Joyce Reynolds-Ward
@joycereynoldsward.bsky.social
Writer of speculative fiction from the wide open spaces. Rural liberal. Dispenser of horse cookies to the fancy-stepping Marker-boi. Former special ed teacher who's forgotten more about cognitive assessment than most people knew. #SFWA
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Wow. I guess #BookTok has shown up here? Well, anyway, welcome to my new followers.
So here's how I do things.
I tend to keep my followbacks low until I get to know you as an account management tool. I use the OnlyPosts and Spec List feeds primarily.
Gotta have time to write.
What do I write? 1/5
So here's how I do things.
I tend to keep my followbacks low until I get to know you as an account management tool. I use the OnlyPosts and Spec List feeds primarily.
Gotta have time to write.
What do I write? 1/5
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It’s so hilarious how Mamdani has broken the brains of the Chamber of Commerce crowd. My grandfather was a small business owning Eisenhower Republican and he would have been 100% in favor of all of this.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s so hilarious how Mamdani has broken the brains of the Chamber of Commerce crowd. My grandfather was a small business owning Eisenhower Republican and he would have been 100% in favor of all of this.
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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it's interesting because right wingers won't shut up about triggering the libs, liberal tears, etc etc but on a deep level what they want isn't for us to be angry, what they want is for us to apologize and admit they were right all along
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
it's interesting because right wingers won't shut up about triggering the libs, liberal tears, etc etc but on a deep level what they want isn't for us to be angry, what they want is for us to apologize and admit they were right all along
As an indie author, it's all me, so...
Small Business Saturday...last days on sale.
3 books plus bonus matter available, for $4.99 at all major ebook retailers.
books2read.com/thecostofpower
Small Business Saturday...last days on sale.
3 books plus bonus matter available, for $4.99 at all major ebook retailers.
books2read.com/thecostofpower
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
As an indie author, it's all me, so...
Small Business Saturday...last days on sale.
3 books plus bonus matter available, for $4.99 at all major ebook retailers.
books2read.com/thecostofpower
Small Business Saturday...last days on sale.
3 books plus bonus matter available, for $4.99 at all major ebook retailers.
books2read.com/thecostofpower
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Folks still might not see the similarities between Nazi Germany & America, but I always remembered no matter who you or your people were, everybody could agree that Hitler was bad. Like dumb, evil, little bitch bad. I don’t think I’m being nostalgic. I think that’s a solid memory.
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Folks still might not see the similarities between Nazi Germany & America, but I always remembered no matter who you or your people were, everybody could agree that Hitler was bad. Like dumb, evil, little bitch bad. I don’t think I’m being nostalgic. I think that’s a solid memory.
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
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Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
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Which probably sounds like a strange comparison, but helping out at the preschool often feels like reliving Occupy.
There is ALWAYS a logistical crisis that requires fast thinking, often a conflict to break up, always a need to be moving around meeting needs.
There is ALWAYS a logistical crisis that requires fast thinking, often a conflict to break up, always a need to be moving around meeting needs.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Which probably sounds like a strange comparison, but helping out at the preschool often feels like reliving Occupy.
There is ALWAYS a logistical crisis that requires fast thinking, often a conflict to break up, always a need to be moving around meeting needs.
There is ALWAYS a logistical crisis that requires fast thinking, often a conflict to break up, always a need to be moving around meeting needs.
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You think Freud’s misogyny has been beaten to death but then you read more of what Freud and his disciples actually wrote about women.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You think Freud’s misogyny has been beaten to death but then you read more of what Freud and his disciples actually wrote about women.
Oh, those buns are *definitely* plotting to get their vengance.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Oh, those buns are *definitely* plotting to get their vengance.
I dunno, might be easier for me to say what I *haven't* seen in the wild (for North American variants)
What I *haven't* seen:
Bobcat
Lynx
Muskox
Polar bears
Either fishers or wolverines (I saw something from a distance that could have been either one)
What I *have* seen in the first comment:
What I *haven't* seen:
Bobcat
Lynx
Muskox
Polar bears
Either fishers or wolverines (I saw something from a distance that could have been either one)
What I *have* seen in the first comment:
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Moose
Black bears
Beluga whales
Lynx
Muskox
(Look, obviously I was going to lean into the Alaskan card here, guys...)
Moose
Black bears
Beluga whales
Lynx
Muskox
(Look, obviously I was going to lean into the Alaskan card here, guys...)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Eurasian otter
West European hedgehog
Atlantic grey seal
Red squirrel
American alligator
Eurasian otter
West European hedgehog
Atlantic grey seal
Red squirrel
American alligator
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I dunno, might be easier for me to say what I *haven't* seen in the wild (for North American variants)
What I *haven't* seen:
Bobcat
Lynx
Muskox
Polar bears
Either fishers or wolverines (I saw something from a distance that could have been either one)
What I *have* seen in the first comment:
What I *haven't* seen:
Bobcat
Lynx
Muskox
Polar bears
Either fishers or wolverines (I saw something from a distance that could have been either one)
What I *have* seen in the first comment:
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In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Stephen Miller wrote this piece for the Duke student newspaper TWENTY YEARS AGO. You won't find a single talking point in here that a) wasn't already a stale Limbaugh-esque talking point in 2005 and b) isn't also the cutting edge of GOP messaging about universities today.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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Always here for the Horses See Right Through Us™️ posts/threads.
They have the largest eyes of any land animal and can read infinitesimal facial changes from surprising distances.
We’ve co-evolved with them as long or longer than wolves/dogs.
#HorsesofBlueSky
#EquiSky
They have the largest eyes of any land animal and can read infinitesimal facial changes from surprising distances.
We’ve co-evolved with them as long or longer than wolves/dogs.
#HorsesofBlueSky
#EquiSky
Wilhelm von Osten was a German math teacher, mystic, phrenologist. He also owned a very clever horse he named HANS.
Around 1894, he took his horse on tour, demonstrating his exceptional number sense skills.
van Osten would ask a question: "What is 2 x 6 ?"
Clever Hans would tap his hoof 12 times.
Around 1894, he took his horse on tour, demonstrating his exceptional number sense skills.
van Osten would ask a question: "What is 2 x 6 ?"
Clever Hans would tap his hoof 12 times.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Always here for the Horses See Right Through Us™️ posts/threads.
They have the largest eyes of any land animal and can read infinitesimal facial changes from surprising distances.
We’ve co-evolved with them as long or longer than wolves/dogs.
#HorsesofBlueSky
#EquiSky
They have the largest eyes of any land animal and can read infinitesimal facial changes from surprising distances.
We’ve co-evolved with them as long or longer than wolves/dogs.
#HorsesofBlueSky
#EquiSky
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The only way they can justify stealing from us is to convince themselves we're actually rich.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The only way they can justify stealing from us is to convince themselves we're actually rich.
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Second watch of Killers of the Flower Moon as a Thanksgiving “tradition.” It’s an Oklahoma story, where I live, and a vivid reminder our colonialist tendencies are continuously in effect. If there’s something of value someone else has? There is an already wealthy man who will kill to make it his.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Second watch of Killers of the Flower Moon as a Thanksgiving “tradition.” It’s an Oklahoma story, where I live, and a vivid reminder our colonialist tendencies are continuously in effect. If there’s something of value someone else has? There is an already wealthy man who will kill to make it his.
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It's always the people who have the rocket sled to the top of the food chain who want to tell you about how "work-life" balance is negotiable if you want to be rich.
What you bet she started on third base, with a blind pitcher, a designated hitter batting .500 and nobody standing in the field...
What you bet she started on third base, with a blind pitcher, a designated hitter batting .500 and nobody standing in the field...
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's always the people who have the rocket sled to the top of the food chain who want to tell you about how "work-life" balance is negotiable if you want to be rich.
What you bet she started on third base, with a blind pitcher, a designated hitter batting .500 and nobody standing in the field...
What you bet she started on third base, with a blind pitcher, a designated hitter batting .500 and nobody standing in the field...
And then there are those of us who were public school teachers....
People who pooh-pooh "work-life balance" never, ever acknowledge how many startups fail, projects are cancelled, beloved employees get laid off ...
You can't get back those years of your life after you find out they weren't profitable.
You can't get back those years of your life after you find out they weren't profitable.
Not going to link to the article because fuck it but anyone saying “the work/life balance might not be feasible” is trying to use you and pay you very little and wants you on the survival mode teat. Ignore them for the parasites they are.
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
And then there are those of us who were public school teachers....
Okay, I'll play.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Heart
String Cheese Incident
Disco Biscuits
Peter Tosh
Styx
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Heart
String Cheese Incident
Disco Biscuits
Peter Tosh
Styx
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Tori Amos
Weird Al
Swans
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
KMFDM
Tori Amos
Weird Al
Swans
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
KMFDM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Rebecca Black
Bon Iver
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
Nirvana
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Rebecca Black
Bon Iver
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Okay, I'll play.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Heart
String Cheese Incident
Disco Biscuits
Peter Tosh
Styx
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Heart
String Cheese Incident
Disco Biscuits
Peter Tosh
Styx
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Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
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The whole class model to which that term belongs apparently got constructed in a time when various parts of society that are common today didn't exist or just barely existed, and then, when these parts grew in numbers, people who wanted to salvage the model pretty stupidly classified them as "p. b."
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The whole class model to which that term belongs apparently got constructed in a time when various parts of society that are common today didn't exist or just barely existed, and then, when these parts grew in numbers, people who wanted to salvage the model pretty stupidly classified them as "p. b."
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Ah yes, all us petite bourgeoisie artists out here with our charcuterie plates and our means of production.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ah yes, all us petite bourgeoisie artists out here with our charcuterie plates and our means of production.
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In a warehouse just south of Salem the week before Thanksgiving, about a dozen state employees passed 1,500 boxes down a line, each dropping cans of beans, rice, canned fruit and other non-perishable food items inside.
Oregon emergency office not just focused on natural disasters, but food insecurity • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The role of Oregon's Office of Resilience and Emergency Management role has transformed over the past five years.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In a warehouse just south of Salem the week before Thanksgiving, about a dozen state employees passed 1,500 boxes down a line, each dropping cans of beans, rice, canned fruit and other non-perishable food items inside.
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we need to democratize womb transplants specifically so we can ask guys like this "well why aren't YOU bearing children then"
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
we need to democratize womb transplants specifically so we can ask guys like this "well why aren't YOU bearing children then"
THIS is what I'm celebrating.
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
THIS is what I'm celebrating.