Jessica James

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

WA-05/Spokane area friends:

Baumgartner’s voicemail box is still open! Let’s make sure he knows it’s unacceptable to sign off on HR 1, no matter how many shiny mailers he wants to send out defending it. 5calls.org has a great script.

Like his emails keep saying, he works for all of us.

FDA to limit future Covid-19 shots to older people and those at risk of serious infection | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans — a move that will limit future vaccines to older Americans and people at higher risk of serious Cov...

Well fuck.

The FDA, in contravention of science and a departure from recent years, is restricting availability of the covid vaccine.

I’ve submitted public comment and contacted my officials about this boneheaded move that will only make America sicker- you should too.

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Measles was completely eradicated in the United States by the MMR vaccine. It is not possible for anything to be better than that. It is journalistic malpractice to present this as anything other than stupidity, lies, and outright fraud.

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Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar. She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.

Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards. Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'. @fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Thank you!

Thank you for reading!!!!

The words “Cover Reveal” in purple font on a lavender background. It also reads “the band is back: January 13 2026,” and has the logos for Glitter Bats and Berkley publishing. In the center of the graphic is the cover for FOR OUR NEXT SONG by Jessica James. On it, two white women portrayed from the shoulders up are laying down opposite each other, mouths close in an almost kiss. The one on the left has wild red curls that spiral across the cover. The other is laying upside down, and has a short blond bob and a septum piercing. The cover has a blue and purple background scattered with motifs of stars and wisps. A blurb on the cover reads “nostalgic and heartfelt, with all the rush of a stadium anthem” and is attributed to Courtney Kae, on For One Night Only.

The decade-long friendship between two rock goddesses is thrust into the spotlight after their mutual desire strikes a perfect—and very public—chord. For Glitter Bats keys player Jane Mercer, writing music helps tune out her self-doubt from a strict upbringing. Composing also distracts from her longtime feelings for her bandmate and best friend, Keeley, who Jane can’t pursue if she wants to keep her bisexuality out of the media. But when an incompetent percussionist quits mid–recording session on one of her major solo projects, there’s only one drummer to call to make the deadline. Keeley Cunningham is determined to do what’s best for the newly-reunited Glitter Bats—including conceal her incurable attraction to Jane by keeping her distance. Still, when Jane asks for her help in the studio, Keeley drops everything to fill in. They collaborate harmoniously… until their repressed feelings crescendo into a massive argument about the band’s future that leaves them barely speaking. As music forces Jane and Keeley into increasingly close proximity, the lingering tension finally ignites into the romance they’ve both been craving—and it’s hot, emotional, and fundamentally secret. But after an intimate moment is caught on camera, they’ll have to decide if their duet can survive its debut—both on and off stage.

✨Cover Reveal ✨

I’m over the moon to share the next Glitter Bats book! And yes, the rumors are true—it’s Jane and Keeley’s time in the spotlight!

FOR OUR NEXT SONG is scheduled to release January 13, 2026 from Berkley!

Thank you to Carolina Fuenmayor for another stunning cover! 😍

hi, cis folks!

if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.

~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.

that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵

thank you @booker.senate.gov

“Our history shows that rugged individualism and self-reliance are important values. But rugged individualism didn’t beat the Nazis. It didn’t take us to the moon. We did that together.” - Cory Booker, 25th hour

Purple and gold cover with a white-haired girl in a black cloak RUINSONG by Julia Ember

IN THE JAWS OF AN OAK by Emryn Bird with the Carpe Diem Memento Mori patch and a candlemas print

SILVERCLOAK by LK Steven A DANCE OF LIES by Brittney Arena

THIS DARK DESCENT by Kalyn Josephson THE JASAD HEIR by Sara Hashem with the blue print of the MCs by Therese Warwick Art FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY by Jessica James with the glitter bats sticker

FIRST: Books

RUINSONG by @juliaemberya.bsky.social
IN THE JAWS OF AN OAK by @emrynbird.bsky.social
SILVERCLOAK by LK Steven
A DANCE OF LIES by @brittneyarena.bsky.social
THIS DARK DESCENT by @kalynjosephson.bsky.social
THE JASAD HEIR by Sara Hashem
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY by @literarilyjess.bsky.social

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Yeah that’s probably why

in every romance I’m working on right now (in various stages,) both MCs are bi, and I love this for me

just broke out a project I haven’t looked at in a while and it felt like a cozy homecoming ☺️

COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal:

“Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine."

@latenightercom.bsky.social

just finished my second watch through of Arcane and I’m not okay

Maybe we weren’t meant to wake up and read 20 terrible things immediately.

trump: I’m going to protect women

women: no thank you

trump: I’m gonna do it

women: please don’t

trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team

women: what

trump: and brought back andrew tate

women: why

trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore

just hit it on the rewatch and I am waterworks

I don’t think an episode of anything has ever hurt me as much as “Pretend Like it’s the First Time”

so when you get pregnant in montana, you lose rights to your own body and also to your body's position on planet earth.

it’s a struggle!

I want *people* to read my book but I also don’t want anyone *I know IRL* to read my book

starting my week off right

(cooked up a big batch of homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner)

recently thrifted my first 100% cashmere sweater and wore it for the first time today

holy shit, so soft, I feel like I’m wearing a cloud