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masinger.bsky.social
freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat she/her demi/ace Jewish NYC, HCHS, SMC (cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
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So much this. Jewish characters shouldn't exist only to teach readers a lesson. They should exist because we are people who exist.

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I’ve been a clinic escort for 21 years. FACE barely keeps protesters away from the door. It doesn’t prevent them from filming patients or photographing license plates or trying to divert patients under false pretenses. Yet we know that without it, they will be emboldened and more dangerous.

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I used to travel for work several times a year and regularly ran into people around the US who didn't believe that people could be born and grow up in NYC. Surely everyone there came from somewhere else?! I was the 3rd generation of my family born there. Dd is the 4th.

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A Green Heron was kind enough to pose for a profile pic not long ago in Central Park. I'm a huge fan of these birds, and it has been a treat to have one visiting us frequently! 💚💚💚 #Herons #CentralPark #birding

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If you're leery bc you haven't discussed sex with your kids yet, treat this like any vaccine: "it will keep you from getting sick." You don't have to explain in detail. I mean, did you explain how chicken pox are transmitted? Same deal with HPV.

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UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

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And now Marines are on the ground in LA, not just the Guard.

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Donald Trump's Los Angeles power grab is meant to stoke fear and signal very clearly that this administration will go to any lengths to intimidate and divide. I fully condemn the moves by the Trump administration to use military force to subject their dangerous agenda of fear and...

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I can't wear stuff like this but it's so pretty! (Really short neck and low ears)

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Oh yummy yummy, someone should buy this and give it a good home!

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Hello friends! I'm getting ready to upload some new things onto the shop but that means moving some old things (and by that I mean... last week in some cases) so the entire store is 15% off! LGBTQIA+ staffed/owned, free US shipping over $50, 11 artisans! www.peculiarityshop.com

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Walking along a street yesterday, two well-dressed white women (late 30s?) approached to ask directions to the subway. I was flabbergasted. One had her phone in her hand. Both looked a bit frazzled.

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HEY, A SALE. A SALE.

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“As much as I love this city, there’s a myth about it that has persisted for too long. It’s the lie that life has to be hard in New York. It has to be an ordeal. That only the rich or the lucky get to live a good life here.  I don’t believe that for a minute.”

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Richard Long, Cornish Stone Circle, 1978 #artbots #moma https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136574

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As someone with a complicated relationship with her mother (90+ & currently in rehab), the end of this hits really hard.

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The fact they chose California as the flash point is also an indicator that they don't think these things through LA has like 4M+ people. Sending every single ICE officer is ~20K, LAPD is 9K, LASD is 10K. Going in at 100:1 manpower – leaving zero bodies for literally anything else – is foolish 1/

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not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

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People often stop me in the street (never happened) and ask: “What do people like on Bluesky?” “Mountains and flowers,” comes my reply. Mt. Fuji with a sprinkle of flowers for #stunday. ❤️ ✌🏽 #photography #nature #art #eastcoastkin #stormhour #photohour #fuji #japan #flowers #bloomscrolling #scape

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