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Right, so, John Cusack in his young and emo teen heartthrob days, doing 80s movies about winning stupid competitions over self-entitled rich dudes. I remember a skiing one — but there was also a sailing one, except maybe not sailing, just boating, because the ragtag John Cusack team is having […]

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[Queer Romance Club April — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell - mild spoilers to end of Part 1] Queer Romance Club — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell Very mild spoilers to end of part 1, but I know some readers don’t want even very mild spoilers, so into the secret-sauce box it goes… I’m […]

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Poetry/rap from my kid: The doctor pushed the bullet further into me Because when he was studying for his degree At the University He truly and honestly Had a teacher named ChatGPT

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Neve @neve thanks for hosting #writephant 😊 #selfPromo I write cosy-adjacent romantic fantasy, often queer, check my website for more info, including content warnings https://wendypalmer.au/ Inching ever closer to my new release, coming up May 4. Sign up at my website to be notified, or DM me […]

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More donuts! The Blender UI is a minefield. ("Why won't it rotate? It doesn't do anything!" One web search later, I'd unchecked the Sidebar->Tool->Option->Transform->Origins and rotate worked like it was supposed to.) But there's just so much information to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Get over it Magmar the Wise, the amulet clearly chose me. #wizardposting

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Progress report received for teen Favourite teachers: behavioural ticks in the exceptional range Generally: ticks in the acceptable range English, with the old-school teacher who decided to diagnosis him with “Asperger’s but we’re not allowed to call it that anymore”: ticks in the abysmal […]

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Here’s one for you, Canada https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_n4Khmq0o #HonestGovernmentAds #CanadaPol #election

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My personal sadly underrated book collection, in which I wonder what GR users are even doing with their lives. #books http://wendypalmer.au/2025/03/30/books-favourite-reads-with-surprisingly-low-ratings/

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Anyone know of a good #accessible e-book-reader for IOS and IPadOS, which can load books and documents other than apple-books? I'd like to use my braille-display in combination with my IPad for reading books and documents in braille. #accessibility #blind #braille

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Happy Mother’s Day! (My cartoon for @theguardian.com books)

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This is an original autochrome color photo, taken at the Paris Air Show on the 30th of September, 1909, only six years after the successful flight of the Wright Brothers. It has been cleaned up, but all the color was original to the original photograph. Restoration done by Babelcolour.

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Why am I even paying my assistant? #kittens #cats #ashe&coco

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I had occasion to (skim)read Lady Sale’s diary of her nine months as one of a group of hostages during the British-Afghan conflict in 1842-3. It’s very Victorian: a relatively dry and emotionless accounting (she does admit to crying upon rescue). “The weather was this, we had a minor […]

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On this afternoons walk, we mainly encountered Robins, so Robins it will have to be. But when they pose so well for you, how can you not oblige with a photo.... #nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

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9 Breathtaking Artworks For Sea Lovers_ https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/28/breathtaking-artworks-that-celebrate-the-sea/ - Photo: Octopus Mural by Tyler Toews in Vancouver, Canada.

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Did the Ancient Romans have every-day-carry multitools" Yes they did and you can own a replica https://www.domusartificis.com/en/prodotto/ancient-roman-tool/

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THE ANTITHESIS OF EVERYTHING PADDINGTON STANDS FOR https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/paddington-bear-stolen-newbury-uk-statue-damaged/105099032 #paddington

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Still my favourite metaphor about #writing

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Wow, my #KoboPlus TBR list is getting out of control. In the past, I’ve only needed to re-up my subscription every six months or so, for one month, to read a small handful of books, but lately I’m adding books to the list hand over fist. Not sure if they improved their algorithm so their […]

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Just found out that Lancelot “Capability” Brown held the position of Royal Gardener at Hampton Court Place some years before my fictional Royal Gardener… how am I ever going to stop myself making a Bergholt Stuttley “Bloody Stupid” Johnson in-joke now? (My researches also inform me the nickname […]

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APRIL selection for the Queer* Romance Club — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell As is fairly standard for QRC, the voting ended in a tie, so I’ve deployed my coordinator tie-breaker to go for Ocean’s Echo (the one I would have voted for, if I took part in the […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

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Today's markething for you: Did you know that you can buy books directly from me in my little indie webstore? DRM-free and delivered to any e-Reader you prefer, too. For this one, I'd love to suggest Terragon's Fate, a short story introducing my […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

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#TransRightsReadathon #3 Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni. Comic strip collection about a twenty-something friend group trying to live their best queer lives despite politics, brokeness, terrible decision making, and imposter syndrome. I like the style of several short , punchy strips that […]

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State Library of Western Australia, state library in Perth, Western Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Library_of_Western_Australia #libraries #books #map

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@adriabailton thank you for hosting #writephant this week 😊 #selfPromo I write fantasy fiction with queer romance and humour, available everywhere, including on #KoboPlus and #IndieDirect from my website. https://wendypalmer.au/books/ My upcoming book, due […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

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Groan, just saw an email from the school from a few hours ago “reminding” parents to send their kids in with a share plate tomorrow for Harmony Day (I don’t think it IS a reminder, I think they forgot to mention it until today). At this late stage, it’s throw a packet of Tim Tams at the kid and […]

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Time to see a picture of a goat perched on a capybara.

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I don't know if I just keep picking up the wrong books, but are any other fans of speculative fiction with female leads struggling at the moment to find anything that _isn't_ romantasy? I just want to read something with a three dimensional female character with agency where I can enjoy the […]

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Whenever I glimpse this ancestral portrait at my sister-in-law’s place (someone’s great-grandmother), I can’t help thinking it’s a childhood portrait of Ron Weasley

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#TransRightsReadathon (Self Promotion time.) I invite you to read my light novels - Trans Writer, Trans Characters. For Love of a Konbini Idol No good deed goes unpunished. As Umi discovers when she rescues Shiomi. Neither Shiomi nor the jealous, vengeful […] [Original post on sakurajima.moe]

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can somebody please just call her the fediverse chick already so we can stop this madness???

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Nine of my books are listed among those that were illegally used to train AIs. And I'm basically a self-publishing nobody. Go check if they scraped yours, as well. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

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Very close call on the WIP, due to order the print proof copy this morning, and last night my brain informed me that I hadn’t undressed my boys for one of their sex scenes. I checked, and I had…but my brain was very much, hmm, check the rest of them, just in case. And sure enough, I had […]

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Soliciting suggestions for Science Fiction genre books for the Queer Romance Club April read. Let me know your favourites and I’ll add them to the poll 😊 Indie authors welcome, but please no Amazon-only books. Also note they do need to be queer Romance with a capital Q. For example, Some […]

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I drew a silly one

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I see that #Malaysia and #Singapore have joined the countries who can access #KoboPlus If you’re newly looking to give it a go, I’ve been listing my favourite K+ reads for a while now. Mostly in the SFF, history, romance, and historical non-fiction areas. Maybe browse my tag, see you what you […]

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Over 40 years old, yet much of it could have been written this morning. Treat yourself to Debbie Meier's article "Why Reading Tests Don't Test Reading": https://deborahmeier.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1981_whyreading.pdf

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“Wotcha got on for the weekend?” “Going to watch Battle Bacteria live” “YaWhatnow?” “Remember battle bots?” “Feh, remote controlled power tools, not proper robots” “Yeah, fair point. Anyway, it was only a matter of time. Lab A engineers bacteria that eat microplastics, Lab B engineers a […]

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I think I have to say goodbye to my beekeeping hobby 😔 My last hive is not queenright, and starving due to yet another low nectar year in my region. This is the second queen to mysteriously vanish, this time from what seemed, in late January, a very healthy hive. I’d have to start completely […]

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:heart_trans: 📚 Any good recs for the #TransRightsReadathon ? I like romance, memoir, graphic novels, YA, fantasy. Preferably nothing too angsty right now. 😬 I have KU until the end of the month. Also, any favorite places to donate for the readathon? @bookstodon #LGBTQBooks #bookstodon

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[Chucking the sads about lack of volunteers] I am so over trying to persuade parents to give two hours of their time* to pitch and help raise money for their kids. At this point, I want to send out a message basically saying, you’ve made it clear you don’t value the huge list of items the P&C […]

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How one author broke into a new genre with a bang. Note that most of this would also apply to a debut author. https://insights.bookbub.com/my-best-launch-ever-how-author-broke-into-new-genre/

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