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Nathan Long
@nathanrlong.bsky.social
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Former writer at inXile Entertainment, novelist, script writer, game writer, general plot hammerer - He/Him
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lilichin.bsky.social
Today was @nathanrlong.bsky.social and my last full day in Taiwan! We went to Jiufen, a beautiful mountain town, & saw the famous Shifen waterfall. We also caught sight of several free-living Formosan Mountain Dogs (Taiwan village dogs)up in the mountains, which was a treat! 🐕⛰️
In front of one of 2 suspension bridges on the trail to Shifen Waterfall. A fermented red rice vegan meatball - Jiufen specialty. It is like a giant glutinous dumpling. Walking up to the Ai-Mei teahouse in Jiufen - very "Spirited Away" vibes with pricey teas for tourists. So picturesque, so many narrow stairways, and amazing mountaintop views. We go to Jiufen early before loads of tourists arrived.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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alexwinter.com
NYT: "U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza."

As leaders discuss putting civilians into camps, the attacks continue. Gazans rely on donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️

chuffed.org/project/1587...
Destruction in Gaza. Via NYT Tasneem and her family with the words: I'm Tasneem, a mother of three children. I used to live a simple life, full of love despite its simplicity - but everything changed on October 7. Our home was completely destroyed, we've been displaced more than 15 times, and now we live in daily hell. My only dream is to secure a safe life for my children outside of Gaza. Any support - even just €5 - could change their future and give them a sense of safety. Help us build a new hope for them. ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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stefscribbles.bsky.social
got my car serviced today 🚗💨
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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alexjennings.bsky.social
8 year old me would be p upset to learn that I own 0 (zero) throwing stars AND 0 (zero) Transformers.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Funny how “protecting the children” always outweighs the First Amendment but never outweighs the Second Amendment.

(Hat-tip to @audryt.bsky.social)
mmasnick.bsky.social Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13h
Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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mollytanzer.bsky.social
Don’t pirate books! And if you do, stfu about it and stop pretending it’s some kind of moral or Marxist or revolutionary stance. Just be brave and own the fact that you don’t care that you are a thief who doesn’t care about artists.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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sardonicus.eu
postcard c1910 I shall pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer it or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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chuckpattonart.bsky.social
JOHN "GRIMJACK" GAUNT--Hard boiled, demon hunting Merc from the multi-dimensional city of Cynosure. Would've loved to had drawn his book before but it wasn't meant to be.

Pencils on 6.5 x 10.5.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.

This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
Young man in a red tunic bearing a sword surrounded by armed glassy-eyed monsters A red robed horseman with a skull face and stag's antlers rides through the forest, the horse rearing back, a shaft of light falling onto the scene A red haired woman in a red dress and a boy in a blue doublet stand in front of a huge black cauldron. In the foreground, three cackling hags. A boy in a blue tunic with a dagger tries to get a sword away from a giant orange cat
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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richardkadrey.bsky.social
Good morning
a cat happily perched on the head of a Buddha statue
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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stephenblackmoore.com
There’s something wrong when getting a rejection email for a job rather than simply being ghosted feels like a win.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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procrastamara.bsky.social
This is just how we sing it now.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Dec 4
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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pbsnews.org
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.

"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.

Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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mofiguls.bsky.social
At night, this view of the docks near us always reminds me of WW2 movie allies rowing towards their target (Tangiers? Calais?) in their little rafts under cover of darkness.
There’s most likely a doomed wisecracking Bowery man and a vengeful Frenchman in the group.
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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sbworkersunited.org
The union is calling, Starbucks! Pick up the phone!
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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jortsthecat.bsky.social
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
PITTSBURGH'S Public Source Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to their jobs at the Post-Gazette after three years on strike After a court ruling in their favor, long-striking journalists declared victory and returned to a pivotal Southwestern Pennsylvania newsroom. They return as union organizing continues throughout the region. Stephanie Strasburg November 24, 2025 Natalie Duleba, local secretary of the guild, hugs Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild Communications of America, as she hands him the mic. "The first day of this strike, our folks went over across the street and they sat down at a table, and they started talking about that they were going to take care of each other," said Schleuss, acknowledging the guild could not have known how long the path back to work would be. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh's Public Source)
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
nathanrlong.bsky.social
I wanted to be a lawyer, but I couldn't...
The sign of an Italian restaurant called Pasta Bar in Taipei.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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minillajovovich.bsky.social
I once landed onto German public broadcaster ARD while channel flipping and there was Udo Kier on daytime TV making seafood linguine

They looked amazing
thefilmstage.com The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 2d
R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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propcazhpm.bsky.social
Y'all, It's TODAY!

Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,

"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". #Lit #SciFi #BookSky 🌱

Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...

#Lit #OctaviaEButler
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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ieruk.bsky.social
General Strike 100

National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.

All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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andrewmale.bsky.social
#RIP Udo Kier. One of those utterly unique actors who turned the act of ageing itself into a work of art.
Young Udo Kier Udo Kier in 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
nathanrlong.bsky.social
Father and son toilet stall in a mall in Taipei.
A sign on a toilet showing a tall male figure and a small male figure and some Chinese text. The interior of a father and son toilet stall, with an adult sized toilet on the left, and a tiny, child sized toilet on the right.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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chinarhyming.bsky.social
A toy making factory in Shanghai run by the Commercial Press (primarily a printer and bookstore operator), c.1925, by Paul Hutchinson. Many of these toys were for export.
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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kellyjbaker.bsky.social
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:

Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.

If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.

Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM