Gifford MacShane
@authorgmacshane.bsky.social
PwME Cat herder, gardener, & author of Historical Fiction/Romance that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.
https://Books2Read.com/GiffordMacshane
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Pinned
Escape to another time where valiant men and women survive in an often-unforgiving land & neighbors stand together to defeat the evil amongst them.
Award-winning historical fiction with swoon-worthy romance & a dash of Celtic mysticism.
The Donovan Family Saga
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Award-winning historical fiction with swoon-worthy romance & a dash of Celtic mysticism.
The Donovan Family Saga
Books2Read.com/GiffordMacShane
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Beside a tree
With heart
Stepped in stone
Just standing
Monitoring
Lonely path
A little too
Treacherous
Guardian of
Likely pilgrims
On the Way
Some even
Stopping to
Say hello
As if speaking
To a rock
Was not at all
Not normal
#poetry
With heart
Stepped in stone
Just standing
Monitoring
Lonely path
A little too
Treacherous
Guardian of
Likely pilgrims
On the Way
Some even
Stopping to
Say hello
As if speaking
To a rock
Was not at all
Not normal
#poetry
February 19, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Beside a tree
With heart
Stepped in stone
Just standing
Monitoring
Lonely path
A little too
Treacherous
Guardian of
Likely pilgrims
On the Way
Some even
Stopping to
Say hello
As if speaking
To a rock
Was not at all
Not normal
#poetry
With heart
Stepped in stone
Just standing
Monitoring
Lonely path
A little too
Treacherous
Guardian of
Likely pilgrims
On the Way
Some even
Stopping to
Say hello
As if speaking
To a rock
Was not at all
Not normal
#poetry
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Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction | Political | Nautical | Military | Adventure
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February 19, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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Celebrating the 36th Annual Reading the West Longlist! readingthewest.com/36th-annual-... #BookSky @kategardinerillus.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Celebrating the 36th Annual Reading the West Longlist! readingthewest.com/36th-annual-... #BookSky @kategardinerillus.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social
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I have one opinion regarding writing which may not be in consensus with most: Most writing courses are completely unnecessary. They are a way for people to make money for themselves or their organization, but they are not necessary for the act of writing.
February 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I have one opinion regarding writing which may not be in consensus with most: Most writing courses are completely unnecessary. They are a way for people to make money for themselves or their organization, but they are not necessary for the act of writing.
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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With only nine months before the midterms, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
But contrary to many doomsayers, it isn’t too late to protect the elections.
Marc Elias shares three voting laws every blue state should enact to do so👇
But contrary to many doomsayers, it isn’t too late to protect the elections.
Marc Elias shares three voting laws every blue state should enact to do so👇
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
With only nine months before the midterms, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
But contrary to many doomsayers, it isn’t too late to protect the elections.
Marc Elias shares three voting laws every blue state should enact to do so👇
But contrary to many doomsayers, it isn’t too late to protect the elections.
Marc Elias shares three voting laws every blue state should enact to do so👇
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🚨URGENT! Death Row Dog!!
Remember me?
I’m Zam & I’m still in here waiting 2die! Please don’t forget about me, I was dumped in here by humans who were supposed to love me.
Who’ll love me now?
Pls Save Me!
Apply 4me or if can’t
🙏 Pls Repost me
👇It’s a matter of life & death!
@princesskim.bsky.social
Remember me?
I’m Zam & I’m still in here waiting 2die! Please don’t forget about me, I was dumped in here by humans who were supposed to love me.
Who’ll love me now?
Pls Save Me!
Apply 4me or if can’t
🙏 Pls Repost me
👇It’s a matter of life & death!
@princesskim.bsky.social
🚨URGENT - Death Row Dog!
Zam!
I’m a sweet, playful, goofy Senior who just needs a place 2spend his golden years. I need 2find someone who’ll always love me & never abandon me as I grow old…
Living on borrowed time & need a foster ASAP!
Pls Share Me!
Every repost matters
🙏 Pls Repost & Save Me!
Zam!
I’m a sweet, playful, goofy Senior who just needs a place 2spend his golden years. I need 2find someone who’ll always love me & never abandon me as I grow old…
Living on borrowed time & need a foster ASAP!
Pls Share Me!
Every repost matters
🙏 Pls Repost & Save Me!
February 18, 2026 at 11:58 PM
🚨URGENT! Death Row Dog!!
Remember me?
I’m Zam & I’m still in here waiting 2die! Please don’t forget about me, I was dumped in here by humans who were supposed to love me.
Who’ll love me now?
Pls Save Me!
Apply 4me or if can’t
🙏 Pls Repost me
👇It’s a matter of life & death!
@princesskim.bsky.social
Remember me?
I’m Zam & I’m still in here waiting 2die! Please don’t forget about me, I was dumped in here by humans who were supposed to love me.
Who’ll love me now?
Pls Save Me!
Apply 4me or if can’t
🙏 Pls Repost me
👇It’s a matter of life & death!
@princesskim.bsky.social
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Happy Birthday to Toni Morrison & Audre Lorde -- brilliant Black women writers who redefined American literature by centering Black Woman experiences, intersectionality, and unapologetic Black Women voices. 🖤
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February 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Happy Birthday to Toni Morrison & Audre Lorde -- brilliant Black women writers who redefined American literature by centering Black Woman experiences, intersectionality, and unapologetic Black Women voices. 🖤
➡️ thecrimsonwhite.com/50928/cultur...
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Missouri officials directed county election administrators to make voters temporarily unable to vote if they were flagged as potential noncitizens by a federal tool.
But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.
With @texastribune.org
But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.
With @texastribune.org
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Missouri officials directed county election administrators to make voters temporarily unable to vote if they were flagged as potential noncitizens by a federal tool.
But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.
With @texastribune.org
But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.
With @texastribune.org
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I told you they’d come after Veterans’ benefits. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.
www.stripes.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I told you they’d come after Veterans’ benefits. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
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I know we’re all tired 🥱
But let’s see how many reposts we can get across this app
Let’s go ‼️
But let’s see how many reposts we can get across this app
Let’s go ‼️
June 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I know we’re all tired 🥱
But let’s see how many reposts we can get across this app
Let’s go ‼️
But let’s see how many reposts we can get across this app
Let’s go ‼️
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Sounds like Humanity........
July 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sounds like Humanity........
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A Somali man in Minneapolis gave this to a legal observer. 🤍
"To Our Guardian Angels: You did not merely observe; you acted. You confronted hatred face-to-face. You stood between us & the agents of fear, becoming the voice for the voiceless, the strength for the weary, & the hope for the hopeless."
"To Our Guardian Angels: You did not merely observe; you acted. You confronted hatred face-to-face. You stood between us & the agents of fear, becoming the voice for the voiceless, the strength for the weary, & the hope for the hopeless."
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
A Somali man in Minneapolis gave this to a legal observer. 🤍
"To Our Guardian Angels: You did not merely observe; you acted. You confronted hatred face-to-face. You stood between us & the agents of fear, becoming the voice for the voiceless, the strength for the weary, & the hope for the hopeless."
"To Our Guardian Angels: You did not merely observe; you acted. You confronted hatred face-to-face. You stood between us & the agents of fear, becoming the voice for the voiceless, the strength for the weary, & the hope for the hopeless."
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#OtD 16 Feb 1943 US-born translator, writer and German anti-Nazi resistance activist Mildred Fish-Harnack was beheaded in Berlin: the only US woman executed on Hitler's personal orders. She helped Jews and forced labourers escape. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-...
February 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 16 Feb 1943 US-born translator, writer and German anti-Nazi resistance activist Mildred Fish-Harnack was beheaded in Berlin: the only US woman executed on Hitler's personal orders. She helped Jews and forced labourers escape. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e63-...
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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February 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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"There is no business case for microreactors, which — even if they work as designed — will produce electricity at a far higher cost than large nuclear reactors, not to mention renewables like wind or solar," said Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
US conducts first air transport of nuclear microreactor in bid to show technology's viability
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense on Sunday for the first time transported a small nuclear reactor on a cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate the potential to quickly deploy nucl...
www.reuters.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
"There is no business case for microreactors, which — even if they work as designed — will produce electricity at a far higher cost than large nuclear reactors, not to mention renewables like wind or solar," said Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
February 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
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Elena set her son straight. “A man...” She emphasized the word “...does not take actions which will cause his friends to be hurt. A man understands that sometimes the decisions a friend makes are the only ones possible, and not the ones his friend would wish to make.”
Elena set her son straight. “A man...” She emphasized the word “...does not take actions which will cause his friends to be hurt. A man understands that sometimes the decisions a friend makes are the only ones possible, and not the ones his friend would wish to make.”
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- Synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine
- Alt text on graphics
- Trigger/content warnings when necessary
- This is not the place to line edit people's posts
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
February 16, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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CARAVAN OF NIGHTMARES is my second short story collection. It's free with KU. My other collections are Her Demonic Angel and Making Contact.
“Deliciously dark, darkly humorous, and beautifully written - fantastic!”
My 24 Kindles (free with KU), paperbacks + audiobooks are on Amazon.
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“Deliciously dark, darkly humorous, and beautifully written - fantastic!”
My 24 Kindles (free with KU), paperbacks + audiobooks are on Amazon.
bit.ly/3ENJqRv
February 14, 2026 at 11:29 PM
CARAVAN OF NIGHTMARES is my second short story collection. It's free with KU. My other collections are Her Demonic Angel and Making Contact.
“Deliciously dark, darkly humorous, and beautifully written - fantastic!”
My 24 Kindles (free with KU), paperbacks + audiobooks are on Amazon.
bit.ly/3ENJqRv
“Deliciously dark, darkly humorous, and beautifully written - fantastic!”
My 24 Kindles (free with KU), paperbacks + audiobooks are on Amazon.
bit.ly/3ENJqRv
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Are you paying attention?
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Are you paying attention?
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THE SUM OF OUR SORROWS 💔 🌊 🌔
"A gripping, emotional story about surviving grief and guilt."
"There is tragedy but also suspense, adventure, even humor, and many uplifting moments. This is a deeply satisfying work."
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#comingofage ✨ #KindleUnlimted ✨ #Booksky
"A gripping, emotional story about surviving grief and guilt."
"There is tragedy but also suspense, adventure, even humor, and many uplifting moments. This is a deeply satisfying work."
mybook.to/Sorrows 📘
#comingofage ✨ #KindleUnlimted ✨ #Booksky
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 AM
THE SUM OF OUR SORROWS 💔 🌊 🌔
"A gripping, emotional story about surviving grief and guilt."
"There is tragedy but also suspense, adventure, even humor, and many uplifting moments. This is a deeply satisfying work."
mybook.to/Sorrows 📘
#comingofage ✨ #KindleUnlimted ✨ #Booksky
"A gripping, emotional story about surviving grief and guilt."
"There is tragedy but also suspense, adventure, even humor, and many uplifting moments. This is a deeply satisfying work."
mybook.to/Sorrows 📘
#comingofage ✨ #KindleUnlimted ✨ #Booksky
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#Western #WesternwithRomanticElements #CowboyAction #WesternAdventure #ActionpackedCleanRomance #RomanticElements #GrittyCowboy
O’MALLEY HAS NO FEAR OF BANDITOS AND KILLERS. A deadly contagion…now that’s a different story.
#Western #WesternwithRomanticElements #CowboyAction #WesternAdventure #ActionpackedCleanRomance #RomanticElements #GrittyCowboy
O’MALLEY HAS NO FEAR OF BANDITOS AND KILLERS. A deadly contagion…now that’s a different story.
February 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G66N3JXY
#Western #WesternwithRomanticElements #CowboyAction #WesternAdventure #ActionpackedCleanRomance #RomanticElements #GrittyCowboy
O’MALLEY HAS NO FEAR OF BANDITOS AND KILLERS. A deadly contagion…now that’s a different story.
#Western #WesternwithRomanticElements #CowboyAction #WesternAdventure #ActionpackedCleanRomance #RomanticElements #GrittyCowboy
O’MALLEY HAS NO FEAR OF BANDITOS AND KILLERS. A deadly contagion…now that’s a different story.
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Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
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Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99
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February 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
#NewRelease!
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚💙📚
a.co/d/clHBipm
Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky #indieauthor 💙📚💙📚
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