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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 2h

Very excited about this event! Fellow publishing professionals, don't miss this, and follow @pubprosabb.bsky.social for more!

Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social · 2h

We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, "Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors" with guests Jas Perry, Angie Thomas, and Philomena Polefrone.

Registration link here: www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 10h

i think we should bring dadaism back as a response to The Horrors. it made sense during world war one

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 3h

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 5h

A Quest for Hidden Things by @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social, a fantasy adventure with a touch of cozy.

A cursed village.

A self-taught wizard.

A secret healer.

A common enemy.

What will it cost to free Deep River?

Get yours: kareneisenbreywriter.com/a-quest-for-...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · 1d

If the taxes I pay on my writing are used to bail out an industry founded on stealing and then replacing my writing, I swear to god, I am going to do so much angry writing

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 9h

On this episode, @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social talk with @jonnijordyn.bsky.social , author of THE MOTHER OF ALL VIRUSES and THE LOST ART OF MAGIC, about her upcoming wedding, book launch, and receiving a big award, all in the same month!
bit.ly/WNWHome

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“Kids”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise.

Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible.

And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me.

…because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent.

bit.ly/FFwyV

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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 1d

DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 1d

If you want an investigation into "left wing radicals" but are blocking an investigation into a pedophile ring, that means you are surrounded by so many pedophiles that pedophilia doesn't seem extreme to you.

The GOP is telling on themselves.

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 1d

From viral outbreak through civilization's collapse & rebuilding, @mkmartinwriter.com‬’s SURVIVORS' CLUB is a story of hope in the face of hardship…

…and tentacles. So many tentacles.

Vibes? #LastOfUs #ResidentEvil

www.notapipepublishing.com/ourbooks#/su...

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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 1d

On this episode, @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social talk with @jonnijordyn.bsky.social , author of THE MOTHER OF ALL VIRUSES and THE LOST ART OF MAGIC, about her upcoming wedding, book launch, and receiving a big award, all in the same month!
bit.ly/WNWHome

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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The Forgotten Fiction Magazine @read.theforgottenfiction.com · 1d

Woooo!

Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #LaunchDay for @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS, Book 3 in his THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy. Baby werewolves and lesbian vampire librarians? Yes, please! bit.ly/YPAM

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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #LaunchDay for @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS, Book 3 in his THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy. Baby werewolves and lesbian vampire librarians? Yes, please! bit.ly/YPAM

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise.

Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible.

And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me.

…because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent.

bit.ly/FFwyV

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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #LaunchDay for @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS, Book 3 in his THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy. Baby werewolves and lesbian vampire librarians? Yes, please! bit.ly/YPAM

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 1d

columbused - verb, past tense - to open the fridge and "discover" something someone else put there, then "bravely" declare that finding it makes it yours.

Ex. "Sorry, I columbused the last of the milk. My bad."

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Not a Pipe Publishing Ink-Corporated LLC @notapipe.bsky.social · 1d

On this episode, @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social talk with @jonnijordyn.bsky.social , author of THE MOTHER OF ALL VIRUSES and THE LOST ART OF MAGIC, about her upcoming wedding, book launch, and receiving a big award, all in the same month!
bit.ly/WNWHome

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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 2d

Hard to shock me with racist, antisemitic, misogynist words now but 😳
Most of these people seem to have taken their LinkedIn down. Let’s hope what one expressed is true: “If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr.”
To be abundantly clear, I want them to be cooked reputationally.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘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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Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, a virtual town hall, Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors.

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Benjamin Gorman @benjamingorman.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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