Plastic Santa Duck
@billionhighways.bsky.social
Just a quiet lil duck paddling around over here out of everyone’s way
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For a very long time, since at least the 70s, Harlequin has been basically a mailing list that happens to publish books, and HC has continued to treat it that way. They will milk everything out of their books as long as they don’t have to spend another dime. Ebooks & audio made that SO much easier.
NEW: It’s not just readers that suffer due to Harlequin’s mismanagement of the' Heated Rivalry' books. Reid misses out on royalties, & booksellers miss out on commissions—which is especially painful during the holiday season when many small businesses make the bulk of their money.
was ‘heated rivalry’ failed by its publisher?
everyone's devouring the new TV series, so why can't people buy a copy of the book the show is based on?
www.thefrankiedlc.news
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
For a very long time, since at least the 70s, Harlequin has been basically a mailing list that happens to publish books, and HC has continued to treat it that way. They will milk everything out of their books as long as they don’t have to spend another dime. Ebooks & audio made that SO much easier.
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Sounds like Kyrsten Sinema bullying Chandler AZ didn't work - and backfired:
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
"The project, along with Sinema’s involvement, attracted significant community opposition"
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
"The project, along with Sinema’s involvement, attracted significant community opposition"
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's intervention in a local rezoning effort has sparked a fight over local control.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sounds like Kyrsten Sinema bullying Chandler AZ didn't work - and backfired:
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
"The project, along with Sinema’s involvement, attracted significant community opposition"
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
"The project, along with Sinema’s involvement, attracted significant community opposition"
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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re LRT: we really are now in an era when we must be skeptical of every new image we see. any image or footage that effectively elicits a particular emotion or response may very well have been created by someone to do just that. don't trust the validity of anything until you confirm it yourself.
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
re LRT: we really are now in an era when we must be skeptical of every new image we see. any image or footage that effectively elicits a particular emotion or response may very well have been created by someone to do just that. don't trust the validity of anything until you confirm it yourself.
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I'm doing something revolutionary. Something no one has done before: A NEWSLETTER! Yes, I'm throwing a party and I'd love for you to come.
A Big Bold Beautiful Newsletter Journey
Welcome to Premiere Party, by Richard Lawson.
www.premiereparty.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I'm doing something revolutionary. Something no one has done before: A NEWSLETTER! Yes, I'm throwing a party and I'd love for you to come.
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MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted. Share, porfas!
Commentary: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted
“Daily Memo” has become the diary Los Angeles never asked for but which is now indispensable, documenting in real time one of the most terrifying chapters in the region's history.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: The ex-landscaper behind the deportation diary L.A. never wanted. Share, porfas!
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
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Strong floors, high gallows
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Strong floors, high gallows
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To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
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man i sure wish there were a search engine that would make up plausible-looking but completely incorrect search results
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
man i sure wish there were a search engine that would make up plausible-looking but completely incorrect search results
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The community hub will mark its first decade with a festive fundraiser.
Palabras Bilingual Bookstore celebrates 10 years in business
The community hub will mark its first decade with a festive fundraiser.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The community hub will mark its first decade with a festive fundraiser.
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If you haven’t yet, read Ronan’s book about the actual club of NYC media men and their long history sexually abusing women, helping each other, talking horribly about women and forcing NDAs to keep it quiet. Too many predators and coverups still in the industry.
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you haven’t yet, read Ronan’s book about the actual club of NYC media men and their long history sexually abusing women, helping each other, talking horribly about women and forcing NDAs to keep it quiet. Too many predators and coverups still in the industry.
Watchmen tired meme
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Watchmen tired meme
Plastic Duck, aged to a delightfully noncommittal 40ish, lives in a charming enclave just southeast of Phoenix where there is pigeon shit everywhere. Poised on PD’s bedside table are some cringey books about crystals or whatever and gay erotica, like a Perfume Genius song come to life.
h/T to @baddestmamajama.bsky.social who did this and really made me laugh:
Olivia Nuzzi bio Mad Libs
GO
Olivia Nuzzi bio Mad Libs
GO
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Plastic Duck, aged to a delightfully noncommittal 40ish, lives in a charming enclave just southeast of Phoenix where there is pigeon shit everywhere. Poised on PD’s bedside table are some cringey books about crystals or whatever and gay erotica, like a Perfume Genius song come to life.
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
capping a week of stories about elite depravity with a story about a journalist who broke basically every possible ethical rule (and was rewarded for it) to elevate an unqualified wealthy failson who is trying to destroy american public health is, well, it's a lot, tbh
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*beededededoop* Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there’s banana bread in the kitchen. You can take a portion of this sweet cake bread anytime. Use the knife to cut off part of the loaf. You can take a full piece or a small piece depending on how hungry you are.
December 5, 2024 at 5:09 PM
*beededededoop* Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there’s banana bread in the kitchen. You can take a portion of this sweet cake bread anytime. Use the knife to cut off part of the loaf. You can take a full piece or a small piece depending on how hungry you are.
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It's kinda like if you were born intuitively feeling like the A button should be on the right, X should be up, B down, etc. but life hands you an Xbox controller and everyone gets super weird the moment you ask about button remapping.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's kinda like if you were born intuitively feeling like the A button should be on the right, X should be up, B down, etc. but life hands you an Xbox controller and everyone gets super weird the moment you ask about button remapping.
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Get up, get down, San Diego is a union town! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Get up, get down, San Diego is a union town! #NoContractNoCoffee
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
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Brandon Recor is a Proud Boy who has been involved in a lot of political violence in southern California. He was very active at protests.
The Republic has identified the guard who brutally punched a 22-year-old outside a Phoenix nightclub. Rafael Montoya died after the brawl.
Guard in fatal Phoenix nightclub beating is violent felon with far-right ties
The Republic has identified the guard who brutally punched a 22-year-old outside a Phoenix nightclub. Rafael Montoya died after the brawl.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Brandon Recor is a Proud Boy who has been involved in a lot of political violence in southern California. He was very active at protests.
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Despite decades of making music together, Northampton-based band Winterpills still feel like a well-kept secret. On their first album in nearly a decade, they sound more like a unit than ever.
Become a member to read Maeri Ferguson's review below:
nodepression.org/album-review...
Become a member to read Maeri Ferguson's review below:
nodepression.org/album-review...
ALBUM REVIEW: The Sound of Something Wild: Winterpills’ Triumphant Return with 'This is How We Dance'
Despite decades of making music together, Winterpills still feel like a well-kept secret. But if ever a song could capture the attention they so deserve, it’s “Wild,” the opening track off the band’s…
nodepression.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Despite decades of making music together, Northampton-based band Winterpills still feel like a well-kept secret. On their first album in nearly a decade, they sound more like a unit than ever.
Become a member to read Maeri Ferguson's review below:
nodepression.org/album-review...
Become a member to read Maeri Ferguson's review below:
nodepression.org/album-review...