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Charlotte Tracey

@ctraceywrites.bsky.social

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Irish-American Writer | he/she/they | Asexual ♠️/Aromantic 🏹/Currently querying my novel A Long Journey To Somewhere, a socialist-aligned dystopian SFF Blog: https://ctraceywrites.wordpress.com/ Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/charlottetracey0496

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Charlotte Tracey @ctraceywrites.bsky.social · 15d

I don't talk about it enough, but I have a blog!

I mostly post book reviews for whatever I'm reading and throw up the occasional flash fiction. Feel free to check it out and subscribe.

Thanks! ^_^

Charlotte L Tracey

Writing, reviews, and ranting

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 13h

Here’s some words/phrases I no longer say due to racist origin that personally gave me the ick so I just stopped using them. I found often times I brought it up ppl just didn’t know so I’m sharing. Do what you want with this info. Okay, ready here we go 🧵

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 2h

Timeline cleanse:

A gloriously cute raccoon peeking from a hole in a tree trunk.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 5h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 5h

If you're anxious and you know it, take your meds

If you're anxious and you know it, take your meds

If you're anxious and you know it and feel like you're gonna blow it

If you're anxious and you know it,
take your meds

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Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not the first person to raise this but one of the fascinating things about American politics and political reporting is how much a follow-up question short circuits the brains of the politicians (and is a shocking thrill to the audience)

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Charlotte Tracey @ctraceywrites.bsky.social · 3h

Got half my outline fleshed out into a detailed summary for Unrest. Making good progress to get this part done and be ready for the actual story writing part of the process by the first of November. Now if only I could think of names for ✨EVERYTHING✨ save my two main characters.

#FirstDraftFall

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

Danielle Fishel honors 98-year-old William Daniels, aka Mr. Feeny, during her #DWTS routine

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7h

This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

Black graphic with text "Know Your Rights Before You Hit the Streets

We’ll cover your rights when protesting, protest safety, and de-escalation training

Virtual training
Wednesday, October 15
7pm ET"

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 7h

When Vincent Price was in a one-man play about Oscar Wilde, Anita Bryant denounced it. When he was asked about her opinion, Price said Wilde already had a term for Bryant: A Woman of No Importance.
He was a Bi-icon of the highest order

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 8h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

Hii!!! I'm finally embarking on #TheDoubleTax World Tour in the UK and (hopefully) Germany! If you're around, I hope to see you soon at:

10/15: Bank of England Museum at 12 PM GMT
10/28: University of Bristol with @zarananu.bsky.social at 4 PM GMT

Tickets: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky #uk #bhm

THE DOUBLE TAX
THE WORLD TOUR WITH ANNA GIFTY AND FRIENDS

10/14: LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
10/15: BANK OF ENGLAND MUSEUM*
10/15: BANK OF ENGLAND
10/16: LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
10/20: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
10/27: KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
10/28: UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL*
10/29: SOHO HOUSE LONDON
10/30: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
10/30: MANCHESTER METRO UNIVERSITY
11/4: BMW FOUNDATION in GERMANY
11/4: ADAN NETZWERK in GERMANY

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 7h

I'm considering re-opening to submissions for one week every month next year. Any thoughts?

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 7h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Shout out to all those people who thought we were nuts for saying that every GOP staffer under the age of 30 is a Nazi.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 6h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 11h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 6h

There are 78 days until the end of the year.

If you wrote 600 words every day between now and then you’d have a short novel.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Orla @somebogwitch.bsky.social · 13h

Had a fairly long summer hiatus from the podcast but finally getting episodes out again. An overview of the current state of affairs, some series cases of felling and river pollution, and the questions over how the government is spending carbon tax revenue

Episode 11: State of the Systems

spotify.link

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Charlotte Tracey @ctraceywrites.bsky.social · 12h

They're are SO MANY crickets in my backyard right now. Sid is having an absolute blast attempting to catch them.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12h

Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell? Find out by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' on The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU

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Mosserole @mosserole.bsky.social · 3d

No wives were harmed in the making of this comic.

4 panel comic featuring one cat-person boiling water in a kettle and another taking a bath.
Panel 1: (cat 2, text 1) "My bath is cold. Will you boil some water for me?" (Cat 1, text 2) "Ye"
Panel 2: (cat 1, singing, holding kettle) Boiling water for my wife!
Panel 3: (cat 1, singing, pouring water into bath) Wife soup!
Panel 4: (cat 1, singing evilly) Wife soup. (cat in bath) LOL.

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Ms. Ocampo Writes @msocampowrites.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall I worked on the profile of a minor character. #WritingCommunity I need help because I wrote my 1st Indian Muslim character & I'd love some feedback to make sure my character isn't a stereotype. His name is Ismail Rashid. (1/2)

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Check-in! How's your progress? Let us know what you're working on tonight or what you've worked on so far today!

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall Nightly Check-In: What aspects of your story are you working on tonight? If you’ve already worked on it, how did it go?”

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 17h

#Birdtober Day 14: Costa's Hummingbird

I didn't quite get the effect I was going for with the gorget, but what colors! I also like how it looks like the heron's trying to eat the hummingbird, and the pheasant is like "you can't sit with us"

#BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt #ArtYear #dailyartchallenge

Marker drawing of a Costa's Hummingbird, with other bird drawings surrounding it on the same page

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 16h

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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