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lesliejanderson.bsky.social
Weird writer living beside a cemetery with two good dogs and a roomba. Author of Take This to Space and The Unmothers. she/her
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Thanks to Clay McLeod Chapman for this absolutely incredible "seen in the wild." Not to spoil the blind date or anything... 🙊

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ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

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Guilt is part of writing like floppy hats are part of fishing.

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Me: People are reading a thing that I wrote! Me, a different tone: People...are reading....a thing....that I wrote.

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I hate when you do a sigh and it doesn't actually release any of the knots in your chest.

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I'm trying to find a taupe belt for an event and all the ones that don't look like shit are $100. I feel like this is a tax on knowing the word "taupe."

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When I was a kid my family would drive 12 hours to my grandparents for various holidays. The trip was a nightmare of screaming, carsickness, and nervous dog smells. BUT we always stopped at the Mars Cheese Castle on the way and I bought as much smoked string cheese as my parents allowed.

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Look at me. Listen carefully. Just throw away the weird spoon.

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"The heart of the sea, the sea as it saw itself" - a beach read, but make it chilling. I'm loving THE UNMOTHERS by @lesliejanderson.bsky.social

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We’re constantly scolded that liberals are hurting their cause by not just letting Nazis and bigots do whatever they want and then congratulating them for it.

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Sorry for stump posting on main

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Nebula attendees, join the poetry committee today for a discussion of speculative poetry!

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As an old school message board troll, today is like watching the greatest teams of all time go head to head in the Super Bowl.

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I wish every pundit writing a "Why The Left Should Embrace Elon Now" articles today a very Step On Legos Daily.

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Blind Alley No. 379

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If I don’t get a fancy drink before therapy, it’s simply not as effective.

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Is the world in chaos? Yes. But also I got to eat some mulberries off the tree this morning, so the universe remains fundamentally good.

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Going into Friday in the US

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Going into Friday in the US

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*sits down next to JD Vance* Hey there, big guy. I know it can be pretty scary when the big people fight.

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*sits down next to JD Vance* Hey there, big guy. I know it can be pretty scary when the big people fight.

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Refreshing Twitter like

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Two men with huge egos, cult followings, and unquenchable thirsts for power are having a very public falling out? My God. I am both shocked and amazed.

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Can you imagine a horse proficient in Excel? Surely they are too free. But also… I can imagine, if I try, so I too am free.

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I should be able to just write "shhh vibes" on proposed edits.

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Is this not the part that's cozy...?

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A fun thing to do when reading classic literature is to imagine it's taking place in the Redwall universe.

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I know almost nothing about astrology but I really enjoy the looks on the faces of people who are when I tell them I'm Leo sun/moon/rising.

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It’s good to see me, isn’t it? 💜✨ Yes, yes, the rumors are true — we are OFFICIALLY launching here on Bluesky! In case you forgot, we’re a place to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores, not billionaires. Thanks for being here 🙌🏽

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"I'm not going to judge...." Oooo I will! Tell me everything!!

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Oh no. Not themes!

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Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor. He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down. The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him. This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies

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