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TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife. Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · Jul 15

The Payback is out today, and you can buy it wherever books are sold. It comes highly recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, The Boston Globe, Vanity Fair, the LA Times, the NYT, and dozens of people who hang out on this very website.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h

“My whole family enjoyed mock strawberry jam made of zucchini and jello,” the recipe lady said “and I didn’t even have to threaten them with a knife this time.”

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 3h

how to lose friends and alienate people

screenshot from allrecipes:

Mock Strawberry Jam
4.3 stars (28) 24 Reviews 6 Photos
Make a batch of this mock strawberry jam recipe whenever you have a bumper crop of zucchini squash. It tastes like the real thing! Your family and friends will never know the difference unless you tell them.
Submitted by Patricia Canerdy | Updated on July 8, 2025
Buttons for Save, Rate, Print, and Share; the top of a photo of jars.

Screenshot from allrecipes:

Ingredients
Original recipe (1X) yields 96 servings

5 cups peeled, shredded zucchini

5 cups white sugar

2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry-flavored gelatin (such as Jell-O)

3 tablespoons lemon juice

The little "Local Offers" box cannot find any ingredients on sale near me, because I don't live in the United States of America.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h

Unbelievable things, even

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h

Justin Fields, out there redefining the quarterback position.

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 1h

Justin Fields had -10 net passing yards today! Congratulations Bluesky users, we all have more net passing yards than an actual NFL quarterback!

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5h

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 10h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Congrats to the Seattle mariners for locating the end of this game

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Holy shit, they’re doing it!

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Emily Andras @emandras.bsky.social · 1d

I don't remember a time before this baseball game

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

This baseball game has been going on so long that the part where the announcer announces player names feels like a bit from The Shining

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

The mariners and tigers think that’s a you problem!

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

They clearly don’t want to decide the outcome of this game by playing more baseball, so maybe they could switch to an eating contest?

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

One of these managers is going to step up to the plate and demand four consecutive guys get hit by pitches

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

But tragically their stories remain untold.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

I guess we’ve finally run so low on news that there’s room to run an ode to stinking

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

Today I explained to someone who has lived here his whole life what the weather is like in his hometown, fully embracing American culture here

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 2d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

Sorry you lost your mom, who seems warm and hilarious.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

One of the best feelings in the world must be to be a baseball organist who’s like fuck it, I’m playing Thriller

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

The judge: it is hereby ordered that you are in fact, not like us

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.