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Kameron Hurley
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It lets us know the money is 100% there.
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J. Lily Corbie@jlilycorbie.bsky.social |
209 followers 338 following 675 posts
Secular witch, ace lesbian spinster, horror and fantasy author, food enthusiast, aspiring roller skater, possible alien sleeper agent
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Kameron Hurley
@kameronhurley.bsky.social
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It lets us know the money is 100% there.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#FantasyIndiesJuly Scavats is an unagul--a giant carnivorous ram rooster with venomous spurs. Unaguls are not domesticated, and he's the only tame one anyone has ever met. Zaya and Miyarki successfully hatched him, and when they tried to release him, he kept coming home until they let him stay.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts I was going to say I have no idea how to approach this, but let's say Zaya knew about real world celebrities. I think she'd really enjoy Jeremy Wade, the River Monsters guy.
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TV-MA
@tv-ma.bsky.social
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Capitalism: government run social services will never be efficient or good Also capitalism: government runs extremely efficient military and police agencies that are (for some dark & horrible reasons) at the forefront of all technological advances
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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Even back then, I remember being stunned by how cruel people could be--often the "good" family. I hate to think how hard it would be to watch now.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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Somehow every ultra-libertarian anti-regulations guy, when given the opportunity, is always the first to demonstrate why we need regulations.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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I get so anxious about the idea of someone leaving my home hungry, and there will always at least be snacks and drinks available. I've slowly realized over the years there are a number of stories behind why this matters so much to me.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#FantasyIndiesJuly Not gonna lie, I struggled over this quite a bit. There is not capitalism in the fantasy WIP, but there is commerce. Trade is extremely common, and coinage and specific currency is highly localized, but assorted precious metals, gems, and other items are commonly accepted.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts Just picked up Soul Jar, edited by Annie Carl. I'm a sucker for an anthology and I'm super excited for stories by disabled authors!
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Mina Li (she/her)
@codenameminali.bsky.social
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turns out my state is having a contest on "I Voted" sticker designs, and I would like to show you the most metal one by a middle schooler:
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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Found a new PCP at a practice that is all nurse practitioners, so no one there can legally prescribe painkillers. And my honest reaction was that no one was ever going to believe me or help me with my pain, at least they can't instead of just won't.
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Glenn White
@justicar.xyz
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Protip: Whenever the government lowers the permissible age for something, it is ALWAYS to allow for cheaper labor for businesses. ALWAYS.
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Assistant to the Professor
@darinself.bsky.social
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This is journalistic malpractice. The Biden admin was working on Parkinson's policy.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#FantasyIndiesJuly Sometimes you've gotta go with a classic. I wanted to be a mermaid as a kid, and I would still like to be a mermaid.
...I'm not going to worry too much about how much I dislike eating fish and assume if I got to be a mermaid, that would work out ok.
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🔞Neph, Changeling Fucker Surpreme
@nephrastar.bsky.social
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Capitalism: you can't own anything in communism! Also capitalism: Actually you don't own this software you bought, just a license to use it that can be revoked without a refund at our whim. Actually yknow what we'll make you pay monthly for it too. Forever.
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Uncanny Magazine
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
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PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE, SPACE UNICORNS! The Uncanny Magazine Year 11: This One Goes to ELEVEN! Kickstarter is LIVE! Only *you* can make a 11th year of Uncanny Magazine happen! Help us make more magic, Space Unicorns!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lyn...
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Baby Boy Monaghan
@babyboymonaghan.bsky.social
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I sometimes see people discuss the American left as being intrinsically self-sabotaging, and it feels like any discussion that doesn't factor in the extent to which the mainstream reflexively shuts out and frequently actively crushes leftist activism is wilfully naive.
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Lincoln Michel
@thelincoln.bsky.social
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This is what I mean. It is not the case that the majority of crime writers, horror writers, and so forth are themselves violent people in real life. Writing "dark" work but not committing evil acts is the norm. It isn't the exception.
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Tiffany (parentheses overuser)
@tiffanyclay.dev
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Boeing is pleading guilty to a fraud that killed over 300 people. Their punishment is fines. At least one person made a decision to perpetuate this fraud, so why is nobody going to jail? If corporations have the same rights as people, they should face the same criminal liabilities as well.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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The cleaners turn down a job in a severely haunted house because the ghost was peaceful until some flippers ruined their home. Hard to turn down a paycheck, fun to see someone get some consequences for their choices.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts Zaya is a capable, friendly monster hunter who is literally known as a hero. She probably wouldn't just survive, but would help other people make it, too.
Aleksani literally did survive an apocalypse that wiped the entire taiga off the world and out of everyone else's memories.
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Catherine Winters
@catherineomega.bsky.social
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If you see a penguin stealing food from a restaurant, no you didn’t.
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Kim, Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️
@easybakedoven.bsky.social
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I just read an article that said "Why is it taking so long for your favorite movies and tv series to air? Blame the writers and actor strikes" No I won't. I'm blaming that ✨single✨ motherfucker at the studio who makes $250 million dollars a year who's one job is supposed to make this shit happen.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#FantasyIndiesJuly I don't know where to start with plants. It's flower season on the steppe, everything is a riot of color. There are thick briars that grow along the Tsaltich Pass that protect the Nyctine Forest, lash out at strangers, and protect friends. Tsalta is a thriving garden city.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts I think this would make a bigger difference in Zaya than swapping her gender. She's comfortably queer and an unapologetic flirt and wife gal. I think changing her sexuality would fundamentally change her in ways it's difficult to pinpoint.
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Phil Lewis
@phillewis.bsky.social
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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#FantasyIndiesJuly Aleksani shows Zaya her homeland that was so she'll remember it, and makes a critical mistake when she decides maybe Zaya doesn't need to remember her wife, and maybe Aleksani doesn't need to tell her she knows.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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This would be a very different question if the story happened in a different world. One where Zaya had to fight to get to be a warrior instead of one where of course her dad taught her how to hunt monsters. One where Aleksani was a princess instead of an academic. But it doesn't.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts I've thought about it all day, and I'm not sure much would change about any of the characters in the fantasy WIP if their genders changed. Mostly because the world doesn't have sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. They are all themselves. They still could be if their genders changed.
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Amanda Smith
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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.
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Stonkers
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Completely mind melted by how amazing this embroidery by peacocksandpinecones.co.uk is. Zoom in on the detail
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Ryan Estrada
@ryanestrada.com
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Hey, remember how librarians and I were warning everyone that mass book-banning is just step one of a fascist government takeover? Well, some of the same book-banning orgs we warned you about are on the advisory board for Project 2025, whose leader calls it a "second American Revolution.”
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bijan
@bijan.bsky.social
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all the culture you liked from decades past was made possible by cheap rent and artists' pay keeping up with what things cost
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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đź’—
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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Sonata coming in with a sneaky mlem that looks like a blep.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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I think what I'm mostly getting at is a series about an extreme cleaner who specializes in supernatural waste disposal that isn't all murder mysteries. I'm not sure if there's a niche in the world for this nonsense, but I kind of want it.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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An actual witch crawls out of her depression hole and realizes this time that sure, she's not a hoarder, she's got no problem getting rid of stuff, but this is more than she can handle alone. And because of magical detritus in the piles, she needs a specialist.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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I read Lovecraft's complete works after I read a bunch of stuff directly influenced/inspired by him, and honestly, reading the originals was more fun because I got to draw those connections from something I loved. I might not have made it through the originals without better touchstones.
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Jessica Kant
@jessdkant.bsky.social
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The world feels extra crushing right now, and it's hard not to turn that inward when we've been conditioned to do so for generations. I don't know who else needs to hear this, but to the whole trans community and everyone in it: this is not your fault. You deserve so, so much better than this.
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belle
@romancereader.bsky.social
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Alright, crafters of #RomancingTheVote, drop links to your shops in the replies! Let’s support our amazing donors & keep that auction joy alive (especially if we missed items *shakes hand at sky*)
@romancingthevote.bsky.social
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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I still remember finding Sabriel in a tiny library sometime in the late 90s and how much I immediately loved it.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#QueerPrompts Zaya has a map with a country no one remembers. She shared her home with someone she loved and can't remember. Now she's looking for answers, and if she finds them, she just might change the face of the world itself.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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#FantasyIndiesJuly I'm struggling a bit with being proud of anything these days, but I guess I'm particularly proud of this flash story. And, honestly, all the stories I've kept up on that blog. jlilycorbie.wordpress.com/2024/07/05/f...
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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They get a call from someone on behalf of their spouse about their estranged mother. She passed away and they think she was a witch. Definitely a hoarder. They need an expert. Turns out she was only a witch in the derogatory sense. A regular cleaner could have handled it, but it's a check.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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Sometimes they get a call from a local cult. Hard to know before you get there if you're looking at blood, viscera, other body fluids, or ectoplasm. Guaranteed there'll be candle wax on everything. But sometimes there's leftovers from the post-ceremony barbecue.
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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They mean well, but even if someone is blind, you can't know if they read Braille unless you ask. And that's just it. Assuming you can help and doing a thing instead of asking means you can just as easily inconvenience or harm as actually help. Meaning well does not absolve you of harm done
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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...Braille is a tactile language for blind people, and one that is never taught to many people who could benefit from it. If you are Deaf, you would benefit from a Braille menu as much as any sighted person. It's offering a menu someone has no way to read and thinking you did something good.
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Cen Galdre
@cengaldre.com
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If the hospital lets you keep the remains of the hand you injured trying to impress your friends by doing something dumb with a firework I have boxes to keep it/them in!
Be it a single digit
www.galdrecraft.com/product/keep...
Or your whole hand
www.galdrecraft.com/product/keep...
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J. Lily Corbie
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
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I went through the same thing with my girl. It was hard to see the signs of her getting older, but at least not being able to hear upsetting noises gave her a lot of peace.
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Shepherd
@neolithicsheep.bsky.social
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Like... "you will outlive trump and Thomas and alito" buddy are you sure about that cause there's tens of thousands of victims of trumps shitty handling of covid who who would argue that point except they're dead. They did not live through his administration.
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