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🌈 author writing a 🌈 trilogy. Brave optimist. Lavender Menace. Melophile. Disaster Queer. ND. Just a bittersweet little collection of bones. BLM. #HoldTheLine English professor. http://linktr.ee/kristenroedel

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Kristen Roedel (she/her) @kristenroedel.bsky.social · Dec 29

Just putting this wish out into the universe for 2025:

Seeking an agent who's #MSWL includes an upmarket tale of star-crossed Sapphics, whose theme song could easily be Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" or Taylor Swift's "Right Where You Left Me."

#WritingCommunity

a woman in a colorful dress is singing into a microphone on a stage

Alt: Taylor Swift in a rainbow dress is singing into a microphone on a stage

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

On a call with reporters, DNC chair Ken Martin responds to JD Vance claiming Dems only won big last night because races were in blue states.

"Well that's bullshit. We won in red counties, blue counties, purple counties," Martin says. And it was all "a rejection of Trump."

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Antwan Crump @antwancrump.bsky.social · 1d

If nothing else, last night proves that People are EVOLVING... "Pick yourself up by your bootstraps...BUT FIRST, let's get you some boots." 🤷‍♂️

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

I like that republicans keep calling mamdani a “literal communist” because they’ve been calling everyone to the left of william mckinley a communist for a hundred years and they need to distinguish

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 17d

this will be a tough read - all perpetrators in these heinous crimes should be jailed - release the files...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse

Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a hero

www.theguardian.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27d

We've all heard that there is no free lunch.

Well, guess what?

There is no free 747 either.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 30

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · Sep 23

I'm pissed that they're blaming women for a nonexistent "autism crisis." I'm pissed that they're lying about what autism is and that mainstream people are normalizing what they're saying about autistic people. I'm pissed that this murderous grift is continuing. I'm just pissed.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 17

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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onion person @junlper.beer · Sep 15

technology cannot be in the hands of a couple of people who are all political assets for a fascist party

ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · Sep 14

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

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Kristen Roedel (she/her) @kristenroedel.bsky.social · Aug 30

👀 Something really bad is going to go down today, isn’t it?

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · Jul 3

Is everyone ready to be patriotic tomorrow

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Josh Greene @joshtheprogressive.bsky.social · Jun 10

Kamala Harris said Trump's economic policy would cause a recession.

She said Trump would send the army into states to crackdown on protestors.

KAMALA HARRIS WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!

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Georgia DiPirro 📎 @georgiadipirro.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨 Our President
KAMALA HARRIS

Harris Won the U.S. Elections

SOURCE: Economic Times

Kamala Harris won the U.S elections: Bombshell report claims voting machines were tampered with before 2024

Kamala Harris election tampering story raises new questions about the 2024 U.S. presidential election outcome. A quiet but major change to voting machines by Pro V&V—used in over 40% of U.S. counties—...

m.economictimes.com

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · Jun 8

The guard in LA could be the start of a fascist power grab, yes. It could also be a massive overplaying of a bad hand by a president who had the worst week of his term, and an immigration czar who was publicly humiliated and is desperate to goose his numbers. We don't know yet.

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Kristen Roedel (she/her) @kristenroedel.bsky.social · Jun 5

Looking forward to relaxing a little bit this summer. Getting into the mood with some Sofi Tukker. #MusicSky #NowPlaying

SOFI TUKKER - Brazilian Soul (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · May 19

They're talking about "water based" cooking now. Cooking things in water instead of oils. It's soup. They're making soup.

Photo of soup with vegetables. Caption: you started water-based cooking and now your skin is clear and your stomach healed

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 17

so to be clear about what happened here, the Trump White House released audio meant to make Joe Biden look bad to Axios hours after the US's credit rating was downgraded.

Trump wanted a distraction and the usual suspects in the press are happy to oblige.

Adam Wren
@adamwren
SCOOP: The Trump admin plans to release the audio of Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.

It’s expected to be made to the news site Axios before others were to receive the hours-long recording, the people said.

W/
@DashaBurns

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Kristen Roedel (she/her) @kristenroedel.bsky.social · May 16

Reputable agents take a percentage of book deal only.

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · May 16

Breaking news:

DOGE is now targeting the Government Accountability Office, a congressional agency.

GAO is fighting back: "We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders."

@notusreports.bsky.social obtained the email detailing what's happening, sent just an hour ago.

www.notus.org/congress/dog...

DOGE Is Now Targeting GAO, and the Congressional Agency Is Fighting Back

“We are not subject to DOGE or executive orders,” GAO staff were told in an internal email sent Friday.

www.notus.org

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · May 16

I have been a professional writer for 15 years and I am currently in a fallow period (I prefer that to “slump”) and I cannot IMAGINE how this would even work.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · May 16

I reckon if you've been a writer for 15 years and you can comfortably replace part of your process with ChatGPT, it speaks volumes about your writing

Nah.

I’ve been a professional writer for 15 years and AI has allowed me to amplify my productivity and leverage my creativity to create something better than I or AI could have on our own.

The thing is you can’t just outsource your brain to it. There’s an effective way to use AI and a lazy way to use it. The thing is, that genie isn’t going back in the bottle, so adapt or die.

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Eyes on the Right @eyesontheright.bsky.social · May 16

And what matters is:

1. How are you going to obstruct fascism in the short term?

2. How will you ensure that those responsible are punished?

3. How will you work to make our lives better?

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Eyes on the Right @eyesontheright.bsky.social · May 16

I don't care about this as a campaign issue. If you're asked about it just talk about what matters.

Politico @politico.com · May 16

For the most part, leading Democrats are ducking what is fast becoming the first real litmus test of the 2028 campaign: former President Biden's mental acuity.

Dems confront the first real litmus test of 2028: Biden's mental acuity

Some Democrats argue their leaders aren’t owning up to the truth about Biden — and risk keeping the issue alive indefinitely.

www.politico.com

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · May 16

If Joe Biden had posted this the Republicans would have dragged him out of the White House and thrown him in a padded cell.

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𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 @kassandraseven.bsky.social · May 13

If you lack critical thinking skills, you could just listen to every lawyer that recommends exercising your right to silence and legal counsel when detained or arrested by cops.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · May 13

Honestly it's frightening how many people are saying it's fine Hasan didn't lawyer up because it wouldn't make a difference.

IT ALWAYS FUCKING MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SERIOUSLY. I WOULD KNOW.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · May 12

In the US we use words like "police force." In Canada they use words like "police service."

See the difference?

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