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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! ✨ https://franklynnewt.carrd.co/ ✨

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 7d

Updated graphic with my current published works, just realised all three anthos were published this year ! 📚🌈💜

More info @ franklynnewt.carrd.co

Franklyn S Newton, published works including synthetic Sea, living ink, and Wolfsbane. Anthology features include Remnants of Relics, dudes rock and Astrophobia. Check out franklynnewt.carrd.co

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brawls @brawlite.badvibes.party · 1d

ao3 kudos emails are a beautiful reminder of how fandom is so everlasting. like, someone might read smth i wrote over a decade ago, rejoicing in a new fandom for the very first time, & i may have forgotten that singular joy, but someone will follow in my footsteps. and it's right there in my inbox.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 1d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

"The consumers won't care if it's AI."

Ah yes, horror fans -- y'know, the people who famously ask "Are the FX Practical?!" about literally every movie -- definitely won't care that you're feeding them prompt-generated slop. Good call there.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 8d

For #NationalPoetryDay, a timeless classic:

The Tiger, by Nael, age 6
From, 'They're Singing a Song in Their Rocket'
The tiger
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The tiger is out

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit I've def heard a ton of these songs on reels and stuff. I feel like Spanish language music doesn't get a lot of organic play on the UK radio

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 1d

This was the week I discovered Bad Bunny is in fact a musician and isn't the catch me outside girl

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely deserves better than a 3.2 on atmosphere alone !

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

If you owe a lesbian money, today is the day you better pay up, and if you don't, yes you do .

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

I just finished The Disenchantment by Celia Bell about some french lesbian aristos with poisonings and the nature of story telling and some Gender TM squeezed in there, and it I really liked it and was really surprised it had so few Goodreads reviews and that so many people didn't like it

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 4d

the moomins are great because its like “here is your whimsical children’s adventures, I made it full of melancholic explorations of community and longing, subversive anarchist leanings, and bisexual yearning just like you asked” and some of us DID ask so thank you

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

It's international lesbian day so thank your local international lesbian today !

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 2d

IT'S INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY SO YOU CAN BUY ALL MY LESBIANEST BOOKS FOR ONLY $10 UP TO MIDNIGHT WEST COAST TIME

20 HOURS
$10
16 STORIES

COME GET YOUR GAYS

itch.io/s/161550/int...

the words "international lesbian day book bundle" on a minimalist background in the lesbian flag colors

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 2d

Why are dry roasted peanuts so good I wonder, and then I look at the ingredients and it's sweet sweet Monosodium Glutamate, my beloved

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · Jun 24

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 out now in ebook and paperback. Tagline: a casino planet in eternal twilight, a lounge singer living an endless dream, a grieving PI on the case..."

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Professor Mitchell @professormitchell.bsky.social · 2d

The Under-Rated Bundle is now live! Check out over 60 underappreciated stories that may have flown under your radar, including fantasy, science fiction, and more.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

The bundle runs from today through the 13th, so don't miss it!

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 3d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 3d

They're REALLY trying to make those meta glasses take off so maybe more spy-wearables

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...

-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 3d

I realise I worded that badly, This applies to any book btw, bookshop aren't running the sale just for lil old me

Franklyn S. Newton 🌌 Synthetic Sea out now ✨ @franklynnewt.bsky.social · 3d

For REASONS, Synthetic Sea has free delivery if you buy from bookshop org for the next couple days , so you can pick it up and direct support to your local bookshop 💜💜💜
bookshop.org/p/books/synt...

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Ronove (aka S. Jean) @earlronove.bsky.social · 3d

For US peeps, bookshop.org is having a free shipping sale for print books as an anti-amazon sale! That's really neat! Did you know you can find all my paperbacks there, too? And so many other cool indies? You should check it out!!

bookshop.org/shop/earlron...

S. Jean Bookshop

My name is S. Jean (they/she pronouns are OK) and I am a queer writer who specializes in sci fi & fantasy, particularly contemporary stories with a magical twist. I'm also an artist and do my own ...

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