Jay Wolf
@jayxwolf.bsky.social
sff writer & dev editor, author-illustrator, lapsed podcaster, sculptor, fabricator, Viable Paradise alum, online community specialist, queer as in here, they as in them, kennywood enthusiast. writes books as @mdanielmcdowell.bsky.social
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I'm canvassing for some book comp titles for a project I'm working on which contains:
* high fantasy princess-in-a-tower m/f romance; distinct from other princess-in-a-tower stuff I have already written
* overt spicy on-page "yes-mistress" femdom
is there anything similar out there?
I'm canvassing for some book comp titles for a project I'm working on which contains:
* high fantasy princess-in-a-tower m/f romance; distinct from other princess-in-a-tower stuff I have already written
* overt spicy on-page "yes-mistress" femdom
is there anything similar out there?
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Or, you know, don't admit it. Just do what you're going to do and stop making it everyone else's problem because you need to be told you're being righteous.
If you beleived that you wouldn't be online fighting with people over it.
If you beleived that you wouldn't be online fighting with people over it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Or, you know, don't admit it. Just do what you're going to do and stop making it everyone else's problem because you need to be told you're being righteous.
If you beleived that you wouldn't be online fighting with people over it.
If you beleived that you wouldn't be online fighting with people over it.
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And honestly with the number of free books available at any point now, there is very little defense I want to hear from people these days.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And honestly with the number of free books available at any point now, there is very little defense I want to hear from people these days.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
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Every excuse everyone makes for why this is OK falls the fuck apart when everyone gets to make money on our work except for us.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Every excuse everyone makes for why this is OK falls the fuck apart when everyone gets to make money on our work except for us.
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....the feeling of waking up, of telling yourself that yes, yes, yes, you will survive this week, you will....
....only to encounter this post.
....only to encounter this post.
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
....the feeling of waking up, of telling yourself that yes, yes, yes, you will survive this week, you will....
....only to encounter this post.
....only to encounter this post.
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More freehand character doodles with a ballpoint pen
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
More freehand character doodles with a ballpoint pen
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I just donated $20, can anybody match me? Lenée is an amazing person and I love her so much! She needs help!
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I just donated $20, can anybody match me? Lenée is an amazing person and I love her so much! She needs help!
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The framing of this story as "£148k tax bill" rather than "woman inherits a £1.2 million pound house and *only* has to pay 10% tax" is because the news media want people to be upset about tax, rather than upset at the rich paying very little of it.
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The framing of this story as "£148k tax bill" rather than "woman inherits a £1.2 million pound house and *only* has to pay 10% tax" is because the news media want people to be upset about tax, rather than upset at the rich paying very little of it.
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a guy who works in AI is gonna lecture YOU—A HUMAN WORKER—about why their physical suffering under capitalism is good and actually not capitalism, but ~Just Life~
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
a guy who works in AI is gonna lecture YOU—A HUMAN WORKER—about why their physical suffering under capitalism is good and actually not capitalism, but ~Just Life~
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I pretty much ignore illegal downloading because there is nothing I can do about it, and erotic books get pirated at rates that would break your brain.
But I hope people who make collections and sell the data for profit step on Legos with every step for the rest of their lives.
But I hope people who make collections and sell the data for profit step on Legos with every step for the rest of their lives.
They also sell everything to companies building LLMs, there's a link offering their "datasets" (books, papers, etc) for tens of thousands of dollars USD. They also auto-scrape everything scanned and uploaded to Internet Archive's Open Library. So. Yeah. 🙃
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I pretty much ignore illegal downloading because there is nothing I can do about it, and erotic books get pirated at rates that would break your brain.
But I hope people who make collections and sell the data for profit step on Legos with every step for the rest of their lives.
But I hope people who make collections and sell the data for profit step on Legos with every step for the rest of their lives.
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“If there had been stronger and more intentional connections between delivery teams and Congressional staff, many programs could have achieved their goals more effectively.” -former 18F employee
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“If there had been stronger and more intentional connections between delivery teams and Congressional staff, many programs could have achieved their goals more effectively.” -former 18F employee
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
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And folks this is why even if you choose not to be in a union--for whatever reason--you still owe your co-workers solidarity. The discussions were, seemingly,bcomparing salaries and talking about a company policy change to their slack server. Someone went to management and got 34 people fired.
PMG understands Rockstar became aware of these messages after at least one non-union member of the server raised concerns about these discussions with management and this either kicked off, or contributed to, a wider investigation.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And folks this is why even if you choose not to be in a union--for whatever reason--you still owe your co-workers solidarity. The discussions were, seemingly,bcomparing salaries and talking about a company policy change to their slack server. Someone went to management and got 34 people fired.
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Refilling your water counts as productivity. So does refilling your soul. 💧💫
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Refilling your water counts as productivity. So does refilling your soul. 💧💫
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Thank you so much to @translunartl.bsky.social for giving my oracle a safe space to deliver this message to Herakles. Herakles will forget all about it, but I hope you won’t.
We hope we aren't displaying too much hubris in suggesting you have another read and consider it for any year end lists, awards and even divine honours? translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/02/15/1...
12 Things No One Will Tell You About Being a Demigod, by Danai Christopoulou
Being a demigod is very taxing for the psyche. You end up seeing things that aren’t there, killing things that aren’t there. Shh, it’s okay; it wasn’t your fault.
translunartravelerslounge.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thank you so much to @translunartl.bsky.social for giving my oracle a safe space to deliver this message to Herakles. Herakles will forget all about it, but I hope you won’t.
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Oh, good the whole book piracy discourse is back, in which a bunch of people with no money argue about whether a bunch of other people with no money deserve to get paid for their labor or not while a few billionaires hoover up all the money from everybody's labor.
Yay.
Fun.
Yay.
Fun.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Oh, good the whole book piracy discourse is back, in which a bunch of people with no money argue about whether a bunch of other people with no money deserve to get paid for their labor or not while a few billionaires hoover up all the money from everybody's labor.
Yay.
Fun.
Yay.
Fun.
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Looking at an "archive" site I'd never seen before, with something in the nature of 500 downloads of The Warden.
You know, 500 extra purchases of the book might have made a fucking difference for my career, you ridiculous pricks.
You know, 500 extra purchases of the book might have made a fucking difference for my career, you ridiculous pricks.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Looking at an "archive" site I'd never seen before, with something in the nature of 500 downloads of The Warden.
You know, 500 extra purchases of the book might have made a fucking difference for my career, you ridiculous pricks.
You know, 500 extra purchases of the book might have made a fucking difference for my career, you ridiculous pricks.
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“First Day of Spring” Another painting for my weird finno-ugric project!
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“First Day of Spring” Another painting for my weird finno-ugric project!
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As states and cities across the country reopen, some are seeing a worrying rise in new coronavirus cases.
While in most states, new infections remain flat or are decreasing, in 14 states, new cases are growing.
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While in most states, new infections remain flat or are decreasing, in 14 states, new cases are growing.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
As states and cities across the country reopen, some are seeing a worrying rise in new coronavirus cases.
While in most states, new infections remain flat or are decreasing, in 14 states, new cases are growing.
1/46
While in most states, new infections remain flat or are decreasing, in 14 states, new cases are growing.
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Sing it with me now. You all know the words:
🎵~They're trying to kill us!~🎶
🎵~They're trying to kill us!~🎶
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sing it with me now. You all know the words:
🎵~They're trying to kill us!~🎶
🎵~They're trying to kill us!~🎶
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I am sick of this.
What do you propose? All the major card companies have been quietly controlling who can even bank for decades. Stripe is doing the same stuff as paypal. Paypal owns venmo.
It's very easy to say "don't do thing" except that nothing else is any better.
What do you propose? All the major card companies have been quietly controlling who can even bank for decades. Stripe is doing the same stuff as paypal. Paypal owns venmo.
It's very easy to say "don't do thing" except that nothing else is any better.
Also, just don't use PayPal. Crappy company, crapy service as well as the ethical nastiness.
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am sick of this.
What do you propose? All the major card companies have been quietly controlling who can even bank for decades. Stripe is doing the same stuff as paypal. Paypal owns venmo.
It's very easy to say "don't do thing" except that nothing else is any better.
What do you propose? All the major card companies have been quietly controlling who can even bank for decades. Stripe is doing the same stuff as paypal. Paypal owns venmo.
It's very easy to say "don't do thing" except that nothing else is any better.
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My marbling texture pack is up for sale! 180 HQ scans, 600 dpi, three different methods of marbling🎨
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purenonsens.gumroad.com/l/marbling
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My marbling texture pack is up for sale! 180 HQ scans, 600 dpi, three different methods of marbling🎨
purenonsens.gumroad.com/l/marbling
purenonsens.gumroad.com/l/marbling
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Here's the cover illustration I did of 'The Bloodweaver' by @cnkuster.bsky.social , for Podium Publishing!
Out June 2026!
Out June 2026!
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Here's the cover illustration I did of 'The Bloodweaver' by @cnkuster.bsky.social , for Podium Publishing!
Out June 2026!
Out June 2026!
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We will need tribunals and Democrats need to start talking about that
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We will need tribunals and Democrats need to start talking about that
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A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A very good piece. “The fact that many men believe they no longer even have to pretend to respect women in order to participate in public life makes it unlikely that anything will change anytime soon.”
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November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I'm getting tired, and I'm sure I'm missing a fuck-ton of good folks.
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
Releases
SHAKY PICTURES OF VANISHED FACES Budget cuts drive a burned-out humanities professor to master the art of annihilation. A girl on the verge of a transformation seeks out a new member for her isolat…
cursedmorsels.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I'm getting tired, and I'm sure I'm missing a fuck-ton of good folks.
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/
@cursedmorsels.bsky.social is the place to go to get books that are made with care, curated spectacularly and fiercely anti-capitalist. I think they ship directly too, but I'm not sure?
cursedmorsels.com/releases/