Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 49m

GET IT! All these folks do amazing work! 💖

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 4h

Heyyyy! Wanna do something awesome for trans creators today?

Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down is available for preorder. It's the sequel to Galaxy the Prettiest Star by @planetx.bsky.social and @ryehickman.bsky.social and it's gonna be BEAUTIFUL.

LINK:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756...

Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod: 9781799503446 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The highly anticipated sequel to the YA trans coming-out graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star brings more romance, more action, and more queer joy as Taylor faces her biggest fear: the Vane. Tayl...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

1 4 8

Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 1h

I finished uploading the full story to scribblehub, so you can read it for free or check it out Itch/D2D! Thanks to everyone who read it so far!!

SH: www.scribblehub.com/series/17268...

Itch: savikawrites.itch.io/bloodmoon

D2D: books2read.com/u/mdMVaE

Cover illustration for my novella, Bloodmoon, its a western with vampires and stuff.
The illustration showcases a stake hammered into the ground, oozing blood as a red moon glows overhead.

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Holly Dittus @hdittus13.bsky.social · 2h

New Woke Girl on Patreon
Patreon.com/tirkom

1 4

Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 8h

See a vampire, post a vampire

I like when they get all covered in cherry juice (jk, its just blood)

A pair of lesbian vampires observing a person, contemplating how they're going to eat them.

Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 8h

Every fucking time I see a company close a deal for several billion dollars it seems unreal.
They act like they're constantly struggling, then they whip out a cool 10, 20, 30 billion and buy fifty other smaller companies.

And then they layoff all their employees and still act like it's not enough

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Tris~~ @trishusband.itch.io · 9h

For Lesbian Day, I'm going to put off more promotion of my upcoming novel and tell anyone who hasn't to pick up my erotica short story about a trans woman cruising for a demon to fuck on new year's eve:

trishusband.itch.io/new-years-eve

#writesky #booksky #lesfic

New Year's Eve by Tris Husband

Transfem Lesbian Romance

trishusband.itch.io

6 18

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Robyn Bennis has won the victory over herself @robynbennis.bsky.social · 9h

I may be a bit biased, but I can't recommend this resource enough for authors who want to add tarot and tarot-related themes to their stories.

Tarot for Storytellers - Books of M | DriveThruFiction

About Tarot for Storytellers Tarot for Storytellers is a full-color eBook written by author and narrative designer Monica Valentinelli (World of Darkness, Cyberpunk RED, Shadowrun: Court of Shadows, e...

www.drivethrufiction.com

1 2

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls 🔜 NYCC! @ghaspey.bsky.social · 10h

Good :) because if it can't exist without proper pay and permissions it shouldn't exist

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

13 400 1.2K

Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 9h

Lol, I started playing Bioshock 2 and there was a whole thing like "sign up with your 2k account" and I saw there was a disagree button and I clicked it and it worked? It just let me play? Why can't it all be that way?

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 9h

I have it on good authority that it's Lesbian Day, and my books are chock full of lesbians - trans and cis! And they're super cool and/or useless!

check 'em out at https://magicariot.com

Magica Riot - The Official Site

A novel about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.

magicariot.com

33 64

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 10h

that andrew wakefield isn’t sitting in a british prison and is still, to this day, inflicting harm on children represents a complete failure of our medical, science, and political classes.

btw we must make sure that hilary cass doesn’t escape justice. she has perpetrated a similar medical fraud.

Wakefield is no longer allowed to practice medicine in the U.K. and has since relocated to Texas, where he has repositioned himself as a medical martyr and "father of the anti-vaccine movement."

He was seen alongside Kennedy at anti-vax rallies, and an epidemiologist who recently left the CDC told The Times last month that he remains the secretary's "North Star."

5 43 160

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Sergeight / Commissions Open on VGEN @sergeight.bsky.social · 10h

🥀 𝔘𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔲𝔫𝔳𝔢𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔞𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔪
𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔡𝔶, '𝔐𝔞𝔫,'.🥀

⚫ Collab with @akanelogics.bsky.social

#art #darkart

A knight kneeling, arms outstretched showing his inner muscles and a black cloth covering his skeletal head. He is being lightly embraced from behind by a female demon with red hair and insect wings.

1 15 60

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 9h

hey admiral, we stopped on planet X-14938-J7 in response to a federation emergency beacon broadcast and -- yeah, yeah, it was our ship we found crashed. yep. yeah. no the bodies of the crew were us. yeah Twilight Zone bullshit, that's what we figured. we'll take off and nuke it.

10 47 280

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Jandri🔞 @jandri.bsky.social · 9h

So killing art as an industry was never an issue, it’s killing the AI industry that’s the real conundrum? I’d argue the former collectively produces a hell of a lot more of a profit, if you’re gonna force me to talk your evil language

2 9 82

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Nov 17

I ❤️ my little lesbian babies

(Panels from GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by me, @deuxdel.bsky.social and
@airy.bsky.social and HAWKGIRL #1 by me, @amancay.bsky.social, Adriano Lucas and @hassanoe.bsky.social)

Two panels from GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR and two panels from HAWKGIRL #1. Both scene portray Galaxy and her girlfriend kissing.

1 14 58

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · Mar 23

[metroid] samus's dating issues comic for @zandravandra.com

46 1.7K 5.8K

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 12h

the proof for ALL THE WAY is here! I have also included a normal 135k-word (plus illustrations) novel for comparison

a photo of the (very large) novel ALL THE WAY (by me) next to the (more normal-sized) novel THE CATCH (by me and the gorgeous Emory Ahlberg)

another comparison of the two books, showing that ALL THE WAY is like a full cm thicker

a photo from inside ALL THE WAY, showing the tiny margins

4 8 130

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Jandri🔞 @jandri.bsky.social · 9h

When a businessperson says some shit like “AI is here to stay”, all they’re really saying is “I’m aware of and understand all of the reasons why this is socially and culturally controversial and generally frowned upon but unfortunately I don’t care and will be using it”

4 32 160

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 10h

Forget reading sci-fi and thinking it's good, these guys read about how IBM counting machines helped facilitate the Holocaust and thought "and look, 80 years later it's still a major profitable corporation!"

Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 10h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

46 140

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Helena Stacy @helenastacy.bsky.social · 10h

Chapter 6 is up on #Patreon ! Time for Caden to, in the words of Laura Jane Grace, MAKE A SERIOUS DECISION!
#romance #books #romcom #comingofage #newadult #laurajanegrace

www.patreon.com/posts/140757...

Nothing But the Truth: Chapter 6 | Helena Heissner's Patreon

www.patreon.com

2 4

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

Burger Becky needs our help

Rebecca Heineman -- aka Burger Becky -- is a video game industry LEGEND, and gave us all so much

she is fighting cancer and needs our help

donate and share

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

www.gofundme.com

3 180 150

Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 19h

I literally started sharing the books I read, cause I found your page and I thought, "Wow, that's kinda fun~"

2

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 20h

I've hit the level of subconscious with it where I decide I'm gonna take a break with YouTube only to realize that I've spent the last two hours listening to a random internet trans descend into insanity over Zelda or something without even trying.

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 23h

i think my favourite part about being a trans woman is how much of an impact we have on culture. a friend reminded me today about a popular meme format she created. another friend today casually told me about how she was the most notorious roblox hacker when she was a child.

just a day in the life!

5 4 71

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Savika 🏳️‍⚧️ @boowriter.bsky.social · 20h

Not exactly what I wanted to share this month, but it does count as horror in an existential way and it just happened and I'm upset so... yeah.

I do my best to avoid AI slop so it does suck ass when it finds you anyway. And it was like... such a small thing, but oof... Its exhausting.

#horror

A 4 panel comic showing a vampire reacting to something on her phone.

The first panel reveals she's watching a funny video and is happy because of it.

The second reveals that the video was AI generated; Her expression is appropriately horrified.

In the third panel, her anger becomes apparent; she cracks her phone in frustration.

In the fourth and final panel, she's seen sitting outside on a bench staring up at the moon, in thought contemplating what just happened thinking to herself, "Is this feeling... true horror? You'd think it'd be off limit..."

In reality we know corporations have no limits, and even as we fight against the tide of AI slop, it still seeps through the cracks, making it harder and harder to avoid.

1 1

Reposted by Savika 🏳️‍⚧️

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19h

She's 77 years old

Axios @axios.com · 1d

Scoop: Maine Gov. Janet Mills is poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Scoop: Mills poised to jump into Maine Senate race

Gov. Janey Mills' entry into the race would set off another complicated Democratic primary.

trib.al

10 14 160