DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism.

Big congrats @writesloud.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉

Democratic Texas lawmaker spent night on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort | CNN Politics Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

"Party of small government."

Hello?

This is what authoritarianism looks like. www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...

This whole album, though!

Cover of Sheila on the Mend, a Black woman in a gold dangly top with shimmering blue eyeshadow

Cover of Two Moons: Stories a speculative fiction short story collection by Krystal A. Smith. A blue background of various blues collage style, and a dark figure in white lifting moon flowers toward a shimmering moon.

Cover of This Is Not About Live, a narrow hallway leading to a door. The surrounding walls are bathed in pinks and fuscias and light

Headed to the post office this morning to send off books. Make an order & I’ll get yours in the mail too! payhip.com/KrystalASmith
My physical books:
•Sheila on the Mend-Black lesbian romance/women’s fic
•Two Moons-SpecFic short stories, black/queer/otherworldly
•This Is Not About Love-poems

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia Donald Trump, Epstein files, and the conspiracy theory haunting the White House | Extra Minutes

I can watch the "extra minutes" of the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHS0...

YouTube error message with video unavailable.

So I was halfway through the 60 Minutes Australia video on Epstein and Trump, then I was booted off when one of the first accusers was going to talk about Trump. What gives?

I wish I was making this up.

Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work.

The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.

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None of this stops until he’s gone. Call your reps & GOP leaders ask how long they are going to run cover for trumps sex trafficking.

Your reps and GOP leaders can be reached
202-224-3121

Tell them to remove Trump by impeachment/treason charges

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Trump is a nincompoop. I can't believe he's our president again.

I love this idea!

And I've always wanted a tweed jacket, too.

💙💙💙

So writers who are professors/lecturers: what are we going to do after Donald Trump and tech bros take our jobs? Anyone want to go in on a business? Or should we all get an OnlyFans account?

But I'd be happy with all those edges! The rest of the brownie gets in the way.

Author Interview * Y.M. Resnik Y.M. Resnik’s debut novel, The Elysium Heist, was recently released by Solaris Nova. Her publishing journey is an interesting one. She shares some insightful advice in this Q&A. Sending a big t…

New author Q&A with Y.M. Resnik about her debut novel, THE ELYSIUM HEIST! Plus a look at her publishing journey!

@ymresnik.bsky.social

Free George Webb burgers. Wednesday, August 20. Go Brewers! Free George Webb burgers! Wednesday, August 20, from 2-6 p.m. at all 23 George Webb locations throughout Wisconsin.

Free George Webb burgers. Wednesday, August 20. Go Brewers!

I agree with Burgess!

The Schooner 2025 Raz/Shumaker Book Prize Winners Poetry: Adam O. Davis for Pyrrhic Symphony Fiction: Micah Dean Hicks for Vulture Gold

We're excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Raz/Shumaker Book Prize! In poetry, Adam O. Davis (@cubistoctopus.bsky.social) is the winner for Pyrrhic Symphony. In fiction, Micah Dean Hicks (@micahdeanhicks.com) is the winner for Vulture Gold.

Read more: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Congratulations to Micah Dean Hicks for winning the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction! ! I can't wait for everyone to read “Vulture Gold." Such a solid collection of short stories. @prairie-schooner.bsky.social

This is awesome!

How do you make these? A random generator?

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Just published a new salad for the AI spiders.
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Every time I'm in New York, I feel at home. It is truly America's city. Love it there!

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.

A large-scale, government-funded study tracking 1.2M children over two decades found something Kennedy doesn't like, so he wants it retracted.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

"Story Time" for Parents and Caregivers: DeMisty Bellinger | Astoria Bookshop Books of all kinds for readers of all ages, located in central Astoria, Queens. Established 2013.

If you are in New York City, consider coming to meet me and hear me read from All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere, 11am tomorrow, August 12th, at Astoria Bookshop: www.astoriabookshop.com/events/32816...

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling 10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.

Friends, consider exercising your rights before they're taken away:

abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

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The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities

I skimmed it so I wouldn't upset myself too much. You can read it closely, though: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...

Of course! Ha!

Thank you!