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Rain DeGrey

@raindegrey.bsky.social

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 13d

Dominance and Rough Play!

💥💪💥

When? October 18th from 4-6 p.m. PST!

Presented by the PLA. See you all there 💪

Tickets available here:

forbiddentickets.com/events/portl...

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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 1d

Willerby:
a small English village where the strange and uncanny is only as remarkable as the weather.

Fifty free stories on the village website with original music, art and photos.

More readers every month. Join them.

www.welcometowillerby.co.uk

No AI ever.

Three stories to get started.

👇

Screenshot of the linked village homepage.

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 1d

7:30 this morning

I've been up for all of 5 minutes but when you see good lighting you have to go for it

I'll always be a sucker for a good lens flare ✨

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 1d

Are they edible?

a raccoon is sitting on a table next to grapes .

ALT: a raccoon is sitting on a table next to grapes .

media.tenor.com

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 1d

Four weeks remain to submit to our annual short story contest! Read more: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 1d

I see the cows and I will trade you some turkeys!

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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 1d

referenced this post in a Dildorks episode recently, so I went back to reread it, & uhhh... quite funny how many of these techniques are still my bread-&-butter, 8+ years later girlyjuice.net/5-ways-flirt...

also LOTS of vignettes about the hot dommy sex shop coworker I obviously had a crush on!!!

5 Ways I Flirt As a Submissive

1. Unprompted service. Three weeks ago, we went out to lunch and you ordered a Mill Street lager. Tonight, I show up for our scheduled fuckdate at your house, carrying a six-pack of Mill Street lag…

girlyjuice.net

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Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #RevPit #10Queries day!

⭐️ more than 100 random winners will get feedback

⭐️ you don’t need a complete ms, just a query + 1st 5 pgs

Details + link to enter 👇
reviseresub.com/mini-events/...

October 2025 10Queries

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Are you preparing for this year’s RevPit event? What better way to know if your query an

reviseresub.com

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 2d

We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?

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Kink Store @thekinkstore.bsky.social · 21d

Our Thor's Hammers are incredible for some intense impact play! 😈

It's comes in a small or large size and definitely packs quite a "thuddy" punch 😱

If you're feeling adventurous we highly suggest adding one of Thors Hammer to your collection.

tinyurl.com/y6hs2hj7

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matthias-says-42 @matthiaslife1.bsky.social · 3d

#Kink

Ein Dom wird niemals verlangen,

das du ihm bedingungslos alles glaubst.

Er wird sich wünschen,

das du fragst,

prüfst

Erkundigungen einholst,

verstehst,

und dann erst entscheidest,

ob du vertraust.

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matthias-says-42 @matthiaslife1.bsky.social · 3d

#Kink

Einfacher Grundsatz für die Partner im BDSM:

Kein Respekt:

Keine Sicherheit.

Keine Session.

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matthias-says-42 @matthiaslife1.bsky.social · 3d

#Kink

Oberster Grundsatz des BDSM:

Ein "Nein" der Sub ist nicht verhandelbar.

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 4d

Q) how long does it take to stack a cord of wood?

A) all damn day

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 4d

a man is sitting at a table and says i can relate to this

ALT: a man is sitting at a table and says i can relate to this

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 4d

This is a great view!

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 4d

Praying to the old gods

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 5d

Should've used this photo

Guy in a frog costume facing ICE/police in Portland with the caption "analysis: what is the insurrection act"

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 5d

Dear CNN,

When you next report on the “chaos” in Chicago in 2025, please be sure to use this painting of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 for the article.

A painting of the destruction of Chicago by fire from 1871.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 5d

This is an image from 1992, in case you were curious

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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chelsea g. summers @chelseagsummers.bsky.social · 5d

It's Banned Book week, an excellent time to sign @everylibrary.bsky.social's pledge to protect our rights to read every book, no matter how much it alarms Chaya Raichik.

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read

This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

action.everylibrary.org

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 5d

Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 5d

It's Prime Day... so please consider buying your books direct from (ideally indie) bookstores and publishers today, instead of from the Big River that's gouging us all into penury

We'd love you to grab one of our books, from our estore or as a signed paperback

But really: any indie is good :)