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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 1d

And you! Delighted to find you here!

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Alice Radley @alradley.com · 1d

On chilly mornings, we are a purrito.

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 1d

Mai oui!!

Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 1d

Headline of the day. Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

www.cbsnews.com

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Chocolate Philosopher @itsmscoco.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the Gospel music for me 😂😂😂

SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 2d

Good afternoon 🌞 dolls and happy Thursday ! I hope everyone has an excellent day today 💃🏽

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 2d

Austin! C'mon down to Noir at the Bar on Saturday 11/8 at 7:30pm, part of the Texas Book Festival’s Lit Crawl.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 2d

Gizmodo article on next Murderbot novel Platform Decay: gizmodo.com/murderbot-pl...

The Next 'Murderbot' Novel Finally Has a Release Date

Alexander Skarsgård's Apple TV series based on Martha Wells' hit 'Murderbot Diaries' books also has a second season on the way.

gizmodo.com

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Tad Ottman @tottman.bsky.social · 3d

The Stand by @stephenking.bsky.social is one of my favorite books. The End of the World as We Know It collects stories set in this world from a bevy of great authors! @meggardiner.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 4d

I'm honored to be the keynote speaker at the 2025 Imanoli Creative Writers Conference, hosted by the Chickasaw Nation. Sulphur, Oklahoma, November 14. The conference is open to the public at no charge. Registration is required - join me!

Imanoli Creative Writers Conference | Chickasaw Nation

The Imanoli Creative Writers Conference is designed for individuals who want to develop and improve their skills. Professionals from diverse fields of writing will share their knowledge about the diff...

www.chickasaw.net

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 6d

I won't wade into the marsh in which this conversation is currently going on, but I'm happy to note that the first thing a twenty-first-century publishing entity does on receipt of a manuscript and to prepare it for eventual publication is to yank out every single double space after a period.

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 7d

Awful.

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 8d

Headline of the day. Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites

Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites — cast-off turbines generate up to 48 MW of electricity apiece

With AI buildouts outpacing the grid, data centers are rolling in jet-powered turbines to keep their clusters online.

www.tomshardware.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8d

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 8d

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations!

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 9d

Crime headline of the day. Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines

Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines

www.nytimes.com

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 10d

It sounds crazy but I promise you: if you just put your phone aside and read for half an hour each night before bed, it will change your life.

[quoting a tweet from CaffeinatedLiha: “Reading books at night is self-care. The kind that ruins your sleep schedule but heals your soul.”]

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you!

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Alex Ellermann @alexellermann.bsky.social · 10d

I loved loved loved Heat 2. I'm ready for Heat 3!
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#Heat
@meggardiner.bsky.social
@epetergiles.bsky.social

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Alex's review of Heat 2

5/5: Oh, yeah. This is the stuff. 'Heat 2' is exciting and satisfying. It's the kind of novel you read in line instead of checking the headlines; the kind of audiobook that inspires you to take the l...

www.goodreads.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10d

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 11d

The best advice I ever heard about this was "Maybe the reason the exec is asking for a car chase on page 38 is because the previous 20 pages of character development isn't working. They don't really want a car chase; they're just bored."

Pat Casey @patcasey.bsky.social · 11d

Writing tip on dealing with notes:

You always have to try to perceive the “note behind the note”. The thing that’s *really* bothering them that they can’t quite articulate

But the biggest unsaid note is always the same: “make this better”

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Delicious Terrine 🍉 @langoustine.bsky.social · 11d

Sorry babe, we can't go to bed. It's bricked.

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 11d

Headline of the day. AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright

AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.

www.dexerto.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 11d

Priceless Jewels Stolen From Louvre In Daytime Raid
https://theonion.com/priceless-jewels-stolen-from-louvre-in-daytime-raid/

“The British Museum better have an air-tight alibi.”

Aaron Goldstein, Helium Expert

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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 11d

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 12d

I, for one, am tired of living in a lesser Tom Wolfe novel.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12d

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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