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Kiya Nicoll@kiyanicoll.bsky.social · last wk.

I just wanna say @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social has the funniest form rejection letter I think I have ever received, A+, reminds me I need to do my knee lifts.

hey just making sure everyone knows tom hardy put out a rap album where he does the “"now is the winter of our discontent” monologue from richard III in the bane voice on one of the tracks. okay have a good weekend

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

We need to guard Cher

djoyce@joycelaurie.bsky.social · 6d ago

if you are a gay icon STAY INSIDE!!! it’s DANGEROUS OUT HERE!!!!!

the literal opposite of the point I was trying to make, tbh! I don't give a shit. they can't consolidate power with 33% of this country unless we all give up. fuck those losers, let's fucking go.

Time for some emotional support mac and cheese

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Oh the feeling of coming home from a practically off-grid vacation and learning that Infantino has been having a terrible week. Delicious.

Chloe Zhao's THE TIGER IS OUT, coming 2028

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last mo.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

If you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is

I also think a lot of people genuinely don’t know what a significant percentage of book sales *tend to be from libraries* Libraries PAY MONEY FOR BOOKS

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

good article and, crucially, a good list at the end of cookware/kitchenware lines that are still quality (and family owned)

@laperry2.bsky.social · last mo.

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good time to share the guide to making your own Corsi-Rosenthal box! clean your air and protect yourself from wildfire smoke, airborne viruses, allergens, and so on. get your friends together and build some for people in your community, too. cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filt...

Thorns last year: it's Trinity's first game back, she should have a goal as a treat 🥰 Thorns this year: Colorado native Wilson scores the opener in Denver; team categorically refuses to let Heaps score

Super excited to potentially be on a Seattle ferry while that pilot is still flying a plane.

Eric Columbus@ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reader, I checked and checked again, and this is Secretary Hegseth’s actual account

AI discourse is taking up too much oxygen (in addition to water) in writer spaces and it's bumming me right the fuck out. What is a delightful/weird/delightfully weird story you've read this year? Include read/purchase links. Get some humans paid.

Don't you just love a nice public comment period?

Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 2mo ago

Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

“A Perfect Light” by Laura Duerr is a bottom depths, barnacle-scraping, can’t-trust-what-you-see-in-the-sea horror story. Check it out! @lduerr.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #horror #sciencefiction flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...

July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online

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Kobel Save Program, is this anything

Kerbal Ksp

Alt: A space suited Kerbal sinks back into a hedge Homer-style

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Interesting AI stance quiz via @kottke.org. I didn't skew as far "zealous curmudgeon" as I expected, but the results certainly cover one aspect of my AI concerns. bambamramfan.github.io/ai-compass/

There’s never been anyone whose involvement more completely and immediately poisons vibes and destroys joy. No good thing survives contact.

It's just depressing. Or, that's not quite right, but I can't find the words.

Adam Mockler@adammockler.com · 2mo ago

DOGE was a complete failure.

Congrats to whoever made the ball-possession graphic for the FOX World Cup broadcast, your color choices irritated me enough to include it in my 2026 stitch journal

In other "excellent news from religious bodies", the US Presbyterian General Assembly has formally voted to start the process to (correctly) declare white Christian nationalism a theological error incompatible with the teachings of Jesus: pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...

PC(USA) labels White Christian nationalism "Theological Error"

Calling White Christian nationalism incompatible with the teachings of Jesus, commissioners approved a proposed constitutional amendment and a new policy statement opposing the ideology.

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Thinking about the 2004 Passion movie for no particular reason. I didn't see it at the time, but I was in high school & involved in church & you couldn't have a conversation with anyone without being asked if you'd seen it, w/ a tone usually reserved for asking if you volunteered to feed the hungry.

oh shit they all got signed!! here’s some good trans legislative news for once

Ghost Astrid@disastridf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is cool (the first one especially)

New story out today! Some deep-sea SF horror that found a home in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social July issue 🪸 My story unlocks next week but you can buy the full issue today if you have $4 to support a great publication: flashfictiononline.com/issues/july-...

July 2026 - Flash Fiction Online

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At the moment, I’m regrettably not having champagne and croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”

"Messi now has the most world cup goals of anyone ever!" Somewhere in Florida, Marta activates like a Terminator