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S Slottje Author (she/her) @sslottjeauthor.bsky.social · 4d

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · Aug 22

The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 4th October 2025, 10am to 6:30pm (BST).

Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsmonster

#BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks #SFFBooks #AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Monsters

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7d

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 16d

In Den Haag | Het veelvuldig gebruik van een term als ‘remigratie’, eufemisme voor ‘deportatie’, past in de tactiek van extreem-rechts om denkbeelden salonfähig te maken. buff.ly/zIzQtDa

Het klakkeloos overnemen van dubieuze termen als ‘remigratie’ is allesbehalve onschuldig

Het veelvuldig gebruik van een term als ‘remigratie’, eufemisme voor ‘deportatie’, past in de tactiek van extreem-rechts om denkbeelden salonfähig te maken.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 19d

New #WriterBeware blog post: Gen AI-driven Nigerian writing scams have arrived recently & spun up fast. Two new ones: book club impersonations (charge a "spot fee" for appearance) & fake private book review communities (reviewers are "tipped" w/ a minimum buy) writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...

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S Slottje Author (she/her) @sslottjeauthor.bsky.social · 18d

Guess the world just got smaller after all

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ILFU Boeken etc. @ilfu.com · 19d

Vandaag de Lezersmars voor (literaire) vrijheid en democratie
20 september | 12:00 | Jaarbeursplein Utrecht |
lezersmars.nl

Welk boek steek je in de lucht voor hoop, vrijheid en democratie?

Het duurt voor de meesten nog even, maar de vakanties komen in zicht. De vraag rijst dan ook welk boek er deze zomer meegaat in de tas. Dat we hier nu over beginnen, heeft nóg een reden. Op zaterdag…

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 19d

This.

Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 22d

Screenshot of text, written by me, which reads:

“A message to any early-career creatives, wondering if things have always been this tough:

No. No they haven’t. I’ve been doing this for 30 yrs, through recessions, financial crashes, pandemics and wars. It has *NEVER* been this tough, not even close.

But please, PLEASE keep going if you can.
Your work has never been more needed or more important.”

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 19d

"The incoherence is the point. Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology."

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 19d

We need to be very clear about this.

Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.

humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all

Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...

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ILFU Boeken etc. @ilfu.com · 20d

“Zo erg als in de VS, Hongarije en Rusland is het hier nog niet, hoor ik veel mensen zeggen. Dat klopt – nog niet. Maar dat is precies hoe een glijdende schaal werkt.”

Opinie: Lezers, kom in beweging voor het vrije woord

Schrijvers worden bedreigd, boeken geweerd uit de schoolbieb – ja, ook in Nederland. Dat zegt veel over hoe de democratie er aan toe is, schrijft Michaël Stoker. Zijn oproep: kom naar de Lezersmars, m...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19d

Why you should never argue online iandunt.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...

Why you should never argue online

Even if you win a mud fight, you're still covered in mud.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 22d

The key fact that the racist right really hates: multiculturalism works

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22d

I love London so much. So much.

Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?

Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 22d

In London, hate will never win.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23d

Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 25d

This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for.

But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 26d

Every Friday, we meet a BFS member & peer deep into their soul (aka a form they filled out). This week we head to Yorkshire to visit the space between high fantasy & grimdark, where the characters are flawed & the cynicism bites, with @aknighton.bsky.social

britishfantasysociety.org/meet-andrew-...

On a black background with flourishes of red lines and dots is the text: Meet the BFS Members! Andrew Knighton. Andrew is pictured in the centre: he is a white man, smiling at the camera, wearing a black shirt.

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🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Aug 18

Alright here we go... calling ALL Bi Authors for the Bi Visibility Week Itch.io Mega-Bundle!

If you are Bi, this bundle is for you!

All genres accepted! Up to 50 authors accepted so don't be shy!

Sign-ups end September 1st!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Aug 12

At what point do the Home Office and police acknowledge that this goes beyond political speech and verges on borderline incitement? AFTER someone ends up in hospital or worse? What happens when communities that feel threatened by this decide to form THEIR "neighbourhood watch groups" to fight back?

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Aug 12

"Men protecting women is a normal, sensible thing. We've got centuries of doing the same. It's the gentlemanly thing to do."

RefUK MP, Richard Tice, advising angry men to form vigilante groups and arrest people who look foreign for things including "leering" or "sneering". What could go wrong? ~AA

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · Aug 7

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · Jul 18

Jamie Lee Curtis on The Late Show cancellation.

“They’re trying to silence us. That won’t work…we’ll just get louder”

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Jul 16

We made Aesop. He is a crowd-sourced literary celebrity. He is the lie that sustains the truth of his stories. And at a time when the distinction between fact and fiction seems paper thin, the way we construct the fictions that support our facts - what we call “a narrative” - matters more than ever.

Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Jul 13

📜 New AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant? 🏛️

Part One of Three: Stories have had a moral for as long as we've had stories. So why is Aesop, enduringly, one of the few moralists we accept can dish it out?

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0lP7...

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7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant?

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 13/07/2025 · 44m

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · Jul 1

Hey you, "creator."

Keep going.

We need your stories.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · Jun 29

I must emphasize how incredibly difficult it is to

1. Create quality content at a regular pace
2. Get it seen, heard, or read
3. Receive due compensation and appreciation for hard work that is frequently given away for free or at a low cost for more visibility

Be patient with your favorite indies.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · Jun 29

From a distance you can see a mountain landscape with a blue sky and a few hazy clouds. on the sides of the picture you can see parts of trees. On the left in light green, on the right a smaller dark green tree further away. in the center is a black box on which is written in white “Only caring about your own right is exactly how you lose them”.

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S Slottje Author (she/her) @sslottjeauthor.bsky.social · Jun 19

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