"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." ~ Albert Camus It's that time of year, where the winter winds pick up and I curl up and hibernate until after the "Holidays". #CPTSD #healing #holidays

REFORM #Reform THIS WHO THEY ARE www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8... Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes

#7syllablesentence #mean "Your ma dresses you funny."

'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.' h/t @cocacolakid

"The issue was interference & corruption & a government that cared more about moving privatization & being American-style in how they deliver health care than actually cared about patient well-being or the taxpayer." Burning taxpayer $$$ & putting citizens at risk is what the UCP govt does best.

I saw this earlier - and one parent's angry response for being told their child was defective, damaged and that it was their fault. So much anger - all directed at the CDC. Wrong direction. This is TRUMP and his modernized version of eugenics and it tells you exactly what will happen...

How Trump will ruin #Christmas. Christmas trees. Exactly who do you think harvests all those Christmas tree farms dotted all over the Appalachians? And I have from a friend that as of this week ICE is in Boone, NC. Now, exactly what is up there to interest them? 🤔

All Generative AI is trained on the work of other who were/are never paid for their effort and never asked if their work could be used. Generative AI is theft. #WritingCommunity

Rep. Stansbury explained it well: Trump was accused of rape by a 13-yr-old girl. Trump was accused by a different girl of rape and SA. He was deposed in that case. Epstein stated that he had damning pictures of Trump with girls. Maxwell and Wolff confirmed the existence of those pictures.

Our ever-expanding catalog of Trump's transgressions now stands at 529 since January 20, 2025. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...

I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...

@liberalrocks.bsky.social Looking for this?

Ruination couldn’t happen to a more deserving industry.

#WritingCat is ready to go and wondering where you are.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Gen Z please stop blaming Gen X for the shit you see going on in the world/governments. Boomer are still in control. They are holding onto control for dear life as their lives wane. Gen X DOES NOT have control. We NEVER HAD control. We are the silent generation. Don't poke the bear.

What mess did Trump inherit?

This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

Fetterman Needs To Resign….

Good to see: @repyassansari.bsky.social tells me she expects 50 Republicans to vote to release Epstein files (agreeing w/MTG). Dems also want to bring in heads of financial institutions on Epstein transactions. "The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here: newrepublic.com/article/2031...

If you were concerned about teachers “grooming” kids by acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people, but you’re fine with the GOP hiding the Epstein Files and a president whose name is all over them, you’ve acknowledged what the rest of us have always known…. It was never about protecting. kids.

Slowly ploughing through the 'possibles' -- trying to find those best fits. Next will be reading Query Tracker Comments. Publishers' Marketplace sales. Any other suggestions for places to check? #WritingCommunity #amQuerying Obligatory Cat: Ms. Soot, keeping me company.

#CPTSD #healing #TtL

One of the more upsetting things in this is that he wasn't blackmailing them: These men were part of this and protecting him not out of obligation or even particularly out of access, but out of solidarity.

I'm through ranking another 50 agents on the 'possibles' list. I didn't think I would get through that many in one day. #WritingCommunity #amQuerying

This is why Epstein was murdered in his jail cell. He knew all about Trump's criminal involvement in child rape.

However MAGA chooses to explain this away will be one of the most extreme examples of cognitive dissonance theory in the history of ever.

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ― Mark Twain #WritingCommunity #amWriting

Progress... I finished looking for likely agents to query. Now I am prioritizing, looking at their sales, their activity, etc. Doing all that due diligence. In the end it was 170+ agents that I wanted to take a seriously close look at. Well, the first 50 are done. #WritingCommunity #amQuerying

I call BS. It was a choice. They made a choice to fold.

“I don’t need a lecture, whether it’s from Bernie or the Governor in California.” – John Fetterman Wow! This dude needs to spare us the tough-guy act. The real strength would’ve been continuing the fight for our healthcare when Democrats had leverage instead of giving Republicans political cover.

#WritingCat is shocked that you haven't started work... <clutch pearls>

Chuck Schumer, we want a strongly worded resignation letter submitted TODAY.

one more easy dub for the republicans and their strategy of "do evil things, blame the democrats, and wait for the democrats to agree"

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

The reason Trump isn’t dispersing SNAP funds to feed poor Americans is because he’s stealing the money for himself.

Fuck #Trump the Feeble Minded and Cronies in #ICE 8647 Get in his Head and stay there until the #Midterms "Rent Free" #Resist #TACO and his Clown Show on every front 24/7/365 #NoKings Turn up the Volume and FILM ~ FILM ~ FILM

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The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough. 25/47

Pt1, 8/17/25, 60 Minutes Australia #EpsteinFiles 🧐 Why is Donald Trump refusing to release the Epstein files? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIP...

Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.