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Laura Rueckert
@laurarueckert.bsky.social
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Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American in Germany. Proud 🏳️‍⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her https://linktr.ee/LauraRueckert
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hi, new followers! 👋I grew up in the US but immigrated to Germany and have lived here over half my life. I write scifi & fantasy, love to travel, am passionate about trans rights, and have a cuddly, fluffy reading buddy who helps me shout about awesome books! #booksky #travelsky
The ruined wall of an old stone church in Germany, including an arched window. The roof is missing. Inside, a tree grows taller than the church probably ever stood. It's fall and leaves have turned red, gold, and brown. Author Laura Rueckert, smiling and sitting at a picnic table in front of the beach in Denmark at sunset. Cover of the YA fantasy/murder mystery, A Dragonbird in the Fern. Details are called out: dyslexic princess, arranged marriage with no common language, treacherous translations, forbidden live, empowering female friendships, bloodthirsty ghost. A fluffy black dog on a white surface. The book Fall of the Iron Gods is next to him. At the right side, we see the leg of a robot. Artificial bees fly in the air around the dog.
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 11h
The best!
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 2d
Wow! What a tempting offer! #authorsky
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 1d
One of the easiest decisions ever 😆
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 2d
Wow! What a tempting offer! #authorsky
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d
Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 3d
Boxes also work on bobcats
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social · 3d
#TimeTravelAuthors Day 7
Lots of weird things when you live alternately in the 21st century and at a Renaissance king's court, but the weirdest must have been when that Italian explorer, Giovanni da Verrazzano, talked about the "New World" and got it all wrong.
(Charlotte)
#TimeTravelAuthors October 2025 Answer as a character! 1. Introduce yourself and the story 3. Your first appearance and/or line of dialogue in the story 5. Why are you important to the story? 7. Something odd/weird you've experienced 9. Favorite person 11. Saturday excerpt (optional word: most) 13. What does someone else in the story think of you? 15. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: give/gave) 17. What life advice would you give? 19. Proudest moment 21. If you got to write the story, what would you change? 23. Tell us about your enemies 25. Saturday excerpt (optional word: back) 27. How do you feel about time travel? 29. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: now) 31. Character's choice/promo All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome! To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors On even days, post what you like! Questions? @juliebihn@bsky.social
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 4d
The October edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here!

Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/10/06/s...
An image with the SFWA logo of text that says: The SFWA Monthly Market Report October 2025 Edition. Get updates on: NEW markets; markets currently OPEN for submissions; markets recently CLOSED; UPCOMING market changes; and other publishing opportunities. Only at sfwa.org/planetside.
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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5d
The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,
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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d
Like… it's kind of right there, no?
"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading "AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d
Trivia on 'trivia'

In ancient Rome, a trivium was an intersection of three roads (tri, "three" + vium, road).

According to the Romans, when people met at a trivium, they would discuss trivialis ("inconsequential things") - which eventually helped give trivia its modern meaning.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7d
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 7d
Close to You by the Carpenters
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 7d
ALT VERSION:
Tweet from Lindsay King-Miller @AskAQueer If you made a horror movie, what extremely upbeat pop song would you want slowed down and creepified to play in the trailer?
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Zachary Berger @zacharyberger.bsky.social · 8d
Reminder: they're STILL taking all of our work + we STILL need (especially Cali) signatures on the petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.

TLDR= this'll require transparency about what's in AI datasets!

Signing takes 1 min. Once done, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963
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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 8d
It's a new story day! "In the Void Behind My Deaths" is free to read at @factorfourmagazine.com

See what happens between death and rebirth...and what it means for the whole universe

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In the Void Behind My Deaths by Effie Seiberg
In my first death I died alone, pierced through the belly with a velociraptor talon. I bled out before I felt much of anything, floating into a black void. It was quiet and and peaceful and still, …
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 10d
(solemnly) You've had mail.
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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 9d
EMBERCLAW, the sequel to DRAGONFALL, is 99p on Kindle for the duration of October!
Treat yourself to sexy dragons! You deserve it!🐉
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This is Allyween @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 8d
Look at the banner my publisher made for me. I will cry
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Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social · 8d
Here's the search link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Submit a Claim
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9d
Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 9d
Let us take a note from #JaneGoodall....

“I have days when I feel like not getting up, but it doesn’t last long. I guess because I’m obstinate. “I’m not going to give in. I’ll die fighting, that’s for sure.” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
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Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social · 9d
#TimeTravelAuthors Day 1
Hi, I'm Charlotte. My parents are separated, sort of. They don't live in the same time. This week I'm staying with my mom. Paris, 21st century. Next week I'm with my dad, Amboise, 16th century. But I'm not really supposed to tell anyone. My parents are kind of secret agents.
#TimeTravelAuthors October 2025 Answer as a character! 1. Introduce yourself and the story 3. Your first appearance and/or line of dialogue in the story 5. Why are you important to the story? 7. Something odd/weird you've experienced 9. Favorite person 11. Saturday excerpt (optional word: most) 13. What does someone else in the story think of you? 15. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: give/gave) 17. What life advice would you give? 19. Proudest moment 21. If you got to write the story, what would you change? 23. Tell us about your enemies 25. Saturday excerpt (optional word: back) 27. How do you feel about time travel? 29. Wednesday POST-SIZED snippet (optional word: now) 31. Character's choice/promo All time-travel authors and published works, WIPs, etc. welcome! To join, just answer the prompts on odd days, using the hashtag #TimeTravelAuthors On even days, post what you like! Questions? @juliebihn@bsky.social
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