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SFF writer (pro & fic); nommed for Locus 2021; Fiyah Lit alum; queer Black ♿ LDS autistic byke. 35. OSDD (9+). 6-peep polyam (1Sp, 2LP, 2Mm). Cat mom. Poor af. Cassgenderfluidwtf; she/he/they/fae/jæ/xe/etc. Anti-censorship. Pfp = illustrated version of me.

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LA Knight & Co. (CHECK PINNED - NEED HELP) @laknight89.bsky.social · Sep 10

We only need $375! We're on our last day!

LA Knight & Co. (CHECK PINNED - NEED HELP) @laknight89.bsky.social · Sep 9

💚 Our Sept. 10th deadline is 2 days away and we still need $525 to fix our AC. Temps here are hitting over 100°F every day. My disabled husband drives delivery w/ this car but he can't keep it up in this heat. Please help! 💚

PayPal.me/LAKnight89

#MutualAidRequest #HelpSky #HelpPeopleLive2025

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · Sep 9

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

An image taken from an e-mail from Payment Cloud to me. They list prohibited adult work, one of which just includes "Fantasy" which is as wide as cat ears and fairies. We are so cooked.

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🌠🐻 Margaret Abberley🌻🧩 @berryfields.bsky.social · Sep 10

This was less than 3 months ago.

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Speaker Emerita of the Minnesota House was gunned down in her home and slaughtered along with her husband and dog, and Trump didn't say a thing.

Half-mast, my ass.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 10

Trump says he is ordering all U.S. flags lowered to half-mast in honor of Charlie Kirk

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · Sep 10

I always know when summer is really wrapping itself up when I find myself compelled to re-read TAM LIN by Pamela Dean. I don't read it every fall, but I've probably read it at least 20 times. The perfect mix of smart & cozy!

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Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · Sep 10

it's hard to know how serious this will be when the outcry from the right over a dead man is indistinguishable from the outcry when they changed the cracker barrel logo

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · Sep 10

Take some advice from someone who has seen this play many, many times before: this is the same old predatory publishing model, not some innovative step forward.

“We deduct our expenses before—“ No, that’s where you can stop reading, everything else is now irrelevant.

Screencap of a Bluesky post from @extraordinarybooks.bsky.social
At Extraordinary Books, we believe there's a different way to do publishing. We're not afraid to re-think how books are chosen — that's why we're launching an Editorial Collective to help us find novels, memoirs, and more with a truly unique quality. Followed by an image of the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of extraordinary.
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Sep 10

Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!

1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound

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TJ Berry @tjberry.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wow... 75% funded in less than a day!! Help us push our sapphic adventure anthology over the finish line!! 🏳️‍🌈😍🦄

William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social · Sep 10

Another three chapters of Intent Magic edited! Getting close to the climax...
But even more important, the campaign for Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back started today and we're almost 60% funded in 6 hours!
#amediting #amwriting
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Lesbians in Space 2: The Sapphics Strike Back

Enjoy the followup to our bestselling anthology, Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before! Can't get enough? This time we've got another 20 great stories for you in Lesbians in Space: The Sapph...

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AhnaNemus, The Living Trope (Hiatus) @ahnanemus.bsky.social · Sep 10

I hope the incident at the school in Denver gets more coverage than that guy. I realize that's unlikely, but I also wish the incident in Denver didn't happen in the first place.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Sep 10

There’s a way to be respectful in reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot while also refusing to whitewash who he was and what consequences his political activism has had. Obituaries for public figures are a part of history.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · Sep 10

Thank you all for your support. I've been doing a ton of emotional labor over the past 48 hours and I will never be compensated for the time wasted.

A few people have asked about direct support and honestly, if you wanna send me some cash for treats or whatever, I'm game. V3nmo: @ dexanderson.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · Sep 10

Okay this answers a lot of questions I have had!!!!

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

The question of money is posed bluntly enough in Sense and Sensibility, when Elinor and Marianne Dashwood debate the importance or unimportance of wealth in the company of Edward Ferrars. Marianne …

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Spicymochi @spicymochi.bsky.social · Sep 9

Little pumpkin thieves

Illustration of a fluffy skunk and possum carrying a pumpkin in their mouths

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Sep 9

Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.

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LA Knight & Co. (CHECK PINNED - NEED HELP) @laknight89.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yes

Wren @fauxwren.bsky.social · Sep 10

okay this seems like a good moment for this: do you guys think video games are art

LA Knight & Co. (CHECK PINNED - NEED HELP) @laknight89.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yep! Lol 💜💜💜

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · Sep 10

edited photo of a bear with a glamour shots background

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Abby @aspenceart.bsky.social · Sep 9

the nightly delivery 🌟 #art

A watercolor and gouache painting. Dark blue borders form an archway and in the center a bird flies upward into pink, watercolor clouds. The bird is carrying long strings of stars and the stars are falling from the strings to fill the grey-blue sky.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Sep 10

Anyone have good sheet pan recipes? (nothing with beef, plzzz)

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CEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Damn, I ain't even realize this dude was that young, anyway I'm making smothered okra and sausage for dinner, it's truly the best kept secret of the American South

What else y'all making, fam 💅

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Sep 10

Leading conservative activist Charlie Kirk died Wednesday after being shot while speaking to students at a university in Utah. He was 31 years old.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle condemned the violence and called for prayers for Kirk and his family.

Politicians unite to condemn killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk

Officials on both sides of the aisle called for prayers and condemned the political violence.

www.motherjones.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 10

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…

Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.

And America shrugged and moved on.

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · Sep 10

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

GubbWerks in Exile @gubbwerks.bsky.social · Sep 10

Mercury Stardust

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To every trans person, please if you are able to go home or go to a friends' home and stay the night. No trying to alarm anyone but let's just be super overly cautious.

Charlie Kirk was shot (edited: he is now confirmed dead) he was in the middle of speaking on the topic of transgender shooters at Utah Valley University. No one has confirmed who the shooter was yet.

But Trump is expected to speak tonight and with the state of the world and him needing a distraction, I do fear his response will be to target our community.

Please stay safe, do not travel alone and reach out to your friends

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Sep 8

I just really really encourage journalists— especially those who do investigative work— to look into Kevin Guthrie and what is happening at FDEM.

It strikes me as quite urgent.

Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Sep 8

Kevin Guthrie is using the Florida Division of Emergency Management to implement the agenda of White Nationalists.

Seems bad, guys.

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Disasterology: September 2025

This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · Sep 10

-My best friend is starving slowly despite sending her a funds when I can

-My MIL needs $1100 to fix only car for several adults & kids + $ for school supplies & clothes

-We need grocery $, $600 for bills on 12th & 13th, & $1500 to spay Tasha ASAP bc shes 7 & high risk

All links:
linktr.ee/wylder

Close up of black and white dog blepping in her sleep.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Sep 10

Charlie Kirk spent his adult years in the public, loudly fetishizing guns, violence, hatred and other horrors. But he didn't deserve to die. He deserved to live a long life complaining and belly-aching that peace activists took his guns away. I wish he could have had that life.

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