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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 7h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Michiganders and those within the Detroit metro area–I'll be facilitating a rad Youth Right to Read Summit on November 8 for people ages 15-22. It's *FREE* with travel reimbursement for young folks.

Details + registration ---> www.milibraries.org/youth-summit...

Image of a megaphone on a green background. The text in the image says "Clinton Macomb Public Library - Main Branch, Saturday November 8, 10 am - 3 pm. Youth Summit on the Right to Read."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

It’s the NJ slander, right? 😉

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

💜😄

M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

Thank you!!!!! I love it so much!

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

Also, yes, “unkempt disaster queer” is Charlie’s official title.

And mine, but we’re not getting into that right now.

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

Kinda weird to be sitting over here during Banned Books Week knowing that while my book (which will not be published until 6 months from now now) is not yet banned… it surely will be. 🙃

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

Finally I can share this here in all its glory. Besides conveying the vibe of my book perfectly, I also resonate with this design personally more than I knew I could reasonably expect. I’m obsessed. I’m in love with it. I hope you love it, too.

Illustration by Tracy J. Lee, design by Emma Hardy.

A nonbinary character in shadow embraces a swirl of colors with a human-like shape, surrounded by ghosts with various facial expressions from scary to whimsical. Text reads: I WAS A TEENAGE DEATH GOD, M.J. Beasi.

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 2d

Page Street YA & I collaborated on an Instagram post today celebrating my debut’s cover (check out my Insta to read notes from the designer!). We also included this graphic to give you an idea of some things you can expect behind the cover when the book is released in March!

I’M SORRY, NEW JERSEY.

Cover image for I WAS A TEENAGE DEATH GOD by M.J. Beasi, featuring a young transmasc nonbinary person embracing a swirl of colors in the shape of another person, surrounded by ghosts, with a series of tropes and other elements to be found in the book, T4T Romance, Giving up the ghost (literally), Twins Take Manhattan, Loud Theater Kids, “My DNA is 50% Murder,” Friends to Lovers, Unkempt Disaster Queer, Family Secrets, New Jersey Slander, “I see dead people,” Be Gay, Do Crime, Snarky MC, Weekend Roat Trip.

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Decaf [Invidia] @decaf-invidia.bsky.social · 6d

Playing CRAB GAME on Saturday, raising money for #ExtraLife please join us and donate if you can!

Collabs w/
@hanabikun.bsky.social
@mjgsc.bsky.social

www.extra-life.org/participant/...

#Charity #Reverse1999 #GenshinImpact #Minecraft #CrabGame #Schedule #Twitch #Youtube #Collab #VoiceActing

The Schedule of Decaf!
EST GMT+8 EST UK Time GMT +8 Stream Length Possible Activities
Tuesday Tuesday 5:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 3 Hours Genshin Impact
Wednesday Wednesday 5:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 3 Hours Editing
Thursday Thursday 5:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 3 Hours Genshin Impact
Saturday Saturday 5:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 4 Hours Minecraft
Saturday Sunday 11:00 AM 4:00 PM 11:00 PM ??? Crab Game
Sunday Sunday 5:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 4 Hours Editing and Minecraft
Sunday Sunday 10:00 AM 3:00 PM 10:00 PM 6 Hours
Disclaimer: Decaf reserves the right to cancel streams based on health, offline priorities, or other factors.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 3d

This is the second library director this year to win a settlement after being inappropriately fired over not banning books the board insisted be pulled.

That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 3d

Congratulations to Terri and Iris!!!
#BannedBooksWeek

www.cbsnews.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement

Terri Lesley was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters.

www.cbsnews.com

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 3d

I cannot express to you how urgent it is that we all loudly and constantly support queer media right now. It is my number one goal for this year, to support and promote as many queer artists as possible.

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 3d

Yes, I had undiagnosed ADHD.

M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 3d

ADHD powers, activate!

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 3d

I'm not sure where the project is now...I used this little notebook, small enough to carry in my pocket, since we were supposed to be journaling constantly & I artfully rotated through different pens/pencils to look like I'd been keeping it up all semester. The article, though, is findable online. 😅

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 3d

I crafted the entirety of a semester-long journal project while working the graveyard shift at my dorm's front desk the night before it was due, & my professor regarded it so highly, she quoted it in an interview that appeared in papers all over the country (to my eternal chagrin). Suck on that, AI.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 4d

Teenage ghost!!! Solving murders!! Saving lives!! 😍💜😍💜

Aidan @aidanwrites.bsky.social · 4d

17-yr-old Jude was murdered in a haunted house, & she came back as a ghost. For 20 years, she & other murdered girls were alone w/ a malevolent presence—until a team of paranormal investigators arrives. The presence targets them, but Jude won’t let another girl die in the house. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 4d

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 4d

Oh hello look at this, agents! 😍

Aidan @aidanwrites.bsky.social · 4d

17-yr-old Jude was murdered by a malevolent entity in a haunted house in 2005—& came back as a ghost. In 2023, paranormal investigators are allowed in, & Jude can finally talk to someone. This is good, as she has to warn them about the malevolent entity trying to kill them. #DVpit #YA #H #LGBT

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 5d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 5d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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M.J. Beasi @mjbeasi.com · 5d

Conversion therapy is harmful, torturous, and especially egregious when it is practiced on minors, whose choices are often controlled by adults. I can't believe we're here again, questioning whether conversion therapy should be banned.

I'm heartsick that this is where we are. I hate everything.

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Emma @inneiennyfas.bsky.social · 6d

“Study challenges notion that Covid is ‘mild’ for children.”

You mean, just like EVERY OTHER STUDY on Covid in children?

This shouldn’t be framed as a surprise, or even news, but as established fact. The real question is why we’re still not trying to stop it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Study challenges notion that Covid is ‘mild’ for children

More than 6 million American children suffer from long Covid which can lead to life-threatening complications

www.independent.co.uk

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 7d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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