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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie

@killianfantasy.bsky.social

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Artist and writer. Books: The Heretic Series. Bride of the River God Comics: The Violent Vixens Ride Again, Soul Food War, Villainous (webcomic). #art #books www.sarahamacklin.com https://linktr.ee/sarahamacklin

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · Oct 14

Hi there!

I'm Sarah, writer and artist from the southeastern USA. I love making new worlds (especially making maps for them) and playing with the characters.

Art: sarahamacklin.com
Writing: sarahamacklinauthor.wordpress.com

Three people stand in front of a temple with a scarab sculpted around the entrance. All are in ancient Egyptian dress. The man is at the front of the group wearing the war crown of ancient Egypt. The other two are women. One looks haughty while the other looks forlorn.

A force of warriors in ancient egyptian armor charge toward the viewer. The man in center front is yelling and is thrusting his sword forward. He wears a golden scale armor top and a white kilt with a sash that hangs down the front. His headdress is red. The men to his sides scowl aggressively at the enemy. Two of the opposing army are in the extreme foreground and are shocked by their postures.

A young woman stands underwater, holding a large golden heart in her hands. Her hair is braided and floating. She wears a beaded red headdress that hides the top of her face and a making necklace that covers her chest. She wears a long wrap skirt. A large fish swims behind her.

Four older women in their fifties stand menacingly on a staircase. The closest on the left is in a pink shirt and jeans, holding a gun. She has white hair, fair skin and green eyes.The woman on the right is of persian decent and is holding magical fire in her left hand. The next closest on is Black with a blue shirt and jeans. She's adjusting her glasses. The woman farthest away is grinning wildly up with an orange aura around her.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 16h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 19h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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beth phelan @bethphelan.bsky.social · 20h

#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl

Announcement:
I will reopen to unsolicited submissions for the first week of every month starting in November!
I’m only looking for YA + MG fiction. I am particularly hungry for debut voices! Also:
- high-stakes plots about liars, scams, etc
- fresh grounded dystopian with personal stakes
- smart, cutting social commentary
- meta shit and big twists
- multigenerational stories
- anything with a unique/risky approach or voice
- ugly underbellies!
gallt & zacker literary agency
querytracker.net/query/querybeth
www.bethphelan.com

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 22h

Just saw a commercial for Nyquil "intense flu" and some of you knuckleheads need to get checked for covid.

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know you can get digital versions of my mini comics in my shop for only $1? And if you want a preview of the next project from @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social you definitely want to pick up By Appointment Only!

ko-fi.com/sarahamackli...

Visit Sarah A. Macklin's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

ko-fi.com

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 23h

If you:

1. Go to chrome://flags
2. Type in "AI" in the Search Flags bar
3. Turn all the "Defaults" to "Disabled"

You can turn off ALL the AI bullshit in Chrome.

Here's a demonstration
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si1s...

How to Remove AI Mode from Google Chrome URL/Address Bar

YouTube video by Droidwin

www.youtube.com

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 23h

This my favorite group to donate to. They do great work in my home state.

Palmetto State Abortion Fund @psabortionfund.bsky.social · 12d

We have a minor in need of an extra $1950 for their appointment today. We already contributed $1000 — we can cover the balance as long as we can raise $750 today! www.DonorBox.org/support-the-fund

Donate to Palmetto State Abortion Fund | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)

*While we assist abortion seekers from other Southern states as well, the information below pertains to South Carolina.* Since launching in late 2021, PSAF has supported over 1,500 people in accessing...

www.DonorBox.org

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 5d

As I'm in between payments and just had to pay a wicked internet bill, any current support would be most welcome!

Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · Aug 1

A reminder that if you like the work I’ve been recently making, you can support me via PayPal (paypal.me/brandonobrien), Patreon (patreon.com/therisingtithes), Itch (therisingtithes.itch.io), or Ko-Fi (ko-fi.com/therisingtit...)!

Support Brandon O'Brien

ko-fi.com

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this is good.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“… the President of the United States says a lot of crazy things,” said Gov. Pritzker. “I genuinely think there is something wrong with him. I wish that his family would intervene, because I do think he needs mental health help.”

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 1d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

youtu.be

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in Chicago —

One way to help is support these small Latino businesses.

Many communities are experiencing massive slowdowns because people are scared to leave their houses, and so people aren’t shopping, eating out, going to the carnecerias and panaderias.

Support our small businesses.

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Lord. Jesus.

Focus on the last quote. 🤢

🫘👻 A Spooky Lil Bean 👻🫘 @haughtybynature.blacksky.app · 1d

Y’all. Y’ALL…

The Cut/ NYMag article title: “Why I’m Leaving Perfume Behind — For My Own BO” by Molly Rosen

“We’re sold the idea that beauty is protection — that enough scent and smoothness will shield us from loneliness, heartbreak, odor, and even harm. By the time I realized it was all an illusion that bottles of fruit and flowers are full of nothing but false promises, both my marriage and fashion career had collapsed and I was left to stare down single motherhood and middle age with a body I barely recognized.” — Molly Rosen

“I’m turning 50 next year. I rarely wear deodorant anymore. Many more women I know have stopped too. We don’t talk about it, but I catch it in the air — a faint musk of onion, goat curry, mustard, salt, sage, fennel, ozone, and the muddy wet marrow of the earth itself. I’m kind of obsessed with this collective stink: the animal symphony of skin, of women being women, punk and unfiltered, taking up space with their scent. Raw, unapologetic BO. The more I live among it, the more I see it not as a hygiene failure but as a radical act of self-acceptance.”

— Molly Rosen

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OhGeez @ohgeez.bsky.social · 1d

Timeline cleanse

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

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Jens Gammelgaard 🇵🇸🇲🇲🇬🇱 @jensgam.bsky.social · 1d

And a trump asset.

“Some Venezuelan observers have speculated that the Trump administration launched this mission at least partly with Machado’s encouragement. (Her spokesperson declined to comment for this story.) The notion is not far-fetched.”

The Venezuelans Cheering Trump’s Drug War

To certain members of the opposition, the Caribbean anticartel operation seems to promise long-awaited salvation.

www.theatlantic.com

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 1d

And guess what we listening to again this morning???

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to see any Christmas content until next month.

a drawing of a hand holding a spray bottle with the word no in red

ALT: a drawing of a hand holding a spray bottle with the word no in red

media.tenor.com

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Southern Gothic @thesuburbanthug.bsky.social · 1d

I think we need to all accept the fact they UPN’ed us with Bluesky. It’s just Twitter with a woman CEO.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 3d

A new small press? iN tHiS eCoN0mY / p01i+icAL m0M3nt?!?

YES. We need new homes for new stories. Even now. Especially now.

I love and trust the people behind Homeward Books, and I hope you will join me in backing them.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Howland was was denied a passport even though he was free, could vote in his home state, and held office.

He was eventually able to emigrate to Liberia with his family.

This portrait was borrowed from the John Brown Museum for the #Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit at The Met.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. author recently blocked from leaving the U.S. reminded me of Robeson, Du Bois, and another free Black gentleman who was denied a passport when he wanted to leave the U.S. after the Dred Scott decision (his name will come to me).

Step 1. keeping others out
Step 2. keeping us in

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 1d

As an epic fantasy writer, I get inordinately happy when a new episode drops.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 9d

Submissions for our next unthemed issue are now OPEN 📣
Tell a friend! Everything you need to know is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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