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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤
@thatemilymunro.bsky.social
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Author blending scifi and fantasy with reckless abandon. Lurks in Brooklyn. Story in Scott's Planet available now! TTRPGs,Tea, and Fountain Pens.
also at @writingabtwriting.bsky.social
Blogs at writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
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Emily Munro💜💀🩶🖤 @thatemilymunro.bsky.social · 18d
Surprise anthology release today!
Scott's planet is a shared world anthology about a colony abandoned on a world still in its Carboniferous period. That means giant bugs, no real trees, and a lot of wacky biology to play with.

💙📚🪐 #bugsky #scifi #anthology

www.amazon.com/dp/194947650...
Cover of Scott's Planet edited by Jared Kavanagh and Bob Brown, of b-cubed press. Two figures stand on an alien beach walking towards a massive stone arch in the distance against a blue gray sky.
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thoughtpunks.com
The season is coming up! Have a free fun adventure game for the holidays called Holiday Anomaly Division, where you are a crack team of agents trying to respond to incidents where the holiday magic gets out of control.

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#TTRPG #IndieGame
Free Christmas TTRPG: Holiday Anomalies Division (HAD)
Happy holidays! For the season, I've dug up another unfinished tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) from my slush pile to share with you all. Like others, it's playable as-is. So have fun! And it's released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, so feel free to hack away or even flat out flesh o
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November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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gregpak.net
Check out some of the awesome stuff we'll be giving away at our @handsoffnyc.bsky.social event at @anyonecomics.bsky.social in Brooklyn on 11/15! Come fold zines, make posters, and score cool stuff! Whistles! Buttons! Stickers! And YOU!

RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Photo of a bunch of cool Hands Off NYC stuff, including buttons, stickers, know your rights cards, and whistles
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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xkcd.com
Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/
4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with

2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
Blue stone surrounding a gold metal core
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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writingabtwriting.bsky.social
The Master Study for Authors is up as a guest post on Substack. Is there a writing technique you want to master but you're not sure how to go about learning it? A master study may be the way for you.

#writingabtwriting #writingcommunity #author #writingq 💙📚
The Master Study for Authors
Today Em will steal a tool from the visual artist’s cabinet and bang it into shape for writers. It’s called a Master Study: part copying, part analysis, part hands-on learning.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
The cover letter to my first submission: August 12, 1971 1381 East 72nd Street Brooklyn NY 11234 Edward L. Ferman The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fistion 347 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 Dear Mr. Ferman, I am submitting for possible publication the enclosed story, "Gem of the Gods". Too long has Sword and sorcery been dead. I hope this may help revive it. A stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed in case of rejection. Sincerely yours, Scott Edelman
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Voice is my current bete noir. My white whale. My keys at the bottom of a storm drain.

If you too are struggling to find your (writing) voice, here are four books that might help.

#writingabtwriting 📚💙🪐 #writingcommunity #writing #writingq
Books for Finding Your Voice
A list of intrepid tomes that dare to teach what many say cannot be taught.
www.writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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bibiblossoms.bsky.social
It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, hip braces, wrist braces, compression socks, walking sticks, elbow braces, bags, back braces & more!

Store details below!
5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star: Spoons: Lavender background Hunger Scale: Red background Migraine Scale: Blue background Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background. Strawberry, Galaxy and Bats Wrist Braces Strawberry, Galaxy and Bats Thumb Splints Elbow braces in the strawberry, Galaxy and Bats patterns
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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dankaszeta.bsky.social
Pinning this again:

Do not use milk, juice, urine, antacids, baking soda on pepper spray or tear gas. Just water. Plain water..

Optical saline ok in eyes, but maybe save it for the dumbasses who wore contact lenses.
Plain soap or shampoo ok on skin, but never in eyes.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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kickbackcommittee.bsky.social
The CPL Final is in the middle of a snowstorm in Canada, true North American soccer heritage...how could it get any better?

HOW ABOUT A FREAKIN' BICYCLE KICK EQUALIZER!!!
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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czedwards.bsky.social
Actually…

One century ago, standard, mid-range, catalog shoes went for 2025 $30-50 per pair, were repairable (glued soles hadn’t become common yet), were made of leather, would last for several years and could be Ship of Theseus’ed on soles, fasteners and heels.

They were better shoes for less.
A two-page catalogue spread from the National Cloak and Suit Company, a major competitor to Sears that focused on clothes. Founded in 1888, it eventually merged with Bellas, Hess & Company and became National Belles Hesse and was active as one of the top 5 mail order companies until the 1970s. $250 million dollar years were common until the end. (There’s a Supreme Court case about sales tax that’s still influential.) This is the 1925-1926 spread of ladies’ shoes. These are working shoes, designed for middle-income women with jobs (very common in the 1920s). They are all leather — pleather did not exist. There are several pairs of lace up, leather boots for $1.99 to $2.98 ($37 to 55 in 2025 dollars), an assortment of ladies; heeled oxfords for $1.98 to $2.49 ($37 to 46.50), and various Mary Jane, T strap and loafer styles for $1.19 to $2.59 ($22-48) and a pair of flats/house shoes for $1.00($18.50). None of these shoes are glued; that is a late 30s-40s invention because earlier glues were not durable (technically, the first patent is 1910, but they needed waterproof, flexible glues that didn’t yet exist). It was mostly the domain of cheap sneakers/plimsolls and slippers into the late 1960s. Gluing as the primary shoe production process is latter 20th century. All of these shoes shown were sewn so all of them could be repaired. They have low to mid heels, which could also be repaired. There are no stilettos here, those are a later invention. Most of these shoes would likely last 3-7 years of heavy use with routine care (shoe shines, sole and heel repair) and much longer if they weren’t daily worn. Even the slippers/flats/ballet pumps could be repaired.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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defector.com
If you’re stuck at an airport right now, it’s because Trump fucked you: defector.com/if-youre-stu...
If You’re Stuck At An Airport Right Now, It’s Because Trump Fucked You | Defector
You picked a bad weekend to fly. Over 1,500 flights in the US were cancelled yesterday, and over 1,200 over them have already been cancelled this morning. One of those may have been yours. You’re stuc...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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jentrification.com
DIA workers say museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to form a union - Detroit Metro Times
DIA workers say museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to form a union - Detroit Metro Times
Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals stand tall and proud inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, a monument to the power of workers and a city long associated with organized labor. Tho...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social
Just checking you all know about Spirit Swap, the game that came out this year that I directed alongside many incredibly skilled friends and workers! We’re a majority (uh I’m pretty sure 100% tbh) marginalized people co-op and self-published! Please check out our trailer I love it so much!
softnotweak.bsky.social Play Spirit Swap!✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · Feb 3
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW!
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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craigcalcaterra.bsky.social
"Trump canceled your flight" is about as easy as messaging gets.
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
ICE won't allow communion to be given in detention centers because demons quail and shiver at the divine presence in the Host.
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
thatemilymunro.bsky.social
The sticker is wrong, I voted precisely on time. Polls are still open!

#nyc #nycvotes
A hand holds an "I voted early" sticker above a polling place arrow on a dark sidewalk
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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theonion.com
Breaking: The Darkness Returns
Breaking: The Darkness Returns
WASHINGTON—With deep unease and outright horror haunting millions of Americans as a great shroud enveloped the land, late-breaking reports confirmed Monday that the darkness had returned. Bystanders f...
theonion.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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nyashajunior.bsky.social
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor (2018)
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor - Longreads
It's a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
longreads.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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equitableforall.com
Please consider adding alt text to posts with images as folx who rely on screen readers for vision loss deserve equitable access to information, & you can update your settings on BlueSky so that you cannot post images without alt text, so you are prompted to add it if you might otherwise forget! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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docseuss.bsky.social
You there. I want you to say, aloud, at some point today "I'm really glad I'm good at..." And then you're gonna say something you think you do pretty well.

If you don't think you do anything pretty well, I want you to say "one little thing that makes me unique is..."

And if you can't do either?
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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dnl.ink
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Starting my #novelvember check-in thread here on my way home from the brilliant Writer Unboxed Unconference in Santa Fe. My goal this year is to touch my revision every day (starting with an action plan from my conference notes).
Good luck on your goals!

#writingcommunity #notnano #nanowrimo
Santa Fe 2025, Canyon street. A dramatic old tree in glorious fall yellows and deeply creviced red-brown bark against a blue sky.
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM