Annette Christie
@msannettemc.bsky.social
Author of THE REHEARSALS & FOR TWICE IN MY LIFE (Little, Brown) | ghostwriter (boo!) | prob crying at a sitcom right now | repped by Kimberly Whalen
This thread is a perfect illustration of why BlueSky is my preferred social media platform.
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This thread is a perfect illustration of why BlueSky is my preferred social media platform.
Cool. Every person who created content that was then scraped and used to train Tilly should get a cut of her paychecks.
Zelle me, bitches.
Zelle me, bitches.
Eline Van der Velden, the creator of Tilly Norwood, chats about the AI actress’s future: "[We’re] talking to producers and quite well-known companies about creating AI projects that Tilly could star in." bit.ly/4icy5d5
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Cool. Every person who created content that was then scraped and used to train Tilly should get a cut of her paychecks.
Zelle me, bitches.
Zelle me, bitches.
Are there any Goodreads librarians who can help me? I just checked my Author Dashboard and I am hilariously and wrongly tagged as the author of Christian Saints Colouring Book. I hate to take credit for work that isn’t mine!
#booksky
#booksky
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are there any Goodreads librarians who can help me? I just checked my Author Dashboard and I am hilariously and wrongly tagged as the author of Christian Saints Colouring Book. I hate to take credit for work that isn’t mine!
#booksky
#booksky
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Hey, Albertans! Don't forget to contact your reps about Bill 9! If you want to write an email and aren't sure what to say, let me know and I'll share the one I wrote this morning. Let's protect our trans kids and voice our disgust at the govt's abuses of the notwithstanding clause.
#ableg
#ableg
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hey, Albertans! Don't forget to contact your reps about Bill 9! If you want to write an email and aren't sure what to say, let me know and I'll share the one I wrote this morning. Let's protect our trans kids and voice our disgust at the govt's abuses of the notwithstanding clause.
#ableg
#ableg
Can we do this in Canada and the US next, please?
Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by government
Reselling tickets above face value set to be banned by government
Ministers are expected to announce the plan to tackle touts and resale sites offering tickets at several times face value.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Can we do this in Canada and the US next, please?
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Gary knows he's worth it.
"Meet Gary, the cat who ended a friendship and cost $25,000 in legal fees: After two former roommates in Philadelphia couldn't agree on who should keep the cat, the matter went to civil court."
Meet Gary, the cat who ended a friendship and cost $25,000 in legal fees
After two former roommates in Philadelphia couldn't agree on who should keep the cat, the matter went to civil court.
share.inquirer.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Gary knows he's worth it.
Starting my Christmas shopping early, who wants one?
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Starting my Christmas shopping early, who wants one?
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become unshelveable
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
become unshelveable
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
We live here now, in the land of baseball, clenched jaws, and the relentless pounding of “let’s go, Blue Jays, buh buh buh-buh-buh” on the organ.
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
We live here now, in the land of baseball, clenched jaws, and the relentless pounding of “let’s go, Blue Jays, buh buh buh-buh-buh” on the organ.
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Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
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This whole thread.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
There's something deeply disturbing about EBT/SNAP hate to me. Like just truly bone blanching shit.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This whole thread.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
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FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
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Same problem in publishing and film.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Same problem in publishing and film.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
Everyone gets paid long before the writer, and then it's pennies on the dollar, if we're lucky.
People can't create like this.
We shouldn't have to create like this.
There's no product without us, yet we get told it's more important to pay everyone else.
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
There is a long-standing helium shortage. Helium is needed in hospitals (for MRI machines, respiratory therapy, some medical procedures) and should therefore not be wasted blowing up balloons.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There is a long-standing helium shortage. Helium is needed in hospitals (for MRI machines, respiratory therapy, some medical procedures) and should therefore not be wasted blowing up balloons.
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I always wondered why France had so many heists but if you can still just put a ladder up to a window on the Louvre in the year 2025 and get away with a big bag full of priceless jewels I guess that solves the mystery
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I always wondered why France had so many heists but if you can still just put a ladder up to a window on the Louvre in the year 2025 and get away with a big bag full of priceless jewels I guess that solves the mystery
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist