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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent

@jackscarab.bsky.social

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Writer, teacher, 🍞&🌹 socialist, somehow Oklahoman. Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it! https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe https://books2read.com/aethertorrent 💙📚 #booksky

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · Sep 2

AETHER TORRENT, my anti-capitalist LGBT-protags YA fantasy adventure novel, is now out in eBook and paperback!

At any moment of your choosing you can buy it from any of several vendors and then read it! Including right now! Exclamation point!

💙📚 #booksky
#aethertorrent
books2read.com/aethertorrent

The cover of Aether Torrent, a YA fantasy book now available for pre-order.

Two women sit on the ground among a growing field of curling wheat, fingers linked over what appears to be a chunk of petrified wood.

Tori, the one on the left, concentrating with her head down, has long orange hair and is wearing jeans and a black-and-blue jacket. Avani, the one on the right, looking up at Tori, has short brown hair and is wearing a lightly striped shirt and skirt in two shades of green.

The title AETHER TORRENT hangs above them, in front of a circular wave design.

Above that are the words:

"This story is cinematic as all get-out. It's a ton of fun ... everything is bursting with life."

Trick Weekes, author of FEEDER and the ROGUES OF THE REPUBLIC series

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 12h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 3h

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 9h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Rumic World @furinkan.com · 4h

A very happy birthday to Rumiko Takahashi! Born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata, she is entering into her 47th year as a mangaka! Happy birthday, sensei!

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5h

America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.

Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.

The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 8h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 6h

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 8h

First look at "Primal" Season 3 (by Genndy Tartakovsky).
Coming January 2026 on Adult Swim.

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NoxyMeArt @noxyme.bsky.social · Feb 17

Couldn’t say it better myself.

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Aidan Walker @aidanwalker.bsky.social · 4h

the defining image of the early 21st century is an agent of the state pointing a gun at a person, and a citizen pointing a smartphone camera back at them

we see this scene reenacted every day, around the world

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · Sep 6

stand for the flag / kneel for the cross

The flag of the City of Chicago with three white stripes, two light blue stripes, and four red six pointed stars in the middle

The Chicago municipal device in black and white, a shape of the letter Y inside a circle, with a wave pattern inside it

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 23h

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 7d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 5h

First and only time I saw Star Wars was in an English class doing your usual worksheet vis-a-vis Joseph Campbell.

Never saw Empire Strikes Back, never saw Return of the Jedi. Why would I? Popular culture has so thoroughly spoiled me by a litany of references that I could probably dictate both.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 5h

Have never played Pokemon. Not remotely interested in Pokemon. I'm arguably about three or four years too old for it to have really gotten its hooks into me, but I always get weird looks when I say it's just not a thing I do.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 6h

#HelluvaBoss Screenshot redraw!

My Redraw of the scene from the Helluva Boss episode "Truth Seekers" of Loona catching a Kusarigama in front of Blitzo

Original screenshot from the Helluva Boss episode "Truth Seekers" of Loona catching a Kusarigama in front of Blitzo

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7h

The Onion had a post about NSPM-7 before The New York Times did lmao

THE ONION!
theonion.com/what-to-know...

What To Know About NSPM-7

On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

theonion.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7h

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 8h

we're gonna cheer and then in 48 hours they'll bomb a camp and kill like 40 people. This is like the third fucking time this has happened. I am going to actually wait and see because their words mean fuck all

NPR @npr.org · 8h

UPDATE: Israel's cabinet has approved the first stage of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas — a move aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza and freeing hostages on both sides.

Israel approves first phase of U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israel's cabinet has approved the first stage of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal with Hamas — a move aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza and freeing hostages on both sides.

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voiceofobrien.bsky.social @voiceofobrien.bsky.social · 7h

Happy Birthday to my bestest, truest pal, @samriegel.bsky.social !!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8h

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person.

Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile today at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.

Only at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU.

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Ebil @ebil.bsky.social · 21h

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 10h

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 9h

Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.

404 Media @404media.co · 15h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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