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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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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · Jun 29

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.

Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 31m

3 cops wrestling an inflatable dick sounds like a
Chuck Tingle novel, so maybe a little erotic?

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 5h

Lie. Waste. Grift. Intimidate. A party of destruction, grievance, violence, exploitation, corruption, and wasted potential

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

NEW: Holy shit. Trump is tearing down part of the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 5h

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...

Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 5h

We're talking 21 unpublished, archived titles from before D2D was a thing.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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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 5h

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.

Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 12h

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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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

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

Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 1d

“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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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 2d

NGL, watching three grown men wrestle a dick is highly entertaining to me.

I hope that lady sues them for violating her civil rights.

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 2d

#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.

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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 1d

Future history textbooks are going to have some great pictures

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Portland ICE facility now.

Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 2d

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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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 4d

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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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 4d

Stick Nation!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVma...
creatively wholesome. We need more of this.

Inside "Stick Nation," the viral community finding joy in nature and nostalgia

YouTube video by CBS Mornings

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Shazzoir @shazzoir.bsky.social · 5d

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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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 6d

roflmao
Quite possibly the best thing I've seen all year.
The carnage of Portland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskw...

#ShowMeYourHellHole

YouTube video by goldfish FooFoo

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8d

A drawing of a Portland protest frog holding a One Piece flag with text overlaid that says:

“RESIST
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command" - George Orwell”

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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 8d

I think inflatable animal block parties are what we all need, in every city, right now.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9d

Portland 🔥

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 9d

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10d

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?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 10d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 10d

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*

Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · Sep 17

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?

Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 10d

A Pumpkin Butler mount? Dangit. They sure know how to tempt me to resubscribe...Starlight is coming up, too...

FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 10d

How fiendishly delightful! 🎃

All Saints' Wake returns to FFXIV on Friday, October 17! 🦇 sqex.to/nhS63

Concept artwork for Final Fantasy 14's All Saints' Wake 2025 seasonal event. The artwork features several characters posed ready for battle with their weapons drawn towards a mandragora wearing a jack-o-lantern head and witch's hat in front of a spooky forest under a full moon. From left to right, a Tonawawta with short light gray hair in sleeveless red attire; a Tonawawta with short dark gray hair wearing a blue jacket and orange scarf; a Shetona with short dark hair and glasses wielding a bow; a Hhetsarro with dark hair holding a shield with red patterns; and a Mamool Ja holding her hands near her mouth.

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 18d

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).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Star Tracer @tracingthestars.bsky.social · 10d

Not on my 2025 Bingo Card item #147
Well this came out of left field, and I'm glad for it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...

Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix

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