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Fiction, Nonfiction, and Everything In Between
On a much happier note, it's time to line up some great reads of the short short story variety from Ronnie Virdi, Sunny Moraine, Jason Sanford, Erin Roberts, Aaron Rosenberg, & maybe you. Check out the MISSEd-FiTS
#kickstarter
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The clickable link: <https://gofund.me/d1b3e0ed2>
#WashingtonPost
#Firings
#JournalistsInNeed
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Gini Koch
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The READ THIS! BotM announced (by someone y'all might know), the Yap's in Charge, & More @ the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog!
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Blah, Blah, Blah...: The READ THIS! BotM Announced, Yap in Charge, & More!
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I HOPE this is accessible to everyone, because it's too funny not to share. It's exactly what it says on the box: "Museum curator, 77, learns Gen Z slang and goes viral: ‘Honestly, she ate’" :D
#art
#wapo
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Museum curator, 77, learns Gen Z slang and goes viral: ‘Honestly, she ate’
“Look how bro glazed it,” said Alison Luchs, National Gallery of Art’s deputy head of sculpture, pointing to a 16th-century plate.
https://wapo.st/4a9x9CE
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The Management was promoted to Upper Management.
@gregoriusu.bsky.social
& I are shattered. We'd hoped to enjoy his wise, gracious supervision for many years to come. But this Best Cat was destined for bigger things. We will miss him always. Pumba, June 22, 2011-Jan. 23, 2026. <3
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Need something to keep you warm with the winter storm coming for many of us? Hot Off the Press 151 has you covered with
@ginikoch.bsky.social
’s SF mystery adventure,
@layladorine.bsky.social
's spicy romance, & some
#dragon
fun from
@alkaplanauthor.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
Are You Scared Yet?
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Are You Scared Yet?
So much is happening today, this entry will probably be lost in the shuffle, but I want to have it up before it gets stale. Some entitled ICE enforcer murdered a woman back on Wednesday and even video...
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bex
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fwiw I'm a silver honors member and I have the hilton card and when I just called to ask if they were changing their policy I got told they don't know what is going to happen but they're waiting for info and in the meantime I should email: guest.
[email protected]
add a skeleton here at some point
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Alt National Park Service
about 1 month ago
PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.
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Today in Alexandria, VA.
about 1 month ago
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Protested in Franconia yesterday. Tomorrow will find me in north Del Rey. How are you spending your weekend?
about 1 month ago
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@Con-Tinual Fandom explores the worlds of Grand Mistress Lois McMaster Bujold with Susan Griffith,
@nancynorthcott.bsky.social
, and host
@jpnettles.bsky.social
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Join us on Con-Tinual for a fun conversation on K-Pop Demon Hunter with Elizabeth Davis,
@alkaplanauthor.bsky.social
, and host
@jpnettles.bsky.social
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Gini Koch
about 1 month ago
The first READ THIS! Book of the Month announced, the Yap's back in charge, my bday looms, and more at the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog!
ginikoch.blogspot.com/2026/01/firs...
@jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social
@teresaintrepid.bsky.social
@elleeire.bsky.social
@jeanmarieward.bsky.social
@marcmonroe.bsky.social
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https://ginikoch.blogspot.com/2026/01/first-read-this-botm-of-year-announced.html
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Ginger Blue Publishing
about 2 months ago
The long-awaited book 17 of the alien series by Gini Koch is now available for Preorder! Releasing April 7, 2026.
@ginikoch.bsky.social
Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G62KZGLC
B&N:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aliens-lik...
Apple:
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Kobo:
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about 1 month ago
Let's Make this new year better than LAST Year!
#ElonMusk
#trump
#Criminal
#pervert
#Starlink
#KamalaHarris
#doge
#USAID
#FederalWorkforce
#Decimation
#EastWing
#WhiteHouse
#KennedyCenter
#JohnFKennedy
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Because it's New Year's someplace. :D
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about 1 month ago
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The Panel Room 206 is all about holiday mysteries with
@ginikoch.bsky.social
, Fraser Sherman, John French, & host
@jpnettles.bsky.social
! Get locked in with some of your favorite holiday mysteries from books, film and TV, plus some of our panelists holiday mysteries!
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It's a holiday Hot Off The Press 150 with romance, action, adventure, historical romance, scifi, and fantasy from Layla Dorine, JB Garner,
@ginikoch.bsky.social
, Dennis M. Myers,
@nancynorthcott.bsky.social
, Wendy Van Camp, and host
@jpnettles.bsky.social
!
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about 1 month ago
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It's on the website so it must be real. I'll be a guest at
@dragoncon.org
in 2026! I can't wait to see all my Dragon Con family and friends--and look forward to making new ones. 😃 What a great present for the day!
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Dragon Con Guests List
Here at Dragon Con, every year we create the perfect fan experience for you by welcoming guests, inventive minds, artists, and celebrities from around the globe.
https://www.dragoncon.org/people-to-see-2/guests/
about 2 months ago
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Greg Uchrin/IVCaffeine
about 2 months ago
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025..
. Captain Bonespurs v. PT-109? So Trump thinks he's equal to Jack Kennedy!
#Capitol
#Cartoon
#DonaldTrump
#Drawing
#JohnFKennedy
#KennedyCenter
#LincolnMemorial
#Memorial
#PT109
#Recommended
#WashingtonMonument
#digitaldrawing
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Rachel Maddow
about 2 months ago
"The pattern is also a lesson. News organizations that have stood up for themselves and pushed back against the attempts at intimidation prevailed. "The only way to lose a fight against Trump is to pursue appeasement. "It’s true for law firms, higher ed, news orgs..."
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@whoismarclabbott.com
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@rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social
,
@nicolegkurtz.bsky.social
, &
@svpthinks.bsky.social
bring the spice to Con-Tinual Con's Holiday Horror 2025. The titles may surprise you. The carrot definitely will. Enjoy!
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Harpo is gone. But his human mom,
@catssurname.bsky.social
, is still working with
#cats
. She can adopt & train more kittens, but she needs to up her finances to qualify. Helping her means more Kitty Dopamine hits, something we all need right now. Please help if you can.
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My Neighbor Adopted Ticket!
Rain Surname published a post on Ko-fi
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about 2 months ago
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Lisa Macon Wood, Marc Abbott, Rhonda Jackson Garcia, Nicole Givens Kurtz, & Steven Van Patten bring the spice in the 2025 edition of Con Tinual Con's Holiday Horror. The titles may surprise you. The carrot definitely will. Enjoy!
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Gini Koch
about 2 months ago
The READ THIS! Author Q&A (with moi & co-writer Bebe Bayliss) is THIS Thursday, the Cover Reveal & Pre-Order you've been waiting for, and more at the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog!
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@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
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Gini Koch
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The READ THIS! BotM Announced, a New Release, and The Last Day of Preorder Disco @ the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog!
ginikoch.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
@phyllishemann.bsky.social
@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
@alexshvartsman.bsky.social
@meltodd.bsky.social
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It's here! SKULL X BONES, the latest
#antho
from
@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
, with 14 great SFF pirate stories & bonus art by dh
@gregoriusu.bsky.social
& Ariel Guzman is on sale from all your fave outlets just in time for holiday giving. Check it out!
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about 2 months ago
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Ms. Magazine
about 2 months ago
A feminist telehealth provider is cutting out pharmaceutical middlemen to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders.
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A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
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For the giggles, I give you "Finding Mr. Christmas." Hopefully, the link will let you read free. Enjoy!
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What I learned from 8 hours of shirtless men competing to star in a Hallmark movie
“Finding Mr. Christmas,” Hallmark Channel’s reality show to cast the male romantic lead in a Christmas movie, is TV for women about men making TV for women.
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Calendar of Fools
2 months ago
Time for another free story! For the next three weeks,
@gregbossert.bsky.social
's "Forget-me-not" is available for free on our site! This is such a wonderfully weird, gripping story about the search for meaning and value, so don't miss out!
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Forget-me-not
by Gregory Norman Bossert Gerald pulled the hair from the lint trap. It was heavy and golden and hung in a gentle curve, the sort that would cover one eye and then reverse itself to trace a collarbone...
https://calendaroffools.com/stories/forget-me-not/
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Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains
2 months ago
Coming December 15th! A new
#sff
anth about
#pirates
! SKULL X BONES from ZNB by ed
@davidbcoe.bsky.social
&
@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
! Preorder the
#ebook
now! Kindle:
amzn.to/48rReUR
B&N:
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Kobo:
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#booksky
#fantasy
#urbanfantasy
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Ginger Blue Publishing
2 months ago
Flights of fancy, daring deeds and all manner of exploits and adventures await you!
@jeanmarieward.bsky.social
Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLX2YHFW
B&N:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dragons-ca...
Trophy Hardback:
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SKULL X BONES, the latest
#antho
from
@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
is almost here. Pre-order now and snag 14 great stories, an epic cover and great interior art (including an
#illo
by dh
@gregoriusu.bsky.social
) just in time for the holidays! ZNB online store: zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
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Gini Koch
2 months ago
The READ THIS! BotM Announced, a New Release, and The Last Day of Preorder Disco @ the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog!
ginikoch.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
@bebebayliss.bsky.social
@jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social
@jeanmarieward.bsky.social
@elleeire.bsky.social
@sharonskinner.bsky.social
@marcmonroe.bsky.social
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Puff the Magic Hater
2 months ago
Wherever you live, this story has significant implications because the trend of defunding libraries, when we should be fortifying these outposts of learning, sharing, and survival, is a national phenomenon. Libraries are models of the kind of infrastructure we must EXPAND to get the world we want.
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You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
https://organizingmythoughts.org/you-cant-fight-fascism-while-defunding-libraries/
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#TennesseeWilliams
in
#WeirdTalesMagazine
? Yes, indeed. It was his first published story, and they paid him good money for it too. It was illustrated too. Read about the story & its afterlife, then follow the link to the tale itself. 😃
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Read Tennessee Williams’s first published short story. (It’s weird.)
Today would be Tennessee Williams’s 110th birthday; to celebrate, we’re looking way back to before his storied career, when he was a teenager that knew he wanted to be a writer. When Williams was s…
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On a happier note, it's true. You can find anything in NYC--if you know where to look.
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Shopping for Miracles at the 'Home Depot of Spiritual Goods' in the Bronx
Struggling with debt? Just got dumped? Husband won’t do your bidding?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/miracle-shopping-in-the-bronx
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Jennifer 🦋 🇺🇦 🦋
3 months ago
Zero class 🤦♀️
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southpaw
3 months ago
This is murder.
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Just in time for holiday shopping! Hot Off The Press 147 dishes up action, adventure, SFF, & romance from Keith DeCandido, Layla Dorine,
@jbgarnerwrites.bsky.social
,
@ginikoch.bsky.social
, Dennis M. Myers, Bobby Nash, Wendy Van Camp, & host
@jpnettles.bsky.social
!
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SKULL X BONES, the new
#SFF
#anthology
from
@joshuapalmatier.bsky.social
, featuring interior art by DH
@gregoriusu.bsky.social
& Ariel Guzman, & great stories by 14 fabulous authors, will be released Dec. 14. Just in time for holiday giving! Pre-order now at <zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site>.
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A person would be hard-pressed to carve a more perfect dragon's head. Mother Nature did it without even trying.
#dragon
#naturephoto
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Gini Koch
3 months ago
The next READ THIS! Author Q&A is THIS Thursday, New Release, New Preorder, and More at the Blah, Blah, Blah Blog!
ginikoch.blogspot.com/2025/11/read...
@meltodd.bsky.social
@labyrinthrat.bsky.social
@jeanmarieward.bsky.social
@buckeyegirl31.bsky.social
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@dragoncon.org
2026 guest application submitted. Fingers crossed! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
3 months ago
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Team Seal for the win! :D
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The great escape: seal flees killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat
Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of Seattle
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Calendar of Fools
3 months ago
It's time for another free story. Now available, "Brigid and the Snakes" by
@jeanmarieward.bsky.social
! This is a fantastic(al) alt-history at the intersection of Celtic folklore and the story of Saint Patrick. Available for three weeks only, so don't miss your chance. Read it today!
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(A Tale of Ireland that Might Have Been) by Jean Marie Ward A plague on them that said the chores of an alewife were beneath the dignity of a goddess and the first Reverend Mother Abbess of Kildare! A...
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The writer of the article calls ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE an inspiration for a
#MontyPython
skit. But the author missed the big one. It sounds pure
#FawltyTowers
to me. After all Manuel did learn his English from a book. :D
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How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation
Meet 1883's most absurd language guide.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-portuguese-to-english-phrasebook-became-a-cult-comedy-sensation
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Putting together this month's
#newsletter
featuring links to weird news & facts, & books you want to read by *other folks*, plus news, pics, & WIP snippets. Sign up at
jeanmarieward.com
& read it tonight! 😃
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