Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50% in the past year, with young adults ages 18-29 experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. See our report with @aspendigital.bsky.social & @gca.bsky.social: innovation.consumerreports.org/2025-Consume... #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

Hope is a fuel. Use it to burn down something terrible.

Nice look at a Chicago staple - I saw one of my favorite shows ever here (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in 2003). Empty Bottle celebrates its 33⅓ anniversary and its place in Chicago’s live music community www.wbez.org/music/2025/1...

Chicago North Spring Fling Writers Conference 2026 registration is now available! Workshops, agent pitch sessions, blogger bookseller meet and greet, book signing, gala, charity auction, networking! #Authorsky #romancewriters www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling

Learned a new word, thanks. Also, this is the bad place

Current mood:

Big yikes who is buying EA games (read downthread)

Remember when Trump announced a multimillion-dollar secret deal with CEO David Ellison? And then — shocker — Trump approved Ellison buying CBS/Paramount. Now, Ellison wants to take over CNN/Warner Bros. This media merger must be blocked as a dangerous concentration of power.

And to think, I (naively) sought out #Eurovision this year for a break in everything else happening 🫠

SHAMELESS: Donald Trump is slapping his name on infrastructure projects across the U.S. funded by President Biden’s historic 2021 infrastructure law that Trump opposed and tried to derail. (NYT)

From #Milwaukee with Love is coming this weekend! I hope to see some #RomanceCon readers at this free book crawl Saturday 9/6 - I'll be at Wauwatosa library with a bunch of authors. The 2 romance bookstores & lots of shops in between will host authors. Info, maps, schedule: www.thewellreddamsel.com

Who says lighthearted romance can't say something bigger? My series involves 2 billionaires: one a coward who ends up bested by a group of tween campers, the other gave up his wealth to offer business grants to a struggling town. My full series is out now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG34KKN5

I’d also recommend listening to the Bigger Loser ep of Maintenance Phase. When I was filming @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social Aubrey @yrfatfriend.bsky.social was rewatching TBL as research. It was yikes on bikes, cruelty as spectacle. I truly believe the makers of TBL did not see fat ppl as human

When your cat decides it's time for your break 💻🕑

“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

I didn't know Amazing Race was still going until I recently listened to an episode of the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast where Will Forte discussed when Val Kilmer temporarily lived with him and they'd watched the show together, which caused me to look this up. That's a weird rabbit trail.

Take action against book bans in the United States at www.bookbanpetition.us

All eight of this year's #BookstoreRomanceDay panels are now up on YouTube for anyone who missed them or wants to watch them again. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Virtual program this Saturday: I'm in this group and love their programs! #romancewriter #amwriting

If you cannot convince people that the government kidnapping people off the streets and conducting a takeover of the capital is full fledged fascism, they are never going to be convinced. Not until the boots are kicking down their front door.

There's a big romance audiobook sale going on at @libro.fm. Here's a list of books we've discussed on the podcast that are priced at $5 or less. CURVY GIRL SUMMER WHILWIND GET A LIFE CHLOE BROWN WHEN A SCOT TIES THE KNOT THE LADY GETS LUCKY DON’T LET YOUR DUKES GROW UP TO BE SCOUNDRELS

The biggest advantage fascists have today is the disconnect between left or liberal youths with older generations, especially in places like the US & UK the disconnect is more prominent when it comes to the conversation of human rights and international law. The youth crave justice & accountability.

"The new 'Naked Gun' does many things correctly. But the thing it does most correctly is ape that joke density." They did it, and it worked. ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews "The Naked Gun": www.thebulwark.com/p/the-naked-...

I'll be sending out a newsletter tomorrow with specific details about each of this year's virtual panels. Wanna get in on that? You can sign up at the link. I promise not to clutter up your inbox, except maybe a little every August. page.co/wDLLD

I have a new book out! Beauty and the Grease is a short and sweet summer read about second chances and a big Ole orange tow truck. It's part of this romantic comedy series out now in #KindleUnlimited mybook.to/MidlifeMeetC... #romancereaders

Come see me at The Well Red Damsel romance bookstore in #Milwaukee Sat Aug 9 for @bookstoreromanceday.org! Multiple signing authors, a prize wheel, and a bookstore dog. www.thewellreddamsel.com #romancebooks #booksky #bookstoreromanceday #romancereader

Rge world is on fire. Here, read about kettles:

🥗 What food banks need beyond food.

I see things are going well

Siri how do I unsubscribe even harder from something I already unsubscribed from

This is an actual headline from TODAY. They still want you to know Biden is old and keeps being old like he was old when he was president.

The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors. They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine. Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail. 🧵

Hey, regardless of where you buy your books this week, make sure you review them at the places where you review things Good reviews and word of mouth make a world of difference, especially for indie authors!

I'm doing a free virtual program on getting started with social media as an author - Tuesday July 8, 2025 at 6:30 pm Central Tips and how to set goals for your author brand! #authorsky #author #booksky www.aurorapubliclibrary.org/events#/even...

School teachers have to struggle to get supplies for their classrooms and pay out of their own pockets to provide basic items and tools, meanwhile ICE that is of no value to society is given $140 billion of your tax dollars to terrorize school children and communities.

Every time they promote this fascist, direct people to Heather Marsh. She has two new books out, How to Create a Mass Movement and How to Dismantle a Dictatorship. Check them out. www.patreon.com/BindingChaos... #BindingChaos

Grab your romance reader friends! Several ticket options : *Tea and Fashion show ONLY *VIP – Fri & Sat meals and activities, 1 raffle ticket *Premiere – Sat activities, panels, lunch, tea & fashion show, 1 raffle ticket *book signing only Sat 3 pm free www.chicagobooksinbloom.com/books-in-blo...

1 week until our series launches! 💜 Aged 40+ characters 💜 Sweet small-town romantic comedy 💜 7 authors / 7 HEAs 💜 Bingeworthy Novellas 100 pages or fewer mybook.to/MidlifeMeetC... #romancebooks #romancereader #indieauthor #Booksky

I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving. It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country. That mood? Everyone fucking hates this. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Impeach daily if you have to, filibuster even when you don’t need to, disrupt the process as much as possible. These are not normal times and this is not a normal government.

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No country has ever increased freedom and liberty by banning books - www.bookbanpetition.us

And from @mollytaft.com: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could double by the end of this year.

Republicans want you to forget they’re ripping health care away from over 16 million people while Trump wages a new endless war against Iran. That’s Republican leadership for you.

This summer's Stuff Your Ereader day is here! There's something for every romance reader in here, free and no sign ups. My YA roller derby romance is free for today and the weekend! #stuffyourkindle #stuffyourereader #romancebooks #booksky www.romancebookworms.com

Interesting read (and hopeful!) about a plastics clean up initiative in worldwide rivers to keep plastic out of the ocean. Via @fixthenews.com.web.brid.gy theoceancleanup.com/updates/the-...

$1.99 ✦ Second Tide's the Charm by Chandra Blumberg 1st POV. Second chance as two marine biologists are thrown together on a shark study that will be broadcast on social media. KU Title Contemporary Romance (MF) | amzn.to/3HHktZ7

Y'all the number of times the AI search results at the top of Google have been obviously wrong at a glance. This spring I searched Eurovision 2025 semifinal dates and the AI result gave me 2023 dates. Nothing for 2025 until I scrolled down to the Eurovision official site link

I couldn't make it to a No Kings protest today and was offline until now. The crowd pics from across the country are astounding. My mom sent pics of her with friends at their city's protest. My friend and her book club full of PTA moms went to theirs. Hoping this energy keeps going!

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