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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social

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Y’all wonder why women don’t come forward, but the women I try to convince to do so see all of this. All of it.

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ShouXin手訫 @shouxin.bsky.social

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Using lines to capture spirit, and empty space to shape form, this is probably the way I observe the world.

Simple strokes and negative space, when brought together, can give rise to a sense of life.
#shouxinsketch #petart #animalart #cat #sketch #sketchdaily

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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social

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The specific allegations against Swalwell aside….this response reflects a very pervasive (but wrong) belief. Most sexual violence is relational and survivors keeping contact w/ their assailants is very common and not necessarily discrediting (esp when there’s a power imbalance)

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Scary Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social

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Hello.

I just found out that a death metal band has covered John Cage’s 4’33”, and now I need you lot to know that a death metal band has covered John Cage’s 4’33”.

youtu.be/voqCQSDAcn8

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com

1d

Hey folks, help a scholar out with your recommendations!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social

1d

A very astute (and upsetting!) piece that touches on four scary cultural trends: 1) The demand for spelled-out moral clarity in stories 2) A growing inability to understand different types of narratives 3) The "customer's always right" version of fandom 4) The growth of fandom as a social identity.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social

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It won’t solve the problem, but ensuring that book editors have ample time to thoroughly edit every single book on their lists would help. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/books/shy-girl-ai-publishing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.zfqa.TrX6ekhPfrGj&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social

2d

I am so angry. Two Durham, NC kids - 11-year-old Genesis and 6-year-old Denis of Burton Elementary Magnet School - were taken by ICE at their regular asylum case appointment, and immediately deported without due process.

Follow SiembraNC on IG or FB or @siembranc.bsky.social for next action steps.

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Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com

2d

I can say without hesitation that this is the HARDEST article I have ever written, but I am incredibly proud of it.

If you have questions about Orion’s heat shield, given the issues with Artemis I, I hope I can provide some answers:

www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/artemis-ii-heat-shield-nasa

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social

2d

"Surely Minnesotans won't fight back," racists in 1863 and 2026

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social

2d

You know, I really thought all the books I'd recently read on the history of the papacy were for novel research, not for prep for current events.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social

2d

BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms

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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com

2d

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

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Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social

3d

this is amazing. the pope is a guy from south side Chicago named Rob Prevost and they're about to make him reactivate Cesare Borgia

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social

3d

I've got some unexpected space in my editing calendar for April, so if you have a manuscript you'd like to make someone else's problem for a bit, please feel free to reach out: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social

3d

You know, ebooks are great but ESPECIALLY when they're only $1.99. And they're even better when they help pay off a cat's urgent care vet bills.

Completely unrelated, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, A QUANTUM LOVE STORY (starring this cat), and LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME are $1.99 on all platforms!

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social

3d

You know, I believe in God, and the miraculous, and I cannot adequately express how much this sort of talk offends me to my very soul.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com

3d

If you yearn for something positive to do, today is also National Black Bookstore Day! The National Association of Black Bookstores has a directory so you can find a Black-owned bookstore near you! Buy a book, help a community, do something good for the world. #booksky #romancelandia

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social

4d

Happy birthday to the illustrious Billie Holiday.

Adorned in her iconic white gardenia flowers, Holiday’s hauntingly beautiful voice filled rooms at jazz clubs during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com

4d

she raised at least $20 MILLION you know she's good at whatever job you need done www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/minnesota-ice-money-activism

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com

4d

Whoa 🤯

The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009573

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social

4d

Woohoo! New Iron Druid stories out today! Get thee to thy favorite bookmonger and enjoy! And let your Iron Druid peeps know it’s out, eh?

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Swapna Krishna @swapnakrishna.com

4d

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social

4d

someone tell congress spring break has to be cancelled so they can come home and do a real fast impeachment, and then they can go back to their fundraising dinners by friday at the latest

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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social

4d

Spend a little time with my novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space! Available today!
Bugs in the physics! Status reports in the form of food! Finding a family!
us.macmillan.com/books/9781250425409/thesubtleartoffoldingspace/

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social

4d

Just undid my share of this. Sorry, friends.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social

5d

What a beautiful moment.

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

5d

Leonora Carrington
The Giantess, c. 1947

"Despite their fantastical elements, when you encounter them they seem natural and familiar: they might be the paintings of one’s own dreams."
- Charlotte Higgins

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social

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This is incredible.

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saint steve irwin on loop and then it'll all be ok @standupingenium.bsky.social

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If you've seen this piece before, "The New American Gothic" by Criselda Vasquez,

Then heartbreakingly, I have to inform you that—according to Vasquez's Instagram as of 4/03/26—Vasquez's father has been taken by ICE.

GoFundMe below to help financially support their family.

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