@kcordeirobooks.bsky.social
New Englander by way of Açores, Dad, partner, writer, educator, equity coach, proponent of high-minded working class trash.
One of the many horrors of the American legal system is its continued classification of children as property of their parents. I can’t say I share the author’s optimism that this one legal change will be a silver bullet, but it’s a start for the UK at least.
I’ve seen courts hand children back to their abusers. Today that horror finally ends | Charlotte Proudman
I’ve seen courts hand children back to their abusers. Today that horror finally ends | Charlotte Proudman
Ministers say a parent’s right to see their child no longer trumps a child’s right to safety. Now we need a public inquiry into years of needless suffering, says barrister Charlotte Proudman
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
One of the many horrors of the American legal system is its continued classification of children as property of their parents. I can’t say I share the author’s optimism that this one legal change will be a silver bullet, but it’s a start for the UK at least.
We may be little, but we’re quick to tell others where to they can shove their book bans.
In Wake of Court Losses, Rhode Island Codifies ‘Right to Read’
Rhode Island signed into law the Freedom to Read Act on July 10. The law is the first to guarantee writers and readers a right to sue for censorship, and shields librarians from criminal prosecution.
www.publishersweekly.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We may be little, but we’re quick to tell others where to they can shove their book bans.
Haven’t posted. Querying. Writing something new to keep busy. Best way to describe it is New England immigrant union noir and I’m specifically writing it so that @gabino.bsky.social might read it one day and be my friend.
July 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Haven’t posted. Querying. Writing something new to keep busy. Best way to describe it is New England immigrant union noir and I’m specifically writing it so that @gabino.bsky.social might read it one day and be my friend.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
I have confirmation from the Vatican that the rumors are true. My Avó has been elected the next pope and her first papal decree is to challenge all world leaders to 12 rounds bare-knuckle in the Sistine chapel. USA is up first.
May 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have confirmation from the Vatican that the rumors are true. My Avó has been elected the next pope and her first papal decree is to challenge all world leaders to 12 rounds bare-knuckle in the Sistine chapel. USA is up first.
Shout out to @lit-escalates.bsky.social for the uplifting Monday morning reminder courtesy of the accompanying bookmark
May 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Shout out to @lit-escalates.bsky.social for the uplifting Monday morning reminder courtesy of the accompanying bookmark
Welp, there goes my weekend. Hanging out with her holiness as envisioned by @joeabercrombie.com himself. I’m so amped for this experience. Praise be to lord grimdark.
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Welp, there goes my weekend. Hanging out with her holiness as envisioned by @joeabercrombie.com himself. I’m so amped for this experience. Praise be to lord grimdark.
51 years ago today my avó (pictured enjoying her favorite beverage) and others across the Portuguese Empire went out to streets to remind a fascist regime that they would not and could not choke out hope for a better future. The fascists keep trying, here and elsewhere. We’ll keep reminding em
April 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
51 years ago today my avó (pictured enjoying her favorite beverage) and others across the Portuguese Empire went out to streets to remind a fascist regime that they would not and could not choke out hope for a better future. The fascists keep trying, here and elsewhere. We’ll keep reminding em
This season of pope-watch is going to be so much fun.
Convicted cardinal demands to be part of conclave to choose new pope, setting up Vatican standoff | CNN
A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican is claiming he can take part in the forthcoming conclave despite being listed as a “non-elector.”
www.cnn.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This season of pope-watch is going to be so much fun.
Any other millennials ready to play Pope-Watch again?
As an ex-Catholic with a boatload of religious trauma the catty drama that’s about to play out behind the scenes is about to become my hyper-fixation for the next few weeks
As an ex-Catholic with a boatload of religious trauma the catty drama that’s about to play out behind the scenes is about to become my hyper-fixation for the next few weeks
April 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Any other millennials ready to play Pope-Watch again?
As an ex-Catholic with a boatload of religious trauma the catty drama that’s about to play out behind the scenes is about to become my hyper-fixation for the next few weeks
As an ex-Catholic with a boatload of religious trauma the catty drama that’s about to play out behind the scenes is about to become my hyper-fixation for the next few weeks
Great night at The Crypt PVD celebrating #MTG Dragonstorm and helping my incredible wife @desgravestattoos.bsky.social raise money for @youthprideri.bsky.social. Only cracked one pack and this badass was waiting inside.
#LGS #PVD
#LGS #PVD
April 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Great night at The Crypt PVD celebrating #MTG Dragonstorm and helping my incredible wife @desgravestattoos.bsky.social raise money for @youthprideri.bsky.social. Only cracked one pack and this badass was waiting inside.
#LGS #PVD
#LGS #PVD
On a rainy Saturday, it comes to an end. And by end I mean edits, revisions, beta reads, query drafting and fretting over whether the story of Ruy and Alva is ready for the world.
Wish them luck
#WIP #writerscommunity
Wish them luck
#WIP #writerscommunity
March 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On a rainy Saturday, it comes to an end. And by end I mean edits, revisions, beta reads, query drafting and fretting over whether the story of Ruy and Alva is ready for the world.
Wish them luck
#WIP #writerscommunity
Wish them luck
#WIP #writerscommunity
I’m at the bittersweet 80k milestone for my #WIP. Writing all the best and worst things to happen to these characters and world over the next few chapters is both brutal and invigorating.
Alva, Ruy, Atrás, it’s been great. Sorry and you’re welcome for what’s ahead
#authorsky #writercommunity
Alva, Ruy, Atrás, it’s been great. Sorry and you’re welcome for what’s ahead
#authorsky #writercommunity
March 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m at the bittersweet 80k milestone for my #WIP. Writing all the best and worst things to happen to these characters and world over the next few chapters is both brutal and invigorating.
Alva, Ruy, Atrás, it’s been great. Sorry and you’re welcome for what’s ahead
#authorsky #writercommunity
Alva, Ruy, Atrás, it’s been great. Sorry and you’re welcome for what’s ahead
#authorsky #writercommunity
Just saying these two have the exact same “to bad your kid died” outlook.
Now is the time of monsters
Now is the time of monsters
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just saying these two have the exact same “to bad your kid died” outlook.
Now is the time of monsters
Now is the time of monsters
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Life’s got a real “the black castle only needs one more corpse” kinda feeling lately.
#theblackcompany #grimdark #SFF
#theblackcompany #grimdark #SFF
February 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Life’s got a real “the black castle only needs one more corpse” kinda feeling lately.
#theblackcompany #grimdark #SFF
#theblackcompany #grimdark #SFF
Dear fellow 1st gen kids: check on your elders. Your parents, tias, the guy your dad talks to all the time at the cervejaria. They’re scared right now. We are too, but let’s be honest, they’re not going to admit it unless we ask them. Talk to each other. Protect each other.
January 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Dear fellow 1st gen kids: check on your elders. Your parents, tias, the guy your dad talks to all the time at the cervejaria. They’re scared right now. We are too, but let’s be honest, they’re not going to admit it unless we ask them. Talk to each other. Protect each other.
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‘I have no neighbours’: overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit
‘I have no neighbours’: overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit
As visitor numbers hit record levels in southern Europe, some residents are surrounded entirely by tourist flats
When her husband, who had cancer at the time, took a tumble in the couple’s sixth-floor flat last year, Maria frantically wondered who she…
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
‘I have no neighbours’: overtourism pushes residents in Spain and Portugal to the limit
Look at this asshole, shorts in January.
January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Look at this asshole, shorts in January.
