Ruth 🏳️🌈
@paintedpigeon.bsky.social
public library worker | writer | artist | neurodivergent | no AI, no NFTs | totally not three pigeons in a trenchcoat
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@paintedpigeon.bsky.social
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As it's International Asexual Day, I'm promoting my resource guide to ace sci-fi again! Contents and resource key are below, come take a look at this link! And Happy Ace Day!
works.hcommons.org/records/xyap...
works.hcommons.org/records/xyap...
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Our Black Friday sale will be on everything.
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
👀still got your eye on a title you haven't picked up yet?
We know every $ counts, and Iron Circus Comics has a One-Day Sale, 50% off for 24 hours, just around the corner!
Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
store.ironcircus.com ⚙️
We know every $ counts, and Iron Circus Comics has a One-Day Sale, 50% off for 24 hours, just around the corner!
Don't wait til the day of to take a peek, now's the time to check out our library in advance! 🔎
store.ironcircus.com ⚙️
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Our Black Friday sale will be on everything.
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
EVERYTHING.
New books, old books. anthologies, GNs.
50% off, ACROSS THE BOARD.
Get that holiday shopping done in one, support artists and weird media!
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Also like. I don't believe for a moment that those numbers are unbiased. How many people are actually intentionally using it, vs people who are being forced to see the Google AI summary when they run a search?
A lot of people are being like 'yeah well XXX million amount of people are using ChatGPT so whether we like it AI is here to stay' and not taking into account that if the underlying companies don't prove profitable the venture capitalists will stop bankrolling them and those services will go down.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Also like. I don't believe for a moment that those numbers are unbiased. How many people are actually intentionally using it, vs people who are being forced to see the Google AI summary when they run a search?
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Hey casual reminder that this resource ⬇️ exists, and lists good places to donate & get involved if you're in the Baltimore area and want to support local Indigenous folks
And lots more local & regional Indigenous history resources at this link emmakatherinebilski.place/indigenous-c...
Indigenous Chesapeake Readings and Resources (updated periodically)
Categories on this page: Mostly Susquehannock/Piscataway/Maryland Mostly Powhatan/Virginia Mostly Washington DC/Red Power Mostly Lumbee/Baltimore Local Library Research Guides Mostly Susquehannock/…
emmakatherinebilski.place
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hey casual reminder that this resource ⬇️ exists, and lists good places to donate & get involved if you're in the Baltimore area and want to support local Indigenous folks
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#StarTrek #EverybodyLovesMartok “Days Of Bloodwine And Roses”
While hosting their holiday dinner, Martok and Sirella can't agree which bloodwine to serve, setting off a night of overflowing pours and blood-soaked fights. Meanwhile, Kurn’s dinner date is Worf’s high school ex-girlfriend.
While hosting their holiday dinner, Martok and Sirella can't agree which bloodwine to serve, setting off a night of overflowing pours and blood-soaked fights. Meanwhile, Kurn’s dinner date is Worf’s high school ex-girlfriend.
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#StarTrek #EverybodyLovesMartok “Days Of Bloodwine And Roses”
While hosting their holiday dinner, Martok and Sirella can't agree which bloodwine to serve, setting off a night of overflowing pours and blood-soaked fights. Meanwhile, Kurn’s dinner date is Worf’s high school ex-girlfriend.
While hosting their holiday dinner, Martok and Sirella can't agree which bloodwine to serve, setting off a night of overflowing pours and blood-soaked fights. Meanwhile, Kurn’s dinner date is Worf’s high school ex-girlfriend.
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The Wolf and His King by @finnlongman.com is out today, and we've already sold two!
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Wolf and His King by @finnlongman.com is out today, and we've already sold two!
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
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For those who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
For those who celebrate
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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I walked a narrative tightrope in Catching Cinders that I NEVER thought would work. i didn't just do it anyway, I FUCKING NAILED IT.
This is why you make it exist first and make it good later. And so often it takes less work than you think to make it good
This is why you make it exist first and make it good later. And so often it takes less work than you think to make it good
There needs to be a version of "do it scared" for writers that equates to "write it, even if you worry you're not good enough to write it"
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I walked a narrative tightrope in Catching Cinders that I NEVER thought would work. i didn't just do it anyway, I FUCKING NAILED IT.
This is why you make it exist first and make it good later. And so often it takes less work than you think to make it good
This is why you make it exist first and make it good later. And so often it takes less work than you think to make it good
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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Which isn't a big deal at all, of course. (Even though "likes" are motivating for this kind of account—I know, it's silly. 🤷♂️)
On the other hand, one thing to remember is retweeting (my) posts about small projects, please. In the age of algo, we need to help them get noticed. We can all help. 🙏
On the other hand, one thing to remember is retweeting (my) posts about small projects, please. In the age of algo, we need to help them get noticed. We can all help. 🙏
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Which isn't a big deal at all, of course. (Even though "likes" are motivating for this kind of account—I know, it's silly. 🤷♂️)
On the other hand, one thing to remember is retweeting (my) posts about small projects, please. In the age of algo, we need to help them get noticed. We can all help. 🙏
On the other hand, one thing to remember is retweeting (my) posts about small projects, please. In the age of algo, we need to help them get noticed. We can all help. 🙏
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Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
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UK+Ireland children's/YA authors, poets & illustrators: want more school bookings in 2026?
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
UK+Ireland children's/YA authors, poets & illustrators: want more school bookings in 2026?
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
We’re launching a free author visits directory next month.
Email enquiries@schoolreadinglist.co.uk by Sun 14 Dec 2025 to be included - details in the poster below.
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Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.
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Little Ghosts’ mystery packs are in the shop and online!
Looking to snag the perfect gift for yourself or a friend? Choose from a ton of wrapped books, arranged according to theme and all in the Horror Genre! Can’t decide? SUMMON A GHOST and get it custom!
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/mystery...
Looking to snag the perfect gift for yourself or a friend? Choose from a ton of wrapped books, arranged according to theme and all in the Horror Genre! Can’t decide? SUMMON A GHOST and get it custom!
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/mystery...
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Little Ghosts’ mystery packs are in the shop and online!
Looking to snag the perfect gift for yourself or a friend? Choose from a ton of wrapped books, arranged according to theme and all in the Horror Genre! Can’t decide? SUMMON A GHOST and get it custom!
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/mystery...
Looking to snag the perfect gift for yourself or a friend? Choose from a ton of wrapped books, arranged according to theme and all in the Horror Genre! Can’t decide? SUMMON A GHOST and get it custom!
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/mystery...
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In researching books by drag queens I'm finding so many cool subgenres: drag queen cookbooks, math books, art books, memoirs, and my new favorite: murder mysteries.
If you've got a fave book by a drag queen, please drop me a recommendation in the comments :] Self-reccs welcome
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If you've got a fave book by a drag queen, please drop me a recommendation in the comments :] Self-reccs welcome
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November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In researching books by drag queens I'm finding so many cool subgenres: drag queen cookbooks, math books, art books, memoirs, and my new favorite: murder mysteries.
If you've got a fave book by a drag queen, please drop me a recommendation in the comments :] Self-reccs welcome
📚❓🌈🖋️
If you've got a fave book by a drag queen, please drop me a recommendation in the comments :] Self-reccs welcome
📚❓🌈🖋️
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Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
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jess hagemann isn't on bluesky but she did post a very touching thing on instagram earlier so we thought we'd share 🥰
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
jess hagemann isn't on bluesky but she did post a very touching thing on instagram earlier so we thought we'd share 🥰
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I've updated the goal to include some transportation and other costs since I won't be able to drive when I have my surgery. And will need to make it to my post surgery appointments. Any help is appreciated!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67% of goal on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67% of goal on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
Support Bibi
Support Bibi
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I've updated the goal to include some transportation and other costs since I won't be able to drive when I have my surgery. And will need to make it to my post surgery appointments. Any help is appreciated!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67% of goal on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67% of goal on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
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Bibi does so much for the disabled community and now it's our turn to help her!
I've updated the goal to include some transportation and other costs since I won't be able to drive when I have my surgery. And will need to make it to my post surgery appointments. Any help is appreciated!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67% of goal on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 67% of goal on Ko-fi!
ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
Support Bibi
Support Bibi
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bibi does so much for the disabled community and now it's our turn to help her!
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Spouse's new custom board game table has arrived! It's very fancy and means we FINALLY have a table that actually fits this space. To save on exorbitant shipping costs, he did drive down to Georgia to pick it up, but tells me it was worth it 😆. Ordered from here: www.tables4games.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Spouse's new custom board game table has arrived! It's very fancy and means we FINALLY have a table that actually fits this space. To save on exorbitant shipping costs, he did drive down to Georgia to pick it up, but tells me it was worth it 😆. Ordered from here: www.tables4games.com