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Good morning, Bluesky. “Because by any standards of normality or decency, there were simply too many blondes at that gym.” —Lauren Henderson, Too Many Blondes—

Build a Free Expense Tracker Using Google Sheets & Forms by Varun Rathod medium.com/p/build-a-fr... This was really helpful!

Be careful if you're selling stuff online. Even this financial journalist got scammed. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/13/h... Block 'em and move on. And be careful out there!

Starting a war was the only "solution" left. Heaven help us all.

Snow? Chocolate chip cookie weather! #snowday

Happy release day to Patricia Sargeant for BEHIND THE BADGE! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...

youtu.be/0fEjkip47H8 The latest @crimewoc.bsky.social YouTube video: "10 Questions for Crime Writers of Color - Amran Gowani." @amrangowani.com

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

Ah, Bad Bunny left you with questions about power outages, storms, and our hatred of colonialism? Don’t worry, I got you. I’ll show you the aftermath of a storm, take you to the beach, show you what hides under the waves. I’ll show you our magia… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Now do Kyle Rittenhouse, who took his gun to a protest, killed people and Trump and his cult praised him as a hero. Get it? Guns are only for his supporters.

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They were lying. They knew they were lying. They did not care whose lives those lies destroyed. Say it again. Keep saying it.

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Other folks have said it, but let me just note that: (1) lots of talented, must-read journalists have been let go from their jobs over the last year (2) millions of Americans are abandoning current media outlets and looking for new alternatives Seems like a sure-fire business opportunity here?

This is why if you learn nothing else for evidence literacy, learn to look up survey items and read them for yourself and think about how someone might interpret them.

The juicy and not so juicy tidbits. #travel, #writingcommunity

Oh look, more bullshit from the Trump DOJ. Someday, these people need to be held accountable for malicious prosecution. But it won't be this day.

it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli

Still pinching myself that back at the beginning of this year, my manuscript, DEATH IN MINIATURE, won RWA's Golden Heart Award for the Love Across Genres category. RWA recently sent me the official social media badge for the win. Gorgeous. Well worth the wait ( ; Thanks, Romance Writers of America!

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Am I excited I was chosen runner-up for the @sincnational.bsky.social Eleanor Taylor Bland Award? You bet I am! Congrats to the other runners-up and winner @tinaehsanipour.bsky.social.

average Dem strategist: we must focus on bipartisan policies that undercut Republican attacks average Dem voter: having studied the denazification of Germany, we must raze the RNC and leave JD Vance clutching a single wool blanket in a cell after we strip him of everything

Good.

Let’s not forget Donald Trump’s “Justice” department is giving special favors to a convicted sex trafficker who participated in the sexual abuse of children. The lack of outcry by Republicans after Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a low-security prison tells us they stand by Trump’s moral depravity.

The thing to understand about Obama officials being prosecuted past the statute of limitations is that Trump’s name is the Epstein files and he doesn’t want them released.

christalroberts.substack.com/p/theakston-... Met the fabulous @atticalocke.bsky.social and several other talented American and UK writers.

Scotland Appreciation Day! Recently spent time in the UK for the Theakston Crime Festival and used the excuse to spend a lovely few days exploring Edinburgh, Loch Lomond, Stirling Castle and having coffee at the Cowgate Coffee House. #travel

So cool that @crimewoc.bsky.social is on the @writersdigest.bsky.social 2025 101 Best Websites for Writers! Check us out—at the library or at your fave indie bookshop. + since it's today, maybe find your next #FridayRead 🤓 🔗 crimewritersofcolor.com We have a Starter Pack too: go.bsky.app/FzAazwr

Breaking from the Office of Pres. Obama: "Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

I had brief phone call with President Trump this morning. When asked about the photos showing Jeffrey Epstein attended his wedding, he responded, “You’ve got to be kidding me,” before repeatedly calling CNN “fake news” and hanging up. www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...

Yiiiiiikes

One reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is because every societal institution, including the media, has completely normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

Fantastic True Grit panel @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival with @nadinematheson.com @hallierubenhold.bsky.social, Kate Bendelow, Clea Koff, & Russell Wate.

A few snaps from yesterday - we’re having a fabulous time at #theakstonscrime 💥 @atticalocke.bsky.social @irvinewelsh.bsky.social @valmcdermid.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social

Heading home from @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #TheakstonsCrime. Two days of chatting with fabulous authors, lovely readers, fellow bloggers and other folk have left me tired, with a croaky voice but happy. Too many people to tag. You know who you are. See you next year

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

Yes, but they are also crackpots.

The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.

Impersonation alert (of me this time): any emails from [email protected] are FAKE. (also, if you get one, please forward it to me: [email protected])

christalroberts.substack.com/p/i-have-an-... #writingandbooks Even success can be scary.

Nature estimated 25 million; that was before this latest round of attacks on children globally. so we're headed for 30 million? 40? one of the worst atrocities in history by most measures.

If the Supreme Court doesn't like the way its decisions are characterized, it could stop making rulings that violate international human rights treaties.