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Dominique Marks
@dominiqmarks.bsky.social
SFF/Horror/Erotica writer of the Afro-surreal and fantastic who has other opinions. They/them.🍉
https://www.worldofjarra.com/
Banner art by @illustratedpage.bsky.social
Profile background cover art of "The Half's Way" featuring a woman holding a big axe
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Last day for submission!
Announcing: HRB's Zimbabwean Speculative Poetry Competition 🥳🎉
#HRBZimSpecPo

Send us your speculative poetry featuring Zimbabwean myths, urban legends, and or/oral narratives. Make it utopian or dystopian, we don't mind! Be formal, or experimental. Challenge yourself! Challenge us!
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Been trying to put that into words all morning
Amazing moment in time right now where people who yelled at us for sticking to genocide as a red line are now also disgusted with Democrats and threatening not to vote for them. So your health insurance becoming more expensive was your red line?
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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This is so neat- Fedaa and Motaz had a film made about their life in Gaza while Fedaa was a pediatrician at Nasser Hospital that is going to be screened on the 16th and also in some film festivals!
Soon a film will be launched in festivals talking about me and my family life during this genocide and my work in the hospital it will be online I will tell you when and where days before wish me and my family all luck friends❤️
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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A lot of Mamdani critics complained that anti-Zionism was a core part of his platform — it wasn’t.

More significant is that he didn’t have to twist himself in knots to defend Israel, which contributed to his core being pitch of being an authentic leader.
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
During the most intense bombing of North Gaza, Hayat's family lost the longtime shelter they had, including their warm clothes for the winter. Can you help her raise $100 to prepare for the cold weather? 🙏🏾
@mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/4a63836b7
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My name is Hayat, and I'm from the devastated Gaza Strip. I have two children, Khaled and Fatima, whom I gave birth to during the war. I once worked as an engineer. Now I'm unemployed and homeless. My children and I are hungry, and we live a very miserable life. Please help me.
gofund.me/aa9284857
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.

www.polygon.com/strange-days...
30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better
Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech
www.polygon.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Israel continues to blockade Gaza and deny food and medicine to the people of Palestine. My friend Sama'a is trying to prepare for winter, and she needs our help to keep her family fed and warm.

gofund.me/db56c7ce3
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The rain has started in Gaza, and my family’s tent can’t protect them from the cold 💔
They urgently need nylon to cover the tent and stay safe this winter.
Even a small donation can help keep them warm and dry 🕊️

chuffed.org/project/1153...
Please Help Doaa and Omar Survive After Fleeing Gaza
Hello everyone I am Duaa Jad Al-Haq, 37 years old, Palestinian from Gaza I have a 5-year-old child named Omar who suffers from autism and does not speak and is going through the worst period of his li...
chuffed.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Hellfighters by @dominiqmarks.bsky.social has a lot of underworld crime going on but then super weird things start to happen👀

I feel like this one is one of those gems which is waiting to be discovered! Outstanding cosmic thrills and horror set during the Harlem Renaissance. Wonderful characters!
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hayat has posted a new update to her campaign, with photos of her family and her two beautiful children, Khaled and Fatima. Earlier this year they lost shelter and clothing during the bombing. Please share and help her save funds to relocate and survive the coming winter. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

gofund.me/1a09a32ce
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In Clear Sign of Dying Empire, Narrative for U.S. Resource Wars Become Even More Unbelievably Stupid than Before.
U.S. Eyes Striking Venezuelan Military Targets Used for Drug Trafficking
If President Trump decides to move forward with airstrikes, the targets would send a clear message to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro that it is time to step down, according to U.S. officials.
www.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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TOMORROW!
This Hallowe'en!

When Victoria Williams receives an inheritance from a woman she's never met, she's drawn to a haunted seaside town full of magic, mystery, and murder!

books2read.com/SOR1
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.

It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!

Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock
A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....
www.neonhemlock.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I’m a mother of three, living with lupus, and my husband is very sick. We lost our home in the war and now live in a torn tent. My children often go to sleep hungry. We need food, medicine, and shelter. Please donate—your help means everything.
#SaveAFamily #Gaza #DonateForLife
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Democratic consultants putting out a book called Deciding to Win is great. On Success, by The Washington Generals.
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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As well as recipes, my patreon is full of my art.

You can help support me and get paintings and drawings like these sent to your inbox every week.

There's a whole series done in the style of Picasso with African influences on subjects like Black women.
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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🇵🇸! please share Layla's post and donate if possible!
chuffed.org/project/layl...
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I also opened emergency comms: bsky.app/profile/fall...

My knitting patterns don't require shipping also, and they're in the shop tab under the patterns tag.
I'm opening up EMERGENCY COMMS! Please commission me for custom hats, scarves, gloves/mittens, or socks! I will take 3-4 of these. Note that I still probably won't be able to ship anything until after I return home in late October.

#BSNM #CommissionsOpen #OpenCommissions #Knitting #Knitsky #comms
CrippledCommie's Commissions
Commissions Open! Click to see CrippledCommie's commission menu.
ko-fi.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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"[T]hey're ... continu[ing] to genocide, albeit at a slightly reduced rate of killing."
"Experts worried the ceasefire deal was vague, allowing Israel leeway to resume attacks whenever it sees fit."

Already "exploiting it in order to continue to genocide."

"Both the Red Cross and the United Nations blasted Israel's decision to again limit aid."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #USA #Genocide
Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”
theintercept.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM