Esther O. Lee
LightNews LightNews
guardapaginas.bsky.social
Esther O. Lee
@guardapaginas.bsky.social
25 followers 100 following 96 posts
mostly lurking | wordsmith, wordwhore, worddevourer | she/her/hers
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
thrasherxy.bsky.social
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
rachelherzl-betz.bsky.social Rachel Herzl-Betz ❌👑 @rachelherzl-betz.bsky.social · 11d
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
thrasherxy.bsky.social Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 12d
Alice could not eat food for years.

And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
secondlina.com
Oh my gosh.... feathers! [2/2]
October 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
tressiemcphd.bsky.social
This is class solidarity.

In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
smashfizzle.bsky.social
The absence of mourning is not equal to the presence of celebration, and it’s strange how many people have conflated the two over the last day.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
jessnevins.bsky.social
Lastly, #5) Never assume that you are too smart a person to fuck up and need to apologize. Or too good of a person. Or too well-intentioned. Or too ANYTHING.

You're human. You WILL fuck up. And you will need to apologize. Who and what you are, are irrelevant.
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
guardapaginas.bsky.social
Hunger’s Bite is fantastic, easily one of my faves this year. Pls check it out so I can live in hope of a train themed sequel
taylor-robin.bsky.social taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · Sep 1
It's Labor Day! Have you read Hunger's Bite?

When the ocean liner SS Lark comes under new management, something worse than burnout awaits the suffering crew, and it's up to Wick Farley--vampire and agent of Goldfinch--to find out what's going on.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/taylo...
pages 112 and 113 from Hunger's Bite, in which the villain Honeycutt gives a speech about the ship's boiler, lauding how much coal it consumes, and how nothing moves without it--and by extension, himself. hunger's bite pages 54 and 55, in which Wick encounters an exhausted Aamir, and almost bites him
September 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
s.qiouyi.lu
me when I see circumcised dick: but where’s his turtleneck :( he’s cold
September 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
courtneymilan.com
Jonas knows Lydia's deepest secret. He's always wished he could do something about it.
/jb

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Kiss-...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: http://www.barnesand...
Kobo: http://store.koboboo...

#HistoricalRomance #Romance #HEA #BrothersSinister
alt: The cover for Courtney Milan's A Kiss for Midwinter, saying: grumpy doctor her who possesses a dark sense of humor, prefers people not dying of cholera, tells women the truth about their own bodies, is also a contraception proponent? is absolutely in love with the sunshine heroine. not even a close call. just embarrassing.
August 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
claystorks.bsky.social
in honor of the Ignatz nomination, you can get my digital comic "home by the rotting sea" for 30% off at my store for one more week: claystorks.itch.io/home-by-the-...

thank you!
August 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
elisagschneider.bsky.social
The crowd at Stop One of the Mamdani scavenger hunt!
August 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
ontariodgc.bsky.social
Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."'

variety.com/2025/film/fe...
August 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
OH NO THEY'RE HOT
jasjuliet.bsky.social jasjuliet @jasjuliet.bsky.social · Aug 9
Doodles of the Ink Demons released from their bottles: Enzo, Vandal, and Cyril ♥️

#WorldsBeyondNumber
@worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
suleikhasnyder.bsky.social
I QRT’d like “I write sex scenes like any other scene and plenty of ace people write flaming hot love scenes without ever being horny.” Christ on a vibrating dildo. Can you imagine having to be turned on *every time* you write a sex scene? Who has time for that?
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
Aabria and Erika want you all to know that romance is NOT dead.

This is a clip from our Patreon-exclusive talkback episode of Ep. 53!

As Book I of this story wraps up, we're going to be releasing tons of exclusive content. Join us to get in on the fun!

www.patreon.com/posts/firesi...
August 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
maxgbowman.bsky.social
Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information

Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.
scmaestra.bsky.social Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · Aug 8
Gavin, you massive disappointment, what are you doing??

(I mean, I know what you're doing, but I need you to stop)

How many educators did you talk to when you made this decision? Oh, none, you say? Ohhhh this is for presidential donations, you say?

www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/07/n...
Newsom announces agreements to embed AI products from Big Tech into state colleges, high schools
The announcement comes amid massive hype and significant concerns over the “generative AI” technology that can produce text, video, sound and computer code in response to prompts from u…
www.mercurynews.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
jenreadsromance.bsky.social
what a time. ♥️

the new puritanism is to blame for the loss of these covers. most social media sites & AMZ will not allow romance authors to buy ads with clinches, which puts Gadino out of a job, as discussed in this instagram post.
screenshot of instagram post by @emmelnie The news has broken that the great @victorgadino , one of the last of the working romance-cover artists who started back in the 1970s, will no longer be actively producing romance covers. This is heartbreaking news, of course, because Victor has steadfastly persevered through stages that have transitioned romance covers and stepbacks from traditional oil paintings to digital art and photographs. But as Victor notes on that last slide, we are in an age of cartoon covers, and that’s not his style. Victor, like many of the great original cover artists, excelled at realism. His ability to capture people‘s expressions, emotions, and feelings in their faces and bodies made his art remarkable. Add to it glorious backgrounds—sometimes majestic, sometimes humorous—and his intricate details, and you had someone who could deliver the whole package. Victor’s place in the romance cover-art pantheon was secured decades ago with his amazing stepbacks, which I’ve chosen to feature a plethora of today. But he started with the historic Gordon Merrick covers in the 1970s and continued creating front-cover art to this year—a 50-year career! And Victor is still producing glorious fine art! If you follow him, you know that he’s been working on a grand series of Hollywood movie icons reimagined as space explorers, Glamour Girls in Outer Space. Watching them evolve is one of my favorite things about following Victor‘s feed. He always shares his artistic process with us all, not just the final product, and that’s something I adore seeing unfold.
July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
rdotspoon.bsky.social
A comic book artist and a sculptor decide to share custody of a shelter dog. Romance happens! (they do it)
A Walk in the Park is available now in ebook and audiobook!
rebekahweatherspoon....
💗 two plus size MCs
💗 forced proximity
💗 a sweet doggy

#booksky #romancelandia #blacksky
an illustrated romance novel cover. two adorable plus size Black folks and cute tan and brown dog named zeus in the park at dust. A Walk In the Park by rebekah weatherspoon now available in ebook.
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
scrapbrainzone.bsky.social
I don’t want to be one of those creators accused of inserting a thinly veiled fetish into their work. I would like to be known for my obvious, observable, unveiled fetishes.
January 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
handle.invalid
The "Vote Blue No Matter Who" bitches can vote Mamdani in November 😌
June 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
jemelehill.bsky.social
What happened in New York is monumental. It shows that big money can be defeated, and that you can elect the leaders you deserve. I know it’s just the primary but New York sent a real message that I hope resonates across the Democratic Party.
June 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
phillewis.bsky.social
“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Doechii at the #BETAwards
June 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
wickedsalt.bsky.social
More close ups! 🧿🩵
Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the embroidery on the back, young Howl catching a falling star. Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the back and shoulder from the right. Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the front left part of the jacket. Close up of my Howl Pendragon cosplay, please refer to the alt text of the first post of the thread for a detailed description. Shown here the embroidery of the meadow on the back. Embroidered text reads "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man".
February 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
wickedsalt.bsky.social
1/2021-1/2025
After 4 years, Howl is finally finished! A companion and a project of love to me; I hope it keeps inspiring magic and creativity. 🧿🩵
See the rest of the thread for close ups!
#howlsmovingcastle #howlcosplay #katsucon2025 #embroidery
Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, frontal three quarters view. White shirt and black pants with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. There are also two necklaces with blue pendants around the form's neck and a pair of green drop earrings pinned close by. Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, view from the back. Black pants pinned to the sewing form with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. The back of the jacket shows the scene from the Ghibli film as a young Howl standing on a meadow catches a falling star. There are other falling stars in the night sky. The meadow is completely beaded and framed in a golden velvet ribbon. Embroidered with golden floss beneath the golden ribbon reads: "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man".
February 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by Esther O. Lee
unfortunatalie.bsky.social
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
A business woman in a grey skirt suit, pointing a rifle at a boxy 90s PC
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM