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Mary Ellen

@maryellenreads.caviaporcell.us

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She/they. Librarian, knitter, voracious reader of sci-fi/fantasy/horror. Progressive Christian,liberal as heck. Guinea pig and cat servant, ace/queer/gender-meh. Spouse of @jscartergilson.bsky.social. Trans rights are human rights. ACAB. Black Lives Matter

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Kate Messner's avatar Kate Messner @katemessner.bsky.social
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Hot take: I'm truly not interested in hand wringing over how much people will miss enjoying the books of men who have turned out to be abusers. I'm far more concerned about the missing art that women haven't been able to create/publish because they crossed paths with such men.

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Nalo Hopkinson's avatar Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social
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Saga Press is removing a Neil Gaiman quote from digital publicity about Blackheart Man, my forthcoming novel. But the 1st run books that have it on the dust jacket were printed months ago & have been shipped. It won't be on subsequent printings. /more

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Mary Ellen 's avatar Mary Ellen @maryellenreads.caviaporcell.us
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Okay, my brain just needs a break, sometimes, from politics and the end of the world and all... this... *waves hands* Is there a feed that's just... I don't know, people talking about cozy things?

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Mary Ellen 's avatar Mary Ellen @maryellenreads.caviaporcell.us
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I didn't know this, and now I'm down a Wikipedia rabbit hole reading about the guy's many wacky beliefs!

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin's avatar Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com
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"A weird thing happened," I said. "An old man appeared from nowhere, shouted 'Stop being an ass!', slapped me, and disappeared."

"An old woman for me," said my brother. "She said 'You'll figure it out' and hugged me."

"What does it mean?"

"I think... we'll invent a time machine."
#MicroFiction

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Mary Ellen 's avatar Mary Ellen @maryellenreads.caviaporcell.us
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My left ear is doing that weird deep random thumping thing again. help.

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David M. Perry's avatar David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social
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When you leave the NYT, please consider using your media money to subscribe to better outlets.

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Reactor (formerly Tor.com)'s avatar Reactor (formerly Tor.com) @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Over the course of 15 months and with 62 Lakota speakers involved, The Avengers has been dubbed fully into Lakota by the original cast:

reactormag.com/the-avengers...

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Stephen's avatar Stephen @entrop.net
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“Happy wife, happy life” the sentient ooze gurgles as it is absorbed by the gelatinous cube wearing a giant pink bow

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Dave Levitan's avatar Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social
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It will be very funny if this counter never gets higher than six and they just have to leave it up there

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Col. Boozy Badger's avatar Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.bsky.social
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I really need someone to launch a replica Titanic right the fuck now so something hilarious can happen

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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles)'s avatar Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social
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oh you’re a catcher? Name ten types of rye.

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D.N. Schmidt, Space Opera Author 🛸's avatar D.N. Schmidt, Space Opera Author 🛸 @writepop.bsky.social
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Happy hundredth anniversary of this news headline from The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio. (July 9, 1924.)

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Mina Li (she/her)'s avatar 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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geoffrey's avatar geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social
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somberly placing a snowball on his grave and then pissing my name into it

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Christy, Butlerian Jihadist's avatar Christy, Butlerian Jihadist @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social
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His name isn't even Mr Peanut! His full name--and I'm not making this up--is "Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe." That's the name of someone who has a doctorate in phrenology. That's the name of someone who thinks lobotomies get a bad rap. This is the name of somebody with opinions on Rhodesia.

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Phil Plait's avatar Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
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Just found out about a massive data leak at Twitter/X. I don't use it anymore but I keep my account alive so no one else can claim my username. I just changed my password and suggest others do too. Also use 2FA whenever you can.

More:

cyberpress.org/9-4gb-twitte...

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Courtney Milan's avatar Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com
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Oh, you mean like how me and my friends and community just raised more than $200K for voting rights groups last week, bringing us to a life time total of $990K as of this afternoon?