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Derain Collier @deraincollier.blacksky.app · 27d

LMAOOOOO

Mondy Carrington @mondycarrington.blacksky.app · 27d

This be my kids for real. 😂😂

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 22

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“This is truly a war with no limits,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, “and soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.”

Opinion | Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Commander. It Killed a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist.

The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

I just wanted to put it out there that i’d love for my books to be included in more library collections 😅 every time it happens i get so emotional 🥹 Like yay, my book about a Black girl fighting a demon can be seen by more people!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · Jul 31

I like to think I'm some kind of complex creature with many needs, when in reality, the way to my heart is paved with variations of fried potatoes

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Trinny💜 @youcravetee.bsky.social · Jul 30

FUCK YOU MEAN!?

Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · Jul 30

😐 So ICE can get student loan forgiveness...

A tweet by Sam Stein (@samstein) reads: “Student loan forgiveness…” followed by a screenshot of a federal incentives list. The list highlights that ICE is offering a robust package for law enforcement, including: a $50,000 signing bonus, student loan repayment and forgiveness options, 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) for HSI Special Agents, administratively uncontrollable overtime for deportation officers, and enhanced retirement benefits. Timestamp: 8:46 AM · Jul 30, 2025 · 31.4K views.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 30

The National Park Service has been hit hard by President Trump’s government reorganization.

To see how the parks are faring amid the turmoil, The Post visited four just before peak summer season — and talked to travelers about what, if anything, they’ve noticed.

In beloved national parks, summer crowds throng despite budget cuts

We visited four of the country’s “crown jewels” and found deep concern for the park system’s future among Americans of all political persuasions.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 28

‘1984’ is upon us

If you think cutting $1 trillion from medicaid won’t cost people insurance and make things more expensive you don’t understand how things work

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Jul 28

Chris Smalls, the leader of the Amazon union workers movement, is putting his life on the line for Gaza. He's been illegally kidnapped and detained by IDF forces alongside all other members of the Handala.

FREE THEM NOW!!!

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teachnin4thgrade.bsky.social @teachnin4thgrade.bsky.social · Jul 28

@janicessmith.bsky.social Hey, I will be teaching 4th grade Math & Science for the 1st time. I'll have 2 classes with 56 plus kids in a Title 1 school. We go back in 2 weeks. Even a share helps. I've added reward & snack items. Thank you!❤️

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jul 23

If any indie bookstores are interested in stocking my YA romantasy about a teen fashion designer fighting a demon, i’m definitely interested in working with you! I don’t have returns enabled on Ingram, but there may be a way to work something out 🤞🏾

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you!!

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jul 15

Two months ago, Love Be Damned was officially released into the world, and I couldn’t be more grateful for everyone who picked up a copy of it and shared this book! Recently I officially broke one hundred copies sold, which was more than I ever would have thought I could sell! ❤️🎉🥳

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

I’m at 94/100!!

The ebook is currently on sale rn through Kindle, too, for 50% off today!

If you don’t want to support the ‘Zon (I get it) then consider supporting a local bookshop through Bookshop’s website: bookshop.org/a/112688/979...

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Jul 8

We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together.

Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act.

bookriot.com/we-can-still...

We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Act now to help save the Institute for Museum and Library Services and ensure the well-being of public libraries nationwide.

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jul 8

Today through July 11th is my first Kindle Countdown deal for Love Be Damned! You can get the ebook for a discounted price today, with varying discounts until the 11th!

(Or you can read it for free on KU now!)

Link in my bio!

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jul 7

Psst! My ebook is going on sale tomorrow on KDP, in case anyone wanted to know 😉

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · Jul 1

ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jun 26

It would be so cool to know that 100 people have copies of my book, especially when i didn’t think i would ever get this far self-publishing 🥹

All that’s so say, if Love Be Damned sounds interesting to you, you can find it here
bookshop.org/a/112688/979... or on KU if you just want to try it out!

Love Be Damned

Check out Love Be Damned - <p><em>Teen fashionista Ayana always believed she'd go to hell and back for her sister, Sabrina, but she never thought it would be so literal. After a family dinner where Sa...

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is not a humble brag i promise! But i blew past my optimistic goal of 40 books sold before my book came out, and so now i have a new goal of 100 books sold before the end of the summer!🙏🏾

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jun 19

It’s Juneteenth! Celebrate a Black author today and consider buying my book! Available everywhere ❤️

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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · Jun 18

Me: I love talking about my writing.

Me: [forgets about everything I've ever written the moment anyone asks about it]

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jun 16

Love Be Damned has been out for a month, and I have sold about 84 copies to date! I’m so thankful and blessed 😭🥹

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Jun 5

Guys i know this is a first for many of you ... watching to equally evil pieces of trash ruin each others lives ...

when two bad people fight no need to pick a side... i hope both of them have an awful time

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Briana Garrett ✨ Love Be Damned Out Now! @brianawrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

Shoutout to the one person in Australia that bought by book. You’re lovely, mate❤️

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