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T. Thorn Coyle they/them
@thorncoyle.bsky.social
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Professional writer, amateur photographer, committed tea drinker, expert perambulator, witch.
Magic is real, justice is worth fighting for. Love always wins.

www.thorncoyle.com

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T. Thorn Coyle they/them @thorncoyle.bsky.social · Oct 14
The print proof for the gorgeous deluxe edition of Evolutionary Witchcraft arrived!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tho...

#booksky #witchsky
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WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
Graphic celebrating our strike ending. It reads: November 12, 2025 The Strike is Over! with a raised fist and the Kickstarter United logo in each corner After 7 months of bargaining, and 42 days of striking Kickstarter United has voted to end the strike Graphic with multiple picket signs that reads "[up arrow] Minimum Salary", "4 day Work Week", and a big cancel sign over "AI Replacing Jobs" and so much more. Go to kickstarterunited.org to see it all!
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Big inhale.
You get another chance today.

#photography
Red maple leaves hanging down, forming a canopy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Daughters of the Dust is a *brilliant* film. Simply amazing.
dytsras.bsky.social Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 22d
You ever heard of Julie Dash? Some of you undoubtedly have,but quite a few I'd imagine not.

Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.

In 1991.

There's a book as well.

Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash Filmmaker Julie Dash. The first African American woman to have a full-length film have a major theatrical release in US history. Daughters of the Dust (1991) is one of the most influential films in movie history. Even inspiring Beyoncé's Lemonade film that released in 2016
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Yes.

This world is still astonishingly beautiful
When we pause to remember each other.

#photography
Wet pebble dash sidewalk. A gold ginkgo leaf festooned with perfect raindrops.
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
The Oracle Card of the Week: the Four of Bones.

We feed each other.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Distractions abound.
Stay stable.
Keep moving.

#photography
A tree with a mossy branch. The fluffy tail and hind legs of a squirrel are still in frame as it moves along the branch.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
For all intensive purposes, it is a doggy dog world!
angryblacklady.blacksky.app Imani Gandied Yams @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4d
in my snootiest voice: You’re not chomping at the bit. You’re *champing* at the bit.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
“Sometimes, in order to learn, we must cast ourselves into the strange and challenging…”

My latest newsletter is a brief musing on Las Vegas, the Author Nation conference, and how we learn: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/on-des...

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A notebook and pen. Morrison quote: “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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albumism.com
OutKast will be officially inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025 during tomorrow evening's ceremony!

Please join us in congratulating André 3000 & Big Boi on this well-earned recognition + explore more here: album.ink/OutKast
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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mitpress.bsky.social
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Hello, beautiful.

#caturday
A striped cat with a sweet face looks up at the camera
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Evolutionary Witchcraft got a fancy Best of Kickstarter sign at the Reader Nation book fair!

(Late pledges are still open)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tho...

#booksky #kickstarter
Fancy edition of evolutionary witchcraft book with an acrylic Kickstarter sign.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Getting ready to meet readers and sell books at Reader Nation in Las Vegas!

#booksky
Thorn, white, glasses, curly short hair, smiling.
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
“It’s Friday, I’m in love…”
with everyone showing up for community.

Big gratitude for big hearts.

#photography
Blue sky, palm trees, a slice of a Ferris wheel and hotel.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Just a pigeon in Las Vegas, trying to get by.

#photography
A white and black pigeon walks on concrete near a roll up door.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Full Moon Blessings!
A full moon with light rays.
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Just sitting around at an author conference in Vegas last night, my trousers rolled snake eyes…
…but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel lucky.

Wishing us all a bit of good fortune, and cheers to everyone feeling a glimmer of hope today.
Looking down on seated legs in trousers printed with winding snakes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
The You Are the Spell oracle card of the week: the 5 of Dandelions.
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Hello, friend.
Hope you have a good day.

#photography #dogs
A small dog in a spider web sweater stands on a concrete floor, looking alert.
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Goodnight, moon.

#photography
Gibbous moon with a golden halo, framed by dark trees.
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
“We all make offerings to one another. We honor the dead and fight for the living.”

My latest newsletter has thoughts on the season, and the importance of feeding community.

Thanks for reading: thorncoyle.kit.com/posts/feedin...

#photography #community
Looking down on a mostly empty bowl, with a few candies and Halloween mini notebooks in it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
thorncoyle.bsky.social
Parents in 1910:

“Why does my child keep saying ‘23 Skidoo’??? What does it mean? Ought we be concerned?”
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Happy Caturday, Witches!

#photography
A large scaredy cat statue with arched back and yowling open mouth in front of a house.
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM