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David Buchanan

@retr0.id

happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate

November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM

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Imani Barbarin

@imanibarbarin.bsky.social

If you don’t get it yet.

Cover of Capitalism and Disability by Marta Russell

November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM

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gas pump guzzler 5.0

@wynnowing.bsky.social

call your friends cute! call them hot! say i love you! fuck me dude ive spent twenty two years thinking i had to be polite about my friends when you should frankly be a little in love with everyone youre close with. they matter to you. let them know it

November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM

finch 𐂂

@foolsheart.bsky.social

happy wip wednesday! ✒️

here's an excerpt of a commission fic i'm almost finished with. chapter one of my hades!au with mercenary!kevin day!

tw: death by suicide

An excerpt of a fanfic that reads:

When Kevin asked where his mother went, the older man gave him a cutting look with those ink-black eyes.

"She's never coming back. Don't waste your prayers to the gods on people who've gone astray. Only the dead enters the underworld." Tetsuji said firmly as Kevin held his tongue back, learning far too young to never talk back to the likes of Moriayama.

Kevin was then shoved at the brutal heart of noble life with the Moriyamas. He endured plenty when he owed his life to the Moriyamas, but hope came through a whisper, a rumour.

Whispers of his missing mother's whereabouts in the underworld was all it took for him to leave everything behind. He escaped the grip the Moriyamas had on him at eighteen, with the grip of his own blade plunged into his chest, and bled himself to death. Only the dead enters the underworld.

It was not the honourable kind of death he'd yearned as a child, but it was enough.

That was the last time he'd seen the sky, and breathed the soothing air of the world above.

November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM

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JAWW [Hiatus]

@envyjaw.bsky.social

I'm a little short on funds this month as I haven't been able to do as much, if anyone wants to commission me that'd help me out so much!
I'm a disabled transmasc artist and this is my only income- reshares are always appreciated!

vgen.co/ENVYJAW

#art #commissions

November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM

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Johannes T. Evans

@johannestevans.bsky.social

Hello! My name is Johannes T. Evans (he/him), and I am a gay, transgender, disabled author of fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction based in West Yorkshire.

I write a huge array of fiction and non-fiction, and lots of it is available to read for FREE on my website:

www.johannestevans.co.uk

JOHANNES T. EVANS, author of queer fantasy, romance, horror, and erotic fiction.

short stories, novellas, and novels featuring:
- transgender men in situations
- sexy disabled dudes crushing pussy
- vampires that only sparkle in a gay way
- cute cats
- lesbians who love DIY
- insufferable queer people
- autistic men who have Had Enough
- fallen angels with personality disorders
- gratutious references to sailors and the sea

and more!

read online or buy books at
www.johannestevans.co.uk

November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM

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Summer 🩸Dance Couple YCH🩸 (2/3)

@summerorigins.bsky.social

the last two comms from last months' batch!
I have three more slots open for this month before i push some more christmas-y comms xD
vgen.co/summerorigins

commission for neoqhost featuring their OC and a human version of bill cipher, the background shows a gilded gace with purple roses

commission for nosyczar featuring their oc(s?) holding a knife behind each others' back on a magenta background with the night sky, white candles and red roses with grey accents

November 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM

finch 𐂂

@foolsheart.bsky.social

i was awake at 2 am this morning..... saw a homophobic tweet that had like 25k+ likes and was just had every bit of me depleted 🫩 ive gotten so comfortable in my circle of friends, i forget people are like genuinely homophobic and wants us to not exist 🫩🫩🫩

November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM

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Gveanel

@gveanel.bsky.social

Orion.

Personal art, study.

November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM

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Ronove (aka S. Jean)

@earlronove.bsky.social

hi! I'm an nb author and I have a book coming out in December! It's got a deadbeat guitarist's bad night, some angels that aren't really that angelic, lead pipe wielding saviors, fast-paced horrors, and a lot of blood.

You can find it here! 👁️ books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

November 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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Kay Claire

@kayworx.bsky.social

Hi! I'm a trans masc author and artist from South Africa. I have 3 books out currently with another one coming out later this month, and I also have a webcomic called Until Sunset!
(I also do character art and cover commissions!)

Background: digital art of tropical leaves
Book cover: All Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire. Two men on a yellow background holding a Queen Anthirium between them.
Tropes around the cover, clockwise: Proudly South African; childhood friends; anxiety rep; pining; m/m and trans; friends to lovers; plants; only one bed; road trip romance

Background: pink with pink paw prints
Book cover: Wish Lists Lead to This by Kay Claire. Two people on a green background holding a box of four kittens between them.
Text around the cover, clockwise from top: Proudly South African; proximity; social anxiety rep; demi-sexual; mutual pining; out now!; depression rep; kittens; demi-boy; nerd x jock

Book cover of A Mutual Connection by Kay Claire on a pastel holographic pattern background. Text around cover from top clockwise: Proudly South African, ADHD rep, they/them pronouns, pan4pan, hidden identity, coming out 19 November, preorder now, e/em/eir pronouns, T4T, tattoo studio, online friends

Trope tree around the book cover of the Full Moon Problem by Kay Claire. Text, from top clockwise: cosy autumn romance. Small town romance. Fated mates. Family grief. available on kindle unlimited. Cottagecore. Trans MC. M/M romance. Werewolf romance.

November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Johannes T. Evans

@johannestevans.bsky.social

Relevantly, from now until mid-November, here's an Itch bundle full of trans-centric work, largely by trans creators, for just $35!

itch.io/b/3352/trans...

And here's a starter pack of people who are writing and drawing trans men and mascs in erotica and romance!

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Title: Trans People Take on the World, Nov 1-15 in Itchio

32 Book covers, background a sunset photo by Elise Carlson.

The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson
What Lies Within, Issy Waldon
Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton
Non-Player Character, Veo Corva
A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson
Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance
A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle
My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek
Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider
The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar
The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud
The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra
The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross
Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell
Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood
Echo Sight, Cian Verath
The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross
Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver
Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide
Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan
Manipulators War, Elise Carlson
Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans
Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null
All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire
1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com
First Rose, Jake Vanguard
A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger
Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates
Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo
Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis
Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault
Illusory, M.X. Misfits

trans men and mascs in romance and erotica

November 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM

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Johannes T. Evans

@johannestevans.bsky.social

Monthly Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#TransSky #BookSky

November 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM

finch 𐂂

@foolsheart.bsky.social

i probably should make a new pinned tweet...... maybe after all of my other works are done......

November 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM

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zoë

@bigskycastle.bsky.social

keep u happy

July 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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Rainy Studios (٭°̧̧̧ω°̧̧̧٭) – Art🎨, BL🌈 & 📝Queer Studies

@samaburime.bsky.social

If you plan to never play Silent Hill f, or are someone who didn't get the true full narrative experience by going through the 4 game cycles to the end, this is an EXCELLENT 40 minute summary & analysis of a very deep & layered story WITH historical context!👌🏽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3i...

#SHf

Why "Be Grateful" Is Actually Control | Silent Hill f Analysis

YouTube video by Pickle Ditto

www.youtube.com

November 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM

finch 𐂂

@foolsheart.bsky.social

picked up kurt vonnegut's cat's cradle after deciding to pause on reading babel. i feel like i'm far too locked tomb pilled to be reading something hefty (not to mention, i also have other hefty reads in my currently reading pile).

November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Daiz

@daiz.moe

New article on ★ daiz.moe ★

Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...

A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!

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