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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · Dec 8

An actual pinned introduction thread!

Hi! I'm Cass, & you've probably found me because of one of these things:

-Books & writing
-The Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast
-Shakespeare & education
-Halcy-Con & other conventions/conferences
-Immersive experience work & enthusiasm
-General geekery

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23h

A related problem for Trump/GOP is: "how are those ICE raids working out for you?"

Sure, there are Stephen Millers who thrive on cruelty, but a typical Trump voter is more "I'm okay with cruelty to benefit me."

Y'all got better jobs yet? More food on your table?

Help them see the answer is "no."

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

I truly believe the ICE raids upset most people. And for soft Trump voters, it creates an incentive to move left and pretend the never voted for Trump.

Fine if they need a "we didn't know" narrative. But hammering the fuck out of this issue, making it inescapable on social media, is the move.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 23h

lmao migraine forecast like “everything’s good, no problems! Oh unless you get pressure headaches, then you’re fucked”

Screencap of migraine forecast showing 4/10 overall but 9/10 for pressure.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 23h

Awwwww, happy birthday, Tâf! 💖

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

I have fucking had it with the edgelord leftists who quote post my shit with incitements to violence, like I'm sorry either you're the fucking feds or you're somehow even dumber than they are.

the frogs & the wine moms are doing 100x the work y'all are by dooming and posting nonsense.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Squash season @alvinsdream.bsky.social · 1d

So much of this fight is reminding people what a great concept freedom and democracy are and how we could be living a good life together if it weren't for the most miserable losers running everything

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

There is a real history of left-wing social justice activism in the Catholic Church! It's just been suppressed in the US by the leadership Pope Bob started chiseling away straight off, and it's great to see it standing up and dusting itself off after being suppressed for so long!

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

I am, of course, a pagan miscreant, but fuck me, I do love the Catholic Church’s commitment to symbolism and ritual, and when it’s wielded like THIS, in true service to the disenfranchised and downtrodden? Fuck yeah. The medievalist in me is FLIPPING OUT over this.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

#PretendPanel Oct 11: I have a literal Master's degree in Shakespeare studies, for what that tells you. 😂

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 2d

#pretendpanel I can't wait to catch up with your responses! Life is super busy here - I'm at a fundraising dinner right now - but let me know...

October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel
A prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social
October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?
~ please support your fellow #pretendpanelists with replies, likes and reposts ~
New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon D11: Pretty solid, despite having a migraine in the middle of it! Word count has been good. Still need to actually complete some scenes rather than hopping around between them, though.

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 11:

Check in day! How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 11: Check in day.
BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

#WIPSnips Oct 11: From the prologue!

His eyes drifted past her to the leader of her banner, Anvar Nirame. “Welcome to Aylesburh, soldiers.” His voice was a rich baritone, deep and rolling, its very ease and rumbling harmonics entirely at odds with the savagery that Rhiann and every other Toviran there knew to be his true nature. He spoke in Requi’ch, fully confident that anyone who mattered would understand him. Of course, many Tovirans had found it beneficial to learn the language of their oppressors: some, the better to understand their orders; others, the better to understand their targets.
Before she could stop herself, and certainly before anyone else could stop her, Rhiann said, in crisply defiant Tovirel, “You’ve no right to welcome us to our own land, our own burh, Lycus.”

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

A'ight I'm convinced, I'm gettin' some potatoes

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

Okay, I'm fascinated. Potatoes in what form?? And of what variety??

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

a person with a surprised look on their face and the word po written on the bottom

Alt: GIF: Samwise Gamgee clearly enunciating PO - TAY - TOES.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

(Has anyone remixed "NIAMOS!" with "LMFAO - Shots" yet? Bc I feel like there's something there)

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

I mean it was within the last few hours and I have already forgotten. A block is an oubliette. If you seem insufferable in some way, I toss you in there and immediately erase you from my memory.

Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 @naiijah.bsky.social · 2d

what did the last person you blocked say to get blocked?

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

(No points for guessing what's on repeat tonight, a few glasses of wine in to my evening. During which I've also written almost 1500 words!)

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

::mutters into wine glass:: Of course a lot of the *reason* I need it is due to [redacted]

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

I swear to fuck, I think one of the things I'm most annoyed about with not going to Halcy-Con is that I'm not gonna get to rock out to NIAMOS! with a bunch of other Starcruisers, because fuck knows I need it

a woman in a yellow dress is dancing in front of a disney+ logo

Alt: GIF: Mon Mothma crashing out beautifully in ANDOR.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

At this point, I am holding out for the Disney Adult app to launch because fuck knows that ought'a be my target demographic

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

(Also tbh unit by unit I think the full-sized stuff might actually be a better deal than fun-sized. & we're a low-volume neighborhood so might as well give the couple dozen kids who'll come by a thrill)

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

Being a childless Millennial with very few responsibilities making adult money for the first time in her life is AWESOME, that's how

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

(And will be out front of her house swinging her new lightsaber around on Halloween night)

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

(Also glow in the dark bouncy balls)

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 2d

Guess who's a goddamn adult who just made the executive decision that her house is gonna be the one giving out full-sized candy bars this year?

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