Seriously retouched. That man doesn’t have cheekbones.

Wtaf that’s my cousin they’re insulting.

exactly. If they all think they’re bulletproof, what’s waiting behind the curtain to make this true?

Pete Aguilar I'm so angry - House Republicans have introduced legislation to repeal the $35/month cap on insulin that Democrats passed for seniors on Medicare. I need you to retweet and spread the word about this. Every voter needs to know.

It looks like Republicans think that unless you’re a billionaire, you don’t deserve a damn thing in terms of help or support.

It won’t be out for a few weeks. Do get it then!

thank you!

3/2 Finally, postscript, @nnedi.bsky.social , I am physically disabled. This book hit home for me.

2/2 I couldn’t stop: the world(s) created inhabited me. And as a copyeditor I’ve seen everything; plots don’t surprise me. This book? I didn’t see it coming. I kept thinking analytically that other things were going on in the plot(s). I was delightfully wrong. @nnedi.bsky.social — thank you.

1/2 I have covid. Catching up on reading ARCs & started with @nnedi.bsky.social DEATH OF THE AUTHOR. I’ve been a copyeditor for all the major (& some minor) houses for almost 40 years. This is the best I’ve read in decades. I was consumed by it. I was reading almost nonstop for 2 days (covid fevers)

The publisher lists the book as “part of Lawful Engines.” I can’t find any other reference. Hmm.

Just requested the ARC to review as a bookseller — I can find no information about Lawful
Engines related to this. Do you have some insight?

Found you from my Mastodon. Thanks for making this happen.

What a bad, misleading lede. It’s the fucking BOI.

Do not mistake this for anything but it is: This is the first thing Hitler pounced on to round up Jews in the pogroms & ghettos. We were called “filthy” and “vermin,” and then he said the thing that justified genocide: That we carried disease.

I need this

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The Trump butt kissing continues.

hey! No Krampus shaming!

Us Jonesers are fleeing too

Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.

This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.

#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d

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This design means I have to keep playing whack a mole on strange accounts following me. Instead of me inviting ppl. Not a good design. Even LJ did better.

I remember the yearly sandbagging in Malibu - water, now fire.

It’s covid. With added fun I already have POTS. Spent last night & day in agony with a headache worse than any migraine I’ve ever had & a fever that topped out at 104.1 To those about to say “you should have gone to the ED” remember the headache (which was also light sensitive). Now confined 5 days.

I’m reading the ARC right now & can’t wait to order this for my store. Oh wait, I already did based on the first chapter. :)

ok, how do I find my friends? Do NOT say “they posted their bsky names in FB” — that was so long ago I can’t find that.