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· May 19
HOW TO DEPRESS AN AUTHOR, OR NOT
Numbers
truepersonius.substack.com
If you've written a novel, whether published or not,
If you've published a book, whether selling or not,
If you're #writing and creating & wondering if it's worth it:
KEEP GOING! YOU ARE ALREADY A SUCCESS!
A post from last autumn about beating the odds.
truepersonius.substack.com/p/how-to-dep...
If you've published a book, whether selling or not,
If you're #writing and creating & wondering if it's worth it:
KEEP GOING! YOU ARE ALREADY A SUCCESS!
A post from last autumn about beating the odds.
truepersonius.substack.com/p/how-to-dep...
He's got good points. Heed his warning.
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Andra Watkins (@andrawatkins)
Excellent points.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
He's got good points. Heed his warning.
substack.com/@andrawatkin...
substack.com/@andrawatkin...
They can't hide the truth. This is what US taxpayer dollars are paying for. You OK with that? Didn't think so. Share and make some noise!
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
They can't hide the truth. This is what US taxpayer dollars are paying for. You OK with that? Didn't think so. Share and make some noise!
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
When you're a writer, everything sounds like a prompt.
Or is it just me?
#writingcommunity #fiction #prompt
Or is it just me?
#writingcommunity #fiction #prompt
A flood-prone city gets creative in its effort to tame the water gods
A flood-prone city gets creative in its effort to tame the water gods
Hampton, Virginia, is experimenting with things like rain gardens, marsh restoration, and oyster-seeded artificial reefs.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
When you're a writer, everything sounds like a prompt.
Or is it just me?
#writingcommunity #fiction #prompt
Or is it just me?
#writingcommunity #fiction #prompt
Chris Rea ~ Driving Home For Christmas (1986)
YouTube video by TheOldrecordclub
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December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For today's #Caturday pose, Abner demonstrates the hip flexor stretch in dad's recliner. Don't be fooled, this is not an invitation for belly rubs.
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For today's #Caturday pose, Abner demonstrates the hip flexor stretch in dad's recliner. Don't be fooled, this is not an invitation for belly rubs.
"Perhaps this is adulthood's final frontier: becoming sufficient audience for your own life." Really sums up beautifully what I'd been feeling after retiring.
substack.com/@theoldgreyt...
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The Old Grey Thinker (@theoldgreythinker)
I don't miss my career. I miss being witnessed.
For decades, colleagues observed my skills, remembered my contributions, reflected my existence back to me through collaboration and recognition.
Now ...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Perhaps this is adulthood's final frontier: becoming sufficient audience for your own life." Really sums up beautifully what I'd been feeling after retiring.
substack.com/@theoldgreyt...
substack.com/@theoldgreyt...
Remember in Iraq, after Saddam was ousted, so many Iraqis couldn't wait to tear down every statue and monument? It'll be like that. It'll be joyous, raucous, and oh so satisfying.
Donald Trump knows he will never earn or deserve the respect of the American people enough that monuments, buildings, institutions, or memorials will be named after him, so he’s taking other’s laurels and just adding his name himself.
Doesn’t matter. When he’s gone, we will erase him from it all.
Doesn’t matter. When he’s gone, we will erase him from it all.
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Remember in Iraq, after Saddam was ousted, so many Iraqis couldn't wait to tear down every statue and monument? It'll be like that. It'll be joyous, raucous, and oh so satisfying.
Yesterday was crazy; more wind and rain, but thankfully not any more flooding and the power & cable was restored. So spouse and I tuned into the Seahawks game a little late, well after half time.
Guess that worked out for us. Holy Hawks, all I really needed was the last 20 minutes. What a game!
Guess that worked out for us. Holy Hawks, all I really needed was the last 20 minutes. What a game!
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yesterday was crazy; more wind and rain, but thankfully not any more flooding and the power & cable was restored. So spouse and I tuned into the Seahawks game a little late, well after half time.
Guess that worked out for us. Holy Hawks, all I really needed was the last 20 minutes. What a game!
Guess that worked out for us. Holy Hawks, all I really needed was the last 20 minutes. What a game!
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Relay from BLUESKY....
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Relay from BLUESKY....
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Above all else, you have to love and support creatives MORE than you hate generated slop. Show us that you care because you value and love what we do, and that you want us to keep doing it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Above all else, you have to love and support creatives MORE than you hate generated slop. Show us that you care because you value and love what we do, and that you want us to keep doing it.
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It’s possible to tell someone they are in too steep of a decline to keep being president! America just did that last year!!
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It’s possible to tell someone they are in too steep of a decline to keep being president! America just did that last year!!
We know that targeted boycotts work. This would send a strong message if enough people would participate. The beauty is in it's simplicity sustained over a relatively short period of time. It isn't painful, the only requirement is an update to one's W-4 form. Peaceful resistance.
#12For12 #FICA
#12For12 #FICA
WHAT IF everyone went into work in January & changed the number of exemption withholding to 12, for 12 weeks? It would get some attention, good traction. Ninety days of NO FICA taxpayer federal deposits might make politicians more responsive to THE PEOPLE.
#12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions
#12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions
🎯🎯🎯🎯
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
WHAT IF everyone went into work in January & changed the number of exemption withholding to 12, for 12 weeks? It would get some attention, good traction. Ninety days of NO FICA taxpayer federal deposits might make politicians more responsive to THE PEOPLE.
#12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions
#12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
WHAT IF everyone went into work in January & changed the number of exemption withholding to 12, for 12 weeks? It would get some attention, good traction. Ninety days of NO FICA taxpayer federal deposits might make politicians more responsive to THE PEOPLE.
#12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions
#12For12 #flip2026 #2026W-4Exemptions
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Funny, in a not funny-ha-ha sort of way, they're eager to protect children from books & art & diversity, but not from guns and bullets and hunger and preventable diseases... which are far more destructive and insidious to children's health and mortality.
- Skeptical of the "But The Children!" crowd.
- Skeptical of the "But The Children!" crowd.
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Funny, in a not funny-ha-ha sort of way, they're eager to protect children from books & art & diversity, but not from guns and bullets and hunger and preventable diseases... which are far more destructive and insidious to children's health and mortality.
- Skeptical of the "But The Children!" crowd.
- Skeptical of the "But The Children!" crowd.
EVERYBODY CONTACT YOUR SENATORS. Don't let this cruelty be signed into law!
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
EVERYBODY CONTACT YOUR SENATORS. Don't let this cruelty be signed into law!
It's easy to become a billionaire! All ya gotta do is kiss orange ass, steal data, and close legit gov't so some of that taxpayer money funnels your way.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's easy to become a billionaire! All ya gotta do is kiss orange ass, steal data, and close legit gov't so some of that taxpayer money funnels your way.
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Trump shares dangerous misinformation during school tragedy at Brown University.
25th Amendment NOW!
25th Amendment NOW!
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Trump shares dangerous misinformation during school tragedy at Brown University.
25th Amendment NOW!
25th Amendment NOW!
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RELEVANT. Cut the cord.
substack.com/@andrawatkin...
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Andra Watkins (@andrawatkins)
Warning: This note should be a newsletter. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I WARNED READERS TO QUIT META?
“But my friends and family…”
“But my business website…”
“But my HOA group…”
“But my language exchange…...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RELEVANT. Cut the cord.
substack.com/@andrawatkin...
substack.com/@andrawatkin...
Why is anyone still giving Meta platforms ANY attention? Boycotts worked (Target, Tesla, Disney...) If you can't reach out to friends & family without FB, then maybe rethink how you're operating in the world & how you define friends?
Same for Amazon, plenty of other options.
Hell in a handbasket!
Same for Amazon, plenty of other options.
Hell in a handbasket!
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Why is anyone still giving Meta platforms ANY attention? Boycotts worked (Target, Tesla, Disney...) If you can't reach out to friends & family without FB, then maybe rethink how you're operating in the world & how you define friends?
Same for Amazon, plenty of other options.
Hell in a handbasket!
Same for Amazon, plenty of other options.
Hell in a handbasket!
It's bad y'all.
The National Water Center has issued an updated Key Messages for the ongoing Catastrophic flooding impacts this week in Washington. More info: water.noaa.gov #flooding #wawx
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's bad y'all.
I understand the need for revenue on most websites, but I have a rule. If ads become 1/2 to 3/4 of my screen, or pop ups that must be constantly closed in order to view content, it's an automatic NO. I just won't visit that place again. If ad is for an evil entity, same. Another reason I left FB.
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I understand the need for revenue on most websites, but I have a rule. If ads become 1/2 to 3/4 of my screen, or pop ups that must be constantly closed in order to view content, it's an automatic NO. I just won't visit that place again. If ad is for an evil entity, same. Another reason I left FB.
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