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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 18h

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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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry for somehow cropping the movie poster into a square!

Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 1d

I will say on one side of me there was a woman who spent 90% of the movie on her phone, and on the other side a man who flipped up an armrest so he could go horizontal and possibly nap? Maybe this movie isn’t for everyone but it was definitely for me.

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 1d

If you can see Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND in a theater, totally recommend. Such a fun score, beautiful muted visuals, some great slapstick moments, end that surprised me and was exactly what the character deserved.

Film poster for Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 1d

Recipe: 15 minutes to caramelize these onions

Me: Ok, one hour

Onions, 75 minutes later: hee hee hee

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 1d

Also: discovering improv world isn’t so different from lit world! Having to pay for space etc. but not being paid for the weekly show you put on…I am flashing back to every book and short story contest I’ve ever entered. Things that aren’t really scams but as soon as I describe them to a non-writer…

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 1d

Just finished Jeff Hiller’s ACTRESS OF A CERTAIN AGE which was so good and honestly captures the slog of trying to make it as an artist, not for a few years but decades. As I’m about to age out of “40 under 40” contention, I needed this book bookshop.org/p/books/actr...

Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success

My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success

bookshop.org

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 4d

So happy to be joining Split Lip as a fiction reader! 🤩

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 4d

✨ Please help us in welcoming our NEW FICTION READERS!! 🌟

welcome to
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Joey Hedger
Valerie Hughes
Zara Karschay
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Chris Roberston
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 4d

This is what courage in the face of authoritarianism looks like. No university should take Trump's bribe & surrender their integrity — bending the knee to a bully only feeds the beast & puts ALL our rights at risk.

Others should follows MIT’s example ASAP.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 5d

Still true

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 5d

The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says. Instead the data show that… “it was also protective in those without risk factors,” she says.

So get your kids vaxxed!!!

Laura Haynes👩‍🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 6d

This is great news: Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 6d

Bookshop.org (the best Amazon alternative) is having an anti-prime sale today. Free shipping on books including mine :P bookshop.org/a/88357/9781...

The Anti-Prime Sale at bookshop.org. 17 more hours.

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 7d

Yayyy thank you!

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 7d

Soup recipe? 🙏🏻

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 7d

happy October to me (just wanted some chocolate then remembered I have 650 pieces in the basement) 🎃

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

Haha yeah, the race organizers pretty much begged us to abandon our goals and not kill ourselves. It was so bad!

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

Still mad over the half marathon I ran when it was in the upper 80s and 90%+ humidity. All that training turned into just trying to survive. And then the next day was in the 60s and low humidity! 😭

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

Imagine what we could accomplish if we dedicated the resources we are plowing into the plagiarism machine to climate change, education, basically ANYTHING else

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 8d

Y'all, you get a free registration for AWP if you volunteer for ONE SHIFT. That's incredible, considering the $$$ of entrance!

conference.awpwriter.org/work_exchang...

Work Exchange

Are you a current student, adjunct professor, or someone needing assistance to cover the cost of the conference? Sign up to participate in our work-exchange program for the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookf...

conference.awpwriter.org

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

Hannah, THANK YOU! I had no idea and was stressing about the registration fee

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 8d

A lot of great titles here! Check them out and buy some! Support your fellow short story writers! Thanks to @bookshop.org for curating this list. 💕

JackLeg Press @jacklegpress.bsky.social · 8d

We are so proud to see these great JackLeg titles featured here!! Thank you @bookshop.org 🔥💪❤️ bookshop.org/lists/short-...

Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

bookshop.org

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

Update: if you’re invested in target date funds, maybe not too bad? I have vanguard everything and they already seem like they have a good mix of intl and not too much tech stocks. I just found one fund (I got “adventurous” with part of my 403b) that was 70% tech and swapped that

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

I barely had the mental power to figure out what to do with my retirement funds to start with 😩 I read a piece that suggested rebalancing to more international. If I can manage that!

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 8d

I’m sorry 😞 If I see any remote things pop up in my area I’ll send them along

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Ellen Rhudy @ellenrhudy.bsky.social · 9d

It’s got to be! Even with a massive tortilla I don’t know if I have the coordination to get it in the pan without the whole thing falling apart

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