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Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social · 12h

I want to run! How do I do it?

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 17h

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Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social · Aug 31

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 19h

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 4d

Looking Good Stowe, Vermont 🍁

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Shanna Lee James @2bdynamic.bsky.social · 1d

#stories
My memoir was my first book. Had I listened to a doctor's grim prognosis, I would have lost all hope. My story tells how I defied the odds and overcame every daunting situation that came my way. Written to inspire readers of all walks. May it Awaken the dreamer. amazon.com/author/shann...

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

I bought @2bdynamic.bsky.social 📚 @booksstlouis.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @kellymiller.bsky.social @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks @lalawriter71.bsky.social @suzannesmithwriter.bsky.social @serinahartwell.bsky.social @artbyseranya.bsky.social

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

LOVE this and also, gonna use that quote in my social media class.

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 3d

“Turns out, it wasn’t Twitter we loved. It was each other” @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @kellymiller.bsky.social @rockafowlers.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

#Emoetry prompt for 10/8/2025

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#Candid

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social

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Nya 🧿 🇨🇦 @artbyseranya.bsky.social · 1d

#RetroArtPrompt
Combine these #Prompts for:
8.10.2025 #Gloom
9.10.2025 #Mess

Tell me about a time you were feeling happy, only to get gaslit by the gloomy mess of some moron?!

Inspiration for any type of creativity… Tag me & #RetroArtPrompt 🦋

Nya 🧿 🇨🇦 @artbyseranya.bsky.social · 8d

#RetroArtPrompt
Weeks 10, 11, 12:

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Nya 🧿 🇨🇦 @artbyseranya.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for reposting @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social
@mwplovesmusic.bsky.social
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social🦋

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 1d

Want to own the entire All World's Wayfarer Library?

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And the best part? You're helping a small publisher support authors & artists!

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Get the entire AWW library for only $36- and support our small publishing house and authors! Picture of our magazines and anthologies

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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve donated my article, “Take Me by the Hand: How the Danse Macabre Became Real,” to help raise funds for Into the Dark. 🌑

It’s available exclusively to Kickstarter backers. Even $1 helps bring this dark fantasy anthology to life.

Only 1 week left to join us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

a drawing of a skeleton and a woman

ALT: a drawing of a skeleton and a woman

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Lynn Williams @lynnwms.bsky.social · 21h

My mom told me that too. “Pride is a sin.” Plus, she may have had some jealousy issues.

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 21h

Just Horrible!!! @cristianfarias.com

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Zanepo @zanep.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic documentary.
She was the planet’s Mother Teresa. She’ll be missed but she’s leaves behind an illuminating legacy that will live on forever.

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 2d

Dr Jane Goodall the name fits @2bdynamic.bsky.social @booksstlouis.bsky.social

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 21h

Good Car Site to follow @beate-gube.bsky.social 🚘 @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social

Beate Gube @beate-gube.bsky.social · 1d

American classic car Bel Air 1956
Photo📸: Beate Gube

It's my latest 🆕 photo—available as a print on Teepublic.

This and many other of my designs are available as wall art or on tees 👕 and more in my Teepublic gallery. There are special offers at the moment.Check it out - link in bio!
#Automotive

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Izzydedyet? @hruk-loon.bsky.social · 21h

Now a cigarette just looks silly -- even when Bogie does it .....

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jonnycat222.bsky.social @jonnycat222.bsky.social · 20h

Ahhh Little Nellie for two.

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 20h

Always good to follow an Author @liljawriter.bsky.social 📚 @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @stlouisbooks.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @georgeyuhasz-7.bsky.social @rockafowlers.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social

Lilja Sigurðardóttir @liljawriter.bsky.social · Jul 17

BLACK AS DEATH is coming.
The chilling final book in the Áróra series lands this October.
Some secrets should stay buried—but Áróra digs deeper than ever.
Available for PREORDER!
🖤 Link in comment

#CrimeFiction #BlackAsDeath #ÁróraSeries #NordicNoir #Thriller

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 22h

A Site to Follow @newscientist.com ⚛️ 🔬🔭 @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social @tamclaughlin.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @rodserlingmemfndtn.bsky.social @annesettanni.bsky.social @thenightgallery.bsky.social

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 23h

Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin is honoured with a new collection out this month, and sci-fi fans can also look forward to fiction from astronaut Chris Hadfield and award-winning authors Ken Liu and Mary Robinette Kowal

The best new science fiction books of October 2025

Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin is honoured with a new collection out this month, and sci-fi fans can also look forward to fiction from astronaut Chris Hadfield and award-winning authors Ken Liu and Mary Robinette Kowal

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Jami-Jam @jami-jam.bsky.social · 19h

EMERGENT! Trump is quickly destroying our world! We need to make some noise! Follow @georgebarilla.bsky.social for more.

George Barilla @georgebarilla.bsky.social · 20h

Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...

Stop Trump's attack on our oceans!

Donald Trump just announced he’s going to open the Pacific Ocean to deep sea mining!That means his friends will get permits to vacuum up the ocean floor, destroy irreplaceable marine life, and make bi

action.eko.org

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

I bought @2bdynamic.bsky.social 📚 @booksstlouis.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @kellymiller.bsky.social @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks @lalawriter71.bsky.social @suzannesmithwriter.bsky.social @serinahartwell.bsky.social @artbyseranya.bsky.social

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 2d

The BIG Awe-inspiring Reading Room 📚 St. Louis Main Library @stlpubliclibrary.bsky.social 📚 @booksstlouis.bsky.social @stlpublicradio.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @kellymiller.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @rockafowlers.bsky.social

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 2d

Great coffered ceiling.

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