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This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

The more I garden, the more I realize it’s a lot like writing a book. When it isn’t working, it’s because I don’t know what I’m doing. But when it IS working, oh boy, I still don’t know what I’m doing.

Hope you had a great long weekend! Time to get back at it! Last week, HR 2616 grabbed some book banning language from HR 7661 & passed the House. What is HR 2616? Don't feel bad if this is the first you've heard of it because Republicans moved fast on it. Here's the deal...

Absolute perfection from @colsonwhitehead.com.

HUGE CONGRATS MARLEY!!!

Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.

That thing where your friend gets amazing news and you want to shout to the whole world how talented they are but it is still a secret for now ❤️

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

🌟 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 40 exciting new young adult books being published in August 2025! 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit

Me: I'm an author Person: Oh really? Where can I find your books? Me: Pretty much any retailer should have them or be able to order them Person: *squints suspiciously* Like actual bookstores? Me: Um, yes? Person: *suspicious squinting intensifies*

I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long.

Could we maybe just acknowledge that people do things differently and there doesn't have to be a Most Correct Way to do everything? (sincerely, a snoozer who needs extra time to wake up her brain or she gets anxiety)

Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

I decided to ask chatgpt some questions about one of my books, and the whole experience was extremely surreal 🧵

Lovely to see A Spell to Wake the Dead on WBUR's list of New England summer reads 📚🏖️

One of my favorite parts of this is Tesla stock tanking even harder because now he's pissed off literally everyone. It's truly beautiful to watch.

Do not give this woman a dime of your money. 1. Do not watch the new show. 2. Do not stream any of the movies (yes, that includes Fantastic Beasts) 3. Do not buy any of her books. She has a pen name Robert Galbraith. www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...

Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people. There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.

I will never not see lobsters as giant sea bugs

"Do boycotts work?"

The absolute disgrace taking place today in front of cameras in the White House is yet another reminder that for all the talk of Joe Biden's failures, the people who failed America the most are our citizens. Empowering this guy (again) was a foreseeable disaster we'll be lucky to survive.

Compare Vonnegut buying an envelope with this tech bro running from his life

If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity.

Supreme Court extends block on deportations under Alien Enemies Act.

Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.

This is my town, and this is a terror campaign. They nabbed three people in the Trader Joe's parking lot on a Saturday, thus ensuring the largest amount of people saw and were scared. Now they're just lurking around town to add to the stress. It's beyond messed up.

Everything about this interview is a delight

Imagine becoming the actual pope. What a trip that must be.

Me, an American, finding out the new pope is an American

My Mom died of cancer. My grandparents died of cancer. My best friend died of cancer. Many of YOU, Democrats and Republicans, have friends and loved ones who died of cancer. Cutting cancer research is evil AF, and we should ALL agree on that. If we can't, we're cooked.

the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done

Mental health matters. Please share and keep the below list in case you would need it 💙💚

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

MAKE THE TRIO TRANS THEN I FUCKING DARE YOU

It's like every website, app and piece of software has developed its own Clippy. Clippy is following me around every day from Google to Zoom to Adobe Acrobat, telling me it looks like I'm trying to exist and would I like help with that

Did anybody else start talking to themself in a major way during pandemic lockdown, and now it's never going away?

"We used the plagiarism machine that stole these people's copyrighted work to decide whether or not they were worthy. Why is everyone so mad?"

In the last few months, I've been seeing more and more book reviews where the character and author names are completely wrong, and I feel like this has to be the work of chatgpt. But why even bother reviewing a book if you aren't writing it or even checking if the basic details are right??

If this were a book or a movie or a show, after meeting the pope, being told he needed to work on his empathy, and then the pope DYING, this would be the moment where JD finally realized he needed to change his ways. Unfortunately I can't see it happening in reality.

Today, SCOTUS hears a case on whether hearing a story read about a child who has a gay uncle constitutes a violation of freedom of religion. Why should we care? Because public education belongs to all of us, and all means all. Kids with LGBTQ+ families are part of the all.

the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing. my latest

I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us. We have to save us. And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators

Hey @bsky.app why are posts about protests in support of trans people being hidden as spam?

There are kids who will never pick up a dead bear carcass and load it into their car but then forget about the bear carcass because they went to a fancy steakhouse but then remember about the bear carcass and finally dump the bear carcass in Central Park

My superpower is that every time I go to dunkins I manage to get in line behind the one person in Massachusetts who's never been to a dunkins before

This is where your Harry Potter money goes

The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.