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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 2h

So far good recommendations on Mastodon have included:
- Les Champs de la Lune
- Le Paris des Merveilles
- La Passe-Mirroir (YA)
- Pow Pow (French Canadian B-D press; lots of books)

Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 6h

Just gonna make this a general ask:

Bluesky: I am looking for fun books by francophone authors (from anywhere in the world) - that are preferably some intersection of queer, cozy, and/or F/SF.

Not looking for serious horror, heavy lit fic, or straight romance.

Boost for reach if possible.

Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 6h

I've decided that if there isn't a ton of fun lit in French I wanna read, I'll just read things I would have bought anyway, in translation.

That said, I'm very open to suggestions for good French-language (and especially French Canadian) queer, cozy, and/or F/SF books.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 6h

I've decided that if there isn't a ton of fun lit in French I wanna read, I'll just read things I would have bought anyway, in translation.

That said, I'm very open to suggestions for good French-language (and especially French Canadian) queer, cozy, and/or F/SF books.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 6h

When I picked this up at the bookstore the clerk was like, "you know this is in French, right?"

"Yeah, that's the idea."

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 6h

Intended to read just a bit of this last night and when I looked up I had torn through 130 pages

It's good, y'all

(English title: Deep Dark, by Lee Ostertag @mollyostertag.bsky.social)

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 7h

I take solace in the fact that if Luffy was real, he would 100% punch this motherfucker

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 13h

I can't believe this is real

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 17h

Are US tiktok videos already inaccessible from outside the country?

Reposted by Dana Fried

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 22h

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 19h

Nodding along until the end when I did a spit take cuz I've lived in Boston

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21h

if it’s portland vs. everyone than it’s portland vs. *everyone* i will take the twee and grime of west coast best coast portland over paying $2900 a month to rent a studio apartment in the most youthful and exciting part of boston, which closes at 6PM

Ed @ed3d.net · 21h

lmao my Portland Inferior mutuals have just been staked on a hill of fire ants

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 23h

Well, it is girls all the way down (and all the way up)

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 23h

It does mean you can kind of go anywhere on one train, which is nice I guess?

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 23h

I just wish people would learn from this kind of experience and go back and look for the things that they missed in the text rather than just getting frustrated.

When you're surprised by something, it's nice (and informative) to go back and look at the subtle hints the writer was laying down.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 23h

It's not like our community doesn't do the same damn thing 🤷🏻‍♀️

How many times have we seen queers snipe at our own writers because a work didn't reflect the thing those people had constructed in their heads that was extremely and obviously not in the original text.

*sigh*

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

This is maybe only for the dorks out there who did both concert and marching band at a collegiate level, but holy shit this goes hard in like six different ways

Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Brass Version)

YouTube video by Tiffany Johns

youtu.be

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

Makes me wonder what the hell happened to Supergiant's writing team; at the very least, they've managed to insert an interesting twist into every game before this.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

Just preordered Galaxy: As The World Falls Down by @planetx.bsky.social from my local bookstore.

The first book was one of the best supers stories I've read in a long time - and a breath of fresh air for DC - and I'm really looking forward to the sequel!

Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod: 9781799503446 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The highly anticipated sequel to the YA trans coming-out graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star brings more romance, more action, and more queer joy as Taylor faces her biggest fear: the Vane. Tayl...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

Fired up MH Wilds for the first time in months to go fight Omega and by "fired up" I mean I updated my drivers and am now 15 or 20 minutes into compiling shaders

Absolutely fuck Unreal Engine

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

Regal

Black and white Havanese perching on the back of a red couch

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

But also, over there you can post to followers only 😬

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

As a data point: on a platform with no meaningful discover feed (m.s) 5K followers + open replies is still cozy.

Seems like that is totally untenable here.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

IMO this is the argument for followers-only posts.

Fedi's three-way distinction is nice but probably more than most users need.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

...and whomst among us has not greeded a limit break, died, and typed "WORTH IT" in chat?

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

I relate to her so much.

Who has not sat around and wondered why everyone gets a costume change but them?

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it's a pretty significant difference.

The fun part of a big change like that is figuring out what new, fun pieces of clothing now look really sharp on you.

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Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · 1d

I will personally eviscerate anyone who acts like a dipshit in your mentions..

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