AuthorCrush
@authorcrush.bsky.social
Editor of manuscripts, writer of all media, lover of libraries, fan of great books and kind people.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
There were a fair number of tributes to McGinnis online, but it felt important to talk about his romance work, which others glossed over.
And the other was a remembrance of prolific cover artist Robert McGinnis, who died earlier this year, for @smartbitches.bsky.social: smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/04/robe...
Robert McGinnis: 1926-2025 | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
smartbitchestrashybooks.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
There were a fair number of tributes to McGinnis online, but it felt important to talk about his romance work, which others glossed over.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
I'm not sure what was decided at Stonehenge during the winter solstice this year, but I approve of the new god/ruler/emperor/pagan supreme being or whatever the rank is of the one that was chosen:
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm not sure what was decided at Stonehenge during the winter solstice this year, but I approve of the new god/ruler/emperor/pagan supreme being or whatever the rank is of the one that was chosen:
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Reposted by AuthorCrush
We must never become complacent. Just because Trump does and says horrible, racist, bigoted, misogynistic, hateful and vile things every single day, we can’t become numb to it. Stay outraged, stay engaged, and stay focused on taking our country back next year...
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
We must never become complacent. Just because Trump does and says horrible, racist, bigoted, misogynistic, hateful and vile things every single day, we can’t become numb to it. Stay outraged, stay engaged, and stay focused on taking our country back next year...
Reposted by AuthorCrush
A win! Thanks to everyone who spoke out. Following public backlash, Mike Lee backtracked on the National Parks proposal, which would have rescinded legislation protecting national parks and maintaining their boundaries as federal lands.
December 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A win! Thanks to everyone who spoke out. Following public backlash, Mike Lee backtracked on the National Parks proposal, which would have rescinded legislation protecting national parks and maintaining their boundaries as federal lands.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
Reposted by AuthorCrush
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by AuthorCrush
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
In one article, I bring the receipts to debunk the NRA's 9 favorite gun myths, including:
#2 Criminals don’t obey laws
#4 It’s a mental health crisis
#5 Women need guns for self-defense
#8 Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
#9 What about Chicago?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
#2 Criminals don’t obey laws
#4 It’s a mental health crisis
#5 Women need guns for self-defense
#8 Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
#9 What about Chicago?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Debunking the NRA's 9 Favorite Gun Myths
As Brown University marks the 389th mass shooting of 2025, we are way beyond the point of needing critical federal gun safety legislation
www.qasimrashid.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In one article, I bring the receipts to debunk the NRA's 9 favorite gun myths, including:
#2 Criminals don’t obey laws
#4 It’s a mental health crisis
#5 Women need guns for self-defense
#8 Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
#9 What about Chicago?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
#2 Criminals don’t obey laws
#4 It’s a mental health crisis
#5 Women need guns for self-defense
#8 Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
#9 What about Chicago?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Reposted by AuthorCrush
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
1/2 FDA’s vaccine chief blasted out a memo full of rhetoric and exaggerated claims about pediatric COVID-vax deaths… before the scientists even finished their work.
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
1/2 FDA’s vaccine chief blasted out a memo full of rhetoric and exaggerated claims about pediatric COVID-vax deaths… before the scientists even finished their work.
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Reposted by AuthorCrush
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
Reposted by AuthorCrush
On Tuesday, December 2nd, voters in Tennessee’s special election in #TN07 have a chance to send a message that will be heard across the country.
No apathy. No excuses. Vote for Democrat @aftynbehn.bsky.social — our future is on the line!
Let’s do this!!! 👊
No apathy. No excuses. Vote for Democrat @aftynbehn.bsky.social — our future is on the line!
Let’s do this!!! 👊
Donate to Aftyn for Congress
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On Tuesday, December 2nd, voters in Tennessee’s special election in #TN07 have a chance to send a message that will be heard across the country.
No apathy. No excuses. Vote for Democrat @aftynbehn.bsky.social — our future is on the line!
Let’s do this!!! 👊
No apathy. No excuses. Vote for Democrat @aftynbehn.bsky.social — our future is on the line!
Let’s do this!!! 👊
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Reposted by AuthorCrush
3/ By declaring the reported “kill everybody” orders both illegal and prosecutable, the Former JAGs highlight a collapse of lawful military constraints that aligns with broader patterns of expanding authoritarian executive power. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
3/ By declaring the reported “kill everybody” orders both illegal and prosecutable, the Former JAGs highlight a collapse of lawful military constraints that aligns with broader patterns of expanding authoritarian executive power. #holdfast #SteadyState
Reposted by AuthorCrush
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
Reposted by AuthorCrush
Reposted by AuthorCrush
As a reminder Prasad announced his opposition to the pediatric covid vaccine months before there was a pediatric covid vaccine.
He never wavered.
Remember this when he claims to be guided by data and evidence. sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
He never wavered.
Remember this when he claims to be guided by data and evidence. sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
Dr. Vinay Prasad Opposed The Pediatric COVID Vaccine Before There Was A Pediatric COVID Vaccine
Dr. Vinay Prasad started treating vaccine side effects as a fate worse than death in January 2021, before there was a COVID vaccine for children.
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
As a reminder Prasad announced his opposition to the pediatric covid vaccine months before there was a pediatric covid vaccine.
He never wavered.
Remember this when he claims to be guided by data and evidence. sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
He never wavered.
Remember this when he claims to be guided by data and evidence. sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...