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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 14h

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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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 11h

See, now I think my approach (a ten-minute scroll, tops, with occasional scoffing) was a mistake. Yours sounds way more fun!

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 11h

Great long read on what parents will lose when they lose School Board Trustees, including no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks & schools, or hold the system to account. thewalrus.ca/im-a-school-... #topoli #onpoli #onted

I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus

What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account

thewalrus.ca

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AGTMADCAT 🇺🇳 @agtmadcat.bsky.social · 1d

Love when @hankgreen.bsky.social makes a video screaming what I have screaming in my head. It's good to not feel so alone.

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

www.youtube.com

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Telltale Hartman @rachelhartmanbooks.com · 1d

It's Banned Books Week, and if you're a Canadian Author and/or Illustrator, check this out:

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21d

Canadian authors & illustrators! You know have your own Authors Against Book Bans! Sign up here! linktr.ee/caiabb

CAIABB | Instagram | Linktree

Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans

linktr.ee

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate that your Lucius is always the first to acknowledge that Ed is hot. Like, super hot. Offensively hot. Hello.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 1d

Ohohoho free shipping (free?!!) from @bookshop.org on Oct 7 and 8! Two very fine days to pick up, perhaps, books written by a huge bug?

bookshop.org/shop/premeem...

Premee Mohamed Bookshop

Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hug...

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 1d

Lies. You love it when we shriek and flee weeping from the room.

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 2d

I can't read these for several hours so I will spend the intervening time vibrating with excitement.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 2d

Every week I recruit more archaeologists and every week I run out of archaeologists again. Lol.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 16d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

Alt: a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 3d

What was I doing two years ago?

Photo of a calendar square marking Thursday the 5th. All-caps note in the square reads "MY BOYS RETURN FROM THE WAR (OFMD)"

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds bonkers but interesting. I will try this. (If I don't chicken out--I'm not a good cook.)

uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 4d

🫂🫂🫂

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 6d

Turn off your phone’s “advertising ID” to make it harder for location data brokers to track you. (2/4)

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 5d

YES.

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 5d

YOU ARE NOT ALONE. And you're doing better than you think.

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 5d

Figuring out what I can do with ten minutes re: clean/tidy. A timer helps me. I think it's less intimidating to start if I know there's an end?

I'm sure you've heard all this stuff before but I think the truth is this stuff is just hard, & ADHD makes it harder.

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 5d

Lowering my standards, because my initial standards were bonkers unrealistic.

Finding a few things I can feed myself quickly that have A Plant of some kind in them. (This is my weakest link! In a chain of honesty pretty weak links!)

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 5d

Things that have helped me: cultivating an attitude of kindness towards myself about it. Which sounds trite, but I am the only person who is ALWAYS here with me, and if that person is judging me...it eats up a lot of energy.

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 5d

I suuuuuper relate to this, and I definitely know people who are more functional more of the time than I am, by like, miles. So first: hugs if you want them.

Second, from north of 50, I don't know even one person of any neurotype who is good at all of those things at the same time. Truly.

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 6d

This is a person who works directly with folks who need the help more than most. If they say it's urgent, I'm telling you it's vetted. Let's hit the magic button today, please!

Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 6d

#UrgentNeed only $23 received on this and rent is due now – she's got a job starting soon but she needs to not be homeless and carless to get to it. #MutualAidRequest #HelpFolksLive2025 💸 💕 #BlackCrowdFund

Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 13d

The court didn't award Sonia any of the damages her abuser did that she had to pay for. Help her restart her life: paypal.me/MsSoniaD cashapp $spunkylilminx or www.gofundme.com/f/sonias-fig...

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 6d

Lovely!

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · 6d

A lot of attention is being paid to fringe voices who blame homelessness and toxic drugs on organizations trying to address these issues. But yesterday, hundreds of people dropped by Parkdale Queen West CHC to show support for harm reduction services and the reopening of the Gwynne Parkette.

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uncertain delights @uncertaindelights.bsky.social · 6d

I really thought this was a shitpost. But. Uh.

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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