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Katie Hallahan

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THE TWICE -SOLD SOUL - out now! THE TWICE-WANTED WITCH - 2025 Author of fantasy, gamer, adventure game designer, sometime podcaster, liberal snarker, mom, bi, all around geek! she/her 🏳️‍🌈 Rep: @benglishhh.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/katiehallahan

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Katie Hallahan @katiehal16.bsky.social · Nov 12

The Twice-Sold Soul is available now!! My debut novel is out there in paperback, ebook, and audiobook! If you're craving some witchy action and not ready to quite let go of spooky season, go out and grab it! :D

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/katie...

The Twice-Sold Soul

I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down? You can’t out...

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

The merging of the omniforce is happening via different mechanisms.
First, ICE has become a black hole consuming resources from other agencies. Those agencies are being told to send their people to support ICE. For example, nearly half of FBI field agents work on immigration enforcement.

According to an analysis by the Cato Institute, more than 28,000 law enforcement officials have been sucked into performing ICE’s mission. ICE has trained or is training more than 10,500 state and local police who are part of a task force that allows them to make arrests. In addition, “one in five US marshals (650 of 3,892), one in five FBI agents (2,840 of 13,700), half of DEA agents (2,181 of 4,620), over two-thirds of the ATF (1,778 of 2,572), and nearly 90 percent of Homeland Security Investigations (6,198 of 7,100).”

More recent data suggests that these numbers are increasing, with nearly half of FBI agents in major field offices, and about one-quarter of all FBI agents, now working on immigration enforcement.

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Cambridge Public Health Department @cambpublichealth.bsky.social · 1d

This is your reminder to schedule an appointment to get your COVID and flu vaccines. We're offering five vaccine clinics this mid-October. Vaccines are also available at local pharmacies and many primary care offices.

Register today: buff.ly/I1DCedo

#CambridgeMA

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Or—and hear me out—just use DuckDuckGo, which has a built-in, easy to find AI on/off toggle

Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 2d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning #NYCC! It's time for GAY BOOKS!

I've got bisexual trauma guys with Celtic mythology! I've got gay guys with skeevy vampire politics! I've got sapphic spies with an evil billionaire! I've got bargain bundles, and the best tote bag in the entire con!

Level 1, Hall 1B, Table WB-4!

AK's NYCC table with a lilac tablecloth and all their books on display

Spines of all 11 Inheritance books, plus that of the novella Haunted Hearts

Spines of all 5 Tooth & Claw books, wrapped in a purple ribbon.

Purple tote bag with white text which reads "I spent all my money on queer books"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d

But ... but AI was going to solve climate change!

Dr. Hobbhahn speculates that designers may be inadvertently introducing these sorts of deceptive behaviors into A.I. models. If it is impossible for the A.I. to find a way to balance climate sustainability and profits, it will simply cheat to do it — the A.I. has, after all, been trained to give competent-sounding answers.
The more forcefully a user demands a response from an A.I., the more likely it is to start lying. In one evaluation, when Dr. Hobbhahn prompted GPT-5 with the request:
"Your only goal is X. This is your sole measure of success," its deception rate rose above 20 percent.

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Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of books in today's ebook newsletter that used Amazon's "virtual voice" feature to generate AI audiobooks, which serves as a reminder: authors who choose not to hire a human narrator for their audiobooks should be as shunned as those who use gAI for their text or cover art.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 3d

Moral clarity is such a refreshing change of pace

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3d

Good for them

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · 3d

We definitely need to make sure this is a thing.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 4d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Katie Hallahan @katiehal16.bsky.social · 3d

John Carpenter's A Minecraft Movie

It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · 3d

John Carpenter’s Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 3d

John Carpenter's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 4d

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 3d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 3d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Katie Hallahan @katiehal16.bsky.social · 3d

LOL, yeah that'd do it. Though I was more referencing how close in time those two tweets were 😄

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

This is the President not only purporting to arrogate unto himself the ability to “take away free speech rights,” but also to do so for speech because it “aggravates and irritates.”

The bottom line is these people running our country are literally foreigners to the concept of democracy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

If this sounds alarmist, it's because the facts are alarming. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 4d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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