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Aura Martin
@auramartin.bsky.social
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Writer of Centos | Full-length BUTTERFLIES OVER FLAME at ELJ Editions | Published at Emerge Literary Journal, Kissing Dynamite, perhappened, and more | https://auramartin.weebly.com/
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"Fourteen minutes later, Deadspin replied from its official account: “@realDonaldTrump Go fuck yourself.” "
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My favorite political blog post of all time was published by Jim...
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it's your last chance to register for next wednesday's workshop, centered around submitting to literary magazines!

natraum.com/workshops
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Slots are full for the moment, but I may be able to open a few more by the weekend! If you know anyone wanting an in-depth star chart analysis, point them my way!
Taking on a few natal chart clients again! I have capacity for five right now. Full chart analysis in PDF with highlighted focus on any specific areas you want to question.

$75 per, DM me if interested!
a zodiac circle with the signs of the zodiac inside
Alt: a wheel of western zodiac symbols
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I have had my chart read by her! Highly recommend 💫
Taking on a few natal chart clients again! I have capacity for five right now. Full chart analysis in PDF with highlighted focus on any specific areas you want to question.

$75 per, DM me if interested!
a zodiac circle with the signs of the zodiac inside
Alt: a wheel of western zodiac symbols
media.tenor.com
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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hi folks, i'm here to plug my workshops again. even if you have no experience doing any of these things, they will be very fun and you should sign up for one or maybe all of them.
icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?

tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!
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I needed to see this today. Perhaps you do as well. ❤️
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
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That's part of why I wrote this. It's important to understand that MAGA is not "real" America.

On the contrary, the reason they're all so fucking bitter is they know most people aren't like them. And they resent that.

www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why
The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem
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I did not know this! JSTOR is a fantastic resource, I used it all the time in college and it's great to have access to it again.

www.jstor.org
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It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do
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This is the way. Re-pledged to PBS, as well.
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This took me years of being a published writer to understand:

To the people who only know you by your work, you are like the blank screen at the front of a movie theater. You have your own physical reality, but they only see what's projected. They are talking and reacting to the light and shadow.
this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.
its so strange to be a public figure. people build such elaborate mythologies around you. and im not even like, famous famous
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hi squad, i am hoping to supplement my unexpectedly reduced income with some gig work, including the first of a few workshops!

tix: forms.gle/AHW4sQLEJh5v...
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I read the transcript of Ezra Klein talking to Ben Shapiro, because I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what they were trying to accomplish. I read rather than listened because I can’t stand the sound of BS’s pinched little voice. 🧵
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The other #watercolor piece from my @janetpulcho.bsky.social workshop: gourds. These were very fun to paint. #ArtYear
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The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned.

And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized.

I refuse to sanitize him.