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Gwen C. Katz

@gwenckatz.bsky.social

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Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. Art-themed deduction game SURRADIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781420/Surradia_An_Art_Retrospective/

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · Apr 27

Deductopia Chapter 1 is out now! Sort out chaos in the classroom and get a little free taste of the puzzle-filled world of Deductopia.

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Deductopia Chapter 1: Bring Your Pet to School Day on Steam

Can you sort out this chaotic classroom? Six kids, six pets, six desks--but whose is whose? Drag the right names and pictures to the right desks to win!

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 33m

Eh for me it's just "political intrigue, looming war, dangerously unreliable leadership" describes a good 80% of SFF I've read.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 1h

So classy!

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 1h

Savory cobbler?

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 1h

That's quite some stem placement

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 3h

"Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs." - Exodus 8:1b-2

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 2h

I think it's all part of this narrative that people believed wrong things in the past, but we're better now.

Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 2h

1884 so not old enough for the long S.

Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 3h

This mode of talking about your experiences and feelings comes from a particular school of thought from a particular, recent culture and time period. If you're writing fantasy and sci-fi, you need to be aware of what other lenses there are and which ones make sense for your setting.

rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 1d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 6h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 4h

This Project Gutenberg book contains what I assume is an OCR error, but I'm really drawing a blank on what it's supposed to be.

“They
had not a notion how poor people feel, still less poor people poorer
than before—or how they regard the rich who have what they have
lost. They did not understand any huftian feeling—not even the
silliness they called LOVE—a godless, mindless affair,”
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 6h

Goodnight.
A bat and three fully dressed birds flying by moonlight, Wellcome Collection. 🦇 #Gothtober #31daysofhalloween

Illustration as described, three birds are dressed in suits, one has a top hat.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 6h

Illustration from Make Way for Ducklings

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 6h

Meeeee

Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 6h

Poor pupper hope she is ok

Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 7h

It's closet cleanout time! I'm selling off all my one-off shirts for just $10 each. These are one-of-a-kind upcycled shirts, vinyls, and test designs. If you see one you like, grab it now--last time they went fast!

Proceeds will help me rebuild from the Eaton Fire.

www.etsy.com/listing/4384...

An assortment of shirts with phoenixes and Altadena heart motifs

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 7h

Toof

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 2d

Update! These are what remain from the above posts. I will post some more books when I get time.

Thank you to everyone who's bought books so far. I'm really happy to see books from my library going to so many places where I know they'll be enjoyed.

the wavewatcher's companion by gavin pretor-pinney
hope is the thing with feathers by christopher cokinos
braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer
otter country by miriam darlington
mr wilson's cabinet of wonder by lawrence weschler
dinosaurs in the attic by douglas preston
mycelium running by paul stamets
darwin comes to town by menno schilthuizen
Extraordinary insects by ann sverdrup-thygeson
the animal dialogues by craig childs
the wood for the trees by richard fortey
still life by melissa milgrom
nature's nether regions by menno schilthuizen
summer world by bernd heinrich

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 8h

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 9h

"Now kids, you do it like this"

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 11h

My first four creatures made for my Monster Mashtober. Do you have a favorite so far? I really like the Harpy myself!

Prints and stickers are releasing soon to those signed up to the newsletter and those who are patrons at my Patreon😉
www.samanthamash.com/newsletter
www.patreon.com/samanthamash

An illustration of a flying Mothman. He is airborne and has a dark body with red webbing in his wings and red antenna. His face is pale with his mouth twisted in an open scream, his eyes are wide and are red. The background is a pale pink

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10h

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 11h

ISP really wants to get an elevated look here but they’ve been struggling to figure this out for almost ten minutes.

One protesters yells, “I’m certified if you need help.”

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine being a samurai and getting impaled on the battlefield only to discover that you were defeated by the funny mouse sword guy

The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 23h

Title: Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Date: ca. 1615–1868

Culture: Japanese

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Credit Line: Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943

Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 23h

It's the part where they're arranged in aesthetically pleasing baskets that gets me

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