Coming to a bookstore near you, May 19th: #THEHOPEKEEPER, about the curse of the Hope Diamond, the last woman who owned it, a mysterious death, and the beginnings of women working at the Smithsonian where the diamond now realizes. Review copies are in💎🩵🎉 #books #readercommunity #historicalfiction

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

A grand jury has indicted New York’s attorney-general, who is a longtime foe of Donald Trump, on felony counts related to a mortgage application. The rationale for the president’s revenge tour? That Democrats started it

Day 4 of 31! 🎭 "The Phantom's Apprentice" by @msheatherwebb.bsky.social A bold Christine Daae as you've never seen her before, master of illusions and magic. #SpookyReads #gothic #books www.amazon.com/Phantoms-App...

"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I think people should start sharing their stories. It’s the only way to make this clusterfuck seem more real. Ex: I’ve taken on a part time job just in case the government stops funding social security and Medicare. Never thought I’d have to second guess my country in retirement.

Federal employees are heading home today; however, members of Congress will continue to receive their salary. As the humorist Andy Borowitz wrote: “That’s like eliminating the fire dept & sending checks to the arsonists.”

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"The point is that voters are hungry for authenticity, for leaders who understand their lives, and for a Democratic Party that fights as hard as the stakes demand." Read @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social's op-ed on Meidas+. 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-a...

But you use your politics as leverage to strip women and you use your politics to carve up a state so that you can ensure votes of minorities don't count and votes of people who don't think like you count. Just-Dance-Vance should really try to stop making himself look stupid. May be too hard for him

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

Most things he says has zero backing.

I loved chatting with @msheatherwebb.bsky.social, @kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

Trying to reconcile the vaguely 40-year-old-Victorian-gentleman-sounding diction in these texts that the FBI says Robinson sent to his roommate with the terminally-online memebot persona that aligns with the messages he inscribed on the bullets and the images in his social media trail 🤔

1/10 So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported. They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper. Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson: x.com/adamscochra...

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social

Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm, hopes to make reactors cheaper—and minimise the risks of radioactive leaks—by sticking them underground

A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."

Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter. Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished. These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...

Today, we saw a major ruling that is a major setback for Trump’s authoritarian agenda – and great news for democracy. Let's break it down:

The Irish comedian Graham Linehan was just arrested by British police for rude X posts—which is “totalitarian, absurd, and a waste of police time,” @helenlewis.bsky.social argues.

Co-living apartments are evolving into a key strategy for affordable housing that doesn't skimp on the amenities.

AI “investors have been expecting record returns for their expenditures…” But NINETY-FIVE PERCENT (95%) of companies are getting ZERO return on artificial intelligence — “despite investing billions” www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin... @johncassidysays.bsky.social @newyorker.com

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I'm SO EXCITED to share the cover of @msheatherwebb.bsky.social's new novel, #THEHOPEKEEPER, coming May 19, 2026! THE HOPE KEEPER is about the curse of the Hope Diamond, the last woman who owned it (Evalyn Walsh McLean), and the beginnings of women working at the Smithsonian museum.

In the Wonder Reader, @isabelfattal.bsky.social explores how mail carriers do their jobs—even in the most remote parts of the country:

Imagine getting fired because math hurt a man’s feelings. We’re being governed by a walking Yelp review.

Exactly! The 1,000 or so employees were tasked with marking the names of high profile figures for redaction. There was even a master spreadsheet on the high side SharePoint used to log the mentions of Trump himself for redaction. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

YES. I've been saying we need to connect the Epstein coverup to the oligarchy -because that's what billionaires do. They use people's bodies and throw them away - whether cheap labor or rape. They believe they are entitled to our bodies, and Trump is covering up his role in that.

They also provide the local crime ring with a quick get-away when they're stealing phones from pedestrians and Uber drivers. IYKYK

So when does Trump cut drug prices by 1500% again? It’s hard to keep track of all these incredible magical guarantees.

i have been stuck on JD Vance's claremont speech for almost two weeks now because it is structurally identical to roger taney's opinion for the court in dred scott

NASA & her beloved caretakers have issued the NASA VOYAGER DECLARATION, a letter of formal dissent as defined in NASA Procedural Requirement 7120.5F. They join NIH & EPA in voicing their clear objection to the illegal & immoral objectives of the Trump administration.

Trump’s Epstein cover-up continues to backfire as more details emerge. War breaks out between Murdoch and Trump, and how Trump's defamation suit was a major misstep. Plus, SCOTUS enables more MAGA destruction. Watch Legal AF at 8p ET/5p PT!

MAGA turning on MAGA.

A data breach, a gag order, a stampede to duck responsibility

Trump’s newest ICE memo green lights deportations of migrants to countries where they’re not even citizens. My Katie Phang News channel video on how ICE is shipping people off to third countries with just a few hours notice using a disgusting SCOTUS ruling to give them cover. youtu.be/V5exxNLRCsQ

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired Joseph Tirrell, the Justice Department’s senior ethics attorney, a military veteran who spent nearly two decades serving his country in and out of uniform.

Kristi Noem cut off call center contracts leaving Texas' thousands of flood victims stranded with no one to call. She did it because they are running a massive 125 billion dollar budget increase over their immigration bullshit.

We have re-introduced #EllasLaw to Parliament. This Bill is about the right to breathe clean air, and the right to grow up and grow old without potentially lethal harm being done to our lungs, hearts and brains by preventable air pollution. It is also about a little girl. This is Ella's story 👇

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"

Anyone who wants to get to the truth about Epstein would not delude themselves into thinking that the villain here is Pam Bondi. She is a mere appendage of Trump. If you're pretending that Bondi is the ultimate authority, you care more about protecting Trump than exposing the truth about Epstein.

As someone smarter than me said, “if your only solution is to pray, then you should work in a church, not government.”

Tarrant County, Texas officials approved a $250K contract with a right-wing law firm to defend a gerrymandered map the firm itself drew, despite public outcry and legal concerns. Minority voters have already sued, citing racial discrimination. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We’ve already sent 800 letters demanding congress restore NOAA funding and save the national weather service. Let’s get it to 1,000 ASAP!

Trump is trying to make it easier for his voters to cast ballots & harder for the rest of us We @democracydefendersfund.org went to court & stopped him We will keep going to make sure we have free & fair elections. I explained @msnbc.com

The only person coming to save you is the version of yourself that is tired of your current situation. Change is a choice.