Cass Morris
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Author: Aven Cycle | Story Editor: Mythik Camps | Podcast Cohost: Worldbuilding for Masochists | novels, short fiction, & immersive xp | Shakespeare nerd, once & future educator, rhetorician, geek chic | she/her | Virginia, USA
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Cass Morris
@cassmorriswrites.com
· Dec 8
An actual pinned introduction thread!
Hi! I'm Cass, & you've probably found me because of one of these things:
-Books & writing
-The Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast
-Shakespeare & education
-Halcy-Con & other conventions/conferences
-Immersive experience work & enthusiasm
-General geekery
Hi! I'm Cass, & you've probably found me because of one of these things:
-Books & writing
-The Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast
-Shakespeare & education
-Halcy-Con & other conventions/conferences
-Immersive experience work & enthusiasm
-General geekery
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Watch this. Watch it now.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Watch this. Watch it now.
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i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
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By midnight the Company have climbed high enough on Caradhras to reach the first cliffs. A sheer wall rears to the left of the narrow path, and a steep chasm falls away to the right.
As they complete their first hard climb, Frodo notices flakes of snow on his sleeve.
As they complete their first hard climb, Frodo notices flakes of snow on his sleeve.
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
By midnight the Company have climbed high enough on Caradhras to reach the first cliffs. A sheer wall rears to the left of the narrow path, and a steep chasm falls away to the right.
As they complete their first hard climb, Frodo notices flakes of snow on his sleeve.
As they complete their first hard climb, Frodo notices flakes of snow on his sleeve.
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Hey, watch this. It's a pick-me-up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKr...
Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
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January 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Hey, watch this. It's a pick-me-up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKr...
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If you can't control yourself when your adrenaline is up, you don't belong in society never mind have a gun.
This bullshit about men not being able to control themselves when amped suggests men are fucking animals and I'd like to believe you can be part of society and not reduced to a zoo exhibit.
This bullshit about men not being able to control themselves when amped suggests men are fucking animals and I'd like to believe you can be part of society and not reduced to a zoo exhibit.
January 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
If you can't control yourself when your adrenaline is up, you don't belong in society never mind have a gun.
This bullshit about men not being able to control themselves when amped suggests men are fucking animals and I'd like to believe you can be part of society and not reduced to a zoo exhibit.
This bullshit about men not being able to control themselves when amped suggests men are fucking animals and I'd like to believe you can be part of society and not reduced to a zoo exhibit.
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ohhhhh so none of them know yet that they’re not getting $50K after tax withholding, do they
I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
ICE recruitment is going well.
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
ohhhhh so none of them know yet that they’re not getting $50K after tax withholding, do they
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"She made him do it" strikes again. He's not concerned the murder will anger us; he's insisting that saying it was murder and the officer a murderer will anger them and then our fault if they lash out. "She made him do it" is the burdening of Democrats and the left for right-wing/Republican acts.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"She made him do it" strikes again. He's not concerned the murder will anger us; he's insisting that saying it was murder and the officer a murderer will anger them and then our fault if they lash out. "She made him do it" is the burdening of Democrats and the left for right-wing/Republican acts.
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Short thread on buying books and what your purchase means to writers. There's never a good time to be in the trenches but it's especially hard right now.
In DMs we're posting screenshots of the sharp sales drop-off we've all had the last few months so basically if you're still out there buying books, you might be the difference between some folks still having a career or going back to being considered a hobbyist. It's bad out there in the arts.
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Short thread on buying books and what your purchase means to writers. There's never a good time to be in the trenches but it's especially hard right now.
Okay. Sent the manuscript I've been working on for almost eighteen months to my agent.
... What's next?
... What's next?
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Okay. Sent the manuscript I've been working on for almost eighteen months to my agent.
... What's next?
... What's next?
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I'm not sure "if you keep calling us murderers, we'll get angry and have to respond by shooting and murdering more citizens in broad daylight" is quite the argument that Tom Homas thinks it is.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'm not sure "if you keep calling us murderers, we'll get angry and have to respond by shooting and murdering more citizens in broad daylight" is quite the argument that Tom Homas thinks it is.
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Every single goddamn time he gets real pushback, he collapses. No one should need to see any more to be certain of that. Push back, tell him fuck no, and he’ll grudgingly fold while blithering about how he didn’t really want Greenland anyway
i suspect there are a lot of morons in a lot of european capitals right now wringing their hands about the risk of escalation. here's the truth: the real risk is failure to escalate. backing down is showing weakness. trump will know it.
show strength instead.
show strength instead.
January 11, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Every single goddamn time he gets real pushback, he collapses. No one should need to see any more to be certain of that. Push back, tell him fuck no, and he’ll grudgingly fold while blithering about how he didn’t really want Greenland anyway
The Shakespeare world has lost a legend. 😔
Tina Packer, Founder of Shakespeare & Company, Dies at 87
LENOX, Mass. — The doyenne of Shakespeare's plays, Tina Packer, died Friday at the age of 87.
Shakespeare & Company, which Packer co-founded in 1978, made the...
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January 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The Shakespeare world has lost a legend. 😔
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If you let them, the horrors will devour you whole. Making space to live and smile is an act of resistance. So is helping others to do the same. If you’re an artist in this time, remember that what you’re doing is part of the emotional support infrastructure. They want you silent. 1/2
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
If you let them, the horrors will devour you whole. Making space to live and smile is an act of resistance. So is helping others to do the same. If you’re an artist in this time, remember that what you’re doing is part of the emotional support infrastructure. They want you silent. 1/2
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Everyone should rewatch both seasons of Andor right now.
No reason. It's just always worth rewatching. See how you feel after...
No reason. It's just always worth rewatching. See how you feel after...
a close up of a man 's face with the word andor on the bottom right
Alt: Varian Skye offers a sly grin
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January 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Everyone should rewatch both seasons of Andor right now.
No reason. It's just always worth rewatching. See how you feel after...
No reason. It's just always worth rewatching. See how you feel after...
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If there’s ever a time to use “fuck” - it’s now.
Also: I think we SHOULD want our politicians showing a little emotion vs. acting robotic and campaign ready about all of this?
Also: I think we SHOULD want our politicians showing a little emotion vs. acting robotic and campaign ready about all of this?
People out there annoyed at politicians saying “fuck” should spend a little more time fighting fascism and a lot less time policing the usage of a word you can hear in a PG-13 movie.
January 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
If there’s ever a time to use “fuck” - it’s now.
Also: I think we SHOULD want our politicians showing a little emotion vs. acting robotic and campaign ready about all of this?
Also: I think we SHOULD want our politicians showing a little emotion vs. acting robotic and campaign ready about all of this?
In case anyone doubted that both Trump & ICE see ICE as Trump’s own private army.
Armed masses with loyalty to the leader of a cult of personality rather than to the state are, uh… traditionally not signs of a government in good health.
Armed masses with loyalty to the leader of a cult of personality rather than to the state are, uh… traditionally not signs of a government in good health.
Kelly Morrison on a Twin Cities ICE facility she & other members of Congress tried to visit: "We were told to leave. We met with 2 of the commanding officers & they told us the reason we were not able to stay & meet with detainees is because the funding for ICE came from the 'Big Beautiful Bill.'"
January 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
In case anyone doubted that both Trump & ICE see ICE as Trump’s own private army.
Armed masses with loyalty to the leader of a cult of personality rather than to the state are, uh… traditionally not signs of a government in good health.
Armed masses with loyalty to the leader of a cult of personality rather than to the state are, uh… traditionally not signs of a government in good health.
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Every once in a while some bootlicker toad will pop up with some shitty claim like "none of this would have happened if ONLY they had been POLITE" and aside from the fact that this is appeasement bullshit, it's not true.
January 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Every once in a while some bootlicker toad will pop up with some shitty claim like "none of this would have happened if ONLY they had been POLITE" and aside from the fact that this is appeasement bullshit, it's not true.
Already falling behind in my 2026 reading challenge bc I’ve had to DNF my first two books of the year. 😩
January 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Already falling behind in my 2026 reading challenge bc I’ve had to DNF my first two books of the year. 😩
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Legitimate and popular governments don’t do things like this.
This kind of fear based escalation is the kind of thing regimes do to try to hold off a popular uprising.
This kind of fear based escalation is the kind of thing regimes do to try to hold off a popular uprising.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Legitimate and popular governments don’t do things like this.
This kind of fear based escalation is the kind of thing regimes do to try to hold off a popular uprising.
This kind of fear based escalation is the kind of thing regimes do to try to hold off a popular uprising.
In the Aven Cycle: Sempronius & Latona are both attending panels; they’ve divvied them up to divide & conquer & discuss later. Rubellia is con mom. Alhena’s in artist alley except when Tilla drags her out. The Vatiniae brothers are barconning; Aula’s with them even though she *does* have a badge.
The cast of your book/wip is headed to a convention! Who’s con mom, who’s dutifully attending every panel, who lives in the artist alley now, and who’s lobby conning because they didn’t pay for a badge? #WritingPrompt
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In the Aven Cycle: Sempronius & Latona are both attending panels; they’ve divvied them up to divide & conquer & discuss later. Rubellia is con mom. Alhena’s in artist alley except when Tilla drags her out. The Vatiniae brothers are barconning; Aula’s with them even though she *does* have a badge.
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No, I will not “shut up” about “AI” being an ecology-wrecking fascist grift, and honestly I judge anyone who asks me to do so.
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
No, I will not “shut up” about “AI” being an ecology-wrecking fascist grift, and honestly I judge anyone who asks me to do so.
For the morning crowd!
Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord.
You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?
You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?
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January 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
For the morning crowd!
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There's no "training" to "reform" this culture of violence and impunity, the only solution is to eliminate the agency and fire everyone associated.
Before someone whines "but but you need immigration enforcement" okay explain to me exactly how this is "immigration enforcement." It's just thuggery.
Before someone whines "but but you need immigration enforcement" okay explain to me exactly how this is "immigration enforcement." It's just thuggery.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
There's no "training" to "reform" this culture of violence and impunity, the only solution is to eliminate the agency and fire everyone associated.
Before someone whines "but but you need immigration enforcement" okay explain to me exactly how this is "immigration enforcement." It's just thuggery.
Before someone whines "but but you need immigration enforcement" okay explain to me exactly how this is "immigration enforcement." It's just thuggery.
I gave them my full and unvarnished opinions. 😇
oh hey! Discord is asking how we feel about AI. Here's the survey!
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January 10, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I gave them my full and unvarnished opinions. 😇
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OH DO THEY, HUH??????
Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:48 AM
OH DO THEY, HUH??????