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I write things. Occasionally they get published. Also occasionally on other sites, including marikness.wordpress.com, https://medium.com/@marikness, https://www.patreon.com/mari_ness. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mari_ness

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Dear Manager, last week I: 1. Found a little black spot on the sun 2. Then found a black hat on a high tree top 3. Realized that my soul was up there instead of down here with me 4. Stood inside the pouring rain 5. Accepted my destiny. No. Not King of Pain stuff. Eating chocolate stuff.

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].

submitted 1 day ago • 980 comments

#Emails2DOGE

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

When I worked at the U.S. Census Bureau years back, I genuinely could not have answered this email. And not just because that was before email (yes, folks, I'd old), but after computers. But because my job was data entry.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

submitted 2 days ago • 129 comments

Calling yourself king doesn’t make you king. Having the Ring-bearer carry the crown to the wizard Mithrandir and kneeling while he places it upon your head makes you king.

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...hang on, bit busy just now, just been told that there's some weird rough beast slouching around asking how to get to Bethlehem AND one of the local falcons is having problems keeping in touch with the falconers not to mention some sort of blood dimmed tide, will be in touch soon.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

looks up from his notes Anybody here speak Arabic? No? Okay, how about Spanish? Huh, okay. Korean? Well, shit.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

And the best thing is, Kaleidotrope could lose in MULTIPLE categories: Best short fiction Best semiprozine Best editor, short form Best speculative poem (special Hugo category this year that I'm hoping will become a permanent Hugo category)

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

“Trump is expected to _try_ to take control of USPS” would be the accurate headline

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Again I am begging people in the media to note the legality of these actions in their headlines or blurbs. A post office is literally written into the constitution.

submitted 3 days ago • 61 comments

BREAKING: The Trump administration announces that it is adding to Medicare costs by killing the lower cost telehealth services.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Pausing for a bit to pay attention to the cat.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments