Lacy Phillips, author
@lacyphillips.bsky.social
Author | Comms Strategist | 🇺🇸➡🇳🇱 Immigrant | #VirtualJaneCon Organizer | Feminist Killjoy | 🥄 Spoonie | 💜🩶🤍🖤 Demi | 🗑🏚Hoarding Survivor
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Parenting a teen is pissing me off today.
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Parenting a teen is pissing me off today.
They could try doing some actual governing, but nooooooo... this is a much more wise use of their time and resources (sarcasm)
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
House GOP launches Bad Bunny probe: 'Worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction'
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Alford told the hosts that he and other House Repu...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
They could try doing some actual governing, but nooooooo... this is a much more wise use of their time and resources (sarcasm)
I'm sorry... since when are the FBI, DOJ, and DHS "election partners"?
CONCERNING.
CONCERNING.
again... I would not dismiss this out of hand
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I'm sorry... since when are the FBI, DOJ, and DHS "election partners"?
CONCERNING.
CONCERNING.
I have discovered a hack for getting Dutch doctors to immediately take action on treating the condition you're seeing them for instead of kicking the can down the road.
Compare them to the United States medical system.
They HAAAAATE hearing that.
Compare them to the United States medical system.
They HAAAAATE hearing that.
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I have discovered a hack for getting Dutch doctors to immediately take action on treating the condition you're seeing them for instead of kicking the can down the road.
Compare them to the United States medical system.
They HAAAAATE hearing that.
Compare them to the United States medical system.
They HAAAAATE hearing that.
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Reminder that TOMORROW, JANUARY 31ST is the last day to register for the ability to nominate for the Hugo Awards! (You can still register for Worldcon after that; you just won't be able to nominate.)
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Reminder that TOMORROW, JANUARY 31ST is the last day to register for the ability to nominate for the Hugo Awards! (You can still register for Worldcon after that; you just won't be able to nominate.)
Had to mend my jeans.
I hope they still have some life left in them.
I hope they still have some life left in them.
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Had to mend my jeans.
I hope they still have some life left in them.
I hope they still have some life left in them.
My library in the US is not offering Hoopla subscriptions anymore and my library in the Netherlands has a very limited English language section.
I don't want to go back to Audible and LibroFM has selection and cost issues.
What is everyone's favorite purveyor of audiobooks?
I don't want to go back to Audible and LibroFM has selection and cost issues.
What is everyone's favorite purveyor of audiobooks?
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
My library in the US is not offering Hoopla subscriptions anymore and my library in the Netherlands has a very limited English language section.
I don't want to go back to Audible and LibroFM has selection and cost issues.
What is everyone's favorite purveyor of audiobooks?
I don't want to go back to Audible and LibroFM has selection and cost issues.
What is everyone's favorite purveyor of audiobooks?
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Social media trends for 2026 via @lacyphillips.bsky.social @janefriedman.com janefriedman.com/watch-for-th...
Watch for These 2026 Social Media Trends | Jane Friedman
A social media manager shares her observations on how current trends might impact authors and publishers in 2026.
janefriedman.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Social media trends for 2026 via @lacyphillips.bsky.social @janefriedman.com janefriedman.com/watch-for-th...
I picked a top 10. 5 fiction and 5 nonfiction.
January 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I picked a top 10. 5 fiction and 5 nonfiction.
Dunno why I never thought of this, but the reason why self driving car companies do their "testing" out West is because there's less weather variability!
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dunno why I never thought of this, but the reason why self driving car companies do their "testing" out West is because there's less weather variability!
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
Hell, yeah! The English language Jane Austen book club discussion for Northanger Abbey sponsored by the book shop one town over from mine had a spot open up and I was able to snag it!
September 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hell, yeah! The English language Jane Austen book club discussion for Northanger Abbey sponsored by the book shop one town over from mine had a spot open up and I was able to snag it!
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We are urging all authors whose books were published before August 1, 2022 to stay up to date on the Bartz V. Anthropic class action lawsuit by confidentially submitting their contact information and basic details about their books to the attorneys’ website.
www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser
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August 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are urging all authors whose books were published before August 1, 2022 to stay up to date on the Bartz V. Anthropic class action lawsuit by confidentially submitting their contact information and basic details about their books to the attorneys’ website.
www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
More bad news for the book world. The AP is discontinuing its weekly book reviews.
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The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews
Terrible news from The Associated Press. Media Nation correspondent J.A. passes along this note from Anthony McCartney, the AP’s global entertainment and lifestyle editor. AP to end its weekl…
dankennedy.net
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
More bad news for the book world. The AP is discontinuing its weekly book reviews.
dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...
dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...
I have chopped chilis and now my hands burn.
August 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I have chopped chilis and now my hands burn.
Are Jaffa Cakes always disappointing, or is it only the gluten free ones?
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Are Jaffa Cakes always disappointing, or is it only the gluten free ones?
And here I thought Regan removing Carter's solar panel was the weirdest White House roof drama I'd ever see.
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And here I thought Regan removing Carter's solar panel was the weirdest White House roof drama I'd ever see.
Took a practice Dutch driving theory exam. Failed.
Currently reviewing my errors.
Currently reviewing my errors.
August 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Took a practice Dutch driving theory exam. Failed.
Currently reviewing my errors.
Currently reviewing my errors.
When my grandpa was dying, his lungs had begun failing and he had refused supplemental oxygen. He just wanted to pass without interventions, so we instructed the medical staff to extubate him and were prepared for him to struggle to breathe and not be able to oxygenate himself.
Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant a reprieve Monday amid uncertainty about whether the implantable defibrillator will shock Byron Black's heart when the lethal drug takes effect.
Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator
Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant a reprieve Monday amid uncertainty about whether the implantable defibrillator will shock Byron Black's heart when the lethal drug takes effect.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When my grandpa was dying, his lungs had begun failing and he had refused supplemental oxygen. He just wanted to pass without interventions, so we instructed the medical staff to extubate him and were prepared for him to struggle to breathe and not be able to oxygenate himself.
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the amoral engagement chasing executives at substack (who openly embraced white supremacist writers and have paid huge cash advances to some of the internet's biggest bigots and trolls for years) did a whoops a daisy!
Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a "White homeland" (Taylor Lorenz/User Mag)
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July 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
the amoral engagement chasing executives at substack (who openly embraced white supremacist writers and have paid huge cash advances to some of the internet's biggest bigots and trolls for years) did a whoops a daisy!
Collective action!
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
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June 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Collective action!
I'm a social media manager professionally and I turned my notifications on yesterday to get updates on my husband's flight with one of our cats.
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
May 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm a social media manager professionally and I turned my notifications on yesterday to get updates on my husband's flight with one of our cats.
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
If anyone else geeks out over the social impact of new media, the Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World podcast is top tier.
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
Podcast · Global · This is the story of the social media app that changed the face of the internet before it crashed and burned in just three short years. Vine was the future - until it wasn’t. How di...
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May 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If anyone else geeks out over the social impact of new media, the Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World podcast is top tier.
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
Not very often I start and finish a book on the same day!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
April 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Not very often I start and finish a book on the same day!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
I just cleared so many tasks off of my pending list!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
April 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I just cleared so many tasks off of my pending list!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
I went to go see Pride and Prejudice at the local cinema tonight and the audience was hilarious.
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
April 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I went to go see Pride and Prejudice at the local cinema tonight and the audience was hilarious.
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!