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Olivia Waite

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Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · Apr 23

Good news! You can now order signed or personalized or doodled-on copies of my books from @ballastbookco.bsky.social! (Eagle eyes will also spot the pre-order for the second Dorothy Gentleman mystery!) ballastbookco.com/browse/filte... 💙📚

Ballast Book Company

Bremerton's independent bookstore, locally owned and operated since 2015 new books and gifts

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 1h

We definitely need to make sure this is a thing.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 22h

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 1h

Feels like every time I think we’ve hit a new low, one of these ghouls brandishes a shovel

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2h

This is the office that would handle Hatch Act complaints, i.e. the federal law that prohibits using the federal government for partisan political activity

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 9h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1h

Canvas, donate, counter disinfo among friends and family when you hear it, print and distribute @meganpiont.bsky.social 's anti-ICE zines, refuse to comply, film. That all counts.

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HellDavid 2 @wallofyawn.bsky.social · 6h

Lol, lmao even

Johnny Cash circa idk the 60s or 70s leaning on a tree next to a river with some county thigh high leather boots on and it WORKS

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 4h

An instantly iconic ruling, even without the famous people

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7h

"The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content."

The forum here is a music recording, in particular a rap “diss track,” with accompanying video and album art. Diss tracks are much more akin to forums like YouTube and X, which “encourag[e] a freewheeling, anything-goes writing style,” than journalistic reporting. Sandals Resorts, 86 A.D.3d at 43 (quotation marks omitted). The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7h

"The views expressed by users @kaioken8026, @mrright8439, and @ZxZNebula ... do not alter the Court’s analysis."

The Court holds, based upon a full consideration of the context in which “Not Like Us” was published, that a reasonable listener could not have concluded that “Not Like Us” was conveying objective facts about Drake. The views expressed by users @kaioken8026, @mrright8439, and @ZxZNebula, and the other YouTube and Instagram commentators quoted in the Complaint, Am. Compl., ¶¶ 73-74, do not alter the Court’s analysis. In a world in which billions of people are active online, support for almost any proposition, no matter how farfetched, fantastical or unreasonable, can be found with little effort in any number of comment sections, chat rooms, and servers. “[T]hat some readers may infer a defamatory meaning from a statement does not necessarily render the inference reasonable under the circumstances.” Jacobus, 51 N.Y.S.3d at 336.

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SonomaLass ⚾ 🍺 🌮 @sonomalass.bsky.social · 1d

Ours is 148,189 in Kindle Store and 105 in Steampunk (alas, steampunk romance is not a separate category). But ponds need little fishies as well as big ones! (Just realized you are one of the few Bsky folks who's actually met my partner!) www.amazon.com/Mercury-Risi...

Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising - Kindle edition by Batchellor, C. R.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mercury Rising.

www.amazon.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Azasloth @azasloth.bsky.social · 1d

This book is goddamn fantastic.

Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 1d

So Demon is charting. 7k in the kindle store, 7 in Demon Romance. Thank you to everybody who has picked a copy up. Can’t say what it means to me. My readers are just the best.

Desperate demon at number seven next to Opal Reyne

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7h

Good piece, but all you REALLY need to know about the indictment is that it was personally secured by Lindsey Halligan, the wildly unqualified Trump lackey who was installed (illegally, it seems) for the lone purpose of bringing these bogus charges.

This will not result in a conviction.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

Next Up: Letitia James
Molly Roberts
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM
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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 7h

Oh god dammit it’s some AI

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 7h

Who does this version? because this is extremely fucking great. I know I’m an easy mark for a Motown-inflected anything but still.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 11h

It's only taken a week for 60% of tickets to be claimed. Don't miss out on @oliviawaite.com @clpolk.blacksky.app @kitrocha.com @jessiemihalik.com @evaleigh.bsky.social @stephanieburgis.bsky.social & #LeslyePenelope talking magic lost & found on 11/1 @ 3 PM EDT. www.eventbrite.com/e/1762356127...

Pale blue background. At the top left is the black silhouette of a hand facing downward with golden sparkles spilling from it. At the lower right is a black silhouette of a hand facing upward with golden sparkles rising from it. Gold text at top reads "Lost & Found Magic" Dark blue text below reads "A Virtual Conversation With Olivia Waite, CL Polk, Leslye Penelope, Jessie Mihalik, Eva Leigh, Kit Rocha, Stephanie Burgis" Lighter blue text reads "Sat. Nov. 1 at 3 PM Eastern on Zoom"

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 8h

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 7h

Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads!

5 romances, all under $2 👀📚

Thursday Romance Deals (10/09): A former Marine turned innkeeper, fake relationship to save a bookshop, a brooding half-Orc & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/10/thur...

This is the daily book deals graphic, with all 5 of today's covers.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

We never incited violence, we just called this guy a member of antifa who funded terrorism and told our followers to pay him a visit ha ha and then a totally unrelated group of people threatened to murder him in front of his students ha ha

"The petition to disband our Turning Point chapter is blatantly defamatory," Ava Kwan, outreach coordinator for the Turning Point USA chapter at Rutgers, told Fox News Digital in a statement.
"The accusations of 'inciting violence' and 'making threats' are complete lies," Kwan said. "The same people claiming we're suppressing their free speech are actively trying to silence us for speaking the truth. It's not just ironic, it's hypocritical and absurd."

tpusa_rutgers Do you want to become a socialist? If so, make sure to pay this professor a visit!!!! All jokes aside help us report this professor who has ties to Antifa which now is designated as a domestic terrorist organization. DO YOUR PART AND HELP MAKE RUTGERS A PLACE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO LEARN WITHOUT BECOMING A RADICAL SOCIALIST

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E. H. Lupton @pretensesoup.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, it's spooky season, so check out my spooky books! There's magic, romance, demons, compost zombies, and all kinds of groovy stuff.

ehlupton.com/links

The cover has two guys in a Greek black figure art style. Arrow pointing to the guy dressed as Dionysus says "Turning into a god." Arrow pointing to the other guy says "Definitely going to fix this."

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 16h

I think we are going to need help here. From fellow Nova Scotians. From people who want to protect a natural environment provincial park from development. I welcome your help and your voice. This an update to the thread. We are only a small community. These are international billionaires.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 1d

one thing I learned during 2020 is that "less than lethal" munitions are explicitly designed to be shot into the ground so they lose velocity and bounce up into people and the reason I didn't know that before is literally NO ONE has ever deployed them that way.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

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