Amelia Sides / Grace Reid

I want to chat about this really crazy expectation that has absolutely EXPLODED in today's artist alleys, and I suppose art in general
I was seeing the set ups of folks spaces, and as lovely as they are, the bar is HIGH for anyone to table these days, what happened?

Wow.

Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.

Gentle hugs to everyone who suffers.

#fibromyalgia

Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.

Gentle hugs to everyone who suffers.

#fibromyalgia

Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”

Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”

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Terrarium 01 🌱

Book Birthday!
‘I don’t want to fight!’ Is out today!

My game lit novel is being released on Monday!!!

I will be at JordanCon next weekend selling copies.

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@bojangles i hate your new AI drive through

Read Freely Fest

40+ authors will share their stories at the first-ever Read Freely Fest, hosted by @RichlandLibrary and Richland Library Friends and Foundation. Explore the full schedule and plan your festival experience today at ReadFreelyFest.com. #ReadFreelyFest

"The Crime Is Being Trans": Montana House Passes Indecent Exposure Bill Applying Only To Trans People House Bill 446 in Montana establishes two indecent exposure laws: one for the general public that requires intent, and another for trans people that does not.

1. Montana’s House has passed an indecent exposure bill that applies only to trans people.

It sets out one standard for cis people that requires intent, and another for trans people that does not.

Trans Rep. Zephyr delivered scathing remarks.

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The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr

Lovely timeline cleanse. Thanks.

Right there with you @A. Dani. I am waiting on approval for a new drug and basically just stuck at home until I get to start it and it kicks in.

Text: What? #WSPit. Author Hype Event. Industry Participation welcome. When? February 26, 2025, your time zone. Where? Bluesky only. Authors: Please do your due diligence to vet anyone who requests your materials before sending it. A cream background with transparent retro flowers

General Guidelines: Regular #WIPSnips participation not required. Pitch must fit in single post. All imagines use alt text. No Generative AI. Published works, thread any links or direct to link in bio. Limit three posts per work. Use appropriate hashtags. Be kind. Like, respot, comments Highly encouraged. A cream background with transparent retro flowers

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Other hashtags Age range - please include: Adult - #a, New Adult - #NA, Young Adult - #YA; Middle Grade - #MG; Picture book - #PB Optional: Crime - #C; Fantasy - #F; Historical - #Hi; Horror - #H; Humor - #Hu, Lit-fic - #L; Memoir - #Me; Mystery - #M; Non-fic - #NF; Paranormal - #P; Poetry - Po; Romance - #R; Sci-fi - #SF; Thriller - #T; Women's Fiction - #WF; 2SLGBTQIA+ - #LGBT; BIPOC - #BIPOC; Creators who are disabled - #Dis A cream background with transparent retro flowers

Guidelines for our first ever Author Hype Event

#WSPit

#WIPSnips has always been about growing community.

You all show up everyday (some since day one) sharing pieces of your writing.

Here's the chance to go beyond snips and pitch your work!

More infographics to come, but here's a start

SPIRITED AWAY x WICKED x HARRY POTTER (but gay) - by an LGBTQ+ author.

From sharing a room they don't want to share to facing down fate itself, and figuring out that prophecies are never, ever what they seem.
#questpit #w #rw #ya

California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order:

"It does nothing"

"It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach"

Will not comply.

Definitely, maybe…

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

Always apply because eventually you’re gonna be accepted. I will be attending Jordan con this year as a panelist and I really didn’t expect that one.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Starbucks’ Most Beloved Offering Is Disappearing It’s the end of free bathrooms—and of a particular fantasy.

The end of free Starbucks bathrooms highlights a tragedy of American life, Ellen Cushing writes:

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI

Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart

Support who supports you ✨✊

Forgive me, for I have sinned...
#sinofempathy

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Oh!

Is it Robert Burn's Day today?

Oops ...

Terrible Scottish person I am ...
Terrible.

Happy Haggis Day.

It is your responsibility as an adult human being to unlearn and deconstruct the social conditioning that makes you harmful and dangerous to marginalized people. It's not your fault. It's not fair. But if you aren't working to do it, then you are part of the problem. ☕️💜

You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.

Justice is coming... eventually. ⚖️

#MartinLutherKingDay2025

No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.

Listen up.