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Sophiebauthor
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@Sophiebauthor everywhere. Fantasy Writer, | English PhD Student & Instructor of First Year Writing | Focusing on medical humanities and gender in 18-19th c lit
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Share a snippet of your favorite description of an environment in your book. No dialogue allowed! #WritingPrompt
December 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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tessafisher.bsky.social
I'm actually working on a research project on what elements and compounds are required to boostrap up terrestrial biochemistry, and sure enough, many carbonaceous chondritic meteorites have most or all of the ingredients. It's not surprising that microbes set up shop on the samples so quickly
philplait.bsky.social Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Dec 6
I wrote about all this in my newsletter a few days ago.

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December 6, 2024 at 3:02 AM
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profkarenboyle.bsky.social
Excited to announce 3 #AcademicJobs in Humanities at Uni Strathclyde funded through the Charlotte Lythe bequest. I'm new here, so appreciate your help in getting the word out! The jobs are in History, Media and English/Creative Writing. Details below in my first bsky thread (drumroll please...)
November 20, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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This is Fred. He just found out he can chew his own ear. There aren't actually any rules against it, he checked. 12/10
a small, wrinkly basset hound puppy with droopy eyes sits on a collection of fuzzy blankets. his brown ears are each the length of his body, one hanging on the right side of his head, the other delicately in his mouth as he chews on the corner of it. this is a game changer.
November 18, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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whatsfsaid.bsky.social
Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Saints of Storm and Sorrow by @gabriellabuba.bsky.social

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Last of the Talons by Sophie Kim

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A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

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ravencrime.bsky.social Raven Crime Reads @ravencrime.bsky.social · Nov 18
Been expanding my fantasy reading over the last few months & recently finished #FiveBrokenBlades by #MaiCorland Loved this Korean folklore inspired tale, so have just invested in these 2 by #LenaJeong.

Any more in this subgenre/Asian inspired fantasy generally you would recommend?

#Fantasy

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November 18, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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President Biden assures Americans that, this time, the T-Rex containment unit is completely reliable.
November 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
Alright! Started working on a literary agent starter pack on here, for all my writer friends out there!

Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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Call for papers: UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association annual event, Glasgow, 17-18 June 2025 (CFP deadline 15 Jan 2025) easychair.org/cfp/ukie2025. The theme is ‘Collaboration beyond boundaries’ #DigitalHumanities
November 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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chloemaron.bsky.social
i am in desperate need of a romcom. preferably queer, preferably YA, but i’ll take anything (self-promotion of course welcome)!
November 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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What, you want me to sell you the right to have AI scrape my work?

What's the offer?

$2,500 a book?

Okay, here's my counteroffer: Go fuck yourself

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HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
End of November always feels like that time of year when rapid fire passes start to happen, as people wind down their inboxes.

Friends, please don’t let it get you down.

Be gentle on yourselves, and each other. There’s a new year of art coming. ❤️
November 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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The goblin market 🍓🍈🍎🥭🍒
Illustration by Abigail Larson inspired by "The Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti. The image depicts a warm sunrise scene in a wooded setting. A young woman in a butter-yellow gown is surrounded by goblins offering fruit to her.
November 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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howdy, I published a book and finished my darling dark fantasy duology today.

I AM THE DARK THAT ANSWERS WHEN YOU CALL is out now. 🌚🖤
a photo of me, Jamison Shea, a black author with black rimmed glasses, a mixture of black and golden locks, gold rings through both nostrils and septum. I hold a book - I Am the Dark, which has a black girl screaming on the cover.
November 12, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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I'm looking for more editing work! I have 4 years of editing experience through literary journals, small presses, & freelance platforms. I also freelance edit for a digital marketing agency. I have a BA in English & a BA in Creative Writing.
See my site:
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Hi there, writers! I am offering editing services! As you’ll see, I edit poetry collections, poems, short stories, novels, flash fiction, nonfiction books, screenplays, all types of business …
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November 10, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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jenserventi.bsky.social
New year, new job for you or someone you know?

The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities is seeking a Public Affairs Specialist (Social Media/Digital Comms Manager). (Salary starts at $64,957)

Apps are due Jan 8, 2024. More info, including application reqs, available at www.usajobs.gov/job/764995300
Public Affairs Specialist (Social Media/Digital Communications Manager)
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
www.usajobs.gov
December 28, 2023 at 6:34 PM
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My programme has a position for a Lecturer in Māori Literature and Creative Communication - it would be fantastic if this ad could be shared widely across academic and Ao/NZ bluesky #kikorangi www.wgtn.ac.nz/about/workin...
December 6, 2023 at 6:57 PM
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sorrowscopes.bsky.social
Leo: Actually, Frankenstein is the doctor. The monster is you.
December 3, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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odsecs.bsky.social
Our last #18c seminar of 2023 happens soon, we hope you can join us for @cindyermus.bsky.social, "Crisis and Contagion: Researching Disease and Disaster in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World"
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
11:00-12:00 EST / 16:00-15:00 GMT

Register for free ticket to the zoom today!
ODSECS 32: Cindy Ermus
Crisis and Contagion: Researching Disease and Disaster in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
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November 25, 2023 at 6:32 PM
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“Unless they are ill, many adults interact infrequently with the medical establishment. When they do, they may get care in a variety of places — making it no one person’s job to ensure they are up to date with their vaccinations… adults often have to figure this stuff out themselves”
‘We’re absolutely making it too hard’: The complexity of adult immunization delivery hinders v...
The process of keeping track of which vaccines are recommended — and avoiding paying for them out of pocket — has grown increasingly convoluted.
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October 27, 2023 at 11:39 PM
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This is a scary fact. So few people are masking, too, which makes it so much worse for immune comprised people who a) are taking all the precautions and b) are still at a high risk.
apoorvanyt.bsky.social Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Oct 27
Few Americans have opted to be immunized against the coronavirus so far this fall: Just over 7 percent of adults and 2 percent of children had received a Covid-19 vaccine as of Oct. 14

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/h...
Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds
About 7 percent of adults have rolled up their sleeves for the new vaccines, according to new agency data.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2023 at 2:28 AM
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Reminder that the new COVID shot isn’t just a booster, it’s a new vaccine more effective against more variants. Important to get it and remind friends & family.
apoorvanyt.bsky.social Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Oct 27
Few Americans have opted to be immunized against the coronavirus so far this fall: Just over 7 percent of adults and 2 percent of children had received a Covid-19 vaccine as of Oct. 14

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/h...
Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds
About 7 percent of adults have rolled up their sleeves for the new vaccines, according to new agency data.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2023 at 8:57 PM
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Deadline approaching—please share the news: Early American/18th and Medieval TT jobs in English at UT!
ladysmatter.bsky.social LadySmatter @ladysmatter.bsky.social · Oct 17
TWO great tenure track jobs at UT in Knoxville! Medieval and early American, w/ some combo of DH, Medical humanities, environment, indigenous studies, global studies. Nov 1 deadline. english.utk.edu/2023/10/17/m...
UTK English Hiring Two New Professors for 2024 - Department of English
UTK English is excited to announce two new searches for assistant or associate professors in both Medieval literature and Early […]
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October 26, 2023 at 7:48 PM
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Ursula Vernon's Hugo acceptance speech included this delightful anecdote-slash-metaphor-slash-encouragement. https://www.patreon.com/posts/91410900
There is a species of water beetle that regularly gets swallowed whole by frogs. And while there’s a lot of things you can do to keep from being eaten, once you’re inside a frog, your options are severely limited. Generally you get digested. But this particular species of beetle said “You know, I bet there’s another way.” And it started walking. In fact, it walked through the frog’s digestive tract and out the back end. This is 100% true, you can look it up. 19 out of 20 of these beetles will simply walk out of the frog, unharmed. It usually takes them about an hour, although one beetle speed-ran the frog in five minutes, which I’m sure was very exciting for the frog. The moral of this story, if there is one, is that no matter how dark the situation, there is always a way through. And there’s always a light at the end of the frog.
October 21, 2023 at 11:04 PM