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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responds, something we hopefully see a lot more of that from other European leaders. It's never been clearer than in this moment that Trump is Putin's ally, not Europe's.

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That was the most shameful performance by any American president in a century. I want to fucking throw up.

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While I wait to hear the outcome of some things, I’ve sent another little story out on submission. Gotta keep the ball rolling, people. 🎱

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Reading through these now and the story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social has just broken my heart. A beautiful piece of writing! 💙

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My collection of midlife essays about parenting, time, death, divorce and all the in betweens came out nine months ago. Immensely grateful for the support, messages, and pictures taken by folks who have read it. Warms my heart. autofocusbooks.com/store/p/the-...

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New post on the Darling Axe blog: darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/v...

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Chuffed to have my hermit crab republished by @trashcatlit.bsky.social alongside some of my favorite flash fiction writers! My piece first appeared in the defunct Reflex Fiction so it’s fab it gets a second airing now it’s no longer online. #flashfiction #SecondChance

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Didn’t publish anything until I was sixty-something. This was the first one, now reprinted. It’s never too late! @trashcatlit.bsky.social trashcatlit.com/the-last-to-...

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This issue is packed with stunning reprint short fiction. Go relove them as much as I do 💜 Huge thanks to @sarahkat.bsky.social for her input and selections and to @thejokelark.bsky.social and @terryholland.bsky.social for their valuable assistance.

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My St Kilda story is reprinted here. This was the first story I ever had published, so it’s a special one. Thanks @trashcatlit.bsky.social ❤️

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I think I’m in line for a whole truckload of rejections this month in my writing game cos I’ve been aiming HIGH. Just going to take a moment now to enjoy the delicious frisson for the fraction of a second it feels like daring

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It's almost a year since TCL launched and we're flying. It is a voluntary operation though, our Ed's 'hectic hobby', so we appreciate any Ko-Fi cuppas you can send our way and we'll keep building the website and maybe do more print stuff. Thanks Trashers 🦝 ko-fi.com/trashcatlit

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We're right at the beginning of the floral calendar: snowdrops (Candlemas bells), hellebores & the first primroses are opening. The whole botanical year is ahead of us & yesterday I saw a bumblebee-it was just warm enough for it to forage. We're on the verge of spring...

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I'm so excited to open to queries tomorrow!

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If you don’t want to read Bram Stoker’s Dracula together by lantern light in a lighthouse on the Irish coast during a full moon, then please don’t refer to yourself as “marriage material.”

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The energy I bring to Bluesky.

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The BBC is quite correct.

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...and if you're worried a slight typo in your submission might disqualify you, clearly you have nothing to worry about at all 🤦‍♂️😉

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The energy I bring to Bluesky.

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One of the problems America is facing has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with how we look at business and businessmen. A disturbingly large percentage of the population believes in a model where good business is ruthless business, and you need callous leaders to be successful.

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A very fine magazine showcasing the work of writers over 50. Closes March 31st. What are you waiting for????

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🔥📣📣News Klaxon! 📣📣🔥 We have started sending out our final acceptances for both CNF and SHORT STORIES! News on POETRY and FLASH FICTION coming soon! Thanks again to all who trusted us with your work! If you didn't make it this time. Please! Try us again. The quality was 🔥!

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New OPEN Finalist by Katie ten Hagen! "My dad mowed the lawn every Saturday morning—weather permitting—for seventy-two years. Vacations were scheduled around it, plans turned down, brunches skipped, because that lawn wasn’t gonna mow itself." fracturedlit.com/lines-left/

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Still time to enter! 👇👇👇👇

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Sorry M&S. If GB news is where you put your advertising money, the magic has gone.

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"If writing is easy, you're doing it wrong." —Bryan Hutchinson #WritingCommunity #5amWritersCLub #AmWriting

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In Florence no less, in a factory and in English. Wonderful

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Emma Haworth, contemporary London based painter known for her observations of the streets and parks, with a hint of otherworldliness #womensart

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Treated myself to this today. An anthology of women’s writing about walking. 🥾🥾 Just my thing. ❤️

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Can’t wait for Friday!!! 🥳

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Trash Cat is learning so much about our contributors. Ask them what animal they're like and what thrifting/collecting habits they have and you get unique insight, beautifully described 🦝 Love getting to know the Trash Family better 💜 More bespoke portraits coming soon...

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A useful article. Going to re-read this tomorrow before I do any more writing.✍️

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So many people need a hug, a forehead kiss, and a haunted mansion with a magical library left to them by a mysterious relative right now

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An afternoon playing with words is so delicious. 💻

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If you are a Black, Indigenous, or other person of color/member of the global majority, and you have a story that fits the brief- don't self reject!

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"Experts cannot recall a precedent for the United States, or any other country, extracting cash or resources from its own allies during a time of war" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

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More Issue 3 teasers @tom1walsh.bsky.social tells a surreal story of grafting and love in Two Halves of the Apple, @pamavoledo.bsky.social delivers a single-sentence life journey in best Friends Forever, 1/2

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Feb 26, 2025 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-feb-26...

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Love this from Denmark

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‘You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.’ — Annie Proulx writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

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Submissions to Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine are free and open all year long! www.doorisajarmagazine.net/submissions We especially want to get more visual art, short plays, and book reviews! Send us your best today! #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews #writingcommunity

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Same.

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