Fully appreciating the fact that "billionaire pedophile" has become a default adjective-noun combination.

Alexandra Winteraven writes about the sacred feminine, the Earth, and the wildness of women, wherein beauty and terror inhabit one body. "a living earth includes rot, parasites, mothers eating their young. it includes storms that do not care about your nervous system." substack.com/@alexandrawi...

a few years ago Nancy Mace, by her own account, dedicated her life to following Christ.

#WIPSnips "Chosen" is a word I more often use in fantasy than in other genres, so I went with "chose" for this bit from Called from the Ashes. #WritingCommunity

Today's #WIPSnips is from Sharrec's story within the story of This Dark Road: Freed. Choices or fate: sometimes we don't know. #WritingCommunity

Father & son

Meta AI stays asking the tough questions everyone had on their mind

I have been publishing YA novels for 20 years. I have seen a lot of nonsense written about the category, but this HarperCollins imprint has set a new bar. If anything is “cynical” or tailored for “shock value,” it’s this campaign, which might as well be from Moms for Liberty. This is loathsome.

New today: Earth-toned clay, wood, bone, and shell beads set off a pair of #chicken -and-egg charms on this kilt #pin. Perfect for summer or fall accessorizing! #ooak #HandmadeJewelry hrtsmomsjewelryetc.etsy.com/listing/4497...

This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.

Happy "Hitler Killed Himself in a Bunker Day" to those who celebrate.

One has to admire the massive restraint it must have taken for her not to punch him in the back of the head.

Antiqued-brass #bookmark hook with a floral design holds a strand of red paper beads and antiqued brass. It's finished with a pendant featuring a handsome red #cardinal, accented with a bright red bead and some gold stars. #handmade #ooak hrtsmomsjewelryetc.etsy.com/listing/4480...

This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

YELP REVIEWES OF CHARON THE FERRYMAN OF THE DEAD "oddly quiet. no warmth." "no bottled water provided." "what's up with the freaky glowing eyes?" "i know I am dead but still turn on the radio, yeesh." "let an actual alive guy on the boat, who I think was being guided by the ghost of Virgil? WTF"

"At the same time that epigenetics opens us to new ways of thinking about body-environment interactions, we are presented with a very narrow view of what we ought to be and what we ought to do about who we are... The spectre of The Stepford Wives rises for us all."

I have an answer for every question. Ask me anything. 8647

Oh, look what I saw on the beach!

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

This was about the whole "use AI to make your own movie with Marilyn Monroe". I don't want the tv to tell me a story I came up with, I want the tv to tell me a story where I don't know what happens next even if it's stupid. "wtf you morons" is a better experience than "yeah just like I said I guess"

Neutral shades of gray, white, and silver make this #bracelet suitable for any season and any fashions. Double-strand bracelet features faceted gray glass, faux pearls, white jade and a variety of silver-tone beads. #HandmadeJewelry hrtsmomsjewelryetc.etsy.com/listing/4496...

One thing you really notice watching old school #DoctorWho is how even the smartest, most competent female characters are constantly patronized by the men around them, including the men who fuck up everything left, right, and center and then get the women to tidy it up.

Jimmy Kimmel needs to stop the violent rhetoric

A statue for Terry Jones. Absurd humor cast in bronze. Monty Python proved smart and silly can share a stage. Writers take note. Tone is a tool not a cage. www.bbc.com/news/art... #writing #comedy #legacy

"It means I'm looking and talking out of my ass."

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Maybe it will happen today.

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly

Part 8 of my unfinished #fantasy project, Fyorri, is now available on my Ko-fi page for all supporters! It's a short part, but a lot happens... #fiction #IndieAuthor

Are meaningless sentence fragments the in thing now? I keep finding them in this book I'm reading, as well as seeing them in people's WIP snippets. They drive me nuts! #WritingCommunity

What a great friend 💕

A room full of the most powerful people in politics and media presumed they were being attacked by an active shooter. They dove under tables and texted loved ones. They feared for their lives. And somehow, not a damn thing will be done by them to push for gun reform tomorrow morning. America.

"Electricity-hungry data centers could help everyday Americans if their needs spur investment in the aging grid, Robinson Meyer writes." Isn't this like saying "gas-guzzling SUVs could help by spurring investment in more oil drilling"?

I am very knowledgeable about cat breeds.

This is happening in the middle of Tel Aviv 👏🏼👏🏼👇🏼💙

(cartoon Bill Day)

No matter where I go- work, the grocery store, even just on the street- I hear one thing from people: we need a ballroom

True efficiency!

People downloading unlicensed pirated copies of my books are thieves who are stealing from me. It's not as if I'm ungenerous. I have literally given my books away to free to people who genuinely need them and can't pay. But some of you are supporting malware bandits by downloading "free" stuff

New today: A mini silver-tone shepherd's hook #bookmark holds a strand of beads in red and white, including wood, glass, and plastic. It's finished off with a pudgy little #chicken -and-egg charm. hrtsmomsjewelryetc.etsy.com/listing/4495...

"If I punished and shamed and yelled at my dog, Izzy, the way I punished and shamed and yelled at my body, I would get arrested for animal abuse."

A man in a cell, clean and safe, but not spacious. His physical needs are met. Fresh food and water, medicines, clean clothing and sheets. No phone. Only two words are ever said to the man. Every query, belligerent demand, shouted imprecation, wheedle and whine is answered with: "Quiet, Piggy."

Kind of a perfect metaphor for the media and the role they've played over the last ten years

Today at work, the mandatory training on how to use AI to edit images was interrupted by Copilot freezing and refusing to work for the rest of the 30 minutes. Can't wait to implement that into my workflow 🥰

#WIPSnips from This Dark Road: Freed. A little reminder of how hard life can be. #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips from Called from the Ashes. A bit of bridging regarding improvements to the campus. #WritingCommunity