Wendy Wimmer

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"

A list of ideas!

Agreed. And then some.

The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

Over a background of multicolored stripes is the book cover for Wreck Your Heart by Lori-Rader Day. There's a quote from Publishers Weekly (starred review) above it that says, "Exceptional... consistently surprising."

Have you picked up a copy of WRECK YOUR HEART by @loriraderday.bsky.social yet? I'm a sucker for well-written, witty, page turners. Loved it. I'm welcoming Lori to a bonus Q&A with my Patreon supporters tomorrow, Monday, January 12 at 8 PM ET, so join us at patreon.com/maryrobinette.

We knew who they were when he applauded the journalist being axed and cut up in a conference room to be hauled out in luggage and then shook hands and smiled with his murderer.

We are not freaking out enough.

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

The NYPD kidnapped the mayor’s daughter to get him to decry the BLM protests.

Mayor after mayor of the country’s most powerful city has kowtowed to their power. Local governments across the country fear their unions and increase their budgets giving them more power.

They will not save us from ICE

I really don't like having this tiny bit of hope when I check the national news in the morning to see if he's died.

Barrelhouse conference sessions so far: Take Me Back: A Dolly Parton Poetry Workshop (Craft workshop with Dustin Brookshire) The Magic Pill for Writer’s Block: How to get words on the page when you’re not really feeling it (Craft Workshop with Wendy Wimmer) Your Poetic Universe (Craft Workshop with Renee Nicholson)

We're starting to fill the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference program for 4/18! Thrilled to be bringing back crowd faves @wendywimmer.bsky.social and @reneeknicholson.bsky.social, and @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social is bringing Dolly Parton poetry! More soon. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

It's SUCH a weird and illuminating experience to hear someone ELSE read your work, right? Kind of a game changer for me, to be honest.

Sending peace and calm thoughts while you drive. Your mom is in good hands at the ER. How scary for everyone.

A long time ago you sent me some of your extra books, I'd be happy to trade the favor, as I have a bunch of collections from judging the Pen America debut short story awards last year. PM me your mailing address?

There are a bunch of people in Tony's mentions saying that abolishing late fees hurts library usage, and I'd like to show them the data from my library, where usage has been steadily increasing in the 6 years since late fees were eliminated.

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The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!

The airline cancellations are going to cause a riot. The dude from the Real World is about to see what happens when constituents stop being polite and starting getting real. 🤣

Ooooh I'll remember that for next time.

It happened: Yesterday a baby boomer dude told me to smile.

I bared my teeth and growled at him.

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.

All are considered acceptable so go off.

Guys, I had no idea how soft-core The Fourth Wing was. Someone should have warned me.

Friends, one way to stand up for you democracy today is to call your two Senators and demand they roll back Trump's illegal and destructive tariffs. The Senate may be voting on the tariffs as early as this afternoon. Make your calls everyone!!!!!!!

More 👇

You know you're fucked as a society when you're thinking about depictions of unreasonable leaders in popular culture and honestly, it doesn't feel that bad. Like, the Burgermeister just didn't want kids to play with toys -- he didn't try starving them to death.

The Republicans' shutdown message is abundantly clear:
Let us jack up millions of people's health care costs or we'll starve the poor.
I wish that was an exaggeration. It's not.

Pro tip: If your idiot dog is a chowhound, make sure you don't leave snack bags, like chip bags, lying around because our potato was found limp and almost suffocated today inside Sour Cream and Cheddar Ruffles and we almost lost him.

Hug your babies but also pick up your trash, people.

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Being disabled is a minority group you can join at any time.

Everyone believes they will be the exception. That it won’t happen to them, or when it does they will “try harder” than us

The truth is most people will become disabled.

Health is both fragile & temporary.

Engage in disability justice

Francesca Hong For Governor

I just contributed to Francesca Hong’s run for Governor of Wisconsin, because that’s the leadership I want. Lots of great candidates in the primary though.

Updated (again!)
Also: Portland OR area (White Oaks Books) on Oct. 22;
NYC (Books are Magic event) on Oct 27.

Still at work on SF and some others.

If you want me to come to your town and can get a decent audience, give me a DM holler.

I respectfully request that we all stop using the term "infotainment system."

If anyone uses it in public, someone is allowed to roll up a newspaper and gently tap the person on the nose and say "Fooey!"