Jall Barret
@jallbarret.bsky.social
Independent writer and IT professional. My upcoming series is scifi adventure. I'm excited to publish my first audiobook.
✍🏻 https://jallbarret.writeas.com
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/@JallBarret
✍🏻 https://jallbarret.writeas.com
📽️ https://www.youtube.com/@JallBarret
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 22, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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You can buy a Powerball ticket for $2, fantasize about winning big, and almost certainly have your dreams crushed.
OR you can buy a $1.99 ebook on sale, give the author a rush and some change, and fantasize for weeks to years about how great a read the book will be. Win-win.
OR you can buy a $1.99 ebook on sale, give the author a rush and some change, and fantasize for weeks to years about how great a read the book will be. Win-win.
Look, I'm going to tell you a secret. If you buy an e-book while it's on sale, you never have to read it. If you have $2 to spare & want to help that particular author, you can just chuck the book into the oubliette of your TBR. Every sale helps. The author will never know, but you gave them a gift.
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 PM
You can buy a Powerball ticket for $2, fantasize about winning big, and almost certainly have your dreams crushed.
OR you can buy a $1.99 ebook on sale, give the author a rush and some change, and fantasize for weeks to years about how great a read the book will be. Win-win.
OR you can buy a $1.99 ebook on sale, give the author a rush and some change, and fantasize for weeks to years about how great a read the book will be. Win-win.
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
January 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Pastors working for ICE
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants
Which one looks more like Jesus???
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🧡🧡🧡Thank you! Also, excellent photo. 😁
Heartily recommending E.H.Lupton's #WisconsinGothic series (urban fantasy/historical M/M romances set in Madison, WI in the late 1960s/early 1970s).
Order info: ehlupton.com/links/
📚💙 🪐📚 🧑🎓🧑🎓 ✨️
Order info: ehlupton.com/links/
📚💙 🪐📚 🧑🎓🧑🎓 ✨️
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
🧡🧡🧡Thank you! Also, excellent photo. 😁
I got 2.5K written on The Novel today. Current length is about 45K and the beginning of the last Plot Plot has kicked off. Productive writing day even if the word count feels a little low.
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I got 2.5K written on The Novel today. Current length is about 45K and the beginning of the last Plot Plot has kicked off. Productive writing day even if the word count feels a little low.
Depends. Main characters tend to get names before the story gets started. Many other characters get placeholders. Even mains can get renamed. Jesper was originally named something else before I realized that would cause me issues for The Novel. That involved a huge replace all on 1.5 manuscripts.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Writing technical question!
Do you name your characters right away or do you use placeholder names?
Are the placeholders descriptive or just filler names you'll change?
Has a placeholder ever grown on you?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Writing technical question!
Do you name your characters right away or do you use placeholder names?
Are the placeholders descriptive or just filler names you'll change?
Has a placeholder ever grown on you?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Depends. Main characters tend to get names before the story gets started. Many other characters get placeholders. Even mains can get renamed. Jesper was originally named something else before I realized that would cause me issues for The Novel. That involved a huge replace all on 1.5 manuscripts.
Charlie seems to be enjoying Sailor Moon. Roscoe isn’t that into it. The only time he showed much interest in the TV, I was watching a documentary about lions.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Charlie seems to be enjoying Sailor Moon. Roscoe isn’t that into it. The only time he showed much interest in the TV, I was watching a documentary about lions.
I got 1200 words on The Novel today, bringing the total to about 42K.
Characters are moving some personal development stuff along so I might finish under 70K. I've still got an upcoming *plot* point to address and that's gonna take words.
I'd like to wrap draft 1 in January. We'll see.
Characters are moving some personal development stuff along so I might finish under 70K. I've still got an upcoming *plot* point to address and that's gonna take words.
I'd like to wrap draft 1 in January. We'll see.
January 19, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I got 1200 words on The Novel today, bringing the total to about 42K.
Characters are moving some personal development stuff along so I might finish under 70K. I've still got an upcoming *plot* point to address and that's gonna take words.
I'd like to wrap draft 1 in January. We'll see.
Characters are moving some personal development stuff along so I might finish under 70K. I've still got an upcoming *plot* point to address and that's gonna take words.
I'd like to wrap draft 1 in January. We'll see.
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Everything really is just gambling now.
January 19, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Everything really is just gambling now.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I was working on a little something for a possible cover of Against Pollution (The Mountain Goats) when I found my own noodle in a similar vicinity. Just managed to get the noddle recorded before H1n batteries died. (Sorry for the tease. Not ready yet. I just needed to get the noodle down.)
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I was working on a little something for a possible cover of Against Pollution (The Mountain Goats) when I found my own noodle in a similar vicinity. Just managed to get the noddle recorded before H1n batteries died. (Sorry for the tease. Not ready yet. I just needed to get the noodle down.)
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"I'm not opening the door or making any statement without my lawyer present but if I recall that was actually the 'side eye smirk' emoji"
January 19, 2026 at 6:03 PM
"I'm not opening the door or making any statement without my lawyer present but if I recall that was actually the 'side eye smirk' emoji"
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They're hoping this scares people into never criticizing politicians but in fact it only encourages me to word my insults in whatever way I think will be funniest being read aloud by a semiliterate cop to my doorbell camera. "Um, ma'am? Did you post that 'Gavin Newsom gargles Nazi cum, winky face?'"
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
They're hoping this scares people into never criticizing politicians but in fact it only encourages me to word my insults in whatever way I think will be funniest being read aloud by a semiliterate cop to my doorbell camera. "Um, ma'am? Did you post that 'Gavin Newsom gargles Nazi cum, winky face?'"
Tech debt is risk. You're not managing risk? You're not if you're not managing your tech debt. 🤷🏻
(Note: this is for companies, not individuals! If you're an individual, backups are the thing I need to talk to you about. 😹)
(Note: this is for companies, not individuals! If you're an individual, backups are the thing I need to talk to you about. 😹)
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Tech debt is risk. You're not managing risk? You're not if you're not managing your tech debt. 🤷🏻
(Note: this is for companies, not individuals! If you're an individual, backups are the thing I need to talk to you about. 😹)
(Note: this is for companies, not individuals! If you're an individual, backups are the thing I need to talk to you about. 😹)
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If you think this technology isn’t eventually being used on you, you’re kidding yourself. Either we smash it or destroys us.
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
January 19, 2026 at 4:46 AM
If you think this technology isn’t eventually being used on you, you’re kidding yourself. Either we smash it or destroys us.
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if you like the ace romance and humour of someone you can build a nest in by john wiswell, the messy-queers-fighting-for-justice vibes of the kingston cycle by CL polk, and the worldbuilding of sky on fire by jenn lyons then you’re gonna love the dragon next door 🌈📚 #booksky
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January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
if you like the ace romance and humour of someone you can build a nest in by john wiswell, the messy-queers-fighting-for-justice vibes of the kingston cycle by CL polk, and the worldbuilding of sky on fire by jenn lyons then you’re gonna love the dragon next door 🌈📚 #booksky
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In order to save the unicorns under her care, Olivia has to ask for help from the organization that left her for dead. She has no choice, but what will it cost her?
Only 99 cents!
#Fantasy #Unicorns #Equestrian
books2read.com/u/bpKJVk
📚💙🪐🦄
Only 99 cents!
#Fantasy #Unicorns #Equestrian
books2read.com/u/bpKJVk
📚💙🪐🦄
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
In order to save the unicorns under her care, Olivia has to ask for help from the organization that left her for dead. She has no choice, but what will it cost her?
Only 99 cents!
#Fantasy #Unicorns #Equestrian
books2read.com/u/bpKJVk
📚💙🪐🦄
Only 99 cents!
#Fantasy #Unicorns #Equestrian
books2read.com/u/bpKJVk
📚💙🪐🦄
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I thought Robinhood was a retail investment app (which diversified into such scams as crypto currency) but lately they've been sending me ads about what sounds a lot like sports betting. Which is a little on the nose.
(I think most stock investment is legalized gambling but didn't expect this.)
(I think most stock investment is legalized gambling but didn't expect this.)
January 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I thought Robinhood was a retail investment app (which diversified into such scams as crypto currency) but lately they've been sending me ads about what sounds a lot like sports betting. Which is a little on the nose.
(I think most stock investment is legalized gambling but didn't expect this.)
(I think most stock investment is legalized gambling but didn't expect this.)
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oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason??
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
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Just posted a screenshot of a comment I received on EF, and yeah. You can bet I'll be thinking about that comment for days! It's always a delight to receive this kind of appreciation 💜
Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
January 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Just posted a screenshot of a comment I received on EF, and yeah. You can bet I'll be thinking about that comment for days! It's always a delight to receive this kind of appreciation 💜
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This is why you yell at Democrats instead of passively accepting whatever Third Way bullshit they present you with
January 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is why you yell at Democrats instead of passively accepting whatever Third Way bullshit they present you with
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It's not just that elections matter
Pressuring politicians to support the policies and programs you want in place matters
Pressuring politicians to support the policies and programs you want in place matters
Immigration activists are celebrating new Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s decision to end state and local law enforcement partnerships with ICE
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It's not just that elections matter
Pressuring politicians to support the policies and programs you want in place matters
Pressuring politicians to support the policies and programs you want in place matters