Laura Anne Gilman
@lauraannegilman.bsky.social
Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming Fall 2025
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming Fall 2025
and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
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It’s that time of year again - the Smashwords End of Year sale! Pretty much everything you could ever need to read to survive the holiday season and into the new year
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Well, that just raised my blood pressure a bit.
(over on Facebook, somebody just referred to Trump as “the most pro-Jewish president ever.“ I may have politely lost my shit on them)
(over on Facebook, somebody just referred to Trump as “the most pro-Jewish president ever.“ I may have politely lost my shit on them)
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well, that just raised my blood pressure a bit.
(over on Facebook, somebody just referred to Trump as “the most pro-Jewish president ever.“ I may have politely lost my shit on them)
(over on Facebook, somebody just referred to Trump as “the most pro-Jewish president ever.“ I may have politely lost my shit on them)
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Musk is whining about miscegenation again bsky.app/profile/seth...
This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Musk is whining about miscegenation again bsky.app/profile/seth...
It was not a huge surprise to get Bean’s DNA results back and discover there was like 12% husky in there…
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It was not a huge surprise to get Bean’s DNA results back and discover there was like 12% husky in there…
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Houses are expensive because billionaires gobble up homes and fix the rent or turn them into Airbnbs. The billionaires want you to think immigrants are buying up all the property.
Secretary Scott Turner: "We need to continue to deport illegals that are taking houses from the American people"
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Houses are expensive because billionaires gobble up homes and fix the rent or turn them into Airbnbs. The billionaires want you to think immigrants are buying up all the property.
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It’s that time of year again - the Smashwords End of Year sale! Pretty much everything you could ever need to read to survive the holiday season and into the new year
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It’s that time of year again - the Smashwords End of Year sale! Pretty much everything you could ever need to read to survive the holiday season and into the new year
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
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Friendly neighborhood remind that you don’t have to buy or use a Ring. It’s actually neat that we can collectively decide to make this specific nightmare useless.
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Friendly neighborhood remind that you don’t have to buy or use a Ring. It’s actually neat that we can collectively decide to make this specific nightmare useless.
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CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
CONFIRMED: Eileen Higgins, a Democrat, will be the new mayor of Miami.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
She'll be the city's first Democratic mayor since the 1990s. She flipped the office from Republicans, and does so easily. She leads the DeSantis-endorsed Emilio González 59/41 right now with most ballots counted.
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Charles Foster Kane says what?
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Charles Foster Kane says what?
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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Trump's bombings are "murder" and "summary executions," says @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, and Hegeth should watch "where he travels when he’s no longer in office" due to potential prosecution by "international tribunals."
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Hegseth Defense Collapsing as Fresh Leaks on Strikes Grow More Damning
As new info makes Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s illegal killings look even worse, an expert in national security law explains why his case is imploding—and what must happen now to secure accountabi...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Trump's bombings are "murder" and "summary executions," says @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, and Hegeth should watch "where he travels when he’s no longer in office" due to potential prosecution by "international tribunals."
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
On the pod Tess powerfully lays out this case:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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“We had soiled beds, waiting rooms with holes in the chairs, mounting sepsis issues and had just laid off 200 qualified nurses,” a former Phoebe exec recalled, “but we had a new logo.”
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 3: Poor Grades, Poor Outcomes
Phoebe paid an exorbitant sum to acquire its crosstown rival and became Albany’s only hospital. But as the company’s debt increased, patients suffered.
projects.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“We had soiled beds, waiting rooms with holes in the chairs, mounting sepsis issues and had just laid off 200 qualified nurses,” a former Phoebe exec recalled, “but we had a new logo.”
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
Read Part 3 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:
It’s that time of year again - the Smashwords End of Year sale! Pretty much everything you could ever need to read to survive the holiday season and into the new year
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It’s that time of year again - the Smashwords End of Year sale! Pretty much everything you could ever need to read to survive the holiday season and into the new year
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And I’ve put all my ebooks there at 50% off for the rest of the year!
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Not that we needed another reason to hate AI, but here it is anyway.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Not that we needed another reason to hate AI, but here it is anyway.
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Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia. n.pr/4iO8dV5
Former Trump attorney Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia.
n.pr
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia. n.pr/4iO8dV5
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
I couldn’t get a good picture, but we just passed a storefront marquee that had the following message up on it:
“Dear Santa,
America has been very bad this year. We promise to do better.”
“Dear Santa,
America has been very bad this year. We promise to do better.”
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I couldn’t get a good picture, but we just passed a storefront marquee that had the following message up on it:
“Dear Santa,
America has been very bad this year. We promise to do better.”
“Dear Santa,
America has been very bad this year. We promise to do better.”
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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A Minnesota preacher told sheriff’s detectives that his church made no attempt to “hide” a child abuser and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement.
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse
A roughly 40-minute conversation shows how leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church kept an open secret quiet for so long.
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A Minnesota preacher told sheriff’s detectives that his church made no attempt to “hide” a child abuser and encouraged victims to go to law enforcement.
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
But the words he chose stood out to reporter @jlussenhop.bsky.social: “We don’t protect either one.”
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Overlook Hotel
July 4th Ball
1921
July 4th Ball
1921
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Overlook Hotel
July 4th Ball
1921
July 4th Ball
1921
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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Some bitch is using my text contacts pretending to be me, promoting this book. I've asked Amazon to take it down as a scam. Please ignore any text from me promoting this, or any book I have not written. Thank you!
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Some bitch is using my text contacts pretending to be me, promoting this book. I've asked Amazon to take it down as a scam. Please ignore any text from me promoting this, or any book I have not written. Thank you!
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I PROMISE you...
people like this guy, specifically, when they do public performative sadism like this?
This guy has incredibly bad/dark shit in his closet.
The kind of stuff that one might be publicly hanged for.
people like this guy, specifically, when they do public performative sadism like this?
This guy has incredibly bad/dark shit in his closet.
The kind of stuff that one might be publicly hanged for.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I PROMISE you...
people like this guy, specifically, when they do public performative sadism like this?
This guy has incredibly bad/dark shit in his closet.
The kind of stuff that one might be publicly hanged for.
people like this guy, specifically, when they do public performative sadism like this?
This guy has incredibly bad/dark shit in his closet.
The kind of stuff that one might be publicly hanged for.
Once again, the GOP tragically and yet hysterically Misses The Point.
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Once again, the GOP tragically and yet hysterically Misses The Point.
QOTD: Do not tempt fate because fate is a competitive bitch.
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
QOTD: Do not tempt fate because fate is a competitive bitch.