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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Mar 29

I started as a journalist and now I'm a novelist, but I always considered myself a writer first and foremost, so my job has both changed and not changed

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The Gen X Career Meltdown (Gift Article)

Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

www.nytimes.com

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Mar 2

I hear you

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Mar 1

Deep breaths and a cute doggo

Fluffy West Highland Terrier sitting next to pine tree

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 25

Very proud of her

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Feb 21

Are you are park ranger or park official who was fired in the DOGE purge? We want to talk to you. Reach out to us here:

🤫 Hush Line

An open-source whistleblowing platform for organizations and individuals.

tips.hushline.app

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The Political Revolution @polrev.bsky.social · Feb 18

We are continuing from this moment to the next step - the establishment is not the answer. #50501movement #politicalrevolution #fiftyfiftyone #ImpeachTrump

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is only the beginning. Follow us and join the movement!

#50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #NoKingsDay @polrev.bsky.social

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Feb 18

Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return

Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off

www.sfchronicle.com

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 19

Weirdly I can’t get enough videos of snow plowing and snow blowing on TT.

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 19

Maybe the orange thing will get food poisoning. 🙄

Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 19

Or you wil SEE stars! 😆

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Hancock County Democrats @hancockcountydems.bsky.social · Feb 17

GREAT turnout today in Ellsworth! Wonderful, joyous energy—together we found warmth against the cold. Thank you 🇺🇸 #Solidarity #maineresists #NoKing #NotMyPresidentsDay

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Tina @cali-gal-in-pa.bsky.social · Feb 17

Her book is about a 7 year old girl who learns to accept her freckles. Heaven forbid a little girl not hate herself.

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 17

JFC.

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 16

Sometimes you need to head out into nature and take a deep breath. That or release a primal scream into a pillow.

Icy shoreline with sunlight glinting on waves.

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 14

Love to Canada 🇨🇦

A toy bear stuffie dressed as a Mountie sits in a Tim Horton’s mug in the snow

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Feb 14

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 3

I am kind of a dinosaur, so still figuring things out, but thx for the reminder!

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 3

Heh, she’s been a very busy person since Mirror Sight 😆

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 3

Cool is his middle name 😄

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 3

The cover for my next GR novel, FALLING IN A SEA OF STARS, forthcoming September 30, 2025 from DAW Books. Art by Donato Giancola

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Feb 1

Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

A man jumping, under the words "Make Time For Joy"

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Feb 1

First line from FALLING IN A SEA OF STARS, forthcoming 9/2025. Let’s see yours!

The spearhead tips of conifers pierced the pall of mist that draped Blackveil Forest.

Kristine Smith @ksmithsf.bsky.social · Feb 1

Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.

“We don’t have time for this.”

WIP, assuming that counts.

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St. Gael @stgael.bsky.social · Jan 28

Your word of the day!!!

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Kristen Britain @kristenbritain.bsky.social · Jan 29

I expect that this is how I’ll go

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St. Gael @stgael.bsky.social · Jan 25

Just realized that GOP I planted anti-Transgender women sentiment so that it can be the gateway to removing women’s rights is diabolical. His EO once fixed sets precedent that personhood starts at conception. That’s a federal abortion ban. Get used to this diligence. It’s all crumbs too bigger harm

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