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Devon Monk
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Bestselling writer of fantasy, humor, fairy tale, steampunk, and other fancies. Knitter of adorable toys. Coffee gulper. Yells at hockey games, stares at clouds. She/her. LGBTQ+ ally. Black Lives Matter.
https://www.devonmonk.com
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December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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There are far too many people who are all in on Newsom because of his social media presence…which is the work of a Latina woman.
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I have had a wretched energy-sucking cold for the last week (not covid, I tested). Gonna see if I have enough gumption to make chicken noodle soup tonight.
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Governments are always keen to have reviews into benefits and overdiagnosis of mental health difficulties. But they always ignore every study that says 4 day weeks and UBI dramatically improve people's wellbeing and the economy.
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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wow
Holy shit. "Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis."

#ShareGoodNewsToo
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The way the right is giddy over cutting SNAP benefits is really nasty to see. All of their actions strengthen the case for UBI. Medicare for all, UBI, ban companies from owning single family homes, make them divest, declare energy prices a national emergency and go all in on renewable energy.
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Kindness matters, now more than ever.
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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✍️the instant the world tilts and storytelling becomes more than a daydream...✍️

This week we're sharing the origin stories of incredible authors:
Grace Draven, @devonmonk.com, @jessiemihalik.com and @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social

Part 2 is coming next week!

ilona-andrews.com/blog/the-mom...
The Moment Everything Changed: Part 1 - ILONA ANDREWS
Every writer has a moment when the world shifted. For me, it happened when I was 14 years old. Once the Iron Curtain fell, Russia was flooded with bootleg translations. I had plenty of exposure to har...
ilona-andrews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Like, the only major downside to a UBI is that billionaires would have to be taxed more.

And I'm failing to see how that's a downside.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Long past time for universal basic income
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”

—FDR, 1944
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Eee! I just turned on the TV and its on the Xmas Dogs channel! Doggos! Musics! Snow!
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This time of year I'll browse Zon, looking for gift ideas (which I usually buy elsewhere) for family members. I had no idea how much AI slop is on there now. Ick.
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Oh hi! Happy holiday to you, however you may celebrate! Yesterday we visited a tiny bend in the Luckiamute River which travels from the west over 60 miles to feed into the Willamette River at almost the exact place the Santiam River feeds in from the east.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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More convinced every day that a Universal Basic Income is the only long term workable solution. Everything else is just duct tape.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Just like UBI & Medicare for All would be much better uses of taxpayer dollars.
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?

Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.

ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Coast Guard rescue helicopters keep boat crews from dying when things go wrong. Taking them away to make room for an ICE prison is going to get extremely ugly
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to return a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport. Lincoln County and the nonprofit Newport Fishermen’s Wives group filed a similar lawsuit.
Two lawsuits seek return of Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Friday that the state is filing a lawsuit to force the federal government to return a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Newport. Lincoln County and the nonprofit Newport Fisherman’s Wives group filed a similar lawsuit.
www.opb.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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the reason this is amazing is because the most opportunistic self-serving shitheads in this country are acting like MAGA is a toxic brand, and this is GREAT FOR US.

they are still not our friends.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The morning fog is thick, only the nearest black skeletons of trees visible. As the sun rises, the fog shifts lavender, pink, grey again. Hello, Friday.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Whenever this is mentioned, it is obligatory to post xkcd 2381, in which @gretchenmcc.bsky.social shares forbidden linguistic knowledge with the masses.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM