Carrie Stewart
@carriejay.bsky.social
Tea drinker, book lover, writer, mum of twin girls, northern Brit. In Canada for ten years now. Writing YA/MG.
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Silo x Squid Game x Climate of Chaos
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.
#YA #Dystopian #Questpit
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.
#YA #Dystopian #Questpit
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James Van Der Beek was part of one of the most influential shows of a certain era, a show that loomed large to a certain generation of critics. Beyond that, he was talented, willing to poke fun at himself & seemed like a good man. Extremely sad news. Way, way too young. 💚 people.com/james-van-de...
James Van Der Beek, Dawson's Creek Star and Father of 6, Dies at 48 After Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has died after he was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer in August 2024. The actor was best known for playing Dawson Leery on 'Dawson's Creek'.
people.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
James Van Der Beek was part of one of the most influential shows of a certain era, a show that loomed large to a certain generation of critics. Beyond that, he was talented, willing to poke fun at himself & seemed like a good man. Extremely sad news. Way, way too young. 💚 people.com/james-van-de...
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i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable
The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.
aftermath.site
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
My great grandmother told everyone her name was Christabel. It was not. My other GGM was Sybilla on her birth certificate but went by Servilla. I don't know.
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My great grandmother told everyone her name was Christabel. It was not. My other GGM was Sybilla on her birth certificate but went by Servilla. I don't know.
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Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Dorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader …
terribleminds.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTS
"Our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"Our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want."
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“(This is how men behave.)”
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“(This is how men behave.)”
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Her word wasn't enough. It's so infuriating.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Email appears to confirm Andrew and Virginia Giuffre photo is real
The former prince has previously questioned whether the picture had been doctored and claimed he had never met Giuffre.
www.bbc.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Her word wasn't enough. It's so infuriating.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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🎉 Launch Party for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! 🎉
Join us at the Lavender Library on March 24! I will be in conversation with the absolutely delightful Michelle Chouinard. We'll chat about the book, give you fun swag, & celebrate the release of my debut!
wildsistersbookco.com/events/44772...
Join us at the Lavender Library on March 24! I will be in conversation with the absolutely delightful Michelle Chouinard. We'll chat about the book, give you fun swag, & celebrate the release of my debut!
wildsistersbookco.com/events/44772...
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
🎉 Launch Party for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! 🎉
Join us at the Lavender Library on March 24! I will be in conversation with the absolutely delightful Michelle Chouinard. We'll chat about the book, give you fun swag, & celebrate the release of my debut!
wildsistersbookco.com/events/44772...
Join us at the Lavender Library on March 24! I will be in conversation with the absolutely delightful Michelle Chouinard. We'll chat about the book, give you fun swag, & celebrate the release of my debut!
wildsistersbookco.com/events/44772...
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This really sums these guys up
things he's ok with: a cyclops, helen being hatched from an egg
things he's not ok with: black people
things he's not ok with: black people
February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This really sums these guys up
On the one hand, I am enjoying the discourse as I am currently reading The Odyssey and there's some really interesting threads. On the other, the fact that so many people have had to come on and deconstruct a myth due to people being mad about a film's casting is concerning to say the least.
February 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
On the one hand, I am enjoying the discourse as I am currently reading The Odyssey and there's some really interesting threads. On the other, the fact that so many people have had to come on and deconstruct a myth due to people being mad about a film's casting is concerning to say the least.
Silo x Squid Game x Climate of Chaos
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.
#YA #Dystopian #Questpit
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.
#YA #Dystopian #Questpit
January 31, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Silo x Squid Game x Climate of Chaos
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.
#YA #Dystopian #Questpit
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.
#YA #Dystopian #Questpit
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But there's a difference between that and books where all the characters and plot devices are so entirely trope-driven that there are no surprises, no idiosyncrasies, no sense of authorial uniqueness.
And I'm just gonna link this by @readingtheend.bsky.social, again:
And I'm just gonna link this by @readingtheend.bsky.social, again:
Let Them Eat Tropes: Why Romantasy Needs to Grow Beyond Trends - Reactor
When does a genre literary trope cross the threshold into marketing trend?
reactormag.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
But there's a difference between that and books where all the characters and plot devices are so entirely trope-driven that there are no surprises, no idiosyncrasies, no sense of authorial uniqueness.
And I'm just gonna link this by @readingtheend.bsky.social, again:
And I'm just gonna link this by @readingtheend.bsky.social, again:
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I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Please get the truth out about our son.”
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.
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I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately, going into year four of querying and trying to hold onto the joy of writing. Can it be enough if I like it? It has to be. open.substack.com/pub/veronica...
Do I Like It? Reflecting on Divergent After 15 Years
Or: rebuilding trust in yourself as a writer
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I've been thinking about this a lot lately, going into year four of querying and trying to hold onto the joy of writing. Can it be enough if I like it? It has to be. open.substack.com/pub/veronica...
I studied in the US in 2000 and for whatever reason they didn't accept my vaccine record so I had to have 2 doses of MMR while there. So I guess, in this instance, thanks America?
This is about the MMR and, in short, if you were born before ca 1996 in the USA or UK, and you don't have evidence of getting a second MMR, please consider asking your dr for a titer or second dose because levels are rising in both countries, and you may not be immune
so just fyi I was born in 1991 and my vaccine card (oklahoma and then florida) only recommends one MMR, so the 89 is not a firm cutoff, there was a lot of variation in how it rolled out across states
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I studied in the US in 2000 and for whatever reason they didn't accept my vaccine record so I had to have 2 doses of MMR while there. So I guess, in this instance, thanks America?
Writers using AI to generate art just...kind of breaks my heart to be honest. We're all creators. We should respect other people's work.
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Writers using AI to generate art just...kind of breaks my heart to be honest. We're all creators. We should respect other people's work.
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This interview about race, class and beauty norms is so good and also hilarious.
As someone whose audience watches me daily and 62% of the time on big TVs, it also hit some high notes on self-perception in the high def age.
Thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
As someone whose audience watches me daily and 62% of the time on big TVs, it also hit some high notes on self-perception in the high def age.
Thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | From Kardashian Injectable Lips to Mar-a-Lago Face
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
This interview about race, class and beauty norms is so good and also hilarious.
As someone whose audience watches me daily and 62% of the time on big TVs, it also hit some high notes on self-perception in the high def age.
Thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
As someone whose audience watches me daily and 62% of the time on big TVs, it also hit some high notes on self-perception in the high def age.
Thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Prosecute Renée Nicole Good’s Murderer
The ICE agent who killed Renée Nicole Good not only can be held accountable for murder—he must be.
www.thenation.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good must be prosecuted for murder. He enjoys no immunity from state murder charges.
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...