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Join Ariana (she/her) every other week for Never Left, A completely spoiled, totally unofficial, our flag means death podcast

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Never Left Podcast @neverleftpodcast.bsky.social · 1d
Today I got to talk to the delightful Steve Bonnet. Ochre is one of my all time favorite fics and her expanded universe is delightful
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080 Steve Bonnet
Podcast Episode · Never Left: Our Flag Means Death · 11/11/2025 · 1h 3m
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neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
And by yarn I mean....(this is like half my stash)
2 white bookshelves full of around 700 skeins of yarn 😅
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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itsafronomics.bsky.social
I am shooting my shot.

I love writing op-eds.

@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.

Signed,

A Black woman who writes for the public
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos ruins zafon
Eddie from Ohio (band)
Hot chocolate
When it's cold enough to be under the covers
Thunderstorms
Fall
When my husband randomly touches me as he walks by
Mangoes
Yarn
Fanfic
reluctantrose.bsky.social The Reluctant Rose @reluctantrose.bsky.social · 2h
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like.

morning coffee
hot water bottle on my feet in bed in winter
rivers
a perfect craft project
making my house a little weirder, bit by bit
colorful eyeglasses
fairy lights
being surprised by music
sea air
wood thrush song
unfunpleasures.bsky.social bryn @unfunpleasures.bsky.social · 3h
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like.

studying celtic languages (esp welsh, fy annwyl)
long drives
california's central coast
niche fragrance
coffee
folk music (in general)
going for walks
vintage furniture
public transit
history (queer/local/state/food/etc)
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
"This could take down Democrats, too."

I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.

Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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gelatinousstand.bsky.social
Last #WIPWednesday I gave you silly, so have some yearning this time

No shenaniganry allowed aboard Jeff’s inn on the sea will be posted a week from tomorrow, with gorgeous art from @pogonr.bsky.social for #OFMDBB25 !!!
He raises his eyebrows at Stede, a silent okay? Stede blinks a few times, gives Ed a minute nod. Still slowly, ever so slowly, he leans his head against Stede's knee, face still turned up toward Stede. Stede's tongue darts out to wet his lips and Ed's eyes snag on it, hang there on his lips even as he turns — still so slowly, languidly — until his cheek is pressed to the outside of Stede's thigh. Above the line of his beard, he can feel the curls of Stede's leg hair against his skin, and he rubs his face in a tiny circle, just for the sheer joy of its roughness against him. Stede's still staring, doesn't seem to be able to stop staring, lips parted, and he hopes helplessly that Stede's enjoying the roughness of his beard in return. The eye contact is more intense than anything he's experienced in his life, he feels pierced by it, an insect on a board, splayed open for any observer, and he wants that, god, he wants Stede to fucking see him, to finally fucking understand, but more than that, to accept, to change his mind, to want in return. It's all a performance, he knows it's all a performance, but god, he fucking wishes, he fucking aches for that look on Stede's face to be real. He turns even further, until his nose is brushing against Stede's thigh instead, his lips, and it's work to keep looking at Stede out of the corners of his eyes but it's worth it, so fucking worth it when Stede bites at his bottom lip, a ripe-raspberry flush spreading up his face and down his chest, and it doesn't matter that it's only a physiological response or whatever, it's the most gorgeous thing he's ever seen and Ed can't help it. He turns his face fully into Stede's leg, mouthing at the skin, trailing kisses upward, tiny little things, more whispers than kisses really. The hair against his lips is everything he's ever wanted in the world. He wants to breathe it in, fill his lungs with the sensation, fucking choke on it. He noses under the cold wet hem of Stede's swim trunks and is rewarded with the sound of Stede's harsh breathing laid over the lapping of the water and the buzzing of the insects. And then — and then — Stede's hand settles on the back of his head, gentle and undemanding but there, and when that happens the only sound he can hear anymore is his own breathy little moan, and his eyes have fluttered shut, when did that happen —
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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jkbjournalist.bsky.social
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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actofgracecon.bsky.social
Submissions for our Printable Badge Ribbons are open! #AoGVC forms.gle/WDABzxkhaEho...

Additionally, submissions for our Printable Bookmarks are open! #AoGVC forms.gle/yT3xMHxFHVZE...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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actofgracecon.bsky.social
Sign ups for our Cosplay Contest are open! #AoGVC forms.gle/zpfGzBwfLEgL...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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actofgracecon.bsky.social
Submissions for our Cosplay Runway are open! #AoGVC forms.gle/HcTSjCRiinRj...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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actofgracecon.bsky.social
Submissions for our Drag Show are open! #AoGVC forms.gle/rTB9hAfWpVe2...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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actofgracecon.bsky.social
Sign ups for our Panels are open! #AoGVC forms.gle/LALUetdDXygS...
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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citrussyndicate.bsky.social
Any other fan artists want to brainstorm some panel ideas for Act of Grace where we can yap about art?
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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actofgracecon.bsky.social
Sign ups for Act of Grace are officially open! Check out our website for all of the different types of features you can sign up for #AoGVC :)

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Photo of Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet at the end of Season 2 outside of the Inn. Lower left, February 7th & 8th 2026. Lower right, AoG logo.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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ofmdsac.bsky.social
Tomorrow is the last day to donate to SAGE, Rainbow Railroad, or Cornbread and Roses to have a chance to win Stede's Advent Calendar. You can get a free entry if you guess which design I chose for the calendar. #OFMDSAC

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ofmdsac.bsky.social Stede's Advent Calendar @ofmdsac.bsky.social · 5d
From organizing @something-witchy.bsky.social to creating such fun and eclectic fan merch, we are grateful for our seventh featured artist, @orchid-explosion.bsky.social!

For today's final #FreeEntryFriday, can you find the design I chose for the calendar?

Lilacdreamscrafts.etsy.com

#OFMDSAC

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November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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happydaiz.bsky.social
Please people, write some trans Frenchie fics so I can podfic them!!
carmen-m0n0xide.bsky.social cara is tired @carmen-m0n0xide.bsky.social · 1d
we are going to bring this into existence by sheer force of will

also bc when Dad gets wind of this, his petty bitchy side will take over

and trans fem Frenchie is both an incredible idea (I thought it up let me gloat) and also the most delicious petty bitch thing possible
love4ofmd.bsky.social Fabi #LongLiveOFMD @love4ofmd.bsky.social · 1d
Trans actress playing captain Frenchie!!! Yesssssss
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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sdryan.bsky.social
This was an absolute DELIGHT to read. Get your fresh, hot ch 9 Free Space pod right here!
sdryan.bsky.social sd (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 @sdryan.bsky.social · Apr 27
"Ed's on a wellness journey for his fuckass brain. It's not going great."

Free Space by @mustardwrites.bsky.social is now a pod! Ch 1 of 8 available! #ofmd #podfic #fanfic

ed/stede, rated e, 60k+, 9hrs

read: archiveofourown.org/works/61423051
listen: archiveofourown.org/works/65051224
Title card for Free Space by YellowMustard, read by sd ryan. Text is white with a halo of neon blue. Background is gradient, nearly black at the edges, flowing through electric blue into a bright white center.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
Pic 1 is how Ben has been sleeping for the last week and pic 2 is after his first dose of Prednisone. I don't know if it really works that fast but he looks so much more comfy ❤️
A very cute black, white, and brown doggo with brown eyebrows sleeping with his back half on a dog bed and his front half twisted around and on the floor The same adorable doggo sleeping in the same dog bed with his whole body on the bed in a much copier position
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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politestmenace.bsky.social
“ED!!!!”

“STEDE!!!”

#LegoEdandStede
Lego Stede running toward Lego Ed at Te Henga Lego Ed running toward Lego Stede at Te Henga
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
Today I got to talk to the delightful Steve Bonnet. Ochre is one of my all time favorite fics and her expanded universe is delightful
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080 Steve Bonnet
Podcast Episode · Never Left: Our Flag Means Death · 11/11/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
my head canon for this image is that Reno Cure's Ed and Stede traveled back to the ranch to visit like, 10 years after they left (long enough for Ed's beard to get that long), and went back to the lake to relive some memories
what say you @rottensoldier.bsky.social ?
citrussyndicate.bsky.social Lucia ✨🏴‍☠️🎨🏳️‍🌈✨ @citrussyndicate.bsky.social · 2d
🎵 There’s gotta’ be more than this tired town,

Don’t you frown,

Drift away with me… 🎵

#OFMDfanart #OFMD
There was a new Orville Peck song out last week, so we got celebratory new art! A digital drawing of western AU Stede Bonnet and Edward Teach from Our Flag Means Death. They’re sitting in the back of a rusty. Old green pickup truck. Ed’s back is leaning against the cab. He has on knee pulled up towards his torso and the other extended. He’s holding a cigarette in his right hand. Stede is lying on the bed of the truck with his legs propped up on the truck’s cab. Ed has his left hand extended, sitting on top of Stede’s hands. Behind the truck, the sun is setting and stars are coming out.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
Cw: animal cancer

A week ago today my parents dog died. Today my dog's test results said he has lymphoma. The last 2 weeks can go fuck themselves
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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ghostalservice.bsky.social
Time to hock my redbubble again because. ALWAYS www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Tr...
"Trans Lives Over Wizard Schools" Essential T-Shirt for Sale by clotpolelis
Some things are more important than nostalgia. All profits go to Mermaids UK! • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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gelatinousstand.bsky.social
The fact that this was even something we had to worry about is bullshit, but hey! A win is a win I suppose

www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
neverleftpodcast.bsky.social
Uhhhhh I found this Taika and Rhys lego set and now it's mine
A pic of lego set 42658 featuring an inflatable flamingo and inflatable unicorn
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM