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I love seeing this #WSL ⚽ West Ham side do well. I miss having Ueki at Seattle. Watching her get an assist w/ such a great through ball is pure joy. But... but... Does it have to be against my Lionesses? 😭

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup@mineralcup.bsky.social · 5d ago

The way cylindrite shifts axes so the outer crystals spread like a fan is so pretty. I've only ever seen it once, already cut in a cross section, but we still handled it with gloves and respirators. With lead and antimony it has heavy metal heritage. #MinCup26

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 12 Grey hides complexity for these metal-rich minerals as trickster #Pyrrhotite battles geometrically-unusual #Cylindrite in this monochromatic matchup. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo of thin hexagonal slabs of metallic pyrrhotite, plus clear quartz intermixed and long, thin cylindrite crystals forming a dark fan shape.

Genuinely wondering how Secretary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" comment would go over in today's state of the union

Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚@danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 5d ago

One of my favorite "fantasy" settings ever. This is brilliant news.

Thanks to @kiraofthewind.com influence, I have decided to situate my upcoming story collection Anemones to Lovers in the same world as Disposable Magic, after the events of the novel, in a reef that's rebounding from <redacted>. Undersea romance, friendship, & found family--something for everyone 🪸

You can sing the lyrics to the Gwar tune they're humming and no one bats an eye, but as soon as you threaten to use catsup as fake blood spray everyone loses their minds

persephiroth on Extra Turns was a treat. Hells I needed those laughs. "I'm a threat, and not just in the game. I don't have to pay mana for these hands!"

I miss affordable, community-college level higher education that wasn't just everyone stuck in a room for hours. Grants I had access to as a mixed-race woman going to a woman's college are so far gone the admissions department at UW doesn't have record of them past name and identifier numbers.

Catarin L.@catarinreads.bsky.social · 2w ago

An odd bit of flash fiction in my aetherpunk setting that I wrote when thinking of a Fiona Apple song for today's #SapphicLineShare

Dusk already? No, music. The ever-present hunger nagged but paled when my heart leaped to my throat. Daddy played that tune the last time I saw her — before the moon pulled her stripes and claws to the surface and she left to find the blood of the guilty.

🌈📚 Welcome back to another month of #SapphicLineShare hosted by me! A special thank you goes out once again to @ninafairweather.com for helping me so much with this! September we're going to focus on our settings and how the worlds around our characters shape their lives. #lesficfri #queerwriters

Ocean@oceanwrites.bsky.social · 6d ago

I regret too many commas in this rough draft as I introduce one of the costs for magic in my aetherpunk setting for today's #LesFicFri

I had a pocket full of ship’s biscuits. They tasted like decades-old chalk, and maize husk wrappers added a lovely smell of vinegar, but they filled my belly when I needed the calories for magic. I held my breath as I bit one nearly in half, regretting it when my mouth became a pickled desert. My canteen’s water wasn’t quite frozen, but was so cold that I could only handle a bit at a time.

Happy Fri #lesficfri friends! 🤗 Today’s theme is ****REGRET**** Who is writing about REGRETTING something? 🤔

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup@mineralcup.bsky.social · 6d ago

Won't lie, I had to look up Julienite. It's fascinating. However, I've worked extensively with calcite, as most every chemist has no doubt. It was a two-week fixture in my biochem courses with trips to Ruck's Pit. Gets my vote. #MinCup26

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 11 It's a pair of minerals that pull off near-magical tricks with their properties as ubiquitous #Calcite is up against rarity #Julienite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split image with a a tower made of stacked spiky translucent white discs of calcite crystals, and a vividly-blue crust of julienite crystals

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 6d ago

Okay, Itchio babes, if you have a horror, spooky, Hallowe’eny, Octobery, fallish book with vibes and chills, and want to join the creepy bundle, I’m going to make this after work! Drop your book links below for me to add! 😘

Indie Book Spotlight@bookspotlight.bsky.social · 6d ago

I doooooo This is what I have so far! Do I need to add people before or after making the draft? And can I change the price if more people want to sign up?

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup@mineralcup.bsky.social · last wk.

A fungus can eat lead in soil and make Pyromorphite? Biogeochemistry is wild. Instantly gets my vote. #MinCup26

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 10: It’s a pair of soft minerals that form near the surface as heavyweight #pyromorphite is up against evaporate #gypsum. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo of a scattering of highlighter-yellow log-shaped Pyromorphite crystals and a dense cluster of translucent white flat, rounded gypsum crystals that resemble a flower bud

David Beckham is often mocked in my household. We are Sounders fans here and called him Golden Balls for a long time after the MLS redrew rules to allow his stupidly high salary with LA. Since his bs shilling for the Qatari World Cup we sneer his "I love a taco" quote given while in Old Al Ghanim.

Tortoise-shell cat demon yes please

A screenshot from Muramasa: Revenant Blades showing a large cat demon fighting a bloke in a dark forest

Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 7d ago

To be a lesbian's cat

A sleepy black cat lounging in a cat bed

Love it when a story reaches the punchline that starts with "and in a fit of rage" but doesn't end in gun violence. Though, I admit, "In a fit of rage he threw a raccoon in the window" caught me off guard.

Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 7d ago

Wanna own your own audiobook files? Have I got something for you! Ellen did a stunning job with this one and you can get it direct from me at ko-fi.com/s/9b919454b4 🚫AI #sapphic #booksky🌈📚💙 #lesbianromance #lesbianscifi #sapphicscifi #specfic #sapphicromance #queerbooks #audiobooks

Tyton: The Fall Audiobook - Marine St. Jean's Ko-fi Shop

A lot has changed since the Adlets left Tyton to protect their uninfected daughters and the large model AI's shut themselves down. Rival gangs filled ...

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 7d ago

My pretties! My latest novels is set on several of these and I'm glued to my seat. Direct images? I'm eating so well this AM. Squee!

NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects ‘Remember’ Past - NASA Science

Scientists used NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study distant bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs).

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All respect to Stephen Dillane in Kaos, but I'm convinced Prometheus must have been transfem

Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · last wk.

XP to Level 3 video on Lancer SCC frames? Oh. Nooooo. 🍿 At least it's not Horus and I'm not being directly attacked yet.

I know your narrator has to tell everyone they love their book, but this was still nice.

Shrek donkey meme : me sending in my manuscript warning about the unconventional spice, my narrator: this is my favourite project Ive ever done

The Callie is Coming from Inside the House @calliedot.bsky.social · last wk.

Next step in our Cyberpunk present is taking our toasters and other simple appliances to back-alley hackshops to have the wiretap disabled without bricking the damn thing

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag@wipsnips.bsky.social · last wk.

Ellyn worries about the longevity of a recently constructed skyship #WIPSnips

Pacing revealed several planks across the deck bowed or felt like sponge when I applied my weight. This, despite our ship’s release from skydock only a week ago. Too much time in clouds will do that to timber not fully treated. I made a mental note to let our carpenter know.

The #WIPSnips word for September 8th is "mental" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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September 8 - mental
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
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Cubetown Research Facility, Hypothetical Fish department. How may we help you? What about a pufferfish that, like, doesn't want to swim up your bum? Gary. Come on. You've got to stop calling us when you're stoned.