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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

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In 2021, the Navy named its second John Lewis-class replenishment oiler for the slain gay rights icon and Korean War veteran Harvey Milk. Now Pete Hegseth has ordered the ship renamed. The timing — the start of Pride month — was intentional military.com reports www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019...

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Remember all the way back in 2008 when they tried to track down the researcher who isolated the gene responsible for the glowing jellyfish nobel prize and he was a bus driver, now. www.npr.org/2008/10/09/9...

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The novelette window is now OPEN! Send us your fiction between 10,000 and 18,000 words. The cap will be 300 stories. Happy submitting! NOTE: In order to allow more writers to submit to us and widen our pool of submissions, writers may only send one story across all three 2025 submission windows.

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And time to share this Cave of Time ending again. Like "Preorders are Love" this might wind up being my digital legacy in hammering this one home

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* Every major news organisation in the world is covering this dark day in NZ history.

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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson. Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I have studied my Agrippa! [BIG ASS THREAD]

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” -- Thorin in The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien Thread:

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Try The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses! @pematson.bsky.social says "Malka Older makes a rousing return to her acclaimed SF mystery/romance series, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti ... [Moody, but] a lot of snide humor, and comfort food, and some exciting action!" skiffyandfanty.com/b...

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We're live now! I'm playing Thomasina Mak Morn, a smart Celtic Shorthair!

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It's Patreon #podcast time, y'all! In Speculative Dispatch 44, @shaunduke.net + @pematson.bsky.social talk about the career of Tanith Lee, some of the themes/ideas that appear in her work, + more! Join our Patreon to get this an dozens of other shows! www.patreon.com/posts/specul...

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In case you missed James S.A. Corey's The Mercy of Gods in 2024, like @pematson.bsky.social (Trish E. Matson) did, she has the rundown now. It's grim, but "the ideas it explores are fascinating... Despite the tight focus on characters, the worldbuilding is vast..." skiffyandfanty.com/b...

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Like a podcast? Share their episodes. Enjoyed a book? Pass it along to a friend. Love a YouTuber? Drop a link in group chat. Admire an author? Let them know with a message. Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.

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The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

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Here you go: blackwolfsings.itch.io/starfang-rpg

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Me, I undeniably grew up with this, so I do unapologetically love adverbs.

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This whole thread and thought process is fascinating, because I will bet that the average American has no idea what economy America has, either.

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This is a fascinating thread... but also... next Sworn Soldier book!? ears perk up

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Now that we've had a couple of days to process the past weekend, and I'm starting to pack up the physical rewards for shipping to the winners, it's time for some thank-yous for #ArvCon2025 ... and there are a lot of them! 1/?

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Today is the day, folks! 7 PM Central. Twitch. We're playing Cats! The Conspurracy! 1 of 4 sessions! #TTRPG The GM: @therisingtithes.bsky.social The Cast: @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social @stephengm.bsky.social @pematson.bsky.social + me! Join us for the adventure tonight! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

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Soon, we'll the start of a new #TTRPG actual play! "The Nine Lives of Mrs. Bouvier" (Cats! The Conspurracy) by @therisingtithes.bsky.social! Starring: @pematson.bsky.social @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social @stephengm.bsky.social + me! 7 PM Central. May 28! It'll be purrtastic! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

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LIVE NOW! Come watch the fun and support the fight against cancer! DRCRF scientists play the new TTRPG Daggerheart, GMed by one of the game designers, @mikerunderwood.bsky.social ! Free raffles for viewers, and donate to the cause if you can!

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Having just been to George Floyd Square today...I am struck once again at the importance of what we choose to remember, publically, and what we do not. (c.f. Confederate memorials)

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I am very curious about Daggerheart. As part of #arvcon2025 on @gregoryawilson.com 's twitch channel, @mikerunderwood.bsky.social will be running a game of Daggerheart, live in a few hours. Come watch and donate and, like me, find out about this new TTRPG 2pm Central: www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron

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Since @kateelliottsff.bsky.social announced it on her newsletter, and since we had such a nice turnout for @marthawells.com , I want to point out a little in advance that July 11th, 7pm Central, @skiffyandfanty.com will be talking to Kate Elliott live on stream www.twitch.tv/alphabetstre...

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A new #TTRPG actual adventure begins! What? Cats! The Conspurracy! The Nine Lives of Mrs. Bouvier! Who? @therisingtithes.bsky.social @stephengm.bsky.social @pematson.bsky.social @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social + me! Where? May 28th. 7 PM Central! 1 of 4! Mark those calendars! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

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We're fundraising to fight cancer with a TTRPG marathon on the Arvan Eleron streams! @trendane.bsky.social and @jhelfers01.bsky.social already shaved their beards to handlebars to reward donors! If anyone gives $1,000 the players will face "a monstrous fear" says @gregoryawilson.com ! Join the fun!

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Live now, mid-intros! It's a great campaign, full of drama punctuated by a lot of character-based humor! Also, we're raising money to fight cancer, and holding free drawings for viewers! Come join us!

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I don't talk about it a lot, but I have a flesh hole with twenty-eight calcium pebbles that jut out of my skin, and I stick food in the hole, and with the hole puckered, and grind the pebbles together on the food until I can suck the food further inside of me. There are no normal food things.

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I have posted a review of Double Edged Sword and Sorcery on Goodreads. But for those who can't abide that place, I'll thread it here too. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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The argument “young white men turn to hate because they don’t get enough empathy for the barriers they face” needs to square itself with the reality that men and women of color — and many white women — faced generations of barriers without turning to hatred in the same numbers. 1/

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i dont want to be a killjoy but we desperately need to make it socially unacceptable to talk about asking chatgpt things in regular conversation

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