GESSwrites
@gesswrites.bsky.social
Writer of stories about women getting what they want.
My short story "Unnoticed" appears in #MixedBagOfTricks,
an anthology of 11 short stories by 11 women writers.
Finalist in 2025 Fugue Prose Contest
Member of Armadillo Authors Society
My short story "Unnoticed" appears in #MixedBagOfTricks,
an anthology of 11 short stories by 11 women writers.
Finalist in 2025 Fugue Prose Contest
Member of Armadillo Authors Society
Pinned
GESSwrites
@gesswrites.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Mixed Bag of Tricks: A Short Story Anthology
A Short Story Anthology
bookshop.org
Mixed Bag of Tricks is everywhere,
with stories to shock, delight, and break your heart
by @gesswrites.bsky.social (that's me!),
@ileenieweenie.bsky.social, @roanna.bsky.social,
and more writers of bsky.app/profile/arma...
#MixedBagOfTricks
#ArmadilloAuthorsSociety
bookshop.org/p/books/mixe...
with stories to shock, delight, and break your heart
by @gesswrites.bsky.social (that's me!),
@ileenieweenie.bsky.social, @roanna.bsky.social,
and more writers of bsky.app/profile/arma...
#MixedBagOfTricks
#ArmadilloAuthorsSociety
bookshop.org/p/books/mixe...
#ThinkingAbout Angeli Rose Gomez
the Uvalde mom who rushed INTO
Robb Elementary to save her children...
#AngeliRoseGomez
www.texasstandard.org/stories/uval...
the Uvalde mom who rushed INTO
Robb Elementary to save her children...
#AngeliRoseGomez
www.texasstandard.org/stories/uval...
January 28, 2026 at 1:18 AM
#ThinkingAbout Angeli Rose Gomez
the Uvalde mom who rushed INTO
Robb Elementary to save her children...
#AngeliRoseGomez
www.texasstandard.org/stories/uval...
the Uvalde mom who rushed INTO
Robb Elementary to save her children...
#AngeliRoseGomez
www.texasstandard.org/stories/uval...
I'm just trying to differentiate foam from bubbles.
Why is "foamy urine" so prevalent in the search results.
Why is "foamy urine" so prevalent in the search results.
a woman is taking a bath in a bathtub and blowing soap bubbles .
Alt: a woman with long black hair is in a bathtub and blowing soap bubbles .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I'm just trying to differentiate foam from bubbles.
Why is "foamy urine" so prevalent in the search results.
Why is "foamy urine" so prevalent in the search results.
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"Good things come to an end,
bad things have to be stopped."
— Kim Newman, in Anno Dracula
bad things have to be stopped."
— Kim Newman, in Anno Dracula
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Good things come to an end,
bad things have to be stopped."
— Kim Newman, in Anno Dracula
bad things have to be stopped."
— Kim Newman, in Anno Dracula
"Take what you father still has to give you;
you'll treasure it later."
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
S1E1, Frederick Weller as Nicholai Karvovsky
Photo © CBS Television
Mitchell Ryan, Jennifer Garner, Frederick Weller
you'll treasure it later."
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
S1E1, Frederick Weller as Nicholai Karvovsky
Photo © CBS Television
Mitchell Ryan, Jennifer Garner, Frederick Weller
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"Take what you father still has to give you;
you'll treasure it later."
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
S1E1, Frederick Weller as Nicholai Karvovsky
Photo © CBS Television
Mitchell Ryan, Jennifer Garner, Frederick Weller
you'll treasure it later."
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
S1E1, Frederick Weller as Nicholai Karvovsky
Photo © CBS Television
Mitchell Ryan, Jennifer Garner, Frederick Weller
Burnt my tongue 🤬 but
concocted a good #TeaOfTheDay:
#justea African Breakfast
#teekanne's ginger-honey
#HillCountryFair lemonade concentrate
concocted a good #TeaOfTheDay:
#justea African Breakfast
#teekanne's ginger-honey
#HillCountryFair lemonade concentrate
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Burnt my tongue 🤬 but
concocted a good #TeaOfTheDay:
#justea African Breakfast
#teekanne's ginger-honey
#HillCountryFair lemonade concentrate
concocted a good #TeaOfTheDay:
#justea African Breakfast
#teekanne's ginger-honey
#HillCountryFair lemonade concentrate
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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There is ALWAYS an issue on the ballot or an office up for grabs where your vote matters.
Don't let anyone tell you differently.
Vote in every single election.
Don't let anyone tell you differently.
Vote in every single election.
January 27, 2026 at 5:27 PM
There is ALWAYS an issue on the ballot or an office up for grabs where your vote matters.
Don't let anyone tell you differently.
Vote in every single election.
Don't let anyone tell you differently.
Vote in every single election.
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White nationalism will never go away. It just goes underground until they get the right enablers back in power.
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
White nationalism will never go away. It just goes underground until they get the right enablers back in power.
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stuff like this is also why a lot of people are justifiably angry when the current situation is described as completely unprecedented or unique to ICE
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
stuff like this is also why a lot of people are justifiably angry when the current situation is described as completely unprecedented or unique to ICE
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There has always been this mindset in the U.S. (and abroad). From the beginnings of the U.S. and its genocide of First Nations people, to ecocide, to slavery, to Stonewall, and all the way to today.
If this colonial/corporate/narcissistic/psychopathic mindset is not eliminated, this will continue.
If this colonial/corporate/narcissistic/psychopathic mindset is not eliminated, this will continue.
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There has always been this mindset in the U.S. (and abroad). From the beginnings of the U.S. and its genocide of First Nations people, to ecocide, to slavery, to Stonewall, and all the way to today.
If this colonial/corporate/narcissistic/psychopathic mindset is not eliminated, this will continue.
If this colonial/corporate/narcissistic/psychopathic mindset is not eliminated, this will continue.
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NEWS: The Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals just named Dr. Deborah Dennie the Middle School Principal of the Year!
Mama works ridiculously hard and is not one to toot her own horn sooo ima take this opportunity to say BEEP BEEP 😀 🥹
southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/01/21/m...
Mama works ridiculously hard and is not one to toot her own horn sooo ima take this opportunity to say BEEP BEEP 😀 🥹
southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/01/21/m...
MASSP Honors Leonardtown Middle Principal
Dr. Deborah Dennie of Leonardtown Middle School was named Maryland Middle School Principal of the Year by MASSP on Jan. 7, 2026. With over 25 years in St. Mary's County Public Schools, she advances to...
southernmarylandchronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
NEWS: The Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals just named Dr. Deborah Dennie the Middle School Principal of the Year!
Mama works ridiculously hard and is not one to toot her own horn sooo ima take this opportunity to say BEEP BEEP 😀 🥹
southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/01/21/m...
Mama works ridiculously hard and is not one to toot her own horn sooo ima take this opportunity to say BEEP BEEP 😀 🥹
southernmarylandchronicle.com/2026/01/21/m...
Article the third...
Congress shall make no law [...]
abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Congress shall make no law [...]
abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
The Bill of Rights: A Transcription
Note: The following text is a transcription of the enrolled original of the Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the Bill of Rights, which is on permanent display in the Rotunda at the National Arch...
www.archives.gov
January 26, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Article the third...
Congress shall make no law [...]
abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Congress shall make no law [...]
abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
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The Veterans History Project has more than 120,000 collections that document the personal experiences of the nation’s veterans. Explore them: www.loc.gov/collections/...
Everett N. Alvarez, Jr. Collection
Commander, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Tonkin Gulf.
www.loc.gov
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
The Veterans History Project has more than 120,000 collections that document the personal experiences of the nation’s veterans. Explore them: www.loc.gov/collections/...
I admit it;
every time I hear an
@amartinezla.bsky.social segment,
I think up a name that A stand for.
Most recently, Asmara (in Eritrea).
Asmara, Eritrea.
© HomoCosmicos/iStock.com
every time I hear an
@amartinezla.bsky.social segment,
I think up a name that A stand for.
Most recently, Asmara (in Eritrea).
Asmara, Eritrea.
© HomoCosmicos/iStock.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I admit it;
every time I hear an
@amartinezla.bsky.social segment,
I think up a name that A stand for.
Most recently, Asmara (in Eritrea).
Asmara, Eritrea.
© HomoCosmicos/iStock.com
every time I hear an
@amartinezla.bsky.social segment,
I think up a name that A stand for.
Most recently, Asmara (in Eritrea).
Asmara, Eritrea.
© HomoCosmicos/iStock.com
"... the contradiction of the enslavement of Africans to build the economy of this country and the proposition that all men are created equal and have inalienable rights to pursue blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Both of those things are true."
Tamim Ansary
Throughline: A Story Of Us?
February 3, 2022
Tamim Ansary
Throughline: A Story Of Us?
February 3, 2022
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"... the contradiction of the enslavement of Africans to build the economy of this country and the proposition that all men are created equal and have inalienable rights to pursue blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Both of those things are true."
Tamim Ansary
Throughline: A Story Of Us?
February 3, 2022
Tamim Ansary
Throughline: A Story Of Us?
February 3, 2022
Me, to me: just take the meds
Me, grudgingly:
Me, grudgingly:
a woman is holding a toy and saying `` i 'm having a tantrum '' .
Alt: Diana Ross, in a scene from Lady Sings the Blues, scribbles forcefully, erratically on a mirror with lipstick; text on screen: I'm having a tantrum
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Me, to me: just take the meds
Me, grudgingly:
Me, grudgingly:
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“I changed my mind.. You win”
Consider how many people had to literally die for you to reach a humane conclusion
Consider how many people had to literally die for you to reach a humane conclusion
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“I changed my mind.. You win”
Consider how many people had to literally die for you to reach a humane conclusion
Consider how many people had to literally die for you to reach a humane conclusion
Remind you of any... one, @bothildr.bsky.social ?
Teaching my 4-year-old autistic child to cover his mouth when he coughs…
Why did he grab my hand, put it over his mouth, and then wet-cough directly into my hand?
Why did he grab my hand, put it over his mouth, and then wet-cough directly into my hand?
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Remind you of any... one, @bothildr.bsky.social ?
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Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
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"If the black revolt does not succeed... Americans are going to discover what it is like to live as the black man has been living all these years, in constant terror of violence from the mob & from the police, never certain what rights he can exercise under the law & under the Constitution."
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"If the black revolt does not succeed... Americans are going to discover what it is like to live as the black man has been living all these years, in constant terror of violence from the mob & from the police, never certain what rights he can exercise under the law & under the Constitution."
Peace isn't what you ask for
when the boot is already on
someone's neck.
Peace is what the powerful ask for
when they don't want to be interrupted.
- Matt Moberg
when the boot is already on
someone's neck.
Peace is what the powerful ask for
when they don't want to be interrupted.
- Matt Moberg
January 26, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Peace isn't what you ask for
when the boot is already on
someone's neck.
Peace is what the powerful ask for
when they don't want to be interrupted.
- Matt Moberg
when the boot is already on
someone's neck.
Peace is what the powerful ask for
when they don't want to be interrupted.
- Matt Moberg
Hubby has returned to playing during commercial breaks whatever song the football broadcast used as an outro and now we're bopping to the #SafetyDance.
a close up of a woman 's face with red eye shadow
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with red eye shadow
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Hubby has returned to playing during commercial breaks whatever song the football broadcast used as an outro and now we're bopping to the #SafetyDance.