Dahlia Donovan
@dahliadonovan.bsky.social
romance author, autistic, abuse survivor, game nerd, lover of stickers, chihuahuas, tea, and cozy mysteries. asexual - she/her
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Dahlia Donovan
@dahliadonovan.bsky.social
· Sep 12
“We’re never too old to restart a romance. The question is…do you have the courage to try?”
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#CozyMystery #ParanormalRomance #LGBTQRomance #BookSky
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#CozyMystery #ParanormalRomance #LGBTQRomance #BookSky
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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Creative solidarity means:
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Creative solidarity means:
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
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We’re all being punished because a bunch of unattractive billionaires are mad they can only buy the faux respect of sycophants, and not real cultural influence.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We’re all being punished because a bunch of unattractive billionaires are mad they can only buy the faux respect of sycophants, and not real cultural influence.
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17 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Pretty insane new memo from AG Bondi instructs DOJ to create cash bounty system for information on domestic terrorists--which are overwhelmingly right-wing-- like "Antifa-aligned extremists” promoters of “radical gender ideology.”
Pam Bondi wants the government to create cash bounties for turning in trans equality activists - LGBTQ Nation
Bondi wants the FBI to ignore right-wing terror attacks and target anti-fascists and trans people instead.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
17 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Pretty insane new memo from AG Bondi instructs DOJ to create cash bounty system for information on domestic terrorists--which are overwhelmingly right-wing-- like "Antifa-aligned extremists” promoters of “radical gender ideology.”
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild
*immediately forgets every single animal I've ever seen*
birds, a fuck ton of birds.
And bugs.
So many bugs. Do bugs count?
Oh, deer and squirrel and a fox and a rabbit. Don't ask specifics. I woke up at 3am.
*immediately forgets every single animal I've ever seen*
birds, a fuck ton of birds.
And bugs.
So many bugs. Do bugs count?
Oh, deer and squirrel and a fox and a rabbit. Don't ask specifics. I woke up at 3am.
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild
*immediately forgets every single animal I've ever seen*
birds, a fuck ton of birds.
And bugs.
So many bugs. Do bugs count?
Oh, deer and squirrel and a fox and a rabbit. Don't ask specifics. I woke up at 3am.
*immediately forgets every single animal I've ever seen*
birds, a fuck ton of birds.
And bugs.
So many bugs. Do bugs count?
Oh, deer and squirrel and a fox and a rabbit. Don't ask specifics. I woke up at 3am.
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I think we should celebrate "poor person meals" and "struggle meals" and "peasant food" etc... because it really shows off how creative people can get when they don't have a lot of ingredients or resources.
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I think we should celebrate "poor person meals" and "struggle meals" and "peasant food" etc... because it really shows off how creative people can get when they don't have a lot of ingredients or resources.
Being autistic and dealing with grief + perimenopause is such a clusterfuck of brain fog.
I Have Absolutely No Idea Whats Going On At All Confused GIF
Alt: I Have Absolutely No Idea Whats Going On At All Confused GIF
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December 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Being autistic and dealing with grief + perimenopause is such a clusterfuck of brain fog.
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Did you know that Workday is being sued because an AI tool they sell for hiring actually discriminates against marginalized people?
This is my shocked face.
This is my shocked face.
AI Bias Lawsuit Against Workday Reaches Next Stage as Court Grants Conditional Certification of ADEA Claim
A closely watched class and collective action against the HR management services company Workday, Inc. reached a new milestone recently, when the Northern
www.lawandtheworkplace.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Did you know that Workday is being sued because an AI tool they sell for hiring actually discriminates against marginalized people?
This is my shocked face.
This is my shocked face.
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Neo-Nazi-ification of US migration policy
As a person who has been studying extreme far right ideologies for the last decade (and did a PhD on immigration) I find the entrance of “remigration” into the mainstream American political lexicon so profoundly disturbing
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Neo-Nazi-ification of US migration policy
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We must raise our voices for them. I’ll continue to try and follow Rob’s example as an artist and a humanitarian. I hope you do too.
I don’t know what else to do other than try to cherish every moment we are alive, to be of service to every aspect of our existence and to never give up.
I don’t know what else to do other than try to cherish every moment we are alive, to be of service to every aspect of our existence and to never give up.
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We must raise our voices for them. I’ll continue to try and follow Rob’s example as an artist and a humanitarian. I hope you do too.
I don’t know what else to do other than try to cherish every moment we are alive, to be of service to every aspect of our existence and to never give up.
I don’t know what else to do other than try to cherish every moment we are alive, to be of service to every aspect of our existence and to never give up.
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NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
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Speaking of QTBIPOC men to support in M/M romance? How about you pick up a Cole McCade book today? Seriously, X (as he prefers to be called) both personally and professionally is one of my favorite Black trans authors.
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Speaking of QTBIPOC men to support in M/M romance? How about you pick up a Cole McCade book today? Seriously, X (as he prefers to be called) both personally and professionally is one of my favorite Black trans authors.
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16 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- TX Dept of Safety continues its efforts to police/track driver's license sex, creating a list of 100+ of its trans citizens who have or tried to update theirs to the correct gender. TDS will not say what the list is for or how it will be used. .
The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
16 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- TX Dept of Safety continues its efforts to police/track driver's license sex, creating a list of 100+ of its trans citizens who have or tried to update theirs to the correct gender. TDS will not say what the list is for or how it will be used. .
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December 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I think my spouse probably celebrated more than I did whenever I had a new book coming out. It was one of the things I adored about him...how much he supported me and my creative endeavors.
So tell me, #writingcommunity... what do you do to celebrate a writing milestone? And what is your cutoff for what deserves a celebration vs. what doesn't? Or do you have a sliding scale?
I'm so terrible at remembering to celebrate, probably mostly because I don't have an idea of what I want to do.
I'm so terrible at remembering to celebrate, probably mostly because I don't have an idea of what I want to do.
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I think my spouse probably celebrated more than I did whenever I had a new book coming out. It was one of the things I adored about him...how much he supported me and my creative endeavors.
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This thread goes to 11
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This thread goes to 11
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Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a fucking mask!
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a fucking mask!
If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a fucking mask!
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a mask
Wear a fucking mask!
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I guarantee you, Person Who Is Somehow Still A Harry Potter Fan In 2025, that there are so many books by trans authors that are better and not fueling hate.
Go read them instead.
Go read them instead.
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I guarantee you, Person Who Is Somehow Still A Harry Potter Fan In 2025, that there are so many books by trans authors that are better and not fueling hate.
Go read them instead.
Go read them instead.
I love this so much.
They* said it couldn't be done! But Mr Rational Amounts of Confectionery Architecture has long left the building, so I present...the Gingerbread Street.
*me
*me
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I love this so much.
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Activist Mollie Davis unfurled a scroll of all the school shootings in the US
In 2019.
I deliberately showed the end of the scroll in this illustration, with the hope & belief that there will be an end someday.
How much longer until we act??
Illo from No Brain the Same (June 2026 (c)me)
In 2019.
I deliberately showed the end of the scroll in this illustration, with the hope & belief that there will be an end someday.
How much longer until we act??
Illo from No Brain the Same (June 2026 (c)me)
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Activist Mollie Davis unfurled a scroll of all the school shootings in the US
In 2019.
I deliberately showed the end of the scroll in this illustration, with the hope & belief that there will be an end someday.
How much longer until we act??
Illo from No Brain the Same (June 2026 (c)me)
In 2019.
I deliberately showed the end of the scroll in this illustration, with the hope & belief that there will be an end someday.
How much longer until we act??
Illo from No Brain the Same (June 2026 (c)me)
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it is completely reasonable to not be excited about right to die being legislated during a fascist regime that is constantly doing eugenics, actually
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
it is completely reasonable to not be excited about right to die being legislated during a fascist regime that is constantly doing eugenics, actually
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I am once again here to implore you to use ALT text on every single image you can.
You can change your settings so that it won't let you post an image without it, and thus you don't have to worry about forgetting.
It only takes a little to be inclusive.
You can change your settings so that it won't let you post an image without it, and thus you don't have to worry about forgetting.
It only takes a little to be inclusive.
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I am once again here to implore you to use ALT text on every single image you can.
You can change your settings so that it won't let you post an image without it, and thus you don't have to worry about forgetting.
It only takes a little to be inclusive.
You can change your settings so that it won't let you post an image without it, and thus you don't have to worry about forgetting.
It only takes a little to be inclusive.
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I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.