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Go ahead and read a book. You know you want to.

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If you want a break from present-day horrors to explore some near-future horrors, @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Saturation Point is a quick, fun bullet of climate fiction worth reading for the nightmarish illustration of wet-bulb temperature alone www.simonandschuster.com/books/Satura...

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This week on The SFWA Blog...Romantasy: An Old Genre with a New Name by Rosemary Jones. You've heard of or read the big romantasy titles of the past few years, but now you can explore the fascinating history of this genre at www.sfwa.org/.../romantas... Photos of early-edition covers included!

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I couldn't #fathom why you loved me. I was too afraid - or too selfish - to ask. There was a part of me that feared if you really thought about it you would come to your senses and leave me for someone who deserved you. #vss365

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ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available? It's literally called Library Extension.

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The letter ‘d’ in Dunstable is load-bearing. Take it away & see what happens

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"It's an #outlier." "Impossible! There's no such thing as light that doesn't move at the speed of light!" "What if it's not light? What if it's something else?" "Nothing - particle or wave - behaves like this!" "Nothing we previously knew, you mean." #vss365

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I didn't recognize her in the morning. I was embarrassed to realize I was more familiar with the contours of her body, somehow more authentic in the club and the bedroom and now in the kitchen, than her face. #vss365 #contour

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"I like your #fringe." "What's fringe?" "This thing on your face?" "Ah, a British thing. Okay." "British thing? What do you Americans call it?" "Bangs." "Oh, does your hair get Second Amendment rights, too?" #vss365

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James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.

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It was hard to believe this man, covered in neo-Nazi tattoos, stockpiling guns, and lurking in the darkest corners of the Internet was the same kid I once babysat. I remember curling up on the couch with him eating icy pops and watching #Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons... What happened to him? #vss365

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He shouted, "Listen, you animals! We're not here to kill you, but to civilize you!" They shouted back, "Same thing!" He ducked to dodge another #onslaught of arrows. #vss365

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Has anyone made the switch from Kindle to Kobo? I'm thinking it's time... #amreading

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Mother gave us all horrible names: Foolishness. Ingratitude. #Petulance. She used them frequently so we would always remember what was most despicable about us. When the opportunity arose, we disposed of Mother and didn't feel a shred of guilt. Maybe because we're such despicable children. #vss365

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I must've been living under a rock because I just read @naomikritzer.bsky.social's The Year Without Sunshine in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and this one will stay with me for a long time. It's a phenomenal story, well told, and so needed in these tough times. Let's take care of each other!

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I would love recommendations on good, recent (past 5 years ideally, but open to past 10) adult dystopian #scifi. Most of the dystopian stuff that comes to mind is YA and older. Any recs? #amreading

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I entered the #Slipstream and crawled out on hands and knees, gasping, onto the shore of another world. #vss365

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As the oldest sister, I was a #reservoir comfort, earning potential, reliability, love, hard work, everything. My parents and siblings knew they could draw on me at any time, so I gave and gave until there was nothing left. Only then did I wonder: what do people do when a reservoir dries? #vss365

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I entered the hospital #complex for what I hoped was the last time, leaning on the crook of my son's arm. My wish came true, but not in the way I'd hoped. The experimental treatment failed. My son left alone, my box of ashes leaning in the crook of his arm. #vss365

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"She's not #bloodline," they'd whisper. Mom would snap back, "No, she's more than that. She's mine." She didn't know I'd pressed my ear to the door in those moments, just to make sure she'd still call me her daughter when I wasn't around. But they'd never stop... Not when mom was a queen. #vss365

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The magical disease had slipped through the #bloodline of the family, passing from generation to generation, waxing and waning, but the young woman suffered it more than any. Rory had to find the cure from an obscure mage, far away, before the woman killed & became permanently transformed. #vss365

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Rory guided the prisoners from the confines of the mine, back out to the open, fresh air above, but the quest wasn’t over there. He needed to carry on. To lead them to a #safehaven away from their former, cruel masters. But travel would be slow and difficult, with pursuit not far behind. #vss365

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I saw the #mercury in my travel thermometer creep up, like blood in an artery. Over 110 degrees Fahrenheit: extended exposure dangerous to human health. I wiped the sweat pouring down my face with a cloth and then pulled out my tools. The sooner I repaired this on-world cable, the better. #vss365

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You were my only refuge in a chaotic, screaming world. Even worse than catching you in her bed was the thought of the emptiness that would follow. Where do you go when your #safehaven turns out to have been quicksand all along, pulling you in so slowly you don't notice until it's too late? #vss365

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THEM: i’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name HORSE, that does have a name: um ok wow. you never even asked tho

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He was the first guy she let see her in sweats. Without make-up. Eating anything heavier than a salad or sushi. When he said, "I love you," she repeated it back immediately. But later, she wondered if it was really love or just the #liberation of comfort. Or was there even a difference? #vss365

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Once, I wore a tankini and shorts to school, just because I felt like it. A boy had sneered, " #Modest is hottest, y'know." I ran away, shouting over my shoulder, "I don't care about being hot! I just wanna be meeeeeee!" I miss that courageous girl, who paid no mind to others' judgment. #vss365

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"Status report, cadet?" "The coast is clear, ma'am!" "Troops?" "Ready to move on your order, ma'am!" "Enemy?" "Disarmed, ma'am!" "..." "I said-" "I heard what you said, cadet. And it's unacceptable." Three loud shots ring over the field. "..." "Enemy?" "Neutralized... ma'am..." #vss365 #disarmed

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Catherine was the #nexus of all his pain. Before her, he was bored. How he yearned to go back! Her absence burned a hole in every waking moment and poisoned every dream. She gave him new life and just as capriciously snatched it away. To him, she was a god. Now he wished they'd never met. #vss365

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"Professor #Oak, what were you thinking? Putting a creature's life so fragile in hands so careless as mine? I never asked to wield such responsibility..." "Um, Ma'am? We've restored your Pokémon to full health..." "Oops, sure thing, Nurse Joy! Have a good one!" "Hope to see you again..." #vss365

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What's that sound? #Rockets? I don't have the energy to laugh or cry, so I just hold my little sister close and stare out the window. I can't remember the last time a ceasefire lasted longer than a week. A building down the street collapses. We're filthy and tired but at least we're alive. #vss365

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"The constellation you call the 'corona australis' we know by a local word that roughly translates to 'torture #collar'." "Yikes!" "You can learn a lot about a culture from how it sees and names the stars." #vss365

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"So you sped up evolution for insects. What's that, more legs?" Nobody understood my single-minded devotion to what I affectionately called my bugs. But I kept proving my bugs' worth, publishing papers when they farmed, showed altruism, learned to type. And now for the first time: #sonder. #vss365

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My space boots sank gently into the planet's surface. I ventured farther and farther from my lander, but it was gray dust in all directions as far as I could see. Just as I decided to turn back, I glimpsed something at my feet. A small, dark line. I picked it up. Was that... a pine #needle? #vss365

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The doctor examined the screaming man's sores and said, "We need to #flush the toxins! Here!" Crew cleared the table and lowered the man on top. "This'll hurt," the doctor warned, and she began rinsing the wound with medicine. The man howled until he passed out. "Finally," someone muttered. #vss365

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"How do you like your popcorn?" "With butter, please." "Okay, just tell me when to stop." "..." "..." "..." "Um, you need to tell me when to stop." "I know. Keep going. I like it movie theater style." "There's movie theater style and then there's just plain #unctuous..." #vss365

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Reading a dual biography of John Singer Sargent and the large Jewish family that became his favorite subjects. Antisemites pay for their hatred by self-isolation from much of the highest and best of the artistic and literary culture of the past 200 years. jeanstrouse.com/book/family-...

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I love it when the people #fawn over me. I was born into a royal destiny, it's true, but I didn't have to stay. I wouldn't have been the first or last abdication. But the adoration of the masses? That's enough to keep me a queen for life. #vss365

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As we both got older, I teased my mom relentlessly for her design choices: "Have you heard of minimalism? Why does all the furniture have #lace on top?" She would just chuckle and say, "I like it that way." Now that she's gone, I cherish all her things. Even the maximalism. Even the lace. #vss365

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I opened the pack of miracle berries and offered one to my daughter. The curious toddler couldn't help herself. I sliced a lemon into wedges and saw her #pucker her lips in anticipation. She sucked on a lemon wedge, eyes going wide as sweet subsumed sour. She ate the rest like an orange. #vss365

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Just reached 100 followers! Thank you to everyone who makes @bsky.app such a wonderful place. I wasn't sure where to go after most of my #WritingCommunity friends left another social media app, but I've felt such a warm welcome here that I'm grateful to have joined. 😊

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I saw two comets #crisscross in the gloaming, trailing dust like fire. Raising my ancestors' horn to my lips, I blew with all my might. The deep, ringing sound soon echoed from every watchtower on the coast. Today, the prophecy foretold, humans would meet gods. #vss365

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Mom forbid me from joining #drama club. I begged, screamed, and cried through all four years of high school, but she wouldn't budge. When I got to college, I became a theatre major. Finally, the stage was mine. But I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd missed my cue and arrived too late. #vssdaily

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most vegans and linux users i know are chill though

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Candles spill their tears onto a bumpy desk. A bent, bearded man sits in the circle of the light. His research leads him down a #rabbit_hole. By the time he rubs his eyes, a new morning already pushes into the cracks of a nearby shutter, but the answer eludes him. #vss365

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