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R.T. Ester
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THE GANYMEDAN (Out now from Solaris Books) https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ganymedan-r-t-ester/1d2e09db773dd68b?ean=9781837863365&next=t
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R.T. Ester @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social · May 21
Had fun making these recently. No AI. If you like anything here and need a cover designed for your next novel or anything else, please consider reaching out!

www.rtwrites.com/design-help/

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Cover art concept for Ringworld by Larry Niven using vectors, photography and type: The O in Ringworld is orange, centered, and modified to mimic a light source. A bigger containing circle filters the light out to the edges of the design. A photo of clouds is masked in a triangle extending out from the orange circle in the center while a star-speckled image of space takes up the background Cover art concept for The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin using vectors and type: The book's title takes up two lines and is flipped counter-clockwise on its side and centered while the author name is positioned directly below it. Geometric squiggly lines under the author name. An orange semicircle takes up the top third of the background while a blue semicircle takes up the bottom. The space between both circles is taken up by a star-speckled image of space. Cover art concept for The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin using vectors and type: Light yellow backdrop with a stylish half tone overlay. A red circle is partially visible from the bottom and takes up almost half of the page while concentric red circles are overlaid on top of it. A monotone illustration of a woman from the neck up as she stares up and to the right takes of the middle of the page. Close to the left margin, a red line extends down from the top of the page with tiny silhouettes of people walking the line. 'The Fifth Season' is displayed in all caps while the author name is flipped clockwise on its side. Cover art concept for Neuromancer by William Gibson using vectors, photography and type: Neuromancer is centered and displayed in a condensed typeface while the author name is centered directly below. A vector of a classic desktop keyboard extends up from behind the book title. All the keys are in dark grey except the letters that spell Neuromancer which are all in orange. The N key is green. Background: Top half is a photo of a tv screen from an angle with tv static playing. Bottom half is of a photo of a cop car with some motion blur.
shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
My oldest turns ten in a week. Insane and unreal. Still feel like I'm being punk'd but no, I have an almost ten year old.
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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lillianjamesbooks.bsky.social
The first three books of The Spyridon Saga are out, and the reviews are giving me all the motivation! Can’t wait to get started on book 4 revisions next. mybook.to/Spyridon
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February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
Happy Monday! The Ganymedan, my debut novel, is now available as an audiobook, narrated by Shawn K. Jain.

Thank you for reading/listening! 🙏🚀🪐
The Ganymedan
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Verden Dotnet made an easy living mixing drinks for the creator of all sentient tech in the galaxy—until he decided to kill the creator. Now this man is dea...
www.audible.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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jamalzuhir.bsky.social
Palestinians have the right to live in dignity and safety.
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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leonardpierce.bsky.social
It should be understood that it is now a normal and acceptable business practice to dump billions of dollars into wasteful bullshit with zero demand that everyone knows is not going to work in order to starve the state of money and resources that it could otherwise use for social programs
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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leftistwonk.bsky.social
Whitney Cummings, an anti woke reactionary who is fresh off a multi-month long crashout over criticism of her performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, got hired by the Daily Show to say Vote Blue No Matter Who??? What the hell is going on over there?
January 30, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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livinglenin.bsky.social
People argue that America is a democracy, America has the White House. I say: slavery was abolished there half a century ago. The anti-slave war ended in 1865. Since then multimillionaires have mushroomed. They have the whole of America in their financial grip.
January 29, 2026 at 12:15 AM
shoutoutmapes.bsky.social
Happy Salamander episode day to all who celebrate.
captainrevo.bsky.social Captain Revo @captainrevo.bsky.social · Oct 24
This could be us…
A half transformed Paris holding an unconscious Janeway in his arms.
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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gaius.bsky.social
Irrefutable proof that no matter how moderate you are, Republicans are going to call you a communist. No sense running away from popular positions to avoid this smear because it’s inevitable
samshirazi.bsky.social Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 12d
Honestly can’t tell if it’s a bit at this point
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:

The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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osullyville.bsky.social
I would argue there is a throughline here with every Palestinian in Gaza being called a terrorist
dbernstein.bsky.social David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 17d
Stephen Miller calls the deceased “a domestic terrorist.”
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Today I'm remembering Philando Castile, shot in 2016 by police in the Minneapolis suburbs after being pulled over for a broken brake light. "Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me," he said. Ten seconds later one of the cops had shot him five times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing...
Killing of Philando Castile - Wikipedia
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January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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pepsffk.bsky.social
My child is sick with a dangerous virus in Gaza, and his condition is worsening; he could lose his life at any moment.
We need $300 to buy treatments that could save his life.
Please help us before it’s too late. 🙏

🔗 chuffed.org/project/mahm...
A small child lying down and in distress with an IV attached and various medicines beside him.
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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unsettlingempire.bsky.social
"It is the heart of US policy, ladies and gentlemen, to use fascism to preserve capitalism, while claiming to be saving democracy from communism."
- Michael Parenti
January 21, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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mommunism.bsky.social
Always on my list of books I recommend for anyone and probably even better to read right now. RIP Michael Parenti
Blackshirts & Reds Rational Facism And the overthrow of communism by Michael Parenti
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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bignasty.bsky.social
RIP to the realest.

Gonna watch today in his honor
💔💔

youtu.be/s5oPFAfdrkU?...
Yellow Parenti Lecture (1986)
YouTube video by Sabo Cat
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January 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Parenti on revolution.
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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lippoenen.bsky.social
RIP Michael Parenti.
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
January 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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thomasha.bsky.social
Ah wow. Thanks to folks who nominated Uncertain Sons and Other Stories @undertow.bsky.social for the BSFA longlist. And congrats to all the longlist nominees. A lot of familiar names, too many to tag, but happy to be in your company!

www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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anna-orridge.bsky.social
Baraa's suffered a slowdown in donations. She'd be grateful for any support. It's still very cold.

chuffed.org/project/161145
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM