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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · 4h

So cool!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 6h

A lot of the photos in my collection aren’t perfectly in focus, but I have to buy them anyway because it was still a kitty that somebody loved! Besides, how could I resist the happy body language and little eyebrows on this one?

Black and white photo of a fluffy white cat with two dark markings in the fur over its eyes that look like eyebrows. The cat is trotting toward the camera with tail held high!

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 10h

this feels like the corollary to we need Mamdani in NYC and an oyster fisherman in Maine and a midwestern dad in Minnesota.

we're supposed to be the party that embraces the fact that we're a diverse and chaotic nation, stop test-polling yourself to generic national oatmeal!!!

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 10h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 12h

we are all so emotionally fried that Dolly Parton had to get on the internet and tell us that it is all gonna be okay

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 7h

Uh, whoa! Dude! Look what you glorious weirdos did! WHAT STALKS THE DEEP is #12 on the New York Times!

A celebratory image of the cover of what stalks with New York Times, USA TODAY and Indie Bestseller emblazoned across the top!

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 7h

Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.

Everyone ready?

Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14h

Sun roasted potato. 🥔 Photo from my collection, 1954.

A pretty shorthaired calico cat reclining on her side and back in a strong window sunbeam that is baking across a carpeted surface. She is positively glowing in the light and it’s a gorgeous contrast to the stark edge of the sun where the carpet appears to become almost completely black. She’s in a rectangular island of light.

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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 15h

It would be really neat if @draft2digital.bsky.social and @bookshop.org could get themselves together for self-pub authors (like they’ve been promising for, what, a year now?), wouldn’t it.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 22h

🥰🥰

and also, I kind of really want a T shirt that says I RUIN YOUR SLEEP ... PROFESSIONALLY

blush-of-the-dawn.bsky.social @blush-of-the-dawn.bsky.social · 22h

Read this in one sitting and my only complaint is that I wish it was longer. Though maybe its a good thing that it wasn't because I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8 am. I'm probably going to have to read the final 10% again when I'm less sleep deprived.

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 1d

I am very excited that ALL OF US MURDERERS has been picked as one of Kobo's Best of the Month!

It's out everywhere today, in e at all platforms, in print at all good bookshops (it's the BA Indie Book of the Month!) and in audio read by Sonny Archer. Have at it!

books2read.com/u/mloE7q

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 18h

Today only, now! It's not too early to start shopping for holiday gifts.

Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 1d

bookshop.org has free shipping Oct 7-8 for their anti-prime sale! They have 10 of my paperbacks in stock so you can support indie authors and bookstores while collecting pretty books for your shelves at the same time ✨

A grid of 10 paperbacks by Arden Powell priced from 10.99 to 17.99 available on bookshop.org, including 6 Flos Magicae books.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 17h

"Could you pray for my celebrity sister..."

Oh, um, sorry but no, that's not really something I'd--

"--Dolly Parton?"

*knees hit floor*

‘I was up all night praying’: Dolly Parton’s sister asks fans to ‘pray with me’

Hours after the first post, Freida Parton clarified saying her sister has "been a little under the weather."

www.wsoctv.com

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · 16h

An close-up image of President Obama with the words "Then Perish"

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 18h

It took a highly sophisticated Jacquard weave to create the incredibly detailed oranges that form the fabric of of this early 1890s dress. You can almost smell the citrusy peel. There so many details to observe here, the pattern matching, the cuff trim, the drama! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A view of the back of an1890s dress showing the bodice with clusters of oranges woven into the fabric. It has black lace on the sleeves and a high collar

A detail of the front of the bodice of the orange patterned 1890s dress showing black lace at the neckline and the detailed fruit

Sleeve detail of the 1890s orange patterned dress which has a yellow silk trellis work trim with black lace

Full length view of the front of the 1890s dress patterned with oranges and trimmed with black lace

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Nat Lawless 🌈🦄 @nat-lawless.bsky.social · 1d

What a cracking conclusion to @jordanlhawk.bsky.social’s Whyborne & Griffin series! The final battle for Widdershins and the world might be the best of the 11 books.

🌈📚💙 🪐📚 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜 📚🌶️
#booksky #fantasy
#romancebook #romantasy #romancem/m

A book. Jordan L Hawk. Deosil. A Whyborne and Griffin novel. Two men in grey 19th century style coats and waistcoats stare at the camera with serious expressions. One has both fists clenched; the other holds a book in one hand. Blue lightning fills the sky behind them.

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you so much! ❤️

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 1d

here it is, my medically necessary daily dose of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

BOOOO
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We can do better than this dude. We must do better than this dude.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 1d

I am very excited that ALL OF US MURDERERS has been picked as one of Kobo's Best of the Month!

It's out everywhere today, in e at all platforms, in print at all good bookshops (it's the BA Indie Book of the Month!) and in audio read by Sonny Archer. Have at it!

books2read.com/u/mloE7q

Flyer with ALL OFUS MURDERERS cover and text saying 'One of Kobo's Best of the Month'

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · 1d

I loved this series! It's like The Godfather meets a martial arts movie.

Fonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social · 1d

The JADE CITY ebook is an Amazon Prime Day deal today (Tuesday) for a ludicrously low $2.99 which is much less than what I paid for boba tea yesterday so if you still haven't jumped on the Green Bone Saga bandwagon, this is your sign👇

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 2d

A bully believes that kindness is weakness. A fool believes that bullying is strength. A true warrior knows that a bully is weak, and that compassion and kindness are strengths they could never comprehend.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 2d

Friends, with the world on fire, it feels useless to be here selling my services. But I do need to keep the lights on, and the #maps pay the bills.

So...if you need a map(s) for a book project, let me know! I have space for new commissions.

Here are a few of my favorite maps I've done lately:
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Grayscale map of the Atlantic showing most of the Americas, Europe, and Africa. There are arrows showing the direction of trade, and each arrow has at least one number attached to it. The numbers match a key on the side that lists the products being traded and their place of origin. There are 15 different sets of commodities listed:
1:Midlands & Birmingham: Guns, Gunpowder, Metalware, Silks
2: Liverpool & Lancashire: Cotton-linens
3: Lancashire: Linens, Cottons, Cotton-linens
4: India: Cottons Cowries
5: Midlands & London: Metalware, Silks, Ceramics, Glassware, Guns
6: London & Glasgow: Credit, Shipping Insurance
7: New England: Beef & Pork, Fish, Rum, Wood, Whale products
8: Mid-Atlantic: Grain
9: Chesapeake Colonies: Tobacco
10: Carolinas, Rice, Indigo
11: Caribbean: Sugar, Molasses
12: Brazil: Coffee
13: Brazil: Gold
14: Mexico / Peru: Silver
15: Britain: Grain, Manufactures

The map has a set of grey arrows going from West Africa to the Americas showing the number of enslaved workers transported. The arrows are sized relative to the numbers. The largest arrow shows 6 million enslaved workers going to the Caribbean. 3.5 million went to Africa, 650,000 to the Spanish colonies in Central and South America, and 400,000 to North America.

A key in the bottom right lists a set of African kingdoms that participated in the selling of enslaved workers, including Benin, the Oyo Empire, Dahomey, the Ashanti Confederacy, the Kingdom of Allada, the Kingdom of Whydah, and the Nupe people. These kingdoms are outlined on the map.

Greyscale drawing of a floor plan of what looks like the first floor of a house, with ten rooms and a flight of stairs. The title at the bottom reads: "The Magic Bookshop." There are two exterior doors: a front door and a back door. The floor plan is on a tattered piece of paper that looks as if it is being unrolled from the top, so there is a curl of paper, or a scroll, at the bottom. Around the floor plan are four animals. A cat, labeled Angel, is resting on top of floor plan, dangling a paw down. To her left is a huntsman spider named Drusilla. At the bottom of the page on the left is a golden retriever named Willow, sitting behind the scroll like a good boy. On the right side is a cat named Spike, who is sitting on top of the scroll and crushing it like an jerk. Typical dog and cat stuff. There are four piles of books around the outside of the floor plan: two large, and two small

From top left down in a switchback pattern, the rooms are labeled:
Yellow: Books with gold covers
Possibility: Mystery, Crime (where they do the spell)
Exeunt Omnes: Older books (where Kennedy finds the magic book)
The Office (where hazel makes tea)
Bathroom
Gurgler: Sci-fi, Fantasy (where Hazel goes to hide out)
The Scriptorium: More modern books (where Hazel sends Luke to find a book for his niece)
Taboo
The Fishbowl: Romance (where Luke makes a pink and purple bookcase)
Pooh Corner: Children, Young adult (where Bob has his armchair and the silent book club happens)

A label in the central hallway reads: "(where they put a bookcase for Today's Donations). Another label on the stairs reads "Hazel's loft apartment" and there is an arrow pointing up the stairs.

Art. A greyscale map of southern Africa showing different biomes. The map map key indicates 7 different biomes: Succulent Karoo; Fynbos; Albany Thicket; India Ocean Coastal Belt; Mixed Woodland; Grassland; Nama-Karoo; and Kalahari Savanna. Each is represented on the may by a different shade of grey, with areas of more rainfall being darker, and areas of less rainfall being lighter. Several of the rivers are labeled, as is the Indian Ocean.

Art. Colored map showing the locations of Alderely Edge, done in a fantasy style. The map is drawn to look like an old map done on parchment, with torn edges curling up. Two bars with ribbons wrapped around them form a frame at the top and right sides of the map. The ribbon on top is blue, the one on the right is a dusty red. On the right side of the map, between the frame and the edge, the map is colored turquoise and does not show any land forms. Written in large vertical letters in this space is the maps' title: "The Edge".

The main part of the map is cut with forests and cliffs, and has 13 locations noted. Each location name is in a small frame that looks like a torn piece of parchment. Two roads cut across the map, one labeled Macclesfield Road and the other labeled Artists Lane. They meet in the bottom 3rd of the map by a location called "The Wizard Tearoom." An arrow at the top left points up one of the roads and has a label reading "to Alderely Edge (village). An arrow a the other end of the road, at the bottom of th emap, reads: "To Macclesfield."

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

Laws are only ever traditions: it only takes one generation for people to stop believing and abandon them.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 2d

I think I figured out how to always exclude genAI slop from my DepositPhotos searches!

I was setting the exclude filter with the filters on the left side of the page, & they reset every time I reopened the tab.

But there is another setting! It’s the gear at the top of the page after you search:

A screenshot of a test search on the DepositPhotos site with the gear icon in the top right circled and “Exclude Generative AI” set to on in that drop-down, not the filters on the left.

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

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Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · 2d

Cut back some dead stalks in our flower patch, and my hair is now full of evening primrose seeds.

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