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Christopher Moore

@theauthorguy.bsky.social

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Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and Anima Rising (released May 2025).

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · May 12

Get it by tomorrow. (Bookshop is the indy link.) www.harpercollins.com/products/ani...

Anima Rising

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s elect...

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 7h

DON'T buy into #MikeJohnson's pathetic excuse for not swearing in duly-elected #AdelitaGrijalva.

Elected official CAN be sworn in during a government shutdown.

Want some precedent?

The full House was sworn in during a government shutdown when a new Congress started in January 2019.
#EpsteinFiles

Swearing-in ceremonies are not halted by a shutdown, because they are constitutional or statutory duties, not discretionary spending activities.

A government shutdown affects agencies and programs that rely on annual appropriations, but Congress itself and the offices of elected officials (federal, state, or local) usually remain operational for essential and constitutional functions.

For example:

Members of Congress can still take the oath of office even if parts of the federal government are closed. Congressional operations are funded separately under permanent appropriations.

Presidents are sworn in on January 20th regardless of any shutdown. The inauguration is a constitutional event that cannot be postponed by funding gaps.

State and local officials are likewise sworn in per their state constitutions or laws — those events are governed by state authority, not federal funding.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 5h

I think it's just really old and that part hasn't been restored.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 5h

The texture of pomegranate seeds has never improved any dish. The flavor, yes. The color, yes. But the seeds are for the birds.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 5h

I KNOW!

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you for all the good wishes, but I was just trying to figure out how to make scenery pictures funny. We didn't really have a ceremony.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 12h

The Mrs. and I renewed our vows today in CheznyKrumlov, Czech Republic today.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 6h

I realize that, but right now the discussion on the table is about Medicaid cuts and ACA subsidies.

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This Bitch Resists @liberalantitheist.bsky.social · 1d

Emergency physician here.
Can confirm. Not just treat in the emergency department, but admit, operate, etc if necessary to stabilize. So hospitals and physicians would absorb a lot if the care were not compensated.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 12h

The Mrs. and I renewed our vows today in CheznyKrumlov, Czech Republic today.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

I am not sure of anything.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

Nah, just taking a group through the settings of Anima Rising. The last ten days in Spain was for a future book.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

The Christopher Moore cruise is off with alacrity, from Vilshofen, Germany, where we saw, on one street, Waffles, a hairless window kitty, an example of the HOA does to you if you display a gnome, and what I think, was a display of Halloween Snatch Candy.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

YES! Saw shiny black squirrels last time here. (not in the car, in the park)

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

Buzzing down the Autobahn at an easy 93mph. Driver had it up to 107 at one point in the rain.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

No worries. Hard to separate the irony from the idiots these days. SO MANY of the latter.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

No, unfortunately not. I hope to return, though.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

It's not like that at all.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to be back. I always enjoy my time in Germany.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in Germany right now. No one is as ridiculous or mean spirited as UnterDoofinFuhrer Stephen Miller.

They also speak English without overblown, inaccurate adjectives. He's a shitty person and a shitty writer.

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 3d

Glad you're enjoying it.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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𝓒𝔂𝓖𝓾𝔂DC🌊#BlueResister🫘#BeKind🫶🦬#BillsMafia🏈4-0 @cyguy.angry.democrat · 4d

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🌀🌊🌲C H E R Y L 🐾🌻🫏 @cheryldogmom.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Sunday everyone!

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 4d

In summary, our system, which was initially designed to attract workers to weapons manufacture in WW2, tying insurance to employment, blows goats. (Kaiser-Permanente was a ship builder before it was an HMO.)

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 4d

When they say Democrats shut down the government to give health care to illegal aliens.

Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 4d

This, signed into law by Ronald Reagan, requires hospitals to treat anyone who requires emergency care, regardless of ability to pay (or immigration status). And yes, without Medicaid reimbursement, the hospitals eat the charges. oig.hhs.gov/reports/feat...

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 4d

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)

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Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like Puerto Riccans are American citizens so Kristi can go fuck herself.

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