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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 15h

"All supremacists are inadequate.

Competent, confident people don't go crying for special treatment."

- Jenny Schwartz, Stars Die: Caldryn Parliament 1

Stars Die (Caldryn Parliament Book 1)

Amazon.com: Stars Die (Caldryn Parliament Book 1) eBook : Schwartz, Jenny: Kindle Store

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 1d

When we spoke about this on my show, we talked about how many tabs you had open about exoskeletons and sex. I am just saying.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 18h

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my goodness I am excited. Too excited for an exclamation point.

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 1d

When we spoke about this on my show, we talked about how many tabs you had open about exoskeletons and sex. I am just saying.

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andrea shea @whattheshea.bsky.social · 1d

“If we view feminism as the struggle of gender-marginalized people for bodily autonomy, rather than just calling these things “women's issues,” then we make room for all trans people within feminism.”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

"As much as our enemies are louder and crueler, and in many cases more powerful than ever, we have more allies than ever too."

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist @judedoyle.bsky.social

Jude Doyle On Manhood After Patriarchy — Assigned

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist author Jude Doyle.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

When I say MAGA is post-truth, one of the things I mean is the movement—along with its fellow travelers and apologists—approaches the world insisting that there’s no such thing as factual reality, there are only words and images that are good or bad for one’s team.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1d

I am following this debut, and I don’t know anyone who can explain why an opinion journalist has been chosen as Editor-in-Chief. Did we need more opinion at CBS?

Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 1d

Not an expert on this stuff but I have the sense that no one backing Weiss understands that what she has done her whole career, opinion-based news-flavored content, is distinct from news reporting.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 2d

This might be the most important corollary to the Golden Rule

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2d

The fact that you feel bad is not the same as repairing harm.

It’s based in the belief that your feelings matter more than your impact

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 4d

What is the Most 80s guitar riff, and is Money for Nothing by Dire Straits?

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SonomaLass ⚾ 🍺 🌮 @sonomalass.bsky.social · 6d

Part one of why today was horrible. RIP @isobelcarr.com; you will be greatly missed and long remembered. I count myself lucky to have been your friend.

carolynjewel.com/wordpress/20...

Tonda Fuller (Isobel Carr)

My good friend of many years, Tonda Fuller, passed away today. As many of you know, she had been battling an aggressive cancer. She was surrounded by friends an

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Bookstore Romance Day @handle.invalid · 6d

On Sat., Nov. 1 @ 3PM ET authors @oliviawaite.com, @jessiemihalik.com, @clpolk.com, #LeslyePenelope, @evaleigh.bsky.social, & @kitrocha.com will discuss the ways in which a sudden gain or loss of magic can impact a fictional character or world. Save your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/1762356127...

Lost & Found Magic

The promise & peril of magic lost or found in fictional worlds.

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 7d

I need Old Navy to stop advertising pants to me that I really like but are entirely completely without a doubt sold out.

Stop it. Vile tempters.

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Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 7d

As Tonda Fuller @isobelcarr.com is fading from us in peace and love, may I invite you to please take a peek at the GFM to support her care, and her caregivers. It is 92% funded.

I loved to see her at RT and RWA. Always funny, a true gift to hang out with in any bar, and so welcoming. 💕

Donate to Help Kristie Care for Her Bestie During Cancer Treatment, organized by Kristie Raycroft

Caregiver Support Fund for Kristie Raycroft Update fro… Kristie Raycroft needs your support for Help Kristie Care for Her Bestie During Cancer Treatment

www.gofundme.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7d

People think they’re taking down a rich intellectual sinecure but they’re mostly terrorizing committed public servants who make $58,000 a year after 15 years of experience at a school that has to budget creatively so students can access textbooks.

Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 7d

This new column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social makes me think about when I recently had to talk to the police for yet another safety plan, I tried to “lighten” the mood by saying that we all knew this wasn’t my first rodeo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

For at least the past 15 years, my colleagues in academia have grappled with angry letters to university officials for doing their jobs. They have weathered campaigns for their firing. They have contended with an internet army obsessed with doxxing them, their parents, their kids. I’ve been contacted by the F.B.I. more than once in my career. Not because I hold any important state secrets or know a biker gang but because one of my colleagues has lived with so much sustained harassment from right-wing “activists” that it has become a matter of federal concern. Watch lists (one of which was constructed by Kirk’s organization) do not distinguish between public intellectuals at wealthy enclaves and hoi polloi who teach popular classes at cash-strapped schools. In either case, an army of trained provocateurs stands ready to destroy their lives to prove their bona fides as conservative activists.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7d

MW correctly reading the room

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 8d

Because the Deaf community is extremely funny politicians definitely cannot count on a loving and complimentary sign name like this one—it really demonstrates people’s genuine enthusiasm

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8d

Stephanie and Najia started "Deafies for Zohran" to make this movement accessible to their community. They even created a signature hand sign for “Zohran.”

Sign up for a shift and wave 👋🏻 the next time you’re canvassing in Jackson Heights!

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kalen whose twitter pic is 15 yrs old @kalenski.bsky.social · 7d

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Sonya Huber @sonyahuber.bsky.social · 7d

People-except Gen X women seem shocked that Gen X has high support for Trump. Ask us what high school was like.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7d

Ooh, that's something to chew on. People are going to be actively looking for weird, gnarly, unpredictable.

Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 8d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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Jeevani Charika / Rhoda Baxter @jeevanicharika.bsky.social · 7d

A sugarcraft expert and a low-carb/keto baker must work together to cater a wedding. This could be a disaster, or love at first (food) fight.
THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL by Jeevani Charika.
Shorlisted for the RNA romantic comedy award 2025!
https://books2read.com/manbuns