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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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AJ McKay - chaos packed into skin🏴‍☠️🦄🧜‍♂️🐙🐿️ @ajmckay.bsky.social · 2d

@stellarcyn.bsky.social could use our help for some dental medical bills that are coming up! If able please donate. Shares here and other platforms are more than welcome as well!

They also have a Kofi on their page if you check out their Bluesky page - another way to help!

gofund.me/e2c2270ca

Donate to Cyn’s Dental Medical Bills, organized by AJ P

My friend Cyn is trying to raise money for a medial dental bill that is desperately needed, but unexpe… AJ P needs your support for Cyn’s Dental Medical Bills

gofund.me

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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☠️ B ☠️ @robertaseaport.bsky.social · 4d

Semi-regular cheeky push of my old books because poverty isn't a good enough reason to stop everyone in the world screaming for payments 😵‍💫

payhip.com/richardrider

£1 or pay what you want! M/m romance, kinda messed up, kinda cute, includes some casual murder and a bj in a Victorian bathing machine.

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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · 5d

Upcoming releases – preorder now!

Just in time for Halloween season, two new anthologies are out! Mmeory, the upcoming anthology from Air and Nothingness Press features my story 'A Moment on the Lips.' You can now pre-order Mmeory here. This is a limited edition release of only 250 numbered…

Upcoming releases – preorder now!

Just in time for Halloween season, two new anthologies are out! Mmeory, the upcoming anthology from Air and Nothingness Press features my story 'A Moment on the Lips.' You can now pre-order Mmeory here. This is a limited edition release of only 250 numbered copies, so if you'd like one, don't sleep on it! Mmeory is "An anthology of memory manipulation stories: magic spells, cyborg memory edits, very unreliable narrators, time travel gone horribly wrong.

diebooth.wordpress.com

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s hoping 🤞🤞🤞 Happy birthday!! Have a fab day 🎂✨

Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 13d

Yay, happy birthday!! 🥳🎂✨ Hope you’re having a lovely day.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13d

www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-datab...

Meditations in an Emergency
By Cameron Awkward-Rich
I wake up & it breaks my heart. I draw the blinds & the thrill of rain breaks my heart. I go outside. I ride the train, walk among the buildings, men in Monday suits. The flight of doves, the city of tents beneath the underpass, the huddled mass, old women hawking roses, & children all of them, break my heart. There’s a dream I have in which I love the world. I run from end to end like fingers through her hair. There are no borders, only wind. Like you, I was born. Like you, I was raised in the institution of dreaming. Hand on my heart. Hand on my stupid heart.

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 14d

I'm so late I'm sorry but yayyyy it makes me so happy you enjoyed it!! Thank you for the kind rec 🥰💛✨

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 14d

You're very kind!! They're doing some exploring of a different kind here; I love it :')

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 14d

Ahh!! 😭 Look at them go 🦴💀🦴

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em ✨🏴‍☠️💖💜💙 @emcolbs.bsky.social · 14d

feeling awful? draw ed and stede

a digital drawing of ed and stede from our flag means death

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Estelle | Blueberreads @blueberreads.bsky.social · 23d

Hi all! As promised, here are the prompts for the Our Flag Means Death reading challenge 📚🏴‍☠️
The goal is to read one book by episode. There’s three possible prompts by episodes, inspired by quotes. The challenge is not timed so everyone can go at their own pace.
#OFMDReadingChallenge

Reading prompts for the challenge, also available in text format on the Storygraph challenge page: http://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/32dda256-575f-481f-a4b0-601c0ec83896

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Foxy McLuvox 🏴‍☠️ @foxymcluvox.bsky.social · 23d

My first attempt at fanart as I try to get into embroidery - I sketched Ed on fabric and then stitched away. 1/2

An embroidery hoop with Ed Teach dressed in his leathers. He has been sketched on fabric then embroidered.

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 23d

I'm so sorry. 🫂

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mahnah 🌌 |✨️Comms open✨️ @mahnah.bsky.social · 26d

Hallo y'all!

C0mms are ✨️OPEN✨️

<Ed Fire reaction>

A graphic that's titled MAHNAH'S COMMISSIONS and to the left, it says "Sketch - $25, + extra character 30% each" with a sketch of Young Stede blowing bubbles in a wildflower field below it. To the right it says "Lineart - $35 (w/ or without shading) + extra character 30% each" with lineart of Shibari Mermaid Ed beneath it.

A commission graphic showing prices. On the left it says "Basic Color or Single Hue - $45, + extra character 30% each" with art of Stede in a pin up beneath it, done in a light blue green hue. To the right it says "Limited Palette - $55, + extra character 30% each" with art of Trans Ed in purples, oranges and pinks.

A commission graphic showing Final render price and some basic rules. It says "Full Render - $85, + extra character 30% each" Below it reads "Simple Background +30%, Complex background +50%, PAYPAL ONLY, I reserve the right to refuse any request for any reason, DM me for my TOS"

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xray_vex @xrayvex.bsky.social · 27d

hi all! today officially marks 2 weeks til my big 5-0! 🥲🕯️🧁
NO pressure at all, but if you'd like to pitch in a couple bucks to help me upgrade to a new laptop (my current rig is over 5 yrs old & win/dows 10 support is ending), that would be an amazing gift to me & my art/career.
ko-fi.com/vex62369

image edit of edward teach from ofmd s2 ep 1, where he's standing in front of a cake, but instead of wedding figurines on the cake, it's two number candles, a 5 and a 0

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Die Booth @diebooth.bsky.social · 28d

Highly recommend you tip this talented creator today! ko-fi.com/robertaseaport

(If you do and you'd like a copy of any of my e-books to say thank you, give me a shout!)

#ofmd #bsnm #commissions

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 28d

Love right back to you 💛🫂

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 28d

If you haven't heard of KAW, do yourself a favor and pick up THE SORCERER OF THE WILDEEPS and A TASTE OF HONEY, novellas voted "most likely to make readers of good taste start frothing at the mouth and/or wandering the hallways in somber ecstasy"

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · 28d

I’m so sorry to hear that. Sending you all the love 🫂

Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · Sep 15

Fantastic!! Congratulations, everyone, and thank you for your hard work 🥰💛

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You wrote me a lovely postcard! @ofmd-postcards.bsky.social · Sep 15

OH MY GOODNESS, FOLKS. We ended the fundraiser at $27,960!!
That's an AMAZING AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR @theyoungcenter.bsky.social !!

Couldn't have done it without the team, the artists, the cast, the crew, and ALL OF YOU.

You'll be getting invoices emailed tonight from 32a with instructions!

#ywmlp

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Samuel 🌈 @samwisery.bsky.social · Sep 12

Got slightly wet to take this, but blue skies are en route ☔️

A photograph of the sky. The clouds are thick and dark grey, and it is raining; in the back of the photo, blue skies and white clouds are visible as they approach.

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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · Sep 11

So that's Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland that will officially pull out of #Eurovision 2026 if Israel takes part.

Go on, Spain, you're up next.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Sep 11

Ireland’s public broadcaster announced today that the country will not take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is participating.
www.politico.eu/article/irel...

Ireland won’t take part in Eurovision if Israel does

Public broadcaster RTÉ said Ireland’s participation alongside Israel “would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza.”

www.politico.eu

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