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Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com

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A Long and Speaking Silence From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo comes a beautiful new tale in the Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle, drawn from the earliest days of Chih's ca...

Holy Mackerel! @nghivo.bsky.social has a new book coming out: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... This is such good news! Aaaaa!

06.03.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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By Your Command: A Cylon-coded fundraiser A fleetwide announcement involving worthy charities, whistles and very tiny Cylons

HI! Please share! I am running a new fundraiser with Cylon whistles. 4 great orgs benefit. I explain the whole deal here, but basically if you donate $25, I'll send you one of these BSG-coded whistles. You can email or DM receipts & the more you donate, the more u get! www.moryan.com/by-your-comm...

05.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Pipe cleaner? Overnight soak? Honestly if it’s that bad it might just be new feeder time. I’d be worried too!

06.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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US asked Ukraine for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky says Ukraine's president says Kyiv will only help if doing so does not deplete its own air defences.

w e a s k e d w h o f o r w h a t n o w

06.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 1199 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 104

It’s that time of year where the hummingbirds are fighting or fucking or most likely both. They’re emptying feeders every other day, the little bastards.

06.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

Quite the headline from People.com

people.com/trump-says-i...

06.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 1503 πŸ” 454 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 127

Kristi Noem’s firing is long overdue. She oversaw vile crimes against humanity and we’ll never forget it.

But until ICE is abolished and expelled from our communities, we keep fighting.

Lawless federal agents kidnapping and killing people on our streets can never be normalized.

05.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 2102 πŸ” 426 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 11

I hope journalists covering tech caught this. It was by far the most unexpected and newsworthy moment of the hearing today

05.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Find Your Representative Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

I just called my US senators and told them to publicly call for Tim Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting and apparently breaking the hand of a Marine today.

You can call your Senators, too.

Find them here: reps.fyi

04.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1082 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 13

pretty sure no one voted for "the shield of the americas," impeach this stupid venal fuck today and every fucking day

05.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

if you are not demanding to know what the fuck "the shield of the americas" is and who the fuck is paying for it and why the fuck we need it when the defense budget is like a trillion dollars just quit please

05.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.

05.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 11915 πŸ” 2225 πŸ’¬ 270 πŸ“Œ 101

I’d take that meeting, no question!

05.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump says he's replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin President Donald Trump says he's replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.

President Donald Trump says he's replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.

05.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 26
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Celebrate #WorldBookDay with a look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the β€œmodern” book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914

05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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Murder by Memory "Narrator [Blair] Baker keeps this novel's tone firmly cozy..." β€” Library Journal Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, ...

Something I’m still excited to get to say: Murder by Memory, the first Dorothy Gentleman novella, is eligible for the Hugos! Nominate as your heart moves you, and you have until the end of March! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

05.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At this point it honestly feels like Jacob Tierney is aiming at the exact place I stand in the Venn diagram (Letterkenny + Heated Rivalry + the ancient world). Excited for when he starts doing something about jewel heists or shipwrecks or polar exploration or cephalopods.

05.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This is really great. I tend to think of genre rules as the kind of rules games have. The limits create the drama. Sff: a game of what-if. And that makes litfic β€œthe game where you make up new rules every game.”

05.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Your head is cold Put a hat on.

Hey amid all the hell, I added some new TRYING beanies to my shop. Now in addition to the original olive/orange there is maroon/orange and a limited edition safety green/blue. Get yours. shop.dansinker.com/collections/...

05.03.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

These folks need to hear from you yesterday πŸ‘‡

05.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 225 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 16
Available now at your favorite digital store! Frostburn by Suleikha Snyder

Overwhelmed by tomes and doorstoppers? I wrote a MMF romantasy novella for people with extremely short attention spans. It also for people who’d enjoy one brown FMC, one brown MMC, and a subby token white guy. πŸ˜‚ Check out Frostburn for $2.99.

#romancelandia

books2read.com/u/47aYWq

05.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

β€œBlocking access to books does not change our history nor…who we are. It simply prevents readers from understanding the complexity and beauty of the world we live in.”

@maris.bsky.social on why we must stop bill HR 7661, which would ban books on sex & gender from public schools/libraries nationally

05.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

05.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 19995 πŸ” 5662 πŸ’¬ 505 πŸ“Œ 219

Same. Went to Disneyland as a kid, was traumatized by the Matterhorn.

Went back as an adult, rode it again thinking I would conquer my fears β€” but no that shit was TERRIFYING and worse RICKETY and I was right to be afraid! Never again!

05.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

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WASHINGTON-Democrats criticized
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's planned appearance at a political fundraiser next week for Rep. Zach Nunn (R., Iowa), saying the event is ill-timed given the war in Iran.
Hegseth is scheduled to headline the "Top Gun"-themed event in Iowa for Nunn, who
represents the district where four of the U.S. service members killed in Kuwait were
stationed before deployment. The fundraiser
β€”billed in promotional materials as
"Operation Top Nunn: A Salute to the Troops!" β€”comes as Hegseth has publicly cautioned that more American casualties
could follow.
Hours before the Pentagon released the names of four of the six troops killed after
the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, Nunn announced that the defense secretary would attend. Tickets for the event are priced as high as $3,500.

WASHINGTON-Democrats criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's planned appearance at a political fundraiser next week for Rep. Zach Nunn (R., Iowa), saying the event is ill-timed given the war in Iran. Hegseth is scheduled to headline the "Top Gun"-themed event in Iowa for Nunn, who represents the district where four of the U.S. service members killed in Kuwait were stationed before deployment. The fundraiser β€”billed in promotional materials as "Operation Top Nunn: A Salute to the Troops!" β€”comes as Hegseth has publicly cautioned that more American casualties could follow. Hours before the Pentagon released the names of four of the six troops killed after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, Nunn announced that the defense secretary would attend. Tickets for the event are priced as high as $3,500.

This one has so many perfectly American elements that it deserves to be in the time capsule about how stupid this era was.

05.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Calvin and Hobbes is my source reference for a surprising amount of information (β€œthe Republican Party and Tammany Hall!” / β€œphalanges”), it’s so educational!

05.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that’s a GOOD one

05.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline.

I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate.

Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.

04.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 4363 πŸ” 1260 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 67

Those are all so good! Gary Larson is an underrated literary influence on a lot of people, I suspect.

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