Shelby Hailstone Law
@shailstonelaw.bsky.social
She/her. Independent author of the "Scaleshifter" series and more, mom of two, neurodivergent and proud of it
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Just a little about me intro: I write books about kids who get turned into dragons, except it's definitely an allegory about healing from trauma and surviving through community. But also... dragons.
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As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
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Video: Students huddle together in library after fatal shooting at Brown University
The video was captured during a shelter-in-place order that followed the shooting, which killed two students and injured nine others.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
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I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.
We gotta talk about whatever is happening with kid-friendly books because the look on this man’s face when he visited my booth and found out I have books his ten-year-old could safely read that aren’t AI kind of broke my heart.
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
We gotta talk about whatever is happening with kid-friendly books because the look on this man’s face when he visited my booth and found out I have books his ten-year-old could safely read that aren’t AI kind of broke my heart.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Because if you care about securely owning a movie that you love--as opposed to "owning" it only until a license agreement over which you have no control expires without warning--you need a DVD or Blu-ray. The hardware may be yesterday; the concern is very much of this moment.
Why do (us) old people want to burden Gen Z with our nostalgia for an antique piece of hardware in the first place?
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Because if you care about securely owning a movie that you love--as opposed to "owning" it only until a license agreement over which you have no control expires without warning--you need a DVD or Blu-ray. The hardware may be yesterday; the concern is very much of this moment.
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Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
Come to the fundraiser for the Smoke Rise Academy of Arts. There’s a local vendor market, live performances, and Santa!!
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Come to the fundraiser for the Smoke Rise Academy of Arts. There’s a local vendor market, live performances, and Santa!!
My second “first” date with my now husband was to the Hobbit. We’d briefly dated, didn’t go anywhere, then I had midnight tickets and a roommate got sick. Asked him to go, knew I wanted to try dating him by the end of it when he kept laughing at my sister’s running commentary.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
My second “first” date with my now husband was to the Hobbit. We’d briefly dated, didn’t go anywhere, then I had midnight tickets and a roommate got sick. Asked him to go, knew I wanted to try dating him by the end of it when he kept laughing at my sister’s running commentary.
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“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
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this isn't the point but it is funny and kind of a broader point that the focus of the subhead is "architects" and then they replaced what was, in the original photo, labourers.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
this isn't the point but it is funny and kind of a broader point that the focus of the subhead is "architects" and then they replaced what was, in the original photo, labourers.
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I would pay Microsoft the same subs price that was Word but from 1998. All I want is a word processor with some silly word art and a clip art silhouette of a man playing saxophone I’m begging
December 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I would pay Microsoft the same subs price that was Word but from 1998. All I want is a word processor with some silly word art and a clip art silhouette of a man playing saxophone I’m begging
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And then, unbidden, her book's actual premise came to her. 🫠
Go for walks, kids. I've only ever written things for real on walks.
Go for walks, kids. I've only ever written things for real on walks.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
And then, unbidden, her book's actual premise came to her. 🫠
Go for walks, kids. I've only ever written things for real on walks.
Go for walks, kids. I've only ever written things for real on walks.
I wouldn’t have gone into the creative field at all but would have gone into STEM because it was “expected” of me as a gifted kid… but the core requirement classes sucked me into the humanities instead. I’m so glad they did!
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I wouldn’t have gone into the creative field at all but would have gone into STEM because it was “expected” of me as a gifted kid… but the core requirement classes sucked me into the humanities instead. I’m so glad they did!
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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What got me through raising a newborn was actual human connection with people who generously shared their experiences, time and support, not an LLM trained on 4chan, but that's the problem with human capital -- you can't monetize it or scale it for shareholders' maximum profit.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What got me through raising a newborn was actual human connection with people who generously shared their experiences, time and support, not an LLM trained on 4chan, but that's the problem with human capital -- you can't monetize it or scale it for shareholders' maximum profit.
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not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
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I had a joke about Narcissus but I took a long hard look at myself first
Yeah, my joke about Daedalus got a little too labyrinthine
I had a joke about Icarus but it fell flat.
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I had a joke about Narcissus but I took a long hard look at myself first
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
The gods of the world of Scaleshifter are actually a huge part of Caleb and Ziya’s story. They have huge journeys of faith questioning whether the gods still care about their world or whether they only care about their chosen.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Is your character religious or spiritual?
Is there a god/gods in their world? Is their existence a matter of faith, or are physically present? Does your character believe?
Do they pray or perform rituals?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Is your character religious or spiritual?
Is there a god/gods in their world? Is their existence a matter of faith, or are physically present? Does your character believe?
Do they pray or perform rituals?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The gods of the world of Scaleshifter are actually a huge part of Caleb and Ziya’s story. They have huge journeys of faith questioning whether the gods still care about their world or whether they only care about their chosen.
I love when my dad visits because he lets me infodump at him and will *ask follow-up questions* and this is how he got a whole TedTalk about how modern fanfiction got its start with suburban women writing Spirk stories.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I love when my dad visits because he lets me infodump at him and will *ask follow-up questions* and this is how he got a whole TedTalk about how modern fanfiction got its start with suburban women writing Spirk stories.
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"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
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One of the best feelings in life is that feeling of frenzied infatuation you have at the beginning of a new creative project.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
One of the best feelings in life is that feeling of frenzied infatuation you have at the beginning of a new creative project.
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