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G.M. Mitchell 🌈 @gmmitchell.bsky.social · 22h

Pre-ordering this immediately.

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 22h

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 2d

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 4d

We Have Always Lived in The Castle And That’s Why I Am Writing to Oppose to Proposed Housing Development That Will Fundamentally Change the Character of Our Picturesque, Gothic Community

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nordek @nordek.bsky.social · 4d

Commission for @kcohed.bsky.social

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 5d

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 5d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 7d

This. Is. Why. I. Paint.

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via Al video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people."

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 7d

We're not at war with Venezuela, these boats are many hundreds of lines from our waters, much less our shores, there is no threat, this is just murder.

I really do think everyone from the SecDef to the guy who pushed the button should be tried for murder on this.

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

State cops literally assisted ICE in assaulting and arresting people who had been actively complying with the demands of state police. Folks were on the sidewalk, and ICE marched up and attacked the crowd for a photo op. IL state cops helped. @govpritzker.illinois.gov must be held accountable.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 7d

I live on the west side and I am very shook up right now. There's been a helicopter hovering all day. ICE throwing tear gas at a busy intersection with a grocery store! and a SCHOOL!!! People kidnapped from the Home Depot. It's like the stuff you read in history books, right there on your block.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, y'all. I wanted to share email I got from Jeremiah today. If you bought/sent art supplies please understand the huge difference you are making in the lives of some men trying very hard to be better. And if you'd like to join in, he put the ultimate wish list in here. Instructions in next skeet

$12:36 88° *5079% < JEREMIAH DEVALITI Oct 01 To: Lisa Seger RE: Thank you BLUE HERON FARM AND FRIE... Thank you BLUE HERON FARM AND FRIENDS from all of the ones attending in the building futures foundation art \ hobby class. We appreciate all of the stuff 75 pictures of whats been taking place because of you all are on the way and Lisa will share them with everyone. This is a super wish list from all different guys involved in the program. Also I got approval from administration for my hobby class and its been Super popular. Guys are signing up like crazy and I have my class on the official class signup sheet which is awesome and all of the hard work has paid off. I cannot express what art does to people I see it in person but honestly it is a great thing. The thing about people in prison is that they have all the time in the world on their hands and dont know how to spend it because there is not much to do in this place. A lot of guys succumb to the hardness and get lost in the sauce in a way with negative things. That is the 70% of offenders that keep coming back. The 30% is the guys that are doing productive things with their time like working, attending groups an classes, working on the real issues they struggle with and ART. I have a huge passion for art and I do my classes with anyone who has the desire to have fun. Also 10 house is the recovery house and I go down$ $12:38 88° *5079% < anyone who has the desire to have fun. Also 10 house is the recovery house and I go down there and do a recovery\ substance abuses class on Thursday morning and we have a pop up art class afterwards every week. Most guys send the artwork to their children which is fire. I Have been locked up since I was 18 years old and I found what I am passionate about and I have been sharing it with everyone I encounter. I am now 29 years old and I want to share something with you from my heart. I would rather be in prison living the way I am living now Sober and clear minded for the rest of my life than go back to the way I was living when I was on the street. I do not have life without parole I get out in about 6 years but I feel freer than I have ever felt in my whole life. Thanks again. Johnson acrylic irredentist paint set -B00722-1069 Rinestones B61762-1001 Pony beads set - A84744-1029 Mechanical pencil- A20686-2027 Pencil lead - A20603-1007 ×2 Composition books- A10650-1002 Pilot precise v5 \v7 pens set of 8 -A21893-1005 Deco art value paint set - A00769-1009 Amsterdam pearl paint set- A00643-0069 Florescent paint set - A00711-1069×2 Blick economy canvas panels pack 8×10 -A0715-1012 Fabrino watercolor paper - A09642-1023 Glitter markers- A22346-1089 ×2$

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Pitt artist pen comic set grey shades -A82203-2504

Color pen set A82203-1006

3D set A82203-1009

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Blick alphabet beads A874744-1019

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Color pen set A82203-1006

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slightly imperfect paint brush assotment A06032-1009

high gloss bucket of sequins - A80961-1004

kid made studio in a box kit B 64254-1005

also lastly we don't got the number for it but some guys want puzzles if they have that on Blick?

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 8d

You cannot plan for this kind of idiocy because it is antithetical to the very nature and purpose of fiction, which is to connect us and to affirm the connection between us through voluntarily stepping away from the self to meet an artist who has done the same.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 8d

Whenever a writer comes to me with concerns about their work being misinterpreted or approached incorrectly, I remind them that many people are just incredibly stupid, incurious, and dull.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 8d

MARKETING EXEC 1: so I was thinking, vampires, garlic, what if the book was garlic scented

MARKETING EXEC 2: incredible idea. ill call my guy at hellmans

MARKETING EXEC 1: your who where????

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 9d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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haremenot @hareme.net · 12d

This is for my friend Kai and Fiona who are experiencing repeated harassment at their current home and job in North Carolina due to them being trans and are hoping to move to Minnesota. Please help if you can and share!

gofund.me/4ed60aa34

Donate to Urgent - Help a Southern Trans Couple Relocate to Safety, organized by Kai Boissey

Hello! My name is Kai and my wife's name is Fiona. I am a disable… Kai Boissey needs your support for Urgent - Help a Southern Trans Couple Relocate to Safety

gofund.me

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Alice Maio Mackay @alicemaiomackay.bsky.social · 9d

Officially Halloween month, plz support some trans cinema & tell ur friends, would mean the world to me 💕

Alice Maio Mackay @alicemaiomackay.bsky.social · Feb 3

All 5 of my trans horror features are now streaming exclusively on SHUDDER (AMC) - all made for no money before I turned 20🥹

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 9d

Shameless self promotion time: You can also get the eBooks of all three previous volumes of BRAVE NEW WEIRD for less than $10!

That's less than the price of a single tomato at a U.S. grocery store...probably!🍅💀

store.tenebrouspress.com/products/bra...

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 10d

It's time to help Apex funding their issues for 2026! In this dire times of exploitative AI tools and art having to "prove" its relevance to the public, it's almost an act of defiance to see a SFF magazine thriving. So let's help this happen! They have several stretch goals going on too.

Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 10d

The Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter is LIVE!

Our initial goal is $20K to fund four issues for next year, with the opportunity to unlock issues five and six through stretch goals. I really, really want to go back to six issues a year! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 9d

In two weeks, Robert Roberson could be the first person in the U.S. executed based on the discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis. Share his story far and wide and urge Gov. Abbott to stop Robert's 10/16
execution: 737-277-6778

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16d

Texas is still planning to kill Robert Roberson

clayjak.substack.com/p/theres-sti...

There’s still time to save Robert Roberson

Unless something changes, in less than a month, Texas will end Robert's life despite overwhelming evidence he's actually innocent.

clayjak.substack.com

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June 🪷 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · 10d

It’s release day!!

Choices is finally here! 🎉 which means you can finally read my story about a pregnant trans woman and the Christo-fascists who want to kill her, as well as many more incredible horror stories about reproductive freedom.

Get your copy!

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 11d

IT'S #CHOICESANTHOLOGY RELEASE DAY!!! To celebrate, I'm hosting an AMA here ALL DAY

Ask your questions about the anthology itself, reproductive rights, and writing/editing generally & I'll pop in every 30 minutes to share answers

And be sure to grab the book! books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: “As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, nineteen writers whose reproductive rights are under threat explore the stories of those who, like them, have had their choices stolen from them.
These stories serve as a reminder of the power of choice and the importance of fighting for every human’s right to choose their own future.”

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Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 11d

Trans people deserve the world. We have to put up with way too fucking much. We just want to live our lives.

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Rocctober Blood 🩸 T. Thompson 🤘💀 @roccotthompson.bsky.social · 11d

A little retro Hiroyuki Sanada for the collective

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