SciFiMagpie
@scifimagpie.bsky.social
Author, artist, parent, activist. Very queer. Running for office Oct 8-20!
http://www.voteformagpie.ca
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Writer, jewelry-maker, knitter. Love D&D/TTRPGs, folklore, science, cats. May contain politics. She/her or xe/xer/xis.
http://www.voteformagpie.ca
http://www.scifimagpie.com
Writer, jewelry-maker, knitter. Love D&D/TTRPGs, folklore, science, cats. May contain politics. She/her or xe/xer/xis.
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SciFiMagpie
@scifimagpie.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi, nice to meet you. I plan to hang around here more often because my people keep coming here. I'm a writer and knitter and ttrpg gamer and jewelry maker and mother and polyamorous queer. Sometimes I edit books, too.
And unsurprisingly, I'm exhausted. Not by those things. By politics.
And unsurprisingly, I'm exhausted. Not by those things. By politics.
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Agreed.
Don't be literary ahole okayo? lithub.com/yes-you-are-...
Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction
Hello all you gals and ghouls! Welcome back to internet’s spookiest advice column, Am I the Literary Asshole?, a place where the monster mash is not only a graveyard smash, but also a drunken good …
lithub.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Agreed.
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Said it before, will say it again: can't recommend this (and it's predecessor) enough. Especially in the current world.
Also, go get the Jetstream/Afro Puffs books, too. Unless you hate having fun.
Also, go get the Jetstream/Afro Puffs books, too. Unless you hate having fun.
Been out a month. No records broken, no medias blitzed. But based on what I'm hearing... it's doing what it needed to do.
Witches rock.
Witches rock.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Said it before, will say it again: can't recommend this (and it's predecessor) enough. Especially in the current world.
Also, go get the Jetstream/Afro Puffs books, too. Unless you hate having fun.
Also, go get the Jetstream/Afro Puffs books, too. Unless you hate having fun.
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Additionally: admitting you were wrong is not moral failing.
You can change your mind upon the discovery of new information
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Additionally: admitting you were wrong is not moral failing.
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They are, sadly, huge scabs
It's been unbelievably disappointing to me to see filmmakers like George Miller and now Alex Proyas being so pro-AI. I see them as scabs
"The model for film-makers, who are the only people I really care about at the end of the day, is broken…"
maybe try caring more about other people, Proyas
"The model for film-makers, who are the only people I really care about at the end of the day, is broken…"
maybe try caring more about other people, Proyas
Australian film-maker Alex Proyas: ‘broken’ movie industry needs to be rebuilt and ‘AI can help us do that’
Director of The Crow and I, Robot says technology will ‘streamline’ film industry workforce but will make projects easier and cheaper
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
They are, sadly, huge scabs
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Twitch thinking about implementing AI clipping tool, this means yalls voice is gonna be scraped.
You better vote against it.
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471...
#twitch
You better vote against it.
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471...
#twitch
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Twitch thinking about implementing AI clipping tool, this means yalls voice is gonna be scraped.
You better vote against it.
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471...
#twitch
You better vote against it.
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471...
#twitch
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Been out a month. No records broken, no medias blitzed. But based on what I'm hearing... it's doing what it needed to do.
Witches rock.
Witches rock.
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Been out a month. No records broken, no medias blitzed. But based on what I'm hearing... it's doing what it needed to do.
Witches rock.
Witches rock.
So i wrote a thing about feminism, the public eye, and the internet at large open.substack.com/pub/scifimag...
The "Life of a Showgirl" Backlash is Making Me Nauseous
A messy meditation on Taylor Swift, that is not necessarily about Taylor Swift.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So i wrote a thing about feminism, the public eye, and the internet at large open.substack.com/pub/scifimag...
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So, how's the neovag working out?
Well, mostly good. Except for the internal scarring that has become my own worst nightmare.
Lemme talk all flowery about it here: gofund.me/74494d4f
Long story short? Procedure on 11/4 to fix the scarring.
Well, mostly good. Except for the internal scarring that has become my own worst nightmare.
Lemme talk all flowery about it here: gofund.me/74494d4f
Long story short? Procedure on 11/4 to fix the scarring.
October 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So, how's the neovag working out?
Well, mostly good. Except for the internal scarring that has become my own worst nightmare.
Lemme talk all flowery about it here: gofund.me/74494d4f
Long story short? Procedure on 11/4 to fix the scarring.
Well, mostly good. Except for the internal scarring that has become my own worst nightmare.
Lemme talk all flowery about it here: gofund.me/74494d4f
Long story short? Procedure on 11/4 to fix the scarring.
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Last boost for tonight
My rent is paid, so October starts now for my finances.
Of course, disability pretty much runs out immediately once rent is paid, so I'm going into the month on the ropes.
Plus, it's my birthday month. (The 8th!)
So here's the fundraising.
ko-fi.com/jebwrench
Of course, disability pretty much runs out immediately once rent is paid, so I'm going into the month on the ropes.
Plus, it's my birthday month. (The 8th!)
So here's the fundraising.
ko-fi.com/jebwrench
Buy Jebwrench a Coffee
Become a supporter of Jebwrench today!
ko-fi.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Last boost for tonight
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Striped Kogane Beetle.
#hinemizushima #水島ひね #insect #bug #beetle #softsculpture #fibreart #fibrecraft #embroidery #feltart #昆虫 #コガネムシ
#hinemizushima #水島ひね #insect #bug #beetle #softsculpture #fibreart #fibrecraft #embroidery #feltart #昆虫 #コガネムシ
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Striped Kogane Beetle.
#hinemizushima #水島ひね #insect #bug #beetle #softsculpture #fibreart #fibrecraft #embroidery #feltart #昆虫 #コガネムシ
#hinemizushima #水島ひね #insect #bug #beetle #softsculpture #fibreart #fibrecraft #embroidery #feltart #昆虫 #コガネムシ
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Honey, wake up, new potential Alberta referendum on ending private school funding just dropped.
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Honey, wake up, new potential Alberta referendum on ending private school funding just dropped.
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Derpy dragon tshirts are up for preorder on my Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/4344...
August 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Derpy dragon tshirts are up for preorder on my Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/4344...
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Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
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Mabon blessings to those who celebrate
September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mabon blessings to those who celebrate
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social I'm running for a school board position in Lethbridge for the first time too!!!
September 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social I'm running for a school board position in Lethbridge for the first time too!!!
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Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
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This looks good as hell and you should check it out, it's like if Far Cry: Blood Dragon were gay (laudatory)
@coreyjwhite.com and I have a new story out today in Interzone #303: "Do Motorcycle Centaurs Dream of Five Stars and A Tip?", a queer, hyperpop infused robocop parody you can read right now at www.patreon.com/InterzoneMag!
September 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This looks good as hell and you should check it out, it's like if Far Cry: Blood Dragon were gay (laudatory)
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For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.
Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For real, if you've ever been considering reviewing / interviewing / etc. someone but stopped yourself because the book was released months ago... do it! We love getting coverage after pub day.
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you are actually allowed to judge people by the content of their character!
September 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
you are actually allowed to judge people by the content of their character!
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Yes but then again: Jim Crow was a minstrel character, California was named for a mythical island in a hit book, Lenin took the title of his breakthrough pamphlet from a polyamorous romance novel, and the American revolutionaries couldn’t stop quoting and stealing lines from a 1713 play about Cato
We live in the weirdest era. We have shitposting assassins, Discord elections for PM, and anime revolutions.
History books are going to be so strange in a few decades.
History books are going to be so strange in a few decades.
September 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yes but then again: Jim Crow was a minstrel character, California was named for a mythical island in a hit book, Lenin took the title of his breakthrough pamphlet from a polyamorous romance novel, and the American revolutionaries couldn’t stop quoting and stealing lines from a 1713 play about Cato