José Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social ⋅ 1d

Just a reminder, if you've got young-at-heart readers in your life who love funny ghost stories. 😊

A graphic noting that my books--BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED and AJ TORRES AND THE TREASURE OF CAPTAIN GRAYSHARK--are middle grade reads that are perfect for both Hispanic Heritage Month and Spooky Season.

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Wordweaverlynn @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social ⋅ 1d

This is urgent and vital. If you do anything today, please do this.

www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA... In 2 days, right-wing election groups have submitted over 200,000 new comments to the Election Assistance Commission to require Americans to show a passport or citizenship document for voter registration. We must drive comments to oppose this before 10/20.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 1d

Important and simple action you can take right now to protect voting rights:

www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA... In 2 days, right-wing election groups have submitted over 200,000 new comments to the Election Assistance Commission to require Americans to show a passport or citizenship document for voter registration. We must drive comments to oppose this before 10/20.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com ⋅ 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social ⋅ 1d

If you have a moment, please consider donating to ICIRR, who are working hard to protect those most impacted by federal oversight and the ICE occupation in Chicago, and beyond. www.icirr.org

www.icirr.org

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
ICIRR is dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society.

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Dream Foundry @dreamfoundry.bsky.social ⋅ 6d

Need some accountability or encouragement or want to set some goals? Join us in November for our annual Free Fall Challenge. Sign up: airtable.com/appR4SL...

promo image for Dream Foundry's Free Fall Challenge, November 1-30, 2025

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 2d

I spent a few days in Los Angeles for a family event and a bit of tourism. Visited The Last Bookstore in downtown LA for some very fun browsing.

A wide shot inside The Last Bookstore, taken from the second floor balcony, looking down on an open space full of bookshelves. The room is also full of huge columns, and the ceiling is intricately decorated. The space used to be an old bank!

A tunnel made out of books that form a curved arch. The walls and ceiling have fancy panels painted red, black, and gold.

Inside the book tunnel, lit with string lights.

Me smiling through a round hole made out of books inside one of the bookshelves.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 2d

#FridayReads So happy to dive into @charliejane.bsky.social's newest, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, and be instantly invested in the characters, the emotions, and the 18th century literary mystery!

Hardcover of the novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social ⋅ 3d

We should all follow Mike's great example: Step 1: do something, literally anything, to help Step 2: find something that brings you joy and go do that next

I am so mad but focusing on doing what I can right now. Which is donating to @runforsomething.net to put progressives in office, confirming my vote on CA 50, and supporting independent journalism. Then I'm going to watch the Sharks opening night. And not let That Fucking Guy take that away from me.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 3d

I was wondering what happened to the preorder I was expecting, and then I looked at the pub date again and realized it's coming out a year from now! 😭 But you, too, can preorder a lovely gift for your far future self who will frankly probably need a Le Guin tribute anthology even more by then.

Excited to receive my copy of Revolution in the Heart, an Ursula K. Le Guin tribute anthology out this week! titanbooks.com/72469-revolu...

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Revolution in the Heart
Revolution in the Heart is a collection of 15 brand new stories by a group of celebrated authors, all inspired by one of the iconic figures in all of science fiction and fantasy: the legendary and awa...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social ⋅ 4d

People ask what they can do in this moment: here's a crucially important election. There are 52,000 elections taking place next month, many of which will be determined by turnout.

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

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Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts
The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 4d

So many things to like about this!

This holiday season, give your loved ones the gift of knowledge, America’s libraries the gift of cash, and don’t give Donald Trump a fucking cent. Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke is an incredible new product that is 100% EXEMPT FROM TRUMP’S STUPID TARIFFS! ExplainsTheJoke.com

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Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke
An incredible product totally exempt from Trump's stupid tariffs.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org ⋅ 4d

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Andrea Blythe @andreablythe.bsky.social ⋅ 5d

It’s out! I’m so thrilled to have worked on the narrative and can’t wait to see what folks think! (The opening of this fantastic trailer is how it’s going to look when I play. lol.) #indiegame #indiedev #games #platformers

Monochrome Heights is available today on Steam! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dp5...

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Monochrome Heights - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by One Frog Games

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social ⋅ 5d

For anyone who missed it, some great new speculative mysteries and thrillers to curl up with as the leaves turn

I wrote about five (or six??) fall speculative mysteries and thrillers for @crimereads.bsky.social: SALTCROP, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST, BOG QUEEN, THE UNVEILING, and the Saga double RED STAR HUSTLE/APPREHENSION, in case your TBR needs to be a little taller!

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social ⋅ 5d

People with kids in their lives/who write for kids: recommend me some recent books good for a 8 year old. Say released in the last 5 years. TYVM!

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 5d

Highly recommend these great books, one an inventive space opera and the other more of a travelogue of Earth!

US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology (Meru + Loka) is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5 and enjoy some “woke as woke can be” #spaceopera and far future #sciencefiction. (Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)

starry backdrop with book covers for MERU and LOKA in the foreground, along with text below that says US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5! and a white rectangle above showing a one-star Amazon review with the heading “Woke as woke can be”

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 9d

#FridayReads Reread of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, for the first time since high school, inspired by @bookriot.bsky.social's new Zero to Well Read podcast. Loving the language of the story, in all its modes!

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 9d

September Reading Recap - Another batch of book reviews, this time for The Lions of Winter: Survival and Sacrifice on Mount Washington, The Trees, Katabasis, and The Beginning of Spring: www.lisaeckstein.com/2025/10/sept...

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September Reading Recap
Lisa Eckstein blogs about reading, writing, and revising.

Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 10d

So happy to hear that the original founder of NaNoWriMo has brought the annual noveling adventure back to life! Thank you to the old school NaNo crew! <3

After they closed NaNoWriMo, I started chatting with some folks about keeping November’s writing adventure going in a more DIY form. Today, we launched a site! www.nano2.org. Sweaty origin story here: nano2.org/posts/2025/w... We’ll be noveling next month, and we’d love to have you join us!

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 10d

Hooray, a new @emilymandel.bsky.social book is coming next year: Exit Party, "a story of crimes committed and loves lost across space and time." www.panmacmillan.com/authors/emil...

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Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Find out more about Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 10d

"Nussia" and "Etta, Zora, and the First Serpent" were also two of my favorite stories in DOLL SEED, along with the short but powerful "Family Line" and the complex "Cemetery Sisters". Happy book birthday!

Celebrating Doll Seed’s book birthday! Made a short video about 2 stories that readers especially loved from the collection.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social ⋅ 11d

HELLO EVERYBODY IT'S THAT TIME (LATIN-AMERICAN HORROR IN TRANSLATION FOR THE OVERLAP OF HISPANIC HISTORY & SPOOKY MONTH) AGAIN, HERE IS MY THREADDDD

OKAY FOLKS FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKED FOR IT* MY THREAD OF LATIN-AMERICAN HORROR IN TRANSLATION FOR THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE OVERLAP OF HISPANIC HISTORY & SPOOKY MONTHS *nobody asked but I KNOW WHAT YOU SECRETLY WANT 1/

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social ⋅ 12d

happiest of pub days to @yumewrites.bsky.social's SALTCROP! I have been yelling about this book on here for five months and I could not be more excited for more people to read it so we can yell about how great it is TOGETHER

@yumewrites.bsky.social's SALTCROP is a fantastic book of hopeful dystopia. Equal parts ecological thriller and intimate portrait of a family. Seaspray and corporate treachery, a beloved boat named Bumblebee, all the ways family accidentally defines us. I couldn't put it down. Out 9/30

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 12d

Another nice variety of cloud textures this morning.

Clouds in the bright blue sky above treetops. The lower clouds are iconically puffy. Higher up, they form a thin layer of clumps and streaks.

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 13d

Speaking from experience: They didn't cut it, and it grew.

New York Times headline: Why Do So Many Women Have Long Hair Now? Accompanying photo is of a white woman with long dark hair.

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social ⋅ 13d

It's my birthday! And my bday wish is for you to do something to help democracy/community. You could: Call/email your reps Donate to a food pantry Help a disabled friend bring in groceries Babysit so friends w kids can go to a protest Help fix a nonprofit's website The possibilities are endless!

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Lisa Eckstein @lisaeckstein.com ⋅ 13d

I just called all my electeds to insist they protect trans healthcare. Your turn.

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social ⋅ 13d

I've been hearing from a lot of booksellers and readers that Automatic Noodle is sold out in stores. We have a 2nd printing in the works! In the meantime, please backorder the book from your local indie so the publisher knows you want it. That helps me and the bookstore! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...

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Automatic Noodle
Check out Automatic Noodle -

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.

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