Alissa C. Miles 👩🏻‍🦰

I do not like this.

We’ve got a couple in our neighborhood. So cool!

Sometimes, I read through my Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English and find gems like this.

Searching for this immediately

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

I was a at safety-net hospital today and the NP told me that their outpatient clinic no-shows has sky-rocketed because of ICE. And as a result, sicker patients are showing up the ER close to death's door. This just makes me so sad. #medsky

I live in NC and my family roots are all over Western NC and TN. I absolutely love the area.

This is so cool!

ATTENTION MILLENNIALS: This man got Conor Oberst for his campaign kickoff.

Release the Epstein list. Blur out names to protect victims but release the list. I don’t care who the hell's on it. If someone hurt and traumatized kids, it's one of the worst crimes against humanity and those monsters need to be exposed. The victims deserve justice.

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

Baseball people are so funny … says a baseball person.

Stress responses are weird. Hang in there ❤️

Hilarious Stories of Humiliation and Sadness Even while exploring how the internet warps us, Tony Tulathimutte’s ‘Rejection’ never loses its humanistic sensibility.

"Try as he might, he cannot get any of the women in his circle to see him as a romantic prospect. Has he done something wrong?...What gives? You see where this is going. The feminist eventually completes his transformation into another shibboleth: an incel."
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Nachos are the perfect meal.

Brilliant

God dammit

I tell my kids this all the time

WATCH: check your rings

ME: YOU check YOUR rings

Whoops MEDICAID

Virginia Giuffre was first trafficked by Epstein in 2001. Within one year, Trump would tell NY Magazine of Epstein, "It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." Meaning he clearly knew who Epstein was and STILL exposed these girls to him.

I was reminded yesterday that in some states, if you’re on Medicare, you can get help with school supplies. I just spent $300 for 2 kids. We’re fortunate that I can do so while helping teachers with other classroom needs.

Going to my sons’s high school freshman orientation this morning. I graduated from high school just yesterday…right?? 😳

Just started my third novel 🙃
#writingcommunity

I think a lot of the rage were seeing now where even white ladies are rolling up on ICE to yell at them is because we were told for a decade we we're overreacting and every awful thing we were terrified would come to pass is coming to pass and even stuff that wasn't on our radar

The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.

This is how it happens: I’m reading old interviews for research. A man mentions a play written in 1924. I look it up. I’m now (an hour later) on the internet archive page reading this play. WHY CANT I GET ANY WRITING DONE
#writingcommunity

It was 84 degrees upstairs in the library today. So my group of writers went downstairs where it was much cooler and worked at tables and in chairs meant for preschoolers.

The Dirty Truth about Traveling While Also Promoting a Book And an offer for everyone who pre-orders Doll Parts

I am offering a free “paid” membership to Mourning Pages (my Substack newsletter) for one full year to anyone who pre-orders Doll Parts, my debut novel, before August 26. You can order from any store, in any format.

Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered!

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Another day, another inexperienced but hopeful writer, announcing that they have “been offered a book deal” for £20,000. Turns out that the author is being expected to PAY THIS to the publisher, not the other way round. Folks, no publisher does this.