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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · 3d

I just backed Mercurial: Alchemia on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

Mercurial: Alchemia

Cultivate flora & brew elixirs in this new stand-alone game with deck-building & worker placement for 1-4 alchemists!

www.kickstarter.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

#WarRavagedPortland

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Jen Williams | The Sleepless out this year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social · 18d

Important information from the Richard Scarry book I picked up at the charity shop

Big cat and little cat read together. The caption reads ‘all animals love to read books’

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 21d

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · 21d

Love Tsuro! Thanks for the list.

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Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · 28d

It's the 21st of September 😀

Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Craig Against The Machine @allaroundswell.bsky.social · Sep 16

Happy Pythagorean Triple Day to all that math nerd.

(2025 is also a square (of 45))

NPR @npr.org · Sep 16

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Sep 10

When the guy you think is your friend is discovering how best to betray you. This is a voice-over moment in-game that you can't find until you've finished the story, and it really hurt to see the first time around. It's even more gutting to have this freecam reimagining.

animatedjen @animatedjen.bsky.social · Sep 10

Bode’s Force Echoes: Angles (reimagined) #StarWarsJediSurvivor

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animatedjen @animatedjen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bode Akuna, before. #StarWarsJediSurvivor

Photomode portrait of a young Bode Akuna from STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor. He’s dressed in black with short hair. The yellow glow of his saber casts shadows across his face.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 6

That’s exactly what this feels like!

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Scotty Ray @theterminizer.bsky.social · Aug 30

replacing Batman fight onomatopoeiae with old midwestern brewery names

Batman punching Cesar Romero Joker with the word "Schlitz!" in pink at a jaunty angle

Batman punching the Penguin with the word "Pabst!" in light blue at a jaunty angle

Robin punching some henchman in a red and grey striped shirt with the word "Stroh!!!" in orange/red at a jaunty angle

Batman punching some henchman in a blue and grey striped shirt in front of a shelf of books about the Incas with the word "Blatz!" in bright green at a jaunty angle

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 29

Used to steadfastly never DNF any book, though once I realized I had a stack I'd "finish later" & never did I gave in and called them DNFs. Still pretty rare, but I don't have the att'n or time anymore to push through something that isn't holding my interest. No one's told me they've DNF'd me yet...

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · Aug 29

Heya #pretendpanel, let's confront those dreaded three letters... Did Not Finish!

August 29: Everyone has different tastes and tolerances. Do you ever DNF things you pick up to read? As a writer, have you been DNF'd before (that you know of)?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
August 29: Do you ever DNF things you pick up to read? As a writer, have you been DNF'd before (that you know of)?
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 25

I just backed Sjandiva on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/166... Looks like a lot of fun!

Sjandiva

A guide book with a twist - a series of interconnected meta puzzles have been hidden in the pages of a satirical travel guide.

www.kickstarter.com

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ESMirelle @esmirelle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Union station, DC

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Jun 28

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 21

From books I've read this year, I recommend Mary Robinette Kowal's THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY, Alexander Freed's THE MASK OF FEAR, Rosie Danan's FAN SERVICE, Nnedi Okorafor's DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, and Amal El-Mohtar's THE RIVER HAS ROOTS.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

abcnews.go.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Dec 17

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 11

I don't care if it's pandering, I love it when Rey picks up the lightsaber at the end and lets the Force flow through her and then just whales on Kylo. I also really like the Force Vision she has in the basement of Maz's place on Takodana.

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julie gourinchas @literaryfey.bsky.social · Jun 19

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Aug 9

Well shone, Moon. Truly, the moon shines with a good grace.

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 9

My first love for both reading and writing is fantasy. I've recently been writing more on the sci-fi side of things, but always with a healthy dose of the fantastic. Magic, the Force, spells or potions or spren or science so advanced it may as well be magic: let me exercise my imagination.

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · Aug 8

#pretendpanel, continuing on our reader/writer topic, I'm going to ask a question that I will struggle to answer... I'm so bad at picking favourites!

August 8th: Do you have favourite genres to read and/or write?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
August 8th: Do you have favourite genres to read and/or write?
Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 5

I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns!

Funding to support Year 12 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!

www.kickstarter.com

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Jul 31

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

From r/chatGPTpro, 25 minutes ago: chatGPT blocked at work

Today my job decided to block the site. I use chatGPT to create SOPs (standard operating practices) and power points and polish my emails. What should I do now four question marks. It has 0 upvotes and 20 comments

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etoiline 🍂 @etoiline.bsky.social · Aug 1

Scientist mention! How I wish we could have seen what the research world would be like with her as president.

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