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Elena Gaillard

@elenagaillard.bsky.social

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Orchid enthusiast, SFF reader, fantasy writer, graphic designer, knitter, birdwatcher, wine drinker, nasty woman. She/her.

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Elena Gaillard @elenagaillard.bsky.social · Oct 31

Hey, so I write books about chaos muppet witches in 1950s and 60s northern England. Are they spooky? Only if you get on their wrong side. They do tend to get on each other's nerves, tho. There may be some blood involved.

A bulleted list describing my novel Seven for a Secret

A bullet list describing my novel The Rage of Caliban

A description of my novella Not Wholly Lost Nor Wholly Changed

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 9h

Media across the ideological spectrum said they will not sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy. The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Associated Press and CNN said they wouldn’t sign, as did Newsmax and the Washington Times.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 17h

At it's peak yesterday, wind and solar provided 135% of California's power needs. Yes, you read that right, it had enough to export it's energy to surrounding states.

But when big oil and gas donate hundreds of millions to Republican political campaigns, that doesn't matter, only the grift does.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 16h

Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 10h

Old time SF might still have the edge over 2020s where blurbs are concerned. I'll take HE KNEW THE MARTIAN LOVE SECRET over LORD OF THE FLIES MEETS ANNE OF GREEN GABLES IN THIS FRIENDS TO ENEMIES FOUND FAMILY ACCIDENTAL WISH ROMANTASY.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 8h

The list of terrible things genAI has either caused or exacerbated is 10 miles long and yet every day more and more educators and administrators are deciding none of it matters because genAI is mildly convenient for them personally. Retconing learning objectives to find an excuse to use genAI.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 13h

Kristi Noem on big screen in an airport.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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maegutz.bsky.social @maegutz.bsky.social · 9h

Hmm 🤔 k

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 8h

Ah yes, everyone knows that the stalk of modern maize arose after the toupee of parret, plakes, and eveertaliation

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 1d

Distressed to see I guess I'm out of a job. AI has figured out everything there is to know about maize domestication. (Found this online when looking for images for a talk)

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 8h

[Professor Farnsworth voice]: "Good news, everyone !"

Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 12h

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 17h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9h

Spotify platforms Joe Rogan and other right wing manosphere accounts.

They barely pay the artists.

There are plenty of reasons to boycott them.

Now they’re allowing ICE recruitment ads in their “commercials”.

They’ve bent a knee, and we should all cancel.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 17h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Argentina Bailout

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“America First.”

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 15h

An August 2025 analysis found that 65% of people taken into ICE detention in fiscal year 2025 had no criminal convictions.

The same analysis indicated that over 93% of those booked into detention had NO conviction for a violent offense.

The criminal is HIM.

Social media post:
Sara Rose @saras76
REPORTER: ICE are making targeted arrests at
courthouses.
TRUMP: Criminals. They're arresting CRIMINALS. I'm
HAPPY about it. I WANT them to arrest criminals!
ARREST MORE

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15h

Breaking: Gavin Newsom VETOES SB 771

www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
OCT 13 2025
To the Members of the California State Senate:
am returning Senate Bill 771 without my signature.
This bill seeks to hold social media platforms 'iable for algorithms that relay
content violating specified California civil rights laws to their users.
support the author's goal of ensuring that our nation-leading civil rights laws
apply equally both online and offline. likewise share the author's concern
about the growth of discriminatory threats, violence, and coercive harassment
online. am concerned, however, that this bill is premature. Our first step should
be to determine if, and to what extent, existing civil rights laws are sufficient to
address violations perpetrafed through algorithms. To the extent our laws prove
inadequate, they should be bolstered at that time.
For this reas
, I cannot sign this bill.
Sinc ely,
Ga
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 12h

Hey, the Haircut did something correct for once

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15h

Breaking: Gavin Newsom VETOES SB 771

www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 19h

This is it, the most unhinged literary opinion. I will be adopting it as fact immediately.

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 21h

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 21h

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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Sihaya 💖💖💖 @sihaya74.bsky.social · 11h

In high school, all English classes should be genre-based electives. Let kids take Sci-Fi Fiction, Women's Poetry, Horror Fiction, Comic Book Narratives, etc. If we get them reading again, only good things can happen.
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Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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9Head Fox @htblack.bsky.social · 11h

If you want to write a really good story you need to be at least a kind-of-interesting person who knows some things about the world; you can't just become a good writer by reading some good books. You need to go weird places, meet sketchy people, make questionable decisions, and learn harsh lessons.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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Jeremy Szal @jeremyszal.bsky.social · 10h

Writers should be able to write and publish in any genre, or change genre, at will.

The idea, often held by publishing sales teams, that an author must stay in one genre lane for the duration of their career, is the height of lunacy.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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Sarah Day 🖋️🦊 @sarahday.org · 11h

The novel as a literary form hasn't been around that long and may not be around much longer and acting like it's the most important or influential or legitimate form of literature is stupid.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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Elena Gaillard @elenagaillard.bsky.social · 10h

My grandparents' surname was drastically shortened to a blandly Anglicized version...they figured that was ok, it's America, now we sound more American.