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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · 20d

See me at Durham's newest bookstore, Daughters Coffee & Books. Without giving too much away, I have it on good authority that secrets will be revealed, lies unmasked, alliances betrayed, plus foes friended and vice versa. Come for the coffee, stay for the show!

This Sunday, 9/21, at 2 PM

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · 20d

I may not be in the WGA, but this pretty much sums it up

J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Aug 24

Today at 2, come on out!

J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Aug 20

Come hear the one and only @russellwjohnson.bsky.social speak about his new book, and learn how to stick the landing on your trilogy. This Saturday at Daughters Coffee & Books in Durham!

J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Aug 20

Come hear the one and only @russellwjohnson.bsky.social speak about his new book, and learn how to stick the landing on your trilogy. This Saturday at Daughters Coffee & Books in Durham!

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Jul 20

And to the person who said I was crazy for preferring Tony's Discount Burrito Palace, who's got "the most illiterate palate on planet earth" now?

J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Jul 19

this is tough to swallow

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · Jun 30

AVAILABLE NOW: RHP is proud to present the brand new edition of @erykpruitt.bsky.social’s debut novel, DIRTBAGS, a modern classic of southern gothic and noir.
Order your copy today: bit.ly/44wCbWX

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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Jun 18

Vice-President JD Vance confirms he has joined BlueSky.

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JD Vance V @JDVance
Just set up my page on @bluesky, hope to see you guys there!
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Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis.
So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
States" supports this position). The implication of these arguments is that courts should defer to so-called expert con-
There are several problems with appealing and deferring to the authority of the expert class. First, so-called experts have no license to countermand the "wisdom, fairness, or logic of legislative choices." FCC v. Beach Communications, Inc., 508 U. S. 307, 313 (1993). Second, contrary to the representations of the United States and the private plaintiffs there is no medical consensus on how best to treat gender dysphoria in children. Third, notwithstanding the alleged experts' view that young children can provide informed consent to irreversible sex-transition treatments, whether such consent is possible is a question of medical ethics that States must decide for themselves. Fourth, there are particularly good reasons to question the expert class here, as recent revelations suggest that leading voices in this area have relied on questionable evidence, and have allowed ide-logy to influence their medical guidand
Taken together, this case serves as a useful reminder that the American people and their representatives are en-
JD Vance @jd-vance-1.bsky.social • 47s
To that end, I found Justice Thomas's concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating. He argues that many of our so-called
"experts" have used bad arguments anc substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth.
JD Vance @jd-vance-1.bsky.social • 46s
I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Jun 11

Catch me if you can this Friday in Wilson, NC for another edition of Noir at the Bar!

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · Mar 2

For those with the Anthony Award ballots, please consider nominating my short story, “Effie’s Oasis,” from MOTEL: An Anthology, edited by @barbarabyar.bsky.social and published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Feb 28

Spenser #1, but really I could just grab any of them. The later ones by @aceatkins.bsky.social are great as well

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Feb 28

Read it this year! And was thinking of picking up the sequel, it's called The Twelve I think. Does #2 hold up compared to the original? Or should I just leave The Passage as a pleasant memory frozen in amber

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Maddie @madrigal.bsky.social · Feb 22

STOP reading books and START drinking paint

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Feb 25

Oh man the wood-paneled office has really come to life now. JEALOUSY CONSUMES ME

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Dec 4

First heard this from the one and only @cstegman.bsky.social. I believe you now buddy

Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · Dec 4

But perhaps the auction item I'd love the most: a Chandler letter with this delicious BIG SLEEP detail (a famous anecdote I always suspected was apocryphal).

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J.G. Hetherton @jghetherton.com · Dec 3

This explains almost everything

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