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Lia

@liadanmakes.bsky.social

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Librarian, crafter, dungeon master. Hard of hearing. I post too many photos of my cats. Sometimes I talk about cyberpunk things. Member of @peculiarityshop.bsky.social. I post lots of sweaters to @knitsonfilm.bsky.social. she/her or they/them

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · Feb 1

Today I get to make an exciting announcement! After years of work, San Francisco Public Library's alternative headings are now live. This list represents hundreds of hours of work and I'm proud of what we've done. Here is the list if your library would like to use it: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

SFPL_SubjectHeadings

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 7h

Can we put that on your shop bio

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Mary Sue @marysuesays.bsky.social · 10h

THESE BOOKS ARE MEDICINALLLLLLLLLL!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 23h

doomscroll break

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caztastrophe 🏳️‍🌈 @caztastrophe.bsky.social · 10h

If you see this, post a pet

a small bearded dragon lurks, looking over & around a little fake tree his front half is propped up on

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Trevor / Facemelting Solos @facemeltingsolos.bsky.social · 10h

My blonde cavapoo jumping up onto my wife’s lap from my wife’s perspective. It’s outside in the daytime. The ground is flagstone.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 11h

Mud wizard makes me laugh on even my absolute worst days

Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 11h

Do frog wizard and mud wizard know each other??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMcp...

Anyways magic is real

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Spooky Snowflake (Vavia) @bardiclady.bsky.social · 11h

"100% automated cataloguing"

Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 1d

‘Six words or _fewer_.”

A meme. There’s a skull at the top, followed by the words ‘WRITE A HORROR STORY IN SIX WORDS OR LESS’

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 12h

I long to know this kind of peace

An orange and white cat lying on his side on the carpet, his front paws tucked in like a bunny rabbit

Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 12h

I've had 2 orange cats and both have been magical creatures, you too can harness the power of ORANGE CATTE

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Frankly surprised I still have these. They're $24, handpoured and handpainted, and I know a bunch of you love orange cats.

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Hillary's The Communal Brain Cell: The Pendant | Peculiarity Shop

We love our orange cats around here. Sometimes, they've got one brain cell shared among all. Components: plaster of Paris, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, Mod Podge, stainless steel chain18" Can be paired ...

www.peculiarityshop.com

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 12h

Our release for @peculiarityshop.bsky.social was a wild success. Half the items were gone by day one. I still have three weeks to Halloween and spooky stuff I'd love to move.

20% off.

LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned!

www.peculiarityshop.com/halloween2025
www.peculiarityshop.com/nightborne

HALLOWEEN 2025 PECULIARITY SHOP

General Halloween goodness fromThe Peculiarity Shop.

www.peculiarityshop.com

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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 13h

If you see this, post a pet

Batman the black cat with his big yellow eyes looks up expectantly.

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Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · 13h

Include my collection in your autumnal activities!

Arthurian retellings!
Norse and Greek and Celtic myth retellings!
Shakespeare retellings!
Fairy tale retellings!
Jewish folklore retellings!
So many retellings by me!

Devan Barlow @devanbarlow.bsky.social · Apr 20

Pick up my collection today!

books2read.com/u/bOqZKN
devan-barlow.itch.io/foolish-hope...

Cover of Foolish Hopes and Spilled Entrails: Retellings, by Devan Barlow, featuring numerous fantastical objects surrounding a smoking cauldron, against a dark red background. The cover is by Arden Powell.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 13h

If you see this, post a pet

A grey and tan cat with blue eyes looking up and to the right. The photo is lit from the left and a little blurry so it's got glamour shot vibes.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 1d

A meme from The Office. A woman is looking at 2 pieces of paper, one says "men who say women shouldn't weigh more than 110lbs" and the other says "men who say women who weigh 110lbs need more curves". The text below says "corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture. The woman replies they're the same picture.

Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 2d

The cats compete for who gets to nap in my partner's wheelchair. Rumble has won tonight.

An orange and white cat sleeping on his side in a power wheelchair.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 2d

I'm over on glammr now if anyone wants to say hi: glammr.us/@liadanmakes

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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 2d

Going to elaborate a little bit more on this so we can communicate how we're handling things on our end.

There has been an uptick of marginalized people getting banhammered the last week that is, at the very least, concerning.

It's noticed. It's upsetting! 1/?

The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 2d

For fairly obvious reasons we are expediting the launch of our discord server. More on this soon.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 2d

The writing was on the wall for a bit now but I still really do not like this

Loather @loather.bsky.social · 2d

Baker and Taylor going under seems so weird to me. Farewell cat calendars

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2d

you can get the poster here!! theflytrapmedia-shop.fourthwall.com/products/sao...

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2d

This is bull. Also the technosolutionism is bul because they JUST released a paper saying they just realized this was a fail point of their moderation .

They could have deescalated and didn’t pfrazee.leaflet.pub/3lz4sgu7iec2...

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 3d

This was going to be a simple brooch but I got carried away by KISS THE BABY

An onyx cabochon of a person trying to kiss a cat, with the text the lovers below. It's been bead embroidered with pink beads and crystals.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 3d

When I got here during the invite only time, I pointed out that the circulation of invites among predominately white, tech-adjacent folks of a variety of identities would result in an organization of the cultural habits of This Place around whiteness, white supremacy, and ancillary oppressions.

Gabrielle @gabbklein.cryptoanarchy.network · 3d

Add it to the bucket of data points that Claire Willett helped gather when trans people -- and only trans people -- were getting dinged for "wishing ill" to JKR.

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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 4d

something wicked this way comes right to you from us and our shipping team [Becky] ✨🖤👻🖤✨

www.peculiarityshop.com/nightborne

A garnet and leaf charm wire wrapped twig pendant on a leather cord

A skull and jet bead necklace on a silver chain

A dark silver flower and skull necklace on a silver chain

A black wire choker necklace with wire flowers and a black chain drape.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 5d

My partner had an endoscopy yesterday and requested a mango lassi after we got home - snagged some channa masala and roti for myself. Zero regrets.

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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 5d

I also met someone once who wanted to go to library school to become rich and I was like oh NO oh no