Lisa
@deargeekplace.bsky.social
Scottish book nerd. Queer. She/her. Co-host of @wyrdandwonder.bsky.social and @scifimonth.bsky.social. Sometimes remembers to write stuff.
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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I'm not upping the goal, but I am throwing the GFM link back out. At this point, I just don't know what to do. I really don't. Note that in all of this, I have not touched the KS money sitting in the bank and I will NOT do so. www.gofundme.com/f/chip-in-to...
Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass
Update: I initially had no plan to up the goal or change anyt… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.
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For those of you with day jobs where you're forced to use LLMs or be fired, good tip I gleaned this weekend, which is to tell the LLM to stop referring to itself using "I" pronouns and to eliminate the praise and other attempts to humanize itself. You get a much cleaner interaction w/o the marketing
See y’all later today! 🍻
Talk Story to Me@talkstorytome.bsky.social · 2w agoI am so, SO thrilled to announce that Talk Story to Me--a live stream author interview series, later turned into podcast eps--is finally returning THIS FRIDAY with none other than the incredible @kacealexander.bsky.social, author of the dark, kickass, sci-fi dystopian duology SINless!
It's my birthday (And our first CrossFit competition!) this weekend. It's a bit of a Time at the minute, but if you'd like to help me celebrate I've got a couple of wishlists, linked below: uk.bookshop.org/wishlists/6d... and www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/... T hanks, everyone:)
https://uk.bookshop.org/wishlists/6dddef7aa6a5471bac5503fe14ca85d64a340927
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One could argue that as the most widely read genre, romance is most deserving of care and attention, a refusal to concede to bland extruded text from the Average Intelligence machine. The potential to reach the greatest number of readers with your art, with your intellect, can be through romance.
Tara O’Connor@taraocomics.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!
78-year-old Scottish grandmother Cath Bowie, aka grumpygran1948 on Twitch, is now the record holder for the oldest female Fortnite streamer.
Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.
Darker nights mean brighter stars in the sky, and stars mean exploration. The good ship #SciFiMonth2026 is preparing for lift-off! Will you join us? deargeekplace.com/star-light-s...
Star light, star bright: Announcing Sci-Fi Month 2026!
Darker nights mean brighter stars, and this November the crew of the good ship Sci-Fi Month plan to celebrate those jewels of our night skies as we take off yet again on another intergalactic voyag…
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This video is an exceptional work that explains what not supporting Rowling really looks like - and why you don't want to even drop sarcastic or ironic references to it until such time as it has long been public domain and Rowling only a figure taught about in social science classes.
Council of Geeks@councilofgeeks.bsky.social · 3w agoI'll keep saying because too many people continue to not listen. But I'm done being polite about it. youtu.be/xeDMD6ckGRk
Autumn has well and truly started, and in one month’s time we’ll light our candles and tiptoe through the shadows for 13 days and nights of Spooktastic Reads in the run up to Hallowe’en. Are you ready to explore the darker side of fantasy?
Spooktastic Reads will return
Autumn has well and truly started, and in one month’s time we’ll light our candles and tiptoe through the shadows for 13 days and nights of Spooktastic Reads in the run up to Hallowe’en.
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Come for the milktoast handwringing, stay for the actual Mortal Kombat fatality of the final paragraph. 'I'm not complicit.'-Maybe not. You are a fucking coward, though. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
Ed Sheeran responds to backlash over removing Macklemore from tour after ‘Free Palestine’ comments
English singer outlines his position after US stadium owners refuse to let rapper perform after political speech
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Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
Zoie still needs all the support we can get with diagnosing + follow up appointments +meds! Please share!
Dog@ob-underdog.bsky.social · 3mo agoZoie collapsed and fainted on our walk this morning from respiratory distress. Her gums were white. At the ER, she was diagnosed with CHF and pulmonary edema. They’re stabilizing her rn before more testing. Please help if you’re able, I can’t afford her emergency care ko-fi.com/overbearingu...
The nights are drawing in. You know what that means... #SpooktasticReads2026 @wyrdandwonder.bsky.social deargeekplace.com/dark-side-of...
Dark Side of the Moon: Announcing Spooktastic Reads 2026
The nights are drawing in, the air is growing (slowly but surely) colder, and my eye is turning toward books of a spooky nature. You know what that means…
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if you think ed sheeran is a spineless shitheel (as you should) and have been celebrating the bands who've quat his tour, you can join them in an act of equally principled and much more direct action right here and now, by signing up to support the Sameer Project
Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · last mo.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...
Fun fact: if you're looking for space opera novels written by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors, I've got a handy spreadsheet just for you! I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books Give it a look. Bookmark it! tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
A Twitch Browser Extension exposed 30,000 users' OAuth tokens to a Russian bot service. The extension promised to block Twitch ads, force 1080p, and auto-collect channel points. Users: Remove the Chrome/Firefox extension, then disconnect all sessions + reauthenticate. socket.dev/blog/malicio...
It's my birthday 🎉 so in Bluesky tradition I'd love for folks to repost my art today! 😊 #artistSupport #illustration #darkArt
Just learned that Category Is Books, a lovely queer bookshop in Glasgow, has been targeted by transphobic violence, & is fundraising to cover the costs of a smashed window & roller shutters. I hate that they have to do this & would love to see them meet their goal.
Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books
For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!
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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE EVERLASTING by Alix E. Harrow. A time looping fantasy of ferocious lady knights & the nervy chain-smoking scholars who love them: folklore amid fascism. Fierce, clever, & impassioned. Our drink is Valiance, beneath the yew tree.
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These two sweet babies, who recently lost their human, really need a safe place to land. NYC / NE US #CatSky
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · last mo.Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
And no, don't think "Oh, I'm just a small account and don't have the reach." All it takes is finding that ONE person. Could be anyone! So, yes, repost/quote-post away, and I'll love you for it.
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 2mo agoORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance
