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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Mar 15

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed.

No one knows why he was detained.

Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained

Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

www.nhpr.org

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Feb 23

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]

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nacholib.bsky.social @nacholib.bsky.social · Feb 21

And who they didn't like

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Cassie 💜 @d20love.bsky.social · Feb 21

Ontarians. I’m BEGGING YOU. Please, for the love of all that is good. PLEASE, VOTE.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 16

JFC indeed.

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Katee Robert @kateerobert.com · Feb 1

*stares directly into camera, specifically at all the people who told me I was being dramatic when I said they would attempt this*

Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · Feb 1

This bill in OK is exactly what Project 2025 threatened: to make all pornography illegal, and criminalize the people who make it, using a WILDLY broad definition of pornography, which would include any book with sex in it.

We're talking jail time for romance authors.

oksenate.gov/press-releas...

Deevers Introduces Slate of Legislation to Restore Moral Sanity in Oklahoma | Oklahoma Senate

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, announced on Tuesday a bold slate of eight legislative measures aimed at restoring moral sanity in Oklahoma.

oksenate.gov

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NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · Jan 27

Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇

Well, are you?!

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St. Gael @stgael.bsky.social · Jan 22

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · Jan 21

Helpful!

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Stefan Lemke @iamawesomecake.bsky.social · Jan 16

Pretty sure I'm at about 50-50 succes rate lifetime for decaf at cafes 🫤

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Dec 30

How to critically read a text. This is what the author wrote, here’s one way to interpret what they’re saying and here’s why I think it’s interesting or significant. It’s an invaluable skill. And increasingly rare across different mediums.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · Dec 30

17. What is one thing you think every human being should learn how to do?

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Unpaid Cat Maid @emeraldjaguar.bsky.social · Dec 26

Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.

Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · Dec 22

Anyway, AI has already stolen friends’ work, and is going to put other people out of work.

I do not think a political party that claims to be the party of workers in this country should be using it. Even for just a silly joke.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Dec 26

hey, favorite authors?? yes you. hey can you write more vampire books please?? yeah i'd just like vampire stories from my favorites. like where is my fonda lee vampire book. where is my freya marske vampire romance. what are yall doing if not writing vampire books.

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BlueDot @mhlevinson.bsky.social · Dec 22

It all started with Reagan many years ago. When he deregulated the media, he gave the purveyors of lies, conspiracies, and misinformation the freedom to do and say whatever they wanted.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Dec 22

AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸

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Stefan Lemke @iamawesomecake.bsky.social · Dec 13

Being corrected on the internet

Stefan Lemke @iamawesomecake.bsky.social · Dec 13

Fun! Taking a stab at five word horror stories!

Cat pee in the carpet
What was your name again?
Babe, we need to talk
Son, where are my keys?
A mountain of dirty dishes
Get this in by five
Another rejection letter from publishers

Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · Dec 13

Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th:

Running out of tea bags
Someone talking in a lift
Unexpected knock on the door
Biscuit falling into your brew
Stuck on rail replacement bus
Forgetting to take an umbrella
Missing bin day before Christmas
Say a bit about yourself

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Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · Dec 13

Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th:

Running out of tea bags
Someone talking in a lift
Unexpected knock on the door
Biscuit falling into your brew
Stuck on rail replacement bus
Forgetting to take an umbrella
Missing bin day before Christmas
Say a bit about yourself

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Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social · Dec 11

I'm sure there are more we could all add. . .

💜💜

#writingcommunity #writers #authors

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · Dec 7

I get a lot of letters from #amquerying writers that undersell their books because they don't understand the query format. The rules are esoteric, hard to find, and highly variable, so I often just recommend reading a lot of queries that worked!

Here are my favorite resources for that--🧵

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Dec 7

good morning.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Dec 6

The fact that Disney bought Star Wars and bought the Muppets and haven’t done a Muppets Star Wars is a crime.

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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · Dec 6

Every other democracy on Earth is doing s better job facing down the existential threat posed by Russian election interference, disinformation, and the far right authoritarianism than the US. Why are we so uniquely bad at this? apnews.com/article/roma...

Romania's top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate

A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right...

apnews.com

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Stefan Lemke @iamawesomecake.bsky.social · Nov 29

youtu.be/beNfj2tlQ1o?...

I love Sonic adventure music! Tee hee

Unknown from M.E. (OST Version) - Sonic Adventure

YouTube video by SiIvaGunner

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Stefan Lemke @iamawesomecake.bsky.social · Nov 27

I frogot you were a fellow monke

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