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Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 1d

Women

*applause*

with big swords

*rapturous applause*

that talk to them

*standing ovation*

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 16h

the free shipping bookshop dot org sale is a good time to buy my collection of original weird fiction which i guarantee you'll love
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Toadstones

Check out Toadstones - <p>Bloody haruspicy as an archeological technique. The violent premier of a film star's lost noir masterpiece. A housekeeper's final job for her late employer. An exhumation to ...

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 9h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 1d

Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 9h

Clown-ass fudgies be putting the emphasis on the first syllable like clowns. GO BACK TO HELL.

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 9h

Manistee

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI: my story, "The Little Deaths of Autumn," is out now in the new issue of Kaleidotrope!
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“The Little Deaths of Autumn” by J.A. Prentice

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Dannye Chase is querying queer romance @dannyechase.bsky.social · 11h

Superstitions About Death: Mirrors, Bees, & Open Windows
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It’s not surprising we’ve developed superstitions about this inevitable event. Read the whole story & get writing prompts on my Weird Wednesday blog!
#writingcommunity #specfic ✍️ 🔱 #Horror 📚😱 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #write #dcblogs

Superstitions About Death

Mirrors, Bees, and Open Windows

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 14h

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 14h

Weirdly enough, I think this works. No one is more insecure than a new ICE agent. They want to be the blonde guy in DHS’s AI Nazi posting so badly. Instead, they’ll be guarding indistinguishable suburban warehouse #16361 while inflated frogs and dinosaurs thrust in their face all day every day.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

#WarRavagedPortland

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 13h

Chicken salad

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 13h

Is it haunted though?

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 1d

My mom used to add extra middle names to my name when she was really upset.

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Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 2d

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 1d

The most reasonable take all week.

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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, you are in for a treat.

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Phil Keeling @philmakesmonsters.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoying this collection from @frombeyondpress.bsky.social, but “Honeydew and Cloves” by @bitterkarella.bsky.social alone was worth the price of admission.

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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 2d

It’s New Story Day! “The Little Deaths of Autumn,” my very seasonally appropriate short story about fungi, is out now in the new issue of Kaleidotrope.

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“Come one now, come all ye, this story breaks free here…” – The New Pornographers, “Go Places”

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 2d

I saw Goody Proctor listening to music in something other than English and enjoying it

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Some advertising you just can't buy

MAGA Congresswoman: Bad Bunnys super bowl halftime show a demonic sexual performance

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 4d

It's here! It's here! The TOC for Issue 5 of Die Laughing is HERE!

We could not be more excited to bring you these 6 hilarifying tales, available as a PDF download 10/31/25, with stories posting for free every week after! Join us for stories so funny they'll kill you! #horrorsky
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From Beyond Press @frombeyondpress.bsky.social · 2d

I wish people could be reasonable about Taylor Swift.

I will probably delete this.

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