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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 4h

Rainy morning walk.

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ACLU of Tennessee @aclutn.bsky.social · 1d

We keep each other safe by keeping each other informed. As the deployment of troops and federal agents in Memphis intensifies, we want to make sure all in Tennessee know their rights. ‼️
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Visit the 🔗 to download our printable KYR PDF: tinyurl.com/KYRMemphisGuard

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d

Sapphic Treats: character-driven short stories by Victoria Janssen collected from anthologies including Best Lesbian Erotica; Thunder of War, Lightning of Desire; & Lipstick on Her Collar. 💙📚 🌈📚🪐 #contemporary #historical #sciencefiction #fantasy #sapphic #wlw

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A pale-skinned woman in slingback heels wearing a short, ruched black dress stands with one foot lifted high. There is a billowing red scarf in the background.

A pale-skinned woman in bare feet wearing a black mesh leotard stands with one foot slightly lifted. There is a billowing blue scarf in the caramel-colored background. She has black straps around her thighs for aesthetic purposes.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 1d

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @sansromeo.bsky.social about "Seven Minutes in Heaven with the Electric Seraphim," a dark and provocative story of life, consciousness, and the mind-body problem.

Read the story: tinyurl.com/hu4872mv

And the interview: tinyurl.com/3capy2cu

Interview: Juliet Kahn - Uncanny Magazine

Juliet Kahn is an Eisner Award-winning writer and editor living in Boston, Massachusetts. Her short stories, poetry, and criticism have been published in Black Warrior Review, The Comics Journal, and ...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d

My copy of Queen Demon by @marthawells.com has shipped!!!

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 1d

We will also be doing our online auction again, check out the shawl I made!!! (Photo was taken in our synagogue's beautiful historic sanctuary, which I wanted it to match)

Register for the auction by viewing its home page while logged in to your 32auctions account: www.32auctions.com/Bundled2025

semi-circular blue and gold shawl draped over a railing with a semi-circular arched blue and gold organ loft in the background

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 1d

My synagogue's warm clothing drive is back and better than ever! This drive puts warm clothing directly into the hands of the 200+ food-insecure families who come to our weekly food bank.

I just checked and a few items on our wishlist are Prime Big Deals today!!! bit.ly/bundled25

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 2d

THE WITCH ROADS ebook is currently on sale (US) for $2.99, so if you're curious & want to read a grimsweet tale of a humble deputy courier & her annoyed nephew, a possessed prince, & a ravenous fungal ghost plague, now's the time.
Bk 2 of the duology arrives Nov 4!

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

The Witch Roads

Book 1 in the Witch Roads duology, the latest epic novel by fan favorite Kate Elliott.. Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned.When an...

us.macmillan.com

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d

www.mobilize.us/onemillionri...

Learn about taking action!

One Million Rising: What's Next? · One Million Rising

This call is for anyone and everyone who took part in the One Million Rising trainings and gatherings over the summer and early fall - please join us for a follow-up call to wrap up the 1MR series and...

www.mobilize.us

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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · 1d

Philly! this is happening TONIGHT at the venerable Pen & Pencil Club! i’m so stoked to chat with these brilliant poets & hear them read. sliding scale tickets available online til 6 or at the door til 7.

🐎 we ride at 7:30! coordinated universal time, not punk time/poetry time!

alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · Aug 27

philly is the center of the known universe & i missed hosting a reading series, so here we are 🥁

very excited to share the first event for the TRACK CHANGES series ft. special visitor @niina.bsky.social + local fave @olgamikolaivna.bsky.social on Oct. 7!

🎟️ tickets & info: bit.ly/45RFbxM

Flyer for Track Changes reading, listening, and conversation series on Oct 7 ft. Niina Pollari and Olga Mikolaivna at the Pen & Pencil Club in Philly

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d

www.nokings.org

Find your local protest on 10/18:

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d

Morning walk.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 2d

Updating this chart because the prior version is out of date. With Mike Johnson refusing to convene the House, the soonest Democrat Adelita Grijalva can get sworn in—and provide the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files—is now three weeks after winning the #AZ07 special election.

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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 2d

In case of interest to any music nerds in NYC — my ensemble is hosting a free open rehearsal tomorrow to workshop a new work-in-progress by composer Caroline Mallonee (commissioned by us — world premiere TBA in an upcoming season). 7:30pm on the Upper East Side!
www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-w...

Workshop with Composer Caroline Mallonee

Experience the creative process as composer Caroline Mallonee and Cantori New York workshop her exhilarating new composition SEA CHANGE.

www.eventbrite.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

@bkindivisible.bsky.social members also folded the incredible @meganpiont.bsky.social's awesome "How to Report ICE" zine for distribution!

You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Close up shot of some folded "How to Report ICE" zines on a table next to a pair of scissors.

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d

Visibility Brigade: actions you can take to help local restaurants and businesses: drive.google.com/file/d/1GiiN...

visibility-brigade-operation-fortify.pdf

drive.google.com

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 1d

Tell Congressional Republicans to fund healthcare not billionaire tax breaks: 📞1-866-584-5728

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

#didthistoday

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 2d

For Episode 34, @yarntheory.bsky.social joins to talk about structure, art & endings, relationships, and much more in Melissa Scott's 1993 cyberpunk space-Venice thriller BURNING BRIGHT:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/06/a...

A Meal of Thorns 34 – BURNING BRIGHT with Ursula Whitcher

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Ursula WhitcherTitle: Burning Bright by Melissa ScottHost: Jake Case…

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Long Covid Collective @longcovidcollect.bsky.social · 7d

6 years in, Long COVID still lacks awareness.

📌 1 in 5 U.S. adults have had it—higher than diabetes.
📌 Millions disabled, few recoveries.
📌 No approved treatments.
📌 Only sure prevention: don’t get COVID.

Not rare. Not gone. Still growing.

Seven Things to Know About Long COVID - WHN

This post is part of a new blog series focusing on long COVID. See part 2. After nearly six years of living with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, everyone knows about COVID-19. However, public awareness of long ...

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Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 2d

Each month, we do this cool thing on QueeRomanceInk to support indie writers. We share 4 books with our readers for free, and then add them (with permission) to the author lists.

Grab 'em here (sent around the 3rd of next month):

www.queeromanceink.com/join-our-ema...

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d

My August Reading Log #sf

victoriajanssen.com/2025/09/my-a...

My August Reading Log | Victoria Janssen

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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 2d

Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1

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A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d

Sapphic Treats: character-driven short stories by Victoria Janssen collected from anthologies including Best Lesbian Erotica; Thunder of War, Lightning of Desire; & Lipstick on Her Collar. 💙📚 🌈📚🪐 #contemporary #historical #sciencefiction #fantasy #sapphic #wlw

books2read.com/rl/bedtimestories

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d

Safe travels!

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 2d

THIS.

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