Jennifer Prokop
@jenreadsromance.bsky.social
Romance critic & freelance editor. Half of Fated Mates. Angel Reese Fan. She/her.
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Everything you need to know about #HeatedRivalry, courtesy of @theonion.com 😃
What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’
Heated Rivalry, a new Canadian romance series, has exploded in popularity since it premiered on HBO Max last week. Here is everything you need to know about the show. Q: What is the plot? A: Two men h...
theonion.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Everything you need to know about #HeatedRivalry, courtesy of @theonion.com 😃
government operations don't have to make a profit when their job is to deliver mail to every address in the country, no matter how rural. So please stop with the "operating at a 9B loss" story
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
government operations don't have to make a profit when their job is to deliver mail to every address in the country, no matter how rural. So please stop with the "operating at a 9B loss" story
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I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
A member of the House Republican caucus said this.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
Oh. So things are BAD bad.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am a woman who joined the Let’s Rethink Chicks Having The Right To Vote Party and I am concerned they do not take me completely seriously, somebody please help me
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Maybe someday we'll get the entire Fated Mates collection into BookBub, but that day is not today. We did, however, just add 808th book. That's not nothing!
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December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Maybe someday we'll get the entire Fated Mates collection into BookBub, but that day is not today. We did, however, just add 808th book. That's not nothing!
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It took Harlequin a week to make this post
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It took Harlequin a week to make this post
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How the feds used propaganda to frame their "war" on Chicago: "They’re lying constantly." blockclubchi.co/4iFGlm7
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
How the feds used propaganda to frame their "war" on Chicago: "They’re lying constantly." blockclubchi.co/4iFGlm7
lots of otherwise smart women really willing to say truly dumb things about gay romance/heated rivalry. like, seriously stop and think about why you would be willing to say as a straight woman that you just really think it's nice to see a sexual relationship between equals. stop telling on yourself!
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
lots of otherwise smart women really willing to say truly dumb things about gay romance/heated rivalry. like, seriously stop and think about why you would be willing to say as a straight woman that you just really think it's nice to see a sexual relationship between equals. stop telling on yourself!
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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Once again, I’m Jimmy Fallon’s biggest hater.
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Once again, I’m Jimmy Fallon’s biggest hater.
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
get your holiday reading plan in place! there's no better time to binge read a series.
It's winter, which means that it's time to get cozy, build a blanket nest on the couch, and read a million books one right after the other in the great tradition of our ancient forbears.
Fantastic Romance Series — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
It's winter, which means that it's time to get cozy, build a blanket nest on the couch, and read a million books one right after the other in the great tradition of our ancient forbears. Today, we're ...
fatedmates.net
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
get your holiday reading plan in place! there's no better time to binge read a series.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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And as Ben’s piece makes clear, as league revenue increases during the life of the CBA, that 15% would drop over time.
BREAKING Sources told @theathletic.com, the league’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue
Plus NEWS on nearly 10 more proposal items including a draft combine
nytimes.com/athletic/6857443/2025/12/03/wnba-cba-proposal-draft-combine-salary/
Plus NEWS on nearly 10 more proposal items including a draft combine
nytimes.com/athletic/6857443/2025/12/03/wnba-cba-proposal-draft-combine-salary/
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
And as Ben’s piece makes clear, as league revenue increases during the life of the CBA, that 15% would drop over time.
gonna open up and read this article and see if the first letters of each sentence spell L-O-C-K-O-U-T
BREAKING Sources told @theathletic.com, the league’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue
Plus NEWS on nearly 10 more proposal items including a draft combine
nytimes.com/athletic/6857443/2025/12/03/wnba-cba-proposal-draft-combine-salary/
Plus NEWS on nearly 10 more proposal items including a draft combine
nytimes.com/athletic/6857443/2025/12/03/wnba-cba-proposal-draft-combine-salary/
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
gonna open up and read this article and see if the first letters of each sentence spell L-O-C-K-O-U-T
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For context, athletes in major-college sports now receive about 22% of their schools’ athletic revenue.
BREAKING Sources told @theathletic.com, the league’s salary structure proposal would result in players receiving less than 15% of total league revenue
Plus NEWS on nearly 10 more proposal items including a draft combine
nytimes.com/athletic/6857443/2025/12/03/wnba-cba-proposal-draft-combine-salary/
Plus NEWS on nearly 10 more proposal items including a draft combine
nytimes.com/athletic/6857443/2025/12/03/wnba-cba-proposal-draft-combine-salary/
WNBA CBA proposal includes mandatory draft combine, new revenue-sharing model: Sources
The league proposed a draft combine requirement that ties participation to rookie salary.
nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For context, athletes in major-college sports now receive about 22% of their schools’ athletic revenue.
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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"that new book is so bad here's our second review, 4th profile, and third podcast about it"
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"that new book is so bad here's our second review, 4th profile, and third podcast about it"
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i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.
this week, we're chatting about winter weather, heated rivalry, and a bunch of great romance series for you to binge this month!
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
Fantastic Romance Series — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
It's winter, which means that it's time to get cozy, build a blanket nest on the couch, and read a million books one right after the other in the great tradition of our ancient forbears. Today, we're ...
fatedmates.net
December 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
this week, we're chatting about winter weather, heated rivalry, and a bunch of great romance series for you to binge this month!
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
fatedmates.net/episodes/202...
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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Y’all need to stop using ChatGPT to generate slop articles
SCREAMING at these headlines calling Heated Rivalry a YA series.
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Y’all need to stop using ChatGPT to generate slop articles