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Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social · 14h

Is it normal to cry from busyness even if you’re busy with amazing things?
There’s 47 points I need to accomplish before my wedding day and that’s not counting the MOUNTAINS of writing and rewriting that’s owed.
Please be kind. 🙏🏽 - The Management

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 16h

Crimes being committed.

A photo of Gustave the tabby kitten climbing up a screen door designed to keep him out of a room. He is clinging onto the top with his claws.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 16h

Today's queer indie horror book rec is The Binding of Bloom Mountain by @vesperdoom.com. This is another great read for people who don't really like hardcore horror. Autistic lesbian MC and Appalachia. Take a look!

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 16h

Is it at least a book that they would want banned if they knew about its existence? That's how I measure success.

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, MERCY's going back into KU next month. It's something I've been considering since itch turned its back on nsfw creators, but since KU now has library support, it's helped make the decision. Other platforms didn't perform as I'd like, which kind of became the nail in the coffin of it all.

Returning to Kindle Unlimited November 1st

The main reason for leaving KU was to attempt to accommodate more platforms for readers. This was to be done via library support and through the DRM-free platform, itch.io. Unfortunately, itch has become unusable for me since cracking down on adult material, despite being legal to sell. On top of this, readers simply didn't utilize other platforms. Apple, Kobo, Google, and many others severely underperformed.

KU now has built in library support, so my main qualm with it has been eliminated entirely. I'm not happy to have the ebook return to Amazon, but I would also prefer to actually make money off of my work. With things as hard as they are for a queer author right now, sometimes I must choose what will help keep me afloat.

As ever, though, if you'd like to obtain it directly from me, for payment or not, you need only ask. I would still like to accommodate you.

So what does this mean for the future of MERCY? November 1st (assuming Amazon doesn't lag), the book will be obtainable via Kindle Unlimited again.

The anniversary of its release is coming up, and I will likely have it on sale for the week surrounding that anniversary proper, and free on the day. The book hasn't been on sale for a while, so I hope this will somewhat make up for this change.

Thank you for sticking with me all this time, and thank you for your understanding as we shift back.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 1d

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social · 1d

Stressed out bees become pessimistic, have lower expectations that good things will happen. Same bees, same.
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royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Physically stressed bees expect less reward in an active choice judgement bias test | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Emotion-like states in animals are commonly assessed using judgment bias tests that measure judgements of ambiguous cues. Some studies have used these tests to argue for emotion-like states in insects...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 1d

You say "Cat Lady" like it's a bad thing.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 1d

Today's queer indie Skeletal Season rec is The Shabti, by @megaeralwrites.bsky.social. M/M historical fantasy/horror. The horror is light enough that I think even people who don't typically like horror can read this and be fine, but of course your mileage may vary.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

Libraries all over the world trade books and other items in their collections for study and intellectual exchange. Tariffs are about to isolate US libraries, some of whom have books out that they can't get back now.

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 1d

The true parasite class of the UK.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of "terrible" conditions as accommodation provider makes millions.

www.bbc.com

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 2d

The 11th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications. We're particularly interested in TPOC-led collectives engaged in ongoing community work.

Apply 💫 genderpodcast.com/grant 💫

If you'd like to help fund one of our no-strings-attached grants, visit genderpodcast.com/donate, tysm!

graphic that says: are you a trans person of color doing rad organizing, art, or community work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2025 grant program are open now thru October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

"micah you are so insightful about politics"

no, I am an idiot, but I am capable of remembering who the president was in 2020 which apparently puts me in the 90th percentile of Politics Thinkers

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

as always, the most accurate summation of modern politics ever created

comic from webcomicname.com, "different"

panel 1: pink blob creature: "I want things to be different"

panel 2: creature smashes everything

panel 3: creature stands in wreckage: "oh no"

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Kathryn Reynolds 📚🎨 @cozykathryn.bsky.social · 2d

Your daily Shogun

A black and white cat with bright yellow-green eyes and long white whiskers and a little pink nose poking out from under a burgundy couch and biting a toy

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

I've started setting timers so I literally can't forget even though I don't really need them and it does help me sometimes be able to work on other stuff.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

You're so right; I don't know what I was thinking.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

Waiting mode is the worst. I rarely forget anything...aaaaaand yet I can't do anything before an appointment because I MIGHT forget it. Silly brain.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure I will!

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

Today's random queer Indie Skeleton Season rec is the Reanimator's Heart, by @authorkaraj.bsky.social. The entire series is amazing, and I can't wait for the final book to come out! Both the MCs need to be wrapped in bubble wrap and protected at all costs.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 3d

But...but if you're dead because your heart has been ripped out and stomped on, how can you read Ghost Flower? --Sincerely, someone who read them in the opposite order XD

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 3d

Masking is a survival tactic. Autistic people often hide their true selves to avoid harm or rejection. It may "look fine" on the outside but inside, it drains energy and disconnects people from their needs ♾️

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