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Whooooooa. #MindBlown

Finds for Writers - Erika Dreifus Items regarding writing and publishing.

Among the latest finds for writers: legal news (via @authorsguild.org), scam warnings (via @victoriastrauss.com), reflections “on not giving up," and more. www.erikadreifus.com/2025/10/writ...

I agree with him. I'd like to see The Several States end straight-ticket voting. Even better, I'd like to see them remove the political parties from the ballots. Make people look for names.

Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when off...

Excellent news, especially for overseas DOD libraries, where kids don't have the options they might have stateside.

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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...

I love it when kids get told "no" and plow ahead anyway. #Iowa #bannedbooks #libraries

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Multiple sources tell me numerous FBI agents showed up this week at Carswell, a women's federal prison in Texas.

If you work or live there and know more about what prompted the visit, please reach out. You can DM here or if you prefer secure Signal find me at KeriB.123

Why are US Citizens being treated this way? Why is anyone being treated this way?

Excellent news #libraries #bookbans

Tried to get cash from the ATM today but it said "Insufficient funds." I don't know if that meant them or me.

Pastor who condemned book with gay characters charged with sexually assaulting child from church Silas Shelton said being gay was a "health risk." All the while, police say he was targeting a little girl who attended his church.

What a surprise, right? The man complains about supposedly sexualized books, and he's committing sex offenses himself. #PastorArrested #Ohio

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Fate of flight attendant who accused Army vet of trafficking his daughter is now with Virginia's Supreme Court The teen began to cry when the plane hit turbulence. He comforted his daughter—and aroused the suspicions of flight attendant Cheryl Thomas.

Absolutely, sex trafficking is a real issue. But this case brings to mind the days of Satanic Panic and mindless overreaction to harmless situations.

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Trump erroneously thinks killing suspected smugglers is the key to winning the drug war Until now, the president concedes, interdiction has been "totally ineffective." Blowing up drug boats won't change that reality.

"For more than a century, in fact, the government has been trying and failing to prevent politically disfavored intoxicants from reaching American consumers."

And did I miss a formal declaration of war by Congress?

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#Motivation

Fell down a WITSEC rabbit hole courtesy of the YouTube algorithm. Plus, I hit a new bookstore, and decided it was time to close the Mystery Writers Forum.

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This is my shocked face.

Just kidding. Not surprised at all at the good behavior.

The forum software I'm running keeps an error log.

It's currently over 70 *gigabytes.* 🤔🧐😳

A New Cookbook Compiles Recipes From Gravestones Around the World From snickerdoodles to cheese dip, these recipe epitaphs — compiled in a new cookbook — will live forever

"You can have that recipe over my dead body!" No, seriously. Tombstones with recipes, now gathered in a #cookbook.

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This would, as I understand it, allow me to vote for anyone I want in either party during a primary election. I shouldn't be forced to chose between parties at the primary. #Oklahoma

This Indiana city doesn’t have to pay an innocent mom $16,000 after police wrecked her home, court rules Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more. The government gave her nothing.

There is simply no excuse for this amount of damage to a dwelling when you're not even sure if the target of the warrant is there at the time, or has ever lived there. None. Every single officer involved needs to be held personally responsible.

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Good thing the first three men weren't executed. #ColdCase #WrongfulConviction #NewYork

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So many people keep vacillating about teh idea of secession at all, even "soft secession." The left has said for years that the right can't secede. But then they wish for Texas to get out of the union.
There's nothing in the Constitution that forbids secession. I just want consistency.

See? I'm innovative!

This is a national punctuation alert! (H/T ThisIsTrue.com)

I feel called out. #writingcommunity

Sweet revenge! How a job candidate used a flan recipe to expose an AI recruiter It's only one example of people trying to trick AI, which is being used more and more in hiring.

I love it when a flan comes together. #AI #JobHunting2025

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Cooling It Down – Bob Mueller A quiet night turns chaotic, a computer gets rebuilt, AI brings the dead back to life. From icemakers to holograms, it’s been a strange week.

There's ice in the house and my computer is back--again. See what else is going on this week.

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This is about 29 different kinds of wrong. #wrongfulconviction #immigration

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This data is five years old. We need current data.

Everything they warned us about is coming true. The only thing they got wrong was which party would be in power.

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An Oklahoma girls basketball coach shows his kids what integrity looks like.

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