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Joe Bruehler 🇺🇦🇩🇪
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He/Him. Sci-Fi and Spec Fic Guy. Nature obsessed. Librarian by day, woods wizard by night. #LateNightWrite lesser host. Father of cats. Enemy of fish. Find me among the fungi.

Looking for texts? #AskYourInternetLibrarian
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Joe Bruehler 🇺🇦🇩🇪 @joebruehler.bsky.social · Feb 12
Back on a limited basis while I figure out the best way to moderate my experience and time here.
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himmapaan.bsky.social
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.

#ArtAdventCalendar
Painting of my character, Pudgy Horse, a horse of baroque type appearance with luxuriant mane and tail, and deliberately exaggerated proportions, including short, slender legs with dainty hooves and an extremely generous girth; here painted in tribute to one of the famous horses in the Lascaux cave paintings using similar colours and simplified shapes.
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
Does anyone know of any other examples of where a video synchs perfectly to other audio, like the This Is America video clip set to Call Me Maybe?
October 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
It has just been brought to my attention that the greatest ever video in this genre is, in fact, cat jump fail vs Sail by AWOLNATION...
October 8, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
Just been reminded of another of my all-time favourites, Ian Curtis rides a rollercoaster...
October 8, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
With a couple of sales today, I hit 2,000 sales this year. I am fully aware this year is an outlier. My best prior to this year was 173. 2k is likely never happening again. So many sales came from Itch bundles, but so many came from people just taking a chance on my books themselves. I'm so grateful
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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funranium.bsky.social
@llbroadwell.bsky.social the cord that brought us together as friends. For this, I cannot completely hate it anymore.
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
An extremely cool map
globalmuseum.bsky.social Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 4d
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Not sure if any single part of academia felt more like a weird cheat code than Interlibrary Loan. Like, I just say a book I want, basically any book, and this crack team of experts just *get it*????
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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apnews.com
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.

The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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tallimorgan.bsky.social
This is still going for a couple more days :]
tallimorgan.bsky.social Talli 🦇 vampire era @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 8d
I also hopped into the Creator Day Sale on itchio! 
Grab the ebook and audiobook of SILVER BLOOD and the ebook of THE SOLACE OF STARS for half off! Or grab them all together in a bundle!

This sale runs through Dec. 4.

Linky: https://itch.io/s/170004/black-friday-creator-day-2025
itchio creator day sale: nov 28-dec 4. 50% off ebooks (the solace of stars and silver blood), 50% off the audiobook of silver blood.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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tallimorgan.bsky.social
This started out as a normal post. It did not stay that way. bone app the teeth.

Speaking of teeth... vampire book for thee?
Yes: https://books2read.com/silverblood
This is a very normal and not unhinged arrow map thingy whatever. Sometimes the answer to your problems is to run away with a hot vampire. (10/10 would recommend.) (when will it be my turn...) I sympathize with Cyrus bc if I found a book belonging to a vampire from an elite family and he turned out to be really hot and also really intelligent and kind I would also uproot my entire life without hesitation. One chonky vampire book wasn't enough so I'm writing a second one. Extremely indicative tha
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
Okay technically THIS is my final terrible Opus pitch. Why? Forgot Cyber Monday fell in December this year.

5 until All Books Big Number goal
20 until Opus preorder goal

anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus

or

ko-fi.com/anotherindie...
A picture in various green hues with white and orange accents reading "It's fcking Monday. You wanna do a cyber about it? Too Bad. Nothing is on sale."
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
Screenshot of Mr. Fred Rogers saying "I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better "than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
I woke up to being only 7 sales away from my big milestone for 2025. I'm sick and my brain isn't processing it. But thank you all. I got my first ever author blurb for Opus from @tabithawrites.itch.io. Feels worth sharing again.

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
White text on a beige background reading "A story of self-discovery that embraces all the messiness that comes with that process, while showing that it's still 100% worth it. The protagonist's pain hits hard -- but so does their joy". The quote is then listed as being by Tabitha O'Connell, author of Structural Integrity.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
THIS IS LIVE NOW!

Go get 74 things -- books, games, audiobooks, and more -- from some of your favorite creators and also me for just $50. If you tip $19, you can give funnysexnumber.

itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Creator Day Bundle by Aimee Cozza and 45 others
Creator Day Bundle: 74 items for $50.00
itch.io
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
NO TIME FOR A REAL AD I HAVE FOOD TO MAKE. PLEASE GO BUY MY NOVELLA SO I CAN TELL MORE STORIES.

Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWJ89VC
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guitar-con...
In the middle of the image is the cover of Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina. It is a beige/off-white cover with the book's title in gray-blue text. At the top is the text "A novella in three movements" and at the bottom is the author's name, S. Morgan Burbank. Surrounding it are various arrows with text reading "an excuse for me to write sheet music", "probably getting disowned for writing this", "what if the girl of your dreams was inside you all along", "oh yeah. preorders are live", "2 circles", "A really book that you can buy with money", "you never expected me to use this template again did you", and "novella length self-discovery"
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
UPDATE!

16 days until Opus releases. Opus has passed Woodpusher as my 2nd most preordered book ever.

Current preorders across all platforms: 42 (15 Itch, 12 Ko-Fi, 10 Amazon, 4 Kobo, 1 IRL [really])

Goal before release on December 12: 65

anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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redscharlach.bsky.social
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
A small cartoon version of the ceramic Mongolian hedgehog shown in the quoted post. Behind him is the word AHHH in very large lettering. The caption under him says "just keep screaming".
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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anotherindiewriter.com
Oh hey. If you're preordering the signed copy Opus on Ko-fi, I'm going to be shipping out a bunch of orders on Monday. Maybe considering getting your orders in? If you're in the US, you might even get it early.

ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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brandtandstein.com
Hi bluesky I made you a giraph ok thanks
A graph of a giraffe. The x axis is length, the y axis is height, the head is obviously top right of the graph as it is the apex of both stats
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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anotherindiewriter.com
18 days until Opus releases.

Current preorders across all platforms: 41 (15 Itch, 12 Ko-Fi, 10 Amazon, 3 Kobo, 1 IRL [really])

Goal before release on December 12: 65

Goal for fancy bookmark reward: 69

Time is running out for handmade bookmarks

books2read.com/opus
anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
anotherindiewriter.com S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 17d
I fell off updating this. Oops.

23 days until Opus releases.

Current preorders across all platforms: 39 (15 Itch, 11 Ko-Fi, 10 Amazon, 3 Kobo)

Goal before release on December 12: 65

Goal for fancy bookmark reward: 69

Hey! Next preorder is 40!

books2read.com/opus
anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
anotherindiewriter.com S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · Nov 3
Four weeks post novella announcement

Current preorders across all platforms: 27 (11 Itch, 8 Ko-Fi, 7 Amazon, 1 Kobo)

Goal before release on December 12th: 65

Goal for the fancy bookmarks below: 69

Thank you to all who have supported so far💚

books2read.com/opus OR anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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scalzi.com
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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p-a-s.bsky.social
Just how I’m tryin to be
A painting by Walton Ford of a spectacular mandrill chilling on a nice chair in a large, airy room next to a table covered in delicious victuals. He’s got his wang out, and he’s completely unbothered, puffing on a pipe as long as his whole body. If you can see it, you can be it.
December 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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octopusgallery.bsky.social
I am not doing a special sale in my shop this weekend because everything is already at cost, I’m not able to ship until next week, and I didn’t make some of the extra stuff I intended. But cat toys and goat totes are available! Bookmarks! A couple of original paintings!

ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
Visit OctopusGallery's Shop!
Pay what you can crafts and art. Lots of upcycling and creative reuse but mostly cat toys.
ko-fi.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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anotherindiewriter.com
Look. I get it. Sex sells. And I have not been appealing to you with attractive people in my posts enough. Well no longer! Lust. Drool over their visage. Do as they say. Consume. Acquire.

anotherindiewriter.itch.io/opus

or

books2read.com/opus

or

ko-fi.com/s/994d56a7cb
A pair of white rectangles superimposed on a beach. On the left is hand scrawled text reading "pretend a hot person is here". On the right is the cover of Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina. It is a beige/off-white cover with the book's title in gray-blue text. At the top is the text "A novella in three movements" and at the bottom is the author's name, S. Morgan Burbank. At the bottom reads "bottom text"
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM