❌👑 Suz Brockmann
@suzbrockmann.bsky.social
romance writer, indie film & tv writer & producer, mother of a SAG strike captain & a nurse, liberal Dem, activist, she/her. Still masks.
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Jules Cassidy, PI
A Troubleshooters Bromance Novel featuring Jules Cassidy and Sam Starrett
www.kickstarter.com
Hey Bluesky #Romancelandia. My Kickstarter for Jules Cassidy, P.I. (Troubleshooters #20) is live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/suz...
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I appreciate my readers who are wholeheartedly supporting the Indivisible-backed Black Friday (or longer!) boycott of Amazon, HomeDepot, and Target. I also appreciate all of the readers who are venturing onto Kickstarter for the very first time, going outside of the familiar to get a copy of JULES.
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I appreciate my readers who are wholeheartedly supporting the Indivisible-backed Black Friday (or longer!) boycott of Amazon, HomeDepot, and Target. I also appreciate all of the readers who are venturing onto Kickstarter for the very first time, going outside of the familiar to get a copy of JULES.
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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“Wow this is the hardest escape room ever. I may never get out!”
“Ma’am, this is a bookstore.”
“Ma’am, this is a bookstore.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Wow this is the hardest escape room ever. I may never get out!”
“Ma’am, this is a bookstore.”
“Ma’am, this is a bookstore.”
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As a self-pubbing author and small business owner, I thought long & hard about how to release my new book wo supporting Amazon in its initial launch. #Romancelandia #SmallBusinessSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As a self-pubbing author and small business owner, I thought long & hard about how to release my new book wo supporting Amazon in its initial launch. #Romancelandia #SmallBusinessSaturday
My T-shirt that says “Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks” is arriving soon! (I got one for Ed, too!)
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My T-shirt that says “Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks” is arriving soon! (I got one for Ed, too!)
Okay, @profanity.accountant I’m ready for the fucking truth.
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Okay, @profanity.accountant I’m ready for the fucking truth.
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Cervical cancer is already becoming a thing of the past among younger women who have been vaccinated.
The vaccine is pretty astonishing. Just look at that green line.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Cervical cancer is already becoming a thing of the past among younger women who have been vaccinated.
As a self-pubbing author and small business owner, I thought long & hard about how to release my new book wo supporting Amazon in its initial launch. #Romancelandia #SmallBusinessSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As a self-pubbing author and small business owner, I thought long & hard about how to release my new book wo supporting Amazon in its initial launch. #Romancelandia #SmallBusinessSaturday
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Killing survivors in the water is a war crime for which people have been executed. (Note: we're not at war with any of these nations, and the legal underpinnings are dubious at best.)
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Killing survivors in the water is a war crime for which people have been executed. (Note: we're not at war with any of these nations, and the legal underpinnings are dubious at best.)
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
There's the case of U-852 in WWII.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...
Whoa. This is very good news.
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Whoa. This is very good news.
Hey MA friends. As you know, I have long covid, so the ability to mask with a well fitting respirator in public is essential to my health. (My docs all agree that I must avoid getting COVID again.) There’s a bill coming up in the MA legislature that has some troubling language. Please read 👇🏼
By Mon 12/1 at 5PM, send an email to protect right to mask in Massachusetts
Email written testimony in support of H1981, As amended by removing section 3
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Hey MA friends. As you know, I have long covid, so the ability to mask with a well fitting respirator in public is essential to my health. (My docs all agree that I must avoid getting COVID again.) There’s a bill coming up in the MA legislature that has some troubling language. Please read 👇🏼
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
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Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Since it's a big weekend for consumerism, I just want to put out there that buying an indie author's book in any format is "shopping small" no matter where you choose to buy it from.
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Here's one office Dems could flip on Tuesday.
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here's one office Dems could flip on Tuesday.
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
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The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
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More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, fro...
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
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Even on the heels of a historically successful election and the largest protest in US history, Chuck Schumer’s caucus caved in the shutdown fight. Senate Democrats need bold new leadership to fight the Trump regime, and that starts by making Schumer step aside: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Even on the heels of a historically successful election and the largest protest in US history, Chuck Schumer’s caucus caved in the shutdown fight. Senate Democrats need bold new leadership to fight the Trump regime, and that starts by making Schumer step aside: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...
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Did you pre-order your stickers yet? We're printing the Best New Sticker finalists from the #TeslaTakedown Awards in partnership with @dissentpins.bsky.social. Order by November 28 for delivery by Xmas! dissentpins.com/collections/...
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did you pre-order your stickers yet? We're printing the Best New Sticker finalists from the #TeslaTakedown Awards in partnership with @dissentpins.bsky.social. Order by November 28 for delivery by Xmas! dissentpins.com/collections/...
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This is why fascists oppose gender-affirming care.
Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is why fascists oppose gender-affirming care.
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Boston Public Schools is the first district in the U.S. to swap out Mercator maps for the Peters projection, a more accurate and equitable depiction of the world that avoids the exaggerated size of Euro-centric countries.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Boston Public Schools is the first district in the U.S. to swap out Mercator maps for the Peters projection, a more accurate and equitable depiction of the world that avoids the exaggerated size of Euro-centric countries.
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."