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look peter reigert is/was the thinking '80s moviegoer's smoke show and I will die on this hill

10 Books for Fans of Jane Austen It shouldn't take any "Persuasion" to get you to read these books for fans of Jane Austen, who helped to shape the very form of English literature for centuries.

There are some great Austen-related books in this piece by @ceilidhann.bsky.social. And it's always a pleasure for Emma Claire Sweeney & me to see a recommendation for our own book, A Secret Sisterhood. earlybirdbooks.com/books-for-fa...

Duane Puryear holding the AIDS quilt panel he completed before his death. It reads "MY NAME IS DUANE KEARNS PURYEAR. I WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 20, 1964. I WAS DIAGONISED WITH AIDS ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1987 AT 4:45 PM. I WAS 22 YEARS OLD. SOMETIMES, IT MAKES ME VERY SAD. I MADE THIS PANEL MYSELF. IF YOU ARE READING IT. I AM DEAD..."

Every time some elected democrat sucks off Reagan, I think about Duane.

I am sick of seeing people who say they're on the left use the plagiarism machine. No, you're not fighting fascism by making memes online with the slop maker. In fact, it's a betrayal of every progressive value.

One of the major problems with billionaires owning major media is that it literally does not matter if they are profitable. They can take a loss on them because the propaganda and narrative control is worth every penny.

Strictly Ballroom
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Last Wave
Ten Canoes
The Proposition
Starstruck
My Brilliant Career

It’s worth saying that book sales are down across the board so far in 2025. If you love authors, buy their books and celebrate them loudly online. We really need it.

A pancreatic cancer vaccine would actually make me fall to my knees.

Evers, Pritzker, Walz and Whitmer: Midwestern governors reminding us what government *can* be.

Or bc he got Covid at the SNL 50 event last weekend?

Script for calling reps about this: why did the administration cut funding for early detection of one of the most fatal kinds of cancer?

The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is HR@opm.gov, so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.

trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

And every single one of them should tell ME who the administrator of DOGE is if or when they find out

MY SIGNAL USERNAME IS ANNABOWER.24

This book is so good and in the book before, sis pulled a Glock out from underneath the carriage seat! Would recommend.

This is the cover for Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt.

$1.99 ✦ Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt

She plans to kill the Ghost of St. Giles for killing her first love. Little does she know her estranged husband IS the masked avenger.

TBQ Rec

Historical Romance (MF) | amzn.to/43l0NmH

EMILY WILDE'S FIERIES A NOVEL BY HEATHER FAWCETT

RETURN BILLIONAIRE TO SENDER By ANNIKA MARTIN

BOOK ONE VILLAINS & VIRTUES THRONE DARK A K CAGGIANO

My Feral Romance: Fae Flings and Corset Strings by Tessonja Odette.

Here are a few examples off the tops of my head.

One of my favorite genres of Romance is two different flavors of Autistic-coded (to me) people falling in love with each other, especially when it’s their autistic traits that they find attractive about each other.

DO NOT BOYCOTT YOUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ON THIS DAY! THEY CAN'T AFFORD A FULL DAY OF NO SALES! January & February are hard enough as it is. No sales for one day often means not meeting rent or payroll.

Yes! And stop voting for R nominees!

I updated my #mswl in advance of @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social day today! www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/je...

Agent Sheyla Knigge's #MSWL: Middle Grade, Adult, Magical, Speculative + Murderous Cheerleaders YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC

We'll be posting #MSWL interviews throughout the day - many thanks to our agents and editors for taking the time to help us get to know them!

@sknigge.bsky.social is looking for children's to adult (mostly MG and up) and loves a magic, speculative, and genre-mashing element: youtu.be/UOEQzSWwPwY

Happy #MSWL day!
Some things I'm really excited to see in my inbox this year.
* Queer Stories - bonus points if they're joyful (but they don't have to be)
* Romance - bonus points if they're queer
* Stories highlighting strong female friendships
* Historicals from underrepresented voices
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Happy #MSWL Day! See below for what I'm seeking for this 2/12-2/15 submission window. (And please, adult only. No YA/NA. Thanks!) @mswl.bsky.social
querymanager.com/AnnieRomano

Happy #MSWL BlueSky! I would love to connect on romance: romcoms, paranormal, suspense, something new but different; cozies; young adult and self-help that makes me think in a new way. Excited to see what's out here!

Glad to see you too, Kini! Just taking it one day at a time. 🐌

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Donate to Help Avert Donna's Deductible Disaster, organized by Kit Rocha Hello from the Bree Half of Kit Rocha! First, the TL;DR: After a series of schedu… Kit Rocha needs your support for Help Avert Donna's Deductible Disaster

I've updated this campaign, but here's the tl;dr: everything is frozen, insurance companies are not my friends, and new meds are spendy.

Also, my cat is cute.

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