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Jessica Pryde @jessisreading.bsky.social · 37m

Friends, help me out! Are there any newer Indigenous romance authors that I might not know about (especially in the indie zone), or heck, any veteran authors with tribal heritage that I might have just missed?

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1h

I grew up in a 1760s house and just moved into a 2003 house and I’m loving the central air as opposed to box heaters. But there are slightly older roads in this development (late 90s/2000-2002) and even those don’t have central air - lots of window AC units still

Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 3h

They don't do Halloween so I guess Christmas is their bread and butter.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 3h

Disappointing to see hist rom author Kate Bateman using Gen AI in her marketing...

Screen shot of an IG promo - the promo uses a picture of two women with light skin and dark wavy hair in updos. The women are in 19th century attire. They have the distinctive markers of having been created with Gen AI - in particular the up turned noses. On the right hand side of the image is a picture of Kate's latest paperback - "Road Trip with a Rogue" and the ad is for readers to win a kindle paperwhite, a $100 gift card, and 27 paperbacks.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 15h

Welcome back?

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 17h

Every sorority has it's secrets... 🧛‍♀️
Spooky season is here! A perfect time to revisit my sapphic vampires!
🩸 amzn.to/405ZAO8

Vampire Sorority Sisters Trilogy by Rebekah Weatherspoon
1 better off red
2 blacker than blue
3 soul to keep

all very queer.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 1d

There’s books I‘m excited about for next year, and there’s books I’m VERY excited about for next year, and then there’s HOLY FUCK ARE YOU JOKING I NEED THIS IMMEDIATELY books for next year.

Tops in that third category: The Starseekers by Nicole Glover: nicole-glover.com/the-starseek...

The Starseekers

Forthcoming 1/6/26 Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy, in which the space race of the mid-20th century will be determined by magic…if not murd…

nicole-glover.com

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 19h

I haven't read it yet but I do understand from other reviewers that the mustache on the cover is some false advertising as the MMC is never described as having one in the book (unless something changed between ARC and final publication). Am Looking forward to reading it despite that!

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 23h

This is Rosie. She doesn't have a bad angle, but prefers this one because it makes her look tall. 12/10 (IG: whippyrosie)

a gray whippet puppy with white on her paws, tummy, and snoot and blue eyes sits in a living room with a gray couch behind her. she's giving us an innocent expression and the teensiest hint of a blep with her pink tongue. we're looking up at her from a low angle, so it seems as if she's towering over us.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 19h

I feel like they need to do more to advertise this new "Sunday night mystery" thing. A lot of people aren't paying that close of attention to understand what the individual movie promos means overall. My aunt who watches all the new Saturday night movies had no idea about the mysteries on Sunday.

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Celestine Martin @celestinemartin.bsky.social · 21h

We’re running a bonus Goodreads giveaway for Witchful Thinking from now thru Oct 21 for 25 copies (US & CAN only).

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Book giveaway for Witchful Thinking (Elemental Love, #1) by Celestine Martin Oct 11-Oct 21, 2025

Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 11-Oct 21, 2025. Celebrate this spooky season with a match made in magic! We're giv...

www.goodreads.com

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 20h

Today is the last day! Don’t miss out!

Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 8d

Don't miss out this A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS x COVERSNOB Collab! 🎄♥️
Order by October 15 and get:
Illustrated hardcover edition, illustrated endpapers, three-sided digital sprayed edge, new interior formatting, signed bookplate and a bookmark!
www.coversnob.com/sh...

Coversnob collab with rebekah Weatherspoon hardcover of a man for Mrs Claus with a new illustrated cover and sprayed edges reflecting the whimsy of the north pole.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

That makes me so sad - I miss my bengal all the time. He was the greatest. It felt like I got a cat/dog hybrid. Drove everyone nuts but if you ask he's still the best cat we've had. I wanted another but couldn't justify $1500 when there are so many cats at the shelter. (He was 1/3 the $ back in '07)

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

Setting aside that Gillette Stadium is nearly a half hour outside of Boston, are Robert and 47 fighting? Did they break up after the whole N95 flight deal back in 2020? I assumed they were on good standing after 47 appointed RK's new wife to the Kennedy Center board...

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

We just make shit up now for funsies.

www.wcvb.com/article/trum...

Trump suggests pulling World Cup games from Mass., cites recent violent street takeovers

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he would pull 2026 World Cup games from Gillette Stadium over "unsafe conditions" in Massachusetts, citing recent street takeovers.

www.wcvb.com

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads. I ditched it awhile ago for other political reasons, but this might tip your hand.

Thanks for the heads up @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 1d

Wednesday Romance Deals (10/15): Wolf shifters and fated mates, a fake relationship, an independent bluestocking & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/10/wedn...

This is the daily book deals graphic, with all 5 of today's covers.

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Journal of Popular Romance Studies @jprstudies.bsky.social · 1d

Stephenie Meyer's novel "Twilight" is turning 20 this year! 🍎 Follow the link to read "Safe Sex with Defanged Vampires: New Vampire Heroes in Twilight and the Southern Vampire Mysteries", a JPRS article by Chiho Nakagawa: www.jprstudies.org/2011/10/%E2%...

Safe Sex with Defanged Vampires: New Vampire Heroes in Twilight and the Southern Vampire Mysteries | Journal of Popular Romance Studies

Although we are witnessing a surge of vampire novels and movies today, this popularity is not merely a contemporary phenomenon. Many vampire-themed stories have been written since the publication of t...

https://www.jprstudies.org/2011/10/“safe-sex-with-defanged-vampires-new-vampire-heroes-in-twilight-and-the-southern-vampire-mysteries”-by-chiho-nakagawa

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d

For leaf kicking autumn strolls this c1890 Worth dress has all of the ingredients of the season. Pumpkin coloured satin and smooth cut velvet panels with flurries of flowers dotted across the bodice and skirt @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Front full length view of an orange satin and velvet dress with long sleeves and skirt. The velvet has floral motifs placed symmetrically across bodice and skirt. The satin skirt has bows placed in either side of each hip

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Brittney | Lit & Knits @litandknits.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t been on here much because social media in the hellscape that is late stage capitalism veering into fascism is — SURPRISE! — terrible for my mental health, but I wanted to share that my books are open for bookish social media marketing strategy consults, and copy/line editing.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

I think if someone wants to sext with a robot on ChatGPT, their mental health is very much in doubt. But also - how are they differentiating between someone with ‘serious mental health issues “ and someone without? Oh that’s right. They won’t be.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 1d

To clarify, ORR is the parent agency for all detention facilities that hold unaccompanied immigrant kids in the US, separate from their refugee work. Trump changed the rules for families to get their kids out of detention, making it nearly impossible, so this family is in trouble. This is awful.

Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 2d

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

But also it really starts to lend support to the "he isn't physically well and is swiftly deteriorating" - like being the age he is isn't enough to trigger that much constant thoughts on heaven and hell.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

A bunch of my others were already cited so I will go w/ what may be cliche - but Hakuna Matata. And outside of the obvious entries of Part of Your World & Kiss the Girl, I'd like to enter in "Poor Unfortunate Souls" and Les Poissons which I still frequently get stuck in my head when cooking shrimp.

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto this

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Marie @legallyhea.bsky.social · 1d

Once again my time as come for: Don Bluth was out there just f*cking up our (late 80s, early 90s) childhoods like an emotional steamroller

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