Ann Gelder ❌👑
@anngelder.bsky.social
Writer, occasional podcaster, childless cat lady (she/her)
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“When they come to power for the second time, they feel more ruthless, and they behave as if there are no boundaries any more. I think especially in the leader’s head, that association of ‘me and the country’ [being] the same thing becomes very prominent.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“When they come to power for the second time, they feel more ruthless, and they behave as if there are no boundaries any more. I think especially in the leader’s head, that association of ‘me and the country’ [being] the same thing becomes very prominent.”
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People do not want shingles. People are gonna have to get shingles to realize they never wanted shingles.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
People do not want shingles. People are gonna have to get shingles to realize they never wanted shingles.
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jmww is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026.
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Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors Wanted!
jmww is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
jmww is looking for Associate Flash Fiction and Fiction Editors! Applications open through January 31, 2026.
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Tonight’s sunset in Half Moon Bay
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Tonight’s sunset in Half Moon Bay
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sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
This is beautiful!
I’m over the moon to have my new flash, “Cut Shapes Cut from Raindrops,” in the new issue of @gonelawn.bsky.social among so many incredible poems and stories. Feeling so lucky and grateful to have placed this piece here. #flashfiction
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is beautiful!
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Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
ICYMI: "On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61," flash fiction by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
okaydonkeymag.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
Precisely.
"How do I make my boss happy?" is the question that dominates the mind of every little authoritarian, and they instinctively assume it's on everyone else's mind as well.
Hassett: "The way to think about what AI & its agents can do is they can act as if they're the best coach you've ever had. And so while you're trying to figure out, how do I make my boss happy? It's like you've got a coach right there with you every step of the way."
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Precisely.
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This book is really fun and inspiring! Preorder below 👇
Brenda Barker's Next Chapter: "A delightful satire of writers’ conferences, packed with literary hopes, dashed dreams, writers behaving badly, and good pinot." — Michelle Richmond, Author of The Marriage Pact. Pre-order here: wendytokunaga.com
#novels #writingcommunity
#novels #writingcommunity
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This book is really fun and inspiring! Preorder below 👇
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Sean Hannity is a coward who sent a legion of right-wing trolls to our church, but we're not afraid of him or anyone else. If you're in Chicagoland, meet us for a prayer service next week at the nativity where we can name our grief, lament, and strengthen our resolve to fight ICE and fascism.
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sean Hannity is a coward who sent a legion of right-wing trolls to our church, but we're not afraid of him or anyone else. If you're in Chicagoland, meet us for a prayer service next week at the nativity where we can name our grief, lament, and strengthen our resolve to fight ICE and fascism.
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A fun look back on the year in music hits different when it’s paired with propaganda for Trump’s deportation machine. Remember: don't use Spotify while the platform runs recruitment ads for ICE. app.sosha.ai/s/h3KC1tmh
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A fun look back on the year in music hits different when it’s paired with propaganda for Trump’s deportation machine. Remember: don't use Spotify while the platform runs recruitment ads for ICE. app.sosha.ai/s/h3KC1tmh
Happy holidays from Half Moon Bay
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy holidays from Half Moon Bay
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I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
I have decided to bake a cake instead of working.
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I have decided to bake a cake instead of working.
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Made my first court appearance today to defend against the charges from November 14th. The state says that ostensibly what happens in Broadview is legal, but we know it is neither right nor legal. The state says that protesting a concentration camp is wrong, but we know better than that, too.
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Made my first court appearance today to defend against the charges from November 14th. The state says that ostensibly what happens in Broadview is legal, but we know it is neither right nor legal. The state says that protesting a concentration camp is wrong, but we know better than that, too.
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tomorrow is the 1st -- all subs will be open tomorrow at 5am arizona time
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
tomorrow is the 1st -- all subs will be open tomorrow at 5am arizona time
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Weekend plans after Thanksgiving:
1. Use leftovers creatively.
2. Catch up on reading, or at least start.
3. Submit to Vestal Review before the submission window closes at midnight on Sunday.
www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
1. Use leftovers creatively.
2. Catch up on reading, or at least start.
3. Submit to Vestal Review before the submission window closes at midnight on Sunday.
www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Weekend plans after Thanksgiving:
1. Use leftovers creatively.
2. Catch up on reading, or at least start.
3. Submit to Vestal Review before the submission window closes at midnight on Sunday.
www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
1. Use leftovers creatively.
2. Catch up on reading, or at least start.
3. Submit to Vestal Review before the submission window closes at midnight on Sunday.
www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
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20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
Current read. Ostensibly about the tech industry, but applicable to *so* much more.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Current read. Ostensibly about the tech industry, but applicable to *so* much more.
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This THREAD.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This THREAD.
“Females can be very difficult.” merlinbirds.org/species/comg...
Here's my Bird of the Day - Common Goldeneye
Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Females can be very difficult.” merlinbirds.org/species/comg...
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Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Emerson poll | 11/22-11/24 LV
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee’s 7th congressional special election (Trump +22)
(Leaners pushed)
🟥Matt Van Epps 49.4%
🟦Aftyn Behn 47.0%
Others 3.5%
emersoncollegepolling.com/tennessee-7t...
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Aftyn Behn (@aftynbehn.bsky.social) within margin of error in TN-7 in new right-leaning Emerson poll. Incredible!
Watch my new interview her and donate to her remarkable campaign here: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/new-conver...
One week to go. Let's help her close strong!
Well, this Mick Herron guy can write, I tell you what
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Well, this Mick Herron guy can write, I tell you what
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Annual shameless self-promotion! This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to leave civilization behind for a spell of personal growth & refreshment by a stream in the mountains far from town. Makes a great gift!
Breaking Into the Backcountry Book Review
Breaking Into the Backcountry (University of Nebraska Press, 2010), is a memoir of solitude, anxiety, and beauty. It is the story of Edwards’s 2001 experience with the famed Boyden Wilderness Residenc...
www.trailgroove.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Annual shameless self-promotion! This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to leave civilization behind for a spell of personal growth & refreshment by a stream in the mountains far from town. Makes a great gift!