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29.10.2025 13:34 β π 258 π 113 π¬ 12 π 3
We can see from losses in recent school board elections around Texas and the number of local groups fighting censorship documented by @penamerica.bsky.social that Americans are tired of library censorship battles and are pushing back.
What can you do? Join @uabookbans.bsky.social to start!
10.10.2025 16:02 β π 43 π 9 π¬ 2 π 0
More than two years after Hamas and its allies kidnapped 251 people from Israel and took them to Gaza, 47 hostages remain in the enclave, with at least 20 believed to be alive. https://cnn.it/4h36wST
09.10.2025 18:02 β π 36 π 4 π¬ 8 π 1
YouTube video by Koolulam
Χ§ΧΧΧΧΧ | ΧΧΧ€Χ | ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ - ΧΧͺΧΧ‘ΧΧΧ One Day - Matisyahu
People of varied religions and communities came together a few years ago to sing for peace. One Day is now: youtu.be/XqvKDCP5-xE?...
09.10.2025 18:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Woot! Mine arrived today! There was much rejoicing.
21.09.2025 02:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Dang it, I still havenβt received my catalog. Iβm going to write to them and get back on the mailing list!
19.09.2025 22:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Barbie doll dressed as pirate captain with a copy of paperback historical romance SEA CHANGE (High Seas 1) by Darlene Marshall
Iβm celebrating #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay with a @smashwords.bsky.social sale on SEA CHANGE (High Seas 1) with code SDXPW. Seize the booty and enjoy special savings! #booksky π΄ββ οΈ
19.09.2025 16:20 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Iβve used the fake marriage/relarionship #trope a few times, in award-winning CASTAWAY DREAMS (High Seas 2), in my WIP FOR LOVE OF A SMUGGLER, and marriages of convenience that may not be legal in THE BRIDE AND THE BUCCANEER and SMUGGLERβS BRIDE. #writing #historicalromance #pirateromance
16.09.2025 17:03 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ahoy! Prepare for #ITLAPD with SEA CHANGE (High Seas 1) from my award-winning series, $1 through Friday at @smashwords.bsky.social with coupon code SDXPW. Fill your ereader with book booty! (Read The Pirateβs Secret Baby [High Seas 3] for more pirate π΄ββ οΈ life lessons.) #TalkLikeAPirate #booksky
16.09.2025 16:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I heard reports they were back! Iβm so happy to see it and I hope my catalog arrives in a day or two.
05.09.2025 02:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
27.08.2025 17:30 β π 10290 π 6849 π¬ 85 π 69
NEWS: Far-right MAGA network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 MILLION to settle a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over 2020 election lies
LINK: meidasnews.com/news/newsmax...
18.08.2025 16:36 β π 5375 π 1483 π¬ 248 π 120
Lithium May Have A Role In CausingβAnd TreatingβAlzheimerβs
This important breakthrough and other research projects have lost funding because of Trumpβs cuts to the NIH.
A new breakthrough suggests that lithium could play a role in both causing and treating Alzheimerβs disease. However, this research is among the thousands of projects that lost funding due to President Trumpβs cuts to the NIH.
08.08.2025 17:57 β π 100 π 43 π¬ 2 π 5
WETA | Passport
You can join PBS Passport for on demand streaming of the PBS library for a minimum of $5/month for PBS Passport, of $8/month for PBS and NPR.
This is linked to my local station (WETA) but you can find your local at pbs.org
give.weta.org/page/50762/a...
08.08.2025 15:25 β π 115 π 61 π¬ 5 π 4
Special Issue Call for Papers | Journal of Popular Romance Studies
JPRS publishes special issues on a range of topics relating to the study of romantic love and its representations. These issues contain at least 3 articles on their shared topic, as well as an introdu...
CfP π¨ The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is now accepting paper submissions for its Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman", focusing on romance, critical love studies and posthumanism:
π Deadline: 31 October 2025
π Send 300-word abstracts
β More information: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...
07.08.2025 15:02 β π 14 π 15 π¬ 1 π 3
For $200,000,000 Iβd rather have weather forecasters, air traffic controllers, and cancer research.
31.07.2025 20:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I loved the entire trilogy. I recommend starting with THE UNDERTAKING OF HART AND MERCY for full experience.
31.07.2025 20:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
WorldCon in Montreal in 2027.
https://bid.montreal2027.ca/en-ca/
Book publicist & fiction writer
TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE (Whiskey Tit, 2022)
Words in The Atlantic, Playboy, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Tough, etc
Kentuckian in NY
Keeping this a politics-free space.
Security engineering for Azure Edge + Platform (skeets arenβt Microsoftβs opinion unless otherwise stated)
Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
This account tracks severe weather and natural disasters in the U.S & Canada.
This includes tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.
Coronavirus and other health-related updates. Regular updates on Outbreaks, Pathogens For more updates follow us.
https://linktr.ee/covid19_disease
David the Arrow Bard, aka Blumineck.
I do pole dance, archery, and nerdery.
Linktr.ee/blumineck
Authors of βLegendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaulβs Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life,β publishers of tomandlorenzo.com, podcast: Pop Style Opinionfest. All skeets are by T unless signed by L.
Skeets from the most successful news magazine in TV history, offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news β±οΈ
Iβm not in James Thurberβs attic any more! right now Iβm home yay ! Iβm the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinoisβ 43rd governor.
The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
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August 27-31, 2026
β¨οΈ Adventure Awaits!
Seattle wants to invite the Worldcon community to our city (Aug 13-17, 2025) to experience Pacific Northwest fan culture and to continue to build upon and engage with our fandom community of learners, readers, doers, makers, and creators.
The Association of Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada is a Nova Scotia registered society, dedicated to enhancing the craft and art of romance writing, and advancing the careers of our members. Join us! More at our website: https://romanceac.ca/
@penguinsagainsttrump on Threads
Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists
SIGN to protect Islandβs Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
Doting grandmother, among other things.
