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Renay⁷
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U.S. Southerner. Mouthy, but soft. Does stuff online: https://heyheyrenay.carrd.co/
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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 4d
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 📚🪐💙
Intergalactic Mixtape #39
Hey! This week there’s award news, lots of book promotion as we arrive fully in Winter 2026, and I’ve been catching up on my podcast feed. I’m also trying to...
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renay.bsky.social
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 📚🪐💙
Intergalactic Mixtape #39
Hey! This week there’s award news, lots of book promotion as we arrive fully in Winter 2026, and I’ve been catching up on my podcast feed. I’m also trying to...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
renay.bsky.social
I remember when I loved Zeroboxer (we all deserved more, PUBLISHING) and was like "this author is going to be a star when publishing stops being silly." Now whenever someone goes "the Green Bone Saga is a certified banger" I get a frission of pleasure even though I have not yet READ the series.
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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cxorlando.bsky.social
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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tendermiasma.com
Any time a company has to "make a statement", it means they're sweating. Cook them
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 1d
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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forestofglory.bsky.social
New Media Roundup featuring even more graphic novels

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February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Post a banger that isn't in English
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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snackiejack.bsky.social
Don't get defeatist, write support tickets, feedback, emails, let them know this shit sucks. Cancel your nitro until they reverse this.
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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birdietam.art
Wonton mao

(admittedly not as good as Xiao long mao but I tried)
An illustration of a Chinese noodle dish with little cats that look like dumplings.
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
renay.bsky.social
I hate this. This isn't about protecting anyone, this is about slurping up our data for free and disrupting political, queer, and fandom communities.
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
renay.bsky.social
I've been feeling sick/tired the last two weeks (boo dry air), so I spent them the best way I knew how: reading books 1 - 15 of the October Daye series. 15 books in 23 days....sure. But now I need to read ANYTHING else for a bit. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
renay.bsky.social
I feel it is time for a reread.
sandalwoodbox.bsky.social sandalwoodbox.bsky.social @sandalwoodbox.bsky.social · 3d
Exploration. Discovery. Danger. A Steerswoman goes where she must.

The Steerswoman book series doesn't have a TV show or movies (yet?) so I put this together from other sources! Highly recommend the books - they're a lot of fun!

Details: archiveofourown.org/works/78622921

Happy #Festivids2025!
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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anireal.bsky.social
🏮Leading up to Lunar New Year festivities, I'm bringing back the ones I did for prior years!🏮

🧧 祝你好运 🧧
Lunar New Year Art of an elongated tiger creature with mandarin oranges. There is a red envelope in the middle with the Mandarin character for luck/prosperity.
January 29, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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margawart.bsky.social
Today's my birthday! 🎉 I spend my time painting silly pictures, it would mean a lot if you could share them!

linktr.ee/margawart
Digital illustration of a lavish interior and an older gentleman posing for a mural. While the model is old and hunched over, the clothes too big for him, with servants around him holding various props, his portrait shows a strapping younger man posing with a sword. A digital illustration of a character and her skeletal mount, half-heron, half-fox. The character, a priestess of the Guild of Mists, is in the middle of the sacred, pre-hunt rites. She's holding a holy amulet and a smoking censer. They're both in a misty marsh, the skeletal remains of past hunts at their feet. Left : Cover illustration for "Out of True" by Rien Gray. Two hands are holding onto a disintegrating sword, a dark forest in the background. Right : A digital illustration of hands clutching a sword, surrounded by vegetation. One of the hands has a stylized dragon tattoo on the wrist. A digital illustration of a human lower jawbone and a pink rose surrounded by flames and ghostly roses. Inspired by the book The Waste Lands by Stephen King.
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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karenho.bsky.social
sometimes screenshots of rage-bait posts make me feel like we've all been taught it's normal to show each other rotting fish or a lunch someone left in a bag for several days
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
renay.bsky.social
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 📚🪐💙
Intergalactic Mixtape #39
Hey! This week there’s award news, lots of book promotion as we arrive fully in Winter 2026, and I’ve been catching up on my podcast feed. I’m also trying to...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
renay.bsky.social
I will promote properly tomorrow, but I wanted to say that it’s so nice to collect all the fun SFF art people put together each week. It genuinely keeps me hopeful for the future of creativity, criticism, and art communities. buttondown.com/intergalacti...
February 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
so much clothing is marketed as "conversation starters" but as an introvert, i want "conversation enders." no more talking. let me go home.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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premeemohamed.com
Anyway somebody tell me to to stop being distracted by/in despair about the state of the world and get back to work

(And also remember that time I wrote a story about a billionaire who gets punished until the day after the end of time)

www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
3LBE Magazine - Songs Never Sung by Premee Mohamed
It only ever spoke to me once and that was to say Do not sleep too deeply. Said upon departure, an aside tossed over its shoulder like salt. I paid little attention; I was staring at the thing it had ...
www.3lobedmag.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
renay.bsky.social
I read this newsletter and I'm about to go buy and eat an entire ice cream cake by myself because nothing matters but also everything matters. What a weird fucking time we're in.
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 PM
renay.bsky.social
We've never had free and fair elections in the United States. Not once. Not ever. Not for lack of trying! There's always a population blocked from voting. It's because the people with money know as soon as every citizen in every precinct can have easy access to the ballot, they're cooked.
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6d
People act like I'm naïve when I say I don't think they're going to cancel elections, and like no. I'm not?

I'm grimly pragmatic about how hard they have been making it to vote this whole time. They are *so good* at voter suppression, a lot of folks have just had the luxury of ignoring it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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🌻 Nebulous: Sunshine Capybara 🌻
I've been craving sensory weightlessness, like floating or paddling in water under the morning sun.

This cutie is now on my #inprnt shop!
🖼️: www.inprnt.com/gallery/bydh... 💛
#art #artists #illustration #bsnm #SupportArtists #cute #cuteArt #capybara #DisabledArtist
Hand-drawn mixed media digital and watercolor illustration by the artist Dhiyanah Hassan. A golden capybara with gradient and starshine on its fur swims among glowing yellow butterflies and giant pastel sunflowers.
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 AM
renay.bsky.social
With the news about WAPO, there's never been a better time to explore RSS and collect your trusted news sources that still use RSS feeds all in one place. I've used Feedly (fine) and Inoreader (great), which both have free tiers.
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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mariabustillos.com
Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.

If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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simkaye.bsky.social
Professional mouser for hire! Inquire below 🐈‍⬛
Digital illustration made in Procreate depicting a warmly lit home office in the early 2000s. On the office desk is a teal and white early iMac G3. A black cat is half-crouched with the computer mouse in its mouth, staring at the viewer as though caught mid-hunt. The scene is littered y2k objects. The wall has a poster of Rihanna and of Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again" album cover. Items on the office desk include a blank CD stack, a pink lava lamp, a VHS on top of a Blockbuster case, and an old landline phone.
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.

I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
gofund.me
February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM