August (they/he)
@augustwritesbooks.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Working on a book about the Iditarod. I love EVERY DOG.
Paging the #Uglydogs, as we do.
If you caught up with our latest Patreon post (it's free / public on Patreon at ATAO Kennel!), you probably saw we've had a slew of vet visits, especially for some back issues for both Annie and Furiosa. Both have some spine and joint issues (from playing / running & colliding at high speeds 🤦♂️ )
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Paging the #Uglydogs, as we do.
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I have met the most amazing community of humans and critters! The #UglyDogs raise thousands of dollars for charity and to support each other every year.
PS - the dogs are not ugly.
Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Prepare For Her First Iditarod : NPR share.google/Hruscaw1DA2T...
PS - the dogs are not ugly.
Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Prepare For Her First Iditarod : NPR share.google/Hruscaw1DA2T...
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I have met the most amazing community of humans and critters! The #UglyDogs raise thousands of dollars for charity and to support each other every year.
PS - the dogs are not ugly.
Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Prepare For Her First Iditarod : NPR share.google/Hruscaw1DA2T...
PS - the dogs are not ugly.
Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Prepare For Her First Iditarod : NPR share.google/Hruscaw1DA2T...
17 y/o Ash is training for the Iditarod dog sled race, a goal her brother died before achieving. When her brother’s ex-GF becomes Ash’s assistant, sparks fly. Juggling 1st love, college apps, & race training, Ash finds she’s torn between her dreams & her brother’s. #YA #CON #LF #DIS #LGBT #MH #ND
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’m participating in #DVPit today, if you see otherwise out-of-context book-posting. 👀📖 Comments & quote-reposts are allowed per @dvpit.bsky.social, Likes are only for publishing industry folks.
A break from my typical #Uglydogs content, but only sorta. It’s Gay Musher Novel Fall, y’all!
A break from my typical #Uglydogs content, but only sorta. It’s Gay Musher Novel Fall, y’all!
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’m participating in #DVPit today, if you see otherwise out-of-context book-posting. 👀📖 Comments & quote-reposts are allowed per @dvpit.bsky.social, Likes are only for publishing industry folks.
A break from my typical #Uglydogs content, but only sorta. It’s Gay Musher Novel Fall, y’all!
A break from my typical #Uglydogs content, but only sorta. It’s Gay Musher Novel Fall, y’all!
Hey #Uglydogs, I have had the pleasure of reading @themollyturner.bsky.social’s work while workshopping my sled dog novel … highly recommend following her for book updates & for her @turnofthecentury.bsky.social podcast. Molly is one of the funniest & most insightful people I know!
October 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey #Uglydogs, I have had the pleasure of reading @themollyturner.bsky.social’s work while workshopping my sled dog novel … highly recommend following her for book updates & for her @turnofthecentury.bsky.social podcast. Molly is one of the funniest & most insightful people I know!
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#UglyDogs call your D or I Senators and remind them everyone deserves human rights including healthcare. Do it today, they have to vote tomorrow to avert a shutdown. Tell them human rights are worth a shutdown and the Republicans won’t stop at trans people.
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#UglyDogs call your D or I Senators and remind them everyone deserves human rights including healthcare. Do it today, they have to vote tomorrow to avert a shutdown. Tell them human rights are worth a shutdown and the Republicans won’t stop at trans people.
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#UglyDogs, we've helped support a lot of needs in Alaska during #Igivearod. Here's one worth our attention.
On Sunday AM KOTZ (our public radio station) plays hymns sung in Inupiaq. My dad loves hearing Inupiaq. Another thing we'll miss if KOTZ closes (now slated to close in May without federal funding). They also have a huge stash of "Eskimo stories", all in Inupiaq, that aren't available anywhere else.
KOTZEBUE BROADCASTING INC.
Site for Kotzebue Broadcasting Inc.
kotz.org
July 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#UglyDogs, we've helped support a lot of needs in Alaska during #Igivearod. Here's one worth our attention.
#UglyDogs Zeke & I have a routine, almost daily: I get ready for work, he gets a walk, then breakfast.
Every day, this beautiful fool runs past where I’m holding his leash, right to his bowl.
He returns from the kitchen looking confused every time. True “Grinch forgot how to go South” energy. 😂
Every day, this beautiful fool runs past where I’m holding his leash, right to his bowl.
He returns from the kitchen looking confused every time. True “Grinch forgot how to go South” energy. 😂
July 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#UglyDogs Zeke & I have a routine, almost daily: I get ready for work, he gets a walk, then breakfast.
Every day, this beautiful fool runs past where I’m holding his leash, right to his bowl.
He returns from the kitchen looking confused every time. True “Grinch forgot how to go South” energy. 😂
Every day, this beautiful fool runs past where I’m holding his leash, right to his bowl.
He returns from the kitchen looking confused every time. True “Grinch forgot how to go South” energy. 😂
@persistencemushing.bsky.social Excited to be repping Persistence and Fiona’s rookie season at the desk now! 💙(Covering my writing space in mushing ephemera *is* helping with my motivation. So thanks!)
July 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@persistencemushing.bsky.social Excited to be repping Persistence and Fiona’s rookie season at the desk now! 💙(Covering my writing space in mushing ephemera *is* helping with my motivation. So thanks!)
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#UglyDogs @seakelpie.bsky.social is one of us and needs our help. She is disabled and unhoused and while she applies for longer-term aid, has very immediate needs right now. Many of us are one disaster away from needing a GFM, and she is there now. Please donate or boost as you can.❤️❤️❤️
It's Help Someone Out Day - and today's someone is Sea Kelpie! Disabilities have a way of upending ... well everything. Online communities and GoFundMes have to suffice as a social safety net. Awoooooo!
June 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#UglyDogs @seakelpie.bsky.social is one of us and needs our help. She is disabled and unhoused and while she applies for longer-term aid, has very immediate needs right now. Many of us are one disaster away from needing a GFM, and she is there now. Please donate or boost as you can.❤️❤️❤️
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#UglyDogs - for those that don't know, or don't recall, Sarah helped Q out getting ready for Iditarod. If you want to show a little love and appreciation, here's a way to do it.
If you would like to support her from afar, you can donate directly and find merch that she designed here: www.persistencemushing.com/jointheteam There's a link to donate to Persistence in general but there's also one that goes directly to her. Your support would mean the world to her 💕
Join the Team — Persistence Mushing
www.persistencemushing.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#UglyDogs - for those that don't know, or don't recall, Sarah helped Q out getting ready for Iditarod. If you want to show a little love and appreciation, here's a way to do it.
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#UglyDogs
Sarah and Fiona ran the T-Dog 50 this year, and Sarah survived the whole pack of the #UglyDogs at the start of this year's Iditarod.
She also provided most of the early intel on the team. :)
Sarah and Fiona ran the T-Dog 50 this year, and Sarah survived the whole pack of the #UglyDogs at the start of this year's Iditarod.
She also provided most of the early intel on the team. :)
If you would like to support her from afar, you can donate directly and find merch that she designed here: www.persistencemushing.com/jointheteam There's a link to donate to Persistence in general but there's also one that goes directly to her. Your support would mean the world to her 💕
Join the Team — Persistence Mushing
www.persistencemushing.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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we often say "the cruelty is the point" regarding the past few years of transphobic policy onslaught, and it is, but it's important to understand that the point of the cruelty is because *they know they have lost*. they're pulling every lever down for a hail mary, but people will keep transitioning.
a lot of cis people seem to respond by saying "well just don't look at the news" or "well stop doomscrolling" as if we share the luxury of being able to put our heads in the sand when our friends and loved ones are forced to make impossible choices.
we're going to win though. cat's out of the bag.
we're going to win though. cat's out of the bag.
June 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
we often say "the cruelty is the point" regarding the past few years of transphobic policy onslaught, and it is, but it's important to understand that the point of the cruelty is because *they know they have lost*. they're pulling every lever down for a hail mary, but people will keep transitioning.
Had to rep the queen at a Delaware Pride event yesterday. I always hope I might meet some local #uglydogs when I have this shirt on. That’s not what happened, but something funny did … (1/3)
June 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Had to rep the queen at a Delaware Pride event yesterday. I always hope I might meet some local #uglydogs when I have this shirt on. That’s not what happened, but something funny did … (1/3)
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And can’t help but wonder, will we reach 440 followers on bluesky during this years race? That would be fun!
April 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
And can’t help but wonder, will we reach 440 followers on bluesky during this years race? That would be fun!
@blairbraverman.bsky.social Zeke is like Flame in so many ways: he wants to be everywhere I am, and definitely wishes I’d let him sniff more dead things.
However, he’s not sold on fashion!
#Uglydogs
However, he’s not sold on fashion!
#Uglydogs
April 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@blairbraverman.bsky.social Zeke is like Flame in so many ways: he wants to be everywhere I am, and definitely wishes I’d let him sniff more dead things.
However, he’s not sold on fashion!
#Uglydogs
However, he’s not sold on fashion!
#Uglydogs
#Uglydogs … is Zeke’s Thundershirt supposed to fit like this?
I could juuuust barely Velcro it, but now that it’s on, I can slide my hand underneath the seams.
I could juuuust barely Velcro it, but now that it’s on, I can slide my hand underneath the seams.
April 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#Uglydogs … is Zeke’s Thundershirt supposed to fit like this?
I could juuuust barely Velcro it, but now that it’s on, I can slide my hand underneath the seams.
I could juuuust barely Velcro it, but now that it’s on, I can slide my hand underneath the seams.
Y’all, I got a spot in a community garden today!
I actually haven’t gardened since both my dad & my grandfather stopped planting backyard gardens. But “I’m going to grow a bunch of tomatoes and give them to people I love,” is such a New Jersey Dad (Summertime Mode) activity to me.
I actually haven’t gardened since both my dad & my grandfather stopped planting backyard gardens. But “I’m going to grow a bunch of tomatoes and give them to people I love,” is such a New Jersey Dad (Summertime Mode) activity to me.
bob from bob 's burgers is standing in a garden wearing a hat and gloves
Alt: bob from bob 's burgers is standing in a garden wearing a hat and gloves, dancing
media.tenor.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Y’all, I got a spot in a community garden today!
I actually haven’t gardened since both my dad & my grandfather stopped planting backyard gardens. But “I’m going to grow a bunch of tomatoes and give them to people I love,” is such a New Jersey Dad (Summertime Mode) activity to me.
I actually haven’t gardened since both my dad & my grandfather stopped planting backyard gardens. But “I’m going to grow a bunch of tomatoes and give them to people I love,” is such a New Jersey Dad (Summertime Mode) activity to me.
If your bracelet hasn’t yet arrived, I promise it is still coming! (There was a little local USPS delay on my end but I think my mail carrier and I figured it out. 👍🏻)
#Uglydogs
#Uglydogs
My Iditarod friendship bracelet arrived from @augustwritesbooks.bsky.social! Now I get to rep @blairbraverman.bsky.social and @quincemountain.bsky.social's amazing dogs 💖✨
April 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If your bracelet hasn’t yet arrived, I promise it is still coming! (There was a little local USPS delay on my end but I think my mail carrier and I figured it out. 👍🏻)
#Uglydogs
#Uglydogs
#Uglydogs, you will indeed enjoy this one! (I did!!)
New WHT for #TDOV because I couldn't not write some shit today, I suppose. I ultimately decided to keep this one positive and brief. whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/trans-day-of (cc the #uglydogs, who will enjoy this one I bet)
Trans Day Of...
keeping it positive and brief
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Uglydogs, you will indeed enjoy this one! (I did!!)
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Q made a wedding registry for his Kobuk, if you care to sponsor dog jackets, etc! Or just read through for a glimpse into equipment. (I'm with his family and showed them this and his cousin pulled me aside, concerned, and said "Does Q know what watersports means?")
www.zola.com/registry/bra...
www.zola.com/registry/bra...
BraverMountain Mushing and the Amazing Ugly Dogs.'s Wedding Registry on Zola
BraverMountain Mushing is having a wonderful 2025 mushing season and we would like to continue into spring with a visit to Kotzebue, AK (above the Arctic Circle!) for the Kobuk 440, a wonderful race (...
www.zola.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Q made a wedding registry for his Kobuk, if you care to sponsor dog jackets, etc! Or just read through for a glimpse into equipment. (I'm with his family and showed them this and his cousin pulled me aside, concerned, and said "Does Q know what watersports means?")
www.zola.com/registry/bra...
www.zola.com/registry/bra...
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#UglyDogs
Please share and donate if you can - and read thru for some giggles 🤭
Please share and donate if you can - and read thru for some giggles 🤭
#UglyDogs Q posted a hilarious but needed “wedding registry” for the Kobuk 440. Donate if you can and at least read through it for a giggle if your finances are tapped out! www.zola.com/registry/bra...
BraverMountain Mushing and the Amazing Ugly Dogs.'s Wedding Registry on Zola
BraverMountain Mushing is having a wonderful 2025 mushing season and we would like to continue into spring with a visit to Kotzebue, AK (above the Arctic Circle!) for the Kobuk 440, a wonderful race (...
www.zola.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
#UglyDogs
Please share and donate if you can - and read thru for some giggles 🤭
Please share and donate if you can - and read thru for some giggles 🤭
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Comments are open till April 11th y'all. There's some great info in the replies too.
#uglydogs
#uglydogs
The comment process in this is a little complicated- the replies to the post give some advice on navigating. If trans healthcare is something you care about, consider commenting. Heck, if a trans person is someone you care about, even.
The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
March 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Comments are open till April 11th y'all. There's some great info in the replies too.
#uglydogs
#uglydogs
This! This is the vibe!
These are my favorite kinds of mushing stories. Not the winning epics but the little interpersonal dynamics of the dogs just being themselves while also being these incredible athletes 🥰
March 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This! This is the vibe!