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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 7h

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 · 7h

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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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 7h

My Gen Con murder mystery novel is the Deal of the Day at DriveThruFiction. Go grab it fast!

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WELCOME TO THE BIG SHOW! Once a year, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world descend upon Indianapolis for Gen Con — the Best Four Days in Gaming — to play games, see friends, and have fun. They pl...

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 6h

heh...

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 12h

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1d

My new book, THE FLESH KING is out today and available everywhere your get your books. But I’d feel like an ass if I didn’t mention new books by two of my favorite writers: THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE and SHADOW TICKET by Thomas Pynchon. Why not go nuts and get all three?

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 1d

From my eldest daughter's sketchbook; a funny drawing of our cat Dot sitting while she -- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!

Pencil drawing of a cat, and watercolor of a... thing.

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 2d

Really would like to make this picture book one day, telling the story of Pen, the Peculiar Penguin.

Pen the penguin with his penguin family swimming in the sea. Digital drawing.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 3d

In a functioning world, a single aerial photograph could end this discussion.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Pejman Yousefzadeh 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱👑 @pejmanesque.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, a federal court put a halt to Trump Nazi regime plans to federalize the Oregon National Guard and use them in Portland against the supposed “war zone” that the Trump Nazi regime claims exists in the city.

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 3d

California
To Save Democracy
#YesOn50

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 3d

😘😘😘

Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 4d

Ebook version of THE REFORMATORY by @tananarivedue.bsky.social is currently only $2.99 on various sites.

If you’ve not yet read this horror masterpiece, now is a great time to do so!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 3d

NEA Axes Grant

The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled all the creative writing fellowships awarded for 2026. Grant winners were notified by email that the writing category had been “withdrawn by the …

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 3d

Wolverine for a friend.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4d

This will make your weekend better
via Very important Positivity

A photo of a cat in a little superhero costume with the caption, "If you're feeling depressed or overwhelmed today, I just want you to know that David Dastmalchian adopted a stray cat that approached him during the Suicide Squad shoot in Panama. Then the costume designer made her a little Polka dot Man suit."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5d

So creepy

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 5d

🧵 Libertarian economist Tyler Cowen is making headlines for an extremely creepy post at Bari Weiss's blog fantasizing about robot virgins and the AI character Tilly Norwood.

Unfortunately, the story behind is much worse...

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 5d

Buffy with axe swinging action!

Digital drawing of Buffy Summers: Vampire Slayer.

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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 6d

Uh if this guy wants to see "a virgin on screen" he should just put his phone in selfie mode

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

New article from The Free Press

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

“Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.
By Tyler Cowen
10.02.25

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6d

This is not a paid advertisement. Subscribe at membership.theonion.com to receive the newspaper and see more print-exclusive content.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 7d

WRONG! But thanks for playing!

He's talking about REAGAN'S Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act! Requires ERs to stabilize patients regardless of ability to pay.

For which the government pays ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

ERs bill those patients! The Feds pay bupkes! Hospitals lose money!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "There's a lot of emergency healthcare at hospitals provided to illegal aliens. That was funded by the federal govt. We turned off that funding because of course we want citizens to benefit from those hospital services, not to be taxed & then have those hospital services go to illegal aliens"

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 8d

Back in writing mode for #TheWorldsBetweenUs.

For more about this #horror / #fantasy #graphicnovel taking palce in the wild hills of VT, there's a 21 pg preview of chapter 1 here;

onegemini.com/digitalprevi...

Get to know Sara & take your first sighting of Incindifel.

FREE downloadable PDF!

Cover to The Worlds Between Us: Special Preview. Digitally drawn. Featuring Incinidifel and Sara. And a guitar. And a lake.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 8d

Stephen Miller is a fascist and we need to stop the fascists. The fact that he wants to stop people from calling him a fascist--political speech that has been said about people in every administration of this country for decades--is proof that he is a fascist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 8d

whatever they are, I love them.

a woman wearing red cowboy boots is sitting on a red couch

Alt: a gif from how I met your mother where ted is showing off the red cowboy boots that he loves despite the fact that all his friends think they're stupid.

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 8d

already blew my budget on the @illumicrate.bsky.social editions of the trilogy...

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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 8d

More than 100 writers/journalists/scholars call for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, the only journalist detained in the U.S. today for doing his job and facing imminent deportation. His detention is a direct attack on press freedom. Please share #FreeMario.
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Detention of Reporter Mario Guevara Sparks Outcry from Writers, Journalists, and Scholars

Renowned writers and journalists sign on to a letter decrying the detention of journalist Mario Guevara who has been in ICE custody 100 days.

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Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social · 8d

YES.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million

Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.

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