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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 17h

Make your readers care. nofilmschool.com/readers-dont...

5 Reasons Readers Don't Care About Your Characters

Find out how to make readers fall in love with your characters.

nofilmschool.com

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Zoe York (aka Ainsley Booth) @zoeyorkwrites.bsky.social · 4d

That tracks. They’re both lovely.

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Zoe York (aka Ainsley Booth) @zoeyorkwrites.bsky.social · 4d

I met Harley once, years ago, at a romance book signing in Ohio. He carried books for his wife and was genuinely kind to everyone. It didn’t surprise me that he went into politics. Shame it was only two years.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4d

I gotta say and it’s a soft spot for me but seeing Mamdani support Tish James when a lot of dem , left, liberal and everybody has been so damn complacent

About watching Black women be attacked ?

and not making it some generic thing or pretending it’s disconnected from what’s coming ..

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6d

The Dem establishment is going to back Mills over the absolute phenom outsider Platner in Maine, which tells you everything you need to know about how well they understand the current moment & how prepared they are to meet it.

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 11d

apparently I also write 🏳️‍🌈 romance books: if you're team has been eliminated or your team is about to be eliminated or you just want something for the off-season that involves baseball (complimentary) and Baseball (derogatory), but also there is kissing, check it out

KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · Sep 12

"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."

I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year

The cover of Breakout Year by KD Casey. The book is green. Objects important to the characters (baseball equipment, tea, plants, etc.) are present.

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Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they) @chel-c-cam.bsky.social · 11d

“Government can make your life easier” is VERY SIMPLE AND VERY POPULAR and yet it’s shocking to hear a politician say that.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Bronx and Harlem at our paper shredding events — we cleared out old junk mail, built community, danced, took family portraits and enjoyed frozen treats (it still felt a lot like summer). Thanks to everyone who joined.

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 12d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 11d

Smh. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow That's So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit

The renowned tech critic's book "Enshittification" hasn't even been out for a full day, and Amazon is already selling AI-generated knockoffs.

futurism.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 12d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Zoe York (aka Ainsley Booth) @zoeyorkwrites.bsky.social · 13d

We need more porridge content in our lives.

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Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they) @chel-c-cam.bsky.social · 13d

Stop whatever you are doing right now and read this. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Norwegian oats win world porridge championship - BBC News

Sven Seljom from Madnal took the Golden Spurtle trophy at the annual event in the Scottish Highlands.

www.bbc.com

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 15d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18d

Bin-go

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18d

The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.

He said this out loud.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19d

The most dangerous man in London... doesn't stand a chance.
The start of the acclaimed Brothers Sinister series.
Reminder: The Governess Affair is FREE just about everywhere!
/jb

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Gover...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...

Cover for the governess affair by Courtney Milan. A woman in a yellow dress is looking at a flower. Next to this is a banner saying "free."

Cover for the governess affair by Courtney Milan. Text: “I am done with things happening to me. From here on out, I am going to happen to things.”

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Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 19d

Apparently, While You Were Seething is currently Read Now on Netgalley! Only for the next couple of days, so reviewers, grab it while you can!

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

While You Were Seething

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

www.netgalley.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19d

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 21d

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record.

I just don't know what to say anymore.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21d

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 21d

Anthony Kennedy's face on the I Think You Should Leave hot dog guy saying "We're all trying to find the guy who did this" meme

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22d

What the fuck?

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents

The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...

www.iowapublicradio.org

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 23d

hello I am very near a Very Round Number for book sales so if you like ballplayers kissing and also do not like Baseball as an institution, please give it a read

KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · Sep 12

"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."

I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 26d

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.

I'm talking about something very different.

Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.

Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.

But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

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