Val Neil
@valneilauthor.bsky.social
Autistic author writing about neurodiverse witches and wizards behaving badly.
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Check out my books ➡️ valneil.com
Get a free short story ➡️ https://BookHip.com/ZWTLGMQ
Everything else ➡️ https://linktr.ee/valneilauthor
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Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
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“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill
This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill
This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.
bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
Audible is attempting to screw authors again with their new royalty model. @danielgreene.bsky.social is trying to shed light on this. If you listen to audiobooks and care about supporting you favorite authors, please watch. 1/
youtu.be/9H0ivgubPtI?...
youtu.be/9H0ivgubPtI?...
The Audible Situation Got Much Worse
YouTube video by Daniel Greene
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August 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Audible is attempting to screw authors again with their new royalty model. @danielgreene.bsky.social is trying to shed light on this. If you listen to audiobooks and care about supporting you favorite authors, please watch. 1/
youtu.be/9H0ivgubPtI?...
youtu.be/9H0ivgubPtI?...
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Happy 2 years Baldur's Gate 3~🫶
August 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Happy 2 years Baldur's Gate 3~🫶
Visiting Oregon and I’m low key obsessed with how much moss y’all have
July 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Visiting Oregon and I’m low key obsessed with how much moss y’all have
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June 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
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If you are also worried about tariffs and supply chain shortages, and have the financial means to prepare, here is what I have stocked up on and plan to buy soon, plus what I would get if I had kids, a car or a larger home, based on reporting I've read or done myself in the last several months (🧵):
May 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you are also worried about tariffs and supply chain shortages, and have the financial means to prepare, here is what I have stocked up on and plan to buy soon, plus what I would get if I had kids, a car or a larger home, based on reporting I've read or done myself in the last several months (🧵):
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
Accidentally trolled my husband. Told Alexa to play a song that's been stuck in my head. It started, then immediately stopped. Weird, but ok.
A minute later, hubs calls.
"What the hell did you 𝘥𝘰?!"
He was jamming and it had switched over to Spotify in his car. The song? Chicken Banana.
A minute later, hubs calls.
"What the hell did you 𝘥𝘰?!"
He was jamming and it had switched over to Spotify in his car. The song? Chicken Banana.
May 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Accidentally trolled my husband. Told Alexa to play a song that's been stuck in my head. It started, then immediately stopped. Weird, but ok.
A minute later, hubs calls.
"What the hell did you 𝘥𝘰?!"
He was jamming and it had switched over to Spotify in his car. The song? Chicken Banana.
A minute later, hubs calls.
"What the hell did you 𝘥𝘰?!"
He was jamming and it had switched over to Spotify in his car. The song? Chicken Banana.
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Holy shit I fucking got it. I've been awake since 4:03am, I drove 95 miles, got here at 7:10am, and at 4:29pm one of the peregrine falcons attacked TWO pelicans and made contact on THREE attempts. 17 useful frames.
Here's a fast edit on my phone.
Let's fucking go and log off! 🪶
Here's a fast edit on my phone.
Let's fucking go and log off! 🪶
April 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Holy shit I fucking got it. I've been awake since 4:03am, I drove 95 miles, got here at 7:10am, and at 4:29pm one of the peregrine falcons attacked TWO pelicans and made contact on THREE attempts. 17 useful frames.
Here's a fast edit on my phone.
Let's fucking go and log off! 🪶
Here's a fast edit on my phone.
Let's fucking go and log off! 🪶
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once I was at the ophthalmologist and he was checking my eyes and how I saw colors and he said “the thing about biology is nature doesn’t really do binaries, only spectrums” and I think about that a lot
April 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
once I was at the ophthalmologist and he was checking my eyes and how I saw colors and he said “the thing about biology is nature doesn’t really do binaries, only spectrums” and I think about that a lot
Huge crowd at #Sacramento #handsoff protest today!
April 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Huge crowd at #Sacramento #handsoff protest today!
This cover is adorable
It's pretty cool to see people posting picture of my book, now that it's finally available in paperback.*
*Picture was shamelessly stolen from Wendell.
*Picture was shamelessly stolen from Wendell.
April 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This cover is adorable
Just had the BEST idea for a book. Jumped out of bed and ran into the other room to dictate it into my notes
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with a computer and the word and written on it
Alt: South Park broker meme “and it’s gone”
media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just had the BEST idea for a book. Jumped out of bed and ran into the other room to dictate it into my notes
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Now that I am finished screaming into the void about schooling for kids with disabilities being assigned to RFK: understand what this means.
He’s lumping accommodations into HHS, meaning those needs are now considered medicalized. Different from everyday education.
This is eugenics.
He’s lumping accommodations into HHS, meaning those needs are now considered medicalized. Different from everyday education.
This is eugenics.
March 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Now that I am finished screaming into the void about schooling for kids with disabilities being assigned to RFK: understand what this means.
He’s lumping accommodations into HHS, meaning those needs are now considered medicalized. Different from everyday education.
This is eugenics.
He’s lumping accommodations into HHS, meaning those needs are now considered medicalized. Different from everyday education.
This is eugenics.
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"There’s only one way schools can be assured they receive federal funding: agreeing to any demands Trump makes, even when they are unconstitutional. He's running the government on favoritism, where everything is tied to his personal approval and being in his good graces." -- @snipy.bsky.social
Trump moves to destroy Columbia University
It's his latest corrupt quid pro quo.
www.publicnotice.co
March 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"There’s only one way schools can be assured they receive federal funding: agreeing to any demands Trump makes, even when they are unconstitutional. He's running the government on favoritism, where everything is tied to his personal approval and being in his good graces." -- @snipy.bsky.social
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Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
[ 🤏📚💙 ]
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
[ 🤏📚💙 ]
March 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
[ 🤏📚💙 ]
🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
[ 🤏📚💙 ]
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March 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wide audiobooks under $10. Don't miss out this deal! Do check out my book, Spaces of Silence!
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I convinced my mom to go to Costco instead of Target yesterday. Small victories
March 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I convinced my mom to go to Costco instead of Target yesterday. Small victories
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.