OwenTyme , to bookstodon group
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I've got six novels out that have very few or no reviews, so I'm running a short-term Ebook giveaway through Jun 30th.

Use the code ''P6YFQ' to get my books for free via the smashwords store: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/OwenTyme

Please post your reviews to one or more of the following sites:
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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45452178.Owen_Tyme
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Owen%20Tyme%22
https://fable.co/author/owen-tyme

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I just love this free, digital, queer library! Fundraiser Update & NBC News! https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/blog/fundraiser-update-amp-nbc-news @bookstodon

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X says 'free speech has prevailed' after eSafety commissioner drops case over Wakeley church attack posts

#elonmusk #free

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/05/x-elon-musk-vs-australia-esafety-commissioner-wakeley-church-stabbing-footage

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Happy start of Atlantic Hurricane Season to those who celebrate

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gary_alderson ,
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@jerry looking forward to some big chungus this year
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
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Ernesto
Francine
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Helene
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Want some tavern dice games for your next Pirate Borg adventure? Of course you do! 🏴‍☠️🦜🎲

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The State Archives of North Carolina have a "Research Guide" available for download (last updated 16 May 2024) called "General Assembly Session Records, 1777-1789: A Guide to the Records of Marginalized Communities" which they defined as "women, enslaved and free people of color, American Indians, and religious minorities."

Many of the records mentioned are available online in the NC Digital Collections.

https://archives.ncdcr.gov/researchers/finding-aids/research-guides

BRMiller OP ,
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The recording of the State Archives of North Carolina's presentation "Assembling History : Research in the General Assembly Session Records" is now available on their YouTube. Includes handout!

Covers what to expect from these records & how best to navigate them using available resources in the NC Digital Collections; focuses on records from the late 18th to early 20th century.

@histodons

https://www.youtube.com/@ncarchives

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Someone reminded me it's time to post some alternatives to Adobe software:

I'm just going to go through the basics, Photoshop - use GIMP, Krita or IbisPaint, Suma Paint, or one-off pay Affinity Photo. Illustrator - Okay, everyone uses Inkscape, but there's also Boxy SVG and one-off pay for Affinity Designer or Corel Draw Acrobat - PDF XChange, Foxit Reader Premiere - Davinci Resolve, Olive or one off pay for Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas InDesign - Scribus, Canva or one-off pay Affinity Publisher, QuarkXPress
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    EBOOK GIVEAWAY: To celebrate the recent release of the audiobook, the Kindle edition of "The Big Men" is free via Amazon this weekend!

    If you've yet to experience this one-of-a-kind paranormal thriller for yourself, there's never been a better time!

    http://amazon.com/dp/B074718D3M

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    ICYMI: Last day to grab this ebook for free! Don't forget to check out the audiobook. It's pretty alright, if I do say so myself. 🙂

    #ICYMI #ebook #free #bookgiveaway #ebookgiveaway #KindleEdition #giveaway #paranormal #throller #specfic #speculativefiction #horror #audiobook

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    herhandsmyhands , to Romancelandia group
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    Felicia Davin's NOWHERE trilogy is on #SALE! right now. The first book is #FREE here: https://books2read.com/edgeofnowhere

    (my review: https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2022/01/21/edge-of-nowhere-by-felicia-davin/)

    Second book is 99c here: https://books2read.com/nowhere2

    (my review: https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2022/06/22/out-of-nowhere-by-felicia-davin/)

    Third book is $1.99 here: https://books2read.com/nowhere3

    (my review: https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2022/07/11/nowhere-else-by-felicia-davin/)

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    #Free to a good home: NeXTstation (model N1100) with keyboard, mouse, and MegaPixel monitor. The motherboard was a NOS replacement. I can't find the monitor cable, but it must be somewhere. Getting this packed well enough to ship will take long enough that I should be able to find the cable! 😅
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    Some students from (in ), who are currently occupying the university campus of Lille 3 "Pont de Bois" to protest against the genocide happening in , wanted to show their support to the Palestinian anarchist group, Fauda !

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    Tiny Tactics Battle Kit I is a go and it is free!

    https://tiopalada.itch.io/tiny-tactics-battle-kit-i

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    AdvaShaviv , to bookstodon group Dutch
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    I'm participating in 2 group gift bundles, where you can download scores of #ebooks for #free! 🥳

    Each #giveaway has its own irresistible nature:

    #Magic and Mayhem
    #Fantasy stories featuring magic, spells and sorcery. Get them here: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/VQwu7eZ

    Happy to Be Odd: An All-Genre Giveaway for Stories with Characters Who Accept Their Inner Weirdness
    Stories in various genres featuring characters who celebrate their differences. Read them here: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/k3ISx3R

    #Books @bookstodon

    bloodravenlib , to random
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    of possible interest for some . If interested, grab them sooner rather than later.

    >Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests. https://lithub.com/verso-and-other-publishers-are-offering-free-ebooks-in-solidarity-with-pro-palestine-campus-protests/

    pivic , to bookstodon group
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    Seven Stories Press: two free ebooks to fight and resist: https://sevenstories.com/blogs/330-student-resistance-in-the-age-of-chaos-two-free-ebooks-to-fight-back

    'In solidarity with the pro-Palestine student actions at Columbia University, NYU, University of California Berkeley, University of Minnesota, MIT, Harvard, Yale, and many other universities throughout the country, we are proud to offer free downloads of Student Resistance in the Age of Chaos by Mark Edelman Boren.

    A sweeping, two-volume recent history of student protest, Student Resistance in the Age of Chaos not only highlights successful resistance students movements of the past 20+ years, but also examines the ways that new technologies further enable direct actions and other tactics for resistance to administrative and police repression.'

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    terrymatz , to bookstodon group
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    Start your weekend right with a #free book! I highly recommend this #ScienceFiction #dystopian thriller My Soul to Keep by @LynetteMBurrows. It's the first book in her Fellowship Trilogy (the second book is out and third on the way). I could not put this book down and now you can get it for free April 12, 13, 14!
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    We have a free game intentionally designed to help teach adolescents about healthy relationships. It is regularly played in schools.

    Today I saw a review complaining that this sweet game is "indoctrinating children" and other regressive nonsense.

    😞

    A one star (out of five) review of HONEYMOON on itchio from 2 days ago from an account called *redacted*. "More like a notorious game developed by a clown for an NGO aimed at indoctrinating children with misandry and heterophobia to destroy their lives by depriving them of any chance to ever have a healthy relationship, and to decreae the population through a combination of increasing suicide rate and decreasing birth rate. Utterly evil and disgusting."
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    😞 Disappointed this bigoted, harassing review is still on itchio. We reported it back in March.

    It's about our charity's prosocial healthy relationship video game for teens called HONEYMOON. 💑

    ❗The reviewer defames us for "indoctrinating children" because it's free for educators & parents.

    ❗Player autonomy seems to frighten the bigot because the game allows for same-sex relationships. (New update will include non-binary.) 👬 👭 👫

    ❗The abusive partner in the game can be female OR male but the bigot claims "misandry"?

    ❤️ See for yourself -- play in your browser right now. Free. No ads.

    [PLS LEAVE A NICE REVIEW! 🧡]

    🎮 https://jag.itch.io/honeymoon

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    crecente OP ,
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    Here is a review of HONEYMOON we ❤️ seeing:

    "Thank you so much for such a wonderful game. It was so helpful!!"

    "It was one hell of something!!"

    "... so well made ..."

    #videogames #indiedev #health #education #prevention #free

    Review of the healthy relationship video game 'HONEYMOON'. A backdrop of the game showing a bridge walkway leading to a section of brick housing; in front of this backdrop is a review by a player of the game. Profile and name info [obscured]. "Thank you so much for such a wonderful game. It was so helpful!! "It was on hell of something!! "It was so well make that a person who never have ever experienced an abusive relationship of any kind can feel everything through this game. "Not only did it talk about an abusive relationship but it also highlighted how it feels to be gaslighted and manipulated via role-playing. Through role playing one can feel the exact emotions. The role play urged onself to defend themselves and call him out. Also it will help people understand that why you can never reason with a toxic person because when we are dealing with a toxi person it becomes really hard to talk things out since that person will do anything to avoid owning up to his/her faults. "Do the abuser ever known if they are wrong (if so then that person is emotionally unstable, controlling, manipulative and have anger issues) or the are totally blind?"
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