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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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And who they didn't like

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Ontarians. I’m BEGGING YOU. Please, for the love of all that is good. PLEASE, VOTE.

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JFC indeed.

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stares directly into camera, specifically at all the people who told me I was being dramatic when I said they would attempt this

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Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇 Well, are you?!

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

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Helpful!

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How to critically read a text. This is what the author wrote, here’s one way to interpret what they’re saying and here’s why I think it’s interesting or significant. It’s an invaluable skill. And increasingly rare across different mediums.

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Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.

submitted 61 days ago • 74 comments

hey, favorite authors?? yes you. hey can you write more vampire books please?? yeah i'd just like vampire stories from my favorites. like where is my fonda lee vampire book. where is my freya marske vampire romance. what are yall doing if not writing vampire books.

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It all started with Reagan many years ago. When he deregulated the media, he gave the purveyors of lies, conspiracies, and misinformation the freedom to do and say whatever they wanted.

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AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸

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Fun! Taking a stab at five word horror stories! Cat pee in the carpet What was your name again? Babe, we need to talk Son, where are my keys? A mountain of dirty dishes Get this in by five Another rejection letter from publishers

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Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th: Running out of tea bags Someone talking in a lift Unexpected knock on the door Biscuit falling into your brew Stuck on rail replacement bus Forgetting to take an umbrella Missing bin day before Christmas Say a bit about yourself

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I'm sure there are more we could all add. . . 💜💜 #writingcommunity #writers #authors

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I get a lot of letters from #amquerying writers that undersell their books because they don't understand the query format. The rules are esoteric, hard to find, and highly variable, so I often just recommend reading a lot of queries that worked! Here are my favorite resources for that--🧵

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good morning.

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The fact that Disney bought Star Wars and bought the Muppets and haven’t done a Muppets Star Wars is a crime.

submitted 81 days ago • 725 comments

Every other democracy on Earth is doing s better job facing down the existential threat posed by Russian election interference, disinformation, and the far right authoritarianism than the US. Why are we so uniquely bad at this? apnews.com/article/roma...

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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

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If you see this, quote with your first ever anime. Hard to say what the actual first was. I'll go with the original, GOAT isekai, Digimon Adventure 😤

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Reading now. #books #amreading

submitted 105 days ago • 159 comments

Fun! For my WIP: Joseph is distant, observant and thoughtful Janusz is cunning, charming and indulgent Katarina is curious, headstrong, responsible

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💙📚

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Remember to identify scapegoat tactics when we see them. Are immigrants buying up all our properties and taking jobs, or maybe there should be policy to protect rent and housing prices? Are homeless littering our streets or is there lack of infrastructure that the gov doesn't want to invest in?

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Right, done with bird app. Hopefully I can build here. I just started following a bunch of authors, editors and writing agents there to start connecting with the industry, but hopefully they're here too

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