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Stina Leicht (like the beer)

@stinaleicht.bsky.social

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SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · May 14

i’m serious. if you want to fuck over the whole ai business model, support the library of congress. stealing all the books, poems, art, film… every creative thing supposedly copyright protected feeding it to ai for profit? turns out that’s not fair use.

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Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress

The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter. The move comes days after the abrupt termination of the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U....

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 11h

i remember you too!

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 1d

Happy World Octopus Day to those who celebrate, but especially to @essahansen.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social, and Ray Nayler.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

The fact that they can't get a random sampling of citizens from any city to indict people for interfering with ICE seems more informative than any political poll, tbh

Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 1d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 1d

TONIGHT! Join us with @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & @shvetathakrar.com, 7pm at the KGB Bar NYC, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series. Subbing for @datlow.bsky.social will be the Marvelous @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social. Come one, come all!

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 23h

oof.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

Today's update on the Kickstarter campaign is all about the Lady of Lake, and all her sisters, because there are lots of them. Come and meet the Grawgedd Annwn: www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 1d

TOMORROZ!

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

At 7pm on 9th October, don't miss @aptshadow.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones for a very special panel event on "Building Brilliant Worlds" alongside @rjbarker.bsky.social and
@davewragg.com in association with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

Tickets only £5! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...

A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 1d

They’re the new Beatitudes adherents. Their Word is Death. They know no Light. They know no One.

Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 1d

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 23h

a man and a woman are sitting in front of a world map

Alt: saturday night live comedy clip with news anchors sitting in front of a world map, giving one another a high 5

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 1d

Tonight I’ll be at The Strand Bookstore in New York, with Meg [email protected]

www.strandbooks.com/event18225-2...

Purchase a Ticket for Event Martha Wells + Meg Elison: Queen Demon | Strand Books

Join us at Strand Books for Martha Wells + Meg Elison: Queen Demon event. Discover author talks, book signings, and unique literary experiences.

www.strandbooks.com

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 23h

why pay for a QA dept if you don’t have to? am i right?

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 1d

Fairbanks is one place I have in mind if I ever committed to moving to Alaska. I know the Denali range is pretty far south, but it’s the aurora I’m obsessed with. This doesn’t hurt my consideration of what I had read was a pretty purple district.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 23h

lol. i suppose it’s good to be memorable for something and there are definitely worse things to be remembered for! (also, you know a lot of people. i count myself lucky to be remembered.)

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

(i’m impressed you remember i like spike!)

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

thanks!!!

Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

yuck! i’m so sorry. may it end soon.

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Lois Mei-en | all children must be freed @loekwa.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely going to make my spring, going to go read one of Amal El-Mohtar's stories online now to celebrate in advance

Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · May 7

Absolutely thrilled to share the cover to next year's short story collection coming out from @tordotcom.bsky.social! I'm obsessed with it!

Comes out March 24, 2026, but you can pre-order it now wherever you like getting your books! Here's Macmillan's link.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

On a gradient background that goes from blush-pink at the top to a muddy green at the bottom, a book cover. Super-imposed on a pastoral, oil-painting style image depicting a forested foreground and a hilly background beneath a soft champagne sky, is superimposed a 3-dimensional rhomboid-shape, the facets of which play with space. One facet shows a pale cloudy sky, and from it, a brown hare emerges chasing the hind legs and bushy tail of a wolf, the rest of which vanishes out of the rhomboid frame. The rhomboid's other facets -- which create the kind of infinity loop of an Escher painting -- are either blush-pink or covered in the greenery from the background. Above the rhomboid is the title, and the subtitle "Stories"; below it are the words New York Times Bestselling & Award-winning Author Amal El-Mohtar. My name and the word "Stories" are in the same blush-pink as the rhomboid's facets.

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

got my covid and flu shots yesterday. i expect i’ll be a mess today. (but i haven’t been so far. just ye old sore arm.) am relieved i was able to get them before my nephew’s wedding.

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

exactly! evidence that you don’t have a working business model, right? and whatever happened to the absolute belief in the ‘free market’?

Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

chop shop owner says asking car-owners for permission to steal cars could kill the chop shop industry.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 HENCH 🚨 SEQUEL 🚨 HENCH 🚨 SEQUEL 🚨

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 1d

This is Chicago but the take-home lesson here is universal. Pay attention to your local elections and vote in them!

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 3d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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Stina Leicht (like the beer) @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 1d

great cover

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

It's a great day for a revenge contract. In other words, we're excited to share an excerpt from Qurratulayn's Blood & Breath, which comes out today from Page Street YA!!

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Read an Excerpt From Blood & Breath by Qurratulayn - Reactor

Born into the persecuted Magi class, Evan Wilde keeps her true identity under wraps…

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

From Elphaba to Zelma Stanton, witches in pop culture push back against oppression; they show us how to imagine a better world and encourage us to fight against authoritarianism, propaganda, and censorship 🧹

reactormag.com/rebellion-ac...

Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever. - Reactor

Witches teach us how to push back — and raise hell — in the face of authoritarianism.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 1d

I'm not saying I've got Lists of Queer Adult SFF for Bookshop's free shipping days, but
bookshop.org/shop/queerad...

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