This whole thread but especially this!

Today is stuff your audiobooks day! romanceaudiobookworms.com/home

I really like the Perilous Courts series by Tavia Lark. The Necromancer's Light by her is also good--very angsty opposites attract mm fantasy romance.

The Cat Lady Chronicles by Helen Harper (haven't read book 3 yet) Crossroads Queens by Anabel Chase (only read through book 6) Both UF with older, complex heroines that I like.

In the midst of a KU binge before I cancel. Using the free 3 months to give some authors page turns but also for me, voracious book+ a day reader. Any and all recs for fantasy romance, PNR, SFR appreciated. I'll be frank. I'm looking for books that won't tweak my MAGA radar.

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️

Any “deal” that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake. The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.

A friend recently told me food banks don't often get or give out seasonings/spices, so when I went shopping for the community fridge today I picked up a couple containers of iodized salt. There was a woman taking things as I dropped mine off, so she helped me unpack and asked if she could have one.

It is disgusting that Republicans CHOSE to let SNAP benefits run out today—letting millions of kids and families go hungry for political leverage.  The courts have made it clear that USDA must fund SNAP for November.

Doing a KU reading binge. I read every day. I read a lot every day. The reading streak metrics often miss days. I sync. I leave it on wifi. And there are day it just doesn't capture. I don't care. Except it just makes me doubt it's capturing KU pages read.

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

My latest review column covers four SFF books that are OUTRAGEOUS FUN: The King Must Die by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social Hole in the Sky by @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social Witchlore by Emma Hinds Red City by Marie Lu www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

ICE are the bad guys. There's no way to be proud that they scare children.

“The drug, Lynkuet, which contains the compound elinzanetant, adds to a limited number of nonhormonal treatment options… Doctors said it might also be better than previous nonhormonal options at treating menopause-related sleep issues, though that comparison has yet to be directly studied”

Isn't this pretty? shop.boox.com/products/pal...

Why does Bluesky think I'm following the DOL? I just got racist propaganda in my TL and I don't appreciate it

There has never been any doubt about the lack of imagination

“well it’s only good if people actually put in the work in between these events” yeah and how do you think they get the motivation to do that? sitting around and posting on the internet all day about how much everything sucks doesn’t seem to be very effective

One of Zohran’s better lines from his opening tussle with Cuomo: “What I lack in experience, I make up for in integrity. What you lack in integrity, you could never make up for with experience.”

No.

Cleaning out some office stuff—and I'm nowhere near done—found this. I don't even remember. Did i get a PAN pin? Was there one? I worked hard to get "status" in RWA. And now? I don't know what to do with this pin. I don't regret the work. And the org did help me in meaningful ways.

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free. When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

If our taxes aren't going to the good of the country and only into the pockets of the grifters, where are all those "libertarians" talking about the constitutionality of taxes?

Ah ha! The easy instructions I needed. 👇 Fabulous.

This kind of betting reinforces harmful stereotypes. The sexism WNBA has to deal with is maddening.

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun! We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

I'm happy with my Kobos. So I'm going to try reading KU books on an Android tablet. Blah.

We needed a notary & wasn't sure where to go. But guess what we found? Our public library has a notary and provides that service to the community. Libraries are wonderful community resources.

Yes. Republicans are about to murder TikTok, which means BookTok dies.

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

It may be time for the BOOX Palma

I wanted to get KU for a month & read a few things only available there. But I do not own a Kindle. And nowadays, I only read on eink.

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Seriously, y'all. A segment of the tech industry made it common practice to pirate and steal. & it just doesn't seem to matter. Not only doesn't it matter, they profit from it. They're given funding with no repercussions.

Some publisher could start a trade newsletter for romance-only bookstores and make a fucking MINT by throwing a few bucks to a freelancer or two and sending a copy to the literal hundreds of new bookstores that will be left rudderless if Tiktok starts suppressing spicy book content.

aaaaand only one of my works is in the Anthropic Works List Lookup. I don't trust it. Not even a little.

“Anna, why don’t you trust the Authors Guild?” New exhibit A, replacing several different iterations of Exhibit A I didn’t have the time and resources to register copyrights for:

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch. I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

OMG. Getting rid of the commissaries? Nononono

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Irresponsible headline

aka I don't think you can claim to be against JKR when you're simultaneously actively hooking onto Harry Potter marketing.

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

So they're admitting that tariffs *are* a tax on Americans, not other countries?

Let me just say a simple thing. Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy. If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.

Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship

One of the best.

When I wrote for a full-time job, I worked a full day, every day. And still, a novel would take me anywhere from 4 months to a year to complete. A few albatross novels took longer. I put in a lot of work. Never tell me a year of work isn't worth anything. It's insulting and utter bullshit.

the vice president declared war on left wrongthink today and this is how the most senior democratic elected official is talking, still