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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 16h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 18h

i can't believe sandfall is giving us new costumes, new bosses, and new dungeons for FREE like wow i would've paid for infinite Clair Obscur DLC but ok!!!!!!

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 20h

Do I know anyone else going to NCTE this year?

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 23h

AI is like a Trolley Problem for media CEOs, except they don't realize the options are actually "stop the trolley" or "the trolley runs me over six months after I let it run over my employees."

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 22h

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 2d

Got my finished copies of Dead & Breakfast!! They are so cute and I’m obsessed with the spine!

Have you pre-ordered yet? Remember you can grab a signed copy with preorder goodies (stickers) from Always Here Bookstore!

www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...

Paperback copies of Dead & Breakfast next to a teal tea pot and black tea cup. The cover shows two men holding hands. On the left, a white man with graying hair wearing a suit and tie holds a cup of coffee. On the right, a shorter man with long dark hair, pale skin, and a ruffly cravat holds a goblet of blood with a silly straw. They both have vampire fangs. Behind them is a field of flowers and a large house with a cat perched on a sign that says “welcome. Over the top is the title “DEAD & BREAKFAST” the tagline “come for the vampires stay for the scones” and the byline “kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor.” The spine shows the title text in blue and the byline in red with a black cat curled around a goblet of blood with a silly straw.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 1d

I loved it!! If you haven't read Camp Damascus yet, you gotta. That one slapped too

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway I blacked out the entire interview because I was so nervous but I guess I said at least something worth quoting!

screenshot of article that reads:
Vampires have always been really queer
It's not just "Carmilla" anymore; vampires are getting queerer.

"Dead & Breakfast," an upcoming murder mystery by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor, follows the misadventures of vampire husbands Arthur and Sal. "Vampires have always been really queer to me," Thor says.

In their book, they make the subtext the text. "Whether the authors or creators of those projects agree or not, all along queer people have been recognizing ourselves in these outcasts to society," the author adds.

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely wild to say this but... your eyes do not deceive you. That IS me being quoted in USA Today talking about the inherent queerness of vampires! 😱🦇🌈

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Did 'Twilight' ruin the vampire genre? How the series broke the rules – for the better

People still tell "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson that the movies and Stephenie Meyer books ruined the vampire genre. But did it? We asked readers.

www.usatoday.com

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 1d

It's a mystery novel intended for adults!

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much, Stephanie!!

(btw listened to Wooing the Witch Queen on audio recently and really enjoyed it!)

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 2d

Got my finished copies of Dead & Breakfast!! They are so cute and I’m obsessed with the spine!

Have you pre-ordered yet? Remember you can grab a signed copy with preorder goodies (stickers) from Always Here Bookstore!

www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...

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Stephanie Streit @smstreit.bsky.social · 4d

American citizens sit injured in hospitals, shackled to the bed under pseudonyms every day in America.

When we have ousted this authoritarian regime, let’s be sure to keep the momentum going and reform how law enforcement/corrections behave in hospitals.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5d

Policing is going to be the wedge for every progressive politician and it’s going to remain effective as long as avoiding confrontation with what the police are and what they’re doing is considered “smart politics.”

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

Cops and feds have successfully split up the demonstration now.

ISP standing side by side with Border Patrol.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 4d

they look so good!!!

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 5d

Great story. Can't overstate the desperation in creative industries right now. Nearly every person I know who previously had a viable, or even lucrative, career in media/entertainment is in a financial panic, leaving longtime apartments, desperately taking any work they can find. It is really bad.

Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 6d

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 4d

Queer kidlit editor here! 🫡🌈 I edited a sapphic dystopian YA book titled You Pierce My Soul by audio drama writer @jesserbest.bsky.social and I just think everyone should preorder it and/or request it at their local library!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799767...

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 7d

wrote about how you can't remove due process from immigrants and keep it for citizens because due process is the only way you can tell the difference. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...

If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process

How do you prove you’re a citizen?

www.everythingishorrible.net

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metal dot txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 5d

it’s almost like “age verification” is a MASSIVE FUCK OFF SECURITY ISSUE

The Verge @theverge.com · 5d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5d

You know what would protect more against tyranny? Not having highly militarized law enforcement in this country in the first place.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW:
(Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
(Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831
Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336

I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

Illinois State Police are protecting ICE as they move their vehicles out of the Broadview Detention Center. Call Governor Pritzker now to demand that he remove the ISP from Broadview. No state resources to protect kidnappers. Pritzker: Call off the IL state police 312-814-2121

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