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Measles, dysentery....We're officially living in a simulation of The Oregon Trail.

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A thing I wish more people knew is that measles is basically the most contagious disease in the world

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this actually makes my stomach sink with dread, because it has to be very very very very bad for the grifter to say this

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“You can’t have the fairytale ending without the ending. You have to go out there and try. Otherwise the story is unfinished.” www.lianabrooks.com/... #MountainLily #SweetRomance 📚

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I just talked to my friend Bill, ex-Navy captain, who's in Romania after distributing food and knitted goods in Ukraine. They've done this a few times now and have had a couple of close calls with bombs. They are already planning a fall trip. Donate here! www.gofundme.com/f/help-deliv... #zelensky

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As an American writer, I know I'm supposed to use "blond" instead of "blonde" but I just can't seem to make myself do it. It looks so wrong

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-139 words today

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I once worked on a visual novel game where all the surveys and focus groups said that nobody wanted romance, they only wanted mystery and sci-fi. Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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Time to learn about cameras pre-1900s!

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Bunch people accused me of misinformation saying they’re targeting the disease not the people with the disease. I’d like to ask: you think autism and ADHD and neurodivergence is a disease? And why exactly (and how exactly) do you think it’s ok to reduce the number of people with these conditions?

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people, just like writing, can be continuously edited—time will wait for no one, and that is what I tell myself when I have the urge to look back rather than forward, and that is how I often approach my work and projects

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Chapter 8D complete: 5187 words

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+123 words today

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This thread is one year old today, and, unfortunately, it is even more important to be reading and preserving trans stories than when it started. I truly thank everyone who has contributed to it, everyone who has kept sharing it, and everyone who has made a point to buy books from these authors. 🧵

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I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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Let's do this. They're trying to shock and awe us into submission. Don't let them. Creatives, keep doing your thing. It's never the wrong time to be who you are.

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Sci-fi is the sandbox of our future. Every story is a blueprint, a warning, or a dream waiting to take flight. Keep writing, keep wondering, and never stop reaching for the stars. 🚀✨ #SciFi #WritingCommunity"

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Did you know? In the Victorian era, it became quite popular among socialites to have photographs taken depicting their heads removed from their bodies. This was a photographic trick popularized by Samuel Kay Balbirnie. Do you find this off-putting or fascinating? #Victorian #history

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I absolutely adore the handwriting style of Victorians. Spencerian script was a style taught in America from 1850-1920. If you want to learn it, I'd recommend buying a quill pen with an ink well and saving this pdf manual (1866). 👇 #Victorian #history dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/cu31...

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Think of what #vaccines save us from. Sterility from MUMPS. Horrible birth defects from RUBELLA. Agonizing suffering before death from TETANUS and RABIES. Months of being unable to stop breath-stealing coughs from WHOOPING COUGH. Turns out, they also reduce the chance of Alzheimer's!

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share a character who didn't deserve their fate

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In a FB group for writers and editors, an author posted about receiving feedback from her editor that was rude and made her feel bad, and it hurt my heart. Editor comments should be helpful, never rude! #Writers, if your #editor makes you feel bad, please get a new one whose style works for you.

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Did you know? In the Victorian era, scientists sought to contact aliens using lanterns and mirrors. This was partly in response to reports of mysterious airships appearing in the skies over several states. At the time, many still believed that aliens might be nearby. #Victorian #history #ufos

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I'm sorry if you followed me for politics and stuff, I mostly post about romance novels. Which are political, just FYI.

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Such a nice look. 🤭 I don't know if I'd actually wear this, but it does have a certain appeal. I'm more of a ponytail girl. 👱‍♀️ Would you ever adopt this hairstyle? #Edwardian #history #hair #fashion #trends youtube.com/shorts/XNN_I...

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Hey, what's up with books having sprayed edges these days? LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY! I was there! Thread: 1/13

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Post-apocalyptic and dystopian story lovers, grab 13 amazing novels for a song!

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Light skin is likely a product of lower vitamin D levels in farmed food and lower light conditions. White Supremacy: a mythology built on mistaking a high-gluten diet and clouds for the will of God.

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I turned to #Ghost as my newsletter platform of choice after trying one or two others, because #Substack has been smelling like transphobes & Nazis for years now. I still follow writers i love on there, but only on their free tiers. Gee golly I wish they'd move! www.pomonokentertainment.com

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Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

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DID YOU KNOW? In San Francisco in the 1800s there was a massive economic scuffle over seabird eggs called the Egg Wars that basically wiped out a species of bird and the eggs were selling for $1 per egg. In old times money!!

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THESE ARE OUR PARKS. These are our employees. Our laws. Our social programs. We voted in every representative who assigned this funding legally & in public. This is our money. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY. Who the fuck does Elon think he is???

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Excellent advice! (I add, as always, that Gumroad has puritanical attitudes toward anything that might be considered "adult" content, including ebooks, and will deactivate your account. After migrating last year, I've been really happy with itchio so far!)

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It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent. Buy direct from authors. Get your files.

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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as allude to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

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If you want to write a book: WRITE IT. Write it messy. Write it bad. Write it out of order. You can edit anything you write, but you can't edit a blank page. You've got to write. http://www.lianabroo... #AmWriting #Romancelandia #LianaEdits 📚

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Visual artists I am BEGGING you to use alt text when talking about your work. Just saw an interesting thing about a politicized quilt being censored that I won't repost or link because there's no alt text in the post OR the blog post about the situation.

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All of these books are available for anyone who lost their libraries in the Los Angeles wildfires! We are at DYM Books & Boba in Pasadena until 5 today and back from 10-5 tomorrow. Come on down! Thank you to all of our amazing donors for making this possible. ❤️‍🩹📚

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