Shelly Romero

I imagine the license for a library is so pricey 😭

It doesn’t sit right with me that Publishers Marketplace is raising costs from $25 to $30 a month. It already is pretty inaccessible as a necessary site for many publishing professionals. Anyone not working in-house has to pay for services like this out of pocket.

Happy anniversary! 🖤 this photo is so beautiful 🥹

My mother during the Breaking Dawn Pt. 2 who when all that was happening just whispered yelled “that’s not in the books!” in complete shock 😂

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

The National Museum of American History has removed a temporary label containing information about Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit “as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake following pressure from the White House to remove an art museum director”

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Listen, I love that lots of people are now decrying genocide and fascist policies they previously were complicit in, but *I personally* do not need to see any books in my inbox about Nazi redemption, k?

i'm not holding anyone's hand when i say this, but when a book's goal is to make you feel uncomfortable and then it succeeds in doing so, that doesn't make it problematic. that's the book delivering on its promise.

not everything is a comfort read.

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Last year NYC had 171 firearms deaths on a population of 8.3 million.

Louisiana had 1,266 deaths on a pop of 4.6 million, which is on the order of 12 times as many. You are twelve times as likely to be killed by a bullet in Louisiana than in NYC.

Getting sneak peeks of The Vampire Lestat and del Toro’s Frankenstein has me feeling reinvigorated like Superman healing in the yellow sun

Averaged out, a journalist has been killed every 3 days since the conflict began.

already got my ticket for that Friday 🫡

BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.

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There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally

Citizen will share crime videos with the NYPD A ‘real-time crime center’ promises police direct access to videos.

NYC announces partnership with the app formerly known as “Vigilante.”

“There is no case since World War II of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled”

85% of Gaza’s population have entered the "fifth stage" of malnutrition — the most critical and dangerous phase, which is often irreversible even if food becomes available in the future.

I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.

73 people killed waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says The Palestinian Health Ministry says that 73 people have been killed while waiting for aid at locations across Gaza.

BREAKING: The Palestinian Health Ministry says 73 people have been killed while waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza.

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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.

President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.

This is awful all around but it’s incredibly important to remember:

Content monetization itself creates a world wherein clicks and outrage and emotions are hijacked for cash. Pairing this with gen ai and the possibility to (attempt to) rewrite reality? Just… yikes.

We’ve had white dude bros not understand the point of the American Psycho movie since it was released but a new low is some guys making a super exclusive, membership only (whose costs go up to 5 figures) restaurant booking app named after the hard-to-get reservations for Dorsia in the movie 🙃

Persecuted for being LGBTQ+ in Trump country, they now have a chance to start over someplace new Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are fighting persecution by offering loans to those who need to flee,

Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH.

“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”

The latest as of 9:00 pm ET:

At least 51 dead, including 15 children.

Authorities say there is “no cap” to the number of missing. That includes the 27 girls from Camp Mystic.

Might fuck around and rewatch JAWS even though I just did so for its 50th birthday

Happy Sinners streaming day! The only thing worth celebrating today.

It truly takes a special kind of piece of shit to use an antisemitic slur like that

We really do need to bring back publicly shaming in real life. This internet shaming isn’t enough. Just straight up asking people directly if they feel embarrassment over their shitty behavior in front of an audience.

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week