Asia Pacific Authors Reminder, If you sell books on Itchio/ Kofi/ your website etc- I'm still seeking more authors for my Asia-Pacific Authors Blog. And I'm happy to open it up to Kobo -So Direct & Or Kobo. Would anymore Aussie/ Kiwi/ Asian or Islander Authors like a sign up form?

FYI, after Sept 30 my Epic & SciFi Fantasy will no longer be available on Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Apple or Hoopla (I'm leaving DraftToDigital) My ebooks will remain on: Kobo (+national partners), Direct, Itch & Libraries (Libby) Paperbacks: Direct Only 🌈📚🧠📚🏳️‍⚧️ elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-tril...

Heard a possum scamper over the roof, then a cat growling. Cat didn't stop till I shone a torch & told it to go away. The little ring tail possum it scared frozen scampered away above me. Then a 2nd possum climbed down & they played chassy, startling a bird out of a tree. Backyard's lively tonight!

Asia Pacific Authors Reminder, If you sell books on Itchio/ Kofi/ your website etc- I'm still seeking more authors for my Asia-Pacific Authors Blog. And I'm happy to open it up to Kobo -So Direct & Or Kobo. Would anymore Aussie/ Kiwi/ Asian or Islander Authors like a sign up form?

I fully endorse this. Restaurants in Melbourne please take note!

"fart"@jonhendren.com · yesterday

sucks how many restaurants on king street have the shitty AI flyers up now. please just use a sharpie and a sheet of paper and write "buy sand witch here" instead. the "im a small business owner i dont have resources for a designer" is horseshit, you're just lazy and you despise your community

Please keep sharing. Visibility is what gets us the help. We will be unhoused with nowhere to go. No one can take us in. Thats how bad shit is in the world and for my small circle right now. Hanging on by threads. We just need to keep making it until our disability cases work out. Thank you!

🏳️‍🌈 Kimberly L Piper Writes Queer Shit 🏳️‍🌈@klpwrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

We are $933 short for rent & facing eviction this week. They already charged us the fee to file in court. Please help! Anything & everything helps. Shares especially appreciated! Shares help! Thank you! 🩷 Rent- $1,051.25/$1,984.85 Car- $577.77 Paypal @ KimberlySession Venmo @ Kimberly-Piper-24

"Pauline Hanson doesn’t need to become prime minister to transform Australian politics...all she needs is the Coalition to keep adopting territory on which she wants politics fought "the language of budget restraint applied to the NDIS, becomes remarkably flexible when applied to military spending"

🦘Roseanne@roseanneb.bsky.social · yesterday

This entire grants based funding seems to be akin to a begging bowl. Please sir, may I... what a ghastly way to meet the peoples needs. No wonder lobbyists di so well. They're real to pollies. #auspol #grants open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...

Welcoming @clh2oars.bsky.social, @barrows.itch.io, @aimeecozza.com & @atthisarts.com To bolster the SciFi & Fantasy sections of this blog of 32 Spec Fic authors, our books, LGBTQIA+/ Disability/ BIPOC rep, & where you can buy direct from us! 🌈📚🪐 elisecarlson.com/2026/08/09/q...

If the only thing you have to note about the rising tide of fascism is that we have to let it rise far enough to be over someone else's head in order to stop it, I don't think your strategy is particularly good.

#AltText IT'S NOT "REVERSE RACISM" OR "ANTI-WHITE" TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT HISTORY. SORRY IT MAKES YOUR ANCESTORS LOOK BAD BUT MAYBE THEY SHOULD'VE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE BEING ASSHOLES.

Miaganga@miaganga.bsky.social · 2d ago

FYI, after Sept 30 my Epic & SciFi Fantasy will no longer be available on Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Apple or Hoopla (I'm leaving DraftToDigital) My ebooks will remain on: Kobo (+national partners), Direct, Itch & Libraries (Libby) Paperbacks: Direct Only 🌈📚🧠📚🏳️‍⚧️ elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-tril...

Oh wait, I do have a photo for #BirdoftheDay theme #AngryBird. This miner was not impressed when someone drank their coffee, and ate their cookies too.

Might go with #BirdoftheDay alt theme for today; #MyBestSide. Seen in Mornington, VIC. Its the only bird I've spotted that flew slow enough, in a predictable enough loop that I could get a decent phone shot. Anyone know what it is?

Now my photos are posting again, here's the sunset photo I got home to my phone just in time to take yesterday, while the sun still had the clouds aglow.

Indie Authors, If you've got punk subgenres on Itchio this article👇 lists under; Cyberpunk Retrofuture Earthbound Cultural/ Historical Mythical/ Fantastical/ Supernatural OR Wild, Wonderful & Wonderfully Weird punk Let me know if you'd like to join my Punk Spec-Fic Itchio bundle!

Punk Fiction Pantheon - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

Explore all 54 punk fiction sub-genres — from Cyberpunk to Solarpunk to Silkpunk — and discover the outlining method that fits every one.

boldly.blue

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Update: the Punk Speculative Fiction bundle is a go, with the below and many more punk subgenres. Let me know if you'd like me to DM you a sign up form! (I'll DM people who've already replied that they're interested) Sign ups close on Monday (the 14th.) The bundle will run Sept 19th-30th on Itchio

"I think Black people should be able to use the same drinking fountain that white people do as long as it's safe and fair."

Today I ACTUALLY finished my assignment with the full 2500 words! 🥳 Now I just have to recall how to use a different system of referencing to my other unit of this semester 🙃 There should only be ONE system of referencing!!! (My ADHD has little patience for even that 😉)

Lies Hancock Prospecting love (& likely made their whopping 2025 Advance donation to promote) -Net Zero will cost Australia 300 trillion (Melb. Syd. & Princeton Uni study found 300 billion -⬇️than AUKUS🤬) -Net Zero wastes farmland (ANU study; renewables need 0.1% of land. No food production impact)

bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social · 2d ago

2.28pm and 32km done 🙌🏼 for my 50km to help end male violence against women. Travis Lovett and Peter McNamara have joined me for part of the walk ✊🏼 We would love your donation here: www.walkforwagec.org.au/fundraisers/... to raise $ for safe housing for women and girls

Now my photos are posting again, here's the sunset photo I got home to my phone just in time to take yesterday, while the sun still had the clouds aglow.

Black swans swimming across the Altona Beach side of Port Phillip Bay, for #BirdoftheDay's theme #BirdsInAbstract. And a family of spoonbills wading a shallow inlet near the bay, fishing for dinner at sunset.

"Wong said the government was concerned about a blanket ban having 'unintended consequences' for Australian businesses, for Palestinians and for Israelis." To me that says, "Better brown people be genocide than white Aussies lose $." & "We're too shit scared to act" I've never hated Labor more.

Husic urges ‘concrete action’ on Israeli settlements in West Bank after Australia declines to join trade ban

Australia will not join move by UK, Canada and France in banning trade with Israeli settlements in West Bank

theguardian.com

Some good points about the term 'neurospicy' here. From it being a "euphemism which can undermine the (dis)ability and autonomy of neurodivergent people". To; "The word “spicy” has been used to fetishise women from African, Asian, and Latin American backgrounds."

The Impact of ‘Neurospicy’ on Neurodivergent Communities

The term “neurospicy” describes neurodivergent individuals but risks undermining the experiences of disabled individuals due to its euphemistic nature. Originating in the early 2020s to…

autisticltd.co.uk

This is what Australia needs more of.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 4d ago

Australian-first water recycling technology goes live in regional NSW

"NT lowered the age of criminal responsibility...NT & Queensland removed principle of detention as last resort for kids, Vic &QL brought in adult crime adult time NT "no longer needs to place a child with their community/a First Nations carer" if unsafe with fam 'Tough on crime'=Stolen Generations?

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 3d ago

Tiwi Island teenagers reflect on changes to NT child protection laws

Update: the Punk Speculative Fiction bundle is a go, with the below and many more punk subgenres. Let me know if you'd like me to DM you a sign up form! (I'll DM people who've already replied that they're interested) Sign ups close on Monday (the 14th.) The bundle will run Sept 19th-30th on Itchio

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Indie Authors, have you published any flavour of punk -on Itchio? I'm wondering if we have enough👇 to do an 'All Flavours of Punk' book bundle on Itchio? (Maybe this month.) 🚂 Steampunk 🛻 Dieselpunk ☀️ Solarpunk 🤖 Cyberpunk 🌏 Silkpunk 🫚 Spicepunk 🪄 Magicpunk 🌟 Hopepunk

Opportunity for Black Authors. Sign ups open now till Oct 17th. Black Reader Appreciation Event being Nov 2-8.

Blair - Menace - Literary Villainess@blaireverywhere.bsky.social · 4d ago

Black authors, BRAE registration is officially open! Be sure to check out the Black Reader's Appreciation Event! www.brae.website

Update: the Punk Speculative Fiction bundle is a go, with the below and many more punk subgenres. Let me know if you'd like me to DM you a sign up form! (I'll DM people who've already replied that they're interested) Sign ups close on Monday (the 14th.) The bundle will run Sept 19th-30th on Itchio

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️@eliseswords.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Indie Authors, have you published any flavour of punk -on Itchio? I'm wondering if we have enough👇 to do an 'All Flavours of Punk' book bundle on Itchio? (Maybe this month.) 🚂 Steampunk 🛻 Dieselpunk ☀️ Solarpunk 🤖 Cyberpunk 🌏 Silkpunk 🫚 Spicepunk 🪄 Magicpunk 🌟 Hopepunk

Indie Authors, have you published any flavour of punk -on Itchio? I'm wondering if we have enough👇 to do an 'All Flavours of Punk' book bundle on Itchio? (Maybe this month.) 🚂 Steampunk 🛻 Dieselpunk ☀️ Solarpunk 🤖 Cyberpunk 🌏 Silkpunk 🫚 Spicepunk 🪄 Magicpunk 🌟 Hopepunk

Labor attempting to edit Australia's byline from 'The Lucky Country' to 'Spoilt Little Shit Refusing to Share It's Toys.' Also, nothing says 'we don't have the resources to support refugees' like 'we could become the gen ai data centre capital of the world and we currently have 162 data centres.'

Kon Karapanagiotidis@kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Albanese Gov is considering ending the Refugee Convention by legislating a world first 30 day time limit for families to apply for asylum. If this becomes law it’s the end of the Refugee Convention here. Help us stop this by emailing your Labor MP 👉🏼action.asrc.org.au/email_alp