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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm giving away a box of books and swag!

Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.

lauravanarendonkbaugh.com

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm giving away a box of books and swag!

Go to lauravanarendonkbaugh.com/w... and find out if you bear the lucky name.

lauravanarendonkbaugh.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 14

This should be a major story and it Isn’t even a blip. newrepublic.com/post/199027/...

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Julie L. Moore ❌👑 @julielmoore23.bsky.social · Jul 10

If you're not following @mikalatos.com here or on Substack, you really should be. For months now, he's been sharing the stories of immigrants unconstitutionally arrested by I.C.E. Today's is yet another horror story. #protest #ICEisgestapo thesestories.substack.com/p/no-crimina...

No criminal history, no deportation orders, no mercy from ICE

Sara has legal status in the US, but that didn't stop ICE from putting her and her mother in a private prison and seeking to deport them

thesestories.substack.com

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Me? Plenty. This specific anthology should be available today. 🙂

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Want stories with girls exercising prowess in science, math, and engineering while also supporting girls in science, math, and engineering? The Brave New Girls anthologies support scholarships in STEM. Get it! books2read.com/bravenewgirls9

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #writersky

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jun 28

I'll be at the Realm Makers Expo with book, comic, game, animation, and film/TV creators! Join for fun panels, interactive sessions, and loads of cool stuff to take home.
www.realmmakers.com/realm-m...

#RealmMakers #RealmMakers2025 #GrandRapidsMI #FantasyWriters #SciFiWriters #WritingCommunity

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WTF Just Happened Today? @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com · Apr 3

The midterm elections are in 580 days.

Democracy doesn’t run on vibes. Do something that matters.

☎️ Call your reps. 5calls.org
📱 Text your reps. resist.bot
✅ Get election ready. turbovote.org

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Mar 19

On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/9qkDNYDX

Join me on April 5th

app.sosha.ai

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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · Feb 20

They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.

Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Feb 17

It's been a week since I visited the offices of Sen Young, Sen Banks, and Rep Shreve (none here) to personally deliver letters with my concerns. In each I requested a response to acknowledge they saw it. None has bothered to even look at a hand-delivered letter, any more than to answer their phones.

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Feb 13

We're so close!! Please take a look to help us get 100%

(and also, please check out my yōkai-rousel pins at www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l... if you have not already :D )

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Feb 6

Colorado Springs is far from the tiniest airport I've used, but it's kinda cute that it lists the ubiquitous Hudson as "dining." 😂

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Feb 1

Want to start an epic new fantasy series for free? Browse here and pick out some cool new reads.

books.bookfunnel.com/stocky...

Stock Your TBR (Epic/High Fantasy Series Starters)

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

books.bookfunnel.com

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 31

It's NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY! How great is that?

And y'know, I'm <$13 short of this month's sales goal, so let's do this: use FAIRTRADE to get 10% off any regularly priced ebook on my website store, today. Now excuse me, I'm off to make a mug of cocoa.

LauraVAB.com

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 29

Happy Spring Festival and Multi-Asiatic and Beyond Lunisolar New Year! 😂 Huzzah, Sneks!

Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 29

Newest anthology is out sleighing! 😉This collection of dark fantasy and gothic winter stories has been drawing good industry reviews (we could use a few more on Amazon, please!), and my story was called out as a "delightful yarn" so there's that. Please check it out!

go.lauravab.com/hoarfrost

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 23

It's time! Our #Pintopia project has launched!

www.backerkit.com/c/project...

#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 23

It's time! Our #Pintopia project has launched!

www.backerkit.com/c/project...

#enamelpins #pincollector #yokai #japan #carousel

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 20

"I have my form completed, everything ready to go. I just need a title for this short story, and then I can be done. But I don't have a title yet, so I came down to get some peanut butter M&Ms for it."

"Does that work?"

"Not always. But if I don't get a title, at least I have peanut butter M&Ms."

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𝛂Ⱪ𝛂 🎭🦊 •ENVtuber• @akafox.live · Dec 16

⚠️ PSA to anyone posting to YouTube ⚠️
Definitely go in and turn this off!! I don’t think it even needs explaining at this point!!
Please let everyone know

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 11

Ooooh ooooh ooooh! I was sad to leave Twitter back then because I knew I'd miss 2 accounts in particular - but today I found @moviessilently.bsky.social here!

(look, I'm slow and I'm relatively new here, sorry)

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JRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · Jan 11

me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:

Gandalf the White saying, "Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth"

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Superdillin (Mirror your pronouns) @superdillin.bsky.social · Jan 11

Got asked to try / promote a company using genAI to "automate the cumbersome parts of playing TTRPGs" and first of all, fuck you, second of all fuck this idea that any part of *playing a game* needs to be outsourced to a plagiarism machine that sets the world on fire

I was not kind in my response.

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Laura VanArendonk Baugh @lauravab.bsky.social · Jan 9

It's coming! Check out our gorgeous yōkai carousel enamel pins, plus stickers, prints, books and comics, and more.

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/laura-vanarendonk-baugh/yokai-rousel-pins-japanese-yokai-in-classic-carousel-form/launch_party

##pintopia ##enamelpins ##pins ##yokai

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