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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 15h

“Strangers don’t have to be enemies. You’re not sending me to war.”

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #fantasy

On a rich black background, a longsword stands on its point in front of a cluster of wheat. Title text at the top reads The Redemption of Jarek. Author name at the bottom reads Dylan Madeley.

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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 15h

Anyway. Does anyone wanna read these and review them to help convince me my entire existence hasn't been a complete waste lol

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Aug 7

It can be really hard to advertise my work because it's so deeply personal to me, but I wrote these in part to give myself hope through some really difficult times, and maybe they can bring that to others too. ❤️
linktr.ee/1mpavidus

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 15h

“Strangers don’t have to be enemies. You’re not sending me to war.”

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #fantasy

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

And while everyone was distracted by that "rebelnews" account, Ezra quietly created account #2, "newsrebel", where the actual misinformation and dishonesty is being disseminated:

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Canadian Cynic @canadiancynic.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, it should surprise no one that Ezra Levant tried to sneak in a Rebel News account on Bluesky in a slimy, underhanded way, and hoping no one noticed. Here's account #1 -- the decoy, which is clearly inactive and not being used for anything.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 18h

Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day

Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 21h

Those Gen AI book club scammers actually found me at my work/company email address. Can't imagine it would have been too difficult for a human to discern it, but the other option I imagine is some manner of scraping the email address and adding it to a targeted DB.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 1d

This sort of AI is an expert system, developed by applying machine learning to a specialist, selected dataset, and is designed for a specific, technical purpose. This does not require the wholesale theft of creators' copyright intellectual property like the plagiarism vending LLMs.

Nature @nature.com · 1d

An AI model trained on complex data from human cells could provide a shortcut in the race to develop new drugs

go.nature.com/4ozDsEU

This AI method could turbocharge the hunt for new medicines

A deep-learning design sidesteps the need for time-consuming drug-screening.

go.nature.com

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

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A Life in Too Many Margins - S. E. Thomson
Where We Converge - A. E. Bross
Lantern - Burgundy Athena Pendragon
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Ace Pride Week
itch.io bundle 1
Oct 19 - 25 | 25 books for $25!
Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right:
Enemies to Enemies - Ash Kreider
Devil’s Deal - Tessa Hastjarjanto
A Spark in Space - Janina Franck
Child of the Forest - Audrey Simmons
A Dragon’s Treasure - Elis Madsen
How Six Saved the Frogs - Blaine D. Arden
City of Strife - Claudie Arseneault
In Spite of the Inevitable - Morgan Biscup
Peace in the Sky - Caye Marsh
Bridges of Smoke - Julie March
Where We Converge - A. E. Bross
Sidetracked - S. K. Kelley
Lost Blades - Liz Sauco
Claimed by the Undead - C. L. Carhart
Pet - H. S. Kallinger
Chai and Cat-tales - Lynn Strong
The One He Brought Home - Skye Kilean
Puppetry - Nina Waters
A Life in Too Many Margins - S. E. Thomson
Doce Drosera - Anita
Merchants of Knowledge and Magic - Erika McCorkle
Secondhand Origin Storie - Lee Brontide
The Harmony of Falling Snow - Audora Brokaw
Riyati Rebirth - Kai Zeal
The Whisperer in White - Y. R. Liu

All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres!
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Ace Pride Week
itch.io bundle 2
Oct 19 - 25 | 26 books for $26!
Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right:
Non-player Character - Veo Corva
The Blood Divide - Zan Lowell
The Grand Duke’s Masseur
Wherever the Stars Call - S. Jean
Structural Integrity - Tabitha O’Connell
Inarora’s Excursion - Astrid E. Abell
The Star-Crossed Empire - Maya Darjani
Triple Strike Threads of Fate - G. M. Grey
Curse of Souls - Niranjan
Courtly Love - T. D. Cloud
The Thirteenth Key - Cara Nox
Of Spells and Love - Odessa Silver
The Thread That Binds - Cedar McCloud
Yours Celestially - Al Hess
Walking the Knife’s Edge - Elise Carlson
Junk Junction - Sara Codair
Song of the Wolf - T. C. Smith
In the Eye of the Beholder - Beverly Anne Michel
Journey Home - Mary Barros
Towers of Nine - Alyssa Louttit
The Audacity - Carmen Loup
Bloody Spade - Brittany M. Willows
Lantern - Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Blood - D. C. Hart
The Dragon Next Door - Vanessa Ricci-Thode
A Designer Magick - Fox N. Locke

All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres!
riyati.ink/ace2025-2

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

"Long rosy bristles intermittently stuck out from bushy pale fuzz. One could not immediately tell the head from the bottom without reasonably assuming the creature was moving forward."

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky

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elcanaco.bsky.social @elcanaco.bsky.social · 1d

But Canada's federal government has decided to go all in on AI...

What could go wrong?

@mark-carney.bsky.social

#cdnpoli #AI

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

Universities across the world seeing this:

"its only wrong 45% of the time!!
Lets buy free licenses for our students, staff and faculty!!
Lets lock into contracts with rapacious predatory AI companies with shitty technofascist politics, sucking up water and jacking up electricity prices!!"

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

"Long rosy bristles intermittently stuck out from bushy pale fuzz. One could not immediately tell the head from the bottom without reasonably assuming the creature was moving forward."

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

Some rainbows do show up double.

A double rainbow in cloudy skies over Superior Avenue, Etobicoke.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings protests were one of the few times Trump, MAGA, and right-wing media were reacting to something the opposition did, rather than the opposition reacting to whatever they do.
Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.

Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 3d

Point five is really important. The protests provoked errors from the administration (shit force one) that may haunt them for years. That’s what happens when you stop being reactive.

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

"This land has belonged to my family for generations, and the roots of my soul must be nearly as deep into this earth as those of the trees."

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Indie #IndieBooks #fantasy

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

"This land has belonged to my family for generations, and the roots of my soul must be nearly as deep into this earth as those of the trees."

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #Indie #IndieBooks #fantasy

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 3d

BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

(Not a joke!)

That's notable! She doesn't call it a "pumpkin spice latte" specifically, but it's all so close. Piecing the quote together with what we know about pumpkin pie spice and how it was used, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. The skeptic in me thinks this can't possibly be true, but the researcher in me actually feels fairly confident in saying this: it sure looks like Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 2d

Ontario peeps: Starting Monday, you can get your Covid booster for free. Just sign up at your local pharmacy—I made my appointment online, super easy. Protect yourself and your peeps from a virus that causes long-term damage to your system every time you get it! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, DANG IT

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping for some sales this week!! I’d love to sign and pack up some books!

I have one complete set of the All the Way series left in stock as well as several copies of my other books.

kofi: ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...
etsy: spilledinkcoffeebook.etsy.com

#booksky #romancelandia #acebooks
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Asexual Awareness Week.
Check out some books by an ace author.

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 2d

Given my history of sleep talking, I do wonder if the upstairs apartment had to hear me bellowing "I have the power!!" at some point in the wee hours of the morning, or whether I only dreamed it.

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder that if you send Rook $5 and email me proof of donation at diannalgunn@gmail. com I will give you ebook copies of both my Moonshadow books

That's $10 of dark fantasy for $5, and it's this week only

Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Tuesday! 💙

Currently sitting at $57/$675 needed for rent Nov 1, 11 days to go. Just $617 left to go.

Disabled queer trans artist trying to stay housed while being treated for air trapping/poss COPD. Please help me stay housed!
TYSM! 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

#MutualAid

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
CshApp/Vnmo: foxrook

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't yet crack open the Irn Bru though since this bundle arrived late in the afternoon...

Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 3d

"Just don’t be surprised if you ride all that way to find he's as helpful as a dry riverbed in a drought," Lucyna said.

"Fate & Redemption", an Itch bundle.

itch.io/s/161264/fat...

Available until All Souls' Night.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #fantasy

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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 3d

Time to do some light reading.

An open cardboard shipping box reveals a spiral bound printout of a manuscript. Title text on the simple white cover reads The Gift-Knight's Quest. Subtitle reads The Last Gift-Knight.

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 4d

There's still time to grab the ace pride week bundles on itch-io! Check out all these awesome books by aspec authors or with aspec rep (or both!) you know you want to

itch.io/b/3318/ace-p...
itch.io/b/3322/ace-p...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚

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