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Julia L
@calenmir.bsky.social
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SFF/horror #TTRPG + #WritingCommunity (see #AgentGuide). Wants #FriendPromotionFriday to be a thing
Writing site: https://jklafondwriter.wordpress.com/
GM profile: https://startplaying.games/gm/julia_lafond
Calenmir's RPGs: https://www.calenmirsrpgs.com/
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Julia L @calenmir.bsky.social · Dec 31
Breaking News: I've just released "Noctopolis", a Mystery module for Apocalypse Keys (a #TTRPG from @evilhat.bsky.social and @temporalhiccup.bsky.social )!

My site: www.calenmirsrpgs.com/shop/p/nocto...
Itch: calenmirs-rpgs.itch.io/noctopolis
DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
A newspaper-style layout in which the central image is a group photo on a city street corner. On the left someone wearing a long, black, hooded cloak and red mask. To the right is a Black woman in sleek purple and gray powered armor who is giving this person bunny ears. She is being supported by floating water, which appears to be controlled by the person clinging to the side of a window above her: a stone-gray-skinned person with a tail and claws who has shoulder-length black hair and is wearing a red sweater with yellow chevrons over blue pants. In the center of the group is a muscular woman with light tan skin who is wearing hoplite-style armor and holding aloft a translucent glowy-gold spear that matches her round shield. Next in line is a fat, muscular man in a dark blue hoodie and gray camo pants and a black N95, plus face paint. He is clutching his forehead with his right hand. Holding on to his left arm is a person with pink skin and pink hair peeking out from beneath their blue onesie, which also has a beak, feathers, and space for their horns. In front of them is a St. Bernard dog who appears to be smiling and waving at the camera. A sign on a lamppost in the background says "Please no pictures with giant monsters". Under the picture is the caption: Left to right: Chiropter, Water Weaver, Hex Wrench, Light Skirmisher, Anymorph, Captain Facepuncher, Blue Jay Beneath is the beginning of a newspaper story: Noctopolis, NERZ — After robots swarmed the business district, six Project Paragon heroes and one vigilante arrived on scene [cuts off] To the right in an add slot: Calenmir’s RPGs [accompanied by the yellow knight logo]
calenmir.bsky.social
Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 18 today, no bonus posts

1. Whistle filament: bsky.app/profile/most...
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d
Hey folks! Look at this group! Their website is amazing and full of great resources, and they have a wishlist as well!

So if you were out there thinking "man I really want to buy some filament that will magically become whistles in Colorado" man do I have the link for you!
February 18, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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tychebooks.bsky.social
🚨Breaking guinea pig news! 🚨For all their hard work on the Fascination anthology kickstarter campaign, the guinea pigs get first look at the book! *

🎉Fascination successfully funded (yay!) 🎉 & we are all excited to start work in earnest on book production.

*they are skipping the scarier parts
Two guinea pigs, one blonde, white, and black and the other brown with a crown rosette, sit on a silver and red fleece blanket. They are reading a tiny copy of the Fascination anthology, with a trim size of roughly 3 by 2.
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Content warning for conversion therapy, suicide.

One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
sexabolition.blog Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 1d
The problem of conversion therapy is, as ever, not that conversion therapy doesn't work (although that's true) but that it constitutes an act of violence to suppress almost exclusively vulnerable people's core psychological development and that is devastating.
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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popelizbet.bsky.social
featuring meeeee (I'm the flower crown skull)
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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popelizbet.bsky.social
I'm in this anthology and it's gonna be fantastic. There are still a lot of excellent rewards unclaimed including short story and poetry critique, copies of previous anthologies (all excellent), something for everyone.
tychebooks.bsky.social Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 1d
The Fascination campaign has passed $4500, so here are the guinea pigs, adventuring over the garden wall to check out the fantastical and creepy stories from Fascination.

Help them on their adventure: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Two guinea pigs dressed as Wirt and Greg from Over the Garden Wall. The brown guinea pig wears a red conical hat and a blue cape. The blonde, black, and white guinea pig wears a teapot made from paper on her head. A ceramic bluebird and a picture of a frog sit next to them on a sage green towel.
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social
Epic has a new AI summary generating tool, and I noticed that it completely hallucinated a GI bleed for one of my patients last night.
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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valwrites.ca
Hey so this is important. Amazon is removing ALL erotica and new queer books from its Amazon associates program, which seems to be a first step towards delisting these books a la itchio.

This includes my book, your books, and the books you like to buy.

This is bad news, and we can expect worse
elaineburnes.bsky.social Elaine Burnes 🏳️‍🌈 @elaineburnes.bsky.social · 21h
This feels like a REALLY BIG DEAL. I personally don't buy from Amazon if I can help it, but when I Heart SapphFIC promotes my 🪐📚books, I for sure include their link.
#censorship #lgbtq+ #sapphicfiction #booksky #writersky
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How IHS is Responding to Terrifying Changes at Amazon
How IHS is Responding to Terrifying Changes at Amazon - I Heart SapphFic
How IHS is Responding to Terrifying Changes at Amazon - TB here. This is going to be a long post, but it's worth reading. The gist of it is that Amazon is up to a bunch of terrifying nonsense, and IHS...
iheartsapphfic.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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xyxyrslaad.bsky.social
This game launches next week, so there's still an opportunity to hit the Timeline running with us!!

#ThirstySwordLesbians #StartPlaying
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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stainedkarbon.bsky.social
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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kobanya.bsky.social
Yesterday was my 10 year anniversary of being gainfully employed, so I've got a sale running through Feb 28 to celebrate!

itch.io/s/180381/10-...
10 Year Workaversary! by Basil Wright
A bundle by Basil Wright, $85.50 for 12 games
itch.io
February 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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gothhoblin.me
gothHoblin's Grimoire began as a literal shower thought. I was washing my hair and went "I should make a zine!", like the scalp massage had turned on a new little lightbulb in an undiscovered corner of my brain. 💡

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gothhoblins-grimoire.com gothHoblin's Grimoire @gothhoblins-grimoire.com · Jan 15
Important news about the future of gothHoblin's Grimoire:

The leadership team will be focusing on other endeavors, but not before doing something special for the community.

Please read our goodbye message & keep watch for more info on our upcoming micro grants!

gothhoblins-grimoire.carrd.co
gothHoblin's Grimoire
A TTRPG zine
gothhoblins-grimoire.carrd.co
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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pennyblake.bsky.social
As we head towards early spring my dears, don't forget to watch out for Aunty paying you a visit... 💀😱 pennyblake.itch.io/is-that-you-...
IS THAT YOU AUNTY? by PennyBlake
A Romani folk horror ttrpg
pennyblake.itch.io
February 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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bibliogrrl.bsky.social
*IF YOU ARE AN ILLINOIS RESIDENT YOU CAN VOTE BY MAIL*

If you are in Chicago you have until March 12 to register for vote by mail! GO TO IT! (thanks to @slucy.bsky.social for correcting me on my initial mistake!)

www.elections.il.gov/electionoper...
February 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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thelusciouslibra.com
Twin Cities Tenant Union announced plans for a rent strike starting March 1st

#FuckICE #Minneapolis
Black white and blue poster that reads: MARCH 1 RENT STRIKE DRIVE TWIN CITIES TENANTS: PLEDGE TO WITHHOLD RENT WITH 10K+ NEIGHBORS Twin cities tenant union WHY RENT STRIKE? (PART 1) ICE OUT We can create an economic crisis shows that ICE is bad for the Twin Cities and ICE is bad for the economy. EVICTION MORATORIUM No evictions under occupation. This is the easiest action the Governor can take to care for Minnesotans. RENT RELIEF The legislature should open a so0 million rent reliet fund. It should come with strong tenant protections. SOLIDARITY If thousands of us who can pay our rent decided not to pay, we create a buffer around those who cannot pay, mucking up eviction courts and landlords' financials. WHY RENT STRIKE? (PART 2) ECONOMIC DISRUPTION The rent is the biggest bill for most tenants, a major challenge in a moment of crisis, but also an opportunity for a different kind of leverage. Compared to other forms of economic disruption, like time-limited or corporation-specific boycotts, or calling out from a day of work, a rent strike could pose an unwieldy, unpredictable economic problem for capital, which could force a political response. HOW WOULD A CITIES-WIDE RENT STRIKE WORK? This only works if it is real. The strike cannot be just vibes-based, or exist only on social media. We are committed to organizing a real base of people who are actually ready to withhold rent. tests (hich measure participation be tore ture would go on strike. Right now we are in the first phase, which is the strike drive. During this phase we assess our power. If we reach at least 10,000 commitments and we pass our other tests, we will call for strike authorization, which would occur in a meeting of Twin Cities Tenants on February 28. Authorization is the last chance for our targets to meet our demands. If we are ready, and if they fail to do so, we strike on March 1. STRIKE DRIVE (FEB 17-FEB 28) STRIKE AUTHORIZATION (FEB 28) STRIKE (MARCH 1)
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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jentrification.com
"Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by federal agents last fall, was already on the government's radar before an agent opened fire, identified as a threat after a social media post."
Immigration authorities had surveilled Chicago woman shot 5 times during 'Midway Blitz': CBP Report
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by federal agents last fall, was already on the government's radar and was identified as a threat after a social media post, according to a CBP report obtained...
abc7chicago.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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rachelholliday.bsky.social
as I like to remind folks, about a third of all rentals in NYC are rent stabilized! (rent stabilization should not be confused with rent control, which is different and a tiny slice of the pie)
a chart from the 2023 census/HPD housing and vacancy survey showing only 24K apartments in NYC are rent controlled while 996K apartments are rent stabilized
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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allegrak.bsky.social
A protester accused of being part of a Texas "antifa cell" was held in solitary confinement for three months.

“They went and poisoned everyone against the defendants before we ever even knew what was going on,” her sister told
@joshkovensky.bsky.social

talkingpointsmemo.com/news/guilt-b...
Guilt by Association: First ‘Antifa’ Case Sweeps Anti-Trump Activists Into One Terrorism Conspiracy
This article is part of TPM’s ongoing “Creating the Enemy Within” project,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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edmondsscanner.bsky.social
What body of water best matches your mood?

1. murky pond
2. dispirited puddle
3. raging river
4. stormy sea
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
amy hwang new yorker cartoon of a cat reading a book at the counter. book is "how to be super annoying AND cute". a cat author's pic is on the back cover
February 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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violetblue.bsky.social
Heard a noise from the direction of my Lunar New Year altar 🙄
Photo of a grey carpeted staircase and white walls with a brown wood bannister. At the landing is a small dark brown table with a tray, Lunar New Year lego in different shapes and horse decorations in red, with a vase and two gold-red chrysanthemums in it. On top of the tray is a VERY guilty looking brown and black tabby cat stepping all over everything with a look on his face that tells me he is surprised to be caught in the act
February 17, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
A system built to eat people never stops eating people.
eladn.bsky.social Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 16h
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.

They won't only be for brown and Black people.

The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.

The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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oldenoughtosay.com
historian here!

Yes
midnightmasseffect.bsky.social jessica jonestown @midnightmasseffect.bsky.social · 4d
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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wired.com
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths. www.wired.com/story/google...
Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths.
www.wired.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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friede.bsky.social
There are two approaches to Ash Wednesday I’ve experienced in Alabama:

1. Getting up before work to ensure you have a smudge in your forehead all day

2. Delaying until after work to avoid people telling you you have dirt on your head all day.
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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thmpsnnancy.bsky.social
Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...
Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams
"Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."
www.commondreams.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 AM