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Bloom
@jerrybloom.bsky.social
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I play games, sometimes write.
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jerrybloom.bsky.social
“Forget the Alamo.”
Just finished watching Lone Star, from John Sayrles and an amazing cast. A damn good movie that could be taking place today.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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alexsegura.bsky.social
So thrilled to see ALTER EGO out in paperback today!

Eternally proud of this standalone sequel to SECRET IDENTITY, which was an immediate USA TODAY-bestseller, Anthony Award-nominee, and got rave reviews from all over.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
Well we’re doing it. Next week in D&D we are going to Eberron!
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
Yes, totally agree
trashmobminis.bsky.social Trash Mob Minis @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 3d
Probably the wrong way to run D&D, but I really hate asking the players to make rolls during social scenes, it breaks the flow of the improv for me.

I’m much more interested in what they’re saying and what questions they’re asking.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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vampfiend3.bsky.social
Hey um om going to be out of pet food soon please if anyone can spare or even order the food that would be great
vampfiend3.bsky.social VampyFiend3 @vampfiend3.bsky.social · 6d
Hey could anyone help me get some food for Thanksgiving like turkey wings, dressing, and dog food, cat food,just overall food, please. Food banks are tapped out and I don't have food stamps had to refile.
cash.app/$djlyde

venmo.com/code?user_id...
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
The irony of course is that Black Americans are probably far more likely to be descended from people who lived in North America before 1776 than white Americans are.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
well fuck
clofsnitville.bsky.social Snitty 🦃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 5d
Everyone who thinks MeToo went too far needs to consider that if MeToo had *gone far enough* we might never have heard from Ryan Lizza again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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pematson.bsky.social
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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angelluiscolon.com
My weird little book about friends, family, and trapping people in labyrinths against their will makes a pretty excellent stocking stuffer, if you ask me.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768620...
Minecraft: House of Horrors by Angel Luis Colón: 9780593972816 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Discover the mysteries hidden deep within a maze of an abandoned house in this official Minecraft novel! Amy is pretty happy living the quiet life at home. She can mine ore, read up on oceanography, ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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alrutter.bsky.social
This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
gavreads.co.uk @gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 8d
It hits different reading this whole thread.
Alt text: Image showing four text messages about fae in romantasy books: Message 1: “Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!” Message 2: “Didn't have getting dragged in the comments on my bingo card today. Thank you to those that were kind. I'm new to romantasy and fantasy in general. Until I had read SJM, I hadn't encountered books with fae described like that. I didn't make the connection between Celtic folklore, fairies, elves, or sprites with being fae since their characteristics and mannerisms are drastically different. Tink is tiny. Puck has goat legs. The closest I encountered were elves in LOTR, but those were not faeries.” Message 3: “Forgive me for not knowing fae were inspired by Celtic folklore. I'm not Irish. I was never told these stories. I was just surprised two separate book series shared very similar interpretations of fae. I've enjoyed the genre of romantasy bc it's really gotten me back into reading. That's the goal, right? To continue to learn and escape into stories and discuss theories and celebrate the beauty of imagination? At least, that's what I'm gonna focus on.” Message 4: “Clarifying my original point: I never said SJM invented fae. My post was only comparing how Quicksilver and SJM depict fae characters (their traits, dynamics, etc.) and whether THIS interpretation of fae is common in romantasy books, not the origins of the mythology. I also didn't grow up connecting fairies, elves, and fae as one mythology. They were always separate in my mind, so I'm still learning how interconnected they are across folklore. Thanks to those who pointed that out respectfully.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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scrivenerapp.bsky.social
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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l22ubna97.bsky.social
Hello dear Bloom

any support or donation you can offer in these difficult times would mean a lot 🙏❤️
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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magnumificent.bsky.social
⬇️

Please take a second to share 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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rosalarian.bsky.social
Transmasc authors I've really enjoyed lately are Isaac Fellman, Ian Haramaki, Nino Cipri, and Kit Mayquist. Oh, and me. I enjoy myself lol.
sollizyy.bsky.social Solomon "Holly Jolly Solly" Skalozub🌻🔱🍁 @sollizyy.bsky.social · 11d
Not to be vulnerable at like 4am, but dude, I'm so fucking tired. I'm so tired of seeing some of the best transmasc lit I've ever read get completely ignored while people recommend works by cis authors where there is one transmasc in the margins--
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Happy Hecate Day to all who celebrate
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
Fuck this shit
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
Tonight, in D&D:
The Orphan-Makers find Camber’s niece in a coffin, recently turned. They take her with them, and at the entrance find a vampire and its two vampire servants. Lara joins the fight, feeding on both the vampire and its thrall. A journal tells the masters plan to bring eternal night.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
Everyone deserves a happy healthy life, with housing and food and medical care. All medical care.
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 14d
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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rhppress.bsky.social
From the author of BOISE LONGPIG HUNTING CLUB and RATTLESNAKE RODEO comes the latest book in the Jake Halligan series: RIGHTEOUS TRASH, by @nkolakowski.bsky.social. Listen to H.C. Newton and get your copy today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
jerrybloom.bsky.social
No armor. No camo. No masks. No military weapons. Back in proper police uniforms, none of the BDU crap. Up to me I wouldn’t even give them a gun for their first year or two.
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14d
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
police dressed as military in front of a police tank police dressed in camo like soldiers like total knobs cops dressed head to toe in camo like full kit wankers
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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jamesdfhannah.bsky.social
We’re going the distance, we’re going for speed here at That Noise at 2 a.m., where we’re talking about running and nothing else. Nope, just running.

open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM