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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

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Death, but make it whimsical!

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This month’s #RomanceColumn: A hot and harrowing historical set in Belle Epoque Paris, an Instagram-inflected contemporary about fake dating the ex who broke your heart, and a hockey player and Black ballerina doing it for the ‘gram (gift link). #Romancelandia

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This is me. All the time. Forever.

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I've seen an old misunderstanding going around; that libraries don't benefit authors. But they do! A lot! Here's how:

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Thanks to @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social for reminding me of this Ursula K. le Guin quote.

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I also hate this. It’s distracting. I don’t want it and I don’t enjoy having AI shoved down my throat as if I asked for it or we all want it. I don’t. I don’t want it on my search engines, or my phone, or the stupid software or programs I have to use for my job.

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I was lucky to have a mom & stepmom who were big readers & loved fantasy. Bed time meant the Chronicles of Narnia, Bunnicula, and Half-Magic, before I was handed The Dark is Rising series, the Chronicles of Prydain, the Deryni books, David Edding’s books, the Earthsea series, Dragon riders of Pern…

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Free my man, he did all that shit and I don't care

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🥴😢

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Ducky is the barista of the Famous Weird Coffee Shop and the world needs him.

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Everything is pretty terrible right now but some really talented students made a trailer for my first book, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, and I wanted to share it. (You don’t have to be a member of my Patreon to watch it. It was just easier to post it there.) www.patreon.com/posts/122726...

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I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired directly by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

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“put it on his fucking gravestone”

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Calling yourself a king doesn’t make you a king. Learning a series of bizarre lessons from a wizard and his owl familiar Archimedes while being a terrible page to a mediocre night until the day you pull a sword out of a stone does.

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Literally today someone said we needed to be reminded of the JA incarceration so "it never happens again" and I was beside myself. IT IS HAPPENING. if you're willing to listen to a Japanese person talk about it but not a Hmong or Honduran or Haitian person you're a 🎶fuckinnnnggg racist🎶

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Things are getting interesting these were up in my local Walmart

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If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

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Donna brought hers over the other day and it is very very cool!!!

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Cover reveal! You are cordially invited to a heist Steve Thomas’ glorious art for A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES has snuck into @reactorsff.bsky.social I love this cover & couldn’t resist making notes re: the many Easter eggs hidden here. Read on + preorder so my thieves can survive to heist again!

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TEEEEF!!!

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Hey all. I've been vague about this, but I'm now going to be blunt. I understand that some of you may not look at me the same, but I want to be forthright, and maybe, speaking up will help others too. I experienced domestic violence on Saturday at the hands of an ex.

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Keep calling friends. I know you’re already tired and the news is reeeaaaaallll exhausting, but keep it up. 5calls.org

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The officers at the Miami precinct were not allowed to arrest white citizens. Read more ⤵️

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Elon Musk fired a disabled Veteran with 3 tours of duty from his job serving other Veterans at the VA. Elon’s companies get billions from defense contracts. He’s happy to profit off our servicemembers - but when he can no longer make money off them, he kicks them to the curb.

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March 2022 Marco Rubio might have been surprised to learn that a leading figure helping Russia try to achieve its war aims is February 2025 Marco Rubio.

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We already had the library, where you can find correct answers and also the internet, both of which provide jobs and don’t destroy the environment. This is BS reasoning.

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Call your representatives, friends. 5 calls makes it really easy. 5calls.org

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Speaking of comics: Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month. Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚 bookshop.org/lists/graphi...

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School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content". In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival. www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

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"Hey, Bob, was wondering if you'd like to come back to work. Ya know, we got these nukes and kinda need people with special training to- Are... are you laughing? I- No, we won't give you a raise! Are- Hello? Bob?" www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW by @lishmcbride.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610851...

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indie bookstores, with the help of our national trade organization, have sent cease and desists to tertulia because they were scraping staff recommendations from our websites and setting up fake "xyz bookstore recommends" pages and pocketing all profits. i loathe them with every inch of my heart.

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What a remarkable self-own. It’s like watching a bunch of firefighters stand around looking at a burning house, annoyed because people keep calling them about it. “What do you want us to do? We didn’t set the fire! Call the arsonist.”

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