Sarabec
@sarabec.bsky.social
Public relations pinch hitter, freelance writer/editor, former NASA, she/her. I talk too much about space, romancelandia, #uglydogs, food & SEC football. Hire me to write a press release or build your media relations strategy: https://www.sarahramsey.com
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Small presses and self-published authors are still writing queer books. Support indies, because publishing sure isn't.
Depressing news reported at @lgbtqnation.com:
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president - LGBTQ Nation
"In the face of so many book bans and so much concern about decreasing school library sales of queer content" publishers are "passing" on LGBTQ+ books.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Small presses and self-published authors are still writing queer books. Support indies, because publishing sure isn't.
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So local gem of a bookstore @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social got wrongly marked as “closed” in a database, meaning UPS stopped delivering new book shipments right at the peak of holiday shopping/hockey romance enthusiasm.
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
Seattle LGBTQ bookstore frustrated after holiday delivery debacle
A Seattle LGBTQ bookstore says dozens of UPS deliveries stopped during the holiday season, leaving shelves bare and sales lost.
www.fox13seattle.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
So local gem of a bookstore @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social got wrongly marked as “closed” in a database, meaning UPS stopped delivering new book shipments right at the peak of holiday shopping/hockey romance enthusiasm.
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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I also want to iterate that a declaration of martial law has nothing to do with the holding of elections. There is no provision in the Constitution for suspending elections in the case of martial law. The federal government does not hold elections; state governments do.
What is currently going on in Minneapolis is far past the 'what if he declares martial law' hypothetical for the practical impact it is having on people's lives. (And deaths.) They are going door-to-door, sometimes kicking those doors down, demanding papers on the street and shooting folks.
So we’re all clear that Trump is escalating ICE raids so he can trigger retaliatory violence and then declare martial law to interfere with midterm elections, right?
January 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I also want to iterate that a declaration of martial law has nothing to do with the holding of elections. There is no provision in the Constitution for suspending elections in the case of martial law. The federal government does not hold elections; state governments do.
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Everything you can do to slow down ICE's ethnic cleansing pogrom will save lives.
If you make it so it takes 12 goons to do a 6-goon job, you're saving lives. Every minute they spend in location 1 is a minute they can't spend in location 2.
Every squad they deploy to your city saves another city.
If you make it so it takes 12 goons to do a 6-goon job, you're saving lives. Every minute they spend in location 1 is a minute they can't spend in location 2.
Every squad they deploy to your city saves another city.
Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
June 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Everything you can do to slow down ICE's ethnic cleansing pogrom will save lives.
If you make it so it takes 12 goons to do a 6-goon job, you're saving lives. Every minute they spend in location 1 is a minute they can't spend in location 2.
Every squad they deploy to your city saves another city.
If you make it so it takes 12 goons to do a 6-goon job, you're saving lives. Every minute they spend in location 1 is a minute they can't spend in location 2.
Every squad they deploy to your city saves another city.
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Watch this. Watch it now.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Watch this. Watch it now.
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It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
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Chatgpt! Is! Not! Confidential! Do! Not! Do! This! For! Fuck's! Sake!
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Chatgpt! Is! Not! Confidential! Do! Not! Do! This! For! Fuck's! Sake!
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
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He's just straight up rationalizing that it's OK for them to murder people over "hateful rhetoric."
"Contempt of cop" is not, in fact, a crime, especially not one that warrants summary execution on the streets.
"Contempt of cop" is not, in fact, a crime, especially not one that warrants summary execution on the streets.
WELKER: What do you see in that video?
HOMAN: I've said from March -- if the hateful rhetoric doesn't decline there's going to be bloodshed. And unfortunately I was right. You gotta put yourself in the mind of the officer.
HOMAN: I've said from March -- if the hateful rhetoric doesn't decline there's going to be bloodshed. And unfortunately I was right. You gotta put yourself in the mind of the officer.
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
He's just straight up rationalizing that it's OK for them to murder people over "hateful rhetoric."
"Contempt of cop" is not, in fact, a crime, especially not one that warrants summary execution on the streets.
"Contempt of cop" is not, in fact, a crime, especially not one that warrants summary execution on the streets.
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Tubi airs ads for the DHS, Kristi Noem, and ICE. The text of my email to them is in the alt text of this image.
Please use it, share it, rewrite it better. #horror #Tubi #streaming
Please use it, share it, rewrite it better. #horror #Tubi #streaming
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Tubi airs ads for the DHS, Kristi Noem, and ICE. The text of my email to them is in the alt text of this image.
Please use it, share it, rewrite it better. #horror #Tubi #streaming
Please use it, share it, rewrite it better. #horror #Tubi #streaming
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"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns."
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns."
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This isn't a series of independent zero-sum games.
We don't need to win every battle. We do need to exact a price every time they raid our communities.
Reduce harm as much as you can. Make sure they leave more weary than they came.
Trust that comrades in other cities will pick up the baton.
We don't need to win every battle. We do need to exact a price every time they raid our communities.
Reduce harm as much as you can. Make sure they leave more weary than they came.
Trust that comrades in other cities will pick up the baton.
January 8, 2026 at 10:21 PM
This isn't a series of independent zero-sum games.
We don't need to win every battle. We do need to exact a price every time they raid our communities.
Reduce harm as much as you can. Make sure they leave more weary than they came.
Trust that comrades in other cities will pick up the baton.
We don't need to win every battle. We do need to exact a price every time they raid our communities.
Reduce harm as much as you can. Make sure they leave more weary than they came.
Trust that comrades in other cities will pick up the baton.
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if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec
pircoregon.org
pircoregon.org
Home | Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) support immigrant rights through direct assistance, education, legal support, advocacy, and community organizing.
pircoregon.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec
pircoregon.org
pircoregon.org
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
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People have asked if I still need filament, but everyone was so generous this week that I should have MORE than enough on the way.
So I asked folks in the whistle group to share any wishlists they have, and will be sharing them as I get them!
This one has some fun colors!
So I asked folks in the whistle group to share any wishlists they have, and will be sharing them as I get them!
This one has some fun colors!
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
People have asked if I still need filament, but everyone was so generous this week that I should have MORE than enough on the way.
So I asked folks in the whistle group to share any wishlists they have, and will be sharing them as I get them!
This one has some fun colors!
So I asked folks in the whistle group to share any wishlists they have, and will be sharing them as I get them!
This one has some fun colors!
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Yeah I'm not mad because I think they have some institutional levers they can pull to fix this.
I'm mad that they are still talking like institutional levers are sufficient to fix this.
I'm mad that they are still talking like institutional levers are sufficient to fix this.
I am in some ways slightly more sympathetic than most to elected Dems right now as people scream Do Something at them, because there really, truly is not all that much they have the power to do at the moment besides yell
but if all you can do is yell, the yelling has to be higher quality
but if all you can do is yell, the yelling has to be higher quality
January 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Yeah I'm not mad because I think they have some institutional levers they can pull to fix this.
I'm mad that they are still talking like institutional levers are sufficient to fix this.
I'm mad that they are still talking like institutional levers are sufficient to fix this.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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I know the media isn't showing how many of us are out there fighting every day, and they're not accurately conveying the violence those protestors are being subjected to.
but people exercising their legal rights are being gunned down by the government right now.
everyone fighting is brave as FUCK
but people exercising their legal rights are being gunned down by the government right now.
everyone fighting is brave as FUCK
January 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I know the media isn't showing how many of us are out there fighting every day, and they're not accurately conveying the violence those protestors are being subjected to.
but people exercising their legal rights are being gunned down by the government right now.
everyone fighting is brave as FUCK
but people exercising their legal rights are being gunned down by the government right now.
everyone fighting is brave as FUCK
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New year, new GoFundMe. I'm still unemployed, still looking, but still limited in what I can do (no standing or driving) because of ongoing recovery from my injury & surgery. This is the only way I can ensue Bookstore Romance Day happens this year. #Romancelandia #IndieBookstores
gofund.me/93a464a9a
gofund.me/93a464a9a
Donate to Let's Make Bookstore Romance Day 2026 Happen, organized by Billie Bloebaum
tl;dr: Bookstore Romance Day expenses are up. Donations and sponsorships … Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Let's Make Bookstore Romance Day 2026 Happen
gofund.me
January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
New year, new GoFundMe. I'm still unemployed, still looking, but still limited in what I can do (no standing or driving) because of ongoing recovery from my injury & surgery. This is the only way I can ensue Bookstore Romance Day happens this year. #Romancelandia #IndieBookstores
gofund.me/93a464a9a
gofund.me/93a464a9a
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
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SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to [email protected] to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
Okay, but really, this is FANTASTIC
I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
YouTube video by Jonasquin
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Okay, but really, this is FANTASTIC
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This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my friend's cat. Its name is Cookie Swirl, and it disappeared in the American section of Charlotte airport on 11/10. We're asking for your help. She doesn't have any other socials, so if you can post it widely to see if anyone knows where it is. It's a little thing, but matters a lot to her.