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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Hi @turkishmeatchugger.bsky.social, something for you to look at perhaps.

actionadventurefestival.ca/actionadvent...

Action/Adventure Novel Festival. SPECIAL Deadline October 8th

Submit your ACTION/ADVENTURE Book by the deadline. Watch Novel Performance Readings: Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of Professional Writer…

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21h

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make unemployment benefits available to workers who are on strike.

www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pa. House approves bill opening unemployment benefits to striking workers - Pittsburgh Union Progress

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would make unemployment compensation benefits available to workers who go on strike in the commonwealth. The sponsors of the leg...

www.unionprogress.com

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Janet Rudolph @janetrudolph.bsky.social · 2d

Macavity Award Winners #mystery #crimefiction mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2025/10/maca... @swierczy.bsky.social and more!

MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS 2025

The Macavity Award Winners 2025 (for works published in 2024) The Macavity Award is named after Macavity: The Mystery Cat , in...

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 3d

"Who Goes Nazi?" by Dorothy Thompson, Harper's, August 1941. Give it a read, play the game, see if you recognize anyone you know today. Sadly, it's going to matter. Brilliant, uncanny, timeless. Oh, and btw, RESIST like your life depends on it, bc it might. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

harpers.org

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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Would love to read about other characters.

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 4d

Look I don't care what the real reason for these guys backing up was. Right now what millions are seeing is a bunch of armed soldiers retreating from a guy doing pelvic thrusts at them in a frog costume.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Michael Dynamite 🧨 @dynamitewrite.bsky.social · 5d

Happy birthday to Laura Gemser.

#LauraGemser

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Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 5d

SPACE CRUSADERS #1 featuring Dick Briefer's Rex Dexter of Mars. Interior art & cover by Peter Grau.

www.atomicactioncomics.com

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Christa Faust @christafaust.bsky.social · 5d

Speaking of writing advice, I feel like everything I've been thinking and talking about over the past few days can be boiled down to this.

Go ahead and write the weird shit. Because (waves hands around at everything) at this point, why the fuck not?

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Christopher Mills @atomicpulp.bsky.social · 5d

SAVAGE SAGAS #1, featuring Gardner Fox's Crom the Barbarian & Cave Girl. Interior art by Rick Burchett, variant cover by Sergio Cariello.

www.atomicactioncomics.com

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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much.

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Shawn Cavender @shawn-cavender.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Birthday to the most beautiful woman in cinematic history, Laura Gemser!

To honor Laura, I edited this tribute video, set to her song "Crazy Eyes (And We'll Love Again)".

#LauraGemser

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

While doing research on ancient languages for a novel I'm working on I discovered Dr. Martin Worthington at Cambridge University. After years of study, he's come up with an approximation of Akkadian. You can listen to The Epic of Gilgamesh here:
www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_...

Hear The Epic of Gilgamesh Read in the Original Akkadian and Enjoy the Sounds of Mesopotamia

This clip gives you a taste of what Gilgamesh, one of the earliest known works of literature, sounds like in its mother tongue, Akkadian.

www.openculture.com

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

This will make your weekend better
via Very important Positivity

A photo of a cat in a little superhero costume with the caption, "If you're feeling depressed or overwhelmed today, I just want you to know that David Dastmalchian adopted a stray cat that approached him during the Suicide Squad shoot in Panama. Then the costume designer made her a little Polka dot Man suit."

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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 6d

I'd take a PoI book over a so-called good book any day.

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Daylight is starting to fade, the weather is turning cooler (maybe), which means it's a great time to curl up with a good book.

Or one of ours!

Have you met John Frenzi yet? He's the man the Mafia couldn't kill, and he's unleashed in book 1, The Mafia Massacre!

books2read.com/mafiamassacre/

Cover for Frenzi: The Mafia Massacre, featuring a silhouette of Frenzi with his Colt Python in front of a bullet-riddled muscle car and the Los Angeles skyline.

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The B-Movie Vault @thebmovievault.bsky.social · 6d

Remember to fight back against AI art:

-Write stories, even if no-one else reads them

-Make up songs and sing them to your pets.

-Paint, draw, doodle.

-Teach your dad a Tik-Tok dance.

Who cares if it's good or bad, just fucking do it.

a cartoon of a green monster holding an easel

ALT: a cartoon of a green monster holding an easel

media.tenor.com

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 6d

The most common error I see as a book editor is incorrectly punctuated dialogue.

NO: “Nice to meet you.” She said.
YES: “Nice to meet you,” she said.

NO: “Likewise.” The editor said.
YES: “Likewise,” the editor said.

NO: She smiled, “Hi."
YES: She smiled. “Hi.”

Repost to save a life 😂
#writesky

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 6d

Obviously, this is loser shit, but I think AI has really cemented itself as the visual language of fascism. It's anti-human, flattened, uninteresting, and cheap. It's like looking at a Potemkin Village and thinking that's the same as architecture.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Posted by the President of the United States.

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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 6d

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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 6d

I think their algorithm dictated this. 😀

Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 6d

@atomicpulp.bsky.social Hi, you probably don't remember me, but many years ago you emailed me a PDF of one of your BLONDE JUSTICE comics. It was an action of kindness I've never forgotten. Just wanted to thank you.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 7d

Translunar Travelers Lounge is open to speculative fiction stories 5000 words and under. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

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