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writer... reader... lover of Black romance... HGTV junkie... she/her... Baltimore native... Sagittarius ♐... 🖤💚💜 www.sweetturtleberry.com

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · May 11

Hi! 👋🏾 I'm Turtleberry

I write books about Black women living life and falling in love.

You can find my books here:
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My Catalog

Are You Okay?Trying to outrun her demons, Angel has a rocky start at her new school. She is forced to test her ideas about friendship and face those demons. Will she be able to trust or will her pr…

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 28m

Are y'all really arguing about calling a shopping cart a cart?

O_o

Call it a cart. Call it a basket. Call it a buggy.

IDGAF

Just put that shit back in the proper spot when you're done with it. Don't block a parking spot. Stop being a lazy asshole.

Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 31m

We wouldn't even be in this mess if y'all would have voted for the woman... either time.

*sips tea*

We'd be arguing about other shit and not watching our country turn into a fascist dictatorship.

*rolls eyes*

Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 52m

SMDH

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Whew chile...

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 4h

Flannel for Fall

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 4h

*looks at news*

*sips tea*

*mumbles*

Thank the heavens we didn't get the Black lady who didn't do enough in her position of zero power to stop a genocide. She clearly should have made more promises she wasn't sure she could back up.

*rolls eyes*

*sips tea*

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 17h

🚨🚨 EMERGENCY🚨🚨

🚨🚨👉🏿Need $200 by tomorrow morning at 9AM👈🏿🚨🚨 so I can take Lyft to my jobs until I get my paycheck on Friday.

Whatever you can spare will be amazing, fam. If you can't give $$$, please give a boost. Everything helps!

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

💸💞

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 18h

The UN has sent peacekeepers in for less

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 18h

“We don’t have to approach and criticize this album as art, because it isn’t art. The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. Art takes time and care. This is profit. It’s content.”

WHEW.

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

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Candy✨ @labeautenoire3.bsky.social · 18h

Grocery shopping is literally depressing.

Jared @jareddc.bsky.social · 20h

man, food shopping is so expensive :(

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Leni Kauffman @lenikauffman.bsky.social · 6d

Picking up more books at the flea market because autumn will always be back-to-school season 🍂📚

Woman looking through books at a flea market stall

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‎ @pandasugarbutt.art · 22h

Designing black girl weather icons… because.

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 18h

it seems like every medicine i have to take has a horrible aftertaste...

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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 19h

Do you like books about families, pop culture, betrayal, friendship, romantic reunions and mysterious musical divas? You should buy my book. www.amazon.com/Family-Other...

Family & Other Calamities: A Novel

Family & Other Calamities: A Novel - Kindle edition by Gray Streeter, Leslie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Family & Other Calamities: A Novel.

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Munah @heathenqueen.blacksky.app · 19h

🚨🚨🚨🚨
MOTHER NEEDS HELP.
Tonisha was laid off and is at the end of her savings. Can we getnsome traction on her fundraiser, please!! Give what you can and share widely. Thank you so much!!

gofund.me/ccb8b992b

tlb8275.bsky.social @tlb8275.bsky.social · 19h

I might delete my GoFundMe because it has received no traction. I've only received $100 from it. Far from my goal.

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 19h

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 19h

I appreciate people pointing it out because that is how I'm learning. I really can't tell most times until someone points it out to me.

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HERbron James 🐐 @meekayelah.bsky.social · 20h

If you’re able, please support Rudy and his team as they continue to build a separate community for us on #blacksky! They deserve all the support for how they’ve handled things from day 1 for our community.

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 19h

Never did, never will.

Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 19h

Folks who tell you that it’s okay to temporarily sacrifice a marginalized group in order to win

Do not care about the marginalized group

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 19h

that sounds great. good luck! i hope that everything works out for you.

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 19h

aren't we all! LOL 😆

Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 19h

oh geez... not terrible but not great either.

i understand completely!

🫂

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 20h

Some insight on the Link situation from Rudy and some upcoming changes to BlackSky for those who are interested...

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 20h

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 20h

i'm fabulous. how are you?

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Turtleberry 🐢🍓 @sweetturtleberry.com · 20h

Sometimes, a post is just someone putting their thoughts out into the universe.

They aren't looking for your help to fix it... unless the actually ask for help to fix it.