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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · Nov 11

I’m told I’m supposed to promote my writing here?? not just post pictures of my dog??? idk seems wrong but I’ll try it

my story collection Night Beast is for fans of Kelly Link and Carmen Maria Machado

it has: gay sex, sleepwalking, slime molds, soulmate timers & more

bookshop.org/p/books/nigh...

The cover of Night Beast by Ruth Joffre. It has a red background and a shadowy black and white figure of a woman with abstract tentacle things coming out of her head in an art deco style (it actually is an art deco print from like the 1920s). The vibe is spooky sexy

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 1h

It’s really so cool to explore! I still haven’t seen close to everything

Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 3h

I unfortunately will have to take some lactaid but it will absolutely be worth it

Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 3h

scrolled through this thread long enough to see some truly mind-boggling orders. combinations I would never want to try! I'll stick with my pastrami, egg, and cheese on everything, thank you

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 4h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 5h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 8h

1,395 artists. 65 countries. 1 unique game of Telephone. what a wonderful experience it was to take part in this globe-spanning work of collaborative art! it fills me with hope to see that even when big governments and corporations conspire against us, we never stop making art telephonegame.art

TELEPHONE

Whispering a message among art forms. Explore the TELEPHONE interactive art exhibition featuring diverse artists and creative expressions.

telephonegame.art

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 22h

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 1d

got caught in an AI customer support loop of hell and had to shout “speak to a human! representative! representative!” like I was Tilda Swinton in Problemista

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 3d

happy birthday!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 4d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 22d

it feels absolutely wild to be co-founding an arts collective with everything going on right now, but I truly believe art is liberation! we need spaces where we can express ourselves, where we can learn, grow, and create as a community. please help spread the word 🙏

www.nightjarartscollective.com

Nightjar Arts Collective

Nightjar Arts Collective is a communal third place that supports and cultivates local artists, writers, and activists. At Nightjar, we believe art can empower, transform, agitate, speak truth, and fig...

www.nightjarartscollective.com

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 5d

the only kind of monarch I like 😍

A monarch butterfly perched on a leaf. The sun is streaming through the branches and hitting its wings from behind, making it glow a bit

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 5d

“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”

your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ

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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 5d

her teacher deserves an award!!!

Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 6d

it’s a beautiful morning to buy queer books! mine is a story collection for fans of Kelly Link and Mary Gaitskill. it has been described as so intimate it’s like listening to someone’s heartbeat

Night Beast

Check out Night Beast - <b>A stunning debut collection by an award-winning young writer, <i>Night Beast</i> follows haunted characters through real, surreal, and speculative landscapes to examine the ...

bookshop.org

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 6d

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 7d

thank you!!

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 7d

Haunt your readers in time for Halloween in @ruthjoffre.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… One class, Zoom, starts October 16!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Genre Series: How to Build a Haunted House with Ruth Joffre - StoryStudio Chicago

Welcome, architects of the weird! Are you ready to haunt your readers? This class will give you all the tools you need to build a haunted house from the ground up.

www.storystudiochicago.org

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 7d

Shadow politely requests some snuggles

A large black dog wearing an orange bandana pants happily at the camera

Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 8d

enjoy!!! it’s such a gorgeous anthology

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 8d

my story “Icediver” is in this anthology! you could say it’s a mermaid story, but really it’s about being an outcast, finding your people, and repairing subsea fiber-optic cables. check it out!

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 9d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

Cover art by Abi Stevens for Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent, featuring an eight-winged moth framed in pink and orange moons and rainbow colored clouds

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 8d

one year ago today, I embarked on a life-changing expedition in the Arctic. for two weeks, I sailed around the Svalbard archipelago with 30 like-minded artists. it was a different world then. the election hadn’t happened. it all felt so beautiful and so hopeful. I have to believe it will be again 🩵

A swirling gouge in the side of a light blue glacier dusted with snow

A fjord with ice floating in the foreground and mountains in the distance

A beach where the sands are such a deep murky red that the waters around the fjord look dyed. Snow dusts the beach and the mountains across the water

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 9d

exactly!

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Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 9d

thank you!

Ruth Joffre @ruthjoffre.bsky.social · 9d

thank you!