AK Faulkner
@poopraven.bsky.social
Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired. Posts may contain typos. Cope.
Any pronouns.
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Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired. Posts may contain typos. Cope.
Any pronouns.
https://ravenswordpress.com/
https://ko-fi.com/akfaulkner
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AK Faulkner
@poopraven.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Jack of Thorns
Jack of Thorns What do you do when a Celtic god rings your doorbell?Laurence Riley is a San Diego florist whose ex won't leave him alone. Quentin d'Arcy is a British earl on the run from his own famil...
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Hi there! I'm AK, and I bring you:
✨ The most chaotic bisexuals ever
🪴 Plant powers
💨 Uncontrolled telekinesis
🍏 Celtic mythology
⚠️ TRAUMA
Ready to know more?
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✨ The most chaotic bisexuals ever
🪴 Plant powers
💨 Uncontrolled telekinesis
🍏 Celtic mythology
⚠️ TRAUMA
Ready to know more?
ravenswordpress.com/books/jack-o...
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Even more reason to keep this institution from succumbing to a decade's long attack from the right wing whose strategy is to create an environment where the rest of us hate it enough to accept its demise - the exact same playbook used against the NHS
Ruin it when in power and attack relentlessly
Ruin it when in power and attack relentlessly
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Even more reason to keep this institution from succumbing to a decade's long attack from the right wing whose strategy is to create an environment where the rest of us hate it enough to accept its demise - the exact same playbook used against the NHS
Ruin it when in power and attack relentlessly
Ruin it when in power and attack relentlessly
OH SHIT YEAH
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
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November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
OH SHIT YEAH
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Highly recommended!
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
stewarthotston.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Highly recommended!
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This is a cry from Gaza
My daughter Alma is hungry, weak, and in pain.
Every night, she asks for food I cannot give
I am terrified that hunger will take her before anything else does
Please, if your heart still feels, help us survive
Your compassion can save her life
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is hungry, weak, and in pain.
Every night, she asks for food I cannot give
I am terrified that hunger will take her before anything else does
Please, if your heart still feels, help us survive
Your compassion can save her life
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This is a cry from Gaza
My daughter Alma is hungry, weak, and in pain.
Every night, she asks for food I cannot give
I am terrified that hunger will take her before anything else does
Please, if your heart still feels, help us survive
Your compassion can save her life
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
My daughter Alma is hungry, weak, and in pain.
Every night, she asks for food I cannot give
I am terrified that hunger will take her before anything else does
Please, if your heart still feels, help us survive
Your compassion can save her life
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fa...
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Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions?
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions?
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
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Well done PictCon, I approve!
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Well done PictCon, I approve!
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"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
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all left wing people should oppose superstition and irrational beliefs, which are necessary in order to maintain class, racial and societal heirarchies and oppress mankind.
Speaking as someone who’s lived and moved in hippy-adjacent spaces for most of my life: the hard truth that you should not trust most new age people as far as you can throw them
How New Age Women Turned Right
For some, the pursuit of inner truth is a dead end.
nymag.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
all left wing people should oppose superstition and irrational beliefs, which are necessary in order to maintain class, racial and societal heirarchies and oppress mankind.
Been looking for your first convention?
Got nothing better to do next October 9-11?
Go to Glasgow and meet these awesome loonies 🤣
Got nothing better to do next October 9-11?
Go to Glasgow and meet these awesome loonies 🤣
Hey, folks. We hope you're all recovered from WFC & had the best time.
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
Toss A Groat To Your Redcloak
YouTube video by British Fantasy Society
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Been looking for your first convention?
Got nothing better to do next October 9-11?
Go to Glasgow and meet these awesome loonies 🤣
Got nothing better to do next October 9-11?
Go to Glasgow and meet these awesome loonies 🤣
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Fantasycon has set a high bar for encouraging people to the next con. I’ll watch other cons with interest how they respond! *earwormed*
Hey, folks. We hope you're all recovered from WFC & had the best time.
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
Toss A Groat To Your Redcloak
YouTube video by British Fantasy Society
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fantasycon has set a high bar for encouraging people to the next con. I’ll watch other cons with interest how they respond! *earwormed*
@alasdairstuart.bsky.social Bro dude buddy pal I got you a present! Would you and @margueritekenner.bsky.social like to do Lucas Pub Lunch about it sometime?
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@alasdairstuart.bsky.social Bro dude buddy pal I got you a present! Would you and @margueritekenner.bsky.social like to do Lucas Pub Lunch about it sometime?
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Hey LGBTQ+ Texans! I need you to get on the horn this morning and contact your representatives about the attack on the Drag community, which is a vital part of the LGBTQ+ community. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/t...
Texas can enforce ban on sexually explicit drag shows
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling suggested not all drag shows are sexually explicit.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hey LGBTQ+ Texans! I need you to get on the horn this morning and contact your representatives about the attack on the Drag community, which is a vital part of the LGBTQ+ community. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/t...
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Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, previously the co-owners of Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, have launched Left Field Publishing, a hybrid press specializing in books that cross genres and defy categorization.
Tattered Cover's Former Co-Owners Launch Left Field Publishing
Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, previously the co-owners of Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, have launched Left Field Publishing, a press specializing in books that cross genres and defy…
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September 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, previously the co-owners of Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, have launched Left Field Publishing, a hybrid press specializing in books that cross genres and defy categorization.
Okay, time to start plotting on how to get me, @drslayton.bsky.social, and @kdedwardsnc.bsky.social in the same place at the same time for NYCC 2026...
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Okay, time to start plotting on how to get me, @drslayton.bsky.social, and @kdedwardsnc.bsky.social in the same place at the same time for NYCC 2026...
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Morning Womble, I'm good and hope you're feeling better. I've moved onto @poopraven.bsky.social Spells of Summer which so far does appear to be, for this writer, cosy. Waiting for the terrible trauma to start. Also reading through a new series of fantasy romance fairy tales, which are short & good.
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Morning Womble, I'm good and hope you're feeling better. I've moved onto @poopraven.bsky.social Spells of Summer which so far does appear to be, for this writer, cosy. Waiting for the terrible trauma to start. Also reading through a new series of fantasy romance fairy tales, which are short & good.
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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Raising money for Planned Parenthood to help keep care for women and families safe.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Raising money for Planned Parenthood to help keep care for women and families safe.
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Okay I've knocked back as many naproxen and paracetamol as I'm willing to take in a single sitting, let's see if sleep happens.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Okay I've knocked back as many naproxen and paracetamol as I'm willing to take in a single sitting, let's see if sleep happens.
I guess 2 maybe, because my dictionary was never dusty, and we weren't rich enough to afford a set of encyclopedias. also being old is weird now apparently
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I guess 2 maybe, because my dictionary was never dusty, and we weren't rich enough to afford a set of encyclopedias. also being old is weird now apparently
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Tomorrow, Sunday (Nov 9) at noon!
Come see me and my books. I'll be doing the table thing at the Barnes and Noble in Superior, Colorado! This store is new and has a cafe. I'm excited to check it out.
Come see me and my books. I'll be doing the table thing at the Barnes and Noble in Superior, Colorado! This store is new and has a cafe. I'm excited to check it out.
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Tomorrow, Sunday (Nov 9) at noon!
Come see me and my books. I'll be doing the table thing at the Barnes and Noble in Superior, Colorado! This store is new and has a cafe. I'm excited to check it out.
Come see me and my books. I'll be doing the table thing at the Barnes and Noble in Superior, Colorado! This store is new and has a cafe. I'm excited to check it out.
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"What are we if not stories we have been told, and stories we tell ourselves?"
A delicate blend of folklore and speculative fiction - exploring themes of xenophobia, grief, forgiveness, and recovery - tenderly threaded with fragile strands of hope.
Beautifully crafted by @rainewilson.bsky.social
A delicate blend of folklore and speculative fiction - exploring themes of xenophobia, grief, forgiveness, and recovery - tenderly threaded with fragile strands of hope.
Beautifully crafted by @rainewilson.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"What are we if not stories we have been told, and stories we tell ourselves?"
A delicate blend of folklore and speculative fiction - exploring themes of xenophobia, grief, forgiveness, and recovery - tenderly threaded with fragile strands of hope.
Beautifully crafted by @rainewilson.bsky.social
A delicate blend of folklore and speculative fiction - exploring themes of xenophobia, grief, forgiveness, and recovery - tenderly threaded with fragile strands of hope.
Beautifully crafted by @rainewilson.bsky.social
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ive been thinking about this since I walked around AnimeExpo, and walking around Lightbox really cemented it for me:
But I think more artist alley tables should have a tip jar.
there are so many artists I come across that id like to support financially, but I often have no need of any more merch
But I think more artist alley tables should have a tip jar.
there are so many artists I come across that id like to support financially, but I often have no need of any more merch
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
ive been thinking about this since I walked around AnimeExpo, and walking around Lightbox really cemented it for me:
But I think more artist alley tables should have a tip jar.
there are so many artists I come across that id like to support financially, but I often have no need of any more merch
But I think more artist alley tables should have a tip jar.
there are so many artists I come across that id like to support financially, but I often have no need of any more merch
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This is why it's never *just* a cold!
If you've got good health, good for you. So many of us do not! For so many of us, a cold puts us in bed for a week, or worse!
Please start caring about other people and stay home when you're ill!!!!
If you've got good health, good for you. So many of us do not! For so many of us, a cold puts us in bed for a week, or worse!
Please start caring about other people and stay home when you're ill!!!!
Lemme give you an example of why behaving like an event's covid policy magically doesn't apply to you is dogwater behaviour. Not that people who do this care about the fallout, they got what they wanted.
Regardless, let's begin.
🧵
Regardless, let's begin.
🧵
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is why it's never *just* a cold!
If you've got good health, good for you. So many of us do not! For so many of us, a cold puts us in bed for a week, or worse!
Please start caring about other people and stay home when you're ill!!!!
If you've got good health, good for you. So many of us do not! For so many of us, a cold puts us in bed for a week, or worse!
Please start caring about other people and stay home when you're ill!!!!
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...