Margaret Owen
@what-eats-owls.bsky.social
doodler, demi, NYT, USA Today & Sunday Times bestselling author of LITTLE THIEVES, THE MERCIFUL CROW, & more ✨ She/her. Rep: Victoria Marini
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You can tell he has never made anyone laugh before. Take a picture of a stranger then beg your phone to be mean to them? “Use vulgar words” you cry, while everyone looks around uncomfortably ?
Meanwhile, I made 30+ people laugh by saying the word “plurple” just with really good timing.
Meanwhile, I made 30+ people laugh by saying the word “plurple” just with really good timing.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You can tell he has never made anyone laugh before. Take a picture of a stranger then beg your phone to be mean to them? “Use vulgar words” you cry, while everyone looks around uncomfortably ?
Meanwhile, I made 30+ people laugh by saying the word “plurple” just with really good timing.
Meanwhile, I made 30+ people laugh by saying the word “plurple” just with really good timing.
Every other job I did, I kept going back to writing and drawing in my free time
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Every other job I did, I kept going back to writing and drawing in my free time
Claude is ready for a career as an author
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Claude is ready for a career as an author
why is everyone yelling
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
why is everyone yelling
I haven't liked Catholicism this much since the 2018 met gala
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I haven't liked Catholicism this much since the 2018 met gala
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in a moment when too much of the remaining opinion column space in the states seems to have been set aside for farcical, garbled thinking, so grateful for @elienyc.bsky.social, for his moral clarity, and for the way he wields the form.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
in a moment when too much of the remaining opinion column space in the states seems to have been set aside for farcical, garbled thinking, so grateful for @elienyc.bsky.social, for his moral clarity, and for the way he wields the form.
I was not the only one who clocked that in the pictures she posted—with his body!—to instagram, her manicure was *fresh* 🫠
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I was not the only one who clocked that in the pictures she posted—with his body!—to instagram, her manicure was *fresh* 🫠
Restaurants and local businesses have closed because the building owners keep jacking rent up beyond what the neighborhood traffic can sustain. Yeah, I want a renter for mayor.
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Restaurants and local businesses have closed because the building owners keep jacking rent up beyond what the neighborhood traffic can sustain. Yeah, I want a renter for mayor.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
I suspect this goes back to my theory about attempted “luxury” branding. They’re selling a TikTok aesthetic and the books are props. But that requires them to position themselves above the ~common~ romance reader.
“Experts” also noted that 831’s books (& covers) are intentionally not appealing to existing romance readers. Experts also shared that nothing they’re doing is new, as a marketing concept or within romance publishing.
But why report on experts when you can fawn over the insane basket of baguettes?!
But why report on experts when you can fawn over the insane basket of baguettes?!
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I suspect this goes back to my theory about attempted “luxury” branding. They’re selling a TikTok aesthetic and the books are props. But that requires them to position themselves above the ~common~ romance reader.
TBH, taking a look at the book packaging and the description of this "launch party," this strikes me as an effort to develop a *luxury brand* of romance novels. I, uh, wish them all the best.
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TBH, taking a look at the book packaging and the description of this "launch party," this strikes me as an effort to develop a *luxury brand* of romance novels. I, uh, wish them all the best.
Every day I check for this shirt on the dropout store, face pressed to the glass like a dickensian orphan
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every day I check for this shirt on the dropout store, face pressed to the glass like a dickensian orphan
this is such small potatoes in the grand context of things but this announcement in Publishers Lunch tells me someone was absolutely giddy to stick it to Carsten
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
this is such small potatoes in the grand context of things but this announcement in Publishers Lunch tells me someone was absolutely giddy to stick it to Carsten
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I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago
Let’s go Seattle 📢📢📢
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Let’s go Seattle 📢📢📢
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Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor
Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.
bsky.app/profile/arid...
bsky.app/profile/arid...
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NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
The absolute funniest thing Mike Johnson could do right now is resign as speaker and force them to elect a new one to administer the vote
BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The absolute funniest thing Mike Johnson could do right now is resign as speaker and force them to elect a new one to administer the vote
If, like me, you let Microsoft update in the last 24 hours and discovered they've found a new way to shoehorn in a Copilot icon that just... sits there, watching... You can uninstall Word and install the version from Nov 4th or earlier: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If, like me, you let Microsoft update in the last 24 hours and discovered they've found a new way to shoehorn in a Copilot icon that just... sits there, watching... You can uninstall Word and install the version from Nov 4th or earlier: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
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With basically all the ballots in the city of Seattle's mayoral election counted, Katie Wilson is now above 50 percent, with Mayor Bruce Harrell sliding to 49.6 percent. They're currently within the mandatory recount requirements, but machine recounts don't generally change things much.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
With basically all the ballots in the city of Seattle's mayoral election counted, Katie Wilson is now above 50 percent, with Mayor Bruce Harrell sliding to 49.6 percent. They're currently within the mandatory recount requirements, but machine recounts don't generally change things much.
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KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
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You have to send this link to everyone you know who voted I Seattle: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... It takes like 30 seconds to make sure your vote was counted. Folks on here have all seen this probably, but your friends and family might not have!
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You have to send this link to everyone you know who voted I Seattle: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... It takes like 30 seconds to make sure your vote was counted. Folks on here have all seen this probably, but your friends and family might not have!
This is so fucking funny
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is so fucking funny
My guess is an underground electrical fire. Per SFD: "The [Energy Response] team is comprised of 44 firefighters specifically trained to fight energy-related fires in substations and underground vaults that make up a significant part of the city’s electrical infrastructure."
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My guess is an underground electrical fire. Per SFD: "The [Energy Response] team is comprised of 44 firefighters specifically trained to fight energy-related fires in substations and underground vaults that make up a significant part of the city’s electrical infrastructure."