Gifford MacShane
@authorgmacshane.bsky.social
PwME Cat herder, gardener, & author of Historical Fiction/Romance that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.
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RAINBOW MAN, Donovan Family Saga Book 3, can be read as a stand-alone.
He'd follow her anywhere, but her recklessness may lead to his doom.
Now in library editions: ask you librarian to order the e-book or paperback for you!
Books2Read.com/RainbowMan
RAINBOW MAN, Donovan Family Saga Book 3, can be read as a stand-alone.
He'd follow her anywhere, but her recklessness may lead to his doom.
Now in library editions: ask you librarian to order the e-book or paperback for you!
Books2Read.com/RainbowMan
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"A federal judge on Thursday ordered an end to the monthslong National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. to tackle crime, declaring that the use of troops was 'unlawful.'"
Judge orders an end to Trump's troop deployment in D.C., calling it 'unlawful'
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put a pause on her order until Dec. 11 to allow the Trump administration time to appeal.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"A federal judge on Thursday ordered an end to the monthslong National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. to tackle crime, declaring that the use of troops was 'unlawful.'"
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Looking for a holiday gift for those who love Fantasy/Science Fiction Romance?
Check out these featured books...
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Check out these featured books...
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Looking for a holiday gift for those who love Fantasy/Science Fiction Romance? #holidaygiftguide #romanticscifi #scifiromance #giftgiving
Looking for a holiday gift for those who love Fantasy/Science Fiction Romance? Check out these featured books...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looking for a holiday gift for those who love Fantasy/Science Fiction Romance?
Check out these featured books...
substack.com/@nnlightsboo...
#holidaygiftguide #romanticscifi #scifiromance #giftgiving #booksky @veronicascott.bsky.social
Check out these featured books...
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#holidaygiftguide #romanticscifi #scifiromance #giftgiving #booksky @veronicascott.bsky.social
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Looking for something out of the box?
My spirited Victorian adventure about an orphaned heiress who tangles with Queen Victoria.
Looking for something out of the box?
My spirited Victorian adventure about an orphaned heiress who tangles with Queen Victoria.
The Curious Conundrum of Charlemagne Crosse
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#booksky
Looking for something out of the box?
My spirited Victorian adventure about an orphaned heiress who tangles with Queen Victoria.
Looking for something out of the box?
My spirited Victorian adventure about an orphaned heiress who tangles with Queen Victoria.
Oh, to be able to bend like this!
Took me a second to work out the logistics here, Fred does like to fold himself into boxes in odd ways. Obviously I went in for danger tickles.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh, to be able to bend like this!
Amen.
Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Amen.
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These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
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Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Drug companies have hired over 500 lobbyists this year to gut the Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation provisions.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
They outnumber public interest advocates more than 20 to 1.
We must get money out of politics and end Big Pharma's deadly greed once and for all.
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Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
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important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Transgender Day of Remembrance- What is it, how to get involved and organizations & resources.
glaad.org/tdor/
Transgender Day of Remembrance- What is it, how to get involved and organizations & resources.
glaad.org/tdor/
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) | GLAAD
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. You can read m...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Transgender Day of Remembrance- What is it, how to get involved and organizations & resources.
glaad.org/tdor/
Transgender Day of Remembrance- What is it, how to get involved and organizations & resources.
glaad.org/tdor/
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How upside down is our world? The White House occupant thinks elected public servants who say the military should not follow illegal orders are "punishable by death." We exactly need public servants to speak out against illegal orders and not be cowed by a man who despises our Constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
How upside down is our world? The White House occupant thinks elected public servants who say the military should not follow illegal orders are "punishable by death." We exactly need public servants to speak out against illegal orders and not be cowed by a man who despises our Constitution.
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These veteran law makers had no choice but to talk to active service members because they are being ordered to blow up boats in international waters. 83 people have been killed, with no proof of a crime.
So keep talking to our service members and let them know their rights.
So keep talking to our service members and let them know their rights.
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
These veteran law makers had no choice but to talk to active service members because they are being ordered to blow up boats in international waters. 83 people have been killed, with no proof of a crime.
So keep talking to our service members and let them know their rights.
So keep talking to our service members and let them know their rights.
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Free eBook! I bet you’ll like my novel, "Getting Back Our Stolen Bootstraps" Illegal harassment doesn’t stop blue collar workers’ fight for their rights. So business owners attack with an unlawful militia. How will workers win their general strike? Free eBook: dl.bookfunnel.com/oiot0p46u3 🛠️ #1u
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Free eBook! I bet you’ll like my novel, "Getting Back Our Stolen Bootstraps" Illegal harassment doesn’t stop blue collar workers’ fight for their rights. So business owners attack with an unlawful militia. How will workers win their general strike? Free eBook: dl.bookfunnel.com/oiot0p46u3 🛠️ #1u
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Looking for a good book? books2read.com/ap/n0A0Mv/Se... A dare that goes wrong, a love triangle & ghosts from the past seeking Bronte - Hidden Open a fantasy world of intrigue #Booksky 💙📚💙 #writers #readingcommunity #KU #book #ASMSG #books #booknerd #readers #booklovers #read #bookstoread #MustRead
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Looking for a good book? books2read.com/ap/n0A0Mv/Se... A dare that goes wrong, a love triangle & ghosts from the past seeking Bronte - Hidden Open a fantasy world of intrigue #Booksky 💙📚💙 #writers #readingcommunity #KU #book #ASMSG #books #booknerd #readers #booklovers #read #bookstoread #MustRead
All for nothing...
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
All for nothing...
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Man, I love it when the writing picks you up and carries you away. Everyone's in character, doing their own thing, and I'm just the one writing it all down as fast as I can.
That is the BEST way to write, IMO. This is going to be a great series, I can feel it!! #amwriting #booksky
That is the BEST way to write, IMO. This is going to be a great series, I can feel it!! #amwriting #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Man, I love it when the writing picks you up and carries you away. Everyone's in character, doing their own thing, and I'm just the one writing it all down as fast as I can.
That is the BEST way to write, IMO. This is going to be a great series, I can feel it!! #amwriting #booksky
That is the BEST way to write, IMO. This is going to be a great series, I can feel it!! #amwriting #booksky
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🥺 Her face, her eyes say it all. adult only calm home. 3.5 years old, sweet, playful, 50 lbs of love. MELIA needs a patient, kind human who will train her & be her forever. No other dogs.
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🥺 Her face, her eyes say it all. adult only calm home. 3.5 years old, sweet, playful, 50 lbs of love. MELIA needs a patient, kind human who will train her & be her forever. No other dogs.
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Comment period ends Dec. 1: Stop Trump Admin’s H2A wage changes that could drastically reduce wages and jobs for US workers.
Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers.
act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom...
#WeFeedYou
Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers.
act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom...
#WeFeedYou
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Comment period ends Dec. 1: Stop Trump Admin’s H2A wage changes that could drastically reduce wages and jobs for US workers.
Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers.
act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom...
#WeFeedYou
Sign on today and say “NO” to slashing wages for farm workers.
act.seiu.org/a/h2awagecom...
#WeFeedYou
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November 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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The beauty of new stories unfolding in the LGBTQ+ genre is simply magical! Each audiobook is a chance to dive into diverse worlds filled with love and acceptance. Happy listening, dear friends! 📚💖 #booksky #readqueerallyear
🐉 🌈📚 New LGBTQ+ audiobook releases: November 20, 2025.
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤🤟🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
🔗 Find them here: bit.ly/m/QBR
Happy reading, y'all! 🖤🤟🏼
#queerbookreviews #sapphicromance #queerromance #mmromance #mmromancebooks #lgbtbooks #mmbooksky #sapphicbooksky #queerbooksky #readqueerallyear #booksky #romancelandia
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The beauty of new stories unfolding in the LGBTQ+ genre is simply magical! Each audiobook is a chance to dive into diverse worlds filled with love and acceptance. Happy listening, dear friends! 📚💖 #booksky #readqueerallyear
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Women have been highlighting equality and equity disparities in healthcare for some time.
Disturbing to see 3 stories in as many days about the continued decline and outright failure of our systems to care for Black women, particularly in maternal healthcare.
🧵…
Disturbing to see 3 stories in as many days about the continued decline and outright failure of our systems to care for Black women, particularly in maternal healthcare.
🧵…
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Women have been highlighting equality and equity disparities in healthcare for some time.
Disturbing to see 3 stories in as many days about the continued decline and outright failure of our systems to care for Black women, particularly in maternal healthcare.
🧵…
Disturbing to see 3 stories in as many days about the continued decline and outright failure of our systems to care for Black women, particularly in maternal healthcare.
🧵…
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#WIPSnips #WTT
Kevin became quite solicitous of his injured uncle, bringing him feathers & colored stones as he heard Blue Deer had done. Once he brought a dead bird, courtesy of the great tawny cat that was Jesse’s special pet, and so learned the difference between acceptable & unacceptable gifts.
Kevin became quite solicitous of his injured uncle, bringing him feathers & colored stones as he heard Blue Deer had done. Once he brought a dead bird, courtesy of the great tawny cat that was Jesse’s special pet, and so learned the difference between acceptable & unacceptable gifts.
Here are the #WIPSnips words for next week, November 17th through November 23rd.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#WIPSnips #WTT
He hoped his daughter-in-law would have fresh coffee. She held a special place in his heart, her tiny body encasing a spirit so huge it defied description. Just to sit in an armchair & talk to Jesse before heading home to nap until suppertime—that was all he asked of life right now.
He hoped his daughter-in-law would have fresh coffee. She held a special place in his heart, her tiny body encasing a spirit so huge it defied description. Just to sit in an armchair & talk to Jesse before heading home to nap until suppertime—that was all he asked of life right now.
Here are the #WIPSnips words for next week, November 17th through November 23rd.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM