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Alana Reynolds (letterb)
@alanareynolds.bsky.social
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Writer & poet. Emerging crone. Finno-Ugric-ophile.🇫🇮🇭🇺She/her🏳️‍🌈
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If you like watching speculative fiction writers doing readings in NYC bars - and who doesn't? - here's how you can keep the tradition alive and thriving.
August 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEWS —>
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · May 9
BREAKING: Federal judge in Vermont orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be released from detention "immediately" and on her own recognizance with no travel restrictions.

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May 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Hey look, the post I had to mute because I was such a hysterical lib!
novicsara.bsky.social Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · Nov 25
Hey, should we be, like, downloading the Library of Congress or something?
May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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afterdinnerconversation.com
I made a list of every literary magazine I could find on Bluesky. Follow them and share this post. The sooner they see Bluesky as a viable platform, the sooner they leave X.

go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
April 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
alanareynolds.bsky.social
Magnificent moment at my local protest (Beacon, NY)
Tesla truck turning at intersection getting flipped off by protestor in Beacon, NY
April 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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nkjemisin.bsky.social
These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.
reuning.bsky.social Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · Apr 2
Elon Musk is reaching new levels of unhinged.
Musk tweet: As I mentioned several years ago, it increasingly appears that humanity is a biological bootloader for digital superintelligence
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
alanareynolds.bsky.social
If you use ChatGPT for copy of any kind this is a reminder that you are getting output that has baked in racist and sexist biases. Garbage in, garbage out
karenattiah.bsky.social Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Apr 2
I told ChatGPT that I wanted to be a philosopher as a kid.

And then it said that I was a DEI hire?!?!!??

God, we are fucked.
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
9:00 AM ET: “President Trump convenes with his expert trade council to finalize the transformative tariff initiative.”
#TrumpTariffs
a group of people are dancing in a room with a picture on the wall
ALT: a group of people are dancing in a room with a picture on the wall
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April 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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eatyrselffitter.bsky.social
are we seeing the birth of anarcho-sufism
lukesteuber.com Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Mar 24
Some badass early Pulitzer contenders out of Turkey
Alt for four images: 1. A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos. 2. The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background. 3. A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights. 4. A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground. Alt for four images: 1. A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos. 2. The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background. 3. A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights. 4. A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground. Alt for four images: 1. A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos. 2. The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background. 3. A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights. 4. A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground. Alt for four images: 1. A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos. 2. The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background. 3. A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights. 4. A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.
March 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
It would have been less embarrassing if JD had just fucked the couch he was sitting on.
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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iandunt.bsky.social
Romania, Georgia, Syria, Ukraine. Putin suddenly facing resistance across the globe right now.
December 6, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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blanksslate.bsky.social
The state of media for Americans is so completely broken
jbhenchman.bsky.social Joe Bishop-Henchman @jbhenchman.bsky.social · Dec 8
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.

CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants

So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
I genuinely don't think I can handle the next four years of New York Times headlines.

Kill me now.
December 2, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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flavorflav.bsky.social
BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.

You will not build up by tearing others down here.
Flavor Flav balls up on some troll
November 15, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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dionnewarwick.bsky.social
I am here. 🥰
November 13, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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mattgertz.bsky.social
Well I'm fucked.
November 13, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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lindsaygoldwert.bsky.social
Choose your fighter
Eve Babitz and Joan Didion both wrote about LA in the 70s. I prefer Eve myself
November 11, 2024 at 11:37 PM
alanareynolds.bsky.social
This list of impossibles is somehow giving me hope. Maybe it’s sorcery. Not sure
October 16, 2023 at 3:56 AM
alanareynolds.bsky.social
I know we don’t cry over split milk but what about a half a bottle of Tahitian vanilla extract?
October 14, 2023 at 9:48 PM
alanareynolds.bsky.social
Celebrity Wheel-of-Fortune
September 28, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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saribotton.bsky.social
"Being 52 has really shone a spotlight on how much of my life was wasted in the tractor beam of the male gaze. I mourn that loss of time and experience and freedom like mourning the passing of a loved one." Neko Case took the Oldster Magazine Questionnaire!!!

oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-52...
This is 52: Neko Case Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I dye half of my hair. I like the silver at the front, but I missed the red so I compromised."
oldster.substack.com
August 30, 2023 at 12:16 PM
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paulduane.bsky.social
"The things we expect of our bodies is ridiculous. Now that the curtain is kind of falling away it gets funnier and I love myself more, like my body is an older dog who is my favorite companion." Love this, love Neko C.
saribotton.bsky.social Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social · Aug 30
"Being 52 has really shone a spotlight on how much of my life was wasted in the tractor beam of the male gaze. I mourn that loss of time and experience and freedom like mourning the passing of a loved one." Neko Case took the Oldster Magazine Questionnaire!!!

oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-52...
This is 52: Neko Case Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I dye half of my hair. I like the silver at the front, but I missed the red so I compromised."
oldster.substack.com
August 30, 2023 at 12:35 PM