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Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa

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Author of Romantasy as Amalia Dillin, Historical Fiction and Mythic Retellings as Amalia Carosella, and flameworthy Contemporary Romance as Amalia Theresa! Come for Thor, Stay for More! https://blog.amaliadillin.com/

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Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · Nov 15

For Reference:
I was AmaliaTd, AmaliaCarosella, & AmaliaTheresa on the bird site.
I love Theseus & I'm not sorry.
I wrote SON OF ZEUS, in which Pirithous gets thrown out of Hades into modern upstate NY as an undocumented stateless person.
At one point I was the #1 search result for Orc Romance.

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NPR @npr.org · 2h

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected. n.pr/48scGty

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

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Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 19h

Me* not messed. 🙃

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 20h

That top corner cloud skirt gets messed ALL the compliments. It is like wearing a work of art. HIGHLY recommend it.

maya kern @mayakern.com · 23h

#store
Coming 10/16

five new skirt designs laid out flat as a preview. from the top left going right: clouds, squiggle cats on a gray background, goldfish on a black background, blackberries on a wine red background, and pills on a purple background

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Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Register free now for a virtual event with @charlottestein.bsky.social, celebrating her new novel DEALING WITH A DESPERATE DEMON! 🧡 Charlotte will appear in conversation with @oliviawaite.com.

We hope you'll join us, friends! Register free here: buff.ly/TAIar1B

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever anyone says how much of the U.S. economy is tied to AI right now, I'm like...damn, what if a single rich person had any idea other than "try to zero out labor costs through theft."

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 2d

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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Mary Valante @medievalmaryq.bsky.social · 2d

Choose your own Odyssey!

L E Jenks-Brown @lejenksbrown.bsky.social · 2d

My incredibly chonky book has been out in the world for two weeks!

Retell The Odyssey by making Odysseus’ choices for him. Or, don’t, and go home to Penelope/get cosy with Phaeacians/skive off to Egypt with Menelaus/die horribly in a variety of ways👌

laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications...

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS

OUT NOW! BUY PAPERBACK DIRECT (UK/US) Available in paperback and ebook. Go to links to order, by country Tell me, O Reader, of that resourceful man… Read and become Odysseus, the many-minded man, t…

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 2d

Or am I doing this because I want to feel a certain way?

Are there better things I can be doing to help save the republic? Are there candidates I can support? Can I call my reps? Can I stop book bans in my local community?

Can I inform myself further - e.g. on Vought?

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 2d

And that's why I'm going to ask all of you right now, especially for those of you that are also on Threads, too:

Before you respond on social media over something you see which causes you to feel a certain way: ask yourself - will responding that way help at all?

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Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah I use it to like, see what people are getting worked up about but. The engagement is trash tbh tbh and I can shout to no one anywhere.

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 2d

This is the best use of inflatable costumes I have ever seen, and in fact, justifies their entire existence as a consumer product.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 3d

What kills me is that there is absolutely no excuse as to why, IN THIS AGE OF SUPPOSED AI, we cannot get immediate answers on pricing and coverage for health insurance beyond the fact that health insurers are drunk on power and profit and can't be bothered.

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 3d

Me: SIGH. *opens up new window, logs into DIFFERENT site to look up coverage, finds that there is not a definitive answer and has to send a message and wait one business day to hear back*

There is literally no reason why healthcare has to be this way, fam.

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 3d

Dr's Office: Hey Get a Mammogram
Me: mrph. FINE.
Dr's Office: Do you want a GOOD one or a regular one? The GOOD one is covered by MOST insurance companies as preventative but...
Me: ... is mine Most?
Them: * a web page with a yes or no response*
Me: .... IS MINE MOST?
Them:
Me:
Them:

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 3d

TRULY

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 3d

Y'all, my kingdom to not have to watch a video to get basic info about the games I play. JUST GIVE ME AN FAQ WITH THE BASICS IN TEXT PLEASE I AM BEGGING.

Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 4d

phew the marketing scammers are out in force. two in a row and obviously bot-written.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 4d

This might be the most important corollary to the Golden Rule

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that you feel bad is not the same as repairing harm.

It’s based in the belief that your feelings matter more than your impact

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Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 4d

Y'all if I have to eat Ronzoni trash bc of these Tarriffs, as an Italian American I WILL NEITHER FORGET NOR FORGIVE.

ABSOLUTELY NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 5d

Italy trying to get US to call off mega tariff on imported pasta that will double prices for American consumers. Via Reuters

Rome calls on US to reconsider extra tariff on pasta imports

With almost $800 million in exports, the U.S. is one of Italy's top three export markets for pasta, a staple of the country's culinary heritage and a substantial export commodity.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Amalia Dillin/Amalia Carosella/Amalia Theresa @authoramalia.bsky.social · 4d

Two weeks ago, I would not have said this. This morning I read the news and I was like wait: Stephen Miller is declaring war on ???? PORTLAND?????

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5d

I think we are well past the point where future historians look at us and say that civil war could not be averted.

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 4d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 9d

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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