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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]
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writehive.bsky.social
NOW AVAILABLE: Get your copy of Surviving Humanity, a WriteHive anthology of 15 stories with Inked in Gray! The world is changing, we must find the strength and the will to survive.

All proceeds help us fund WriteHive events and programming. 🐝 writehive.org/our-antholog...
Promotional graphic of the Surviving Humanity cover and the words Now Available: Humanity can be beautiful and resilient, but it can also be violent and cruel. In this collection of fifteen insightful and inventive tales, discover characters—both human and otherwise—who have the determination and grit to find a path to a life beyond the cruelty brought on by humanity’s failures. Single image of the Surviving Humanity cover featuring a gold hourglass with a skull and city trapped in the sands. Vines frame the outside of the cover and the words "Surviving Humanity" are written in a sandy color to evoke the sense of survival after destruction. A promotional image depicting the Surviving Humanity cover with the words Excerpt: The lucky one by h.m. Joinsville “Miranda,” her father once told her, “you have it in you to draw right down to the soul of a person. That’s a gift. You’re lucky. Most people float through life never knowing why they’re even here.”
February 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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seizethepress.bsky.social
Got a wonderful interview with Hazel Zorn in the current issue, where she talks about climate catastrophe, the power of nature, fighting AI in the arts, and her recent coral apocalypse novella Reef Mind.

Hazel rocks, check it out.
Errors of Love: an interview with Hazel Zorn, author of Reef Mind - Seize The Press
Hi Hazel, thanks so much for chatting with me; I just read your recent eco-horror novella Reef Mind and thought it was sick. In the book, the land is invaded and colonised by coral, which has migrated...
www.seizethepress.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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kickstarterunited.org
Despite being back at work, Kickstarter is retaliating against our teammates for our legally-protected strike action from last year. Tell Kickstarter’s CEO this is both ILLEGAL and UNACCEPTABLE
Reinstate our teammates now! Kickstarter is retaliating against our union members for our legally-protected strike action in October 2025. Four union members have been laid off or forced to leave our union by leadership, despite clear business needs for these members' roles. Email Kickstarter's CEO and tell him this is illegal and unacceptable! e@kickstarter.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
calenmir.bsky.social
Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 15 today, no bonus posts

1. Winifred: bsky.app/profile/auth...
authorwinifred.blacksky.app Winifred Sedai Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · Dec 31
👋🏿 I'm Winifred. In 2025 I:

*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts

I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
Donate to Help Make Winifred a Midwife, organized by Aurelius Raines
My desire to leave Norway is perhaps Twitter's best kept secret but the cat is out of the… Aurelius Raines needs your support for Help Make Winifred a Midwife
www.gofundme.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
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calenmir.bsky.social
Hey #WritingCommunity, if you like romantic fantasy but hate ICE, consider picking up Kelsey Epler's "The Monsters We Keep" and "The Sins We Reap", because she's donating this month's proceeds to mutual aid in Minnesota!

Available on KU, Goodreads for reference: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Kelsey Epler
Author of The Monsters We Keep and The Sins We Reap
www.goodreads.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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truefeyqueen888.itch.io
Grab some trans poetry
Read some trans poetry
Support some trans poetry
Support a trans poet
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
truefeyqueen888.itch.io/beautiful-co...

🏳️‍⚧️✍️✨️
#Poetry #TransPoets #TransPoetry #Poems #Writing #Writers #TransWriters #SupportTransPeople

(also, it's currently on SALE!)
johannestevans.co.uk Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 8d
Monthly Trans Creators Boost!

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.

- Go into the notes and look for works to read and share.

- Follow new creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#WriteSky #TransSky
trans author? share your work below!
February 18, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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munkao.bsky.social
*Reposts appreciated”

My webstore heycentaur.com is finally up!
This took so many months of labour (mostly my partner’s), but it is all ready and running.
Physical copies of Kala Mandala are now available, shipping to most of the world.
Centaur Games
Centaur Games
heycentaur.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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bibiblossoms.bsky.social
I feel so vindicated cause my other pain doctor, the one that referred me to this specialist was judging me based on my weight. And accusing me of not trying hard enough to get better. If I had listened to his advice, my degenerative discs in my back would be way worse by now.
bibiblossoms.bsky.social 🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 1d
Just saw the spinal back pain doctor. He was super friendly & professional. He said I have degenerative disks in my back. He did a cortisone shot treatment. Then suggested I could either pay about 750$-1k for an MRI or wait about 1.5 years for an MRI through the public system.
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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thedc3.bsky.social
Honoring Long COVID Awareness Day on March 13th, Baddies Wear Masks is a raid train planned for Long COVID Awareness, protecting ourselves and our communities through masking and prevention, and being the change we wish to see.
A graphic of a colorful raid train that is pink and yellow in gradient form. The train has the words All Abroad with smoke and stars coming out of the top.
February 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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lostcitymagic.bsky.social
Unclench your jaw.

Relax your brow.

Go get a drink of water.

See if you've taken your meds

Eat something.

Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.

Because you do.

You're a wonderful person.

And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
Paging ALL Alabama folks: ICE is ramping up in Birmingham, especially downtown and around UAB
www.wbrc.com/2026/02/14/b...
Birmingham metro area immigration advocates urge residents to know their rights amid reported uptick in ICE activity
Immigration advocates across the area say they are seeing an uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity over the past several weeks, and they want residents to be prepared.
www.wbrc.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
"Claire what have you been up to for the last few weeks"

WELL
posters-madness.bsky.social The Poster's Madness Mutual Aid Telethon @posters-madness.bsky.social · 21h
ATTENTION BLUESKY

you don't want to watch the State of the Union next week

you want to watch a PowerPoint party telethon of your favorite Bluesky super posters delivering their most unhinged hot takes to raise money for mutual aid in Twin Cities and Portland

Poster's Madness for a good cause!!!!
A square burgundry graphic with "SAVE THE DATE" at the top in like a serial killer scrapbook collage font. below it is a sassy green rat with a crown and a smirk and his hands on his hips. The text says: The Poster's Madness Rat King Special 2026 A Fundraiser For Mutual Aid Supporting Communities Under Attack Tuesday, February 24th 8:30 - 11 pm EST (5:30 - 8 pm PST)
February 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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madisonmcvan.bsky.social
story: minnesotareformer.com/briefs/house...
February 19, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day
the ninja turtles and the power rangers putting aside their differences and teaming up
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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shelleybwoke.bsky.social
Undefeated!
Ai is not going to destroy us by becoming sentient and seizing power, it's going to kill us by flooding every single space with hallucinatory bullshit in critical applications while the vast majority of us scream "don't put Ai in that!"
February 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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mxalppy.bsky.social
Hello! My name is Haile. I’m a disabled and non-binary digital artist. Currently working hard to get my ged and become a game designer. 🌟 I hope you enjoy my work!

🌱 ko-fi.com/missalppy
Drawing of a character with prismatic hair and armor. Purple skin and dark pink horns. She’s holding up a sword above her head. The background features purple drapes with stained glass edges and golden swirls. Drawing of a blue toned character with hair that fades from black to a white-ish pink. They have on a black suit with gray designs featuring diamonds. Drawing of a drow character. His skin and hair are like a galaxy full of stars. His eyes are full moons with black sclera. He’s holding up his hands with the phases of the moon above his head. All around him, on the border, is stained glass in light rainbow colors. Drawing of a white and blue satyr character laying down on her side in the grass. The grass has many different colorful flowers and yellow specs of light. The sunset can be seen at the top. There’s a blue and purple border around the scene. With stars lined up on the edges.
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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us.theguardian.com
A fried snack sustained protesters, and the aid continues amid fear and promises that ICE will leave the city
The sambusa underground: how Minneapolis’ Somalis feed community and resistance
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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windowseat.bsky.social
I don't have anyone here to say "don't overdo it" to when it comes to shoveling snow but seriously folks, don't overdo it. (I'm too late with this maybe for some people. Be careful out there, folks.) (And major appreciation to anyone doing snow removal for others too.)

(It is 7:40 p.m.)
DO NOT OVERDO IT in light blue glittery bubble sort of letters on a darker blue background with some light glitter on two corners
February 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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otsumamiboy.bsky.social
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.

It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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cait.bsky.social
me: you're sure gonna be glad you're inside with us soon buddy. there's supposed to be a foot of snow today. what would you do out there?? you're not even a foot tall!

Adonis:
orange cat looking seriously at the camera
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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The UN released a scathing report on Canada’s treatment of disabled people last spring—calling out inadequate support & urging a halt to MAiD expansion + Track Two.

I document the government's silence about the report.

My piece in
@breachmedia.ca

1/n

breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...
Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying ⋆ The Breach
Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government
breachmedia.ca
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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lwpedsmd.blacksky.app
#BlackHistoryMonth Fact of the Day:

Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller was a neuropathologist & the 1st Black American psychiatrist. He studied Alzheimer's, depression & schizophrenia. In 1912, he published the 1st comprehensive review of Alzheimer's cases.

tinyurl.com/4yu74vyz
Sepia photo of Dr. Fuller in a suit and tie with a short haircut.
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
I get asked a lot what I'm giving up for Lent, and this year the answer is nothing. this is what I'm doing instead, and I'll tell you why, and you're invited to join in with me however it fits into your own spiritual or contemplative practices.

drive.google.com/file/d/15NhY...
Lenten Rosary For Victims of ICE.pdf
drive.google.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
We were told to scrub "biodiversity" from our websites because of this shit.
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · 1d
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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kellywhyte.bsky.social
If you're curious, here's the first few pages from 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Gay'.

There's more on the Kickstarter prelaunch page if you want to keep reading: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lot...

Follow the page to get notified when we go live!

#booksky #writersky #WritingCommunity
Cover, text reads 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Gay' at the top and 'a play by Kelly Whyte' at the bottom. To the right there's a torse of a man in a loose flowing shirt, he's tied in thick rope that resembles bondage but also forms a noose around the neck. Play manuscript that reads: Act 1 A prison cell in England, middle ages. In the centre of the back wall, a wooden plank is hung as a bed. On the left is a door. A scuffle and shouting can be heard from outside the door. Rosencrantz: From offstage, getting closer. ‘—your hands off me!’ Guildenstern: Also from offstage. ‘I demand to speak with your liege at—’ Cut off, sound of a blow. The door opens, enter Rosencrantz, hurled by an unseen person into the middle of the cell. He catches his balance, runs back toward the door. Halfway, he tries to stop. He braces just as Play manuscript, following on from previous image. It reads: Guildenstern is thrown into him. Before either of them can catch their balance the door shuts. The lock clanks. Rosencrantz tries the door, kicking it at discovering it’s locked. Footsteps are heard, receding. Guildenstern, holding his side, sits on the bed and lets out a pained breath. Rosencrantz paces, in a rage but also in thought. Moments pass, during which Guilden-stern draws himself up in his seat, wincing. Guildenstern examines himself. After a minute of this, suddenly: Rosencrantz: On what charge! Louder, at the door. On what charge! Guildenstern: Pause. Disturbing the peace? Pause. It must have something to do with the letter. Everyone was unwaveringly polite until we gave the king that letter. Rosencrantz: That means nothing, the English are always polite! Although… this country has been strange of late. Inhospitable. Guildenstern: England’s the same as it ever was. It is the English who have changed. Rosen-crantz scoffs. Poor hosts, that’s what they are Play manuscript, following on from previous image. It reads: now. I’ve heard that is the worst thing you can be in England. Rosencrantz: I’d say the worst thing you can be in England is ‘imprisoned’. Guildenstern returns to examining his side. He gives himself a firm poke then sucks air through his teeth. Rosencrantz: Do you want me to have a look at that? Guildenstern: Why Doctor Rosencrantz, I had no idea you were so learned. No, thank you. Pause. I do believe it is broken. Rosencrantz: Which one? Guildenstern: Pokes himself up and down his side. All of them, I think. Rosencrantz: All of them? Silence as Guildenstern pokes himself up and down the side again, more deliberately. Guildenstern: All of them, aye.
February 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM