even though i have a bunch of paperwork to do and my head is feeling Heavy, i thought i'd let myself play Sims for a little while guess what updated yesterday and is doing the SLOWEST UPDATE EVER

I think I have to cave and go to urgent care tomorrow 😩

The need to get my rent taken care of is getting closer and closer and I really need to get it taken care of ASAP.

I’m sorry he got so blackout drunk they had to ask for SWAT door busting equipment?!

If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.

Shout out to my internet company who managed to get my internet back just in time for the Mets game but anti-shout out* to HuluTV for deciding they’re not going to carry Pix11 today. It seems to be a day-to-day decision and it’s annoying! *pending outcome of game

In two more hours, it’ll have been 24 hours since I last took a medicine to deal with this virus (pain/cold/cough). That has not happened since April 3 or 4. 🙃

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday.

Singer D4vd arrested in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas, LAPD says

Well I was going to take a half day two years ago because my birthday is usually a big movie release weekend, but then there was a blizzard and most of my area lost power on my 30. Then last year and this year are weekends. A decent number of my birthdays overlap with Thanksgiving break so 🤷🏼‍♀️

There sure are some Choices being made for BookCon huh

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

Most of my neighbors are retirees so they’re home a lot but today there’s four of them out shooting the shit while one tries to fix the car of another and I almost felt bad not stopping to talk but I literally can’t so 🤷🏼‍♀️

Gargled warm water and got my voice back for like 5 minutes and it’s almost entirely gone again. 🙃 I also realized that one of my ears hurt so I’m wondering if this mess has turned into an ear infection. 🙃🙃

Me, all night: I will not watch this Mets game I am suffering ENOUGH Me, as soon as they score 1 run: there is LIFE time to turn it ON Me, waiting for the WiFi to connect: and now the inning is over 😐

Have any of y’all solo tripped to the doctor without a voice? I’ve been in vocal rest all day and STILL cannot talk so I think I have to go tomorrow. I could probably make my brother go with me, but we don’t live together so he wouldn’t really be helpful.

It is 80 degrees (in APRIL in PENNSYLVANIA) for the second day and my window AC units are not in because it is APRIL in PENNSYLVANIA so it is HOT in my house but all I want to eat is soup and I still have no voice. 😩

WHAT THE FUCK

“The pope should be careful before talking theology” is just extraordinary stuff. Top-shelf. You write one book that gets turned into a Ron Howard movie and suddenly you’re nailing your manifesto to the cathedral doors.

I just remembered I shaved my legs last night just to get stuck at home today. I WASTED FRESHLY SHAVED LEGS. 😩

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Trump intervened. His DOJ settled. That didn't stop a jury from ruling against Live Nation and its monopolistic practices. Big win for music fans. Big embarrassment for Team Trump, who tried to sell them out. apnews.com/article/live...

Anxious people, check your Xanax. share.google/29WwLkigSdlt...

did you know an 8 hour work day that includes you being the primary voice for a nonverbal child for two hours is Not Great when you’re already losing your voice? 🙃

Margaret Rogerson is the only one who is semi-actively publishing. I have a few auto-buy authors who I’m just behind on reading because I’m barely reading these days, but: Destiny/D.L. Soria, Emery Lord, Christina Lauren, Megan Frampton, Sarah MacLean, AdriAnne Strickland/May

The downside is that I’m working until 6 today but the upside is that I was working close to home and had time to stop by and re-up on cough drops and use my own bathroom before I go get Taco Bell and finish my work day.

Not sure why I actually put the game on tbh? I don’t need more pain in my life. I’ve been sick for a week and a half.

Here's preview of the end of the current US administration

BREAKING: Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales just announced he will file his "retirement from office" tomorrow.

it'd be great if you could get off Substack

Skyhorse has over the last few years done a brisk business in publishing the books of disgraced and/or disgraceful people at a cut rate, so this move is not exactly surprising.

A little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens is set to expire, and we’re worried some Democrats could join the GOP to reauthorize this civil liberties disaster. Urge your Members of Congress to vote NO on any legislation that reauthorizes Section 702.

What are your wildest ways for getting past a cough because I am throwing everything at a wall and nothing is helping and I can’t go to work hacking like I’ve been smoking for 70 years I will frighten the children

2026’s refresh rate is wild I go do some chores and like 14 major world events have happened

Posted an update on my page: still need about $900 to get my rent paid IMMEDIATELY so I don’t lose my apartment. Other income sources are in the works, but this an urgent need: ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal...

Lord, I’ve seen what you’ve done for others..

LORD, I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHERS,,

To any Hungarians annoyed that Americans are placing the credit for your momentous victory on the shoulders of our stunningly repellent little weasel of a VP: you are correct to feel that way, I'm sorry, we just want to seize any available oppurtunity to humiliate him specificially

went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted

more seriously congrats to the hungarian people for kicking that asshole out

I visited Budapest back in 2015 and I loved that city so much and I’ve desperately wanted to go back ever since. But it felt complicated to go back because of the politics - a 2 day trip during study abroad was one thing, but a longer trip as an adult felt…tricky. It might be time to book the trip.

holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true

I did a grocery pick up but don’t trust them to get milk, so I still need to go into the store myself to get milk but also….a grocery store on a Sunday….

if Hungary actually flips because Vance campaigned there, it’ll be the funniest thing that’s happened since he killed the Pope

If you want to help families in Palestine, you can support The Sameer Project's initiatives. They're a Palestinian-led, on-the-ground aid group that collaborates with other networks to provide vital food, water, shelter, and medical care to families during the ongoing genocide

I’ve been home all day and haven’t tried to speak and apparently I’ve almost lost my voice from this cough! I also may have pulled a muscle near my rib cage! Neat!

I believe I’ve made it a full 24 hours with temps in the normal range and I feel fine except for a constant cough. And something about the cough makes me not want to eat hard foods? I kind of want chips but crunchy food feels wrong.

The Secretary of State attending a UFC fight while wartime diplomatic negotiations fail would generate an explosive, front-page, above-the-fold headline for any previous administration

There are a few food influencers highlighting small, usually immigrant owned restaurants in their area and even though I’m a picky eater, I enjoy watching them. One of them is this older white guy, probably in his 70s, and today he posted himself trying Persian food and the wholesome solidarity 🥺

BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges. /w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.social