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Victoria Janssen
@victoriajanssen.bsky.social
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I love cats, comics, and houseplants. She, her. SFWA Romance Steering Committee member. Writer of "A Place of Refuge" hopepunk space opera: https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · May 28
What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire...but cannot win? A trilogy of novellas about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐

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3 books in a boxed set with covers by August Scarlett; volume 1 features a beautiful Black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet.
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1h
Unexpected ballet tonight!
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 4h
I have to look it up. I remember turning it in more vividly.
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11h
📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5h
It's Murderbot time! I'm back with a discussion of Artificial Condition and everyone's favorite Asshole Research Transport.
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Martha Wells Book Club: Artificial Condition - Reactor
When we last left our grumpy SecUnit, it had ditched the PresAux team and set out for the great beyond...
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 6h
What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire, but don't quite win? A trilogy about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky

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3 books in a boxed set with covers by Augusta Scarlett; volume 1 features a beautiful black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet. Volume 2 features a smiling white woman, and Volume 3 features a stern black woman with gold inlays at her throat.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 6h
Yet another study shows that annual COVID vaccines save lives. When you vaccinate, you prevent severe illness, complications & high medical bills.

COVID vaccines reduced:
1. Risk of ER visits by 29%

2. Hospital visits by 39%

3. Risk of death by 64%

🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 6h
First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments
Researchers are testing multiple treatments for the rare genetic conditions
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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 6h
Seaforest Bake Shop is a new Philly spot that incorporates Korean fusion flavors into the pastries. Kimchi and persimmon pods demanded that I take them there!
Three octopus toys shaped like kimchi and a persimmon pose with a pumpkin and some plants at Seaforest Bake Shop
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 6h
Clinical trial for a new oral antiviral, recruiting "adolescents 12 years and older and adults 18 years and older who are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 or complications from COVID-19."

www.pfizerclinicaltrials.com/nct06679140-...
Pfizer Clinical Trials | Official Participant Site
Join us in the pursuit to change patients’ lives. Each and every person in a clinical trial plays a powerful role.
www.pfizerclinicaltrials.com
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 22h
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Iggy @iggydinosaur.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you again for everyone trying to donate a kidney for me.
I don't have any new updates or anything--they're still working through the list and yeah we are really beginning to run out of time. If you're on the fence but would like to try, get started at iggyland.org
Thank you everyone!
Iggy needs a kidney - Iggy's Up All Night
The TL;DR on how you can help (if you scroll down, the full story is below): In short I have a disease that requires a living kidney donor. There are no other viable options for me. I have only a few ...
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d
Scheduled my #COVID booster!
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Sean Mullen, Ph.D. @drseanmullen.bsky.social · 1d
Exercise isn’t immune to misinformation. Our JMIR Infodemiology review: 9k+ papers screened → 33 included; 82% found misinfo; “immune-boosting workouts” in 30% of COVID results. Read/share: infodemiology.jmir.org/2025/1/e62760
Physical Activity Misinformation on Social Media: Systematic Review
Background: Social media is a prominent way in which health information is spread. The accuracy and credibility of such sources range widely, with misleading statements, misreported results of studies...
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d
Rainy morning walk.
Cloudy sky framed by buildings.
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ACLU of Tennessee @aclutn.bsky.social · 2d
We keep each other safe by keeping each other informed. As the deployment of troops and federal agents in Memphis intensifies, we want to make sure all in Tennessee know their rights. ‼️
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Visit the 🔗 to download our printable KYR PDF: tinyurl.com/KYRMemphisGuard
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 3d
Sapphic Treats: character-driven short stories by Victoria Janssen collected from anthologies including Best Lesbian Erotica; Thunder of War, Lightning of Desire; & Lipstick on Her Collar. 💙📚 🌈📚🪐 #contemporary #historical #sciencefiction #fantasy #sapphic #wlw

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A pale-skinned woman in slingback heels wearing a short, ruched black dress stands with one foot lifted high. There is a billowing red scarf in the background. A pale-skinned woman in bare feet wearing a black mesh leotard stands with one foot slightly lifted. There is a billowing blue scarf in the caramel-colored background. She has black straps around her thighs for aesthetic purposes.
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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 2d
In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @sansromeo.bsky.social about "Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric Seraphim," a dark and provocative story of life, consciousness, and the mind-body problem.

Read the story: tinyurl.com/hu4872mv

And the interview: tinyurl.com/3capy2cu
Interview: Juliet Kahn - Uncanny Magazine
Juliet Kahn is an Eisner Award-winning writer and editor living in Boston, Massachusetts. Her short stories, poetry, and criticism have been published in Black Warrior Review, The Comics Journal, and ...
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d
My copy of Queen Demon by @marthawells.com has shipped!!!
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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 2d
We will also be doing our online auction again, check out the shawl I made!!! (Photo was taken in our synagogue's beautiful historic sanctuary, which I wanted it to match)

Register for the auction by viewing its home page while logged in to your 32auctions account: www.32auctions.com/Bundled2025
semi-circular blue and gold shawl draped over a railing with a semi-circular arched blue and gold organ loft in the background
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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 2d
My synagogue's warm clothing drive is back and better than ever! This drive puts warm clothing directly into the hands of the 200+ food-insecure families who come to our weekly food bank.

I just checked and a few items on our wishlist are Prime Big Deals today!!! bit.ly/bundled25
graphic with same info as thread and a logo of two little knit gloves with candle flames on the fingers to look like a menorah (the thumbs meet to make the shamash in the middle)
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 3d
THE WITCH ROADS ebook is currently on sale (US) for $2.99, so if you're curious & want to read a grimsweet tale of a humble deputy courier & her annoyed nephew, a possessed prince, & a ravenous fungal ghost plague, now's the time.
Bk 2 of the duology arrives Nov 4!

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The Witch Roads
Book 1 in the Witch Roads duology, the latest epic novel by fan favorite Kate Elliott.. Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned.When an...
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d
www.mobilize.us/onemillionri...

Learn about taking action!
One Million Rising: What's Next? · One Million Rising
This call is for anyone and everyone who took part in the One Million Rising trainings and gatherings over the summer and early fall - please join us for a follow-up call to wrap up the 1MR series and...
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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · 2d
Philly! this is happening TONIGHT at the venerable Pen & Pencil Club! i’m so stoked to chat with these brilliant poets & hear them read. sliding scale tickets available online til 6 or at the door til 7.

🐎 we ride at 7:30! coordinated universal time, not punk time/poetry time!
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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · Aug 27
philly is the center of the known universe & i missed hosting a reading series, so here we are 🥁

very excited to share the first event for the TRACK CHANGES series ft. special visitor @niina.bsky.social + local fave @olgamikolaivna.bsky.social on Oct. 7!

🎟️ tickets & info: bit.ly/45RFbxM
Flyer for Track Changes reading, listening, and conversation series on Oct 7 ft. Niina Pollari and Olga Mikolaivna at the Pen & Pencil Club in Philly
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d
www.nokings.org

Find your local protest on 10/18:
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d
Morning walk.
Blue sky with rippled white clouds.
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