Heather Massey
@heathermassey.com
Science Fiction Romance author, geek, suburban mom.
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Heather Massey
@heathermassey.com
· Aug 13
An Update for My Readers — Heather Massey - Bold Sci-Fi Romance
First, a recap for new visitors: Greetings! I’m a science fiction romance author, former SFR blogger, geek, and suburban mom. I wrote about sci-fi romance for eight years at The Galaxy Express . I co...
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An update for my readers and new visitors!
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Some serious Islamophobic incidents occurred in Texas and Florida in the days before Thanksgiving (so it’s understandable if you missed the news).
Deets and analysis in the latest Bugbear Dispatch, which just dropped
www.bugbeardispatch.com/the-ugly-rea...
Deets and analysis in the latest Bugbear Dispatch, which just dropped
www.bugbeardispatch.com/the-ugly-rea...
The Ugly Reality of American Islamophobia
Moral panic, especially in the United States, has always been a defining leitmotif of The Bugbear Dispatch. Sometimes, that means writing about current events directly tied to the news cycle; sometime...
www.bugbeardispatch.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Some serious Islamophobic incidents occurred in Texas and Florida in the days before Thanksgiving (so it’s understandable if you missed the news).
Deets and analysis in the latest Bugbear Dispatch, which just dropped
www.bugbeardispatch.com/the-ugly-rea...
Deets and analysis in the latest Bugbear Dispatch, which just dropped
www.bugbeardispatch.com/the-ugly-rea...
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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Want money out of politics? Several #VA01 candidates are refusing to take PAC money, and relying on small donations to fund their campaigns. Check out @heathermassey.com’s excellent thread all about it!
One issue Ericka Kopp and Erica Lee raised during this interview was the challenge of gaining visibility as a progressive, grassroots candidate on a shoestring campaign budget.
It made me think that when such Democratic candidates lack money, it’s time to get creative. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/eric...
It made me think that when such Democratic candidates lack money, it’s time to get creative. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/eric...
Catch me on Disruptor Politics with @electericalee.bsky.social full video linked below!
Audio only versions are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Audio only versions are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Want money out of politics? Several #VA01 candidates are refusing to take PAC money, and relying on small donations to fund their campaigns. Check out @heathermassey.com’s excellent thread all about it!
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Food security is a crisis on reservations across the US, in a classic example of the ways colonialism strip people of independence and solidarity and cultivate forced poverty and deprivation.
SNAP was restored, but many indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity
During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts.
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Food security is a crisis on reservations across the US, in a classic example of the ways colonialism strip people of independence and solidarity and cultivate forced poverty and deprivation.
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Oh really
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh really
One issue Ericka Kopp and Erica Lee raised during this interview was the challenge of gaining visibility as a progressive, grassroots candidate on a shoestring campaign budget.
It made me think that when such Democratic candidates lack money, it’s time to get creative. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/eric...
It made me think that when such Democratic candidates lack money, it’s time to get creative. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/eric...
Catch me on Disruptor Politics with @electericalee.bsky.social full video linked below!
Audio only versions are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Audio only versions are available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Ericka Kopp Featured on Disruptor Politics
YouTube video by Ericka Kopp
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One issue Ericka Kopp and Erica Lee raised during this interview was the challenge of gaining visibility as a progressive, grassroots candidate on a shoestring campaign budget.
It made me think that when such Democratic candidates lack money, it’s time to get creative. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/eric...
It made me think that when such Democratic candidates lack money, it’s time to get creative. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/eric...
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@shannontaylorva.com, one of seven candidates for #VA01, is holding a "State of the Race" Zoom meeting on Dec 9th 7pm-8pm. Register at this link!
State of the Race Briefing
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December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
@shannontaylorva.com, one of seven candidates for #VA01, is holding a "State of the Race" Zoom meeting on Dec 9th 7pm-8pm. Register at this link!
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Rob Wittman is morally bankrupt. He will never speak for what is right. He only does what Republican leadership & his wealthy donors want him to do because he thinks that’s in his personal electoral interest. Problem for Rob is that #VA01 has had enough & we will VOTE (or redistrict) HIM OUT!
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rob Wittman is morally bankrupt. He will never speak for what is right. He only does what Republican leadership & his wealthy donors want him to do because he thinks that’s in his personal electoral interest. Problem for Rob is that #VA01 has had enough & we will VOTE (or redistrict) HIM OUT!
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Just called Rob Wittman's office.
Here's a list of things he has no comment about:
❎Calling a sitting Governor "seriously [r-word]"
❎Calling a female report "piggy."
❎A report that Sec. Hegseth issued an order to "kill everybody" on an Argentine boat
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
Here's a list of things he has no comment about:
❎Calling a sitting Governor "seriously [r-word]"
❎Calling a female report "piggy."
❎A report that Sec. Hegseth issued an order to "kill everybody" on an Argentine boat
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just called Rob Wittman's office.
Here's a list of things he has no comment about:
❎Calling a sitting Governor "seriously [r-word]"
❎Calling a female report "piggy."
❎A report that Sec. Hegseth issued an order to "kill everybody" on an Argentine boat
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
Here's a list of things he has no comment about:
❎Calling a sitting Governor "seriously [r-word]"
❎Calling a female report "piggy."
❎A report that Sec. Hegseth issued an order to "kill everybody" on an Argentine boat
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
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Many journalists are tracking the procurement and deployment of new technologies and tactics, but it's hard to get the entire picture. A generational threat to civil liberties that I suspect future governments will struggle (or refuse) to roll back. Dramatic reform/abolition will be required.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Many journalists are tracking the procurement and deployment of new technologies and tactics, but it's hard to get the entire picture. A generational threat to civil liberties that I suspect future governments will struggle (or refuse) to roll back. Dramatic reform/abolition will be required.
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Indiana GOP is going for it: They've released a proposed map that'd likely lock in a 9-0 GOP congressional delegation & flip the 2 currently held by Dems. Indianapolis would be cracked into GOP seats, and Gary would be drowned in red.
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Indiana GOP is going for it: They've released a proposed map that'd likely lock in a 9-0 GOP congressional delegation & flip the 2 currently held by Dems. Indianapolis would be cracked into GOP seats, and Gary would be drowned in red.
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
The big question: Will the Senate still stop it?
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Wittman claims to work for regular people in #VA01. NONSENSE. 83% of his campaign funding comes from large donors, while just 2% comes from small, individual donations. He is getting paid to do a job: make your life harder so rich people can be richer. H/T @salaambhattiva.bsky.social for the vid!
Today: Rep. Rob Wittman from Virginia’s 1st Congressional District #reels
#politics #money #congress #uspolitics #trump #maga
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Wittman claims to work for regular people in #VA01. NONSENSE. 83% of his campaign funding comes from large donors, while just 2% comes from small, individual donations. He is getting paid to do a job: make your life harder so rich people can be richer. H/T @salaambhattiva.bsky.social for the vid!
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Now THEY KNEW is $2.99! This deal lasts today and today only. Find it on Bookshop, Kindle, or any ebook vendor along with HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT which is also $2.99 today. These books on Trump, Epstein, and transnational crime give the backstory to today's news:
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
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They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
bookshop.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Now THEY KNEW is $2.99! This deal lasts today and today only. Find it on Bookshop, Kindle, or any ebook vendor along with HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT which is also $2.99 today. These books on Trump, Epstein, and transnational crime give the backstory to today's news:
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
bookshop.org/p/books/they...
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So grateful for the inclusion of Money, Lies and God www.foreignaffairs.com/lists/best-b...
The Best of Books 2025
The very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
So grateful for the inclusion of Money, Lies and God www.foreignaffairs.com/lists/best-b...
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Dozens of demonstrators lined Old Towne Road in Williamsburg on Friday to protest against ICE activity across Hampton Roads. People there said they've seen ICE agents in Williamsburg stationed outside local motels and food markets.
Protesters rally in Williamsburg against ICE, citing civil liberties concerns
Protestors demonstrated in Hampton Roads against ICE, with demonstrators decrying agents' tactics and the recent death of a man in Norfolk.
www.13newsnow.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Dozens of demonstrators lined Old Towne Road in Williamsburg on Friday to protest against ICE activity across Hampton Roads. People there said they've seen ICE agents in Williamsburg stationed outside local motels and food markets.
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@markwarner.bsky.social you have almost $12 million on hand, do you really have to ask me for money EVERY day?
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@markwarner.bsky.social you have almost $12 million on hand, do you really have to ask me for money EVERY day?
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
The idea is that if you could just...
“Change your mindset”
“Live naturally”
“Eliminate toxins” (with supplements)
“Resolve trauma”
...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.
Reposted by Heather Massey
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
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Pandemic anti-poverty programs worked. "... the percentage of [Americans] living in poverty... dropped to the lowest [level] in recorded history. Evictions plummeted. Millions fewer children were going hungry... It was the government unleashing the power it always had..." jacobin.com/2025/11/welf...
Pandemic Programs Worked, So Business Elites Killed Them Off
To prevent economic collapse amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the government unleashed the power it always had. New programs caused hunger, evictions, and child poverty to plummet. Why not just continue th...
jacobin.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Pandemic anti-poverty programs worked. "... the percentage of [Americans] living in poverty... dropped to the lowest [level] in recorded history. Evictions plummeted. Millions fewer children were going hungry... It was the government unleashing the power it always had..." jacobin.com/2025/11/welf...
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In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Building a future that works for everyone requires listening — especially from those who are so often left unheard.
That’s why we’re hosting a free and open discussion about issue facing people w/ disabilities on December 6th in Chesterfield.
RSVP 👉 Disability-visability.eventbrite.com
That’s why we’re hosting a free and open discussion about issue facing people w/ disabilities on December 6th in Chesterfield.
RSVP 👉 Disability-visability.eventbrite.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Building a future that works for everyone requires listening — especially from those who are so often left unheard.
That’s why we’re hosting a free and open discussion about issue facing people w/ disabilities on December 6th in Chesterfield.
RSVP 👉 Disability-visability.eventbrite.com
That’s why we’re hosting a free and open discussion about issue facing people w/ disabilities on December 6th in Chesterfield.
RSVP 👉 Disability-visability.eventbrite.com