Samara Surface
@samaras.bsky.social
She/her • Swiftie • avid reader 💙📚 • ADHD • ex-vangelical • small fat • Taurus ☀️, Gemini 🌑, Virgo 📈 • Seattle born & raised
Eras Tour: Seattle N1 & LA N6 🩵
On twitter as @iwaitandhope
Eras Tour: Seattle N1 & LA N6 🩵
On twitter as @iwaitandhope
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Samara Surface
@samaras.bsky.social
· Nov 9
the folklore of Taylor Swift - YouTube
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For all my fellow #Swifties, I have a project on Taylor’s life & work. Before the #ErasTour, I began a slide deck for some family & friends who weren’t familiar with all the lore & Easter eggs. It’s evolved into “the folklore of Taylor Swift” 🫶🏻
#TaylorSwift
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#TaylorSwift
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Got to attend an author event last night with Emily Rath at Lovestruck Books. Came away with beautiful signed books to add to my collection—Alcott Hall and Pucking Strong—and a hopeful future for the Whiskey & Sin universe 🤓
#booksky 💙📚
#booksky 💙📚
January 29, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Got to attend an author event last night with Emily Rath at Lovestruck Books. Came away with beautiful signed books to add to my collection—Alcott Hall and Pucking Strong—and a hopeful future for the Whiskey & Sin universe 🤓
#booksky 💙📚
#booksky 💙📚
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Sean McVay's kid is very cute and I wish him joy but not today
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Sean McVay's kid is very cute and I wish him joy but not today
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This is so smart of the New York Public Library.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is so smart of the New York Public Library.
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
So… Sir Lewis Hamilton is now an Oscar nominee as a producer of F1: The Movie? 🍿🏎️
January 22, 2026 at 7:54 PM
So… Sir Lewis Hamilton is now an Oscar nominee as a producer of F1: The Movie? 🍿🏎️
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The cognitive dissonance of constantly reading that I need to spend some time mastering generative AI while not knowing a single person in my industry who uses it to do good work 🤙
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The cognitive dissonance of constantly reading that I need to spend some time mastering generative AI while not knowing a single person in my industry who uses it to do good work 🤙
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Using public voter files, Peter Lutz takes a first-of-its-kind look at partisan registration among pro athletes by league.
January 20, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Using public voter files, Peter Lutz takes a first-of-its-kind look at partisan registration among pro athletes by league.
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A reminder how ICE treats priests.
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
A reminder how ICE treats priests.
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Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
January 19, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Worlds colliding #HeatedRivalry 🫐🍌 x #Seahawks 💙💚
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Worlds colliding #HeatedRivalry 🫐🍌 x #Seahawks 💙💚
Yikes! Some people new to fandom(s) are putting group chat thoughts—or even inside thoughts—on main and they need to get a grip.
I’m a total fangirl, I’m really not trying to kill anyone’s enthusiasm; just think through how it’s expressed please 🙏🏻
I’m a total fangirl, I’m really not trying to kill anyone’s enthusiasm; just think through how it’s expressed please 🙏🏻
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Yikes! Some people new to fandom(s) are putting group chat thoughts—or even inside thoughts—on main and they need to get a grip.
I’m a total fangirl, I’m really not trying to kill anyone’s enthusiasm; just think through how it’s expressed please 🙏🏻
I’m a total fangirl, I’m really not trying to kill anyone’s enthusiasm; just think through how it’s expressed please 🙏🏻
Friday night and I’m in my happy place - eating pizza and introducing another friend to Heated Rivalry 😆
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Friday night and I’m in my happy place - eating pizza and introducing another friend to Heated Rivalry 😆
Officially adopting loon-scrolling as a verb #HeatedRivalry @karenho.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Officially adopting loon-scrolling as a verb #HeatedRivalry @karenho.bsky.social
There are so many great lines in this article!! I wanted to post some here.
“The fervent popularity of Heated Rivalry suggests that for many, the real romantasy is not sex and romance with dragons and fairies, but sex and romance without misogyny and gendered hierarchy.”
“The fervent popularity of Heated Rivalry suggests that for many, the real romantasy is not sex and romance with dragons and fairies, but sex and romance without misogyny and gendered hierarchy.”
I like this article a lot, and the line "When these characters cook for each other, the implications are strictly emotional" got me square in the chest.
Women are feral for Heated Rivalry. What does that say about men?
The explosive popularity of the gay hockey TV drama reveals women’s desire for sex and romance without violence or hierarchy
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
There are so many great lines in this article!! I wanted to post some here.
“The fervent popularity of Heated Rivalry suggests that for many, the real romantasy is not sex and romance with dragons and fairies, but sex and romance without misogyny and gendered hierarchy.”
“The fervent popularity of Heated Rivalry suggests that for many, the real romantasy is not sex and romance with dragons and fairies, but sex and romance without misogyny and gendered hierarchy.”
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“AI is influencing how the book industry operates.”
Yeah. And that’s a bad thing. AI hurts authors and no one with a brain wants to read AI slop.
“We recognize the environmental footprint of AI systems and we strive to minimize it.”
You know how you can minimize it?
By not using it.
Yeah. And that’s a bad thing. AI hurts authors and no one with a brain wants to read AI slop.
“We recognize the environmental footprint of AI systems and we strive to minimize it.”
You know how you can minimize it?
By not using it.
January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Hudson hates AI 🙂↕️
via variety
via variety
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Hudson hates AI 🙂↕️
via variety
via variety
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Do i believe in defrauding the government ?
no
Do i believe in ruinous love?
Yes!
no
Do i believe in ruinous love?
Yes!
January 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Do i believe in defrauding the government ?
no
Do i believe in ruinous love?
Yes!
no
Do i believe in ruinous love?
Yes!
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If you watch one thing at the Olympics, it needs to be Ilia Malinin. When asked about his performance tonight at Nationals he said, he decided with the Olympics coming up that he should just chill and not take risks in this skate, and doing his relaxed watered down version he won
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January 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
If you watch one thing at the Olympics, it needs to be Ilia Malinin. When asked about his performance tonight at Nationals he said, he decided with the Olympics coming up that he should just chill and not take risks in this skate, and doing his relaxed watered down version he won
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watching This Is Spinal Tap for the first time and cracking up 😂
two men are standing next to each other and one of them says it 's such a fine line between stupid and ...
Alt: two men are standing next to each other and one of them says it 's such a fine line between stupid and ... clever
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 AM
watching This Is Spinal Tap for the first time and cracking up 😂
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ROMANCELANDIA I NEED YOU
one of my best and oldest friends is newly out as bi and he has been diving into the world of queer romance (our Housewives group chat is now like 90% Heated Rivalry content). ISO recs specifically with bi male leads! Bonus points if characters are 30s or 40s
one of my best and oldest friends is newly out as bi and he has been diving into the world of queer romance (our Housewives group chat is now like 90% Heated Rivalry content). ISO recs specifically with bi male leads! Bonus points if characters are 30s or 40s
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
ROMANCELANDIA I NEED YOU
one of my best and oldest friends is newly out as bi and he has been diving into the world of queer romance (our Housewives group chat is now like 90% Heated Rivalry content). ISO recs specifically with bi male leads! Bonus points if characters are 30s or 40s
one of my best and oldest friends is newly out as bi and he has been diving into the world of queer romance (our Housewives group chat is now like 90% Heated Rivalry content). ISO recs specifically with bi male leads! Bonus points if characters are 30s or 40s
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Two songs from the ‘Heated Rivalry’ original-series soundtrack by Canadian artist Peter Peter dropped at midnight for fans to obsess over until season two.
Now You Can Yearn Along to the Heated Rivalry Soundtrack
Two songs from the ‘Heated Rivalry’ original-series soundtrack by Canadian artist Peter Peter dropped at midnight for fans to obsess over until season two.
www.vulture.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Two songs from the ‘Heated Rivalry’ original-series soundtrack by Canadian artist Peter Peter dropped at midnight for fans to obsess over until season two.
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[BREAKING] Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
Federal agents shoot 2 people in East Portland
Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
www.kuow.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
[BREAKING] Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
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Picking up a book that the current administration would hate is always a great idea.
January 8, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Picking up a book that the current administration would hate is always a great idea.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"