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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · 12d

New newsletter drop!
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · Aug 16

once again you think the president's mistress directing impossibly cruel policy would be a bigger story but it does not get much play outside of overtly liberal outlets

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Aug 16

Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown

Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.

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Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · Aug 16

please boost and donate if you can 💖

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thx

Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thx friend!

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

will be on sub soo

Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

#PosterPit #romance #agented

Vibrant Yrs + Cyrano

Two best friends forced into a marriage of convenience to please their meddling families, except they're falling for each other, but a secret may tear the love apart, even before they say "Forever"

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Amanda Dodge @amandadodge.bsky.social · Aug 16

1952: Wild Child unwillingly drifts between two realities, but is it magic, madness, or something more sinister? Now she must uncover the truth before she ends up in an institution for disturbed girls. #YA #MagicalRealism #AG #PosterPit #Editors

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Two friends, a marriage of convenience, mix in yearning and childhood crush and you’ve got the recipe for a perfect slow-burn. Saute with meddling families + dash of desi Muslim rep. for perfect seasoning.
#PosterPit #rOmance

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Two friends, a marriage of convenience, mix in yearning and childhood crush and you’ve got the recipe for a perfect slow-burn. Saute with meddling families + dash of desi Muslim rep. for perfect seasoning.
#PosterPit #rOmance

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Great pitch!

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · Aug 16

📖🐦‍⬛Mark of a Magpie🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#PosterPit #PosterPitOS #PosterPitA #AG #OS
#A #F #R #DIS
#onsub #editors

Fake movie poster featuring the book "MARK OF A MAGPIE"

Text reads: An adult fantasy by Emilia Young, On submission next week, Thief x Assassin, Forced Proximity, Morally Gray, Women's Wrongs

Behind the text, there is a ship crossing the ocean, with two magpies flying high above it, it is unclear whether they're fighting or dancing.

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thx!

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 16

Cyrano x Vibrant Years

When penniless Jibran starts an epistolary affair with a spoilt heiress, little does he know he's falling for his best friend, the younger sister.
💍 Arrgd marriage
🥰 Best friends-lovers
💌 letters
🧘‍♀️anxiety rep

#posterpit #romance #editors #bipoc

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 15

Good luck today

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Shayna Grissom 🪳 @shaynagrissom.bsky.social · Aug 15

Lady Penelope's hysteria might frighten everyone else, but the only thing Dinah is afraid of is not having rent money.

When vases fly off the mantles and her visions intensify, Dinah knows that Lady Penelope will die without her help.

#Queerpit #H #R

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 6

Cyrano x Vibrant Years

When penniless Jibran starts an epistolary affair with a spoilt heiress, little does he know he's falling for his best friend, the younger sister.
💍 Arrgd marriage
🥰 Best friends-lovers
💌 letters
🧘‍♀️anxiety rep

#questpit #WF #R #editors

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Nina Castle @castlemantra.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sex, money, & drugs rule a future America-can you imagine? Those like May struggle to survive, only dreaming of HealthCorp's cure-all pill. But after becoming entangled (literally & figuratively) w/ the CEO's son, she can't lay back & take it. Not anymore. #QuestPit #A #R #SFF #Q

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Pamela Cochran @pamelaelaela.bsky.social · Aug 6

THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL
A cynical woman who can see the future grudgingly takes over a cage fighting ring to save her sick friend—and is horrified to find that she’s excellent at it.
🌘dystopian grounded fantasy
⚖️morally gray FMC
🔥romantic subplot
🫶found family
🌈diverse cast
#QuestPit #W #A #SFF

Background: an island superimposed with a woman pressing money to her face with a blackened hand

Title: An agent's guide to THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL by P. A. Cochran

Subtitle: Dystopian urban fantasy / 75k words

Background: a male fighter's back pressed against a chain-link cage

For fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Peaky Blinders, and The Last of Us

The pitch: Trapped in a bleak world, a cynical young woman with the ability to glimpse future possibilities grudgingly takes over running a cage fighting ring to save her sick friend--and is horrified to find that she's excellent at it.

Images: (1) a hand holding burning money (2) a figure walking down a city street filled with litter (3) an albatross flying across an orange sky (4) a crumbling hotel (5) a woman sitting at a red-lit bar (6) a fighter's back against a cage

Text: gritty neo-noir vibes | grounded fantasy | lyrical prose | FMC w/ "Breaking Bad" arc | found family | romantic subplot | cost of talent & obsession | hope's ability to save & corrupt

Opening lines:

It was the beginning of storm season, and Tremmel City was glossy and slick as a bloodied fist.

Arin didn’t mind. The wet paths up the caldera wall were dicey, but at least the rain muted the stench of trash and mule excrement. She pulled her jacket closed, the same black leather jacket she always wore. A relic of the past she couldn’t part with that swallowed her whole. She crossed her arms over her chest and climbed up the stone steps.

PENTA OR BUST

BLESS THE BRICKERS

CURB THE COGS

The graffiti was so repetitive it had long ago taken a melody in Arin’s head. She used to argue internally with each one: Don’t put your faith in the Pentathlon—only a fool would trust those odds. Don’t glorify the brickers—they only saved us once. Don’t demonize the cogs—some of us exercise self-control. But eventually the arguments petered out until all that was left was a bleak refrain.

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Aug 6

Cyrano x Vibrant Years

When penniless Jibran starts an epistolary affair with a spoilt heiress, little does he know he's falling for his best friend, the younger sister.
💍 Arrgd marriage
🥰 Best friends-lovers
💌 letters
🧘‍♀️anxiety rep

#questpit #WF #R #editors

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Noreen @noreenmughees.bsky.social · Jun 27

Here I thought world was healing from Islamophobia, then Mamdani wins…

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 24

david hogg off the top rope on the other site

David Hogg
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The same establishment that is spending millions to destroy Zohran will say in a few months that we need to spend millions on polling and testing to win back young people. Open your god damn eyes- it's free.
Adam Carlson @admcrlsn •3h
The final three days of early voting were the youngest of the entire period.
47% of early voters are age 18-44. x.com/ gothamist/stat...
Early Voting By Age Group
(Raw Votes Cast)
Age Group
Days 1-4
Days 5-6
Days 7-9
Total (Days 1-9)
18-24
8,487
4,941
13,096
26,524
25-34
29,557
15,620
45,195
90,372
35-44
20,591
10,365
31,488
62,444
45-54
14,438
7,411
23,252
45,101
55-64
19,159
10,548
27,079
56,786
65-74
23,131
14,055
24,861
62,047
75+
16,071
10,346
15,483
41,900

Early Voting By Age Group (Share of Early Electorate)

Age Group
Days 1-4
Days 5-6
Days 7-9
Total (Days 1-9)
18-24
6.5%
6.7%
7.3%
6.9%
25-34
22.5%
21.3%
25.0%
23.5%
35-44
15.7%
14.1%
17.4%
16.2%

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · Jun 23

Charlie Kirk, Chaya Raichik, Bill Clinton, George Santos, Bill Ackman, Ritchie Torres - Cuomo's endorsements are a who's who of perverts and psychopaths. A Legion Of Genital Inspectors telling you, "Look, working with nazis is usually bad - but we've got to do it this time to prevent free busses."

Ravin BOO!dram 👻 🎃 - FREE ŁINK @rvbdrm.com · Jun 23

BREAKING: George Santos has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.

@MrSantosNY

New York City, if you vote for this vile anti American creature you will see our city crumble to ruins. Several companies have announced they will leave and taking with them thousands of jobs. Chaos will ensue and our city will be taken over by an absolutely unhinged man who became a citizen in 2018 and does not share in our values. This man is a danger to society and a menace towards law enforcement.
I have spoken to several law enforcement leaders and they have grave concerns that the NYPD would suffer a massive exodus!
We are talking about an extremely dangerous situation that needs immediate attention!

I know that in the flip side of this is Cuomo whom we all hate, but one thing is for certain, we know how to deal with him.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jun 20

There is literally no argument against Zohran Mamdani that is anywhere in the same realm as serial sexual harassment of government employees and then hijacking $60 mil+ of taxpayer dollars to defend yourself and attack the people who tried to hold you accountable.

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