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Writer, editor, film classification researcher (censorship, children's rights). Recent romance novel: Ocean's Lure http://bit.ly/3llHbIV Nova Scotian by choice. he/him DMs asking for money reported as spam.
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My first romance novel. Another is in editing, and more are drafted. Available in eBook or paperback from online retailers, or order from any bookstore. More at this link: somewhatgrumpypress.com/oceans-lure-...
Cover of romance novel Ocean's Lure, by Tim Covell. Cover photo is a beach scene, and a hand is holding the book in front of a beach. Callouts on the image read "Lobster bake on the beach, Family secrets, 'We need to get out of these wet things,' Shady financial dealings, and Stranded Together."
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Nobody knows how to stretch dollars for nutritious food like poor folks.
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h
With SNAP on the verge of running out of money, a critical reminder that people who rely on food stamps make far healthier grocery choices than most of us do.
People on food stamps make healthier grocery decisions than most of us
Which is why we shouldn't tell them what to buy.
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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 5h
By "parents" feeling they need to leave their jobs, they mean women--and this is deliberate. And then they will wonder why women keep having fewer children.
marychilds.bsky.social mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 6h
BofA: fewer and fewer households are paying more and more in childcare costs. The trend is most prominent in lower-income homes -- parents may feel "little choice but to leave their jobs"
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A bar graph showing a steady decrease from 2021 to 2025 YTD: "Fewer paychecks for those making childcare payments Number of households with childcare payments with more than 1 payroll" using Bank of America internal data
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I'd stay far away from any pharmacist who claims vaccines aren't helpful, or otherwise disagrees with CPS. And maybe complain to their professional body. cps.ca/en/documents...
COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents | Canadian Paediatric Society
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What happened to the folks who claimed Democrats lost the election because they were obsessed with transgender folks? Somebody's obsessed with transgender folks, but it's not the Democrats.
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The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
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Speeding is the opposite of 'efficient.' In town, you burn more gas due to higher top speeds between stops, but don't save any time, due to lights and congestion. On the highway, the exponential effect of wind resistance kills efficiency at high speeds.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1h
“The Ford Govt in Ontario has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.

Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.

It won’t do either, and he knows it.

It might get him “speeder votes” though.

This will kill more people.
Ford government passes bill banning municipal speed cameras in Ontario
The Ford government has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.
www.ctvnews.ca
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h
Republicans think denying food to poor people is a smart strategy because Democrats care more about the poor than Republicans do. Consider what that says about Republicans.
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Been there, didn't take the picture.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 8h
Donald Trump and Peter Hegseth have now murdered 57 human beings on their boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

That means they've passed Seattle's "Green River Killer" (49) to become the most lethal serial killers in American history

Where is The Hague?
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22 Minutes: A Man and His Truck (Country Music Parody)
YouTube video by CBC Comedy
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Willy Grant @willygrant.bsky.social · 17h
You matter
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Long and disturbing piece about how big money and evangelism are reshaping government.
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If only there was some way to avoid parking tickets.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 9h
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Government officials scared of living among the public tells you something about the government.
adriennelaf.bsky.social Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 7h
And actually astonishing when you think about it: The Trump administration's top officials are choosing to separate themselves from the public—more to the point: separate themselves from any visible protest—and live on military bases.

Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
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DA Brown @dabble58.bsky.social · 6h
Colin Dexter and Inspector Morse

I've just been listening to The Way Through the Woods on audio book. It's a good yarn, exceedingly well read by Sam West. I listen to audiobooks when I go to sleep - they must have.a male reader and not be too exciting (no true crime or politics) and preferably…
Colin Dexter and Inspector Morse
I've just been listening to The Way Through the Woods on audio book. It's a good yarn, exceedingly well read by Sam West. I listen to audiobooks when I go to sleep - they must have.a male reader and not be too exciting (no true crime or politics) and preferably have no ads (I confess to listening through YouTube, evil of me I know).
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Amy Ash @lolennui.bsky.social · 18h
I’m watching the Netflix nuclear war movie right now and saw this lol anyway wear your nice clothes now, don’t save them
BREAKING NEWS Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately' The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada. Oct. 29, 2025, 9:46 PM EDT by Katherine Doyle | NBC NEWS
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Must add masked ball scene to my historical romance work-in-progress. youtu.be/RIN12cL_3JQ?...
Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
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We have money to police the poor, but not to feed them. Almost like it's not really about money.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d
Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”

Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.

New: me, for @forbes.com

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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d
MOM: You can’t spend all day moping. Not on Lottery’s Eve!

TESSIE: I have to find a way to get my life back. I don’t have time for the Lottery.

MOM: There's always time for family. Help your sister roll her wheelchair down to the creekbed to collect some stones for tomorrow.
The Hallmark Channel Presents: Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”
INT. BIG CITY HEDGE FUND Tessie Jacobs (30-something, blonde) stares at a bar graph with two columns: “money” and “not money.” Her boss (you know h...
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Somewhat Grumpy Press 🇨🇦 @somewhatgrumpypress.com · 1d
As always when writing, choose your words carefully. theconversation.com/how-anatomic...
How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion
Why is your ankle named after a Greek hero and your uterus after a Renaissance anatomist? The answer says as much about power and memory as it does about medicine.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
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