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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 10h

Coming in October, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re...

And then preorder: wizardstowerpress.co...

Cover of Of The Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin.

Image is of a young woman in a long pale dress stood outside the gates of a large, wooden mansion. The word ‘Verantha’ is written on the gates. White birds fly above her.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20h

There is well established case law showing the law Newsom vetoed is unconstitutional. The most on point is Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011) supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

Brown, et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. et al., 564 U.S. 786 (2011)

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.: The First Amendment extends to video games because they are a form of communication.

supreme.justia.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20h

Mandatory age verification to "protect children" is not to protect children. It is to deanonymize every adult speaker and consumer of speech online so the government can retaliate against speakers and speech they don't approve of. For instance: apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

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Sagittarius A* @sagastar.bsky.social · 20h

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still a banger, 15 years later.

janik "how would you like this wrapped" internet speech control

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Mathias Ball+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ+ | illustrator open for work 🍊 @mathiasball.bsky.social · 1d

Hello !! ⚡🌿

I'm Mathias, a queer artist who would love to work on book projects, editorial, advertising, and indie game projects. Open to other opportunities as well!

🍎 mathiasball.com
🍊 [email protected]
📚 @socalledyalife.bsky.social

[ #portfolioday #illustration #art ]

A pattern of spot illustrations, featuring an arctic fox, an arctic tern, a polar bear, some rabbit footprints in the snow, and a forest.

Interior illustration for Nautilus magazine. A figured in a red shirt stands in the middle, as various animals walk around them, depicted in a red/green colour palette.

Book cover for The Night Ends with Fire written by K.X. Song. A figure stands in a field of flowers, as a greenish dragon circles the sky and sits above the figure.

A spread from the book, Little Wolf's Howl, written by Nelly Buchet. Little Wolf chases a butterfly, towards the water. Behind them you can see various backgrounds flowing together, showing all the places Little Wolf has travelled to chase the butterfly.

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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 12h

Because it's October, I included not one but two of my Dracula illustrations here!

The little artbook I made out of my Dracula inspired illustrations, and doodles is still my favourite personal project, and I'm incredibly grateful for all the love it receives 🖤🦇

www.evydraws.com/shop

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Evelyne Park @evelynepark.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #portfolioday to all who celebrate!

I'm Evelyne, painting book illustrations in acrylics... especially for Gothic horror, fantasy, but also colourful sci-fi, always focused on characters.

www.evydraws.com/portfolio
✉️ [email protected]

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Serena @serenajenk.bsky.social · 1d

I just backed The Witch of Prague, from Homeward Books! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

The Witch of Prague, from Homeward Books!

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Zen Cho @zenaldehyde.bsky.social · 1d

If you've ever wanted a version of JADE YEO that you could hold and dogear and put on your shelf, this is your chance! I've seen the new cover and it's going to be SUCH a cute book, please support Homeward Books so they can publish it ✨

Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 2d

Have we mentioned if we hit the Kickstarter goal for WITCH OF PRAGUE, we'll open pre-orders for our second book? According to @courtneymilan.com, @zenaldehyde.bsky.social's THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO is "Poignant, beautiful, and incredibly meaningful."

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

The Witch of Prague, from Homeward Books!

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Little Free Library @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social · 2d

In March we launched the 200,000th Little Free Library! There are now 200,000 registered book-sharing boxes in 128 countries across all 7 continents (yep, there's a Little Free Library at South Pole). lflib.org/200k-libra...

A group of kids and a teacher stand in front of a Little Free Library

The side of a teal Little Free Library with a small white plaque that says Celebrating 200k Little Free Libraries

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 3d

You can always tell these companies are full of BS because they lack the coherent details of any of this to make sense:

- what materials is the reflector made from? (because costs)
- What is the product lifetime? How will they be disposed?
- How are they maintained / kept in orbit?

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 5d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Quiara but spoopy! (they/them) @quiara.net · 4d

mlem

A fluffy brown tabby who is also my fuzzy heart grooms herself. Caught mid-bath with tongue out.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 4d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 3d

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3d

How is it that the people who have no bottom to their vileness are such ginormous assholes?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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D.L/ David Lường-COMMS OPEN🇻🇳 @davidluongart.bsky.social · 4d

A double-life corporate AU where Ares and Aphrodite working as licensed professional counseling therapists in the healthcare sector, based in Thessaloniki during the day and as independent commercial fashion models by contract during the night. 👔

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 4d

People think the first thing Gutenberg printed was the Bible. This is false. The first things he printed were a political prophecy, propaganda about the Turks’ threat to Christendom, & a popular school text. If you want a parallel to AI, that’s it: making $ from conspiracies, racism, & school slop.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 5d

really nice piece on this btw from @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer

The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...

sonjadrimmer.com

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💜 Noz 💜 @nozdraws.art · 4d

We all knew it was never about the porn. But if your normie bros wanna keep torrenting their marble and star worms they're gonna have to actually take the gooners seriously for once.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 5d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Honest Erotica @honesterotica.bsky.social · 4d

Vienna-born American Franz Felix only illustrated two erotic works – Pierre Louÿs’ Songs of Bilitis in 1928 and E. Powys Mathers’ anthology Eastern Love in 1930, but his stylish plates are a model of composition and the gently suggestive. See them now at honesterotica.com/illustrator/....

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 5d

I hope this little dude never outgrows the part of his personality that says “if you see an open human hand, that’s where your tiny face should go”. He does it literally all the time. If I present my hand to him and he’s not super hyper (even if he is sometimes), he just puts his head there.

A little ferret with his little head in my hand

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 5d

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Sign Up

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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The Audio Drama Directory @audiodrama.bsky.social · 4d

Shadows of the Worm
audiodrama.directory/shadows-of-t...
The Audio Drama Directory presents 31 Days of Horror with daily doses of terror all through October!
#audiodrama #horror #halloween

Shadows of the Worm

Narrated Horror Anthology Join your humble Narrator for spine-chilling, soda-spilling scary stories. Shadows of the Worm creates One Hour Stories. Send in a prompt, and we will write a story based …

audiodrama.directory

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Cherie @cheriebryantsart.bsky.social · 5d

I am in an other Dead boy Detectives zine! this ones theme was flowers & mythology. I did a painting based on Le Printemps (Springtime)by Pierre Auguste Cot. I cannot share the whole painting yet but you can have a sneak peak as they zine is now available to buy!

a section of a painting that6 shows part of a swing with the legs of a person who is sitting on it. they wear grey knickerbockers with pin stripes and one of the legs turns into a ghostly skeleton leg part way down. there are many flowers in the background

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koren @korendian.bsky.social · 5d

#albumshuffle Day 324: Kuunatic - Wheels Of Ömon [Glitterbeat, 2025]

Interesting female trio blending psych rock with gagaku instruments with science fiction lyrics describing of the natural history and mythology another planet. All three sing creating harmonies and ritual chants. Pretty decent.

Album Cover: Kuunatic - Wheels Of Ömon [Glitterbeat, 2025]

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen.bsky.social · 5d

Eventually, her lust for wisdom caught the attention of Athena; impressed by her quest for sagacity, she found herself drawn to the mortal whose soul hungered with a primal ache for erudition. All but her equal in intellect.
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#LGBTQ #wlw #Mythology #GreekMyth

The Cost of Hubris: A Retelling of the Greek Myth of Athena and Myrmex

A story of pride, envy, and rage, explaining how Athena, after decades of suppression, handed her lover, Myrmex, the fate she was due.

buff.ly

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