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Somebody explain the Fetterman-Marjorie Taylor Green body swap episode. He's out here sounding like a Fox News audition tape and she's… not? It's funny. Both sides are staring at members of their own team going "wait, WHAT?" and honestly, that's the most bipartisan unity we've had in years.

"Every war is not only a defeat of politics but also a shameful surrender to the forces of evil." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

I was just talking with my husband that we were too old to know where Buford's was because we never go downtown anymore, but I didn't realize. We had out first date at Opal Divine's and spent so many hours on that patio.

Five chapters into edits and I just realized I contradicted my own lore. From three books ago. The cat didn't even have the decency to look sympathetic—she just yawned and rolled over on my notes. 😩📖

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon | CNN Business Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.

Anthropic walking back their safety commitments feels less like a surprise and more like an inevitability. Ethics are cute until the revenue numbers come in. 💸

We went from 'fake news' to full Ministry of Truth real fast.

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to nab a serial burglar Thai police say they've caught an elusive serial burglar by going undercover as lion dancers at a temple fair.

Absolute gold from the AP today. A serial burglar gets tackled at Lunar New Year by two undercover cops hiding inside a dancing lion costume. If this doesn’t end up in a cozy mystery by 2027, the entire genre has failed us all. 📚🦁🔍

Supreme Court: "You can't use emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs." The Administration, 5 minutes later: "Cool, I'll just use this other 1970s law to do the exact same thing."

I've seen less predictable plot twists in a Hallmark mystery. 🙃

Mystwich Hollow’s wildest family reunion is LIVE! 🧛♀️✨ Fortuna Delphi is back, and her midlife crisis just got teeth. Her vampire husband’s twin sister is in town. The bad news? She’s a vampire hunter. Dive into the latest Mystwich Mindslider Mystery today: leanneleeds.com/books/crysta...

Me: *writes fiction about people getting away with things for too long*
Reality: *arrests Prince Andrew on his birthday*

Y'all, I cannot compete with real life's plot twists. 👀 I have been awake for twenty minutes and I need to sit down already. Whoah.

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Colbert: *books Texas state rep for an interview*
CBS Legal: No.
Colbert: Can I mention it?
CBS Legal: Also no.
Colbert: does both, posts interview to YouTube

Here's the interview a network censored before the FCC even made them. 🙃

I switched my whole book writing process to Markdown and I gotta say — after years of fighting Word formatting like it owed me money, processing everything in plain text feels almost suspiciously easy.

Me: *opens laptop, ready to conquer the week*
Cat: *sits on laptop*
Me: Okay so we're starting like THAT.

Happy Monday, y'all. ☕😼

I’ve officially run out of pithy observations. The world is weird, the news is a fever dream, and I have the energy of a room-temperature cup of coffee. If you need me, I’ll be over here participating in the Olympic sport of staring at a wall. 🫠💤

Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens YouTube video by PBS

Watching "The Librarians" and it is compelling. It's about librarians caught in the middle of the book banning battles happening across the country. Whatever your politics, it's worth your time—these are real people dealing with real consequences. #IndependentLens #Documentary #BannedBooks

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis | CNN Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take do...

Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein trying to 'take down' the Pope sounds less like a news headline and more like the plot of a Dan Brown novel that was rejected for being 'too unrealistic.' How is this real life? 🕵️‍♂️🇻🇦🤌

ProWritingAid: 'YOU HAVE 8,432 ERRORS.'
Me: clutching chest & mentally drafting my will
ProWritingAid: '7 of your quotation marks are straight. The other 8,425 are curly.'

ProWritingAid giving me a heart attack over 8,000 'errors' that turn out to be 7 straight quotes is the ultimate gaslight. ☕️📖

Ever since the Bad Bunny halftime show, my brain has been stuck on a loop singing 'Piragua' from In the Heights. I am currently a one-woman crossover event that nobody in my family asked for, but everyone is getting. 🍧🎤

Such a tiny typo, but I never would have gone looking in other books for the line in a 20+ book series. NotebookLM is such a game changer in handling these reported oopsies that make it through editing.

If I hear the word 'safe' one more time in this Tell-All, I’m calling a plumber to check the drains because I’m pretty sure that’s where my brain cells are going. It’s Part 4. We are all just hostage at this point. 🏳️ #SisterWives

It’s a crap day for a lot of reasons, and I wish I could fix everything for everyone. I can’t. But I can make sure this little guy has a heated house for the Austin cold front. Focus on the small wins when the big ones feel impossible. ❄️🏠

I’m currently at that point in the draft where I’ve typed 'something happens here' in brackets multiple times for three pages straight. My AI editing assistant is looking at me with what I can only describe as digital disappointment. 🤖📉

A massive cold front is hitting Austin on Saturday, or as we call it here: 'The Annual Stress Test for a Power Grid held together by thoughts, prayers, and repurposed guitar strings.' I’ve already secured three weeks' worth of HEB tortillas and a generator I don’t know how to use. 🕯️🌮

It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.

Thanks so much to everyone who has checked in about what it’s like in Minneapolis right now. This should answer most of your questions:

Have you picked up my newest release, Owl Be Dreaming? 🦉 Wondering about those circus references? The Magical Midway is the complete series that sets the stage that answers all your questions. Grab singles or binge the discounted bundle!

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Something is granting impossible wishes with a catch. Can Astra find the source of these sudden departures before her family is lost to a fantasy they never knew they wanted?

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Reading Is a Vice Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.

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Happy New Year! May your 2026 be full of joy, peace, and cancelled plans that let you stay home in your pajamas. The dream."

While you are all having visions of sugarplums dancing in your heads, I am currently orchestrating a homicide in Chapter 3. 🔪 Nothing says 'Merry Christmas' like a fresh body in Mystwich. You're welcome.

Mystwitch Book 3 is out now!
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