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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23h

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry

It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this
youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 5h

Hey Texas! Or people with friends or family in Texas!

Dr. Strong taught us at @authorsabb.bsky.social how to get involved in school board elections.

If you care about books bans you have to care about school boards. Dr. Strong is one of the best people to look to for example in this.

Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 6h

It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections

The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...

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Mely @coffeeandink.bsky.social · 20h

PSA: Phyllis Gotlieb's Flesh and Gold is on sale for USD$2.99.

This is a deeply humane space opera with many and very splendid aliens. It's the first in a loose trilogy, but works fine as a standalone.

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 4h

Good luck! (And I'm glad the surgery went fine!!)

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Johanna Taylor 👻 Lightbox Expo 630 @johannamation.bsky.social · Feb 24

Don’t mind me, just ugly-crying on a sunday night reading OUR DREAMS AT DUSK 😭 🌈

Our Dreams at Dusk
SHIMANAMI TASOGARE
story & art by
Yuhki Kamatani

A lesbian thinking about her future in Japan with her partner:
“I wish I could wake up
tomorrow and find
myself
in the future. Maybe society's values and peoples thinking will be just a
little bit kinder then. Until that day…”

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 19h

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 4h

I liked the first Galaxy graphic novel a lot! If your library system has Hoopla like mine you may be able to read it on there and catch up before the second book comes out!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 10h

Heyyyy! Wanna do something awesome for trans creators today?

Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down is available for preorder. It's the sequel to Galaxy the Prettiest Star by @planetx.bsky.social and @ryehickman.bsky.social and it's gonna be BEAUTIFUL.

LINK:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756...

Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod: 9781799503446 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The highly anticipated sequel to the YA trans coming-out graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star brings more romance, more action, and more queer joy as Taylor faces her biggest fear: the Vane. Tayl...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 5h

For the night crowd: there's a new Hulderotica story out! Rise in Glorious Raiment is the first aroace piece in the series, involves the most we've seen of the Maidens to date, and there's 8,000 words of it for just $1 USD. Links in the QP:

Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 19h

*appears in a cloud of black witch moths*

Rise in Glorious Raiment, the final historical tale of Hulderotica Year One, is here. Come meet Mercy, and see how Marrowmont began from a Maiden's POV.

$1 USD for a new novelette:
www.huldrahouse.com/shop/p/rise-...
huldrahouse.itch.io/rise-in-glor...

Cover image of a book/short story called "Rise in Glorious Raiment", written by Kaya Skovdatter. At the bottom of the background is a woman with long flowing hair and a loose dress, both glowing a luminous white. Behind her are several staggered layers of ascending, angled mountain slopes, purple closer and shifting into a purple-grey as they vanish into the distance. In the sky is a flock of glowing white birds of indeterminate species, spread all across the image. The title is overlaid against the cover image, its text matte white.

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 6h

😱

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 8h

when people complain that a story has “too many digressions” I want to ask them whether perhaps the digressions ARE the story

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 7h

The research “‘calls into question the idea that younger individuals & those w/o risk factors don’t need the vaccine,’ Viswanathan says.
Instead the data show that, while the shot is most effective for older individuals & those w/ comorbidities, ‘it was also protective in those w/o risk factors’”🛟🧪

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 11h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 6h

Seriously!

Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 7h

No!! That sounds so unpleasant!! 😭

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 7h

No! 😭

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · Sep 1

A drawing of a raccoon washing an apple in a river. The caption reads, "I don't know how to fix my problems, but I can look after myself carefully today."

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 7h

dark

gouache landscape painting of rain clouds, lights and trees

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 7h

A local automatic car wash is having a "Tunnel of Terror" Halloween car wash event(?) this month and I am wondering how it is different from the regular everyday sensory nightmare of going through an automatic car wash 😖

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 7h

I feel sure it would not have been ideal!!

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 7h

Eek! Glad you were okay!!

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, fun! There were so many cool car designs in the 80s-90s :D

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Anna Cairistiona @annacairistiona.bsky.social · 14d

September's blog is an in-depth comparison between Final Fantasy Tactics' OG translation and the WotL retranslation. To avoid spoilers, I've only covered the prologue.

Can't wait to see what changes The Ivalice Chronicles brings to the table, too!

annacairistiona.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/f...

Final Fantasy Tactics Translation Comparison (OG vs WotL)

The original 1997 English release of Final Fantasy Tactics is infamous for its numerous typos, translation errors, and overall clunky dialogue. Even so, many fans of the OG release strongly prefer …

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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 20h

“I'm optimistic that, you know, five years from now a majority of kids are going to be in a private school choice program.” www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Jillian Whitton 🏳️‍⚧️, rising @jillianw.bsky.social · 11h

"I would want my legacy to be: If it ain’t right, fucking fix it, whatever it takes. I’d want to be remembered for trying to do the right thing and care for all people."

A legend and an inspiration.

❤️🏳️‍⚧️

The DC Homos @dchomos.com · 1d

Stonewall Veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Has Entered Hospice Care

www.them.us/story/miss-m...

Stonewall Veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Has Entered Hospice Care

The transgender rights activist had previously been hospitalized for more than 10 days.

www.them.us

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah!

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 12h

BTW if you want to be ready for when said WIP sees the light of day, you can read the two previous books in the series:
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
V-drama meets high Gothic in queer-norm world, where a Fallen angel and his shapeshifting dragon husband navigate court politics & murder...

Dragons and Blades - Aliette de Bodard

The Dragons and Blades Reading Order 1. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | 2. Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relat...

www.aliettedebodard.com

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