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Jaycee
@jayceejarvis.bsky.social
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(she/her) Fantasy Romance Writer. Nature Enthusiast. Lover of Chocolate and Words.
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rbreich.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29m
Food banks were already struggling to keep with demand. Then, Trump slashed $1 billion from crucial USDA programs supporting them.

Now, thanks to his shutdown, millions of Americans in at least 25 states will lose access to food stamps on November 1st.

The perfect storm of cruelty.
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No Joyman @nojoyman.bsky.social · 7h
Old Soviet joke:

Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?

One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
jkass99.bsky.social Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 10h
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 2h
#romancelandia
Making a plug for The Last Wolf, v. 1 of my obscure #PNR series. It's kind of xenofiction, almost, because the world is seen through the eyes of wolves, vulnerable, wild & raw.
Don't know how long it's on sale so TYIA for any shares.
books2read.com/The-last-wolf
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Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · 2h
Chace Verity Halloween sale! Get six queer paranormal romances for $5 USD! On payhip only, but you get to keep the ebooks forever! No DRM!

payhip.com/b/9h0kS
Graphic for Chace Verity's Deal with the Demon, The Demon Next Door, Match with the Demon, The Demon Inside Me, Second Chance with the Demon, and One Heart
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 13h
Frog and Toad stayed on the island all afternoon. They ate wet sandwiches without iced tea. They were two close friends sitting alone together.
Frog and Toad sitting on the island together, reveling in their friendship. From "Alone" In *Days with Frog and Toad*
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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h
he wanted to provide us a helpful visual metaphor for what he's doing to the country, the least we can do is run on it

and unlike other Trump scandals this doesn't require you to memorize details, you can just show people a picture of the fucking half-demolished White House
politiburb.bsky.social politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 20h
Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16h
On one day's notice, thousands of New Yorkers marched in NYC today for immigrants and against ICE.

More photos soon!
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 22h
Jesus, 34?! I hadn't heard of most of these attacks.
adamisacson.com Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 22h
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean Total reported killed: 34 people Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View September 15, 2025 3 “in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View
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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 20h
Just stepped off the Senate floor after almost 23 hours.

The fight isn’t over—we need to keep standing together to resist Trump’s attempts to tighten his authoritarian grip.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h
My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 21h
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE re:the horror show demolition of the WH East Wing 🧵
(thx to bsky.app/profile/cali... )

SUMMARY: they rushed through demo during shutdown with zero permits, probably grift for Trump (ofc) but there are two major concerns (beyond obvious horror) & a few actions you can take:

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Jaycee @jayceejarvis.bsky.social · 19h
Look at that beautiful hardwood. All destroyed, and afaik no effort to reuse or save any of it.
kimoco.bsky.social Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 21h
This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.
East Wing lobby from 2023
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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 1d
Ongoing series of queer fantasy wherein I play with:

- worldbuilding without nuclear families
- games and entertainment as quiet moments
- aroace found family! no breaking it apart in couples!!

claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
The chronicles of Nerezia. A spread of six novella covers, with information on the right. It has pride flags for aro, ace, and non-binary, as well as "a found family queer road trip across a series of novellas".
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Jaycee @jayceejarvis.bsky.social · 21h
He's still going over 20hrs and counting....
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Jaycee @jayceejarvis.bsky.social · 21h
This is outrageous! I hope @aclu.org is taking notes and preparing cases.
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Jaycee @jayceejarvis.bsky.social · 1d
I don't want to know what a "Vampire Facial" is do I?
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Jaycee @jayceejarvis.bsky.social · 1d
No need to use quotes when talking about Trump's authoritarian power grabs--it's simply the right adjective!
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Jaycee @jayceejarvis.bsky.social · 1d
Spooky and moving story perfect for October
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d
New story day!

"Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.
Phantom View - Reactor
A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father try to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.
reactormag.com
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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 1d
Still going! @merkley.senate.gov protesting Trump's threats to democracy. There's a lot to protest.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d
Sometimes to fight book bans you need to know what your officials are doing and sometimes they ah...don't want to tell you. Here's how to make a FOIA request in EVERY state docs.google.com/document/u/0...
FOIA - How to File a FOIA Request in Each State.docx
FOIA Requesting School Board and School District Records Purpose: Fighting book censorship legislation by requesting information from elected school board officials as members of the general public ...
docs.google.com
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d
Jeff Merkley now has the six longest Senate speech in history and he is still going strong. As we speak he’s answering a question @hassan.senate.gov just asked.

Even if you can’t actually watch, turn on some recording and have it playing in the background of whatever you’re doing.
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Sydney Carton @quodnomenmihiest.bsky.social · 1d
www.newsweek.com/jeff-merkley...
Jeff Merkley "filibuster" live: Senate floor speech passes 11 hours
The Democratic Senator from Oregon is delivering an hours-long speech in the Senate against Republican President Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d
There’s 1,000 times more chatter about the Maine senate race in a year than about Maine’s ballot measure in 3 weeks that’d bring voter ID and crack down on mail voting… maybe let’s start there??? boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
boltsmag.org
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leeks @anonleeks.bsky.social · 2d
this is just to say
i have demolished
the east wing

and which you
were probably saving
for posterity

forgive me
i am demented
so weak
and so cold
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