Halcek
@halcek.bsky.social
A speculative writer. https://merveilles.town/@halcek 🇵🇸
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Wow, not gonna lie, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much support BlueSky provides for indie game devs. I did not expect that one bit.
Feeling so hyped that I decided to punch some bags in Shore of Jord. Wish me luck!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gaming #RPG
Feeling so hyped that I decided to punch some bags in Shore of Jord. Wish me luck!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gaming #RPG
December 8, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Wow, not gonna lie, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much support BlueSky provides for indie game devs. I did not expect that one bit.
Feeling so hyped that I decided to punch some bags in Shore of Jord. Wish me luck!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gaming #RPG
Feeling so hyped that I decided to punch some bags in Shore of Jord. Wish me luck!
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #gaming #RPG
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"The super-rich have apocalypse fantasies of their own, built not on faith or ideology but on a calm and rational evaluation of how best to maintain their position; they would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven."
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2026 at 8:24 AM
"The super-rich have apocalypse fantasies of their own, built not on faith or ideology but on a calm and rational evaluation of how best to maintain their position; they would genuinely rather reign in hell than share in heaven."
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Coming to BackerKit October 20th!
To Feel Your Warmth is a tragic vampire duet about two people in love, one of whom has been cursed with vampirism, in the final hours before sunrise. It is a conversation about love, trust, and the decision to move forward together or say goodbye forever.
🚪🩸
To Feel Your Warmth is a tragic vampire duet about two people in love, one of whom has been cursed with vampirism, in the final hours before sunrise. It is a conversation about love, trust, and the decision to move forward together or say goodbye forever.
🚪🩸
To Feel Your Warmth - A Tragic Vampire Duet TTRPG
Get notified when To Feel Your Warmth - A Tragic Vampire Duet TTRPG launches on BackerKit!
www.backerkit.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Coming to BackerKit October 20th!
To Feel Your Warmth is a tragic vampire duet about two people in love, one of whom has been cursed with vampirism, in the final hours before sunrise. It is a conversation about love, trust, and the decision to move forward together or say goodbye forever.
🚪🩸
To Feel Your Warmth is a tragic vampire duet about two people in love, one of whom has been cursed with vampirism, in the final hours before sunrise. It is a conversation about love, trust, and the decision to move forward together or say goodbye forever.
🚪🩸
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The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social is one of the best books of 2026, and should be a strong contender for the Hugo Award next year.
I wholeheartedly endorse this book.
We had the chance to chat with the author about his debut novel, his influences, and about language in general.
I wholeheartedly endorse this book.
We had the chance to chat with the author about his debut novel, his influences, and about language in general.
Translation Is Not A Mathematical Formula: Language In The Republic of Memory (Interview)
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.
hugoclub.blogspot.com
August 21, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social is one of the best books of 2026, and should be a strong contender for the Hugo Award next year.
I wholeheartedly endorse this book.
We had the chance to chat with the author about his debut novel, his influences, and about language in general.
I wholeheartedly endorse this book.
We had the chance to chat with the author about his debut novel, his influences, and about language in general.
To celebrate the upcoming release of The Blood of Dawnwalker #game on September 3, here's a small scene called The Awakening of a #vampire:
He woke up with a sharp headache. It seemed to him that he must have been awake for ages, although he really gained consciousness slowly and uncertainly.
He woke up with a sharp headache. It seemed to him that he must have been awake for ages, although he really gained consciousness slowly and uncertainly.
August 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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For newsletter/blog alternatives to consider, there's Beehiiv, Ghost, PencilBooth
You can also look into some new ones being developed on ATproto (the tech Bluesky is built on) like Leaflet @leaflet.pub Pckt @pckt.blog and Offprint @offprint.app
You can also look into some new ones being developed on ATproto (the tech Bluesky is built on) like Leaflet @leaflet.pub Pckt @pckt.blog and Offprint @offprint.app
August 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
For newsletter/blog alternatives to consider, there's Beehiiv, Ghost, PencilBooth
You can also look into some new ones being developed on ATproto (the tech Bluesky is built on) like Leaflet @leaflet.pub Pckt @pckt.blog and Offprint @offprint.app
You can also look into some new ones being developed on ATproto (the tech Bluesky is built on) like Leaflet @leaflet.pub Pckt @pckt.blog and Offprint @offprint.app
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The pilot that got L and I the Yellowjackets job (and all other work in TV) is a hyper niche drama about queer teens and adoption in ‘90s South Dakota that we _did_ have a rough seven season plan for so I guess that??
youve got 5.6 billion to make a 7 season 56 episode show airing over 15 years, wdyd
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
August 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The pilot that got L and I the Yellowjackets job (and all other work in TV) is a hyper niche drama about queer teens and adoption in ‘90s South Dakota that we _did_ have a rough seven season plan for so I guess that??
#university students of #socialwork and #disabilitystudies in the #US, or #UK, I’ll be glad if you could help with #academicresearch in education by taking this survey, to help me understand your views about #disability: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
Understanding Social Work and Humanities students' insights on disabled socialization
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July 17, 2026 at 6:53 AM
#university students of #socialwork and #disabilitystudies in the #US, or #UK, I’ll be glad if you could help with #academicresearch in education by taking this survey, to help me understand your views about #disability: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
#Lebanon ‘s turtle conservationist advocate, dies after Israeli attack:
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
#war #waroncivilians #enviromentalism
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
#war #waroncivilians #enviromentalism
Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s turtle advocate, dies after Israeli attack
Khalil spent more than two decades protecting the nests of endangered turtle species in southern Lebanon.
www.aljazeera.com
June 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
#Lebanon ‘s turtle conservationist advocate, dies after Israeli attack:
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
#war #waroncivilians #enviromentalism
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
#war #waroncivilians #enviromentalism
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Scarlet Deer Inn isn't part of the festival, but our demo is up on Steam and ready to play. ☺️
#SteamNextFest
store.steampowered.com/app/1553260
#SteamNextFest
store.steampowered.com/app/1553260
June 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Scarlet Deer Inn isn't part of the festival, but our demo is up on Steam and ready to play. ☺️
#SteamNextFest
store.steampowered.com/app/1553260
#SteamNextFest
store.steampowered.com/app/1553260
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I'm always on the lookout for contributors to apersonalanthology.com.
Do you love short stories?
Can you communicate that love in words?
Can you bear to pick just 12 of them?
Then get in touch!
The substack has 2,500+ subscribers.
The archive has 3,500+ individual entries.
Help me build it!
Do you love short stories?
Can you communicate that love in words?
Can you bear to pick just 12 of them?
Then get in touch!
The substack has 2,500+ subscribers.
The archive has 3,500+ individual entries.
Help me build it!
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
apersonalanthology.com
June 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I'm always on the lookout for contributors to apersonalanthology.com.
Do you love short stories?
Can you communicate that love in words?
Can you bear to pick just 12 of them?
Then get in touch!
The substack has 2,500+ subscribers.
The archive has 3,500+ individual entries.
Help me build it!
Do you love short stories?
Can you communicate that love in words?
Can you bear to pick just 12 of them?
Then get in touch!
The substack has 2,500+ subscribers.
The archive has 3,500+ individual entries.
Help me build it!
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Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition will be released on June 30. Preorder from @apexmag.bsky.social and get 30% off!
Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
June 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Plague Birds: The Red Day Edition will be released on June 30. Preorder from @apexmag.bsky.social and get 30% off!
Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
Called "a stand-out work within the landscape of contemporary science fiction," Plague Birds was a Nebula & Philip K. Dick Award finalist. 1/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...
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WAKE UP IT'S ROGUE TRADER FIC TIME
[be my equal, let me be yours](ellipsus.com/read/2URfAPa...)
@magitekwitch.bsky.social's reigis and abelard steal a moment in commorragh. old men going through it... ~together~
[be my equal, let me be yours](ellipsus.com/read/2URfAPa...)
@magitekwitch.bsky.social's reigis and abelard steal a moment in commorragh. old men going through it... ~together~
June 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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i’m not loving all the cutie-cute words for Recession lately like quit dressing up my $5 gas station candy bar in a little pink bow
"People have stopped believing that the economy can be good, and have lost the willingness to admit that they are doing well. That pessimism might be harder to fix than an actual downturn," @annielowrey.bsky.social argues.
The ‘Vibecession’ Is Over. The ‘Permacession’ Is Here.
Why Americans are so unhappy.
bit.ly
May 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
i’m not loving all the cutie-cute words for Recession lately like quit dressing up my $5 gas station candy bar in a little pink bow
Not a good look, reminisent of a certain girl school:
May 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Not a good look, reminisent of a certain girl school:
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I need help for another month to pay my therapy. I've had depression most of my life, but the last 2 years have been especially difficult.
I need therapy, but it's expensive, so I'd like to sell portraits of yourselves or your favorite characters for 30€ 😔🙏
I need therapy, but it's expensive, so I'd like to sell portraits of yourselves or your favorite characters for 30€ 😔🙏
March 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
I need help for another month to pay my therapy. I've had depression most of my life, but the last 2 years have been especially difficult.
I need therapy, but it's expensive, so I'd like to sell portraits of yourselves or your favorite characters for 30€ 😔🙏
I need therapy, but it's expensive, so I'd like to sell portraits of yourselves or your favorite characters for 30€ 😔🙏
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Can we please stop the genre of "Trump Will Rue Getting Exactly What He Wants THIS TIME, FOR SURE!" articles?
How many times do you all have to be wrong before you admit that you literally can't stop this dude w/ Neoliberalism b/c that's what gives him his power?
How many times do you all have to be wrong before you admit that you literally can't stop this dude w/ Neoliberalism b/c that's what gives him his power?
While Trump is turning the Republican Party into his own criminal organization, he's also creating problems for himself over the next six months. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trumps-revenge-tour-will-come
May 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Can we please stop the genre of "Trump Will Rue Getting Exactly What He Wants THIS TIME, FOR SURE!" articles?
How many times do you all have to be wrong before you admit that you literally can't stop this dude w/ Neoliberalism b/c that's what gives him his power?
How many times do you all have to be wrong before you admit that you literally can't stop this dude w/ Neoliberalism b/c that's what gives him his power?
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Billionaire: I must prepare *complain about Mamdani as my life does not change in any discernible way*
May 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Billionaire: I must prepare *complain about Mamdani as my life does not change in any discernible way*
If you are teaching about #disability in #socialwork at an university level in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland., could you distribute this research survey among your students:
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL Thnx
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL Thnx
Understanding Social Work and Humanities students' insights on disabled socialization
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May 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If you are teaching about #disability in #socialwork at an university level in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland., could you distribute this research survey among your students:
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL Thnx
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL Thnx
If anyone in #academia has students of #socialwork, I have a colleague who is conducting Phd. research on #disabilitystudies inclusion from perspective of future social workers.
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
Understanding Social Work and Humanities students' insights on disabled socialization
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May 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
If anyone in #academia has students of #socialwork, I have a colleague who is conducting Phd. research on #disabilitystudies inclusion from perspective of future social workers.
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
It would help him tremendously to get some more responses on his survey from students: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBNQLTL
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I wrote about the Washington Post's embarrassing wave of badly-written editorials trying to protect billionaires from paying their fair share of taxes
The Billionaires Are Afraid
The Washington Post's recent wave of billionaire agitprop demonstrates how terrified the extraction class is of informed consensus and the looming possibility of meaningful reform.
karlbode.com
May 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I wrote about the Washington Post's embarrassing wave of badly-written editorials trying to protect billionaires from paying their fair share of taxes
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It’s happening! VALENZIAGA will fall.
Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race + a gay Game of Thrones + Chronicles of Amber.
High drama & high CAMP!
200+ people already pledged to make this book happen!
LATE PLEDGES STILL OPEN!
#booksky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race + a gay Game of Thrones + Chronicles of Amber.
High drama & high CAMP!
200+ people already pledged to make this book happen!
LATE PLEDGES STILL OPEN!
#booksky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
May 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It’s happening! VALENZIAGA will fall.
Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race + a gay Game of Thrones + Chronicles of Amber.
High drama & high CAMP!
200+ people already pledged to make this book happen!
LATE PLEDGES STILL OPEN!
#booksky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race + a gay Game of Thrones + Chronicles of Amber.
High drama & high CAMP!
200+ people already pledged to make this book happen!
LATE PLEDGES STILL OPEN!
#booksky
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
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🔴 Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto
"Karp and Thiel are no longer engaging in ideological debate, but are handing down their mandate as an expression of confidence that the Technological Republic has arrived"
"Karp and Thiel are no longer engaging in ideological debate, but are handing down their mandate as an expression of confidence that the Technological Republic has arrived"
Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto
Palentir's CEO Alex Karp has confirmed the anti-democratic agenda of the company's founder Peter Thiel
bylinetimes.com
April 30, 2026 at 8:44 AM
🔴 Decoding the Technofascist Tendency in Palantir’s Manifesto
"Karp and Thiel are no longer engaging in ideological debate, but are handing down their mandate as an expression of confidence that the Technological Republic has arrived"
"Karp and Thiel are no longer engaging in ideological debate, but are handing down their mandate as an expression of confidence that the Technological Republic has arrived"