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C. R. Collins

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Tree-hugging indie author https://crcollins.org/ #Hopepunk #Fantasy

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C. R. Collins @crcollins.bsky.social · Jul 4

Now Live to Buy Direct or at Ebook vendors

"No hero would ride over the hill. Except for us."

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#IndieBooks #BookSky #Fantasy #EpicFantasy #FantasySky #FantasyReaders #FantasyBooks #UrbanFantasy #Ebooks #HopePunk #Polyamory

Book Cover from top to bottom: Series name – Tales of Ardonna. Image of the silhouette of woman’s head, neck, and partial shoulder the color of a black mountain erupting in flames from nose, mouth to back of head with streams of smoke in back. Little line with tree icon showing both branches and root in a circle. Title – Fury’s Gift Author – C. R. Collins

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 3h

I wish any British politician would say anything even half as good as this

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 1h

Ashrah doesn't, but she gains one: Sareena. Their sisterly bond is what saves Ashrah from going down a path of destruction she wouldn't have escaped otherwise, and what helps Sareena to climb out of the darkness she had long fallen into.

Nitara has a sister, Denosa (1/3)

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms

Full-body digital illustration of Ashrah by Sasha (@sashthesloth.bsky.social). She wears her Bound By Flame outfit, composed of a grey selendang-like garment draped over her left shoulder and arm, pinned in place by a shoulder armour with a Minotaur-like horn melded into it, an orange chest piece, same colour of a sarong-like skirt and gladiator sandals, and golden arm bracers with Infernal symbols representing strength, power, and will engraved onto them. On her right hand, she wields Datusha, her keris-shaped sapient sword, while on her left palm hovers a sphere of the Eternal Flame. She looks straight ahead with a serious expression.

Full-body drawing of Sareena by Aowna (@aowna.bsky.social‬). It depicts Sareena mid-walk, one foot in front of the other, gripping Alalil (her chained scythes) in each hand, the weapon's chains seeming to dance around her. Her short hair, black with a streak of white, flares with the movement, her horns curling above her head, and she has one of her mischievous smirks on her pale blue face.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1h

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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C. R. Collins @crcollins.bsky.social · 33m

I got a frog hat = solidarity and I can still see 😀🐸

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 59m

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 4h

Heads-up. Share this everywhere. ICE has created a fake "Stop Ice" app. They're trying to ensnare people to enter their information, so they can go after them.
Do NOT use stopice./org.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 3h

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Anita Harris Satkunananthan @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 9h

If there’s anything in Watermyth for which you’d like a recipe, let me know! If it’s something I can actually make, that is! If I can’t, I can certainly try to approximate and post the results in future editions of the Cantata Chronicles!

Anita Harris Satkunananthan @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 10h

I may be inserting recipes and food nerdery as well as music nerdery in future editions.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

I’m a patriotic American, so I’m proudly anti-fascist. How about you? 🇺🇸

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GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 1d

California.
Vote YES on 50!
Vote YES on 50!
Vote YES on 50!
Vote YES on 50!
Vote YES on 50!
Vote YES on 50!
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Vote YES on 50!
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Vote YES on 50!
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Thank you!

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 15h

#QueerWritersChat Q5 Self Promo!

Y'all can find my currently published books universally (bit.ly/AE-Bross) and also on itchio (aebrossbooks.itch.io).

Hope you all have a lovely evening 💛🥰

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 14h

And are the antifa terrorists in the room with us right now?

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 13h

So, after 72 days, I finally got my payout from itch. In celebration, here's my reminder that all 3 of my ebooks are available with #noDRM & you can name your own price!

In the mood for a blue-collar space opera found family heist? Or an anti-epic humanist fantasy? Try my books!

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 18h

IDK who needs to know this but Flash food is a program where the grocery store puts about-to-expire food in a special fridge at steeply discounted prices — you log onto the app, see what's there, and go get it.

Saves $
Less food waste

I discovered it in 🇨🇦 but it's in OH and PA too!
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Flashfood | Save money and reduce food waste

Get massive savings on fresh food items like meat and produce that are nearing their best before date at grocery stores across Canada and the U.S.

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 23h

You know the assignment 👍

It'd be a real shame if this photo of President Obama receiving his Nobel peace prize went viral today, for no particular reason

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C. R. Collins @crcollins.bsky.social · 16h

Are ALL these billionaires insane? Sheesh.

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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 22h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21h

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 1d

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Anita Harris Satkunananthan @mythopoetica.bsky.social · 1d

I want you all to know that if I occasionally ruminate on the fact that Watermyth was barely reviewed, underpublicized etc I am not accusing or trying to guilt anyone. It is what it is *shrug* — I just move on and keep doing the work. Can’t help being angsty but “I can’t make you love (my book)”. 🎶

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

THIS!! 👇👇

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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 22h

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