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ESL teacher, stage 3 triple-neg breast cancer fighter, and YA fantasy writer who owns far more 📚 than shelf space (she/her) Minnesotan
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Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...

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There are times in my life when I feel like I should be reading a lot more poetry. Got any recs? Show me your favorite! 💙 📚

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There's no such thing as a 'good man,' or a 'bad man.' We all have the potential to go both ways. There's nothing other humans have done that I'm magically incapable of doing. My choices make me. Rubio has chosen what kind of man he wants to be. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

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Today a nurse at my fertility clinic suggested I schedule my first mammogram, since I turn 40 soon. Ugh, read my chart! I don't have breasts. I cut them off 3 years ago when they tried to kill me. I've only been a patient there for 10 months, pls read my chart...

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This was perfect timing as I teach my 5th grade EL students about AI hallucinations. They gave the Chicago Sun-Times 👎👎 for not fact-checking. Or in their words, "What the sigma?"

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Whaaaa Spelling Bee? You're not going to let me cheat with meat?

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I’ve seen two authors post about being done with publishing this week and it breaks my heart. And I know I’ve certainly been struggling to sell books with everything of late - most of us have. So please, if you’d like, tell us about your book in this thread and let’s get some traction going! ⬇️ 📚💙

submitted 26 days ago • 90 comments

Writers and readers! Do you subscribe to any author newsletters? If so, what platform are they on? 💙📚

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“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

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Oh, my poor characters... I've had a doozy of a week, and I'm really taking it out on them. 🤕 💙📚

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#SFF Writers! What's a game you've invented for a story? How is it played? What do your characters think of it? I play games so much irl, but I'm realizing I rarely include them in my writing. Gotta change that! 💙📚

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This is my favorite problem as a writer. What's my character hiding? I don't know, but it's gonna be fun to find out!

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Writing fiction is fucked up. The better you get at it, the harder it is.

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

May JD Vance's time in power also mimic Truss's.

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Beautiful day in Minnesota!

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My school board just removed our "Everyone Welcome Here" posters. Decision made by conservative straight white "family values" men who won by narrow margins and immediately elected themselves chair, vice chair, and treasurer. This is pretty much the only thing they've accomplished in 3 months.

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I’m not going to cave on tariffs! But also these are a negotiation! But also these are permanent! We need these tariffs now! But also I will pause them and maybe turn them back on!

submitted 59 days ago • 123 comments

Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation

submitted 59 days ago • 559 comments

Don't worry, they believe in government efficiency. They'll use the time to meet with constituents.

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We work with unaccompanied immigrant kids in federal detention at @theyoungcenter.bsky.social. Every single day where business is blocked is a genuine good. It's one less day for Republicans to strip legal protections from immigrant kids. Every single day counts. Grind the system to a halt.

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Last year I taught a 5th grade newcomer from Haiti who, pissed that his American classmate was playing iPad games instead of learning math, used Google translate to tell him, "Aren't you ashamed? Our parents work really hard so we can go to this good school." Blank stare from the American kid

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Yup. This is every "dream job": 10% doing the thing, 90% doing everything else required to get to do that 10%.

submitted 69 days ago • 188 comments