Just as planned, I’ve just finished planting radishes, arugula, and potatoes. I expect them to start growing in about four days—stay tuned as we follow the growth stages of these radishes, arugula, and potatoes!

MOHAMED AHMED@thesmallfarm.xyz · 2d ago

Hello, my friends! Sending you greetings from Gaza. In three hours, I will begin planting radishes, arugula, and potatoes. I will post daily updates on my plants. Please share this, and if you are able, please consider donating. chuffed.org/project/help...

252 million years ago, a mass extinction wiped out ~96% of marine species. Bivalves (e.g. clams) took over, but there’s little quantitative physiological data explaining why. I got the chance to talk about the study below with Berly McCoy for @npr.org’s Short Wave! www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

How did these species survive mass extinction events? : Short Wave

Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth’s largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet’s worst mass extinction event. The eruptions spewed large amounts of greenhouse gases int...

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa@kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Why do some types of animals do better than others during mass extinctions? And why does that matter? My paper on the differential responses of brachiopods and bivalves to sulfidic conditions at various temperatures is out from Geology! pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...

In the mood for a space opera spy thriller this weekend? There are now two signed copies of THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY @greenapplebooks.bsky.social in SFO!

Happy Bookversary to The Traitor & the Wretch!! 🥳🎂 This is the book that launched our press, and to celebrate, we've got a whole day of fun! Check this thread for info on: 1. Our first sale ever! 2. An original art giveaway 3. The fanart parade 🎉 #traitorandthewretch

In the mood for a space opera spy thriller this weekend? There are now two signed copies of THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY @greenapplebooks.bsky.social in SFO!

Hello everyone; could anyone in a better position please help me afford my metformin refills next week ): once my 6 day dose is out I will have to wait for my wages to drop, which can take a couple of weeks according to my contract! I have more info in the comments..

🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️@littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have a payp*l here.. no other mode works in the philippines unfortunately www.paypal.com/paypalme/cal...

It's officially spooky season! If you're looking for sci-fi horror, I've got a novella about a group of scientists and soldiers attempting to colonize a sentient planet. Unfortunately for them, their new home can and will fight back... bookshop.org/p/books/this...

So, an update on moving: I may get the chance to stay in Seattle in the next 3 months or so. I've talked to people and they think they can get me settled to move by the time I go back to FL in December. So, if you'd like to give me an early birthday gift and help me stay out there, here you go:

Donate to Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live, organized by Vale Solomon

Hi there, my name is Vale and I’m a disabled, trans, neurodivergent person… Vale Solomon needs your support for Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live

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Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4

Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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$363.75 overdue by 2 days, have been asking to clear it for at least a week Please help Please send directly to cashapp if you can or else I have to transfer to my bank & then add cash 🙏🏾 linktr.ee/hiitsbritt #mutualaid #bipocma #homelesssky #marequest #helpsky #fundsky 💸💕 #helpfolkslive

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Unhoused 1.5 years. Chronically ill Black femme surviving with my cat. Aid keeps us safe indoors & I hope it’ll help us secure a permanent home too.

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Britt 🎃@liminalclown-e.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hii 👋🏾 I paid: •the balance from the previous stay •the balance due today + any associated fees So we are inside till 10/10 where another week’s worth of 💰 will be due. I’m still needing to repay $378.75 for my loan. I contributed $30 leftover to help. I will shut up now. Thank you for the help. 🩵

Ahmed is struggling to support his family through Israel's genocidal siege & support has fallen greatly. His phone is broken. He's exhausted, & needs your shares & donations to keep them all alive. They're starving, homeless, & sick under bombs, & his mother needs urgent eye surgery. Share/donate:

Urgent appeal: Help Ahmed and his family in Gaza

Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Al-Madhoun, 25 years old, studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, fourth level, at Al-Quds Open University. I was supposed to graduate, but unfortunately the war pre...

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liz 🍉 ليز@lizardry.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ahmed has asked me to write a post for him today because his phone screen is still cracked and he hasn't been able to get a new one yet. Everything in Gaza is very expensive, including food. Donations have been very slow and not enough to meet his family's needs 🙏💔😭 chuffed.org/project/157281

Hi, I'm Jasmine Walls, an award-winning writer, editor, hot chocolate connoisseur, and founder of @bonedustpress.bsky.social My work is unapologetically queer, inclusive, and heartfelt. Portfolio: www.jasminewalls.com I'm open for writing work, ready with original pitches, and viciously anti-AI.

Thank you so much to every person generously backing this, no matter what budget or tier! Your support means everything. We're over halfway there, we can absolutely get this done in 4 days!

Bonedust Press@bonedustpress.bsky.social · last mo.

🌟 HEAVY ARE THE YEARS is now live on Kickstarter!! 🌟 This book is a Stardust Collaboration with @wildstarpress.bsky.social with a special collaboration from @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

Hey everyone, I'm really in a bind. I was just told earlier today that my job will be terminating me on October 13th, exactly one day before my upcoming requested paid medical leave to recover from bottom surgery. I intend to fight this in court, but I could really use some help in the meantime.

Donate to Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery, organized by Katra Ariello

Hi, my name is Katra, and I’ve just been notified that I’ll be let go of… Katra Ariello needs your support for Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery

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It's happening again!!!! This Saturday is the TRANS NERD MEET UP. If you identify as trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, whatever, you are welcome. We define "nerd" super broadly: there might be games. Zeitgeist SF, 12:30 until whenever Deets/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-nerd...

Release day is here!!! Help us celebrate all of the incredible authors who contributed to the Forged in FIYAH anthology! Snatch a copy or five for yourself wherever books are sold. Shout out to Matt and the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team for seeing this project through.

Mohammed's son Elias urgently needs treatment to save his fading eyesight. You helped Elias survive horrific malnutrition through your shares & donations, & he urgently needs your help again. Time is running out to keep him from going blind, & he's already hurt his hand badly falling down:

Help Mohammed and his famile.

Father's Urgent Call: Save Little Elias's Sight and Life

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Spartan 0323 The Phoenix Shall Rise In Silver & Black@thejaklife.bsky.social · 3w ago

Imagine holding your own child as his last drop of sight fades forever. Gaza’s cruel reality stole Elias’s first eye, and now his final spark of light is dying.We are helpless,penniless, and broken.On my knees,I beg you:please save my little boy. Verified by: molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/196611

the absolute very best part of being an author is that sometimes people will post pictures of their cats alongside books you’ve contributed to/written and then tag you

Nailah Moon 🇸🇸🏳️‍🌈@nailahmoon.bsky.social · 3w ago

It came in @kashinggiwa.bsky.social !! Excited to read and give my review 💛💛💛 _ Being Aro a collection of Aromatic Fiction about Love, Connection and Empowerment edited by Madeline Dyer and @rosiethorn.bsky.social feat writers like @kashinggiwa.bsky.social !!

Introducing myself! Author of a Queer Epic Fantasy Romance duology, whose audio is narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury. Currently seeking rep for this series or for my unpublished manuscripts: DBZ meets Warhammer Science Fantasy or Frieren meets Pratchett Fantasy Satire!

Oh, and its time for the Barnes & Noble preorder sale! Get 25% off purchases of my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY if you preorder now. If you're interested in my unique first contact novel (Aliens! Assasins! Ancestors!), there's no better time to get a copy. Preorders are love ❤️ 🚀🌍

Let the devil into your heart.

Plastic, Prism, Void: Part One

A magical girl-gone-bad and a renegade mech pilot must stay on a date forever, even if it means destroying the world. Don't you want to help them?An Independent Press Top 40 Bestseller - Ms. Magazine ...

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We are open for work! Editing - developmental editing - copy editing - line editing - proofreading - sensitivity reading - book coaching Design - typesetting - layout - book design - cover design (we don't illustrate ourselves but we can connect you to someone!). arcaneoblong.com

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Making stories come together

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Fuck. Maybe if I sleep I won't eat. If you can help, the car tags came out and now idk wtf I'm gonna do paypal.me/panediting We're seriously trying. He's applying for everything. I'm trying to find a remote part-time job to supplement my own pay. It shouldn't be this hard to be alive.

Pay Kelly Russell using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/panediting and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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🌟 HEAVY ARE THE YEARS is now live on Kickstarter!! 🌟 This book is a Stardust Collaboration with @wildstarpress.bsky.social with a special collaboration from @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it effects us.

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I am once again tormented by *thoughts* www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...

Is There a Wrong Way To Chase Your Dreams? Some Thoughts Post WorldCon. | Micaiah Johnson

Follow me to a scene from a few years back: A writer whose name rhymes with Mariah is sitting in the lobby during an SFF con whose name rhy

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the rest of us can only do what we always do: make our own decisions on who to trust and how to best spend what money we can spare in this one lifetime we spend in this hell world. for instance, you could set up a recurring monthly donation to the Sameer Project today. chuffed.org/project/help...

Food & Water x The Sameer Project

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...

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Shimaa is injured, starving, and homeless with her baby amid rubble, under bombardment and killer IDF drones. She's terrified for her baby daughter Sila, who's very sick from malnutrition. They have no one else, please share & give to help them:

Help Shymaa and Sila

Hello friends, I am Shaima Al-Masry. Throughout my life, I have never asked for help from anyone, but the war on Gaza and on my city changed all of our lives. I used to work as an Arabic language teac...

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Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · last mo.

Consider little Sila as one of your own. Will you leave her to suffer like this? Her body is breaking down before her mother's eyes, and she's helpless, disabled and homeless. I beg you, she needs 100 euros to buy her baby's basic necessities. 🥺🥺🙏 Anything that can help😭🙏 chuffed.org/project/1730...

✨✨✨COVER REVEAL✨✨✨ I'm delighted with my cover design and art by Caroline Teagle Johnson, who nailed the retro, campy vibes I requested for my debut, THE UPPER TENTACLE! TUT publishes 02 09 27 from Union Square &. Co, but preorders are available now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amand...

Thanks for this, I’m in kinda very pressing need of help on this to get food and shelter bsky.app/profile/slop...

Liz as in lizard 🏳️‍⚧️@sloppers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I was able to extend my stay until Tuesday but that took basically everything with other expenses. I desperately need help being able to get groceries and such asap ko-fi.com/roboliz www.paypal.me/secretvault #mutualaid #helpsky #fundsky #transcrowdfund #helpfolkslive2026