them know we know and that there’s nothing to hide. I realized this fifty years ago, when I found out the government had a file on me.
Withdrawal - Rather than confrontation--maybe a general strike or evacuation or self-imposed lockdown is in order.
Fullness - Or maybe the opposite is called for: peaceful occupation. Thousands of visitors and tourists.
Art - This has consistently been favored via divination. Any forays into shared or public space or time should be framed as art.
Kindness - We need to pay attention to one another’s needs, and do our best to meet them: food, medicines, labor, supplies, knowledge.
Entanglement - We want to recognize our kinship with those deployed against us. We greet their highest selves with our highest selves.

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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social · 13d

Sent you a little something. Good luck - I hope things turn around for you really soon.