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Olivia Wylie
@otterkit.bsky.social
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Author. Horticulturist. Big Dreamer. Bard.
I am here to make things a little better every day. Work beside me, walk beside me, or get out of my way.
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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · Nov 27
Project links:

The Aces High, Jokers Wild Series
www.oetearmann.com/landing-page

Parmeshen: parmeshen.webcomic.ws/comics/first/

Illustrated Books: www.etsy.com/shop/Leafing...

The Strip Show
stripshowcomicrevu.blogspot.com

Travel Documents
www.oetearmann.com/travel-docum...
Parmeshen | A Tale
parmeshen.webcomic.ws
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
TEXT: Out on patrol with two friends this morning and I kept seeing the beautiful web being woven in Minnesota right now. Not with new materials but woven with wisdom into what was already here. I could feel this net with my hands, this connection as we passed that group of three on the corner of Cedar and Lake, this connection as we listened to someone doing dispatch while their kid yelled in the room behind them. I thought of this today stopping by a locally beloved Mexican restaurant to grab some food for the family and having the owner step up with tears in his eyes and reflect on how much they feel cared for and then the security guard stepped over and asserted that this is what we do, we care for our own. He said, tell people we have them, we've got them and we will keep them safe. All of the worst stories you read are true and there are more of them than what shows up on social media, but there is also this, everything I am writing here in the same morning, driving over to northeast and a junior high has just done a walk out, they are lining a major road in their "are those pants they look like pajamas" clothes and all are holding signs and I am on the phone with someone and I burst into tears when I pass them. This is a net and I remember this very old fishing net someone showed me years ago, guiding my fingers to feel where the net had been repaired over and over again, like scars in the fibers that strengthen rather than break. ICE is sharp, knives that cut with small knicks and sometimes great full arm thrusts that shove and tear through this connected set of scars and fresh material and there are wounds and this is violence and some of you beloveds are being stopped on the road because of how you are read and I am not being stopped and none of this is ever ok and still, I feel the pull and tug of the net that is larger than anything I have experienced TEXT: before. Is there anyone in these cities not showing up in some way? I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anyone have words other than how can I show up? There is a net and it has always been here, it is always here, it's just that sometimes it's hard to see and all that is happening in Minneapolis is that some of the confusion is fading and what is visible is the link and weave and stumble and steady between us. May we keep repairing it as it frays, from those outside and from the rising tension we hold within and may this net grow with wisdom and may bodies tired of holding themselves up alone someday feel like they can relax into the steady certainty of something much bigger than the size of their skin.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
They’re just words.
Just stories.
Just chants and songs and signs.
SHUT UP, yell the small mad men.
SHUT UP OR WE WILL HURT YOU

I’m sorry
I can’t hear you
over the sound of the people

in chants and songs and signs
telling stories
just words
of how we will win
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
All my signs are finished and ready to roll. See you on the Capitol steps at noon, Denver.
#ICEout #resist #indivisible #fiftyfiftyone #50501movement #50501colorado #indivisibledenver #denverprotests #solidaritywarriors
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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effies.bsky.social
hey @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social this is a great essay

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/thes...
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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arianehsajadi.bsky.social
Get outside at 2p on Tue. 1/20. The *point* is to leave your workplace during work hours.

We cannot allow any of this to continue.

We must bring the entire system to a halt & demand the Constitution along with all the checks and balances of our democracy are respected, upheld & enforced.

NOW.
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
#FantasyIndiesJanuary Post 16: Free Day

Here's a snippet of my MC making a truly uncomfortable realization.
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
Time to start on the weekend protest signs!
#iceout #resist #nofascistusa
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
#FantasyIndiesJanuary Post 15: Reads

My reads are:
Recent: The Violinist's Thumb
Current:
Research: Blood In The Machine. Pleasure: the All Creatures Great and Small series
Still deciding what the next read will be, but probably The Beastly Bride.
Page of An Irish Word A Day daily
January 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
This is the place to be this weekend!
solidaritywarrior.bsky.social Solidarity Warriors ❌👑 @solidaritywarrior.bsky.social · 3d
Protest this Saturday, 01/17/2026, 12 - 3pm

Followed with a dance party, 3 - 6pm

Colorado State Capitol, West Steps

Bring signs. Costumes welcome.

Joy is Resistance!

#ICEout #resist #indivisible #fiftyfiftyone #50501movement #50501colorado #indivisibledenver #denverprotests #solidaritywarriors
Flyer that reads: ONE YEAR IS ENOUGH! COLORADO STATE CAPITOL SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026 12:00 — 3:00 PM NO ICE. NO WAR. NO TRUMP! JOIN THE DENVER COALITION AGAINST TRUMP AS WE COME TOGETHER TO PROTEST ONE YEAR OF TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY AND A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING AGAINST THE OPRESSION WE SEE HERE AND ABROAD! Included are the logos for several local civic organizations. Flyer that reads: BOOGIE LANE The only place for a Saturday night boogie is the West Capitol Steps - 200 E Colfax Ave. Joy is Resistance! Dance and Messaging 3 to 6 PM Immediately following DENCAT Protest, Saturday, January 17th Bring Signs, Costumes Welcome. We go until after dark so light up and glow! Organized by Colorado Bridge Trolls
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
hey #solarpunk and #circularsky folks, if you want a good watch, check this out. The film is nicely balanced between dreamy and pragmatic, chock full of good ideas. It's a good palate cleanser for the news, and a salutary reminder that THIS is what we're fighting for! curiositystream.com/video/4002
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
This. This right here.
January 15, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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cherileigh9.bsky.social
Fun fact ✨
In many cultures, stories weren’t entertainment — they preserved history, law, and survival knowledge.

Storytellers mattered because stories carried truth.

#Mythology
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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isobel-art.bsky.social
Here’s the second of my three folklore-inspired paintings. Like I said in my post yesterday, it’s got me thinking about other ways I can paint with this theme….
“Boundary” 11”x14” acrylic on wood panel (explanation in the comment below)
#art #painting #folklore #magick
Painting of a metal and glass lantern with a lit candle inside, hanging on a tree. There is a wooded background, with snow on the ground, and a dark sky just after sunset.
January 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
PLEASE, I am begging you, write your queer stories, your Weird stories, your #hopepunk & #solarpunk stories, your stories of a better world & our broken one, of healing & liberation.
PLEASE

(Brought to you by the trauma of me reading a story of horrifying conservative status quo justification)
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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melazond.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/solarpun...
We need solarpunk now more than ever
When our present seems increasingly cyberpunk we must show a better future is possible
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
otterkit.bsky.social
❄️#FantasyIndiesJanuary❄️ Post 14: Improvement
I really want to up my marketing game. The trick is finding a sustainable way to do it.
More reasonably, I'm working on tagging my dialogue better and watching out more carefully for embarrassing typos.
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
❄️#FantasyIndiesJanuary❄️ Post 7: First Line

Here's the first line of A Song By Gaslight Book 1: Ludd's Lass
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
❄️#FantasyIndiesJanuary❄️ Post 12: Shout Out

For deep magic and sometimes comfort-read @catvalente.bsky.social
For realistic possibilities for a better future-read @susankayequinn.bsky.social
For kicking bigot's butts and wonderful snark-read @drslayton.bsky.social and @mcmanlypants.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
❄️#FantasyIndiesJanuary❄️ Post 14: MC's Pet Peeves

Natalie is beyond exasperated by the norms of her time. Her mother reminds her to 'act like a lady' at every opportunity. Older men call her dearie and treat her like a child. She is so. Very. Done. With being wrapped up in gender restrictions.
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
❄️#FantasyIndiesJanuary❄️ Post 11: Interesting Lore

For my current WIP, I'm playing with a bit of pan-Celtic mythos. Under the surface of a steampunk 1811 is a battle between brother gods: Bran, spirit of the land. Ludd Nisien, spirit of the craft and the flame. And Gyrm Efnisien, spirit of control.
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
#FantasyIndiesJanuary Post 5

Writing Habits

I'm a very seasonal writer. In warm weather I write warm, energetic, forward-facing stories full of energy (usually SF of some sort). In winter I write deep, mythic, history-facing stories full of timeless meaning, somewhere in the fantasy genre.
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book is being republished this Thursday. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.
September 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
otterkit.bsky.social
Oh, by the way,
If you're Irish-American like me, your history should be one more vital reason to stand up now. It wasn't so long ago that we were the 'dirty hordes' and the genocide victims. Look at the Palestinian, the Venezuelan, the immigrant, and see our ancestors looking back. Do right by them
Art of a little girl holding a four leaf clover. Art by Odysseys Elytis
January 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
otterkit.bsky.social
My work is to tell stories. So today I'm working on a scene where a sixteen year old realizes a truth that a lot more adults would do well to take in.
Excerpt, A Song By Gaslight Book 1: Ludd's Lass. Due out from Amphibian Press November 2026
#steampunk #indiebooks #indieauthor #booksky
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
"You must stop resisting!"
No
"Obey!"
No
"If you don't kneel, we will only get more murderous!"
I know
"You have to stop!"
I don't
"We will only scream louder and do more terrible things!"
and we will win
"MIGHT MAKES RIGHT!!!"
oh, you wish
but it doesn't
never has
"OBEY!!!"
absolutely fucking not
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM