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It's me, Nico.
@nicasio.bsky.social
More of a dog person than a people person. Filipino Philadelphian from Wisconsin. Cavite, Philippines.

Poetry Editor @thedeadlands.com 💀
Associate Editor @psychopomp.bsky.social 💀
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I've got openings for edits and sensitivity reads! Does your novel draft need whipping into shape? Do you want someone to give your manuscript the obsessive, expert, loving attention it deserves? Do you want way more information about how Filipino nicknaming works than you'll ever need? Hit me up!💌
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Hello, I'm Ahmed. Today I want to speak from my heart to everyone who has stood by me, supported me, and helped me survive.

Your donations reach me.

They help us buy food.

They help us get clean water.

We have no source of income other than your donations.
🙏🫂⬇️
chuffed.org/project/157281
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Deadlands fiction subs open in December.
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommunity
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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I love this poem so much—start your week off right!
"My friend’s dead father
visits her as a bird,

but my husband is the light in the kitchen
that comes on all by himself"

Not a Bird by Ellen Romano

😭 we are weeping, beloveds 🖤 read this beautiful poem here:

psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Not a Bird - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
My friend’s dead father / visits her as a bird
psychopomp.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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One of my favourite episodes to date! @rblemberg.bsky.social and I got deep into their writing process - come learn all about poem outlines and how they can work for you! Plus a lovely chat about the themes in RB's work - languages and diaspora and queerness and home - you won't want to miss. ⬇️
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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You can see the birds on the roof
Gaza today from my camera
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Trying very hard to link transness with dangerous criminality is disgusting, but so is the following implication that only sane, well-behaved people should be allowed to transition, if any.
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Slay is about the lives of transwomen in the Dutch Ballroom scene. #support #community #transvisibility.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The plate is made of platinum, they are able to find one but need two. Please donate if you can.
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
idk if i recently angered a minor technological deity or something (like, you know, Clippy), but both my ps4 and my external drive decided to go kaput at the same time. with no access to my Task Completion Simulator games OR my many gigs of X-Files episodes, lord knows what will become of me.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards!

Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social

Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com

Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social

#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Every choice here is confusing and unsettling to me. And perfect. Skip right to the awarding ceremony, shove a crown on that fish.
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Please help Louay's family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving as cold winter rains begin to flood the camps. 1 donation in 2 days:
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Dragons and Blades - Aliette de Bodard
The Dragons and Blades Reading Order 1. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | 2. Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relat...
www.aliettedebodard.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
every time i see the title "Welcome to Derry", I am once again disappointed that it is not a new season of Derry Girls >:(
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I’m possibly looking for a sensitivity reader from a Mexican-American perspective. if there are any takers or if you know any please feel free to message me !
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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People have largely tried to act like ICE/CBP failed and retreated from LA and that is completely untrue. If it weren’t for the relentless coverage of places like @lataco.bsky.social these stories would be completely under the radar.
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.

The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?

Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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This is a really lovely novella, and it's out in the world now!
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Let's.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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fyi @thedeadlands.com will be open to fiction submissions from Dec 1 to Dec 31, so maybe you want to put that on your calendar and study the guidelines and ring out this horrible year making something beautiful. psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Fiction
psychopomp.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The reprints only special issue of @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social "Sinners, Saints, and Haints" is here!

Thank you co-editor @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social, cover artist @goblinprincete.bsky.social, the whole Fiyah team & contributors.

Get your copy: fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

#booksky #Blackbooksky
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM