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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 3h

It's a long weekend in Canada! Time to stock up on books to curl up and read after your pumpkin pie.

On Kobo, get Unmagic by Jane Glatt & Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft for 99 cents!

Unmagic: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
Jumpship Hope: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

book promo post. Parchment watercolour background with pumpkins in lower left corner and leaves in the upper right corner. In the centre are two book covers, Unmagic by Jane Glatt and Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft. Unmagic is blue and shows a young woman standing on a beach. The trees around her are crystalline. Jumpship Hope is a green cover and shows a young starship pilot wearing an exo-suit, surveying a strange landscape, while overhead a space station is visible in the sky.

Additional text says Thanksgiving Sale Weekend, Kobo.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 6h

After being diagnosed with "stress" and "eating Xmas ornaments causes red-dyed vomit" Yuri also was booked for a dental the end of this month, so feel free to share my book links with your friends, family, exes, neighbours, and that creepy woman around the corner who keeps insisting she needs hugs.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · Aug 14

I have had nearly $2000 in vet bills in the past month with more coming in the next week.

Feel free to buy books. Any books. All of the books.

You can also buy direct from me: payhip.com/kristadball

You can also support my patreon: www.patreon.com/c/kristadb1

Thread of books below.

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 7h

All October long, Kobo is having a Halloween sale! Get scary stories for all ages & intensities.

The Marie Jenner Mysteries 4-6 by E.C. Bell: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

Helix: Sedition by Pat Flewwelling: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

Flashback by Simon Rose: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

Book promo post. Grey watercolour background, with cobwebs across the top and in the lower left corner. Text says Rakuten Kobo Haunted Stories Sale. October 1 through 31. In the centre are three book covers: Marie Jenner Mysteries 4 through 6, which features a brunette woman in a teal dress, surrounded by mist; Flashback by Simon Rose, which shows a boy and a ghostly boy standing by a gravestone, with creepy trees on the edges; and Helix: Sedition, by Pat Flewwelling, which shows a shrouded figure with glowing eyes, holding their arms up in a powerful gesture, and tentacles waving across the cover.

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 10h

🐉✨ Collaboration time!
I’m so excited to share that Sarah from @greyowlknits.bsky.social has created a stunning new pattern the Draco Manus Mittens using my yarns Louverture’s Sapphire & Dragon’s Pale Gold. Get your hands on her new pattern & also enjoy 15% all my yarns this weekend! 🧶
#knitsky
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A collage announcing a knitting collaboration inspired by a medieval dragon. In the top left, a blue and gold dragon curls beside Gothic script from a 15th-century manuscript (Harley MS 1662). To the right, two skeins of yarn — one cream, one vivid sapphire blue — are shown with fern and pearl accents. Below, a pair of colorwork mittens display the dragon motif in blue and cream against a rustic wooden background. Center text reads “NEW COLLAB ALERT!” with a small green dragon icon. Additional images show close-ups of the yarn and the finished mittens, whose intricate patterns mirror the medieval illumination.

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 19h

Mariners win

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 19h

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19h

When this game began Dan Wilson was a rookie

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 21h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 1d

No judgement here! 🥧

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 1d

It's a long weekend in Canada! Time to stock up on books to curl up and read after your pumpkin pie.

On Kobo, get Unmagic by Jane Glatt & Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft for 99 cents!

Unmagic: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
Jumpship Hope: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

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Paula Johanson @paulajohanson.bsky.social · 1d

Want to knit a squid? Or crochet a cuttlefish? My book of patterns, Science Critters, is 99cents during October to celebrate cephalopods.
books2read.com/sciencecritters

Underwater photo of two squid swimming, and cover of a book with a crocheted octopus.
Science Critters : knit and crochet your own weird & wonderful creatures
by Paula Johanson
Patterns to knit or crochet squid!
Trending on Kobo and Smashwords!
books2read.com/sciencecritters

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b.andherbooks @bandherbooks.bsky.social · 1d

boop and share for good luck 🍀👇

cute tiger striped guinea pig with a perfect cowlick perfect for gently placing your fingertip on

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 2d

It's also why some of my friends writing urban fantasy (and trying to explain to the readers that it's urban fantasy, not paranormal romance) have needed to have the main male character(s) repeat back the feelings of the main heroine that she just said so that they'll "believe" those feelings.

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a big “book boyfriend” thing as well. They replace and erase the FMC so they can have whatever toxic asshole is the hottie du jour. Can’t do that in third because it’s so clearly not the reader that’s narrating. The actual FMC and her role in the story doesn’t matter.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 2d

Someone just sent me an author promo and asked if it's AI and yes it's 100% AI so I went to block the author and was sort of horrified at the number of RTs her shitty AI promo had. Then I noticed tons of RTs were by people who follow me.

So folks: I am begging you to be a bit more discerning.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 1d

Nothing bad happens to the pets in my book because I am so tired of bad things happening to them in real life. Buy a book, pay a vet bill. 😭

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 10d

My big sale for the month is live! Ghosts both real and imagined feature this month--save on tons of books when buying direct, including print and audio:
payhip.com/skyladawncam...

A promo graphic that says "October Scares" against a night sky and leafless tree branches. Stories of hauntings and horror on sale all month long including audio, print, and bundles." There are several book covers for some of the included titles.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2d

NYCC ’25: Cebulski says “we don’t condone AI in the Marvel Comics division”

Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski spoke against AI at New York Comic Con, stating that Marvel does not and will not use it.

NYCC ’25: Cebulski says “we don’t condone AI in the Marvel Comics division”

Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski spoke against AI at New York Comic Con, stating that Marvel does not and will not use it.

www.comicsbeat.com

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 1d

I'd really encourage folks in Canada to write out their thoughts in this survey.

Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Marna Nightingale — ICE gets the skates. @marnanightingale.bsky.social · 1d

LFG.

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d

(Podcast) Ottawa residents plan 12 month ‘fireworks and honking’ festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders’ homes

Ottawa residents plan 12 month 'fireworks and honking' festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders' homes

“The fact that our festival runs the exact same length of time as their house arrest sentence is mere coincidence, we assure you.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Megan MacKay and Nile Seguin) brea...

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 1d

CATS ALIVE IT IS ONE WEEK TO CAN*CON!

First of all, apologies for the relative silence from this account as we have been dealing with Certain Matters, although the Rumours of a Goblin Rebellion are at best Exaggerated and Scurrilous.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 2d

Waverly Barbie working out theories in her murder journal because making a mini replica of the murder journal is an excellent use of my evening.

A custom Barbie doll with long dark hair wearing a red and black plaid jacket is holding a journal. She has a messenger bag and a camera. Behind her is a mini corkboard with maps and notes and evidence, and beside her is a workstation with a mini light shining on an open laptop, papers, phone, and coffee.

A tiny replica of the official Waverley Jones murder journal on a black desk.

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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 3d

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d

Yankees fans still booing in vain hopes of overturning Jays victory

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 3d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

kotowych.com

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 3d

Day 2 of the Amazon " please refund the damaged author copies"

So we left our tale yesterday with me required to keep my chat help window open for 24 hours. I'm not joking.

The 24 hour window is up.

I have requested my refund + my shipping as per the previous real human

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