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LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻
@lorifontanes.bsky.social
Writer/educator/community advocate. Cats & catastrophe. More better food 4 all. Bewaring billionaires bearing tech.
saw this in #Paris yesterday—took it as a sign

#StephenColbert
February 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
can’t wait to read & share the ish!

theme is GREED

evergreen topic, n’est-ce pas 🧐
ISSUE 6 SHORT FICTION
@enemyofcruelty.bsky.social ☆ Benjamin Duncan ☆ Chandrika R Krishnan ☆ @chriscottom.bsky.social@dublinwriter.bsky.social@delgeo14.bsky.social ☆ Eric Herrington ☆Jason Graff ☆Jesse Binger ☆ Laurie Avadis ☆ @lorifontanes.bsky.social@madeleineswann.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
wait first they commodify our lives then they want to profit after our deaths??? 😳
Meta has secured a patent for an AI system designed to simulate a user’s social media activity, including the ability to continue posting after the user’s death.

(www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...)
February 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Does It Have Pockets is fee free through the end of February! Help us beat the winter doldrums by sending us something this month: www.doesithavepockets.com/subs #literarycommunity #fiction #poetry #visualart #memoir #creativenonfiction

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
this kitty figured out a way to communicate that her food bowl was empty in the middle of the night using a toy i left next to it

(& who says #cats aren’t tool-using animals 🧐)

#Paris #pets
February 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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New Zoom classes through May 2026!

Affordable way to schedule time to work on your writing craft!

Novel Openings, How To Find an Agent, Immersive Settings, All Kathy Fish story-inspired prompts! Something for all writers!

More info at tommydeanwriter.com

#flashfiction #writingclass
Tommy Dean
Agent, Editor, Teacher, Writer
tommydeanwriter.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
“If deportations are the goal, why build so many beds?”
—a local conservative political activist in Arizona

@themarshallproject.org

www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/14/i...
ICE Is Buying Warehouses. Communities Are Fighting Back.
The agency wants to warehouse immigration detainees. Local residents and officials are raising concerns.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
just when u think the vile couldn’t get more vile 😳
February 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Send us your love stories—or your anti-love stories.

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February 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Looking for a new place to sub? Have something you love but not quite sure where to send it?

@templeinacity.bsky.social is open for subs and the editor is truly lovely!

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Subs are ALWAYS open for our Joy issue and currently open until March for our spring issue. We’d love to read your work.
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Temple in a City
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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still slowly getting through this call's 364 submissions, but... surprise! doing another call on Sunday!

Theme: Time Travel
Feb 15, 2 pm CST, capped at 150 submissions

Guest ed.: @ezhang77.bsky.social

Max 200 words
Send up to 2 (as long as total word count is less than 200)
The shorter the better
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 12:18 PM
wait, it’s #Caturday *and* #ValentinesDay 🙀
ok yes you may send me extra ♥️

#cats #chats #chamedi #Paris
February 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM
@chronicleflask.katday.com not sure what’s up but sending you a digital hug just in case 🤗
February 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
reason #4,667 why i’m never Meta 😤
civil society and right groups orgs that often keep a tab on and organise campaigns against these evil corporations are overstretched and underfunded. this internal memo from Meta is insidious and sickening
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.

Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
as if the Super Bowl ads weren’t dystopian enough 😳
🇲🇽 Robot dogs to help Mexican police at 2026 World Cup

A pack of robot dogs will help Mexican police tackle crime during the 2026 World Cup this summer, authorities announce during a presentation in Monterrey.
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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We have reached our cap for short stories in our reprints sub call and have therefore closed down the sub form - thank you everyone who has submitted.
Flash subs are still open until 8pm tomorrow (GMT) 🦝
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
i’m still a space geek 🤓
Liftoff of Ariane 6 #VA267 on 12 February 2026 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana! @cnes.fr @transport.esa.int
February 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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If you’ve been thinking about submitting to us, here’s your sign ✨
Subs are open through Feb 15.
heimatreview.com/submit
December 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Pendant que des pluies inhabituellement copieuses (et intenses !) pour la saison arrosent la France des records de chaleur sont enregistrés dans l'Est de l'Espagne.

Un climat plus chaud favorise les deux... Les rivières atmosphériques, et perturbations hivernales sont dopées...
FULL SUMMER MODE IN SE SPAIN
Unbelievable Minimums up to 21.4C,

Dozens of records smashed in all Central/Eastern communities.

It's one of the most insane event Europe has ever seen.
And next night might be the 3rd TROPICAL NIGHT IN A ROW
And absolute madness.
It writes history.
February 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
bonne nuit mes chats amis 😸💤
#WhiskersWednesday #Paris #cats #chats
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
how many industries include the disclaimer “can make mistakes” as a part of the usage experience? can you imagine your electrical socket randomly not working or your phone dialing wrong numbers every so often?

& yet we’re just expected to accept AI products no matter their flaws
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM