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jcsimonds

@jcsimonds.bsky.social

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Author - The Heirs to Camelot series (paranormal romance), shopping a sci-fi humor book: My Ridiculous Life in Space. Corporate trainer. Cross-stitcher. Liberal old hippie chick who bites. "Feral and not trained."

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 17d

I'm posting chapter-by-chapter of THE MIDSUMMER WIFE, my #KingArthur #Romantasy, on Substack.

FIRST CHAPTER! Ava Cerdwen arrives at the #Merlin heir's home to start the descendants on the path to healing recently nuked London. She struggles with her anxieties.

tinyurl.com/55ehxvn3

#BookSky

Caucasian woman's hand with a Lavendar energy ball. Title: The Midsummer Wife

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 2h

No lies detected

Sheila Fowler @rockafowlers.bsky.social · 2h

#doghumor

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Irongranny @irongranny.bsky.social · 2h

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 21h

I love this ingenious family effort…

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 6h

When you call us fascists, we tend to act like fascists. That's why you have to be nice to us and let us be as racist and fascist as we want to

Or we will kill you

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Dave McCormick: "I do think some of this horrible language on the extreme left -- 'fascism, Nazism, authoritarianism' -- I think that's a recipe, an introduction and encouragement to violence. It's gotta stop."

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 7h

I had a 107 day run on Wordle.

It was broken by the dumbest word today.

a black and white photo of a woman making a funny face with her mouth open .

Alt: a black and white photo of a Lucille Ball wailing/crying.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 23h

🚨 BREAKING News: The Pentagon just revoked press badges from nearly every major U.S. media outlet after journalists refused to sign a new policy threatening to criminalize national security reporting.

The Pentagon Press Association calls it:
“A dark day for press freedom.”

STATEMENT FROM THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION:

"TODAY, THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONFISCATED THE BADGES OF THE PENTAGON REPORTERS FROM VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR MEDIA ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA. IT DID THIS BECAUSE REPORTERS WOULD NOT SIGN ONTO A NEW MEDIA POLICY OVER ITS IMPLICIT THREAT OF CRIMINALIZING NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTING AND EXPOSING THOSE WHO SIGN IT TO POTENTIAL PROSECUTION.

"THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERS ARE STILL COMMITTED TO REPORTING ON THE U.S. MILITARY. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, TODAY, OCT. 15, 2025 IS A DARK DAY FOR PRESS FREEDOM THAT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT A WEAKENING U.S. COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY IN
GOVERNANCE, TO PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE PENTAGON AND TO FREE SPEECH FOR ALL."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

If it’s Wednesday, it’s “Meet the Shakedown.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Somebody said, 'would we think about taking the World Cup away from Boston if they don't straighten it out?' The answer is yes. We have the right to do that with FIFA. So if we think that LA is gonna be bad, or that applies a little bit to the Olympics too."

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JOY2U2 🤣👀💋🦋🍒🍷🌈✒️🏳️‍🌈♥️ @lookingforjoy.bsky.social · 1d

We had this in our local news the other day!!

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Baba Yaga @babayagatherealone.bsky.social · 2d

#beautiful #horse #animals #love #nature #horses #equestrian #horseriding #equine #equestrianlife #pony #dressage #horselove #pferd #horselover #horselife #showjumping #cheval #love #photography #horsepower #horsebackriding #pferde #equestrianstyle #dressagehorse #caballo #horserider #riding

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 1d

I get that.

It's still too f*cking early

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Dannyboy wildlife @dannyboywesthawk.bsky.social · 1d

Pine marten

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like a great time to have a functioning govt to help coordinate rescue efforts and resources.

But #Republicans are really focused on taking away healthcare from millions of ppl

ALASKA EMERGENCY - MASSIVE FLOODING
WESTERN ALASKA DEVASTATED. TYPHON HALONG.
SEARCH & RESCUE UNDERWAY. POWER OITAGES. LIMITED COMMNC.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt

Painting of a busy bouquet of flowers on a surface with different blossoms one above the other against a black background

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 1d

Wittle man-baby snowflake wannabe Nazis afraid of frogs.

RIBBIT, bitch

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 1d

So proud
The Democratic Women's Caucus marching to Speaker Johnson's office demanding Adelita Grijalva gets sworn in

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Neighbors Who Put Up Their Christmas Lights Yesterday:

Jack the Pumpkin King and I would like a word.

[No, it is NOT this egregious. Its tasteful. Just too f*cking early.]

a house is decorated with christmas lights and decorations

Alt: a house is decorated with christmas lights and decorations

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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 1d

Love these folks!
Oh! release the Epstein Files.

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 1d

Dutarte is in the Hague because of shit just like this

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 2d

I find the people who join here saying "Follow my Twitter/X account" hilarious.

My Dude, we are here because X is a hellscape. Fuck off back there.

Elder woman with white hair, in a blue suit and pale scarf in a park - head thrown back laughing

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 2d

#RESIST

We can do it if we all stand together

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of the businesses that’s choosing not to allow ICE inside their establishment unless they have a signed warrant from a Judge and this is starting to happen all over the Country!

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 2d

I was going to ask about your locale.

Yes. We get about 7" a year, but I think we've gotten almost 3" in the last few storms

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 2d

We've had snow as early as September (lived here 25 years). Haven't had October snow in about 5 years.

Usually doesn't start raining until late October. This is the 3rd storm we've gotten in 4 weeks.

Janice S. Smith @janicessmith.bsky.social · 2d

Is this normal gir you for this time of year? I hear we'll have mountain snow, too.

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jcsimonds @jcsimonds.bsky.social · 2d

Raining on & off here in #Reno - expecting hard rain from midafternoon to tomorrow.

Snow advisory over 6000! Mt Rose Highway already under chain controls

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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