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K.B. Wagers

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Trans/genderqueer SFF author of the #NeoG series | AND THE MIGHTY WILL FALL is out now! Agent Stacey Kondla @ The Rights Factory #Helldivers2 nerd \ Avalanche hockey fan \ (they/them) Don't forget that Art is Joy kbwagers.com

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · Nov 26

Space opera standalones for everybody! A little bit of hope, a little bit of sports, a whole lot of competence, and even more queer shenanigans.

They said write your own if you don't see yourself in what you read. So I did. Come join the #NeoG, hopeful spacepunk for difficult times.

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Cover of A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers, white NeoG ships flying away from Jupiter against the black/star background of space.

Cover of Hold Fast Through the Fire by K.B. Wagers, two white spacesuited NeoG crew members in space above Jupiter watching a station explode in the background.

Cover of the PB edition of The Ghosts of Trappist by K.B. Wagers, a rainbowed nebula with a spaceship flying vertically out of it and a planet in the background right side.

Cover of And the Mighty Will Fall by K.B. Wagers, a space station orbiting Mars against a star-filled background

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 20m

Thatta way, boys!
#GoAvsGo

K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 49m

*taps sign*
#GoAvsGo

K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 1h

Scott Wedgewood.

#GoAvsGo

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 57m

I know it's only the second game of the season but this power play.
#GoAvsGo

a man is wearing a black sweater and making a funny face .

Alt: David Ew Gif a man is wearing a black sweater and making a funny face .

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 10h

I know we're all too online but we are nowhere near as online as these maniacs all are

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10h

Justice Department lawyers reposted President Trump’s statements and may have inadvertently endangered their prosecution of Luigi Mangione, violating the judge’s explicit orders that DOJ employees refrain from public comment about the case. trib.al/b9U7CY1

DOJ in Trouble After Lawyers Reposted Trump Rants on Luigi Mangione

The Justice Department’s case against Luigi Mangione just hit a major obstacle.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 1h

Scott Wedgewood.

#GoAvsGo

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 1h

😅

K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 1h

Tick tack Colton, Baby!
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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 14h

It's royalty day! 💚 Thanks to everyone who keeps buying my books, especially Hail & Co since it means I get a little check twice a year.

Now's a great time for a StarWars-esque story with political intrigue and found family where the bad guys get wrecked in the end. www.amazon.com/Behind-Thron...

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 10h

On the better side it's a delight to see when people put you on lists like "awesome writers I follow" or "good people" 😀

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 10h

Yup. Mostly I don't care. I'd signed up early because of some harassment before the better block lists were put into effect and it was easier to stay ahead of blocking accounts that way.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 10h

I'm always so boggled at the amount of extra work people will do for no reason at all.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 10h

LMAO

K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 11h

It doesn't backdate lists, but will notify you from this point forward.
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I think there's an outside app for lists you're already on but I don't recall what it is?

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 11h

Oooo!

a cartoon of a lion with the words oh the drama written below it

Alt: Scar drama gif a cartoon of a lion with the words oh the drama written below it

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 11h

The internet stranger reply system is being more annoying than usual today. 😅

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 11h

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 19h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 12h

Going to speak on a tender subject but it's an offering of perspective, and I am going to encourage you to realize this will be a short thread, so anything taken out of context will be unappreciated. 1/?

I am the victim of a violent crime that forever changed my life.

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Ted Brassfield @tedbrassfield.bsky.social · 13h

Capitalism in a nutshell:
Studies of UBI - positive effects, cheaper than government benefits, don't directly finance capital, so WE MUST STUDY MORE

Studies of LLMs - lots of harm, very expensive, directly finance major corporations & the wealthy, so we MUST IMPLEMENT BUT BETTER SOMEHOW

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 15h

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

I would vote without question for anyone with the fucking stones to do this while refusing to 1) throw trans people under the bus and 2) fund Israel's genocide

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 12h

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 11h

When someone puts you on a "bad" list and you've never interacted with them. 😂

a man in a plaid jacket and tie is saying " i feel bad for you "

Alt: Mad Men GIF a man in a plaid jacket and tie is saying " i feel bad for you " the other says "I don't think about you at all."

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 11h

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 12h

I have a hazy memory of an all-nighter in a house-sitting job writing a 40 page paper that was due the next day in an 8am class. 😅 I finished it at 6am.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 12h

Man I love him. 💚

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

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Duchess of Doom @kilagreene.bsky.social · 13h

People on r/fantasy keep asking “Why is modern fantasy all so UNORIGINAL and BORING,” and I immediately assume they must not be reading, say, N.K. Jemisin or Vajra Chandrasekera or Simon Jimenez or Premee Mohamed or anything published by Neon Hemlock, and frankly that sounds like a them problem.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 12h

Awesome! 💚 Enjoy those, Megan's books are amazing.