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Pamela Dean
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Has-been fantasy writer trying to finish that one book. Fond of gardens, birds, dragonflies, very amateur astronomy, books, and cats. She/her
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midwestusa.bsky.social
Beautiful multi color sky at sunset in Minnesota 🌅
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#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Sunset
#Minnesota
Golden multi color layers of sky at sunset in Minnesota.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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susanmarieswanson.bsky.social
Capstone Press in Minnesota has a series for young readers by Somali author Siman Nuurali, featuring a Somali child as the central character. In libraries across the country! Available in paperback! (Thanks @readingspark.bsky.social for highlighting these.) shop.capstonepub.com/Shop/s/categ...
A book cover. *Sadiq and the Fun Run* by Siman Neurali, Art by Anna Sarkar. Artwork on the book cover depicts a boy running through a finish line tape on a grassy field.
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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katalogued.bsky.social
Stole this from the Cedar Cultural Center’s page since they aren’t here. ♥️♥️♥️
Photo of the Cedar Cultural Center in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis and its marquee, which reads “we love our Somali neighbors”
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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catkimbriel.bsky.social
Reading my own books this week, I suspect. Comfort reads needed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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cheriepriest.com
And for the self-promo tax:
Fluffy gray tabby under a Christmas tree. His eyes are wide and he has a wee blep to offer, as he looks over his shoulder at something outside the frame. (It’s the dog.)
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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princejvstin.com
#artadventcalendar #photography
Iona Abbey, Scotland
The old Iona Abbey, with a small bit of green in the foreground
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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damianshields.bsky.social
Autumn light over Ben Inverveigh and Loch Tulla #Scotland #Argyll #Highlands damianshields.photoshelter.com/p/2026-calen...
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Thread.
avramg.bsky.social Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social · 4d
It blows you up, U 2-3-5.
It may not be a wise decision.
Neutrons pushed to overdrive,
And then some extra, just for fission.
…
rachelhands.com Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 5d
this is quite the detail
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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kateelliottsff.bsky.social
This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
bfletcherwatson.bsky.social Ben Fletcher-Watson @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social · 5d
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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alwayscoffee.bsky.social
Who wants preorder links?

BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/offerings-...

@mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social :
www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781968...

@goldennotebkbooks.bsky.social : goldennotebook.com/book/9781968...

@oblongbooks.bsky.social : oblongbooks.com/book/9781968043100
A poetry collection cover, featuring a woman wearing a red cloak and matching lipstick, her face obscured, her lands lifted up. There is smoke between them. The title, in an elegant gold font, is Offerings for Ordinary Gods. The author's name, Ali Trotta, is in a matching font at the bottom.
September 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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lateonsetgirl.bsky.social
A sample. If you like yuri with a problematic self-esteem gap, this is for you reactormag.com/the-girl-tha...
Mira wears the green-and-gold she chose to her adoption. She wears the amethyst I picked out at our wedding. She looked better in the green, of course. The cream lace dress she made for me is every bit as perfect as she said it would be. All the fabrics that I wanted for myself got vetoed. “You are not a summer, you’re an autumn. You can’t wear those dusty tones.” This is some kind of a system, an astrology for colors. Still, I like it. Summer is smoke in the air, thought-crushing heat. It’s fainting in the sun and burning yourself if you fall on the sidewalk. Autumn is reprieve. That’s what I hope I’ll be to her. Mira is the picture of a happy bride. I never knew she was so good at acting. We dance, we lean our heads together, I kiss her even when nobody’s looking, except, probably, a camera. We say “I love you,” and she sounds just like she means it. I quiver whenever her hand touches mine, my whole skin is embarrassed being next to her. I know all these people are wondering why she’d want someone like me. It wouldn’t matter what they thought, if only she really did. That night we share a bed, of course. She switches the light off, so the cameras can’t see us as well. Then she turns onto her side and kisses me. She puts a hand against my collarbone, then moves it down. She does like to keep her hands busy. I guess so do I. I know this is because of pity, or to make the marriage look convincing to my mother. But she’s lovely in the dark, the way she feels against me. I wish I could believe she wanted me, but for a little while I let myself pretend.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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lateonsetgirl.bsky.social
Are we doing awards eligibility posts already? Mine is simple: The GIrl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For, published in Reactor 4/2025. It's got romance in dystopia and mild superpowers and complicated trans feelings about body-swapping, and it's free to read reactormag.com/the-girl-tha...
The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For - Reactor
In a corporate-run dystopia, a trans girl plucked out of poverty to give birth to a clone meets her replacement.
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
pameladean.bsky.social
Gorgeous thread full of sandhill cranes.
ajcousins.bsky.social Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 11d
Took a day trip yesterday to see the Sandhill Cranes gather at sunset at the Jasper-Pulaski FWA and it was absolutely and totally worth it. 😍 #birds
Photo of 4 Sandhill Cranes flying in silhouette against the hot pinks, purples, and blues of a brilliant sunset
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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midwestusa.bsky.social
Pretty little droplets on branches from a sleepy morning drizzle in Minnesota 💦
#Photography
#Photographers
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Rain
#Nature
#Minnesota
Droplets on branches in Minnesota.
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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If you don't have a medium account, here it is on my website: www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025...
A Planetary Scientist's Guide to Finding Your Momentum — Adeene Denton
What does it mean to “have momentum”? Well, when a Mars-sized object crashed into the Earth 4.6 billion years ago, its momentum obliterated the existing planet, tossing massive chunks of lava into spa...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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midwestusa.bsky.social
Moody sky can sometimes bring a moody days. But there is a bit of light always shining through… just got to find it…. In Minnesota 🌅
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#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Clouds
#Nature
#Minnesota
Moody skies sometimes brings moody days with dark clouds and a bit of light shining through in Minnesota.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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princejvstin.com
The newest newsletter from @alwayscoffee.bsky.social has a powerful piece from @sigridellis.bsky.social

"It does Happen Here"

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It Does Happen Here
Below, you will find an essay by my friend Sigrid. Sigrid is good people and is sharing their experience in Minnesota. If you ever wondered if you would...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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A Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored subspecies) perched in a Tamarack tree. I believe this is a female due to the amount of brown feathers.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Yesterday mornings sky… intense, in Minnesota..
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#Photographers
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#EastCoastKin
#Clouds
#Nature
#Minnesota
Yesterday mornings sky. Large cloud with suns reflection… amazing.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Today is the midpoint of Scarleteen’s $40,000 fund drive to cover the health care costs of the staff and volunteers providing advice, tips, and tools for young people worldwide. 128 people have donated over $8,000 to support our work. Join them today! www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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cozca.bsky.social
I got federal charged for dancing across the street from ICE in my neighborhood on Indigenous People's Day. Here is the feds evidence photo they are using against me in court.
I really really need a good lawyer but I cant afford one.
Cash app $cozca
Venmo @cozca503
Working on a go fund me.
A woman sits on the curb in traditional aztec.Dance regalia with green feathers in a headdress
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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malf.bsky.social
This book is fucking incredible.

You know that thing, at a con, where you're having the best most interesting conversation of your life with the smartest nerds you'll ever meet and your brain is basically exploding? & you'll never think about SFF the same way again?

This is 356 pages of that.
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM