Remember: There's still plenty of time to ensure that he gets absolutely fucking humiliated in the primaries—preferably so much so that we never, ever have to hear from him again.
RUN. RUN FAR AWAY FROM THIS CONTEST.
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
I've spent my day updating the
@bookstoreromanceday.org website with all of the 300+ bookstores who have registered for this year's event thus far. It was *a lot*, but it should be easier now that I just have to add a few at a time.
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Find a Bookstore
A full list of participating bookstores will be coming soon. If you are a bookstore interested in participating, please fill out the form located under For the Trade in the main menu.
‘Lord Of The Rings’ Reader Can’t Believe How Long It Taking Sam And Frodo To Fuck
theonion.com/lord-of-the-rings-r…I don’t think we appreciate exactly how many breadcrumbs Senator Wyden leaves for the public, or how often. He’s not an alarmist either, but someone with literal decades of experience with US intelligence.
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.'
www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Books coverage was the only thing I cared about in the WaPo, but now that it's been destroyed & folks like Ron Charles & @charliejane.bsky.social cut loose, there's no way WaPo can ever claw its way back into my good graces until Bezos is gone.
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All of yesterday's stress over the possibility of strangers being in my space has settled into my joints, so today's gonna be a helluva pain day. Adios to any idea of being productive.
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This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
I've been watching the Trivial Pursuit game show all day because it's hosted by LeVar Burton & I've appreciated his comforting presence on a high-stress day, but my gods, some of these contestants are really, really bad at trivia. And the more clueless they are, the more annoying they tend to be.
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Thanks, landlords. You gave me stranger anxiety for a full day for no fucking reason.
The plumbing issue appears to have been resolved with no one needing to access my apartment, which is good, but I've been seriously on edge all day waiting for (dreading) a knock at the door.
Ugh. There's apparently a plumbing issue somewhere in the building, so I'm sitting around waiting for plumbers to maybe show up & need access to my apartment. I hate the dread of maybe having strangers in my space.
No we don’t you worthless lump of campaign bribes, we want ICE abolished and every person who committed crimes, as well as those who allowed it to happen, prosecuted. Go fucking retire, you’ve done enough damage already.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
This series is so good. I recently re-read all of them in an audiobook binge. If the e-book thing isn't your jam, let me know in the replies & I'll choose one person at random to be gifted an audiobook copy from
@libro.fm.
In 2020
@totallydonna.kitrocha.com & I started a trilogy about 3 book nerds (w/ superpowers) who just want to build a library for their community but shitty tech bros suck so they have to keep doing crimes.
Tor was kind enough to put book one on sale for $5.99!
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It sounds like he's still working on the book, so let's do all we can to make sure that every publisher knows that publishing Gaiman is toxic.
At the same time the Epstein Files are reinforcing how protected sexual abusers really are, Neil Gaiman is using the nightmarish sexual violence allegations against him to market his next book. His DARVO defense is the first selling point. Rape culture is everywhere and unavoidable.
I am so fucking tired of "AI"-generated ads. They all look like shit.
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Question all you like, I'm not apologizing or justifying.
It's so close. I've gotten the rent covered (THANK YOU!), but still need $200 to get my phone turned back on. I really need my phone so that I can make doctor's appointments.
gofund.me/5d9ae40c2
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Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
@microcosm.bsky.social's Deal of the Day is a hug for your soul. It's Maxwell King's biography of Mr. Rogers, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR & it's only FIVE DOLLARS! That's right, just five US dollars gets you a book to make you happy cry.
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Deal of the Day- Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers for $5!
It's the Microcosm Deal of the Day! Giant savings on life-changing books! Won't you be our neighbor? This is the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers,...
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Mine is ful of pnes, bookmarks, small scissors, postcards, coasters (don't ask), paper clips, rubber bands, push pins, & I think some stickers. It's not huge, but it's mighty.
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Trying to use up a bunch of produce that is less-than-perfect. I made a quart of orange-tangerine juice & a giant salad. I currently have a pineapple-sweet pepper jam on the stove & am prepping some veg (carrots, celery, onion, maybe mushrooms) to make a stock.
We’re still about $10k from having February’s bills covered.
Word of mouth is the life blood of small business! Even if your tea cupboard is stocked, just letting a friend know about your fave little shop is what keeps our doors open! 🍵❤️
I hate to keep asking as much as I hate being unemployed & broke, but I could really use another $300 to cover the last bit of rent & get my phone service restored. Everything helps. Please and thank you.
gofund.me/cc547d439
Donate to Asking for Help as I Continue My Post-Surgery Recovery, organized by Billie Bloebaum
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Now would be a good time to try the Friday Afternoon Tea &
@bookstoreromanceday.org tea collaboration. It tastes like love & sunshine.
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Bookstore Romance Day
This is one of our CommuniTea Collab blends. Check out all of our CommuniTea Collabs here! The taste of love, the smell of old books, the whimsy of a flower garden: these exemplify the joy of being a ...
Alas, I don't think this is performance art. I think these fuckers are *serious*. Sweeties, the billionaires are never going to love you back & you're never going to be one of them.
Hydrox
Girl Scout Do-Si-Dos
Chocolate Peanut Butter Joe-Joe's
Ginger Newman-O's
There was also an organic lemon-ginger sandwich cookie that I loved, but it's been discontinued & I can't remember who made it.
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it.
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I normally don't re-post w/o alt text, but hoping this exception may help Jana & their cats find a soft place to land when they get to Seattle.
Two photos. On left: a tiny grey & white tabby in a box w/ a towel or blanket. On right: a photo taken from above of a tuxedo cat sitting in a box.
"Do you want the newspaper to add 'and that's illegal and bad' to every article about Trump?"
Yeah man. I do want that.
This could've been written by me.
More dogs in snow pics, please. Especially if they're also wearing cute sweaters.
Only $300 covers the last bit of my rent gap & allows me to get my phone service restored. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/683a8f771Donate to Asking for Help as I Continue My Post-Surgery Recovery, organized by Billie Bloebaum
As many of you know, back in June I broke my ankle and had to h… Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Asking for Help as I Continue My Post-Surgery Recovery
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You know what's going to absolutely break me? Eugene Levy's statement. I'm going to need all the tissues when that's released.
Well, fuck.
When you have a big ol' "A HA!" moment & all the pieces fall into place. My GenX crowd were/are the nerdy/edgy/arty kids— the bullied, not the bullying—which is likely why we're in the minority when looking at White GenX polling numbers. We learned the hard way.
@merriam-webster.com The vowel shared by 31A & 20D is incorrect in today's The Missing Letter.
I took a break from my Once Upon a Time (re) watch to watch Eureka instead, but now I'm back with OUaT & in S5, which is absolutely batshit. Camelot/Arthur as written by folks wo didn't even watch The Sword in the Stone, much less read any Arthuriana. And, hey, let's toss in Merida for some reason.
I hope The Baileys call him a worthless excuse for a leader & never speak to him again.
