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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 14d

I dont particularly like my writing but I'm proud of this piece. Was going to use this as the first entry for my relaunched newsletter but had a chance to get it in Wired and I took it.
www.wired.com/story/how-a-...

How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World

Harry Jackson went into Kathmandu as a tourist. He ended up being one of the main international sources of news on Nepal’s Gen Z protests.

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · 23d

Just referred to someone as “a trilby-dicked loser” and honestly, it’s the first time in awhile I’ve felt so alive.

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Joelle✨Moxie Design Studios @hellomoxie.com · 23d

Do y’all know about my friend @slackmistress.bsky.social’s book, The Crone Zone? It’s out now! And it’s 100% Cosmo-approved. amzn.to/46akvT4

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 25d

Anyway newrepublic.com/article/1894...

Democrats Will Regret Not Stripping Trump’s Dangerous War Powers

Biden and Congress squandered a chance to end the legal underpinnings of the forever war. The president-elect will once again reap the powers afforded to him.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 25d

The global war on terror set legal precedent for torture, abduction and assassination of those deemed terrorists.

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · 24d

I was prepared for the Nazis to be terrible, but I wasn’t expecting them to be straight-up *dorks.*

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 24d

“Artists, writers and musicians should go on strike until Kimmel is back!”

Hey you know how you love making grocery lists with ChatGPT and ask it decorate your house? It ate all our money and jobs so we don’t actually have anything to strike on.

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Sep 11

I hope that everyone is having the day they deserve! 💙💙💙

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Sep 7

The art is all @pamwishbow.bsky.social ! She’s a GENIUS.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 6

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you’re around Elliott Bay Book Co maybe I hid some stickers in the book I recently illustrated that came out today.

Photo of the book the crone zone on a shelf in a book store

Photo of the book the crone zone on a shelf in a book store, a hand is hiding stickers in it

Photo of the book the crone zone on a shelf in a book store open to an illustrated chapter header

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Joelle 🏳️‍🌈✨🫘 @tenth-muse.com · Sep 4

It’s here! @slackmistress.bsky.social book The Crone Zone is out now. Cosmo-approved.

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💀spoOOoookika💀 @the17thqueen.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is worth twelve satires.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · Sep 3

What a basic, compassionate, important message.

JB Pritzker saying he is thinking of you and doing everything he can to protect you

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Jen @jkmahal.bsky.social · Sep 2

I just started @slackmistress.bsky.social ‘s The Crone Zone and I love it. Highly recommend. Bought it on a whim and do not regret. Favorite quote so far: “It’s like a Voltron of caretaking expectations.”

Cover of Nina Bargiel’s book “The Crone Zone” featuring witchy herbs, skulls , a cauldron, mushrooms, a candle and other illustrations.

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · Sep 2

The announcement is just gonna be “it’s illegal now to say I’m dead”

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · Sep 2

Also if you do author events for a Chicago-area bookseller please holler at me or Nina, I get the sense she’s having a hard time getting event support from her publisher just because they laid off all their junior marketing and publicity staff

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · Sep 2

The Crone Zone by @slackmistress.bsky.social (with illustrations by @pamwishbow.bsky.social) is out in the world today! Perfect for all the aspiring bog witches, swamp hags, and Baba Yagas in your life (and anyone trying to age under patriarchy). Featuring every crone pun I could think of

The Crone Zone by Nina Bargiel: 9781683694830 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

It's time to embrace your inner crone! Tap into the wisdom of age and learn how to take up space, do as you please, shake off expectations, and live life on your own terms. If you’ve been looking...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Aug 30

Foreward Reviews calls The Crone Zone "a celebratory self-help guide about the wisdom, freedom, and fun of old age." A NetGalley Reviewer calls it riddled with f-bombs. Both are true! Available for preorder now or everywhere on TUESDAY! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Wayne Rée (he/they) @waynereewrites.com · Aug 12

@slackmistress.bsky.social remains one of the funniest and smartest people on the internet. If you're living outside America, you can get THE CRONE ZONE through Blackwell's.

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Aug 12

I was looking for the link to my book for preorders (THE CRONE ZONE! September 2!) and came across a early review (???) that complained about the liberal use of “fuck.” MY MOM WILL BE SO PROUD! @quirkbooks.bsky.social

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Nina the Slackmistress @slackmistress.bsky.social · Jul 19

While you were on Bluesky, I was studying the blade.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Jun 22

I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.

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