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J 🦐 @artofjyang.bsky.social · 1h

shop up for 48 hours, closes 11:59 PM CST on Oct 10 🦐🦐
be back again mid Nov
seeya!!

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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 3h

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11.11, please, make a wish!
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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 3h

That headless horseman!! 🤩

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Channing 🔜 Designercon @littleguys3d.bsky.social · 5h

Ok here it is, the official Halloween shop announcement! Stock will be limited so set your alarms if you want any of this oops-all-cats Halloween update!
This Monday Oct. 13th at 6pm mountain time!

4 big and 4 small Skelly cats glowing brightly in the dark

A group of green and purple alien kitty figurines seemingly beaming down from a UFO, while an alien kitty in a smaller ufo little guys packaging is resting behind them

A set of four miniature cat figurines, a skeleton cat, ghost cat, black cat, and pumpkin cat. The skeleton is being picked up by a finger and thumb coming from the top left corner of the photo. All the figurines are about the size of a thumbnail.

Find your time zone and set an alarm!
Pacific: 5pm
Mountain: 6pm
Central: 7pm
Eastern:8pm
Hawaii: 2pm

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 5h

I can take credit for the wolf-cat thing, the xenomorph, the dragon with its hoard of gourds, and Gastly.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 5h

Oh that snake skeleton is fabulous!

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 5h

QRP your pumpkin art! 🎃

3 jack o’ lanterns: silly happy face, grinning skull, and wolfish creature silhouetted by the moon.

Two jack o’ lanterns: xenomorph on a jutting rock, and a breaching whale.

3 carved pumpkins: little house with a door and windows, tentacles attacking a ship, and a dragon with a hoard of gourds.

Small round pumpkin with a Gastly face carved into it.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 2d

The kickstarter is 3.8× funded! Come see:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pub...

Scattered 6-sided dice on a mirror. Each one is a different color and has entirely unique symbols on its faces.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 3d

I was about to ask how on earth you would ever notice that, and then remembered that I’ve only been playing split-screen coop so everything is tiny.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 5d

That generative AI illustration undercuts any point this article is trying to make about how design works and who should be in charge of it. That’s the least-ownable image imaginable.

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 12d

“When the station stats popped up on the screen, the Interface said, Anomalous.”

Data Ghost
by Martha Wells

Narrator: Rae Lundberg
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis

This story originally appeared in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology

pseudopod.org/2025/09/26/p...

PseudoPod 995: Data Ghost

When the station stats popped up on the screen, the Interface said, Anomalous. Deni batted at their ear and muttered, “No, no, quit it.” In the second cockpit seat, Winnie threw them a look. “What?”…

pseudopod.org

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social · 6d

someone must have told gavin the game involves destroying hastily built shelters

matprotocol @mmatt.net · 6d

WHAT THE FUCK

@ConnorEatsPants tweet,

"💥 Fortnite Friday is BACK 💥

🚨 Governor of California, @GavinNewsom hops on the Battle Bus to talk all things gaming, politics, and more 🚨

🇺🇸 2:30 PM PST / 5:30 EST 🇺🇸"

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 6d

Already hit 2x the goal 🎉

Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 6d

Live now!! The FINAL EDITION of the oracle dice, with 6 new dice by Bee Ho.

@pubgob.bsky.social’s concepts, and (mostly) symbols drawn by me. @cryptotheism.bsky.social and Sam Dow each have a die as well. @ezraillo.bsky.social illustrated the Lords of the Dice.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pub...

18 different colored, six-sided dice, every face with a unique custom symbol.

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Seven, the Pub Gob @pubgob.bsky.social · 6d

WE ARE NOW LIVE!!!
Get in here on the early birds before they're all gone, and claim your sets of Oracle Dice in this final edition!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pub...

Coming soon: The Goblin's Oracle Dice | Final Edition

Delve into the mysteries of the past and future with your own sets of the esoteric Oracle Dice, two 22-dice sets and final 6 dice set!

www.kickstarter.com

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 8d

It’s because YOUR skeleton just woke up.

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Seven, the Pub Gob @pubgob.bsky.social · 9d

Announcement!

I'll be live streaming free oracle dice readings the day before project launch, Wednesday the 1st of October, from 4-6pm MST over on Youtube! See you then!

Colorful graphic of oracle dice and the text that's in the post.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 8d

Could try pre-downloading the maps for that area. If the gps works but it doesn’t have any map data, it probably has coordinates for you but no visual information to show you… but I will test this next time I’m out and about.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 9d

Pro tip: you can pre-download maps if you know where you’ll be ahead of time. The GPS portion doesn’t need cell signal. LMK if you want instructions!

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 9d

Launching on Kickstarter this Thursday! The Goblin's Oracle Dice | Final Edition:
Delve into the mysteries of the past and future with your own sets of the esoteric Oracle Dice, two 22-dice sets and final 6 dice set! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pub...

A pile of different-colored six-sided dice, every face with a unique, custom symbol.

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Amy Smith 🪱 @wormdark.bsky.social · 9d

New card design? 🎃

Sketch of a greeting card design: “helloween” with a bat and pumpkin.

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Seven, the Pub Gob @pubgob.bsky.social · 12d

6 days until the Goblin's Oracle dice goes live... This is wild! The final edition will give you a final chance to grab either main 22-dice set, or both! Then cap it off with the new 6-dice set designed by guest designer Brenda Ho!
Divine in a new way, yall.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pub...

Big white text saying THE GOBLINS ORACLE DICE. The background is falling dice, and the foreground has sets of colorful 6-sided dice stacked up in front of the text.

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 16d

most scientists are also people who would like to eat food and have rights

Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · 20d

How to avoid politics on Bluesky 🦋 [THREAD]
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...

Researchers are (also) stoking politics on Bluesky. Here is how to avoid it

When researchers migrated from X to Bluesky, the hope was for a quieter space. They wanted less outrage, and more science. But reality is biting back. So here are a few tips to avoid the politics anyw...

mikeyoungacademy.dk

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 17d

Today is the last day of Summer.

Don't worry though, tomorrow is Autumn and that's really nice too.

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 17d

the original covers are iconic but these are sick as hell.

Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 17d

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎

You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...

Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

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