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Robert Dahlen (A Wiggle Of Slimes out now!)

@robertdahlen.bsky.social

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Fantasy and steampunk author (new stuff coming soon!), level 3 steampunk, penguin buff. Formerly @/monkeyqueenbks on the Old Place. He/him, cis. Avatar by Starry Nas (@nhmdtv on IG). http://Ko-fi.com/peavley

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Robert Dahlen (A Wiggle Of Slimes out now!) @robertdahlen.bsky.social · Jan 3

Now available: A Wiggle Of Slimes! A new novelette by me, Robert Dahlen! Cozy fantasy with a touch of steampunk and a dollop of humor! Don't miss it! Check the comments for purchase links and more. (And please repost this, if you would. Thanks!)

An ad showing the cover of the ebook novelette A Wiggle Of Slimes, along with this text:

What you’ll find in A Wiggle Of Slimes:

Slimes!
Loutish twins!
An overbearing elf!
More slimes!
An overexcited pixie!
A hungry snegel!
Even more slimes!
Rich people getting their comeuppance!
A gnome airship captain with an attitude problem!
Did we mention the slimes?

Available now at fine ebook sellers everywhere!

Get ready to wiggle!

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Skybilz @skybilz.bsky.social · 7h

Bank or Stank 3 is up! Please leave a view/like on the YouTube short below. Every view helps! Thanks <3 www.youtube.com/shorts/Tvbdf...

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✧ Aadorah ✧ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ @aadorah.bsky.social · 2h

✨🃏 Cards 🃏✨
Are you ready to know about your destiny ?
Ask the witch, her cat will read the cards for you.

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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 12h

I've been meaning to and want to do more of that sort of art. So far I've only really got one.

Share your couples art

Two men, one a noble, the other his consort/boyfriend and bodyguard stand together in an alcove in a palace as a party moves around them. They look at each other lovingly even as the bodyguard is clearly tense and keeping his hand on his weapons. The noble rests his hand on the other man's shoulder lovingly as if telling him it's okay to relax.

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Sable, Public Universal Momfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 15h

I cannot stress this enough: Will Powers makes it repeatedly that he holds trans people in contempt and would prefer a world without us. He experiments on trans women without ethical oversight and his "successes" depend heavily on anecdotal evidence. Please do not put your health in his hands.

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 16h

not to dwell on the latest incoherent screed, but i look forward to the day in which trans women do not fawn over the transphobic ramblings of an outspoken eugenicist doctor as a speaker of truth and wisdom.

personally i think we deserve better than that. i think we should have higher self esteem.

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Lost Paw @lostpaw.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow is my surgery!
that means I wont be able to do any more (serious) art till my doctor allows me to move my arms properly. for now I wont be able to bring in any new funds until I'm healed.
If your willing to help me while I'm recovering I will love you forever <3
ko-fi.com/lostpaw

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Ale @alepresser.com · 17h

𝗛𝗲𝘆!
Side Quested is up and the poor Weaver is WAIT, WHO THE HECK IS THAT!?!?

🔗 tapas.io/episode/3635...

🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿?
🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested
🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/
🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser
🔹 #webcomics

Read Side Quested :: Chapter 3: 40 | Tapas Community

Read Side Quested and more premium Comedy Community series now on Tapas!

tapas.io

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · 17h

Prudence, 10 x 17, acrylics on paper and board :)

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · 17h

She is also 3d! And also up for grabs! The sale of this goes directly to a local food pantry!
gdbee.store/products/ori...

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · 20h

Little Nico ink for warmup

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Robert Dahlen (A Wiggle Of Slimes out now!) @robertdahlen.bsky.social · 16h

I'd say more like an Archie Comics guy name, but they already have a Dilton Doiley.

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Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 16h

OH THANK GOD.

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 18h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Katie Cook @katiecandraw.bsky.social · 21h

What a Rubenesque, melting ice cream sandwich of a cat.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 21h

Day one of @kickstarterunited.org's ongoing strike saw elected officials and union leaders show up in the streets of NYC to support workers.

Kickstarter United strikes in New York City for fairer contract

The workers were joined on day one by elected officials and various union leaders.

www.rascal.news

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 21h

I live by my writing. Pick up When the Earth Was Green for yourself or someone you know who could use a prehistoric nature walk. It helps me, helps indies, and today you can still get free shipping. 🌱

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Travels With Brindle Takes Manhattan 11/9 @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social · 20h

I saw this on Easter 20 years ago with two of my sweetheart’s then-teenage cousins. I’m so happy I got to write about it again.

Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 20h

The Japanese punk musical ‘Linda Linda Linda’ might make older audiences nostalgic for the glory days of basic cable, when a film like this would have found a place in the mono-counter culture. crookedmarquee.com/lets-sing-a-...

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redclaycomics.bsky.social @redclaycomics.bsky.social · 19h

A few years ago Batman had an alien starfish sidekick named Jarro. Some fans think it made the best Robin ever. You can search the internet for the rest.
#Inktober #inktoberday7 #starfish #Jarro #Batman #DCComics #JarroRobin #superherosidekick #sidekick #starfishdreams

B&W drawing in simple cartoon style of a starfish asleep in a jar, its single, central eye closed. Thought bubbles emanating from it float toward a drawing of Batman. He is leaping down - knees bent, arms extended out wide. A small starfish -- wearing a short-sleeve onesie (one-piece outfit) with a big letter "R" on the chest -- leaps next to him. Text above drawing reads "Inktober 2025 / Day 7: Starfish"

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 19h

This needs to be amplified and followed up. Is #WellsFargo involved in ICE arresting U.S. citizens in a brazen nighttime raid because they wanted to clear out a problem property?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19h

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Gail Carriger @gailcarriger.bsky.social · 19h

I'll be joining Madame Askew & The Grand Arbiter for a virtual tea party this Friday (10/10) at 6:30pm pacific/9:30pm eastern. If you can't make it to my live on Saturday, maybe you can pop in for some tea the night before?

www.facebook.com/events/14878...

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 20h

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 18h

This month's Patreon wallpaper is kaiju.
www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon

A wallpaper design with two kids, one dressed as Godzilla and one as the scientist who studies Godzilla, with a background of autumn gingko.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21h

alright we're out of 'em! i'll do more on the 25th. if you want to sponsor, i have slots available! nora.jewelry/products/spo...

Sponsor a Gift

Gifts for the We Want You To Have This project. If you want to sponsor a trans person to get one of these gifts, this will cover one $60 gift card. I'm making the sponsorships $55 to give someone a $6...

nora.jewelry

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Hell Alka @hellalka.bsky.social · 1d

"Singing among the flowers"
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✧ Aadorah ✧ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ @aadorah.bsky.social · 1d

✨🌸 Let's gooo ! 🌸✨

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Finding Dee Fish @findingdeefish.bsky.social · 23h

I’m convinced the universe loves keeping me teetering between success and failure. Nudging me back and forth for its own amusement. The trip home from an otherwise awesome weekend (WAY back in August in reality.) was pure stress, but honestly… this kind of thing happens to me way too often. lol

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Robert Dahlen (A Wiggle Of Slimes out now!) @robertdahlen.bsky.social · 21h

Sending kind thoughts. Hope there's some improvement soon.