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I write and do art things, just your average local gay | he/she/they | 🚫 AI/NFT 🚫 | don't steal my stuff I'm watching my socials (and comms info): https://tcsmith.carrd.co/ I wrote a sequel: https://books2read.com/scarsoftheraven

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 8d

Get ready for the ADHD Awareness Month bundle! 22 awesome books by ADHD authors and/or featuring ADHD characters! Check it out:

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚

A graphic for the ADHD awareness month bundle, featuring 22 books on an orange background. Text reads: ADHD awareness month fiction by mostly ADHD authors. Most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s)

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 13h

We all know there's so many amazing #indie #books out there waiting to be discovered, like gems in the rough 💎

Fortunately for you lot, we've compiled a list of some of them. Even better, they're on sale.

From rock stars to vengeful spirits, there's plenty of choice.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

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A collage of book covers from the bundle. Text says: Itch.io Under-rated Bundle. Oct 9 thru 13th Bringing your attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Katta Kis (she/her) @kattakis.bsky.social · 14h

Want to be one of the first fans of some great indie books? Check out this bundle on itch! Includes books from a wide selection of genres including my Pagans & Pop Stars contemporary angsty romances, Love in the Liner Notes & Love at the Rock Show.

📚💙🌈🌶️📢📦♿♾️

itch.io/b/3305/under...

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H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 17h

We like to root for the underdogs, right? Well, here's a bundle of books that haven't received the attention they deserve.

It includes the 4th book in my Lost Humanity series, Predators! If you never got to continue past Bridges, this is your chance!

itch.io/b/3305/under...

Graphic that reads "Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle, Oct 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." Text is brown on an off-white background with five yellow stars bordering it above and below. Around the text box are the following book covers: Predators by H.S. Kallinger, Zinmages by M.C. Burnell, The Spider's Friend by M.C. Burnell, Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee, Memories of Sorcery and Sand by Joanna Maciejewska, Kranlian Rendezvous by Simon Wolfe, The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell, Devil Deal by Janina Franck, The God Sun by Alan K. Dell, Water's Edge by Ellie Lieberman, The Third People by Lee Burton, The Crimson Knight by Zeta K. Pierce, The Lion by Lee Burton, Adventures In GameWorld : Game Start by Robert Rumery, All Through the House and Other Tales from a Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans, Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans, Blue by Niranjan, Wizard's Debt by Niranjan, Ambushed by Natasha O'Connor, At First Belonging by Rob MacWolf, and Demon Hunters Inc : The Infestation by Robert Rumery.

Image of a redwood forest at night containing shadowy shapes with glowing eyes in the blue spaces between trees. H.S. Kallinger is written in green at the bottom. Title text, Predators, is a gradient of gray fading into blood red over the thin trees. The top reads 'Book Four of the Lost Humanity series' in white text.

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 22h

Get on that bundle! So many good books in one massive 63 book bundle!!!

bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 23h

✨UNDERRATED BOOKS SALE✨

63 books for $38!!

The best books you’ve never heard of!!

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#booksky 💙📚

Underrated book bundle. Oct 9th - 13th. Bringing attention to the best books you’ve never heard of.

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Conrad Altmann 📚🪐🌱 @conradaltmann.com · 22h

The Under-Rated Bundle on itch.io is now live!

Grab all 63! Books for only $38 and expand your literary horizons. Who knows, you might just discover your next favorite book. (Included are Metanoeia & Exolegacy ;) 📚💙

itch.io/b/3305/under...

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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 23h

Love @kurzgesagt.org 💜 great video on AI slop 🔥 support human artists! 💪
youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Professor Mitchell @professormitchell.bsky.social · 23h

The Under-Rated Bundle is now live! Check out over 60 underappreciated stories that may have flown under your radar, including fantasy, science fiction, and more.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

The bundle runs from today through the 13th, so don't miss it!

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 1d

I've been working in sketchbooks more as part of a class assignment; here are some of my recent sketches 👉👈 I've been trying to draw what comes to me in the moment, and not worry too much about the output or making everything perfect, but also put time into each to make it feel 'done' as a sketch.

Graphite and white charcoal sketch on toned paper of a woman with stylized hair

Graphite and white charcoal sketch on toned paper of a figure with a stylized owl headdress. The wings of the headdress cover the figure's eyes.

A graphite sketch of a a face surrounded by a sphere of churning, splashing water

A graphite sketch of a beared man with a sword plunging through his forehead and out his chin (in a stylized, non gory way).

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

It's banned books week and I promise you the only reason this book isn't banned is because they haven't heard of it yet

Because these are exactly the stories they don't want us telling #ChoicesAnthology

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

#ChoicesAnthology is the collective scream of people of marginalized genders facing the control and theft of our reproductive rights, filled with stories of terror, tragedy, resistance, and revenge

Grab your copy today books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Red paint background with the cover for Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror on the left. The cover lists the editor, Dianna Gunn, the author of the foreward, Alex Woodroe, and the names of the authors: R Haven, Ondine Mayor, Enoli Lee, Ash Vale, Justine White, Kelli Etheridge, Ava Victoria Black, Allay Rei, Soyam Siddha, Sam Rosewilde, A.H. Davison, Meg Calendaria, KT Wagner, Anne Wilkins, Bogi Takacs, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Elise Scott, Mia Dalia, Raluca Balasa.

The right side says: “As the horrors close in around us, we turn to story to process our fears, our desires, and our futures. In Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, nineteen writers whose reproductive rights are under threat explore the stories of those who, like them, have had their choices stolen from them.
These stories serve as a reminder of the power of choice and the importance of fighting for every human’s right to choose their own future.”

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Zeggy @infernulls.bsky.social · 1d

This is going to sound nerdy, but when I was a teenager, I bought most, if not all, my books from @barnesandnoble.com and I told myself "One day, you'll be here. Somewhere." You have no idea how teared up I am seeing my book on their website.

Edited and reposted: Think I tagged a fake before?

Infernulls The Golden Letter|Paperback

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Hokuto (北都) @hokuton-punch.bsky.social · 1d

#創作っ子の女装or男装見せてくれ
It's old but I still like it... #oc #art (Thank you for the blood splatter brushes from so long ago, @aimeecozza.com ❤️)

A digitally colored and textured pencil sketch of a man with orange hair, small dragon wings, and a dragon tail in a flowing orange dress. He's wearing a golden belt and bronze mask of a woman's face that has black curly hair attached along with a red glove and trailing a bloodstained white shroud, and his wings are pierced with a lightning bolt and a crescent moon. Clytemnestra crossplay!

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Sygnin / DTIYS pinned! @sygnin.com · 1d

Geriza for #Akane8Kdtiys . Congrats on 8k!

#dtiys

art of Akane's OC Geriza. Male elf with dark hair sitting at a table holding a beer mug.

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

An elegant pup!

A black and white dog lies on a gray dog bed, front paws crossed elegantly.

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

New bookmark 🧶

Embroidery thread bookmark in browns and pinks.

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m-watercolor @m-watercolor.bsky.social · 2d

[庭園の小径、茅葺の茶室・京都] 　原画販売中作品紹介 #手描き #水彩画 #watercolor

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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From Create Mode
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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SP Shade ✨New Release✨ @spshade.bsky.social · 2d

Yooo! I'm in a new bundle put together by @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social for under-rated books! For just $38, you can get 63 books from underrated independent authors! itch.io/b/3305/under...

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 2d

Wednesday is the start of the Under-rated books bundle on Itch, hosted by @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social . That is more than 60(!!!) books from over 40 authors, including 2 of my short story collections. Find the bundle here: itch.io/b/3305/under...

Banner for the Under-rated bundle on itch.io, that runs from oct 9th to 13th, bringing attention to the best book you've never heard of. A slew of book covers span the rest of the banner in a mosaic of awesome.

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 3d

why can't my book write itself and then magically appear fully formatted as published print/ebooks 😭

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Sprouts 🌱🔜 BLFC DD @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 3d

currently the mood rn

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 3d

So @spacelawshitpost.me aka Link got banned. I just got text message.

So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now?

Link of all people?

Apparently Jay said something to him before taking him down. He didn’t even get a chance to reply.

He sent this image.

This is sad.

“Screenshot of a social media post showing ‘Post not found’ error message at the top. Below is a post from user ‘KC Complains a Lot’ (@kcclyburn.bsky.social) that reads: ‘jay Responded to you and you haven’t copypasta’d her, Im disappointed in you link’ Posted on October 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM”

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 3d

bluesky: community moderation! we're all about community moderation! we want you to moderate yourselves! we are giving you the tools to do it yourself!

one of the biggest and longest running community mod lists:

Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 3d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Blue Sky's interface for hidden moderation lists, saying the following: "This list, created by @asukafield.xyz , contains possible violations of Bluesky's community guidelines in its name or description." Offered choices are to unsubscribe or go back.

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Jordon Nardino @jnardino.bsky.social · 3d

They are called writers

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 3d

I'm still drafting book 3 and I'm already at the second one (someone save me)

#WritingCommunity

meme of a regular full colour Mr Incredible vs black and white 'traumatised' Mr incredible. first picture is captioned “How it feels when you start a new project” and the second picture is captioned “how it feels by the time you get to the final proofread”

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R.J. Huneke @rj.rjhuneke.com · 3d

Ants Waking in ebook is a part of this ADHD Awareness Month bundle — all of my proceeds from theses go to @autisticadvocacy.org and @gateorg.bsky.social

Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 8d

Get ready for the ADHD Awareness Month bundle! 22 awesome books by ADHD authors and/or featuring ADHD characters! Check it out:

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚

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