Arlaina Tibensky

A large chocolate brown poodle mix puppy with the longest legs you’ve ever seen sits lounging on a side that’s covered with a grey blanket. He appears to be siting up with his back legs down like a person and his front legs crossed over one another on the back of the couch. He’s impossibly cute.

paint me like one of your french poodles

!!!!!

An open book lying on a work surface. There is a full page illustration on the left (and this is a 14 inch or 35 centimeter tall book) and a meticulously written page of text on the right. The book is a facsimile, printed in 2001, of the 1493 German language edition of a history of the world.

It's a complete facsimile of a hand-tinted 1493 Nuremberg Weltchronik, and I think... you might have to arm wrestle me for it.

(...That's not a meek threat coming from someone who can lift 4 OED volumes off an overhead shelf in one motion.)

I’ve posted this before. One of my favorite paragraphs / panels ever.

Note book page with illegible writing on it

I will somehow be able to decipher this in the morning in order to transcribe it into the #wip, but I can't tell you exactly how 😆

How to Rekindle Your Love of Reading I read 186 books in six months. Here's how.

For those who are interested in rediscovering the joys of reading, I wrote a step-by-step guide:

bibliollcollege.substack.com/p/how-to-rek...

Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.

Man, I love it when the writing picks you up and carries you away. Everyone's in character, doing their own thing, and I'm just the one writing it all down as fast as I can.

That is the BEST way to write, IMO. This is going to be a great series, I can feel it!! #amwriting #booksky

While writing my first novel, I held onto a line from the movie, Field of Dreams: "If you build it, they will come."

As in, "If you write it, they will publish it."

It kept me going. And now I have an offer on the table.

Build it. They will come 🙏

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #AmWriting

Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.

You'll be unstoppable! 🚀

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky

Flawless design.

We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon

Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/Zuo1Gfzk

Do the thing that makes you want to die the most. Go write your book.

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Have you filed your claim today?

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

To search the database of stolen work and file a claim, see:
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

As an author whose work was part of the training data, all I have to say is--sucks for them.

I want tamarind-soaked flesh, briny and sour. Isn’t that what you want too?

Maybe I want a salad. Maybe I want you to savour me down to my empty shell. Maybe I want to keep hiding inside this recipe.

GORGEOUS 😍😍😍

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @manyworlds.place ❤️❤️❤️

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

I beg everyone to switch from “for you” to “following” in every platform which even allows this.

Be your own curator of reality.

AI poses threat to journalism in Japan, news association chair says Japan’s publishers are concerned about the impact generative artificial intelligence is having on the news business, Shiro Nakamura said.

AI poses a threat to journalistic integrity and the business of journalism, the chair of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association has said.

Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants

The Trump admin is about to cut housing grants for the formerly homeless.

HUD plans to cut aid for permanent housing by 66%, slashing over $2 billion and leaving 170,000 people at risk of homelessness again.

Everyone who would be affected is disabled, and many are 50 or older.

Screenshot from NPR "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump," Epstein wrote in 2017 to former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. "Not one decent cell in his body

Imagine being the worst person Epstein's ever met.

The Blackout Report Exposing the campaign to erase Black progress. Explore Onyx Impact’s Blackout Report — data, stories, and action to defend our history.

Trump and team are “waging a coordinated disinformation campaign to seize illegitimate control by eroding progress and rewriting history.”

A new report “exposes 15,723 distinct impact points-each one an instance in which Black opportunities, lives, or histories have been directly attacked.”

Caroline Leavitt, Trump’s COS, wearing a red suit, stands in front of a sign that reads WHITE WASHING

Karoline Leavitt standing in front of her sole job description

An important side note about today's Epstein/Trump revelations.

They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump.

Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.

The FCC's News Distortion Policy should be rescinded A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners call for repeal of the News Distortion Policy, which chills broadcaster speech

Brendan Carr is weaponizing the FCC's news distortion policy to punish speech MAGA doesn't like.

A bipartisan coalition of seven former chairs and commissioners, including five Republicans, and senior staff is calling on the FCC to end it. 👀

protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...

James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.

You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires

* Pardoning Jan6 Rioters
* Accepting $400 Million Plane
* Pardoning Political Allies Who Tried to Overturn 2020 Election
* Mass Firing Federal Workers
* Eliminating DEI Programs
* Transferring Maxwell to a lower security prison

And now: giving her a puppy... 🤷🏼‍♀️

Just a few minor Trump decisions... 😏