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Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · 5d

QUEER VAMPIRE BOOKS

Queer Liberation Library has over 70 queer vampire books we’re highlighting this month: libbyapp.com/library/quee....
go on, sink your teeth in 🧛

Libby

All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

libbyapp.com

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 5d

We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.

We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.

Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤

Thank you. 🐝

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark

What is beestung: beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven

www.gofundme.com

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · 10d

I wish I could rearrange my house using magic a la Casper Meets Wendy 🪄

Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · 28d

This is so lovely and the concept is 😍

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Sep 9

The more these tech bro weirdos try to jam AI into things, the more old fashioned I get. The only thing they're managing to convince me of is that I need *less* technology in my life.

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Sep 9

That's all you have to know about this topic lol

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Sheree Renée Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social · Jul 29

Speculative fiction writers! Build global community & hone your craft in Tepoztlán, Mexico! 🇲🇽 I'm Sheree Renée Thomas, leading "Writing the Imagination" at Under the Volcano

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Apply for the Imagination Unbound Fellowship!

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Sheree Renée Thomas - Under The Volcano

The award-winning speculative fiction writer and editor Sheree Renée Thomas will lead her popular master class covering science fiction, fantasy, and other expectation-defying works of the imagination...

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Sep 1

Olive feta: The Olivfetcaccia <3

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 29

Can we trade because I need to sleep at a reasonable time please

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 28

I was done before I learned this about Hozier and yeahhhhh sealed me in for life I fear

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Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES coming Nov 2025! @bogiperson.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please be aware that "physical inactivity" is a risk factor, if you have a sitting job, you can get a COVID vaccine in the US. (And it is in fact a risk factor)

Btw autism is a risk factor too, under "disabilities [...] for which there is evidence in pediatric patients"

George Pearkes @peark.es · Aug 27

FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.

Figure 2 from https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsb2506929

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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · Aug 26

for the late night queers 🌝🌱

ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!

It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are

ALOCASIA.org

Alocasia leaf background. Text reads "Plantcestors: The Indigenous Issue"

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 25

ICYMI, PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thread. This ban was what eventually drove me off Tumblr entirely. My completely banal images were getting flagged, friends were leaving in droves, and I kept encountering porn in public bc it wasn't tagged.

Chiiri @chiiri.bsky.social · Aug 22

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!'

You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Aug 14

America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact

Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them

How To Fight A Military Occupation

Friction. Obstruction. Demoralization.

www.bannedinyourstate.com

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 22

Also idk how you perfected a head tilt but 🔥🔥🔥

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hard agree

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 21

Fuckin slay!!

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 21

Maybe?! Oh no I think it was Phoebe lol. It was the first fiyah con online

Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 21

Literally no plans to go after attending WisCon and Fiyah's online con(that you gifted me?!)

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 21

Gasp you look amazing 🤩

Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 16

Do I not follow you on that one?

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Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · Aug 15

Re: Meta chatbots soliciting minors - I can almost guarantee there were multiple people along the way who flagged this, pushed for it be addressed, and who were labeled difficult, or otherwise shoved out and slapped with an NDA.

a man in a suit is dancing on a stage in the dark .

ALT: a man in a suit is dancing on a stage in the dark .

media.tenor.com

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · Aug 16

"welcome to AI mode" fuck off

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Renee (she/her) @reneec.bsky.social · Aug 15

Omgomgomg 🫠🫠🫠 enjoy never being the same lol

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