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These are jewelry made in 🇺🇦Ukraine. My creativity is my life!✨️🪡🧵
I ask you to share and like - this is the only way for the algorithms to show my work to the world!
Your support saves my art!

If you like something, you can order on Etsy or in DM:
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...

💙💛🪡🧵✨️
#SupportUkraine
October 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Today is World Vegan Day! If you are concerned about climate change, reducing meat and dairy in your diet is one of the most powerful individual actions you can take.

"The effect of our modern meat production on the environment is truly terrifying." Jane Goodall news.janegoodall.org/2017/04/28/w...
Why I Went Plant-Based (And Why We Should All Eat Less Meat)
Dr. Goodall went plant-based after confronting what that meat represents: pain. Since, she learned more reasons why the work to #eatmeatless is important.
news.janegoodall.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃!
Looking for a spooky and fun show to watch? Check out Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix! Charming and iconic characters, amazing cinematography, poignant writing, scary creatures and a very cool opening sequence
💀🔎💕💀🔎 #SaveDeadBoyDetectives #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Today is National Coming Out Day!

It's also Freedom to Read Day, aka the last day of Banned Books Week.

This feels right — because the main reason they try to ban books is to keep people from dreaming they could ever come out.

My latest newsletter: buttondown.com/charliejane/...
They Want To Ban Books To Keep Us From Coming Out
Quick housekeeping! I’m doing a flurry of events once again: Tuesday I’ll be in the Koret Auditorium at the SF Public Library talking about banned books for...
buttondown.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Book promo post:
Right now, the ebook edition of EDGES (arguably my most popular novel) is on sale for the "why not take a chance" price of 99¢🎉🚀! EDGES is a far-future, space-faring, nanotech-drenched adventure. Links and info at my website: mythicisland.com/inverted_fro...
#sciencefiction #scifi
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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"Part of how these terms persist is as a site of fracture. Not only are we trying to encompass an unencompassable thing, but we can't even agree on what it is we're trying to approximate when we say 'science fiction'"

Must-read @dongwon.bsky.social essay:

www.publishingishard.com/surgery-with...
Surgery with a Shotgun: Why Genres Matter
Categories are made up. They will always be nothing more than an approximation of the thing itself. Nothing as simple as a label can encompass the experience, the reality, and the nuance of any indivi...
www.publishingishard.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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What is best in life, reader edition.
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
All good advice in this thread. Short stories don't work well for me,if I finish one, I don't get the What's next itch. I pick novels of genres/authors I love, with short chapters / chapters with breaks within them,when my attention span is low. So I look forward to the next reading session #booksky
Okay, now, what to read?

Cracking open a novel can be really intimidating if you haven't tried in years. Plus, what if it's bad? That seems like a big investment!

So, start with short stories.

Get an anthology and read one story per session. That's about 20 pages and you're done.
October 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it.

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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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you who are neither before nor after
you who arrive with blue plums
that have fallen through the night
perfect in the dew

-W.S. Merwin, To the Light of September"
#everynightapoem sharing Merwin on his birthday
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Timeline cleanser 🐈
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Why I've become so intentional about what I draw attention to here: "what we notice, share & talk about influences what others notice too... it acts like a vote for what grows..When attention is poured into fear, it multiplies division. When it’s directed toward solutions, it multiplies possibility"
September 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Reading the 2nd of Nghi Vo's 'Singing Hills Cycle,' WHEN THE TIGER CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. Came across this line. I love when you can tell a writer's enjoying themselves.

'What was the point of being a Singing Hills cleric if they didn't get to ride a mammoth when the opportunity arose?'
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Happy Petrov Day to those who celebrate. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov made the correct decision to not trust a computer.

I've attached a short clip from a reenactment of the situation in the documentary The Man Who Saved the World.

1/11
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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if you can help me (oh my god please help me) i have a glorified tip jar patreon (ive been doing co working two hour sessions and a monthly session for questions. this month i was going to play with the story engine so people could meet it) please don’t use the app they will take 30%
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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"And you need to defend yourself from that imagination."

This tracks 😆

The old "my life will never be as complicated or screwed up as these people's lives!" thing is also a great benefit
I know we all enjoyed his video about male friendships, but I think this one about reading might be even better.
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Sharing my cameo from Jayden for other #DeadBoyDetectives fans, it definitely brightened up this stressful day! 😊
I asked a question about Charles' favourite place for a case and holidays (you will probably guess the holidays one 😁)
#SaveDeadBoyDetectives

www.cameo.com/recipient/68...
Jayden Revri for Michela
Connect with your favorite stars.
www.cameo.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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[6] Detectives team and we're happy to share details.

You can find the new petition here: chng.it/8M4DNDYr2M

Let's kick this new petition off on the right foot! Please sign it, share it, and ask your family and friends to sign, too.
Sign the Petition
Save Dead Boy Detectives
chng.it
September 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM