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Dylan Madeley
@dylanmadeley.bsky.social
Writer. He/him demisexual #bi cis. Stutters. #ActuallyAutistic. Eight self-published fantasy works complete; five currently available via Itchio, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.
https://www.dylanmadeley.com
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I have a super-special, super-relevant-to-our-times bundle I'm excited to share with you, except it doesn't go on sale for one more week.

For now, you can bookmark the Burn It Down! anti-authoritarian bundle and have another look on November 13th.

itch.io/b/3348/burn-...
Burn It Down! by mcburnell and 17 others
Burn It Down!: 17 items for $16.00
itch.io
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.

Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.

One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If I put out an ARC on BookSirens, would you be first in line to sign up?

(Hypotheticals. Cover art needs doing.)
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Today's my birthday 🎉 If you'd like to celebrate too (esp w/ Ripple releasing in just 4 days now!), there's a 24 hour birthday sale going on right now-- get both Riyati books out for $3.20 through itch or direct!

🔗 itch.io/s/167158/202...
🏠 riyati.ink/store

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #QueerSFF #QueerAdultSFF
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A blanket cocoon.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Nap time
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Can't attend - family calls - but please check this out
TORONTO FRIENDS! I will be doing one last in-person event this Sunday - NerdVember at Parkdale Hall (1605 Queen ST West)! I'll be there from 11AM - 4PM selling & signing books, and I'll also have my murder machine to do live (fictional) murders that I can print up & sign for your wall

Come say hi!
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Second, not so much puzzle as adventure: first time using the new steamer pot, so let's work out a smooth use procedure to keep replicating.
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Today's puzzle so far has been figuring out how to set up a Linux subsystem, to add a BOINC project to my roster which only has jobs available for Linux.
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Take it from someone with a publisher to run and a slushpile: genAI still can't do comics worth a shit.
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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🌸beep boop 🌸

For no reason at all

50% off all my books on itch

Or $20 for everything

Now through midnight EST Sunday 11/9

Go nuts!

itch.io/s/167176/hal...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.

Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.

Stay safe!
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Reminder.

Can we please get this Shona → English translation paid for? $2935 to go.

(We're out of time to fundraise for the Kiswahili book (Dunia na Watu Wake), but if anyone has $5000, that would fund it - I could get you in touch!)
Please, let's fund the translation of Zvinobvinza. It's been a long seven months.

Many thanks to the first cis white man who we see talk about the project.

At this point, we can't translate the third book unless someone can donate $5,000 (reach out directly) but we *can* close up these first two.
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project, Funding needed to complete two translations: Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza, still needed: $2970, 70%, ko-fi: African Translation Project
ko-fi.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?

For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today the fix that randomly came to mind was actually valid. After changing one word, I then backed up the entire project (including offline/to HD) with a unique dated filename iteration based on this single change.
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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If any of ya'll have played any of these cozy simulation/management games, or even if you haven't but see one that looks interesting, I would love some input on which one to play first.

I haven't been gaming much. Getting back into it. Spent an embarrassing amount of money on all of these. 🤫
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I have a super-special, super-relevant-to-our-times bundle I'm excited to share with you, except it doesn't go on sale for one more week.

For now, you can bookmark the Burn It Down! anti-authoritarian bundle and have another look on November 13th.

itch.io/b/3348/burn-...
Burn It Down! by mcburnell and 17 others
Burn It Down!: 17 items for $16.00
itch.io
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Another moment of considering an edit and finding that the text in current form already hedges adequately against the concern. That might even have been one of the first conscious fixes from early in this effort.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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love this bit re @jfrejnyc.bsky.social: "Sasanow described what people should do today: Find a political home, be it a nonprofit, mutual aid group, or a community garden, so you “have a network of people you want to be with as things get harder.” The article links to JFREJ's Thurs online debrief
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I'm at the stage of editing where something occurred to me as I woke up, but then I was able to list every good reason it wasn't necessary/might even be detrimental and didn't apply it.

Later, I thought of something I might change, then observed that the text had already been corrected.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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$500 UTILITIES & OTHER BILLS URGENT!

Disabled household/family w/ a little income but not enough. Any combo ppl x $$ = $500 covers the rest/keeps things on.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025
#helpsky #mutualaid 💸💕

Four person, disabled, neurodivergent family relying on one full time income and three ssi payments. We are having trouble paying all the bills every month. Anything helps.

ko-fi.com/loustardust/
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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$50 OVERDRAFT + $500 NOV BILLS URGENT!

Disabled author. Check out their books. (Books make great holiday gifts.) Any combo ppl x $$ = $550, sales or donations, is good/keeps them safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM