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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 8d

I'm here like... so... was Israel... holding innocent civilian hostages... the thing that Hamas is the evillest organization in the world for doing... Israel is also doing that too... but when they do it it's fine?

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 8d

I just read The Dragon of Ynys, one of the asexual fantasy icons. It was sweet. It seems so odd that a book published in 2018 and rereleased in 2020 should feel so old and venerable, but in this space, it kinda is, and it has made its niche.

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 15d

Pillowfort at least is chugging along and doing its damndest to avoid these downfalls!

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Bill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 15d

What happened to the social media good guys?

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Good Web Graveyard

For those of us interested in more ethical, user-focused social platforms, it’s worth understanding how these ventures can go wrong. To that end, start here at the Good Web Graveyard: a link compilati...

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 15d

Hah, nope! The person who put that graveyard list together is in fact a regular Pillowfort user even (I am too!)

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 15d

The Chronicles of Nerezia is a big fantasy series in fun bite-sized format! It has...

✨ aro, ace, non-binary main characters / worldbuilding
✨ high stakes and quieter moments around games
✨ found family road trip

claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/

🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF

The Chronicles of Nerezia

Book 1 Details Book 2 Details Book 3 Details Book 4 Details Book 5 Details Book 6 Details BOOK 7 DETAILS Your story is my story … Fate and friendship bring Horace (an ever-failing apprentice)…

claudiearseneault.com

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 15d

Pillowfort at least is chugging along and doing its damndest to avoid these downfalls!

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · 20d

I'm excited to someday publish a story and then when I say the protagonist is aroace everyone on twitter* gets mad at me

*twitter includes Bluesky

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 11

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Aug 9

There's a good chance Homer and I wouldn't get along.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Aug 10

The 2025 Gender Census survey is open now until 30th August!

An anonymous, worldwide survey by a #nonbinary activist about #gender experiences beyond the binary!

www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GenderCens...

Gender Census 2025

Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

www.smartsurvey.co.uk

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · Aug 9

reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Aug 10

Easy out, maybe, but I still really love H. P. Lovecraft’s stories and poetry. The imaginative descriptions and the creepy atmosphere still Hit

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Aug 3

Jsyk, this is an anti-ace mockery post from tumblr, not a cute fun ace thing

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Bobbi Elman @autismadvocate.co.uk · Jun 11

“Dog chases down ambulance that owner is being transported in. When EMS realise, they let the dog in.”

Love this 🥰❤️

#DogSky
#Reddit
r\NextF***ingLevel

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Jul 30

That's a recurring topic in Magebike Courier by Hana Lee, though it doesn't go as deep into the implications as I'd like

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Jul 30

@clh2oars.bsky.social human sacrifice timeeeeee (I am assuming Aliyah does not actually get Human Sacrificed)

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · Jul 29

if you wanted a baseline against which to recalibrate just how niche your sense of the genre might be: this is a pretty good example of currently popular, mainstream fantasy. NYT bestseller, Goodreads Choice award nominee, 30k+ Amazon reviews at a rating of 4.4, touring to packed rooms of fans &c.

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · Jul 29

i am begging you if you're doing greek mythology retellings to do literally any research at all

I’m just a girl. And it turns out, I’m Hercules.

I’m struggling to survive in a Titan infested world where Spartans, immortals from twelve royal families who have god-like powers and obscene wealth, rule over all. A shy-stammering foster child with nothing, I keep my head down, cover my scars, and focus on excelling in school. At least, I try to. Then it happens.

My blood test reveals I’m part of the powerful elite. I’m one of them. A Spartan.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · Jul 29

personally I do find it helpful to be occasionally reminded that basically everything I love in modern genre is the equivalent of the strange life that flourishes around a particular set of hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Jul 30

reading The Sea Spirit Festival and WHAO I was not expecting a human sacrifice ritual. hell yeah I love human sacrifice rituals especially when everyone is cool with it because This Is how It's Always Been Done and anyway it's a super high honor to be chosen as the human sacrifice.

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💀 unfound footage 💀 @burg.bsky.social · Jul 8

Cereal Killer from Hackers (1995) in the middle of his "we have no names, we are nameless" line. You'd think I'd go with Phantom Phreak, wouldn't you? Too on the nose, and not in his voice. This is some shit Cereal would say while like Phreak states at him like, dude, I'm right here, what are you talking about.

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · Jul 11

I always enjoy a good desert scene (commission)

Teapot and mug featuring the Milky Way in yellow and blue over a silhouetted landscape of a desert with various cacti and plants.

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Artemis @venatrixlunaris.bsky.social · Jul 11

so this is why Orc City is happening lmao

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · Jul 5

For the last 24 hours Twitter has been full of people mocking the everloving shit out of this “fantasy author” for trying to dunk on one of Hideo Kojima’s best creations: FAT MAN. If you’re wondering why everyone is making Orc City jokes, this is why:

Orc city smoldered burned down in the wake of battle
The ground soaked in a knuckles depth of blood and ash
The savage cries of its defenders now silent and still as its ruin was overseen b the architect of its very destruction
The orc wars were finally over
There is noting more reviled than the orc said the elvish kk g

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