D. Costello
@dcostello.bsky.social
Librarian moonlighting as a cleric, occasionally a capybara, always low stress high mayhem. (she/her)
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Let us dance together above the terrible abyss.
This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Let us dance together above the terrible abyss.
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Again. Do what you can from where you can.
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Again. Do what you can from where you can.
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Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
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It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
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✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
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MAKE ZINES! poster by zine maker / artist Cort Hartle.
Download the free high res version (PDF) to print at home: freight.cargo.site/m/W234787385...
Printing and distribution encouraged by the artist, so please RT, print it, fly post it, flyer it & spread the word!
#zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines
Download the free high res version (PDF) to print at home: freight.cargo.site/m/W234787385...
Printing and distribution encouraged by the artist, so please RT, print it, fly post it, flyer it & spread the word!
#zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines
May 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
MAKE ZINES! poster by zine maker / artist Cort Hartle.
Download the free high res version (PDF) to print at home: freight.cargo.site/m/W234787385...
Printing and distribution encouraged by the artist, so please RT, print it, fly post it, flyer it & spread the word!
#zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines
Download the free high res version (PDF) to print at home: freight.cargo.site/m/W234787385...
Printing and distribution encouraged by the artist, so please RT, print it, fly post it, flyer it & spread the word!
#zine #zines #fanzine #fanzines
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All I can say is I have a rock solid conviction that the way to win in an era of AI arms races is to simply get even more human. Embrace the weird, quirky, opinionated, sharp, friction. In a sea of AI generated paste, all seeking to hit the average audience, that’s what’s gonna stand out.
May 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
All I can say is I have a rock solid conviction that the way to win in an era of AI arms races is to simply get even more human. Embrace the weird, quirky, opinionated, sharp, friction. In a sea of AI generated paste, all seeking to hit the average audience, that’s what’s gonna stand out.
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Write letters in support of your library, to the board and to your local paper. Commit to attending a couple board meetings. Contact your political reps about doing something about the gutting of IMLS. Go to protests. Anything. Just get involved and advocate.
April 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Write letters in support of your library, to the board and to your local paper. Commit to attending a couple board meetings. Contact your political reps about doing something about the gutting of IMLS. Go to protests. Anything. Just get involved and advocate.
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This is about curbing campus activism. But it's also an effort to cut off another leg of the funding on which universities stand.
At many schools, >10% of the students are international. And they're much more likely than domestic students to pay full price.
These actions will drive many away.
At many schools, >10% of the students are international. And they're much more likely than domestic students to pay full price.
These actions will drive many away.
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
March 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is about curbing campus activism. But it's also an effort to cut off another leg of the funding on which universities stand.
At many schools, >10% of the students are international. And they're much more likely than domestic students to pay full price.
These actions will drive many away.
At many schools, >10% of the students are international. And they're much more likely than domestic students to pay full price.
These actions will drive many away.
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my article on the Palette Grid (which explores my dissatisfaction with lines and veils, and which opens up new approaches to discussing safety during play) is now available for the general public:
possumcreek.medium.com/the-palette-...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-palette-...
The Palette Grid (a safety tool)
While I’ve been working on a new game lately (Seven-Part Pact, as if I’m ever working on anything else) I ran into an issue with a lot of…
possumcreek.medium.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
my article on the Palette Grid (which explores my dissatisfaction with lines and veils, and which opens up new approaches to discussing safety during play) is now available for the general public:
possumcreek.medium.com/the-palette-...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-palette-...
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I keep thinking about how when you are part of the first wave of a new field, the best frame of mind you can have is to hope you will be surpassed — because it means people have built on what you started. And if you’re very good, you helped folks get to the place where they can do that work & shine.
March 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I keep thinking about how when you are part of the first wave of a new field, the best frame of mind you can have is to hope you will be surpassed — because it means people have built on what you started. And if you’re very good, you helped folks get to the place where they can do that work & shine.
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2. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT. We support the economic boycott occurring this Friday, Feb. 28, of any entity that has dismantled their DEI programs and pandered to this administration. The buck will stop with us!
February 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
2. ECONOMIC BLACKOUT. We support the economic boycott occurring this Friday, Feb. 28, of any entity that has dismantled their DEI programs and pandered to this administration. The buck will stop with us!
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"what our overlords want to do is...destroy every vestige of the past and replace it, largely through digital technology. They want to control meaning itself; they want to regulate our ability to find meaning in our life..." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...
Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
On Trump and Russia, defeating the mafia state, and more.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"what our overlords want to do is...destroy every vestige of the past and replace it, largely through digital technology. They want to control meaning itself; they want to regulate our ability to find meaning in our life..." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
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Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
![Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmmdl5nok26w3zhmg2d3fvt/bafkreigihtf5o2suhsnecpwijziyhsmxflvzzogbjre2okvstqagg6bw6y@jpeg)
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
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The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.
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@bookshop-org.bsky.social now sells ebooks as well! And from that site you can "buy" the ebook from an indy bookshop of your choice. Also THANK YOU for joining the Bluniverse.
February 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@bookshop-org.bsky.social now sells ebooks as well! And from that site you can "buy" the ebook from an indy bookshop of your choice. Also THANK YOU for joining the Bluniverse.
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If you are trying to alleviate some suffering and find some strength in community, and to carry on together as best we can against against utter authoritarian bullshit
Then pretty much anything can work.
You are also allowed to try, fail, learn, adjust and try again
Then pretty much anything can work.
You are also allowed to try, fail, learn, adjust and try again
February 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you are trying to alleviate some suffering and find some strength in community, and to carry on together as best we can against against utter authoritarian bullshit
Then pretty much anything can work.
You are also allowed to try, fail, learn, adjust and try again
Then pretty much anything can work.
You are also allowed to try, fail, learn, adjust and try again
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For those of you who feel this way, I can't emphasize enough: i respect it, and I HIGHLY encourage you to check out this guide to other means of taking action by @prisonculture.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For those of you who feel this way, I can't emphasize enough: i respect it, and I HIGHLY encourage you to check out this guide to other means of taking action by @prisonculture.bsky.social
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And by swimming with it, you can find the little gaps that separate "almost powerless" and "almost nothing" from "powerless" and "nothing." You can focus on those hard, and you can make the absolute most of them.
January 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
And by swimming with it, you can find the little gaps that separate "almost powerless" and "almost nothing" from "powerless" and "nothing." You can focus on those hard, and you can make the absolute most of them.
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One things I kept repeating during my zine workshop was "we are building lifeboats here." You hope you don't end up having to use them, but you're fucked if you do need them and don't have them.
Here's a poster version of the DIY Web Archiving zine's front cover, with some added text if you want to print copies for some space where people can take them—you can hang this poster above or nearby:
January 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One things I kept repeating during my zine workshop was "we are building lifeboats here." You hope you don't end up having to use them, but you're fucked if you do need them and don't have them.
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We're likely to see prescription drug savings programs vanish soon due to the trump admin, so we're resharing our guide to getting cheap care resources in the U.S. If we missed anything, please let us know. And if you're comfortable, a share would be appreciated. www.broadlyepi.com/health-care-...
Health Care Affordability Resources - Broadly Epi
List of Healthcare Affordability Resources Welcome to the Broadly Epi list of Care Affordability Resources. It's no secret that the United States has some a…
www.broadlyepi.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
We're likely to see prescription drug savings programs vanish soon due to the trump admin, so we're resharing our guide to getting cheap care resources in the U.S. If we missed anything, please let us know. And if you're comfortable, a share would be appreciated. www.broadlyepi.com/health-care-...
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God needs the gentle people, who carefully tend their flocks and speak softly yet strongly to powerful men.
God needs the loudmouths who demand justice. Whose voices boom. Whose words resonate. Whose flocks rely on them for comfort and protection.
God needs the loudmouths who demand justice. Whose voices boom. Whose words resonate. Whose flocks rely on them for comfort and protection.
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
God needs the gentle people, who carefully tend their flocks and speak softly yet strongly to powerful men.
God needs the loudmouths who demand justice. Whose voices boom. Whose words resonate. Whose flocks rely on them for comfort and protection.
God needs the loudmouths who demand justice. Whose voices boom. Whose words resonate. Whose flocks rely on them for comfort and protection.
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Because maybe you need this poem as much as I do.
November 18, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Because maybe you need this poem as much as I do.