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Jessica Scott
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Writer of spicy military romances, among other things. Writing again after a 5 year drought. Sociologist studying privacy, surveillance, and narrative warfare.

https://jessicascottbooks.com
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VA staff flag dangerous errors ahead of new EHR expansion: A multibillion-dollar electronic medical records system is set for expansion across VA hospital networks. Users say glitches & errors continue to put patients at risk
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December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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If you missed out on the limited edition hardcover of A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS, Cover Snob was nice enough to send to some copies to The Ripped Bodice LA for me to sign. You can buy your copy here while supplies last! 🎄❤️
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A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS by Rebekah Weatherspoon. A Black couple embraces. The man is kissing the woman's neck as she holds a sprig of mistletoe over their heads. He is wearing a red tshirt and fireman's gear pants with suspenders. She is wearing a short tight fur lined red christmas dress and white boots. In the background is a color depiction of the North Pole.
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory. In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities. "The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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A new NY state law requires retailers to disclose when a "price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." What personal data?? Why a particular price?? There's a lot of unanswered questions, but the disclosure is attached to eggs and toilet paper: www.wired.com/story/algori...
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Sorry, but before I can share Maddy Varner's excellent story, I have to crow about her now working at @wired.com!

Congratulations, Wired for making the smartest choice. And, congrats, Maddy, on your new role! 🫰🏼
regret.bsky.social maddy varner @regret.bsky.social · 2d
Are you seeing NYS's algorithmic pricing disclosure in surprising places? I now work at @wired.com and you can email me about them at [email protected] or on Signal at mvarner.01
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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This novella is fabulous!! Grab it while it’s a bargain today and then you’ll have a fun reward waiting when the turkey coma hits. :)
suleikhasnyder.bsky.social Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 8d
For a limited time, you can grab my award-winning novella, TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, for just $0.99! Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date! But, sorry, you'll have to procure your own samosas.

Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
A square light blue promo graphic with the words “Time to Tikka Chance” in red block letters at the top and “99 cent sale” in the same font in the lower right corner. Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo are listed as vendors. In the middle of the square is the illustrated cover of Tikka Chance on Me, which shows a bearded blond white man leaning against a black truck. He’s appreciating the view of a pretty brown-skinned and black-haired South Asian woman who’s teasingly looking over her shoulder and holding a plate of samosas. To the side of the cover is a review quote from Entertainment Weekly that says “An emotionally involving, out-of-this-world sexy love story.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history.

Pay your respects ⤵️
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#Wayback1T
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Pleased to see several familiar names on @wired.com's list of Great Tech Books, including @ashleyshoo.bsky.social, @margaretomara.bsky.social & @ruha9.bsky.social.

#histSTM #STS
#histtech #BigTech 🗃️📜
firepile.bsky.social Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 10d
This is a surprisingly good list of tech books to gift from Wired, including some aged classics and some new work destined to be classics down the line (*cough* @ashleyshoo.bsky.social's book *cough*)
25 Great Tech Books to Gift (or Keep for Yourself)
Give the techie in your life access to the inner workings of the companies and characters shaping Big Tech.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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@authormsbev.bsky.social have you read this? It’s fantastic
Cover of the conjuring of America by Lindsey Stewart.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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The trope in an IP revival where the beloved couple are now estranged but get back together in the end is so overdone.

And I DEMAND they do it again anyway here.

I will fall for it like a cartoon coyote.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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When a master gives a master class. Register!!
chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Chicago-North Romance Writers @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social · 22d
Our writers conference offers a 4-Hour pre-conference masterclass:
Anatomy of a Romance with Sherry Thomas!
Structure is just as important in a romance as in a mystery or a work of speculative fiction. A hands-on, example-driven workshop!
Register: www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling-1
chicago north romance writers spring fling 2026 Anatomy of a Romance with Sherry Thomas
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Hi Bluesky friends! I've been MIA for a while, but I'm coming back because I have some fun news...

I'm helping the Astronomical Society of the Pacific sell/rehome their library because they are downsizing their office space. There are sooooooo many cool finds. I'm going to share as many as I can! 🔭
Image of wooden bookshelf packed with space books. Three shelves are visiible with yellow and blue post-it notes on them.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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i hate it when people give out reckless and irresponsible firearms advice online. you don't want to use anything less than .300wm when shooting appliances inside your home.
ruralanarchy.bsky.social Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social · Oct 27
My personal recommendation on a response if your washer, refrigerator, or thermostat asks for your WiFi password or wants you to download an app. Use a 9mm or larger because you don't want them to suffer when you put them down.
ruralanarchy.bsky.social Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social · Oct 27
Correction... when the thermostat died, the HVAC neighbor gave me an EcoBee smart thermostat. When it asked for the wifi password...
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Here's how to opt out.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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These are all flagrant lies, unsourced yet printed in a newspaper that allegedly fact checks things. The rest of it is meandering panic-bait that treats jail breaking LLMs. They don’t even describe the virus! They just said someone made one. Bullshit!
One answer is to look at the data. After the launch of GPT-5 in August, some thought that A.I. had hit a plateau. Expert analysis suggests this isn’t true. GPT-5 can do things no other A.I. can do. It can hack into a web server. It can design novel forms of life. It can even build its own A.I. (albeit a much simpler one) from scratch.
October 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo
Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.
Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip
Turns out the cop was also an abuser
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October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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When you hear about Big Tech companies lobbying the federal government to stifle AI regulation in the states, this is one reason why.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Oct 7
California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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assistant professor, associate professor, grad student
the coach of the KC Chiefs, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. From left to right they are wearing (1) a very normal grey suit with red tie, (2) a newsboy cap in brown with a shirt that looks like a bad motel wallpaper, and (3) a barbie-esque italian table cloth vest
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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So the thing we've been warning about re: Age Verification just happened, mere months after it started becoming a wider required. Imagine that!

Can't technofix your way out of a social values problem
October 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Oh look Nazis shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params... #maddow #ultra
The Official German Report
Featured on Rachel Maddow's Ultra Podcast. REPRINT EDITION This book presents the shocking findings from O. John Rogge's stunning investigation into the Nazi infiltration of the United States Congres...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#BookCovers

(Retired from illustration last year but here are some of my later covers)
Book cover for THE WAY OF KINGS by Brandon Sanderson. A cloaked and armored figure raises his sword in salute to a tiny figure in the distance separated by a chasm of broken earth shrouded by mist. A massive storm cell winds gray and blue across the sky intersecting the tip of the extended sword. A bright line of blue runs across the clouds as if etched by the unusual half-hilted, wavy blade. The orange cloak covering most of the figure (as viewed from behind) is decorated with a mass of wild crustacean arms ending in crescent claws. The icon on the pennant, flying tall on a pole held offhand, depicts a crab-like creature. The sky to the right of the storm is tinted warm yellow as the sun peeks out. A sliver of moon can be seen in a blue-sky break between the clouds. Book cover for THE DARK TOWER by Stephen King. Bathed in twilight, Roland Deschain stands in a field of red roses that surround a tower of massive girth. With arms crossed, he holds up a big revolver. Fingers wrap the sandalwood grips with noticeable tension on the trigger. Loosely knotted cloth spills from his other wrist, exposing the back of his hand, but not the fingers on his right hand. The cloth is bloody where it wraps over pinky and ring finger as he clutches the stem of a rose. Book cover for EMPIRE OF GRASS by Tad Williams. Grass and ivy have overgrown ancient ruins, but the delicate artistry of the Sithi can be see in the still standing pillars and arches bathed in the golden light of sunset. A solitary statue kneels among the ruins. She holds a bow one-handed with an arrow knocked. In the other, she lightly grips a long spear with the tip angled down. Book cover for DRAGONWRITER: A TRIBUTE TO ANNE MCCAFFREY AND PERN. In the cargo hold of a spaceship, a dragon floats with female rider saddled high on its shoulders. Gripping reins, she cranes her neck back to glance at the viewer. Disorienting, the perspective into the cargo hold is slightly angled with the lines of interior structure not quite lining up with the wide octagonal bulkhead leading into it. There is no true horizon to orient on which prompts a sense of weightlessness and implies slow rotation. The hold itself is cropped with the right of it falling off-panel. Just past the dragon, a large porthole provides a view planet-side with sun partially obscured behind a bright arc. A red dot burns menacingly nearby.
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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NEW from me for @wired.com's politics issue: I have spent SO much time fascinated by the "network state"--privatized cities in special economic zones (SEZs) where the normal rules and regulations don't apply.

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings
From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?
www.wired.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with
Thirty-three of the more than 200 full time library staff members accepted voluntary severance packages, prompting their departure from Duke. Their absences leave the future of a key aspect of academi...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM