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soft, black underbelly @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 9d

16 various titles for October, Black Speculative Fiction Month

#BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth —

photo of 16 books by black authors spread across the yellow blanket on our bed in a 4 x 4 grid of books —

wizard of the crow by ngūgī wa thiong'o; unshod, cackling, and naked by tamika thompson; shigidi and the brass head of obalufon by wole talibi; none but the righteous by chantal james; the ballad of perilous graves by alex jennings; rosewater by tade thompson; out there screaming (horror anthology) edited by jordan peele; my life in the bush of ghosts by amos tutuola; skin folk by nalo hopkinson; black leopard, red wolf by marlon james; dhalgren by samuel r. delany; the ballad of black tom by victor lavalle; nigerians in space by deji bryce olukotun; how long 'til black future month? by n.k. jemisin; black sci-fi short stories (gothic fantasy) edited by tia ross; and everfair by nisi shawl.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 11h

I might disappear for a while I’m suffering from severe, crushing depression.
I’am so so so sorry but my family is still lying in the street, in the freezing October cold.
Don’t forget them in your donations they have no one but you. Good bye

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 8h

my poem co-authored with @lowermelody.bsky.social was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by @genrepunkmag.bsky.social

genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/a...

air – nat raum & D.W. Baker

airDownload nat raum is a disabled artist, writer, and genderless disaster based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They’re the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press. Their w…

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 17h

you will doubtless be delighted to learn that the Le Guin goat-calling charm from a Wizard of Earthsea ("Noth hierth malk man/hiolk han merth han!" may be a livestock counting-rhyme.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan...

Yan tan tethera - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 1d

In this wild and woolly world, listening to some poems can only help. See you on Tuesday? NAWP!

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 21d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 11h

"A Tinderbox Itself Is Innocent," from _Dogwitch_, up at the Wardrobe c/o the Sundress Blog today.

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The Wardrobe's Best Dressed: Dogwitch by Catherine Rockwood - The Sundress Blog

This selection, chosen by guest editor nat raum, is from Dogwitch by Catherine Rockwood (Bottlecap Press, 2025). A Tinderbox Itself Is Innocent Last night my husband dreameda long fenced-in yard. At t...

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 12h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14h

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 15h

it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 17h

I am not voting for anyone for Governor of Massachusetts whose response to the detentions of Marcelo Gomes Da Silva and of Rümeysa Öztürk is "the government didn't execute well"

Just to be clear

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 17h

what I'm saying is, _I_ think it is a livestock counting-rhyme that Le Guin made up, in Gontish or some earlier speculative variant of that speculative language. and I think she made it up that way because she was a complete _nutter_ (strongly complimentary).

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 17h

you will doubtless be delighted to learn that the Le Guin goat-calling charm from a Wizard of Earthsea ("Noth hierth malk man/hiolk han merth han!" may be a livestock counting-rhyme.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan...

Yan tan tethera - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 20h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 19h

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

Jane Eyre, sometime around junior year of HS, early 1990s.

Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

"bedspread" is country?
...welp.

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Meg Trevey @megglin.bsky.social · 1d

I know I shared this yesterday, but I cannot stop thinking about this piece, especially this part:

"I thought I was the hopelessly broken one. But I was a fire alarm among people who couldn't smell smoke...

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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this corrosion says unban Łink @roguesecunit.bsky.social · 1d

Sending love and strength to Chicago every day.

Wherever you live, get ready. Boston/Mass, if you're not LUCE trained yet, you should be: go to the link below and click the "ICE Watch Interest Form" button.

www.lucemass.org

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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🜄 greybriar 🜁 @greybriar.art · Oct 17

Black Water - another older piece to transfer over here.

#sciart #wildlifeart

A digital painting of a polar bear as seen from above, swimming in cold black water.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely cannot get an action shot because a.) they are too fast for my camera and b.) I am too busy laughing to even try. But you can extrapolate from this picture.

Photo shows a tall golden-brown hound mix standing next to a little black-and-grey merle beagle mix with brown points. He is a lot bigger than she is. She doesn't seem intimidated.

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Marcelo Teson @marceloteson.com · 1d

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social had a theory that I really vibed with about how autism crosses class barriers and so these rich assholes hate it so much because there's nothing they can do with their money to prevent it, so they're trying to make it something you get because you chose something.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine a shark being havocked by an ornery remora--kind of like that.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 1d

One very funny thing about having a tall dog and a short puppy is that she hides _under_ him when he's standing up, and snipes at his legs and face from there.

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Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social · 1d

{re-upping a personal mutual aid request}

hey Seattle area friends! still looking for someone to foster a 3 year old, 45 pound husky for a friend who lost their housing until they get back on their feet.

Could I get a boost? happy to share additional details with anyone interested 🩵🐕

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder! Tonight, @alinaetc.bsky.social and I will be reading and talking about poetry and prose collections. 🥰

Free, but RSVP for the link!

writer.org/event/grieco...

Virtual Craft Chat w/ Hannah Grieco & Alina Stefanescu - The Writer's Center

The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing! We’re joined by fiction writer Hannah Grieco and poet Alina Stefanescu for a cross-genre discussion about their new collect...

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