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K. N. Brindle (they/them)

@knbrindle.com

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I’m a queer, trans, agender therapist living with lupus Author of emotional and intimate humanist SF & Fantasy including the PATHS OF MEMORY duology and my new novel COMMON ACCORD Find out more & buy my books at: https://www.knbrindle.com #NoAI #NoDRM

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · Jan 3

If you've ever wanted humanist, intimate fantasy and sci-fi centering queer characters and emotional, heartfelt storylines, you'll love my debut duology Paths of Memory, and for a lighter read my blue-collar space opera Common Accord

Find out more and buy at:

knbrindle.com

A marketing poster for the Paths of Memory duology.

"Arin's future was foretold at birth: they would be neither girl nor boy, and a witch besides..."

A reader quote from Goodreads:
"Occasionally, we come across a book that exceeds our expectations in marvelous ways"
- Shannon Massey

Images of the covers for two books:

A MEMORY OF BLOOD AND MAGIC:
Two people riding mules at the edge of a cliff in the foreground, facing away into the distance. One is pointing across a densely forested valley to distant cliffs where a ruined tower rises against a blue and pink sky.
The title of the book fills the cover in a smooth gradient from purple to blood red, with circular tracery extending from the letters serifs and ascenders to form a web of intersecting paths.

A MEMORY OF WAR AND SOLACE:
Two people riding at the top of a hill in the foreground, facing away into the distance. One rides a gray mule, the other a horse. Down rolling hills to a distant valley, a dark fortification stands, surrounded by the campfires and purple and orange banners of an army in black. The sun is setting in the distance.
The title of the book fills the cover in a smooth gradient from pinks to oranges, with circular tracery extending from the letters serifs and ascenders to form a web of intersecting paths.

https://knbrindle.com/paths-of-memory

A list of features of this story:

- 1st-person Oral History
- Trauma-powered magic
- Intimate & emotional
- Rich & complex worldbuilding
- Non-binary MC & lots of non-binary rep
- A war of mysterious motives

Advertisement for Common Accord by K.N. Brindle

"Available for Preorder at Your Favorite Bookseller"

Common Accord book cover: Portraits of four people against a starfield, with a dimensional rift open behind them like a pink cloud. A ship in front of the portraits leaves a trail or light that loops around them to the rift. The four people are: Windy, a black woman in a teal jumpsuit; Jes, a nonbinary person in an orange jumpsuit; Fin, a young man in a red jumpsuit; and Stritch, a vulpine alien known as a triss.

- An Alien on the Run
- A Crew of Misfits
- Blue-Collar Space Opera
- Queer Rep
- Found Family
- Stealing a Spaceship

https://knbrindle.com/common–accord

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 12h

I'd write more. And I'd take on more therapy clients pro bono or at a very low rate.

Bootstraps, a docuseries @bootstrapstv.bsky.social · 1d

If Universal Basic Income (UBI) were to give you more breathing room, what new hobbies or activities would you pursue that currently feel out of reach?

K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 14h

Mine is knbrindle.com

Likewise, my newsletter* & other socials are linked there

(* a terminally under-written newsletter... I think I've managed 3 issues in over a year. Have no fear you'll get spammed if you sign up 😅)

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Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 14h

The number of times I've heard that what education is has to change because AI! When people say this to me now, I just say, "no." Usually they stop talking for ten seconds because no one is ever telling them no, and that's the whole problem

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

The basic structure of so much commentary, some in the guise of academic study, reduces to:

(1) generative AI products are detrimental to the goals of education

(2) therefore, the goals of education must change.

Without the tacit axiom that AI has authority behind it, that just doesn’t follow.

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 1d

I’d second wandering.shop. That’s where I am. Yes, there’s a lot of SFF, but it’s more about being creative. You’d fit in fine

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

As soon as we start accepting "proving innocence" into our vernacular, we start normalizing really insidious and dangerous shit, especially now when that is the language being used by this administration to racially profile people.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence.

Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important.

It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Fiction Fans Podcast @fictionfanspod.bsky.social · 1d

To celebrate #BannedBooksWeek, we read THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margarita Atwood for this week’s #podcast episode.

Listen to our discussion here: linktr.ee/fictionfanspod

💙📚 #booksky

Fiction Fans | Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree

View fictionfanspod’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like YouTube, Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

linktr.ee

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 2d

we don't need cis people making art about how trans women are weird little freaks, that's our job.

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nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 2d

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it

#televisionmatters

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

Mood

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 2d

i miss living in a country that wasnt murdering itself so openly

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Libs of Tiktok, Elon Musk, and Robbie Starbuck put everything they had into trying to push a boycott of Netflix over LGBTQ characters in their shows.

Netflix ignored them and the stock is back up. Turns out bots don't actually cancel accounts.

Screenshot of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) stock summary on October 7. The closing price is $1,191.06 USD, up +27.75 (2.39%) for the day. The day’s trading range shows a low of $1,177.46 and a high of $1,201.36. Previous close was $1,163.31. Market cap is $506.11B, P/E ratio is 50.75, with no dividend yield. The 52-week high is $1,341.15 and the 52-week low is $677.88. A line graph shows intraday stock price movement, peaking above $1,190 before settling at the closing price.

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

I guess the good news is that we don't have to wait too long... only 3 weeks 🫤

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

They were bought by Canva. While they are promising not to enshitify, we shall see. From what I've been able to find, part of the big announcement for v3 is that there will be a fully unified single file format, possibly fully unified suite (which was nearly there with v2) + some Canva integration

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

And they seem to have stopped selling the current versions (at least I can't find the product pages anymore), so... 🤷 who knows. It might be as amazing as they're promising, or might be another sad footnote and dead-end software company 🤷

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

I've been using Affinity Designer/Photos/Publisher for a few years, and it's amazing software. One-time purchase for major version updates, and under $100 for the whole suite.

BUT... they just announced some future thing they're being really cagey about: affinity.serif.com/en-us/

Creative Freedom Is Coming - Affinity

Creative Freedom Is Coming. October 30

affinity.serif.com

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

Empathy (the opposite of cruelty) seems entirely despicable to these people. It pretty much tells you all you need to know.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

We really hit on something with the 12 year old theory of governance because that’s really the entire political project. It’s being 12 years old and not even normal 12 year olds but real pieces of shit 12 year olds

Texas GOP candidate
Shelley Luther complains that students can't make fun of transgender children
By Jay Root, Staff Writer
Updated Feb 9, 2022 6:02 a.m.

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

The blend of ideology and grift in this administration is just monstrous

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 2d

I mean, as solutions to patriarchy go, I'm down for it. It'll probably work if taken far enough...

K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 3d

Hi! Given that itch finally paid me today (72 days!) I’d love to be included.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 3d

What the actual fuck, @safety.bsky.app ?!?!

Victoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.bsky.social · 3d

@safety.bsky.app this post is not intolerant. I don't appreciate how you're gaslighting this community every ten seconds.

One of the good things about this site was a public agreement that truth and accuracy matter. Do you know how painful it is to see you endorse the disintegration of meaning?

Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 5d

one thing i’ve learned about people in my 50 or 60 years on this planet is that they’re the fucking worst

K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · 3d

🧐🤔

Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 3d

If bluesky does go up in flames, I would like to make a suggestion: maybe try making the next social media website a different colour.
I mean, the blue probably isn't the thing driving the CEOs to madness, but it's worth checking.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 3d

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 3d

the ONLY reason bluesky is bearable with this many followers is the existence of lists that let me filter out people I don't want around. if that's going away, I am too

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