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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 3h

I am never going to be a fan of a politician. That way lies disappointment. But Pritzker right now is the person I think is calibrating it right.

This isn’t negotiating about social security with W. You either get that or you don’t.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 1d

I've been working on two different long-form projects this year, but just know that if you're ever interested in bringing on a genre reader or class speaker etc, I am HERE & super game to discuss short stories forever!

if you've read my work, this is probably the big one:

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 5h

hey man, cool book, mind if I steal it to generate a shittier book by yelling prompts at my phone?

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Evan Mead-Brewer @uncle-voluminous.bsky.social · 1d

Because it's not negotiating, it's a juggling act to distract people long enough to steal everything that's not nailed down

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Stupidest negotiators in history

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 7h

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 9h

It's Lesbian Visibility Day, and I see that Bookshop is having FREE SHIPPING until the day's over, so it's clearly time for some lesbian horror 🌈😈

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Showing the following Hailey Piper book covers: A Game in Yellow, Queen of Teeth, A Light Most Hateful, Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, The Ghostlands of Natalie Glasgow
Around a banner that says free shipping

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ChefBoo-so🎃🥧👻 @brusowrites.bsky.social · 5h

Finally hung my bedroom curtain & I kinda like how it’s framed

A window looking out the back to a field of beige soybeans with a couple trees. There is grass & the side of a red barn. The sky is blue with some light gray clouds in the distance. There is a mini glass bong, a lighter & an ashtray in the window sill. The purple velvet curtain is pulled back with the upper left hand corner still covered.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5h

See, people think AI is useless, but without it this dude would have had to imagine burning down an entire neighborhood all by himself

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

The suspect accused of igniting the fire that destroyed LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it," months prior, officials say

Man arrested, faces federal charge in connection with Palisades Fire: DOJ

The fire caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year.

abcnews.go.com

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“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 5h

No one bothers to experience art anymore because someone else told them how to feel about it.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · Feb 3

thank you for your patience, here's he inked map.

(coming this month for my Patreon).

#cartography #sketchbook #art #ttrpg #stockart #fantasyart

sketchbook page photo with an inked drawing of a generic map landmass, like an island crossed by a mountain range, forests, rivers and lakes scattered around.

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 5h

on the one hand, Gavin Newsom is a violent, craven bigot who should be out of a job permanently once he’s no longer governor but in the other hand he FINALLY made it a law that your landlord has to provide a fridge

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h

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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Charles (Cy) Payseur @cypayseur.bsky.social · 8h

So you might have noticed that I've started posting little threads about my short fiction reading (with the hashtag #quicksipreviews). I'm testing this out bc I'll still be reading a lot of short fiction, but want the freedom to say as much or as little as I want, and to do it without deadlines

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 6h

there is a government shutdown with no end in sight and it’s not even really the lead story rn because the president can’t stop invading American cities for no reason other than spite

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h

Trans rights protect EVERY GENDER. Just like the rights black people fought for protect EVERY RACE. Including white people! Y'all are enjoying the spoils of someone else's hard work every damn day.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 9h

"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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👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 19h

It’s Alive! ALIVE! ALIIIIVEEEE. And available at all fine bookstores everywhere! But if you can, see if you can snag a copy at your local independent bookstore, or see if you can reserve or a request a copy at your local library. Like here, see it nestled amongst the new releases at Werner Books…

Cancer Eats the Heart is ALIVE

It’s Alive! ALIVE! ALIIIIVEEEE. And available at all fine bookstores everywhere! But if you can, see if you can snag a copy at your local independent bookstore, or see if you can reserve or a request a copy at your local library. Like here, see it nestled amongst the new releases at Werner Books in… Read More

pauljessup.com

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Sean Padilla @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 19h

I'm @ $460/1300 to raise by 10/11 to pay the final half of the out-of-pocket costs for the (long overdue) dental surgery my youngest son will have on 10/14. Anyone who donates $50+ can get a custom song from me; I'll begin recording the next two in my queue this weekend! 🎵🦷❤️ #HelpFolksLive2025

Sean Padilla @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · Apr 17

These are my pay links:

paypal.me/houseofackrite
C: $happynomad
V: @Sean-Padilla

If you're able to donate and you'd like a custom song, DM me and let me know the topic, and we'll work it out!

Pay Sean Padilla using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/houseofackrite and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 19h

every single thing about this delights me

Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 19h

Fall is the perfect time to rewatch Twin Peaks.

I picked up a severed thumb once that a man cut off while making a dining table and put it on ice. They were able to reattach it!

Lumberyard saw in metal on metal with sparks flying.

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Memento Morlys 🍉 @aardwyrm.bsky.social · 19h

bet you wish you had two llamas AND a blankie

Little brown dog under a blanket with two plush llama toys, one more beat up than the other

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 21h

My next out is October 31, can anybody help here??

Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 21h

Any indie authors got new books coming out this November or December?

The new releases challenge will be the hardest part of HRCYED, I swear. 😅

#booksky #HRYCED

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Eryn @eryn.bsky.social · 21h

We ask for help in the vocabulary we have. We answer in the vocabulary we have.

Sending Dolly & her family so much love. Please, we are full up on bad news. I know she misses her husband terribly & I hate that for her. I still think missing my grampa is what took my gramma.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 23h

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 21h

what if we kissed by the Lady in the Tree

Lady in the Tree, an art installation in nature combining real tree roots and moss to appear as though a woman was either subsumed or birthed from a large tree.

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 21h

That evil fucking pedophile cannot outlive Dolly.

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