Adele Buck
@adelebuck.com
Author. Librarian. FAKE FLAME and THE ANTI-SOCIAL SEASON out now. Rep: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass.
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Adele Buck
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· Oct 17
Okay, it's time for a proper intro thread, not just the one I whacked up there during the workday.
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
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Let me reiterate: ChatGPT Health is a dangerous product and a terrible idea. Keep it away from everyone you care about.
Don't, uh
Don't use this. Don't let your family or friends use it. If you see it in your neighborhood, bang pots and pans, whistle, and scare it off.
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Don't use this. Don't let your family or friends use it. If you see it in your neighborhood, bang pots and pans, whistle, and scare it off.
help.openai.com/en/a...
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Let me reiterate: ChatGPT Health is a dangerous product and a terrible idea. Keep it away from everyone you care about.
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Even if having “pronouns in her bio” were a bad thing, the shooter wasn’t looking at her bio, he was looking at her FUCKING FACE. DID SHE HAVE PRONOUNS ON HER FUCKING FACE, YOU NAZI FUCK?
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Even if having “pronouns in her bio” were a bad thing, the shooter wasn’t looking at her bio, he was looking at her FUCKING FACE. DID SHE HAVE PRONOUNS ON HER FUCKING FACE, YOU NAZI FUCK?
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Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
I'm listening to As You Wish, the memoir about the making of The Princess Bride. Rob Reiner narrated his portions and it's so sad amongst the joy of him getting to make the project of his heart.
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I'm listening to As You Wish, the memoir about the making of The Princess Bride. Rob Reiner narrated his portions and it's so sad amongst the joy of him getting to make the project of his heart.
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Look, after what happened on CBS tonight + Semafor's reporting about NYT and WaPo?
I'm putting this out there again. Publishing friends, so many of you have been so great about this - I'd appreciate another boost.
Because I'm worried. 😕
I'm putting this out there again. Publishing friends, so many of you have been so great about this - I'd appreciate another boost.
Because I'm worried. 😕
Also: I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
Publishing, let me write a media literacy book, I am begging you. I keep being told that there's no appetite for this...
But how can there NOT be, when it's an urgent and pressing issue, especially with how we aggregate news + use of AI?
Publishing, let me write a media literacy book, I am begging you. I keep being told that there's no appetite for this...
But how can there NOT be, when it's an urgent and pressing issue, especially with how we aggregate news + use of AI?
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Look, after what happened on CBS tonight + Semafor's reporting about NYT and WaPo?
I'm putting this out there again. Publishing friends, so many of you have been so great about this - I'd appreciate another boost.
Because I'm worried. 😕
I'm putting this out there again. Publishing friends, so many of you have been so great about this - I'd appreciate another boost.
Because I'm worried. 😕
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yeah, I’m not in the “teaching people responsibility” business, I’m in the “getting books and materials to people because that’s what libraries are for” business 📚
That’s a critique. Ok. Well, it’s not about money. It’s about responsibility. You take the book and you agree to get it back by a certain date. It’s not hard. If you don’t read it in time you can always check it out again. But be organized enough to honour the contract.
January 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM
yeah, I’m not in the “teaching people responsibility” business, I’m in the “getting books and materials to people because that’s what libraries are for” business 📚
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You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
📚
The number of folx who are pro-late fees is INSANE.
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
📚
My reps are all dems, but I still call not only to express my outrage at an illegal war but also TO DEMAND NEW LEADERSHIP because I've seen earthworms with more spine than Schumer and Jeffries.
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
My reps are all dems, but I still call not only to express my outrage at an illegal war but also TO DEMAND NEW LEADERSHIP because I've seen earthworms with more spine than Schumer and Jeffries.
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If you tell me that this is a distraction from the Epstein files I will block you into last week.
For fuck's sake, people in other countries are actual human beings who do not deserve to be murdered. They are deserving of our attention and care. Their violent deaths should not be on our hands.
For fuck's sake, people in other countries are actual human beings who do not deserve to be murdered. They are deserving of our attention and care. Their violent deaths should not be on our hands.
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If you tell me that this is a distraction from the Epstein files I will block you into last week.
For fuck's sake, people in other countries are actual human beings who do not deserve to be murdered. They are deserving of our attention and care. Their violent deaths should not be on our hands.
For fuck's sake, people in other countries are actual human beings who do not deserve to be murdered. They are deserving of our attention and care. Their violent deaths should not be on our hands.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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In a time of destruction, create something.
A poem.
A parade.
A community.
A school.
A vow.
A moral principle.
One peaceful moment.
-Maxine Hong Kingston-
A poem.
A parade.
A community.
A school.
A vow.
A moral principle.
One peaceful moment.
-Maxine Hong Kingston-
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
In a time of destruction, create something.
A poem.
A parade.
A community.
A school.
A vow.
A moral principle.
One peaceful moment.
-Maxine Hong Kingston-
A poem.
A parade.
A community.
A school.
A vow.
A moral principle.
One peaceful moment.
-Maxine Hong Kingston-
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It can't hallucinate. It can't lie. It can't apologize.
It is a machine that works the way that it was designed to work BY PEOPLE.
It is a machine that works the way that it was designed to work BY PEOPLE.
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It can't hallucinate. It can't lie. It can't apologize.
It is a machine that works the way that it was designed to work BY PEOPLE.
It is a machine that works the way that it was designed to work BY PEOPLE.
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A gentle suggestion that the correct response to any right-wing tool going on about Rama Duwaji's boots is "go fuck yourself," additionally that "go fuck yourself" is the correct response to any right-wing attempt at DARVO or distraction. It's easy and fun and all they deserve in 2026 and beyond.
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A gentle suggestion that the correct response to any right-wing tool going on about Rama Duwaji's boots is "go fuck yourself," additionally that "go fuck yourself" is the correct response to any right-wing attempt at DARVO or distraction. It's easy and fun and all they deserve in 2026 and beyond.
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Happy 2026, y'all!
I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.
I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Happy 2026, y'all!
I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.
I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.
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January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Babes! It's the last day of the month.
1. You're hoopla downloads?!
2. Is there something you should cancel that renews soon?
1. You're hoopla downloads?!
2. Is there something you should cancel that renews soon?
January 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Babes! It's the last day of the month.
1. You're hoopla downloads?!
2. Is there something you should cancel that renews soon?
1. You're hoopla downloads?!
2. Is there something you should cancel that renews soon?
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remembering @Chinchillazllla
"Did you consider the people who don't like chili? The people who are vegetarians? The people without tastebuds? The people who don't know how to turn on stoves? What about all those folks?" #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Did You Even Consider Every Possible Lived Experience Before Recklessly Posting Your Chili Recipe on Social Media?
Our 8th most-read article of 2025. - - -Look, I get it. You thought what you posted was innocuous. Still, did you stop to think about everyone who...
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
remembering @Chinchillazllla
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Today's the day!
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
Last reminder for preorders - Meet-Cat drops tomorrow. What if an audacious and acrobatic cat decided to go all Diggory and Polly but across 5th-floor apartment balconies and brought together a reclusive, widowed author and a retired government worker?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2)
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2) - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today's the day!
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
This is such an easy question for me.
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is such an easy question for me.
Today's the day!
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
Last reminder for preorders - Meet-Cat drops tomorrow. What if an audacious and acrobatic cat decided to go all Diggory and Polly but across 5th-floor apartment balconies and brought together a reclusive, widowed author and a retired government worker?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2)
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2) - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today's the day!
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
And as I mentioned yesterday, there are only 2 POVs in this book, both human. Willow the cat is not a POV character because that is simply not my style.
I should maybe add that the cat is NOT a POV character in this story. Willow is an enigma and rightly so.
Last reminder for preorders - Meet-Cat drops tomorrow. What if an audacious and acrobatic cat decided to go all Diggory and Polly but across 5th-floor apartment balconies and brought together a reclusive, widowed author and a retired government worker?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2)
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2) - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I should maybe add that the cat is NOT a POV character in this story. Willow is an enigma and rightly so.
Last reminder for preorders - Meet-Cat drops tomorrow. What if an audacious and acrobatic cat decided to go all Diggory and Polly but across 5th-floor apartment balconies and brought together a reclusive, widowed author and a retired government worker?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2)
Meet-Cat (Golden Years Book 2) - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Last reminder for preorders - Meet-Cat drops tomorrow. What if an audacious and acrobatic cat decided to go all Diggory and Polly but across 5th-floor apartment balconies and brought together a reclusive, widowed author and a retired government worker?
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
I can't remember anything from this year, but somebody got TRULY mad at me for saying Taibbi was a shitty little bully as a teenager.
Only one of us had gone to school with him and it wasn't her.
Only one of us had gone to school with him and it wasn't her.
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I can't remember anything from this year, but somebody got TRULY mad at me for saying Taibbi was a shitty little bully as a teenager.
Only one of us had gone to school with him and it wasn't her.
Only one of us had gone to school with him and it wasn't her.
Back in the late 80's, I was a bit adrift. I had a theatre degree and had burned out on acting. I thought maybe I could get into arts nonprofits.
I researched and read a LOT about arts funding. So, when my dad started spouting off about "his tax dollars" I said, "how many dollars?"
I researched and read a LOT about arts funding. So, when my dad started spouting off about "his tax dollars" I said, "how many dollars?"
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Back in the late 80's, I was a bit adrift. I had a theatre degree and had burned out on acting. I thought maybe I could get into arts nonprofits.
I researched and read a LOT about arts funding. So, when my dad started spouting off about "his tax dollars" I said, "how many dollars?"
I researched and read a LOT about arts funding. So, when my dad started spouting off about "his tax dollars" I said, "how many dollars?"
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Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.