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MStewart

@thinkingtooloud.org

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Product of Southern Appalachia. (Meat Camp, NC) writer, reader, a.k.a. ThinkingTooLoud Too many projects not enough time. #writer #author #WritingCommunity #querying #SFF #DVPit #neurodivergent #CPTSD #ComplexPTSD I don't answer random DMs

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MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · Dec 6

#poemsabout #selfportrait
Thanks to hosts karenpgonzalez.bsky.social brokenspinearts.bsky.social alanparry83.bsky.social

#writingcommunity

curled, twisted
broke and bent
pulled and pushed
torn and rent
pieces dropped
limbs lopped
all to shape
a perfect figment
of feminine
accomplishment

curled, twisted
broke and bent
pulled and pushed
torn and rent
pieces dropped
limbs lopped
all to shape
a perfect figment
of feminine
accomplishment

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1h

I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 1h

I hope each and every one of the fascists who rule this country read this and choke.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2h

#A_NewHope ✊

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

So no terrorism then?

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Adam_c969 @adamc999.bsky.social · 1d

No lie

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MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 1d

#WritingCommunity
#amQuerying

Last touches going on Desperate Women before I hand it off for the line edit. After Beta edits it is 54,000+ words.

Then - polishing the query letter. (Already had 3? total agents give me feedback on it. It's close. I hope.)

Then, on to querying.

a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words internally screaming below her

Alt: a woman sitting in front of a microphone with the words internally screaming below her

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 1d

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𝕲𝖆𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖔 @gmf1369.bsky.social · 1d

#GVerse This 💯

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MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 1d

We were never meant to carry
the shame that goes bone deep
for any reason
for every reason
for no reason.

It is not ours to keep.

#CPTSD #Healing #TtL

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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 1d

I've handled countless classified prepublication & Espionage Act cases. Bolton indictment, which is very similar to Gen Petraeus case (2 years probation, $100k fine), should raise concerns for every senior govt official who writes a book.

Because this is generally how it is done.

Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 2d

Happening now: DOJ has charged John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became one of his fiercest critics, for his mishandling classified material.

Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Indictment: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 2d

The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire. (Please click for the full view.) All links and subscriptions are free. Check us out!

Find the extremists

Cartoon by Shields

fightthefire.substack.com

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 2d

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 28d

"We and our students can choose not to use these technologies. Just like we have banned smoking from public spaces, we could foster that process of banning both by choosing to individually quit smoking and by demanding regulation of the tobacco industry.”

zenodo.org/records/1706...

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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...

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MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 2d

I ran across a group on Reddit the other day for writers using AI.

Surprised was a good word to describe my reaction... horrified would also work.

Should we tell them?

#WritingCommunity

Results from a study on generative AI which show cognitive decline in those who use the technology

MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 3d

Write when you're drunk. Edit when you're sober.
~E.Hemingway

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

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Monte Mader @montemader.bsky.social · 6d

I’m back and ready to tear down Christian nationalism brick by brick #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news

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MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 4d

A bit late don't you think.

MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 4d

It's so hard to tell these days. What once would have screamed parody... now has a chance of truth.
Still, I missed my due diligence. Thank you for correcting me.

MStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 4d

What is this... does the MAGA movement consist of only pedophiles and those that abet them?
And the rest of the GOP standing around - silently supporting this?

Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 4d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Today, Mike Johnson will continue to keep the House adjourned for the 71st day out of the last 83, with Republicans refusing to show up to work again to avoid having to vote on the Epstein files or negotiate with Democrats.

Epstein Shutdown

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vallirose.bsky.social @vallirose.bsky.social · 4d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Lynne @msviking.bsky.social · 4d

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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 4d

A case at the Supreme Court cites Trump reportedly promising oil donors favors as proof that pay-to-play influence is so pervasive that bribery laws must be narrowed so pay-to-play is no longer a prosecutable crime.

The case is represented by a Trump-connected law firm.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 5d

One of the writers best explaining Trumpism right now is not a full-time writer, but @donmoyn.bsky.social, an academic and professor. The Times should give him a column. But for now, you can read his great stuff via his newsletter. Another sharp piece here.

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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