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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 1m

Would read.

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Sara Norja @saranorja.bsky.social · 2m

In a forest world of fungal magic & tree portals, disaster poet Tarem confronts the reality of working for the worldwide Empire. Her two partners have opposing views: one is afraid of upheaval, one critical of the Empire. Can her love bridge betrayal and changing allegiances? #F #A #LGBT #OWN #DVPit

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 11m

🫂 I'm spending all my money on takeaway so I can make small pleasures come to the house.

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 13m

If it weren't for getting sick... I'd probably still be a mess, just better able to cope. 🫂

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Copenhagen 2030 - A Eurocon Bid @copenhagen2030.bsky.social · 2h

We're throwing our hat in the ring to host Eurocon 2030 in the fantastical city of Copenhagen! Accessible transport, stunning sights, and a commitment to sustainability, Copenhagen promises an unforgettable experience for all attendees.

Support our bid, and be part of an incredible adventure!

A blue silhuette of the Copenhagen skyline with a rocketship, a dragon and some tentacles added, in front of a picture of the Cat's Paw Nebula picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Text reads: Copenhagen 2030, a Eurocon bid, f: Copenhagen2030, ig: copenhagen_2030, bsky: well, you're already here.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24m

(I want to be clear, that's not some sort of 'well they should just tough it out baking their own bread from raw grains' sort of thing. I'm not delivering some moral judgement on poor Americans, I'm just pointing out their consumption patterns are *very* different)

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24m

Food costs are just around 13% of the average American household's budget (rather than, you know, 33%), but even that is deceptive, because even minimum wage workers are often buying 'food as service' - fast food, restaurant food, pre-cooked frozen food, etc. - simply not widely available in 1843.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27m

A good example of why direct inflation adjustment of this sort is more deceptive than clarifying when applied over very long stretches of time where consumption patterns are very different.

Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2h

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E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 49m

Me, gearing up to once again be forced to defend a fucking centrist: Please do not let any of the Conservatives convince you that this is Carney's fault.

Carney set to return to Ottawa without a deal to end the U.S. tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to return to Ottawa today with no deals to remove U.S. tariffs from Canadian goods, but he’s leaving his key minister on Canada-U.S. trade behind to keep pressing the...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1h

UAE has no democratically elected institutions, no free speech and an appalling human rights record.

Its economy functions on completely different metrics to the ours & ranks well below us for GDP

No serious person would ever think that we should emulate it.

But here's Tice calling us decadent

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 55m

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 11h

The one that always gets me is that the last American born into slavery died the year John Lennon released “Imagine.”

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 18h

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2h

People keep saying “feudalism,” but it actually just company towns.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2h

They’re just gonna do a little lite slavery.

In addition, the new rule allows farm employers to charge H-2A workers for their housing, which was not allowed before. "It's a way for employers to continue to house workers and also charge them, and bring down effective wages," said Marcos Lopez of the Labor and Community Center at the University of California, Davis.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 52m

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 1h

...oops?

All Of Us Murderers flyer with book cover. tex says: Readers Say, followed by quotes: All Of Us Murderers is why I am sleep deprived at work today.

Kept me up until 2am on a
work night!

I read this in one sitting and stayed up until 3am because
I couldn't put it down.

I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8am.

end tagline reads: Out Now. sorry about that.

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 4h

126. Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North by Leszek Gardeła

Quantifying rarity is tricky when more than half your graves are sexed only through grave-goods... The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your…

126. Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North by Leszek Gardeła

Quantifying rarity is tricky when more than half your graves are sexed only through grave-goods... The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them. (Alternately, you can always drop a penny in the bucket through…

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Philip K Hole @pcerm.bsky.social · 2h

Painfully dull move, and additionally baffling considering just how well set processes meat companies are to capitalise on veggie alternatives. Like Keogh's black veggie pudding 🤤 and jeesus wept I couldn't believe what veggies accepted for sausages before Denny's and Clon stepped in with theirs.

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 3h

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
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European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

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