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Bi. Writer, Actor, Dreamer, Feminist & Activist. Síðhe/her.
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A searing and poetic call, in the tradition of Dr King, for us to resist the dream that keeps us asleep, and instead embrace the tension of the moment to pull forward.
January 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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New things - My maternal zine, Goatmother, is in a bundle available now, along with a bunch of cool games. Get the link in my other new thing, my substack! I'll be writing about games I'm designing, games I'm playing, sharing pictures of my cat, plus more.

butcherbirdpress.substack.com
Sarah’s Substack | Sarah Doom | Substack
Sarah Doom is a writer, game designer, graphic artist, and illustrator. Click to read Sarah’s Substack, by Sarah Doom, a Substack publication. Launched 13 days ago.
butcherbirdpress.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:02 PM
December 18, 2024 at 1:38 AM
As an antidote to the onslaught of bad news, please enjoy these highlights from a lot of #vintage photos I purchased from a collector's estate:
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Here's a quick n easy primer on writing alt text. If you're feeling time constrained even very brief notes is better than nothing, i.e. for this image "capybara in a hot spring". If there's zero alt text there's 0 context at all.

XOXO!
November 8, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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The evergreen words of @prisonculture.bsky.social (whose LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social is required now).

The thing you’re saying, “we need to make, now”?

Already exists.

People are doing that work already.

Go find & support them.

No reinventing wheels. Do research.
November 7, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Looking for a distraction today? Or just want to help climate scientists?

Immerse yourself in some ship voyages from the 1860s and help transcribe the weather observations taken so we can improve our understanding of how the climate has changed.

Monsoon Voyages: www.zooniverse.org/projects/p-t...
Zooniverse
The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.
www.zooniverse.org
November 6, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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November 6, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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Doorbell just rang. A package from Australia. The bookseller Nicholas Pounder sent me a small press print of my Times Literary Supplement poem, "Criseyde." It's a private, gift copy, and it has brought tears to my eyes this morning, for so many reasons.
November 6, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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From an email to my grads:

This isn’t my 1st rodeo, but it might be yours — & I wish like hell it wasn’t. But one of the reasons I’m a literary historian is that the work reminds me I'm one of a long, long line of those who have imagined better, & more importantly, worked for better, come what may.
November 7, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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If you’re sober and wobbling right now: get to a meeting, call your sponsor, tell a trusted friend what’s happening in your brain and body.

Losing your hard-earned sobriety over these facist assholes is NOT worth it.

YOU are worth it.
November 6, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Gentle reminder that most disabled people can NOT leave the United States. Countries don’t want to take in disabled, chronically ill and “high cost health users”. There are serious financial barriers to moving - leaving most people behind.

Spare a thought for all of us tonight - people are scared
November 6, 2024 at 7:56 AM
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More than ever Art is gonna be important, more than ever people will be looking for escapism, we're gonna need stories, w're gonna need stories about fighting Empires, overwhelming forces and winning despite the odds
Write, paint, draw, create, create like you need to breath!
November 6, 2024 at 9:20 AM
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In case you missed it, here's seven climate wins from yesterday's US election 👇

www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
Big State and Local Wins for Climate and Conservation in the United States
Twelve state and local ballot initiatives were passed by voters in the 2024 U.S. elections, providing more than $18 billion for climate and conservation action.
www.nature.org
November 6, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Is there a syllabus for resistance school?
November 6, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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There's lots of wisdom and kindness in this article about grief, loss, attachments & how to cope. It's a Q&A with the therapist who coined the term "ambiguous loss," who sounds like she is an amazing therapist. 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/elec... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social
Election Grief Is Real. Here’s How to Cope
Understanding the psychology of ambiguous loss can help people struggling with grief and depression in the wake of the 2024 election results
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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I will say this though: Hope is not a mistake.
November 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Doctors who will offer sterilization without any drama

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Gynecologists who will perform a tubal sterilization
docs.google.com
November 6, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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If you have bandwidth and are safe to do so, look into your options to volunteer for government-related boards and commissions. It's a great way to make contacts and get more familiar with your area, but it's also a great way to help make things a little better.
November 6, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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For those who are mad and activated (good) my one hope is that you will look for the people already doing the work. You probably do not need to invent your own new organization or group. Find the people already doing it and join them, listen to them, learn from them.
November 6, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Are you ready for #ThursThreads tomorrow? @daelynmorgana.bsky.social is our judge and she's looking forward to your tales. What kind of tale can you tie on? #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction siobhanmuir.com/blog
November 6, 2024 at 11:02 PM