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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 5h

#QueerPrompts October 10

Has positive queer rep in your books helped your mental health?

Yes, yes and yes. A thousand times yes. My writing has been a real therapy, helping me through the internalised homophobia that has built up over the years

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 14h

#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 6h

#WIPSnips October 10

From The Dogsbody: A queer seaside revenge tale

I started at Gattrill College in Year 11. My father wanted me to be a Future Leader of the Country. And Future Leaders of the Country must go to Private School. But some were too expensive. Some were not expensive enough. Gattrill was just the right amount of expensive.
I noticed early that being a bully was a characteristic prized not only among the students, but the staff. The main group of bullies was called the Hard Boys and apparently this group has semi official status and goes right back to the founding of the college.

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 14h

I struggle with proportions when I'm drawing figures. I think I finally have the bodies about right, and I can start to add detail for the cover.

Partly complete cover for A Morris Minor on Mars, with guidelines still in. Shows Archibald and Daryl, who is suspended in the air

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Lisa B. 🐝 @lisabraudrick.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about Mike's Johnson pushing for Lee Greenwood to replace Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl is #OpenTheGovernment and #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 17h

That's nothing, I stopped fourteen wars just last week. Belgium and Mexico are not at war. Does anyone thank me? No.

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 17h

So why doesn't just one of them flip and sign the petition?

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I’ve Had It Podcast @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social · 22h

We should all be anti-fascist. #antifa

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M.K.McDaniels @mkmcdaniels.bsky.social · 19h

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 17h

Why doesn't some journalist ask one of them whether they are for or against fascism?

Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 1d

This shows that they don't really think this is a war zone. You stand there, casually exposed on the rooftop, in a war zone.

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 1d

#WIPSnips October 9

"battery"

From Music the Devil Cannot Hear

“I'm attached to artillery. At the moment we're trying to breach the walls with cannon fire. It seemed promising, but we're too far away and we'll be out of ordnance before long. Want to come and see?”
Tom let Richard know where he was going and followed Alan.
“We won't go up to the first battery, we'd just be in the way. But here's the second battery, ready to be brought up. Those at the end are the newest ones and they're the best. There's a company in London that does good precision casting. You can actually see the difference. They go straight, further and have a longer life. What? What's the matter?”
“Oh, nothing,” said Tom. “I knew someone of that name. I was just wondering if they fwere related”
They watched for a while. There were thudding sounds, each followed by an echo and the appearance of a small mark on the walls of Ypres. A second or so later there was a crack.
“See, they seem to do damage. But that’s not really structural.”

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Eileen In @eileennjflns.bsky.social · 1d

TY Ray!💙
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TY CB!💙
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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 9

In The Rame Head Deck, three year old Morgan cast her first curse, a curse of boils, on anyone who opens her grandmother's ossuary. When asked if she put a warning on the ossuary, she said, "If you warn people then the curse will never happen."

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 9: Curses or bad luck in story?

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Mike Rogers @headcrash.bsky.social · 2d

One of these things is not like the other

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 2d

I've been grossly misinformed about domestic terrorists.

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 2d

So these are the terrorists that Stephen Miller is talking about, surrounding ICE and attacking them day and night?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Saadia___m @saadia---m.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller pretended to freeze on tv because he knew he fcked up.

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 2d

Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?

Oopsie, Stephen.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

If it prays with pedos, is friends with pedos, and pardons pedos…

A screenshot of an X.com post by @ASFleischman
, Andrew Fleischman, stating, "Trump pardoned 12 dudes who turned out to have molested children or possessed child pornography, and there seem to be a lot of others in his orbit," with a reply from @maddenfico
, Bill Madden, saying, "Trump's former 'spiritual leader,' pedophile Robert Morris, being led away in handcuffs after being sentenced to only 6 months in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. Trump will probably end up giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ," accompanied by an image of two men, one in a cowboy hat and sheriff uniform, escorting another man, with a building entrance in the background.

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Jess @fallsalotgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 2d

2. In this sub-plot, a man and a woman who traffic women and children, became too rich and well connected to prosecute. The man dies in a car accident, deemed a suicide, just as the law is closing in.

People will think I based the story on them, but I didn't know the story at the time.

Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips October 8

"dungeon"

From The Writing Machine

Content warning: Reference to child trafficking.

In fact its a but eerie. The book was written before all the details came out about Epstein and Maxwell but the villains, Stuart and Emma, have many parallels. /2

“He went into the room where you were kept. Then we hear this loud scream. We go in and you've bitten him on the arm. Right here.”
Bunter indicated the area on his own arm.
"A real bite. A hard bite," said Bunter in an fanimated voice. "The flesh was actually hanging off and the blood just … pouring out. He was so angry and there you were, blood dripping out of your mouth like Dracula."
Nabil did not respond.
"For a moment there was real fight in your eyes, Nick. But you had fired your one and only shot. Brady tried to find something to bind the arm and stop the blood. A real fucking mess, Nick. You can't go to the hospital with a child size bite in your your arm. There were people. But not cheap and not good."

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Robin Herbert @peterrobin.bsky.social · 2d

#PlotTober Day 8

Again, this is not firmed up, but it involves a pirate known as The Arab, who knows a secret about Edouard's family, a secret that The Arab believes Edouard would be willing to pay well to keep quiet. As King Henry V is cracking down on piracy, The Arab wants a new source of income

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d

#PlotTober Day 8: Conflicts for the MC

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

8. What are some potential reasons the main character(s) haven't, couldn't, and/or can't pursue these goals yet? Consider other characters, backstory events, circumstances, environmental factors, etc.

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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