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Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Some amazing books here. Holidays approaching. Just sayin'.
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some amazing books here. Holidays approaching. Just sayin'.
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beginning my quixotic and privileged campaign to get publishers to pay a per diem rather than asking their touring authors to carry a couple thousand dollars in credit debt and hoard paper receipts, like rats lining their nests for winter 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
beginning my quixotic and privileged campaign to get publishers to pay a per diem rather than asking their touring authors to carry a couple thousand dollars in credit debt and hoard paper receipts, like rats lining their nests for winter 🙏
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charter schools are a pernicious leech on communities & the common good
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
charter schools are a pernicious leech on communities & the common good
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November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Strange Tales
Three eerie stories of witches, warlocks, & demonic pacts, by Robert Louis Stevenson – available as a free ebook
📙“Thrawn Janet”
📘“The Tale of Tod Lapraik”
📕“The Bottle Imp”
#RLSDay #gothic #horror 💙📚
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Three eerie stories of witches, warlocks, & demonic pacts, by Robert Louis Stevenson – available as a free ebook
📙“Thrawn Janet”
📘“The Tale of Tod Lapraik”
📕“The Bottle Imp”
#RLSDay #gothic #horror 💙📚
asls.org.uk/publications...
Strange Tales
Introduction by Jeremy Hodges Scots glossaries by Pauline Cairns Speitel Published in: PDF, ePUB and mobipocket To mark Robert Louis Stevenson Day 2013, the Association for Scottish Literary Studies…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Strange Tales
Three eerie stories of witches, warlocks, & demonic pacts, by Robert Louis Stevenson – available as a free ebook
📙“Thrawn Janet”
📘“The Tale of Tod Lapraik”
📕“The Bottle Imp”
#RLSDay #gothic #horror 💙📚
asls.org.uk/publications...
Three eerie stories of witches, warlocks, & demonic pacts, by Robert Louis Stevenson – available as a free ebook
📙“Thrawn Janet”
📘“The Tale of Tod Lapraik”
📕“The Bottle Imp”
#RLSDay #gothic #horror 💙📚
asls.org.uk/publications...
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Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
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After the Neil Gaiman stuff began coming out, I wrote this in August 2024. You can skip the first part (search for the phrase "eternally timely"). It's about burning down to the ground the pedestals we put people on for various reasons. www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
A Burn It Down video extravaganza, and thoughts on Neil Gaiman, creative gods, American Gods and rotten pedestals
Hello!
Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
After the Neil Gaiman stuff began coming out, I wrote this in August 2024. You can skip the first part (search for the phrase "eternally timely"). It's about burning down to the ground the pedestals we put people on for various reasons. www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
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The UK Government’s decision to strike down gender reforms in Scotland shows why the country needs independence, Alan Cumming has said, as he told Westminster to 'get your boots off our necks'
UK blocking Scotland’s gender reforms proves need for independence, Alan Cumming says
www.thenational.scot
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The UK Government’s decision to strike down gender reforms in Scotland shows why the country needs independence, Alan Cumming has said, as he told Westminster to 'get your boots off our necks'
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They are both statutory rape. Parsing which rapes are more socially acceptable than other rapes is utterly depraved.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
They are both statutory rape. Parsing which rapes are more socially acceptable than other rapes is utterly depraved.
May all your ice cream give you brain freeze
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
May all your ice cream give you brain freeze
The New York Times should apologize to the country and just close in shame. For the last 10+ years, everything they printed was two-faced shit. There's great work there — all tainted by shit.
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
I just want to mention that this was a New York Times reporter Epstein was talking to, and the NYT has never disclosed these emails or any photos conveyed.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The New York Times should apologize to the country and just close in shame. For the last 10+ years, everything they printed was two-faced shit. There's great work there — all tainted by shit.
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
These emails are shittily written and so gross and repulsive as to be near unreadable.
Bring them all down
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yes. let’s go. all of them. right now.
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
yes. let’s go. all of them. right now.
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What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
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this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
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Fall of Freedom now has over 500 events nationwide in 43 states. MS, AL, NC, NV, OK among those we don’t have so if you’re in the arts in those states there’s still time to join www.falloffreedom.com
Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.
www.falloffreedom.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Fall of Freedom now has over 500 events nationwide in 43 states. MS, AL, NC, NV, OK among those we don’t have so if you’re in the arts in those states there’s still time to join www.falloffreedom.com
Note to self: Don't play Johnny Cash while using speech-to-text
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Note to self: Don't play Johnny Cash while using speech-to-text
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
If you have $25 you can loan, please join me in helping Enna in Yoro, Honduras, to buy a complete solar lighting system:
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November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you have $25 you can loan, please join me in helping Enna in Yoro, Honduras, to buy a complete solar lighting system:
www.kiva.org/invitedby/ga...
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Took the dog out and the sky looked same old beautiful thing. Phone saw more.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Took the dog out and the sky looked same old beautiful thing. Phone saw more.
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I was in #Whitby for the Literary Festival + visited the archives in the local museum to research the writer #StormJameson who we will republish next year. This ghoulish dried human hand (on display in the museum) points the way through the town. One can see why Bram Stoker’s #Dracula was set here!
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I was in #Whitby for the Literary Festival + visited the archives in the local museum to research the writer #StormJameson who we will republish next year. This ghoulish dried human hand (on display in the museum) points the way through the town. One can see why Bram Stoker’s #Dracula was set here!
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The U.K. has released its plan to phase out animal testing in research, as a number of countries move toward reducing the use of animals.
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U.K. releases plan to phase out animal testing in research
The U.K. has released its plan to phase out animal testing in research, as a number of countries move toward reducing the use of animals.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The U.K. has released its plan to phase out animal testing in research, as a number of countries move toward reducing the use of animals.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/u...
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Final countdown for The Saintly Hollows kickstarter. We've secured EU- and UK-friendly shipping, and all stretch goals are unlocked.
Come for the stolen moon, stay for the cursed swords and behemoth knight machine. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...
Come for the stolen moon, stay for the cursed swords and behemoth knight machine. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...
Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows
Two new books of mythic adventure in a land of wonder and peril, for use on their own or alongside the award-winning Valley of Flowers.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Final countdown for The Saintly Hollows kickstarter. We've secured EU- and UK-friendly shipping, and all stretch goals are unlocked.
Come for the stolen moon, stay for the cursed swords and behemoth knight machine. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...
Come for the stolen moon, stay for the cursed swords and behemoth knight machine. #osr www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...
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Lone Women is my most recommended book of the last couple of years. If you liked the pioneer women aspect but aren't wedded to the horror, you might also enjoy Molly Gloss's Oregon westerns. Hearts of Horses is stunning. The Jump-Off Creek too.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Lone Women is my most recommended book of the last couple of years. If you liked the pioneer women aspect but aren't wedded to the horror, you might also enjoy Molly Gloss's Oregon westerns. Hearts of Horses is stunning. The Jump-Off Creek too.
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Both of my collections are in this sale! And a bunch of my favorite books by my favorite authors.
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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SBP25
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November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Both of my collections are in this sale! And a bunch of my favorite books by my favorite authors.