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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 10h

I may not have "money for a cover" but not only did I make this cover MYSELF - I photographed the elements and then ATE them.

I AM THE BOOK AND NOW THE BOOK IS ME.

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · 6h

Join this online bookclub discussion with Nikki and Tanya about my novel SHIGIDI. I'll make an appearance and talk about supernatural heists at the British museum, African gods, belief and sex as sources of power, plus more. It'll be fun.

astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 12h

Our editor, Emily, has made it through a lot these past five years, and hopes you will enjoy this deeply heartfelt and personal collection of her unpublished writing during that time.

Quiet, Quirky, Queer — and now on #NetGalley.

Sexy Garlic

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

www.netgalley.com

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temmie @tuyoki.bsky.social · 11h

social media is exhausting to look at any feed on any platform lately for me, but I enjoy looking through neocities and other personal websites of that nature

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 52m

Ever wondered what stories are being told elsewhere? Help us raise funds to translate non-colonial African languages books into English!

https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject

You can check their art shop for my zine! You can even donate your own art to the shop! Any reblog helps too!

Image description: A book opens to blooming flowers. Text reads, "The African Translation Project. Donate money or a flash-scope creative piece to raise fund for global fiction and African voices", followed by the URL the post links to. The graphics is in the colors of the South African flag, which are black, green, red, yellow and white.

Fern, various leaves and abstract graphics in soothing indigo, green and white. The text reads: "Slow growth, or 10 ways I cope. A zine on the subject of self-care", followed by the URL the image links to.

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 52m

Hey friends!! Reminder that my partner is now selling t-shirts! It's 0% genAI, 100% gobbos!!

This one is Hulda, who's featured in several of my games! They sure love their 'shrooms!

https://tee-zr.com/store/tootkin

An announcement for t-shirt designs made by Tootkin and sold on Teezr. The image shows a t-shirt with a chest pocket from which a small goblin is poking out. A zoom next to it shows 3 different goblins: On is eating a mushroom, another is drinking a cup of tea, and the third is rising their fist excitedly. Several pieces of text reads : "Tootkin's pocket friends", "A goblin in your pocket, exclusive gobbo apparel, many sizes and colors", and "I promise your DM will want to make them into a NPC". At the bottom there is a link to the shop: https://tee-zr.com/store/tootkin

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

The translations we're hoping to fund for a Black small press are:
- A story about a Black trans woman in South Africa.
- A story about a Black woman in Zimbabwe who deals with the corruption of the men around her.
- A story about three Black men in Tanzania who must grapple with masculinity.

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, a virtual town hall, Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors. (More in this thread)

We’d love for you to join us. Register in advance for the webinar at this link:

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 20h

My whole life... I thought when people talked about the Scissors Sisters... they actually meant the Sisters of Mercy...

these... these are not the same band at all...

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cupofmin @cupofmin.bsky.social · 1d

Meet some of the lovely pets I’ve had the joy of drawing in their little teacups!
Commissions open on Ko-fi! ⋆˚꩜｡

Digital illustration of a black cat and dog inside pink and blue teacups. Text: Your pet in a teacup. Commissions by cupofmin.

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 22h

This is so interesting! But also a little infuriating, my poor past self was legit told all their issues came from their lack of a socially-accepted routine.

Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 22h

Is it age? Is it HRT? Is it having more space/capacity to live less online and be more connected to the world around me at a time when it gets darker soon??

Is it all of that at once?

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 22h

I've been able to have dinner, go to bed, and get up roughly at the same time for three days in a row.

I've been trying to achieve that for years. I used to be really into self-improvement/-optimization and, it's, like, the basics.

But now.... ? Without even trying??? It happens naturally??

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

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Matthew Hurst @mrmhurst.bsky.social · 7d

British colonial officials destroyed countless files before decolonisation. But one colony has been neglected by the literature: Hong Kong. My latest paper in @jich.bsky.social examines the past, present and future of Hong Kong colonial government migrated archives: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park

Following the revelation in 2011 that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was sitting on the migrated archives of dozens of colonial governments, almost 20,000 files were transferred from s...

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 1d

I spent like 15 minutes trying to figure out why my bathroom fan seemed to run more roughly whenever I stood in certain parts the room before realising the rattling wasn't coming from the fan; my cat was tucked away out of sight, and would start purring loudly whenever I walked past her hiding spot.

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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 1d

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 23h

Hibiscus and cotton rosemallow may well conjure up images of languid summer days, but in Japan 'fuyō' (芙蓉) are used to indicate the onset of autumn. In the language of flowers they represent gentleness.

Kameya Shigehisa's (亀屋重久) 'fuyō' have some impressive stamens!
#Kyoto

Kameya Shigehisa's hibiscus inspired sweet.

Woodblock print of hibiscus flowers.

Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 1d

Nijō Wakasaya's (二條若狭屋) lovable 'jūgoya' (十五夜 'night of the full moon')🌿🐇

clearly I can see-
the sacred rabbit
is pounding tea leaves
-Artist, Tomita Keisen (冨田溪仙 1879-1936).

#お月見 #moonviewing #和菓子 #wagashi

Nijo Wakasaya's sweet 'Night of the Full Moon' depicts a rabbit pounding mochi on the moon.

Artist Tomita Keisen (冨田溪仙 1879-1936) ink drawing of a rabbit pounding mochi on the moon.

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 1d

🐦SWEETS TO MAKE THE WAGTAILS SING🎶

As the famous saying goes, "hana yori dango" (花より団子), "dumplings more than flowers" (substance over style)...but why not combine them?

Flower-inspired sweets dazzle in early autumn, shortly before the swallows depart.
#wagashi #和菓子

'Suimen-no-tsuki', a pale yellow sweet inspired by moonlight reflected on water.

Sonyo-in's spectacularly colourful ceiling, filled with images of butterflies.

A red and blue jellied sweet inspired by artist Kitawaki Noboru's (北脇昇 1901-1951) painting the 'greater henbit' (ホトケノザ).

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 23h

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Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 1d

I've heard that Zukiswa Wanner is on her way home from being abducted by the IOF, which is wonderful! Can we get this funded to celebrate her return?

https://ko-fi.com/africantranslationproject

You can even donate your own art to the shop! Any reblog helps too!

Dianthus @diandianthus.bsky.social · 1d

Hey friends!! Reminder that my partner is now selling t-shirts!

This one right here is my OC, Onni!! You might remember him from my games!!

Wouldn't you want a little goblin me in your shirt pocket??

Check out the store, you know you want to:

https://tee-zr.com/store/tootkin

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Musée de Cluny @museecluny.bsky.social · 1d

Faites la part entre création médiévale et réinterprétation du 19e siècle ! ✨
Rendez-vous dans l'exposition "Le Moyen Âge du 19e siècle. Créations et faux dans les arts précieux" jusqu’au 11 janvier 2026.
👉 www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/ex...

Vitrine de musée présentant plusieurs pièces d’orfèvrerie du Moyen Âge et du 19e siècle, de différentes tailles : reliquaires, Vierge à l'Enfant, navettes à encens...

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