Juliette Wade
@juliettewade.bsky.social
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Novelist, linguist, anthropologist, Ph.D. Fascinated by social systems. Rep'd by K. O'Higgins The Broken Trust series: 1. Mazes of Power (DAW 2020) juliettewade.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JulietteWade CA in AUS, Naarm she/her NO AI
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Things I like to post:
#SFF
books, stories, art
human rights/politics
Discourse Analysis
LGBT+ support, trans and acespec rep
Cute animals esp otters, corvids, possums, cats
Science!
IRL language and culture geekery
worldbuilding, especially linguistic and cultural
my novels/stories and WIPs
The cover of Mazes of Power, Book One of The Broken Trust by Juliette Wade. The cover is in block letters over a series of rotating frames that seem to pull you in toward an underground city, while silhouettes emerge from different layers of the spin, hinting at the people inside.
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
If our TV networks had not been captured by the right wing, some very easy journalism would be to play this clip besides a very not on fire Portland and then tell viewers that the President of the United States is living in an alternate reality.
atrupar.com
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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onspecmag.bsky.social
With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.
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isibb.bsky.social
Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss
juliettewade.bsky.social
I just saw a headline: "Hack of age verification firm exposes user information" and that's A HUGE PROBLEM. This is why age verification isn't doing what you think it is. It's creating databases that child predators will actively go after.
juliettewade.bsky.social
And thank you for saying it!
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Just bc a book contains a protagonist between 10 and 30, especially a female protagnoist, doesn't mean it's YA. Just bc the book is written by a woman (or someone you incorrectly assume is a woman), doesn't make it YA. Just bc a book is fun, written colloquially, or has romance doesn't make it YA.
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darthbluesky.bsky.social
that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh
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jimdaleywrites.bsky.social
I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
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reverendjesus.com
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"
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jessdkant.bsky.social
One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.
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onenj7.bsky.social
Are you and all your friends ready to vote in this election?

Some may not even realize NJ is electing a Governor and state Assembly on Nov. 4. And that Democrat Mikie Sherrill is running against a Trumpist!

Registration deadline is this Tuesday. Check to be sure you're registered! nj.gov/vote
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.

I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now
atrupar.com
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
juliettewade.bsky.social
She’s adorable and I adore her!
juliettewade.bsky.social
Not a Pink Lady, but a white fluffy lady with orange- and brown-tabby spots!
A white fluffy cat with orange freckles is tucked into a box that once held pink lady apples. Only the front corner of the hot pink box is visible, with the cat’s head resting over the box edge, partially blocking the white print reading “Pink Lady” in a curly font inside a heart. She is looking at us with her golden eyes.
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caffeinehusky.bsky.social
If folks don't want a triggered response, how about not triggering folks with trauma/anxiety?
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coreybrotherson.bsky.social
A couple of years ago I was hired by to write a kids' book which featured a Black family.

It was one of the most fun things I'd ever written.

It was pitched to many publishers.

Feedback was great.

Guess how many publishers picked it up?
louiestowell.bsky.social
One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books
A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023
www.theguardian.com
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reuters.com
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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brkeogh.bsky.social
I still think the most accurate and consistent way to think about generative AI is that, in every instance, people exclusively use it for tasks that they don't have any respect for or give a shit about.
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suika.bsky.social
"The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Friday sent a letter addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump requesting he visit their cities, both of which were devastated by U.S. atomic bombs in 1945, during his trip to Japan scheduled for the end of October."
Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors request Trump visit atomic bombed cities - The Mainichi
NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Friday sent a letter addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump requesting he visit their ci
mainichi.jp
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ketanjoshi.co
Wow, way worse than I expected. Way, way worse. All these extra years of coal-fired power generation in QLD will directly cause a massive number of avoidable deaths and harm to people, and destroy huge swathes of nature.

Why isn't there more anger?

www.treasury.qld.gov.au/files/Queens...
queensland's coal extensions