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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 11h

Happy birthday June!

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 20h

"Border Collie Watching Anime on a Laptop", my new 48-page dream journal zine, is now out in the world. You can read some excerpts on my website or send me a DM if you want to buy one ($7 NZD plus postage).

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 20h

I can't be arsed wading into the workarounds required to send mail to the US, so my condolences to any Americans interested in a physical copy. I've put a digital copy up on itch though:

Border Collie Watching Anime on a Laptop, and other dreams by miles davitt

Even more tidbits from my dream journal, 48 pp., 2025

milesdavitt.itch.io

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 20h

"Border Collie Watching Anime on a Laptop", my new 48-page dream journal zine, is now out in the world. You can read some excerpts on my website or send me a DM if you want to buy one ($7 NZD plus postage).

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Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 8d

In a future where the rich kids are being raised with a digital Cyrano beside them to sweet-talk their way into the best jobs, four friends train together for a battle to prove that other kinds of minds might still have the edge.

My new story “Understudies” in Clarkesworld.

Understudies by Greg Egan

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

clarkesworldmagazine.com

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't it just? My mate Liam, who put together that zine, is great at creating simple little critters like that.

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 5d

What I picked up at Wellington Zinefest:

Left to right from top to bottom:
Bent Zine - Liam Goulter (ed.)
Yella Haws - Ned Wenlock
Lost Cels - Thomas Oates (ed.)
Get Home Safe vol. 1 - Achille Segard, Genevieve Rae, Amber Clausner, Éimhín O'Shea
Monochromanticism - Tomollusk
World's Stupidest Slogans & Wellington Ramen Odyssey - Mina Ziner
Tales of the Windy City issue 1 & 2 & " Have Several Questions": Comics, Fanart & Autism - Callum Robertson

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats! Well deserved!

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PIMP-alotti-RIZ @attyboy.bsky.social · 8d

Happy to share that I will be moderating a panel at this years @furrystudies.org conference in Tacoma, WA on Halloween! I stepped on to help organize the conference after speaking at it last year and it’s been really near and dear to me. Tickets for in person and virtual attendance are available!

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barroo @averycutedog.bsky.social · 6d

bandcamp friday again! buy my new album if you want heylol.bandcamp.com

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 7d

New zine debuting tomorrow at Wellington Zinefest. More highlights from my dream journal. A sequel to 2023's "Large Birds Try Their Luck". Weighs in at a whopping 48 pages.

Grab one between 11:00 and 16:00 at the Vic Uni campus on Vivian St.

Zine in a window. Title reads "Border Collie Watching Anime on a Laptop, and other dreams", above a drawing of a border collie with big anime eyes.

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 7d

New zine debuting tomorrow at Wellington Zinefest. More highlights from my dream journal. A sequel to 2023's "Large Birds Try Their Luck". Weighs in at a whopping 48 pages.

Grab one between 11:00 and 16:00 at the Vic Uni campus on Vivian St.

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 7d

Ooh! I'll keep an eye out tomorrow.

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M. Cromwell > BLFC Dealers Den @marandart.bsky.social · 7d

"Beach Queen"
7.5"x7.5" paint pens & acrylic on reclaimed wood

Soledad love being big! She love being big and beautiful and on beach!!!

An anthropomorphic giant anteater woman in a floral bathing suit sits cross legged on the sand, flexing and posing in a satisfied way

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Trofe @jtrofe.com · 8d

Mad Max creator George Miller stuns with latest revelation: "That's a typo, his name is supposed to be 'Immortal Joe'"

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 9d

Happy birthday Michael!

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 12d

If you want to pinch any of the dark-mode and mobile-scaling code from my website, please feel free: milesdavitt.net. I think my CSS is labelled reasonably well.

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 13d

Currently reading "Surface Detail" by Iain M. Banks.

Tree Trunks from "Adventure Time" is in Hell (specifically Hieronymus Bosch's depiction thereof).

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Wolve @wolvexo.bsky.social · 15d

digging through archives. comm I did for @milesdavitt.bsky.social way back

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 13d

I still treasure this drawing.

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 19d

Zine excerpt

A picture of James Gandolfini with his arms crossed. His head is twinned, one floating off to his left. Below reads "I found myself high up in the canopy of a forest of tall trees. Every branch was an enormous thorn."

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 19d

Earlier this year, I was at the chemist's getting a COVID booster, and when the dude about to give me my vaccine pulled up my name to check my details, he asked me, "Hey, are you that Miles that makes zines?"

plæst[이]k @plaest2k.bsky.social · 20d

i had a doctors appointment to talk about hormone stuff and before we got started, my doctor was like "hey so um. are you like. the artist sloane? on twitter?"

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 20d

a beautiful woman once approached me in the lobby of a hotel at SPX and asked "are you Gretchen Felker-Martin?" and when I said I was, she blushed and said "I love your Hannibal shitposts"

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 21d

Hopefully none of the contestants kill and eat each other this year.

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · 21d

There's a lot of shit that sucks right now, but please know that Fat Bear Week kicks off next week, and voting for Fat Bear Junior is open right now.

explore.org/fat-bear-week

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Miles Davitt @milesdavitt.bsky.social · Jul 4

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