Anne Marble
@annemarbleaar.bsky.social
critteranne666 on Threads.
I read stuff. Sometimes I write stuff. Currently writing a Gothic romance with a twisted family.
Find me at the Forward Motion Discord server at http://discord.gg/3SRF3xQ.
Find me on http://thekeenedom.freeforums.net.
I read stuff. Sometimes I write stuff. Currently writing a Gothic romance with a twisted family.
Find me at the Forward Motion Discord server at http://discord.gg/3SRF3xQ.
Find me on http://thekeenedom.freeforums.net.
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Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?
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So many people in desperate need of learning the concept and phrase “It’s not for me, and that’s okay.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So many people in desperate need of learning the concept and phrase “It’s not for me, and that’s okay.”
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HEY USA FRIENDS it’s holiday season at the post office so here’s my annual thread on how to make all of your postal workers have a nicer month!
1. Be nice and prepared if you’re mailing things! You might have to wait! Still be polite and click the smiley face on the stupid little screen!
1. Be nice and prepared if you’re mailing things! You might have to wait! Still be polite and click the smiley face on the stupid little screen!
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
HEY USA FRIENDS it’s holiday season at the post office so here’s my annual thread on how to make all of your postal workers have a nicer month!
1. Be nice and prepared if you’re mailing things! You might have to wait! Still be polite and click the smiley face on the stupid little screen!
1. Be nice and prepared if you’re mailing things! You might have to wait! Still be polite and click the smiley face on the stupid little screen!
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i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days
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If fewer people would have their heads shoved up their own assess life would be so much better
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If fewer people would have their heads shoved up their own assess life would be so much better
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Listened in as the Elder Nibling was watching a TikToker address this, and out of curiosity I dug around to find out it's actually around a third speaking English *as an additional language* so I'm wondering how much of that might actually be fully bilingual kids from our various Asian communities.
Personally I think it shows the deep tolerance of Scotland that it allows so many kids to keep speaking a foreign language like English. Forcing them all to learn Gaelic, Scots or Norn seems a bit much to me.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Listened in as the Elder Nibling was watching a TikToker address this, and out of curiosity I dug around to find out it's actually around a third speaking English *as an additional language* so I'm wondering how much of that might actually be fully bilingual kids from our various Asian communities.
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Personally I think it shows the deep tolerance of Scotland that it allows so many kids to keep speaking a foreign language like English. Forcing them all to learn Gaelic, Scots or Norn seems a bit much to me.
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Personally I think it shows the deep tolerance of Scotland that it allows so many kids to keep speaking a foreign language like English. Forcing them all to learn Gaelic, Scots or Norn seems a bit much to me.
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continuing proof that Threads is just people competing to come up with the most unhinged variation on every possible discourse
maybe this was the only natural endpoint of the POV wars tho
maybe this was the only natural endpoint of the POV wars tho
here's the whole comment. imagine thinking that romance and romantasy and YA are the only books written in first person. that's WILLLLLLLLD.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
continuing proof that Threads is just people competing to come up with the most unhinged variation on every possible discourse
maybe this was the only natural endpoint of the POV wars tho
maybe this was the only natural endpoint of the POV wars tho
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This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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For people with means, the Wampanoag tribes still exist and do accept donations. We can't undo what was done but you can support those who were harmed by the coming of the colonists.
mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov
mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
For people with means, the Wampanoag tribes still exist and do accept donations. We can't undo what was done but you can support those who were harmed by the coming of the colonists.
mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov
mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov
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Relayed (with a graphic, even!) from my US house. On sale this week on BookBub for those who use it, Or might decide to. $3 for Written on the Dark is the cost (adjusted for centuries passing) of a flask of wine in a tavern in Ferrieres…
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Relayed (with a graphic, even!) from my US house. On sale this week on BookBub for those who use it, Or might decide to. $3 for Written on the Dark is the cost (adjusted for centuries passing) of a flask of wine in a tavern in Ferrieres…
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This article does not contain a single piece of evidence for its central premise.
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This article does not contain a single piece of evidence for its central premise.
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Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
I am putting together a large multimedia journal project made up entirely of quotes from “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin and quotes from other people about the famous hard SF story.
Just because I felt like it.
Is that the geekiest journal project ever? 🧐
Just because I felt like it.
Is that the geekiest journal project ever? 🧐
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I am putting together a large multimedia journal project made up entirely of quotes from “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin and quotes from other people about the famous hard SF story.
Just because I felt like it.
Is that the geekiest journal project ever? 🧐
Just because I felt like it.
Is that the geekiest journal project ever? 🧐
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A new issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is here at last from new publisher Must Read Magazines! Featuring @nnedi.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @matthewkressel.net and @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social, @justinkey.bsky.social and more: weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A new issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is here at last from new publisher Must Read Magazines! Featuring @nnedi.bsky.social, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @matthewkressel.net and @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social, @justinkey.bsky.social and more: weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday make up 20% of corporate retailers' annual sales. What better way to send a message to companies like Amazon, Target, and Home Depot, who don’t care about the very people lining their pockets, than to say, We Ain’t Buying It!
WeAintBuyingIt.com
WeAintBuyingIt.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Black Friday and Cyber Monday make up 20% of corporate retailers' annual sales. What better way to send a message to companies like Amazon, Target, and Home Depot, who don’t care about the very people lining their pockets, than to say, We Ain’t Buying It!
WeAintBuyingIt.com
WeAintBuyingIt.com
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the ties to epstein were ugly but it seems like it's equally important that *he wrote at length about sexually harassing a colleague"?!
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
the ties to epstein were ugly but it seems like it's equally important that *he wrote at length about sexually harassing a colleague"?!
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I'm sure many people have mentioned this, but I think it needs to be mentioned again: women do not have yearbooks. Children do. Because yearbooks contain photos of high school students. Or younger.
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm sure many people have mentioned this, but I think it needs to be mentioned again: women do not have yearbooks. Children do. Because yearbooks contain photos of high school students. Or younger.
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Today's Blog: www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
The Epstein Files Transparency Act (For Dummies) — BRIAN KEENE
…a man so morally loathsome that he made Edward Kramer seem like an altar boy and so deft at concealment that he made some of the more recent SFWA leadership look positively transparent.
www.briankeene.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today's Blog: www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
Just earned Gold badge for the Mercedes Lackey's "Grandmaster" - A Deluxe Valdemar Anthology on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/z...
Mercedes Lackey's "Grandmaster" - A Deluxe Valdemar Anthology
A limited deluxe edition book, the first volume in the Mercedes Lackey Library.
www.backerkit.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Just earned Gold badge for the Mercedes Lackey's "Grandmaster" - A Deluxe Valdemar Anthology on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/z...
I just got a cool T-shirt from the J. R. Ward Official Shop. I love the way the color bursts out!
Also, even the way it was packaged was cool. The card inside includes a "Thank You!" to her fans.
Check out the merch at thejrwardshop.com.
Also, even the way it was packaged was cool. The card inside includes a "Thank You!" to her fans.
Check out the merch at thejrwardshop.com.
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I just got a cool T-shirt from the J. R. Ward Official Shop. I love the way the color bursts out!
Also, even the way it was packaged was cool. The card inside includes a "Thank You!" to her fans.
Check out the merch at thejrwardshop.com.
Also, even the way it was packaged was cool. The card inside includes a "Thank You!" to her fans.
Check out the merch at thejrwardshop.com.
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Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.
831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.
With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read
831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.
n.pr
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.