NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

MAGA has to make peace with supporting a man who partied with a pedophile and is now doing everything as President to cover up the release of the Epstein Files. Innocent men don't behave like Trump.

For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.

Time’s up! 🌟 Let’s hear those WCs & your favorite sentence. My favorite sentence today: “I dropped out of college, filled a backpack, and took off for Yosemite National Park.” (now THAT's a story...) 🎒 Come back tonight for a 2-hour block of sprints from 5-7pm PST with @ansleyashe.bsky.social.

⏰ We are 15 minutes away from word sprint time! It’s a rainy morning in my corner of the #NaNoWriMo world, so I’m warming up w/coffee in my @edutopia.org mug, plus oatmeal & blueberries (brain food, Mom says). How are you getting ready to sprint words today? We’ll start in 15 minutes at 10:00am!

Hey morning writers! ☕ Join me in 30 minutes for a #NaNoWriMo word sprint! 🏃🏻 Grab your coffee, tea or whatever charges your batteries and refuels your creative juices. See you soon! ⚡

There will be more wordsprinting fun tomorrow. At 10am Pacific @lambradley.bsky.social will be here. Then at 5pm Pacific @ansleyashe.bsky.social will be back. Meanwhile, Happy Writing!

…and STOP! Well done, writers! Reward yourself w/a Word Sprint badge & many more! nano2.org/badges/ Thanks for writing w/me. I'm @lambradley.bsky.social, NaNo2.0 volunteer & NaNoTeacher. Come back tomorrow & write w/Tavia Stewart at noon, & w/@ansleyashe.bsky.social from 5-7pm PST. Write on! ⭐️

I helped write the new NaNo 2.0 newsletter! It comes with a free gift for you from our grumpy office leprechaun. sh1.sendinblue.com/adv2nuoholpf... Also from me: How to save an ailing writing project by leveraging the mighty power of physics: nano2.org/posts/2025/a...

Time to push through for 20 minutes! We’ll write until 11:00. 🕚 Optional prompt: Truth or dare! Remember that game? What if your characters played it? Imagine the secrets that could be revealed… 🤐 And GO!

That's me ⬇️! (Actually those are my students in the video, but that's me warming up for a one-hour NaNoWriMo word sprint.) See you at 10am to get some writing done. 📝

Thank you for hanging out with me tonight. Tomorrow's wordsprints will be with the FANTASTIC @lambradley.bsky.social at 10am Pacific. Tavia Stewart will be back Wednesday at 10am Pacific. And I am back Wednesday 5-7pm Pacific. I fly home to Chicago tomorrow, farm vacation is over.

Hi! I’m @chrisbaty.bsky.social and I’ll be sprinting with you for the next hour. We’ll start with a 15-minute sprint at :05. Until then, how are you feeling about your writing project so far? Magical? Meh? Somewhere between? I'm feeling the momentum build, but wishing I were writing more often.

Okay, let’s dive in! We’ll write until :20. If you need an optional prompt, try to work the name of your best friend from childhood into this chapter. Ready? Set? WRITE!

⌛ Time’s up! How’d that one go for you? Last sentence written? I’m working on the NaNo 2.0 newsletter (cheating!) and just wrote: “We’re going to camp out until moonrise and see if the toast works.” 🍞 Speaking of toast, let's grab a snack. We’ll go again at :25.

Maybe we try a 20-minute sprint now that we’re loose and limber? 💪 We’ll write until :45. Optional prompt: An empty picture frame 3…2….1…. GO!

This week, I used this article, along with others from the Edutopia website, in a workshop where I taught abou several types of breaks. The teachers in my workshop loved the content!

Time's up. Thanks so much for hanging out with me tonight. I hope you got some words in. @lambradley.bsky.social is here tomorrow morning at 10am Pacific and @ansleyashe.bsky.social will be here from 5pm to 7pm Pacific. Meanwhile... Happy Writing!

Let's sprint those words for 20 minutes this time! Need a prompt? We've got grandbabies in our thread, so how about a scene with a baby? Snuggles optional. 🐣🍼 GO!

We're in the home stretch! 🏃🏻 Going for a fast 10-minute sprint this time. 🕙 Need a prompt? My memoir just took me to my daughter's tendency to break her arm - like, 5 times in her elementary years. 😬 So maybe a scene with an injury will move you forward... 🤕 GO!

If you're looking for some motivation to get some writing done 📝, we've got two more word sprint sessions coming up today: @chrisbaty.bsky.social will bring an hour sprint at 2:00 Pacific. And then @ansleyashe.bsky.social will motivate you through a two-hour sprint from 5:00 to 7:00pm Pacific.

Time's up! Well done, Tuesday writers! 🎉 Time for a writing break and a treat -- for me, it's M-n-Ms and a walk outside. ☀️ Signing off from NaNo 2.0 and @lambradley.bsky.social - we're with you in the NaNoWriMo journey, writing our little hearts out to that 50k goal. See you next time!

📣 It's WORD SPRINT TIME! We'll go at :05. Let's start with 15 minutes to give ourselves a chance to warm up. Need a prompt to get started? @carleykalei.bsky.social inspired us with COZY. Maybe that's a fireplace, a chunky knit sweater , or fur-lined boots. Think autumn!

15 minutes until word sprint time! 📝 If you're feeling bold, share a little about your writing project! 🗣️ I have a brand new baby granddaughter. Her birth prompted me to start working on a memoir. I want her to know my and my family's stories. I'm going for 50k! How about you?

Happy Tuesday, writers! We are 26 minutes away from our mid-morning Word Spring, brought to you today by @lambradley.bsky.social, a.k.a. Laura Bradley, a.k.a. NaNo Teacher. She's warming up a mug of coffee & doing her finger warm-ups to be ready to pound out some words today. See you at 10:00 am!

Got my coffee. Got my cozy sweater. Got my charged laptop. Got my writer support lap blanket. Ready to host a #NaNoWriMo word sprint right here on Bluesky 🦋! Join me at 10am on the NaNo 2.0 Word Sprint account: bsky.app/profile/nano...

Tomorrow it looks like we have a couple of people dropping by to do some sprints. YAY! In the morning, @lambradley.bsky.social will be here. (10am Pacific.) Then in the afternoon, @chrisbaty.bsky.social (2pm Pacific.) Then at night, @ansleyashe.bsky.social will be here. (5-7pm Pacific.)

Bottomless Pit of Screams Endorses Cuomo.

Thanks for writing with me! I’ve been @chrisbaty.bsky.social and I’m signing off. @ansleyashe.bsky.social will be hosting two more hours of sprints today starting at noon Pacific

Remember: Getting ahead of pace in the first weekend of NaNo makes it 789% more likely that you’ll hit your writing goal for the month. Write as much as you can today!

Ok. Deep Breath. 1 day until #NaNoWriMo. You've got this. We've got this. Make sure to do something nice for yourself today... because you're committing to something really amazing next month!

It's here! #NaNoWriMo starts today! And what better way to kick off the month than with a personal note from the original creator of the challenge himself?

Happy #NaNoWriMo Day 1, to all who celebrate! It's time for that time-honored tradition of sharing your first sentence with the world... or at least with the other folks reading this post. 🤭

All you NaNo rebels out there thought we forgot about you, didn't you? Of course we didn't! Head over to the "Writer Swag" page on NaNo2.org to check out our brand new percentage-based milestone badges. We want to celebrate you no matter what kind of project you're working on! 🎉

Happy NaNoWriMo! Hope everyone's writing adventures are off to a great start. Today and tomorrow, we have sprints scheduled from noon-2 PM Pacific. We'll likely have some additional ones popping up as well during the day. Can't wait to write together!

Hello #wrimos! #Wordsprints commence in less than 90 minutes! @ansleyashe.bsky.social will be here.

In addition to being our first guest blogger over at NaNo2.org, Lani Diane Rich is a NYT bestselling author of 12 novels, an award-winning podcaster, and a story expert who teaches the Year of Writing Magically! To read more of her inspiring words, check out the link below!

The latest NaNo 2.0 newsletter has some of my writing in it! If you love stories of jewel thieves absconding with office microwaves, this one is for you. Read the harrowing tale here: sh1.sendinblue.com/acoxmioholpf...

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities? Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children? And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

Oh my! We just looked at the calendar and there's only 10 days left before #NaNoWriMo begins!! Let us know in the comments how you're preparing for your writing challenge next month!

There is a NaNo 2.0 and I love it. I got my badges today and I want to share their amazing website with all these free resources to make November fun again for us writers: nano2.org #writer #NaNoWriMo #NaNo #writing

Two of the NaNo 2.0 volunteers were featured on the Educator Forever podcast to talk about the Young Novelist Program. Lily, the host, started as a NaNoWriMo participant herself before bringing the writing challenge to her classroom. Her K-2 curriculum is still being used in the program today!

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." ~ Elie Wiesel

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

Why would a tiny, rag tag team of volunteers launch @nano2point0.bsky.social? Because they have seen the power of #NaNoWriMo & the 30-day challenge. Listen to us talk about the Young Novelist Challenge & the chaotic joy of students writing a novel in a month. www.educatorforever.com/podcast-arch...

I like the problem solving involved in crafting sentences and paragraphs. Why would I let an algorithm do that for me

I pray that a future president if we still have a democracy will erase every trace of Trump's existence. Raze every edifice he's built; strip his name from everything, restore the White House as if he never lived there & turn Mar-a-Lago into a Black, LGBTQ, women's, AAPI & immigrant history museum.

Jeffries: "Republicans are the party of lawlessness and disorder, including the ongoing crime scene at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave which is running the largest pay to play scheme in the history of the country in real time. And we hear nothing but crickets from Mike Johnson."