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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨
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(They/Them) enby SFF Author and spreadsheet herder. Published in Dudes Rock, Astrophobia, Remnants of Relics & PulpLitMag. Queer cyberpunk novel, Synthetic Sea available everywhere!

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · Oct 15
Collated some very sweet reviews of Synthetic Sea!

A cyberpunk romance with trans cyborgs, Synthetic Sea is available wherever books are sold and if you're looking for non 'Zon alternatives, this includes KoboPlus, Smashwords and itch! #booksky 💜📚🌈

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Synthetic sea available in ebook and paperback quotes include " a strong sense of place and deliciously created atmosphere", " lush and atmospheric", and " an excellent trans metaphor, beautifully.done"
franklynnewt.bsky.social
Jump scared by seeing my cat taking a shit in the garden and finding the exact cat asleep in kitchen so I guess my cat as a doppelganger
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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franklynnewt.bsky.social
Need a new read for the winter ? Maybe something trans, cybernetic, and romantic ? Then maybe check out Synthetic Sea, available in paperback and ebook now!

franklynnewt.carrd.co
Synthetic sea a queer cyberpunk novel for fans of bladerunner and cyberpunk 2077 and ghost in the shell. BBNYA semifinalist 2025. Find me at franklynnewt.carrd.co
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
franklynnewt.bsky.social
It's giving Big Daddy IN SPACE
sebastianpiriz.bsky.social Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 46m
real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.

I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights
Me: nonsense
Actual British futurism:
sebastianpiriz.bsky.social Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 46m
real Lunar spacesuit designed by the British interplanetary society.

I think it would be perfect for a comic, (it even has a cape!!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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dreamcastaway.bsky.social
New Defunctland making my jaw hit the ground as I learn that Disney made a Metal Gear?
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"

The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
cinemashoebox.bsky.social Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 4h
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
gerritd.bsky.social Gerrit De Vynck @gerritd.bsky.social · 15h
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
God I'm so sick of how "Activist" is used to un-person trans people.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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deetheredwitch.bsky.social
Good Morning, World.
A battered and dented black vat with the words 'Guaranteed to Contain Nothing but the Pure Sweet Fat of the Hog' on the side.
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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helenm40.bsky.social
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.

One wonders what *would*.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Low on funds and need some help giving bookish gifts to loved ones? We've got a book drive (and many generous donors) for that! Sign up and get matched with a great book! lgbtqreads.com/2025/11/12/l...
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you’re struggling to afford gifts for a loved one …
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November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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edzitron.com
Tweet that says "my "we're not enron" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt"
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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paulhaine.bsky.social
Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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gemma.transwrites.world
New Zealand govt copying the UK playbook.

our country has set a dangerous precedent of government interfering with healthcare which is now harming kids on the other side of the world.
jennifilm.nz Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 2d
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.

www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
44BA Restriction on prescribing gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (1) An authorised prescriber must not prescribe a prescription medicine that is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue for the treatment of a person with— (a) gender incongruence; or (b) gender dysphoria. (2) See Part 2 of Schedule 1AA for a transitional provision in respect of this regulation.
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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dshr69.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
hbcompass.bsky.social Heather Bryant @hbcompass.bsky.social · 2d
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
franklynnewt.bsky.social
Need a new read for the winter ? Maybe something trans, cybernetic, and romantic ? Then maybe check out Synthetic Sea, available in paperback and ebook now!

franklynnewt.carrd.co
Synthetic sea a queer cyberpunk novel for fans of bladerunner and cyberpunk 2077 and ghost in the shell. BBNYA semifinalist 2025. Find me at franklynnewt.carrd.co
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
franklynnewt.bsky.social
I regret to inform you that the sixth Police Story movie, Police Story 2013, is pretty bad 😞😞😞
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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kennylogins.bsky.social
soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social on "Wonderful Christmastime," Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
it's actually really good our stock is down $500 billion, you fool, you absolute simpleton

www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang...
"Nobody in history has ever lost $500 billion in a few weeks," Huang said. "You've gotta be worth a lot to lose $500 billion in a few weeks."
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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manifestephanie.bsky.social
KIRYU-CHAN! 🔪✨
#yakuza
Isometric fanart of multiple Majima Everywhere encounters from Yakuza Kiwami. Majima runs into Kiryu in different parts of a Kamurocho street corner in various disguises or hiding spots. Goromi, Hannya-Man, and 24-Hour Cinderella are among Majima's disguises.
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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mzakharuk.bsky.social
anything is appreciated 💜
mzakharuk.bsky.social M Zakharuk @ IMAGO OUT NOW @mzakharuk.bsky.social · 14d
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏

#HelpSky #MutualAid

gofund.me/25003d6e4
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
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November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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annenathema.bsky.social
Image from the July 1, 1899 issue of "The Illustrated Police News", captioned "THRASHED BY A LADY CYCLIST, noted for her athletic powers", and featuring, as the caption indicates, a lady cyclist thrashing a (and I presumably need to use this term lightly gentleman, as her bicycle lays nearby and a crowd of aggrieved 19th Century dudebros look on in horror.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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franklynnewt.bsky.social
Thanks for running this ! I'm a non binary author and my debut novel Synthetic Sea is a queer and trans sci-fi romance for fans for Bladerunner and Cyberpunk 2077 💜🌃🦾

Available in as many places as I could manage more info on my carrd !

franklynnewt.carrd.co
Synthetic sea available in ebook and paperback quotes include " a strong sense of place and deliciously created atmosphere", " lush and atmospheric", and " an excellent trans metaphor, beautifully.done"
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM