Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now
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Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social
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yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
www.simonandschuster.com/series/The-E...
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Clear, factual reporting that takes the time to research whether a reckon is actually real shouldn't be rare, but it is really feels like it increasingly is. Ricketts explainer delivers again.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
NZ does do the summer break differently - and there are some fair reasons for that
The make up of New Zealand’s economic activity may shift temporarily over the Christmas/summer period, but there is no evidence of a drop.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Clear, factual reporting that takes the time to research whether a reckon is actually real shouldn't be rare, but it is really feels like it increasingly is. Ricketts explainer delivers again.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
guh reddit has added an unremovable AI assistant to its search bar i really want this era of internet to be over
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
guh reddit has added an unremovable AI assistant to its search bar i really want this era of internet to be over
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It's funny how obviously anti-worker 'you should take leave less often for the sake of the economy' is. Turns out people going on holiday and doing recreational activities is actually kinda important to large parts of our service economy aside from any issues of dignity and ethical behaviour
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's funny how obviously anti-worker 'you should take leave less often for the sake of the economy' is. Turns out people going on holiday and doing recreational activities is actually kinda important to large parts of our service economy aside from any issues of dignity and ethical behaviour
Gonna start an argument to stave off boredom: Columbo is a Hobbit who sailed into the West ie California
Posting through it, and by “it” I mean stuck indefinitely in an airport departure lounge that’s playing non-stop carols through a blown-out speaker
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Gonna start an argument to stave off boredom: Columbo is a Hobbit who sailed into the West ie California
Posting through it, and by “it” I mean stuck indefinitely in an airport departure lounge that’s playing non-stop carols through a blown-out speaker
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Posting through it, and by “it” I mean stuck indefinitely in an airport departure lounge that’s playing non-stop carols through a blown-out speaker
Supreme Court about to roll back the Council of Nicaea
ok it’s legitimately funny that they can’t even throw red meat to Catholics without falling into heresy
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Supreme Court about to roll back the Council of Nicaea
Horrible but darkly affirming that every single time I’ve gone through airport security on this trip I’ve been taken aside and frisked
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Horrible but darkly affirming that every single time I’ve gone through airport security on this trip I’ve been taken aside and frisked
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What if instead of "hookup culture" we stare at each other yearningly from across opposite sides of the battlefield, one dead soldier for every love letter that we couldn't bring ourselves to send?
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What if instead of "hookup culture" we stare at each other yearningly from across opposite sides of the battlefield, one dead soldier for every love letter that we couldn't bring ourselves to send?
much like whatshisface with the arrows, The Bloker is preternaturally skilled at darts, but only when he’s a bit bevved
pleased to introduce my new OC, The Bloker. Just a regular bloke, not into all that clowning business. Only drinks IPAs. Has a substack. Has a totally platonic relationship with his therapist (ChatGPT). Just bloke stuff!
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
much like whatshisface with the arrows, The Bloker is preternaturally skilled at darts, but only when he’s a bit bevved
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pleased to introduce my new OC, The Bloker. Just a regular bloke, not into all that clowning business. Only drinks IPAs. Has a substack. Has a totally platonic relationship with his therapist (ChatGPT). Just bloke stuff!
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
pleased to introduce my new OC, The Bloker. Just a regular bloke, not into all that clowning business. Only drinks IPAs. Has a substack. Has a totally platonic relationship with his therapist (ChatGPT). Just bloke stuff!
It’s bizarre how far the voices of transphobes carry — my lived experience of being a trans woman is that most people really do not care, if I get clocked it’s an “oh! okay” then they carry on. Caring is work that most randos aren’t interested in doing.
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s bizarre how far the voices of transphobes carry — my lived experience of being a trans woman is that most people really do not care, if I get clocked it’s an “oh! okay” then they carry on. Caring is work that most randos aren’t interested in doing.
It’s a pretty bleak time to be trans, but the recent batch of court cases all coming down against TERFS has given me some small sparks of hope
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s a pretty bleak time to be trans, but the recent batch of court cases all coming down against TERFS has given me some small sparks of hope
have you MET us?
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
have you MET us?
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i am never again going to let a conservative get away with complaining about the liberal nanny state because these assholes actually *are* the nagging, inappropriately intrusive boogeymen conservatives have been bleating about for my entire adult life, mind your fucking business
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i am never again going to let a conservative get away with complaining about the liberal nanny state because these assholes actually *are* the nagging, inappropriately intrusive boogeymen conservatives have been bleating about for my entire adult life, mind your fucking business
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would you love me if I was a HORUS manticore entering an unstable castigation state
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
would you love me if I was a HORUS manticore entering an unstable castigation state
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Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
i found him, my old friend/foe, the Execrable Fiend who Screams like a Man
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
i found him, my old friend/foe, the Execrable Fiend who Screams like a Man
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@safety.bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team banned a woman immediately after her husband was kidnapped by ICE pass it on
Spreading for awarness
Anyone mutuals with @bitocrosszer.bsky.social he has been taken by ICE. I was given permission to share this from his wife who's Bluesky was suspended after posting about the situation.
Anyone mutuals with @bitocrosszer.bsky.social he has been taken by ICE. I was given permission to share this from his wife who's Bluesky was suspended after posting about the situation.
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
@safety.bsky.app @aaron.bsky.team banned a woman immediately after her husband was kidnapped by ICE pass it on
RIP Charles Baudelaire you would've loved Gwynevere, the Princess of Sunlight
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
RIP Charles Baudelaire you would've loved Gwynevere, the Princess of Sunlight
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nominations for the Nebula Award and the BSFA are happening now, so please allow me this repost. it will be reposted again. as is the nature of the thing.
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
nominations for the Nebula Award and the BSFA are happening now, so please allow me this repost. it will be reposted again. as is the nature of the thing.
no trip to Dunedin is complete without visiting the hall of fucked up taxidermy
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
no trip to Dunedin is complete without visiting the hall of fucked up taxidermy
nice argument, too bad I have depicted you as a long-haired commoner and myself as a handsome priest
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
nice argument, too bad I have depicted you as a long-haired commoner and myself as a handsome priest
tag urself
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
tag urself