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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 2d

Bugging out to get caught up. The growing season has officially ending, but the words must still flow...

I leave you with...

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Barbaras Rhabarberbar - THE DANCE

YouTube video by Bodo Wartke

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 2d

Thanks for taking the time to notice. Appreciate it! Hope you and your own creative works are doing well. :-)

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 2d

Thank you for the recommendation! :-)

Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 2d

Ooooo! Enjoy! :-)

Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 2d

It's been a wild ride this year so far, and I'm extremely grateful to know such excellent people.

This is the world I know: people who do care, people who share the struggle, people who laugh, and people who will tell you when you're being a butthead.

I'd rather be a weirdo than a bumhole anyday.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 2d

This is tomorrow, Friday October 10!

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 6d

Oct 10 Let's Play Books, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 4/11

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Martha Wells, in Conversation with Chuck Wendig

Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 2d

Readers! Check out my pal @booksofm.com's new book!

www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers - Books of M | DriveThruFiction

About Tarot for Storytellers Tarot for Storytellers is a full-color eBook written by author and narrative designer Monica Valentinelli (World of Darkness, Cyberpunk RED, Shadowrun: Court of Shadows, e...

www.drivethrufiction.com

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 2d

Thanks, Matt! :-)

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

Promised myself I'd take a day off of the computer, so... Away I go. Be well! And if you can't be well, may you have a peaceful, relaxing day to rest.

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

Congratulations, Mike! Wooooooo!

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Michael R. Underwood (Mike) @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · 4d

I'm thrilled to share the news that I am Lead Designer for the new Dungeons of Drakkenheim Campaign Guide for Daggerheart!

An official collaboration b/w @dungeondudes.bsky.social, @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social, and Darrington Press.

More in my own words here: www.patreon.com/posts/140655...

Dungeons of Drakkenheim x Daggerheart | Michael R. Underwood

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

That cover rocks! Wow!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/

locus magazine cover -- tech shapes over colorful crowd

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

Say it with me, Marie. F-Bomb THE PURITANS!

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to be a guest again this year at the wonderful Gamehole Con. It's one of my favorite cons and @montecookgames.com has a balcony spot for gaming, relaxing, signing books, and chatting.

Who will I see there? I can't wait!

GameHole Con 12
October 16th-19th, 2025
Alliant Energy Center, Exhibition Hall
Madison, WI

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

Re: data centers. Strongly, strongly recommend looking into where the AI data center is drawing water from to cool the servers. Aquifer? Local river? Where?

Using water to cool servers is bad for everyone, and it's not discussed as much as electricity costs.

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

All it's missing is the goats. Stay inflated, Portland!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 3d

AI Data centers are bad for the environment, and fucking terrible for your fuel bills.
But hey ho, the Labour Government is all for them in the UK. So you, and the planet, are stuffed.
Do remind me what they are actually good at, because for the life of me...?

Pitchaya Sudbanthad @pitchaya.bsky.social · 3d

“Without mitigation, the data centers sucking up all the load is going to make things really expensive for the rest of Americans...”

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 3d

Thanks for a wonderful launch day, yesterday! Managed to fix the preview, too. Really appreciate the support and signal boosting. Happy writing!

Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 4d

Now available on DriveThruFiction, DriveThruCards, and @drivethrurpg.com! Tarot for Storytellers is a how-to book that teaches writers and game masters all about tarot! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers | A How-To Book by Monica Valentinelli | New Release! Tarot for Storytellers is an eBook inspired by Monica Valentinelli's popular tarot workshop. Perfect for writers and game masters, this "how to" book packed with prompts and writing exercises teaches you about tarot, how to use tarot to create characters and plots, and so much more! Now available in PDF at DriveThruRPG, DriveThruCards, DriveThruFiction

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 4d

@robynbennis.bsky.social Thank you again for editing Tarot for Storytellers. Your critical eye was so helpful! I know you're still on vacation, but wanted to share that the book is now live. You're fabulous! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/539719/tarot-for-storytellers?affiliate_id=185516

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 4d

Now available on DriveThruFiction, DriveThruCards, and @drivethrurpg.com! Tarot for Storytellers is a how-to book that teaches writers and game masters all about tarot! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 4d

My To Do list is my security blanket.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 5d

GOOD MORNING, BLUESKY. Wanna grab yourself an Eisner-and-Ignatz-nominated comic's print debut??

@secase.bsky.social's "Rigsby WI, Book 2: Burn it Down" is now LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Come and see what everyone's talking about, and grab FREE Earlybird shipping!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Rigsby WI - Volume 2: Burn It Down, by SE Case

The second volume of SE Case's Eisner-nominated webcomic about the brutal disaster of being a teen in the early 2000s!

www.kickstarter.com

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 7d

Great story. Can't overstate the desperation in creative industries right now. Nearly every person I know who previously had a viable, or even lucrative, career in media/entertainment is in a financial panic, leaving longtime apartments, desperately taking any work they can find. It is really bad.

Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 8d

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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