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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, the euphoria I felt watching the results at 3 am with another expat friend. Sigh.

Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 4d

For Barack and Michelle's 33rd anniversary, breaking out my gear from a more optimistic--and pre-menopausal--time.
Happy Anniversary, you two. We miss you.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 4d

This is so many of my favorite SpecRom (Speculative Romance) in one conversation, so you bet I'm going to be there. And the pay-what-you-can ticket goes to support Bookstore Romance Day!
eventbrite.com/e/los…

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 4d

This is so many of my favorite SpecRom (Speculative Romance) in one conversation, so you bet I'm going to be there. And the pay-what-you-can ticket goes to support Bookstore Romance Day!

www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-found...

Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 8d

"I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military, because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor--a stupid governor, stupid."

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass U.S. Cities Should Be Military ‘Training Grounds’

www.nytimes.com

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 17d

Pretty funny that scamster used you as an example when offering to help me with my "underperforming" books.

Congrats on going from $2000 to $4200 in just 3 months. /s

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 21d

Exactly one year after publication, Trump's trollsuit against the NYT and Penguin Random launches Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig's Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success into bestsellerdom. And yes, I bought a copy.

From Amazon: Best Sellers Rank #653 in Books
#1 in Biographies of Business & Industrial Professionals
#1 in Political Corruption & Misconduct
#3 in Sociology Reference

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 22d

🚨Call your representative🚨

GOP has added Provision 226 to H.R. 5300 scheduled for a hearing THIS WEDNESDAY 9/17 that would allow the State Dep't to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens on vague and subjective grounds determined by Marco Rubio.
www.house.gov/representati...

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · 28d

Last year, I got a DM from Jodi Picoult introducing herself as "a writer, too." I stared at that 'too' because the idea that she imagined me in her league left me beyond words.

I don't know how Molly Molloy & the Angel of Death found its way to this amazing writer and person but I am so grateful.

Library Speakers Consortium @lsc-author-talks.bsky.social · Aug 29

Last spring, we asked Jodi Picoult what she was reading and she gave us some great recommendations!
Have you read any of these books yet?
Tell us what you are reading right now!

@jodipicoult.bsky.social @tessabailey.bsky.social @mariavalewrites.bsky.social @gillianmauthor.bsky.social

#bookrecs

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Sep 7

#writersky Trying to find out if you might be eligible for the Anthropic settlement? I went first to the Atlantic's LibGen search engine.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Sep 7

#writersky Trying to find out if you might be eligible for the Anthropic settlement? I went first to the Atlantic's LibGen search engine.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Then filled out the Author & Publisher Contact information here.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 22

Such beautiful eyes.

Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ahhh, Rachel, thank you. Olivia's one of my favorite people in this business. So warm, generous and talented. <3<3<3

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Exactly. And my stupid phone keeps insisting on serving up stupid pictures of when they were babies which I swear was just a month ago.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yeah. Oldest was out of the house but in the city so I saw him pretty often (Cheap Dinners!) Now both of them are many states away. Not sure when I'll be able to change the youngest's sheets. Maybe never.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Doggos with dorpy ears are among my favorite things! Thanks so much, Roxling.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

One of my favorite guilty secrets is watching Instagram stories of Huskies Behaving Badly And Usually Loudly. Surprisingly common. Thank you, Sharon!

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you, Olivia, so much. I'm just kind of shell shocked but will be in touch.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Whenever I can, I map out a route that takes me past the local doggy day care. It's my favorite window! Thank you, Sue.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you so much, Mary. I love the way they are curled up together.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

So. I've dropped off both kids and for the first time in 27 years, there are no children in the house or even in the city.
I am desperately sad.
Please send pet pictures.

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you for taking a chance on Molly, Rose!

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Aug 12

Extraordinary to roll out the red carpet for plagiaristic, energy-guzzling AI companies while telling ordinary citizens to save electricity

Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · Aug 12

sorry you're experiencing record breaking temperatures and drought. Have you tried deleted some of photos of your grandmother about it?

UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought

As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.

www.404media.co

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · Aug 5

My theory is that if we taxed most of these people without telling them and the people they pay to manage their money didn't tell them, they'd never notice.

And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.

saint-timonious.bsky.social @saint-timonious.bsky.social · Aug 5

MA put in a 4% millionaires tax 2 years ago, & the GOP said we'd miss revenue targets & millionaires would flee. MA collected TWICE the projected revenues, & the number of millionaires went UP 40%.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'

Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

www.wbur.org

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Maria Vale @mariavalewrites.bsky.social · Aug 5

Look what just showed up in my library!

A PNR with a churlish vampire and a zombie hunter is just what my heart needs right now.

Congratulations @oliviawrites.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉

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