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Also *clears throat* several people replied to this like "I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING OUT" and yeah! If you're not like me (on here several hours a day) you're not gonna see things fly by on the timeline! Here you go! :D

PREORDERS ARE LOVE

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White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal.

Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

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Frederick Jackson Turner’s Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It Chicago. July 1893. It was already warm when Mae Turner left the University of Chicago campus and joined some friends to spend the day at the Columbian Exposition (known more popularly as the World…

Want to read an excerpt from the Prologue of THE WESTERNERS before committing to the whole book?

If so, get thee to @literaryhub.bsky.social!

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The Best of Joe Hill by IDW | Humble Comics Bundle

Last call on The Best of Joe Hill comics bundle! Don’t miss out on reads like:

- Joe Hill’s The Cape
- Joe Hill’s Thumbprint
- The Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland
- and more! Supports Binc Foundation.

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Civilian Reader is… 20yrs Old. WTF? Anyway, Here’s the First Review I Wrote… Twenty years ago today, I posted my first fiction review on Civilian Reader. That is… pretty wild. Before creating CR, I’d been reviewing music for my own fanzine that I’d been ru…

Civilian Reader is 20yrs old…

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When the Monster Took the Stage Tonight the world stands frozen as the madman with the nuclear codes brags that destroying a civilization is how to negotiate with an adversary.

What is frightening about this moment in history isn't the madman with the nuclear codes threatening to destroy a civilization but the failure of the political, legal, media, business establishment to stop him.
I was a witness when the monster took the stage.
My latest:
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I was delighted to be asked to answer a few questions by @civilianreader.com, who was also kind enough to review The King of the Spoil when it first came out. Learn all about my nerdy origins within...

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Shai, Jokic, or Wemby? Picking the NBA’s Impossible MVP Race Three historic seasons. One brutal decision. Here’s my official five-man ballot.

icymi, here's my MVP ballot: www.theringer.com/2026/04/06/n...

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Interview with JONATHAN D. BEER Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Jonathan D. Beer? There’s an existential question and a half… Hello, to you and your readers. I’m Jonathan D. Beer. I’m a freelance writer for Black Library…

New interview with @jonathandbeer.bsky.social now up on the site...!

civilianreader.com/2026/04/07/i...

One of my favourite new #BlackLibrary authors.

#wh40k

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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe: 9780385548533 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that...

LONDON FALLING by Patrick Redden Keefe is out today! One of my most-anticipated books of the year.

North American edition pub'd by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social - www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704979...

UK edition pub'd by @picadorbooks.bsky.social - www.panmacmillan.com/authors/patr...

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The highest quality video of the moon was just released…
so beautiful

* Artemis II

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Excerpt: TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE by Mark Stevens (Thomas & Mercer) Next month, Thomas & Mercer are due to publish Two Truths and a Lie by Mark Stevens, the second novel in the author’s Flynn Martin series of thrillers. To mark the occasion, and give read…

New Excerpt up on the site: TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE by Mark Stevens...

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@writerstevens.bsky.social

Published by Thomas & Mercer, tomorrow.

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NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

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Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]

Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]

We are so, so small. #Artemis

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Gregory Sievers, American (1951- ), The Theater, oil, 36 x 24 in, private collection

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Caturday

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Given how the VP is trumpeting his conversion to Catholicism at the moment, this is a bit funny…

Just a very strange administration. Also, to me, more evidence that suggests the MAGA “coalition” will collapse post-DJT.

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Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg.4h
Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for?
A8
EG
Attack on Iran
THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2026
NEWS ANALYSIS
By STEVEN ERLANGER
A North American Treaty Organization Without America?

Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg.4h Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for? A8 EG Attack on Iran THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2026 NEWS ANALYSIS By STEVEN ERLANGER A North American Treaty Organization Without America?

Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing?

Shameful.

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New Books (March-April) Featuring: Emma Ashford, Robert Jackson Bennett, Elizabeth Castellano, Cory Doctorow, Janet Fash, James Islington, A. Natasha Joukovsky, Vaseem Khan, Erin Singer, David Swinson, Scarlett Thomas

New Books (March-April 2026)...

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A great, varied selection of new books. Already read a couple, and at least three of the others are vying to be my next-read.

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'Hacks' star Hannah Einbinder slams AI creators as 'losers'

"They're not artists. They're not creative ... They're trying to rob real creative people of our gifts. And you can't ... you will never be cool ... You are a loser ... I wanna put your head in the toilet and flush it"

(via Slash Film)

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The US Department of War Crimes.

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A happy Pomeranian with its head sticking out of a car window with the caption, "Me on my way to make bad decisions."

A happy Pomeranian with its head sticking out of a car window with the caption, "Me on my way to make bad decisions."

Good morning

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Nikola Jokić.
Russell Westbrook.

The only players in NBA history to average a triple-double in back-to-back seasons! 🤯

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a night time black and white photo of the corner of Hollywood and Vine, 1958

a night time black and white photo of the corner of Hollywood and Vine, 1958

Hello from Hollywood 1958

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JOKIĆ OFFICIALLY AVERAGES A TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN THE 2025-26 SEASON 🚨

With 12 assists in tonight's victory, Nikola Jokić has now officially averaged a triple-double on the season. He joins Russell Westbrook as the only players in NBA HISTORY to average a triple-double in back-to-back seasons!

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“Are you still flying?” pop-up…

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Meet the Tech Reporters Using AI to Help Write and Edit Their Stories Independent writers are using AI agents all throughout their reporting process. What’s the value of a human journalist, anyway?

i hope everyone around me on the subway enjoyed my look of abject disgust as i read this.

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My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently."

Microsoft: LOL

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Uh, 'interesting' way of presenting this... the only 'authors' I'm aware of using AI are the lazy, unethical, incompetent grifters who don't give a shit about their readers or real writers. People should stop using it, not resent that they have to 'lie about it.' Jesus.

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Excursion = Quagmire

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