M. Newton
@ridelee.bsky.social
Author, cat lady, holder of strong opinions on politics. She/her. @[email protected]
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The Shelter Trilogy
In a new America where civilization as we know it has ended, every hour counts. Everything is ticking along perfectly in the sanctuary community of Osto until a band of raiders arrives intent on viole...
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The second book in my post-apocalyptic hopepunk novella trilogy is coming out on January 5th! You can preorder it now so it shows up in your mail or ebook list as a happy surprise. :D
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To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
To anybody who is offended by the governor of Minneapolis telling ICE “get the fuck out of our city,” but not offended by ICE ethnic cleansing secret police summarily executing a local mom, a message: Go fuck yourself.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Learn the difference between a swear word and an obscenity.
Well, today is ALREADY a shitshow, whatcha got for me, Bluesky?
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Well, today is ALREADY a shitshow, whatcha got for me, Bluesky?
Ahaha, Conway would have had no chance against the MoCo Democratic party, no wonder he moved. They would have laughed him out of the room.
Also important to note that Conway was living in Bethesda, decided he wanted to be in Congress but couldn’t win against Raskin, so he moved to Manhattan to enter a race with no incumbent.
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Ahaha, Conway would have had no chance against the MoCo Democratic party, no wonder he moved. They would have laughed him out of the room.
Let it not be lost on us that the flu season is real, real bad the year that the administration fucked around with the flu vaccine committee and decided not to cooperate with international disease experts. Stark cause and effect, and it's only going to get worse if we let RFK continue his work.
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Let it not be lost on us that the flu season is real, real bad the year that the administration fucked around with the flu vaccine committee and decided not to cooperate with international disease experts. Stark cause and effect, and it's only going to get worse if we let RFK continue his work.
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Happy book birthday to Meridel Newton's THE PRESENT DAY BY DAY, book two in the Shelter Trilogy, now available wherever books are sold. www.interstellarflig...
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Happy book birthday to Meridel Newton's THE PRESENT DAY BY DAY, book two in the Shelter Trilogy, now available wherever books are sold. www.interstellarflig...
Want to start the year by attending a virtual book release party? Come hear me read from my new post-apocalyptic hope punk novella, The Present Day by Day! Tomorrow at 7:00 PM EST!
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FREE Online Book Launch w/Meridel Newton, author of THE PRESENT DAY BY DAY
Join us for a reading & discussion with Meridel Newton, author of THE PRESENT DAY BY DAY, the second book in the SHELTER TRILOGY
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January 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Want to start the year by attending a virtual book release party? Come hear me read from my new post-apocalyptic hope punk novella, The Present Day by Day! Tomorrow at 7:00 PM EST!
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In point of fact, I have both done my laundry *and* written a short story about ghost cats! I've not yet found a mossy tomb, but I did once happen upon a hermit's cave in a small Irish village on the coast.
It's ok if you haven't done your laundry, or written a short story about ghost cats, or discovered the mossy forgotten tomb of an ancient forest god.
I know you're trying your best, and that's all any of us can do.
Carry on.
I know you're trying your best, and that's all any of us can do.
Carry on.
January 4, 2026 at 6:09 AM
In point of fact, I have both done my laundry *and* written a short story about ghost cats! I've not yet found a mossy tomb, but I did once happen upon a hermit's cave in a small Irish village on the coast.
I do think Magic Knights Rayearth should be entered into the canon of modern day Omelas critiques and analyses. CLAMP had this shit down in the 90s, y'all.
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do think Magic Knights Rayearth should be entered into the canon of modern day Omelas critiques and analyses. CLAMP had this shit down in the 90s, y'all.
One last craft before the end of the year! I've been meaning to try making a Chinese thread book for a while now, and this seemed like a good opportunity. I used the instructions here: orihouse.com/zhenxianbao....
December 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One last craft before the end of the year! I've been meaning to try making a Chinese thread book for a while now, and this seemed like a good opportunity. I used the instructions here: orihouse.com/zhenxianbao....
I got nostalgic and started reading through some of my oldass LJ/DW entries, and I found a post from *2006* where I mentioned I liked Laura Bailey's VO work? What even, I have no memory of that whatsoever, but apparently my appreciation for her is old enough to join the military.
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I got nostalgic and started reading through some of my oldass LJ/DW entries, and I found a post from *2006* where I mentioned I liked Laura Bailey's VO work? What even, I have no memory of that whatsoever, but apparently my appreciation for her is old enough to join the military.
Yes, you *can* preorder my new book in the Barnes & Noble members-only preorder sale! 25% off the second novella in the Shelter Trilogy!
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The Present Day by Day|Paperback
In a world struggling with the aftermath of catastrophe, the small community of Osto is a beacon of hope uniting ragged survivors with a creed of cooperation and equality. As the newly elected leader ...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Yes, you *can* preorder my new book in the Barnes & Noble members-only preorder sale! 25% off the second novella in the Shelter Trilogy!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-presen...
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In this second book of The Shelter Trilogy, a new cast of characters joins old favorites, intrigue threatens all, and bit by bit, humanity continues the recovery!
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December 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In this second book of The Shelter Trilogy, a new cast of characters joins old favorites, intrigue threatens all, and bit by bit, humanity continues the recovery!
www.netgalley.com/ca...
www.netgalley.com/ca...
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Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Jazza not only coming out against AI, but following through on his logic until he reaches the endpoint of supporting UBI, is an unexpected bit of happiness today.
I was wrong about AI...
YouTube video by Jazza
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December 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Jazza not only coming out against AI, but following through on his logic until he reaches the endpoint of supporting UBI, is an unexpected bit of happiness today.
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Now available for booksellers, reviewers, and librarians: Book Two of Meridel Newton's Shelter Trilogy. As the newly elected leader of Osto, Amaya Bly has her hands full after a hard winter drained resources and strained the population's tolerance for dark days. www.netgalley.com/ca...
December 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Now available for booksellers, reviewers, and librarians: Book Two of Meridel Newton's Shelter Trilogy. As the newly elected leader of Osto, Amaya Bly has her hands full after a hard winter drained resources and strained the population's tolerance for dark days. www.netgalley.com/ca...
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The perfect holiday song
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The perfect holiday song
So one of the things I miss most about living in Japan is the loose tea selection at my neighborhood family restaurant. Specifically, they had a powerful hibiscus/rose hip blend that became my favorite tea the first time I had it, and I've missed it ever since.
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So one of the things I miss most about living in Japan is the loose tea selection at my neighborhood family restaurant. Specifically, they had a powerful hibiscus/rose hip blend that became my favorite tea the first time I had it, and I've missed it ever since.
There is a reason the main villain of the Shelter Trilogy (so far!) is a far right conservative asshole with no depth. It is a) more realistic to the world we're living in today, and b) more satisfying to see him get his ass kicked.
Fictional villains: Society has failed me and now the only way I can save those I love is to break the law. I'm not a monster, but I'll break you to protect those I care about.
Real world villains: I now call this meeting of We Love Sex Crimes to order.
Real world villains: I now call this meeting of We Love Sex Crimes to order.
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There is a reason the main villain of the Shelter Trilogy (so far!) is a far right conservative asshole with no depth. It is a) more realistic to the world we're living in today, and b) more satisfying to see him get his ass kicked.
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
I know it's easy to dump on organizations when they misstep repeatedly, but it's also important to recognize when those later missteps are attempts to correct for the original error, and when they're triangulating in on a better course of action.
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I know it's easy to dump on organizations when they misstep repeatedly, but it's also important to recognize when those later missteps are attempts to correct for the original error, and when they're triangulating in on a better course of action.
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*cups your face in her hands* Do you like emotionally stunted men who are also kind and on a Growth Journey? Do you like MacGyver, but would prefer it in space? Do you love found family stories? Do you like politics? Do you want more Weird Alien Shit? I need you to read this series.
I mean, if you like series but don't wanna start one until you know it's complete, this is the first book o(of 4) of my Finder series. Gotta love an interstellar repo man with a trouble magnet:
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December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
*cups your face in her hands* Do you like emotionally stunted men who are also kind and on a Growth Journey? Do you like MacGyver, but would prefer it in space? Do you love found family stories? Do you like politics? Do you want more Weird Alien Shit? I need you to read this series.
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DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three
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I love the universality of the instinct to start reciting the poem the second someone mentions The Dark Is Rising. Truly, you are my nerds.
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I love the universality of the instinct to start reciting the poem the second someone mentions The Dark Is Rising. Truly, you are my nerds.
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Happy Winter Solstice. The mists returned to Avalon as we celebrated the return of the light on the shortest day. Tomorrow daylight hours begin to lengthen. It was a beautiful morning on Glastonbury Tor.
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Happy Winter Solstice. The mists returned to Avalon as we celebrated the return of the light on the shortest day. Tomorrow daylight hours begin to lengthen. It was a beautiful morning on Glastonbury Tor.
Ahaha, that was fast.
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ahaha, that was fast.