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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 4d

Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.

#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing

I HATE COLLINGWOOD Wolfenstein 3D mod on floppy disk. This version doesn't work. :(

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 3d

A potato plant is more sentient than AI. LLM AI is a plagiarism machine that spews out semi-random nonsense.

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Cat @catgee.bsky.social · 4d

Really enjoyed this one!

Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

i have many horny gays and also ace rep in my locked in murder mystery romance set in fantastical regency England ✨🏳️‍🌈✨

also creepy automata, crumbling gothic manor, major friendship plot line alongside the romance one, and The Homosexual Cutlery Moment™️

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith: An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

uk.bookshop.org

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 3d

so glad you enjoyed it!! 🥰

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

"The fights for trans rights and Palestinians are over and we lost" is something I'm seeing over and over from cis white progressives. And I'm seeing variations of this popping up about racial justice, marriage equality, and disability rights too.

Sorry, but fuck that.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 5d

But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft

The Verge @theverge.com · 5d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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Gabby @gabliotecaria.bsky.social · 5d

This was a proper pageturner and I can't wait to read what Devin writes next

Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

i have many horny gays and also ace rep in my locked in murder mystery romance set in fantastical regency England ✨🏳️‍🌈✨

also creepy automata, crumbling gothic manor, major friendship plot line alongside the romance one, and The Homosexual Cutlery Moment™️

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith: An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

uk.bookshop.org

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Kathaaaarine 🏴‍☠️🥟 @thiefofcamorr.bsky.social · 5d

I just read this and it has EVERYTHING. Highly recommend!

Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

i have many horny gays and also ace rep in my locked in murder mystery romance set in fantastical regency England ✨🏳️‍🌈✨

also creepy automata, crumbling gothic manor, major friendship plot line alongside the romance one, and The Homosexual Cutlery Moment™️

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith: An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

uk.bookshop.org

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 4d

but thank you so much! means a lot

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 4d

aaaaahhhh! 🥰🥰 (i have no more eloquent words)

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 4d

yesssss!! 😍

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 4d

enjoy!! 🥰✨🏳️‍🌈

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

i have many horny gays and also ace rep in my locked in murder mystery romance set in fantastical regency England ✨🏳️‍🌈✨

also creepy automata, crumbling gothic manor, major friendship plot line alongside the romance one, and The Homosexual Cutlery Moment™️

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith: An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

uk.bookshop.org

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 4d

Okay so we've had trans rights but what about TRANS WRONGS???

Murder! Blood magic! Kissing! Monsters!

Cover for Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright, The Sunday Times bestseller. Black cover, with a scowling long-haired woman in a Gothic style red and gold headdress and brocade sleeves like wings against a background of red and white roses. Her hands are tipped in gold claws and she holds a long dagger. Blurbs from Melissa Caruso — “Dark, dangerous, and entrancing” — and Sara Hashem — “A decadent story that won’t let you go.”

Cover for LORD OF RUIN by K. M. Enright. Black cover, with a dark haired Filipino man in a Gothic style embodied suit jacket in shades of blue and gold. Black wings with a similar gold embroidered design stretch behind him against a background of blue with white flowers. His hands are tipped in black talons and he holds a bright red anatomical heart. Blurb from Thea Guanzon — ”K. M. Enright is definitely one to watch.”

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

aaaahhhh you read my boooook?? 🥰🥰 i’m so so glad you enjoyed

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 5d

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

i have many horny gays and also ace rep in my locked in murder mystery romance set in fantastical regency England ✨🏳️‍🌈✨

also creepy automata, crumbling gothic manor, major friendship plot line alongside the romance one, and The Homosexual Cutlery Moment™️

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith: An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

An addictive queer Regency fantasy full of magic and hot romance

uk.bookshop.org

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Aysha @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 5d

are you looking for the quintessential monsterfucking book for spooky season? lee's got you

Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t wanna piggyback someone’s perfectly good post with book promo, but lrp:

Might I suggest The Woods All Black, an historical Appalachian gothic set in the late ‘20s that explores gender, sexuality, and trans/queer bodily autonomy? It’s also (1) horny (2) spooky and (3) a bash-back revenge story

A photo of me holding a copy of The Woods All Black, partly obscuring my face, in front of a brick wall and window

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 5d

i know so nothing about Taylor Swift but this sounded interesting (it is very!), although now i think i would like to know less actually…

Snippet of a Guardian article that says: “As Swift leans into her taunts in one of her fabled middle eights, she reframes Charli's so-called hate campaign as "talking dirty" and sings - and I am sorry to have to write this - that "it's kinda making me wet". (Upsettingly, the moment is more convincing than Wood, the song about her fiance's dick set to Bruno Mars-lite.) It unwittingly reveals so much of Swift's current MO: eroticising hate, still getting off on it when her foes are long past participating”

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t wanna piggyback someone’s perfectly good post with book promo, but lrp:

Might I suggest The Woods All Black, an historical Appalachian gothic set in the late ‘20s that explores gender, sexuality, and trans/queer bodily autonomy? It’s also (1) horny (2) spooky and (3) a bash-back revenge story

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · 6d

me, watching tennis:

“oh no! the guy with the pretty wrists has ugly earlobes!”

“wait, no, go back, camera, he’s changing his shirt!”

“oooh French Hottie is playing”

“oooh Italian Hottie is playing”

“i’m sorry, babes, but you’re gonna lose”

y’all i would make the greatest tennis commentator ☺️

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