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Science Fiction Romance author. Also, a technical writer extraordinaire linktr.ee/lori_ella writing as Ella Drake: https://laphilbin.com/

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12.08.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

This isn't a distraction.

It's racism.

Things he's said or threatened to do and MAGA voted for it

11.08.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MAGA will say poll places need the military to make them "safe"

11.08.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

85% of folks who live outside in DC are black. Trump's actions, like all of his actions, are racist and will harm Black and brown people the worst. That is part of their plan.

10.08.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black.

Do you understand?

11.08.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 13065    πŸ” 3368    πŸ’¬ 377    πŸ“Œ 178

This

11.08.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

guess what all these mayors have in common. i’ll wait.

11.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2438    πŸ” 465    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 23

The national guard in a Black neighborhood is not a distraction, okay? That’s fascism.

Yall are waiting for the β€œbig thing” and he’s building it in your face.

11.08.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 881    πŸ” 351    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8

Do not dismiss authoritarian displays as β€œdistractions.” He is putting up guardrails to protect his unchecked power.

11.08.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 440    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 10

I think it's a problem that we have an unstable, unqualified, dictator wannabe dismantling the US and Congress & the courts are complicit

11.08.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Take the argument too far & coming back may be too much. Don't take it far enough, the tension falls flat.

A silly argument, an easily resolved argument, or one that goes in a direction away from the plot. All the ways it can go that can make the reader lose interest or throw the book at the wall

11.08.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm trying to write an argument but can't quite get the angle right.

One of the many fine points of writing romance that takes creativity and a feel for the art of the story.

11.08.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love to see FBI agents with accounting degrees walking the streets of DC bullying homeless people instead of doing their jobs because a DOGE cybercriminal named "Big Balls" got beat up by a 15 year old.

11.08.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2747    πŸ” 658    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 23

OK, a few things on this absurdity:
1. The 2020 Census was conducted by the Trump administration.
2. The only systematic results of undercounts that the Census has acknowledged were undercounting communities of color in almost all states.

10.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 404    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2
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He’s back.
Welcome home, Turner! 🧀

βž₯ nerevs.us/4m2NQV4

#NERevs

01.08.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Wait.

I've been a little offline.
When did Turner come back?

😍

09.08.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG. I would buy them all right this second

09.08.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh. My. Gods. The way I would have (still would) absolutely devour a line of Adventure Romance overseen by and in the style of Gail Simone. I am retroactively angry that this never came to be.

09.08.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I went to Belmont Books (MA) for Bookstore Romance Day.

But I found I'm now "read exclusively on ereader so I can do big print" years old.

I could not read the print in any of the books I browsed.

😭😭😭😭

09.08.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This.

He did what was needed in that movie

09.08.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to go hit up some bookstores for #BookstoreRomanceDay! Happy BRD to all those who celebrate!

09.08.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my gosh their arguments against this being a class action lawsuit are so goofy. its bad because "seven million claimants would kill the company" and "it would be difficult to figure out the rights and compensation for each of the 7 million" so whyd you steal from 7 million people??? dingus!

09.08.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1715    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 13

Seizing the property of private organizations to punish dissent is totalitarianism.

It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.

Yet people who drool β€˜freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.

09.08.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1647    πŸ” 660    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 32

If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.

08.08.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2234    πŸ” 851    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 31

Yup! Have to use ice cubes for wet ingredients. But it works great!

08.08.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is!

08.08.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I'm weird. But this is strangely pretty. LOL

And cheap.

08.08.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pork loin in vaccum sealed plastic bag. A bunch of herbs, rosemary, sage,ans thyme, are on top.

Pork loin in vaccum sealed plastic bag. A bunch of herbs, rosemary, sage,ans thyme, are on top.

The rib roast side of Costco's large pork loin.

Vacuum sealed with butter, salt, pepper, and herbs from garden: sage, rosemary, and thyme.

Putting it in the freezer to sous vide later.

08.08.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We’re not sure who needs to hear this, but β€˜blueberry’ has two b’s.

08.08.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7259    πŸ” 942    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 98
Small bee with metallic green head and black and yellow striped abdomen.

Small bee with metallic green head and black and yellow striped abdomen.

These bees are all over my flowering oregano.

www.sharpeatmanguides.com/sweat-bees

08.08.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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