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Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️‍🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com
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The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure.

submitted 10 days ago • 160 comments

not gonna repost the video and the article but stop normalizing the Canada as a US state rhetoric. STOP. IT.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

If you see this, post a photo from your device with no explanation.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

5 minutes after logging in to BlueSky, I've forgotten what I opened the computer to do, but I've reposted /responded to a bazillion posts and I'm sad and frustrated about the world Maybe I can't have a healthy relationship with social media even when it's not run by fascists or Nazis

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Reposting with alt text

submitted 109 days ago • 32 comments

Well that's the worst idea I've heard today

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Signal boosting

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Texty.org.ua has done a research on how Russia caused an environmental catastrophe in the Black Sea and stay silent. Below satellite images of the Black Sea, that is polluted by fuel oil. The catastrophe was caused by two Russian tankers sank. The volume is huge. See in thread⬇️ #environmental #eco

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written. But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written. psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu... +

submitted 36 days ago • 22 comments

Got whiplash watching Trump's national security advisor call the Ukraine War "a World War 1 style meat grinder of people" then call for them to drop their draft age from 26 year olds to 18 year olds in order to generate "hundreds of thousands of new soldiers" IN THE SAME INTERVIEW

submitted 42 days ago • 43 comments

Ukrainian firefighters ready to help fight wildfires in California.

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

An sff market that pays its writers and slush readers, explicitly bans AI “creations,” and is committed to progressive values.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Neo-pro spec-fic writers, check out this no-fee contest!

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s call it what it is - kidnapping

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Never forget what russians are doing to Ukrainians. #UkrainianView zmina.info/news/zavdyak...

submitted 46 days ago • 13 comments

Did you guys know you can mute words on 🟦? Settings ➡️ Moderation ➡️ Muted words and tags

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Want to help the stressed, injured and homeless animals affected by the LA fires? A friend in Pasadena shared this link: give.pasadenahumane.org/give/264243/... (Plus, I discovered that if you donate, you get a thankyou video w. very cute pupppies and kittens!) #dogsky #catsky #rescue

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

You can follow me here, and Supernova is @supernovareviews.bsky.social - but it's all for nothing if readers don't try some of the mags and sites we feature, so please folks, try a new short fiction site today!

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

A perfect example of a model that fits and predicts observations correctly, but that doesn't provide a correct explanation of the underlying mechanism. I think about this often with respect to quantum physics.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

BABY HERMIT CRABS 😍🦑🧪

submitted 47 days ago • 5 comments

Not sure I believe the @gettymuseum.bsky.social didn't just edit this pic with googly eyes and a sharpie

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Is Google Docs' grammar check getting worse? It just suggested I correct "Surgeon General's Advisory" to "Surgeon General Of United Advisory". WTF Google?

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

people keep hyping up that copperfield fella but sam altman is legit the greatest illusionist alive, give him a billion dollars and he'll vanish it never to be seen again and be back for another within weeks

submitted 48 days ago • 9 comments