Laura Ruth Loomis
@lauraruthless.bsky.social
Social worker by day, space cadet by night. Author of "The Cosmic Turkey" and "The Star-Crossed Pelican." Distantly related to horse thieves. She/her.
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Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 47: a collection of linked short stories. "An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good," by Helen Tursten.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 47: An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A collection of linked short stories. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good , by Helen Tursten, translated from Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. This is a dark comedy...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 47: a collection of linked short stories. "An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good," by Helen Tursten.
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There's a glitchy robot cat named Bonk! How can you not love it?
Capitalism Time!
Get all 3 full-length Darklingverse books for $6. That's only $3 per laugh!* Only on itch
*Laughs not guaranteed but come on there's a dude named Dirk Largo ffs
#booksky 📢📚💙 #bsnm #blackfriday
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Get all 3 full-length Darklingverse books for $6. That's only $3 per laugh!* Only on itch
*Laughs not guaranteed but come on there's a dude named Dirk Largo ffs
#booksky 📢📚💙 #bsnm #blackfriday
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November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
There's a glitchy robot cat named Bonk! How can you not love it?
Janet's uniform was designed by a committee, in 8 clashing colors. The dress uniform is worse.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Does your character have a particular color scheme?
Are there specific colors they prefer for their clothing, accessories, hair etc?
Is it for practical (e.g. stealth) or aesthetic purposes?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Does your character have a particular color scheme?
Are there specific colors they prefer for their clothing, accessories, hair etc?
Is it for practical (e.g. stealth) or aesthetic purposes?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Janet's uniform was designed by a committee, in 8 clashing colors. The dress uniform is worse.
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I’m feeling shameless! Please consider buying my new short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It received a lovely review by Lisa Timpf for the Seaboard Review of Books! Here’s where you can learn all about it: wp.me/PcJR4y-Th #SpoonieAuthChat
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m feeling shameless! Please consider buying my new short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It received a lovely review by Lisa Timpf for the Seaboard Review of Books! Here’s where you can learn all about it: wp.me/PcJR4y-Th #SpoonieAuthChat
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For Black Friday, the Chained Space Series is available for zero percent off! But that's not all. For a limited time, all print copies will come with FREE PACKAGING! 😮
Looking for gift ideas?
A salvage crew goes after a ship lost in the deadliest place in space. They battle alien gangsters, the galactic government, and their own minds.
Great for fans of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and other fun space adventures!
#booksky 📚🪐 #spaceopera
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A salvage crew goes after a ship lost in the deadliest place in space. They battle alien gangsters, the galactic government, and their own minds.
Great for fans of Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, and other fun space adventures!
#booksky 📚🪐 #spaceopera
chainedspace.com
The Chained Space Series - D.N. Schmidt
Jay Jordan and his space junk salvage crew travel the Domain, bending the law like a pretzel and sneaking their loot past wormhole security. All he wants out
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November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For Black Friday, the Chained Space Series is available for zero percent off! But that's not all. For a limited time, all print copies will come with FREE PACKAGING! 😮
Their textbook was The Tart of War.
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Their textbook was The Tart of War.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Thanksgiving is the perfect time for The Cosmic Turkey!
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thanksgiving is the perfect time for The Cosmic Turkey!
The mess hall was built for a half-dozen crew members with varied eating habits. A pot of vegetable soup sat brewing next to a machine that condensed nutrients into crystals. The freezer contained some spices that were hot enough to be radioactive.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The mess hall was built for a half-dozen crew members with varied eating habits. A pot of vegetable soup sat brewing next to a machine that condensed nutrients into crystals. The freezer contained some spices that were hot enough to be radioactive.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
“That’s not Lola’s meditation crystal, is it?”
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“That’s not Lola’s meditation crystal, is it?”
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Things were going to get ugly if someone didn’t act fast.
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Things were going to get ugly if someone didn’t act fast.
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
After so much time trying to understand alien species, there was a special pleasure in being with people who knew me so thoroughly. Where someone could mention “that time with the frog-cloner,” and we’d all laugh without having to tell the rest of the story.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
After so much time trying to understand alien species, there was a special pleasure in being with people who knew me so thoroughly. Where someone could mention “that time with the frog-cloner,” and we’d all laugh without having to tell the rest of the story.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
Worldwide heating technology had improved parts of the planet from deadly to merely insufferable. The extra-light gravity required non-Plutonian visitors to use special weighted boots and ridiculous amounts of hairspray.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Worldwide heating technology had improved parts of the planet from deadly to merely insufferable. The extra-light gravity required non-Plutonian visitors to use special weighted boots and ridiculous amounts of hairspray.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 46: A book with a character experiencing menopause. "Girls Will Be Girls," a story collection by Leslea Newman.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 46: Girls Will Be Girls
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book with a character experiencing menopause. Girls Will Be Girls , by Leslea Newman. This was a collection of stories about Jewish lesbian life in the 1990s......
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 46: A book with a character experiencing menopause. "Girls Will Be Girls," a story collection by Leslea Newman.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
“There have been a few little incidents where technology malfunctioned around me. And my ship’s computer hates me, but it hates most people.”
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“There have been a few little incidents where technology malfunctioned around me. And my ship’s computer hates me, but it hates most people.”
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
Exalted Leader wobbled to his feet. “Everything with caffeine is Banned!”
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Exalted Leader wobbled to his feet. “Everything with caffeine is Banned!”
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 45: A book about soccer. "One Life," by Megan Rapinoe:
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 45: One Life
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book about soccer. One Life , by Megan Rapinoe. Soccer star Megan Rapinoe talks about her athletic career, her personal life, and her political activism. She...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 45: A book about soccer. "One Life," by Megan Rapinoe:
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Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
October 13, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Even if you don’t get coverage through the Affordable Care Act, it still affects you.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Even if you don’t get coverage through the Affordable Care Act, it still affects you.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.