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Star Tracer
@tracingthestars.bsky.social
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I like entomology, cats, sci-fi, synthwave, chiptunes & video games. I may follow you for one of those reasons. Writer, autistic, optimist. Free books I wrote: https://sites.google.com/view/tracingthestars/free-books
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BlueSky social anxiety butterflies.
Has something to post. Start post. Thinks post is dumb. Discard post. Rethink discard. Overthink. Rewrite post. Thinks no one will care. Discard post. 2 hours later. Decides screaming into the void is okay. Posts post. Repeat.
Duck is still a good duck.
3 cops wrestling an inflatable dick sounds like a
Chuck Tingle novel, so maybe a little erotic?
I'm sure it will be fine. D2D has been a great dashboard to publish with, which is why I made the switch from Smash years ago (still love Smash as an ebook store, though!)
So, yes...I'm sure it will be fine.
I'm sure I won't log in to my D2D account with 21 new(old) titles & everything on fire...
We're talking 21 unpublished, archived titles from before D2D was a thing. That's 21 books added to my account, most of which are already in D2D...
CLEAN UP ON AISLE FIVE!
Also, my brain doesn't do well with new or uncertainty, so I'm trying my best not to panic.
a man in a green shirt is eating a sandwich with the words life on mars on the bottom right
Alt: a man in a green shirt is eating a sandwich with the words life on mars on the bottom right
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Uh, so apparently @draft2digital.bsky.social wants to migrate my old Smashwords publishing account that I haven't touched in a decade into my shiny, clean and happily functional D2D account? All the books in Smash are Archived/unpublished for over 10 years. I foresee a mess incoming. Am nervous.
My last book has been released from the jaws of its Kindle Exclusivity contract & will be widely available (Kobo, Smashwords, digital Library services, etc) sometime tomorrow.
F8ck exclusivity. Support Indi authors & digital libraries. I don't want to be rich, I want my stories shared.
a woman is standing in a field with the words `` free at last '' written on it .
ALT: a woman is standing in a field with the words `` free at last '' written on it .
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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NGL, watching three grown men wrestle a dick is highly entertaining to me.

I hope that lady sues them for violating her civil rights.
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
Future history textbooks are going to have some great pictures
Portland ICE facility now.
Trump is no king. He is an emperor without clothes. A faceman. A barker on the midway. The wizard made of green smoke in the gilded city. Please pay more attention to the men behind the curtain. @propublica.org #nokings If you can't get to a protest, educate yourself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.
Good info on the AI bubble and inevitable bust coming probably much sooner than has been forecasted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0z...
The Crumbling of the AI Colossus
YouTube video by Cy Canterel
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The Cedar Beetle
This incredible macro photograph captures the intricate details of a Cedar Beetle's long, feathery antennae used to find food and mates.

Photo © Nicky Bay

#Beetle #Invertebrate #Insect
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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
I think inflatable animal block parties are what we all need, in every city, right now.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.
Update: I'm now 32k words into this surprise! book my brain sidetracked all my plans for. Waiting for the next surprise, because who doesn't like writing 3 books at once?
Yes, it already has a title and cover mockup, and yes I'm still like this. Always. Always like this. *Kermit flailing*
I'm already 35k in to Star Tracers book 7. But...BUT...I've been having daydreams about a totally unrelated story...Can't get it out of my head. Sat down this morning & did a full synopsis and chapter outline for it. So, I guess I'm writing this other sci-fi book now? Why, brain? Why am I like this?
A Pumpkin Butler mount? Dangit. They sure know how to tempt me to resubscribe...Starlight is coming up, too...
How fiendishly delightful! 🎃

All Saints' Wake returns to FFXIV on Friday, October 17! 🦇 sqex.to/nhS63
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).