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Effie Cyborg

@effies.bsky.social

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SFF/middle-grade fiction writer. Strategy/marketing consultant. Bagel the Dog's emotional support human. Dadjoke teller. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled with #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories (or @[email protected] on Mastodon)

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · May 16

New story day! "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" is free to read on @diabolicalplots.com !

My wheelchair-using superhero does battle with the non-ADA-compliant superhero union.

Come for the punny superhero names, stay for the disability access rage & catharsis!

www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots

www.diabolicalplots.com

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She's got Bette Exorcise™ @karilas.bsky.social · 3h

No wonder women would rather chance bears

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

Israeli forces have begun a pull-back of troops from Gaza Friday after Israel's cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating two-year-old war.

Israel says it has begun a pullback of troops in Gaza

Israeli forces have begun a pullback of troops from Gaza on Friday after Israel's Cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating 2-year-old war.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 3h

The new process was tested in breast, colon and pancreatic cancer cells.

This special protein found in bacteria could kill cancer cells

The new process was tested in breast, colon and pancreatic cancer cells.

l.euronews.com

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 4h

Sooo...remember how I said I'd give away 2 of these gorgeous paperback ARCs of Enchanting the Fae Queen in my first October newsletter?

A quick heads-up: that newsletter goes out Monday morning! Subscribe here: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter

#romancelandia

A small box of advance paperback reading copies of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustrated cover shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 5h

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 10h

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 22h

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 6h

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 6h

it is Law

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 6h

I am bound by the ancient contract of the internet to repost this.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 7h

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6h

Nice work Jim Watson, nice work.

A photo from yesterday’s Trunp Cabinet meeting. Taken from a low position the decorations on the wall behind the orange felon make him look like he has devil’s horns.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 6h

Given how disproportionately these groups are staffed by, supported by, and representative of American Jews, yeah, I'm going to go ahead and call this antisemitism.

Trump’s Domestic Crackdown: Inside the Plan to Investigate Liberal Groups and Reshape Dissent

The roots of this campaign trace back to Trump’s “law and order” rhetoric during the 2020 protests, where he labeled left-wing demonstrators as “domestic terrorists.”

moderndiplomacy.eu

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CynicalTherapist @cynicaltherapist.bsky.social · 1d

No only the babies are called bobcats. The adults are robertcats.

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 7h

will do!

Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 8h

I tend not to have kids rooting around in my purse, but YMMV

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility.

Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply.

They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

Three people in frog costumes stand outside the Portland ice facility at night. They’re holding a sign that says frog brigade

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 8h

This is the most brilliant thing I've seen on this site. Now curious which of my meds can fit in one of these...

BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 13h

I put my lactaid in a Pez dispenser, thanks someone on Insta's idea. It makes it fun and I am always excited to take the lactaid so I remember to take it.

Picture of Care Bear Pez dispenser in hand and Lactaid packets

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 9h

Need more spooky frogs. With totally accurate skeletons.

amzn.to/46YfmfY

it's an inflatable frog costume but black with a white skeleton painted on it which is totally accurage

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 11h

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 9h

Alt text! Not for the whole video, but at least for one of the most interesting frames...

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 9h

Bless you all, Portland. And curse you for making me work out the alt text for this specific image.

People dressed up as a shark, some kind of white dog, and... maybe a peacock? Or colourful turkey?

Text overlay: After our interview, the frogs were joined by a couple of unicorns, a polar bear, an axolotl, a raccoon, and several more characters.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12h

This is the office that would handle Hatch Act complaints, i.e. the federal law that prohibits using the federal government for partisan political activity

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 9h

He had to get a few teeth removed and also a few (benign but sad) lumps removed. I'm hoping he's better in a week when he gets his stitches out! Poor guy has been miserable 😔

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12h

the portland chicken explains

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15h

what is even going on here
tell me what is even going on

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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