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Author of Divergent, Carve the Mark, Chosen Ones, Poster Girl, Arch-Conspirator, When Among Crows, etc.
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The regime's current fixation on Harvard reminds me so much of the Ceaușescus, who interfered significantly in Romanian education despite lacking credentials to do so, including a system of re-accreditation that was basically a "get in line or we'll punish you" maneuver for universities

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my husband is again gone on Murderbot day and I think I'm just going to have to start watching each episode twice because COME ON

the unexpected movie that fucked me up was The Man in the Iron Mask, something about him freaking out when they want to put him BACK in the mask just WRECKED ME for days

I just failed three "prove you're a human" tests when logging into HBO Max and I still have no idea why. I had to switch to the audio one! ...am I part robot?

*pitch pipe* 🎶 My pup Is a very very very fine pup With four fluffy feet How can she be so sweet 🎶 Etc

this honestly makes me feel ill

4 characters I write: - soft-hearted bean who does ~*what's necessary*~ - slightly mean hottie with a secret - reserved, uptight gal who will, at the right moment...ruin you - absolutely sick of your shit and here to make lil comments about it

a tiny peek at To Clutch A Razor, the sequel to When Among Crows ("we're off to see the wizard!" except the wizard is Baba Jaga and she lives on top of a Harold's Chicken in Chicago and oh by the way there are slavic monsters everywhere) out September 16! preorder it if you want! rb.gy/wavlle

Day 2 of no caffeine and my brain is...fog

HIGH PRAISE for WAC, love to get a Chicagoan's stamp of approval.

Recently someone told me if you add a swear to the end of your google searches, the AI answer won’t appear, which is how I ended up looking up “the rookery building Chicago interior, bitch”

If I go to a bar they're totally going to be selling malort and cola and calling it "pope juice," aren't they. OR! A turducken style shot of malort inside a shot of fireball whiskey inside a Half-Acre beer, I don't make the rules.

@sarahenni.bsky.social sent me this and I simply cannot

this one got me

i posted about birds and then a handful of other people i follow on here also posted about birds independently ARE WE ALL JUST ADOPTING A BIRD-RELATED COPING STRATEGY

I have purchased a bird feeder and some "midwest blend" wild bird seed and I'm looking forward to watching the robins and squirrels duke it out instead of doomscrolling