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Amanda Weaver

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Contemporary and historical romance/ political ranting and pop culture/ costumes and cute animals. Brooklyn, NY. she/her https://www.amandaweavernovels.com/

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · Nov 17

Fast & Reckless is out now! books2read.com/Fast-and-Rec...

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Fast & Reckless: A Racing Hearts Novel by Amanda Weaver

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 2h

She's okay!

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h

Freida Parton says she did not mean to scare anyone when asking for prayers for her older sister, Dolly:

Freida Parton
“I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.”

Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 2h

Good. Let's keep this energy and get meaner.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 3h

Devastating.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 3h

Me too, but I'll give it a go for her.

Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 4h

If there is *any* justice in the world....

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 12h

I have had a headache for literally five days now.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16h

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 15h

this is such a fucking idiotic farce

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Heather H (she/her) @oneeyedgraeae.bsky.social · 16h

NO!

Bad timeline!

Go to your room and leave Dolly Parton alone!

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 17h

If you're the praying sort, throw one up for Dolly Parton. Word is she's not doing well, and fuck, this world needs her goodness in it for a while longer.

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 17h

I wish terrible things upon him.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Oct 25

Me trying to put away my window AC for the winter

Halloween Freddy Krueger figure looking like he’s crawling out from under a window AC unit

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 17h

We're absolutely about to have a Kent State.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 17h

So many Gen X dudes have written a novel. So many.

Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 17h

I've been published since 2014. I kept it a secret in my real life for *years*, because people can be assholes about romance. When I published Fast & Reckless, I finally came clean. Everybody's been *great*, but unexpected consequence: now people in my RL are hitting me up for publishing advice.

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 18h

I hate this whole administration, but the hate I have for Stephen Miller? It could power the sun.

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 23h

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nycbikelanes @nycbikelanes.bsky.social · 1d

A scary incident occurred at the Jay St Metrotech Station when a track fire caused the station to fill with smoke.

The @fdny.bsky.social response was delayed due to illegally parked vehicles on Jay St. They couldn't even access the curb due to @nypdnews.bsky.social vehicles parked at a bus stop.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Amanda Weaver @amandaweavernovels.com · 1d

I will never forgive the shills who sent us down the path to dictatorship because they wanted a book deal. Yeah, I'm an author, too. No book deal is worth what these bastards did.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Jake Tapper, who eviscerated Biden for the sin of growing older, has done everything but help install a chair lift in the White House to cover up Trump's deepening dementia and utter feebleness.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 2d

Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Remembering when Chris Rufo insisted that Disney was a thoroughly corrupt institution because it had a small number of employees arrested on CSAM and sex trafficking charges and I replied, well, let's use that standard for Republicans, and he blocked me before I could finish the thread.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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