Adele Buck
@adelebuck.com
Author. Librarian. FAKE FLAME and THE ANTI-SOCIAL SEASON out now. Rep: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass.
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Adele Buck
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· Oct 17
Okay, it's time for a proper intro thread, not just the one I whacked up there during the workday.
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
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I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
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The reason we do mutual aid & the reason why mutual aid is grounded in anticapitalist theory from a long time is that capitalism says your survival depends on what you can do for people. We say, no you deserve to survive by virtue of your humanity. If you can't produce, we will help you survive.
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The reason we do mutual aid & the reason why mutual aid is grounded in anticapitalist theory from a long time is that capitalism says your survival depends on what you can do for people. We say, no you deserve to survive by virtue of your humanity. If you can't produce, we will help you survive.
Wrong answers only.
What exactly is “wuthering”?
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Wrong answers only.
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even if i had absolutely no knowledge of elon musk or his history, i would have a lot of questions about someone who claimed they were going to build settlements on the moon within a decade, like, “what experience do you have in doing this on earth?”
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
even if i had absolutely no knowledge of elon musk or his history, i would have a lot of questions about someone who claimed they were going to build settlements on the moon within a decade, like, “what experience do you have in doing this on earth?”
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every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
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[circle of love]
Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight
Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart
Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name
Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with
Roberts:
Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight
Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart
Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name
Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with
Roberts:
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
[circle of love]
Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight
Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart
Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name
Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with
Roberts:
Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight
Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart
Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name
Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with
Roberts:
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Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
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people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
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Everyone telling you we need to be incrementalist about ICE are lying to you or worse
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Everyone telling you we need to be incrementalist about ICE are lying to you or worse
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the thing i'm waiting for with the ai romance novel lady is for another scammer to figure out that purely ai-generated material w no human authorship is generally not considered to be protected by copyright in the US rn, and saving themselves the 45 mins per book by reselling hers
February 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
the thing i'm waiting for with the ai romance novel lady is for another scammer to figure out that purely ai-generated material w no human authorship is generally not considered to be protected by copyright in the US rn, and saving themselves the 45 mins per book by reselling hers
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You can make money in a lot of lousy, dishonest ways, but somehow only in romance does it get written up as if it’s essentially harmless and smart, on the assumption that nobody who reads romance cares whether it’s good or not.
There are a ton of ebook scams on Amazon; this is just another one.
There are a ton of ebook scams on Amazon; this is just another one.
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
You can make money in a lot of lousy, dishonest ways, but somehow only in romance does it get written up as if it’s essentially harmless and smart, on the assumption that nobody who reads romance cares whether it’s good or not.
There are a ton of ebook scams on Amazon; this is just another one.
There are a ton of ebook scams on Amazon; this is just another one.
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Generally speaking, the minute you see the word “Fabio” attached to an article about romance other than as history, you can throw the entire thing into the garbage. It’s a sneer, designed as communication from one person who thinks romance is stupid to another.
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Generally speaking, the minute you see the word “Fabio” attached to an article about romance other than as history, you can throw the entire thing into the garbage. It’s a sneer, designed as communication from one person who thinks romance is stupid to another.
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What a batshit insane thing to write after turning the newspaper to the right, cratering the subscription base and laying off so many reporters.
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
What a batshit insane thing to write after turning the newspaper to the right, cratering the subscription base and laying off so many reporters.
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
"Where did you find this title? ChatGPT? Okay, I get that it sounds perfect, but it doesn't exist."
"Where did you find this title? ChatGPT? Okay, I get that it sounds perfect, but it doesn't exist."
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
“Leave things better than you found them! “
“Leave things better than you found them! “
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”
“The professional standard is clean, dry hands, and has been for all of this century.”
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
"Where did you find this title? ChatGPT? Okay, I get that it sounds perfect, but it doesn't exist."
"Where did you find this title? ChatGPT? Okay, I get that it sounds perfect, but it doesn't exist."
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“the Epstein class” should be THE tagline tbh. it’s so accurate their only defense is redactions, and it captures a hundred different linked evils at once. it also perfectly clarifies why trying to distinguish btw “kitchen table issues” (ie money) and “identity politics” (ie misogyny) is impossible
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
“the Epstein class” should be THE tagline tbh. it’s so accurate their only defense is redactions, and it captures a hundred different linked evils at once. it also perfectly clarifies why trying to distinguish btw “kitchen table issues” (ie money) and “identity politics” (ie misogyny) is impossible
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I left Substack over 2 yrs ago, when this FIRST CAME OUT and have been on a nonprofit (Ghost) since.
So join me! For ancient prophetic wisdom, healing, & essential organizing tools for this moment—
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Help keep it sustainable—
And fuck enabling Nazis
February 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Please quit Substack!
This is the end goal of anyone who wants to eliminate "politics" from discourse where they don't deem it "appropriate."
Erasure of history, erasure of current facts.
Erasure of history, erasure of current facts.
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
This is the end goal of anyone who wants to eliminate "politics" from discourse where they don't deem it "appropriate."
Erasure of history, erasure of current facts.
Erasure of history, erasure of current facts.
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Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Just purchased some gorgeous earrings (they're MINE, you can't have them!). Take a look at the pretties!
Honestly, if you still need anything for Valentine's Day, I can be sure it goes out tomorrow.
So, an error between PayPal and my bank resulted in transactions being processed ten times and accruing over $3000 in overdraft fees.
They are reversing it.
Monday.
Anyway, if you're feeling charitable, anything mine or goblin will get me to Monday.
Thanks.
www.peculiarityshop.com
They are reversing it.
Monday.
Anyway, if you're feeling charitable, anything mine or goblin will get me to Monday.
Thanks.
www.peculiarityshop.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Just purchased some gorgeous earrings (they're MINE, you can't have them!). Take a look at the pretties!
Finally - all of my self-published back catalogue books are now available as ebooks on Bookshop!
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Bookshop.org US
bookshop.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Finally - all of my self-published back catalogue books are now available as ebooks on Bookshop!
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
The two best soccer players in the country secretly pine for each other.
Cleated Rivalry
Cleated Rivalry
The two best tailors in the country secretly pine for each other.
Pleated Rivalry
Pleated Rivalry
The two best chairs salesmen in the county secretly pine for each other.
Seated Rivalry.
Seated Rivalry.
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The two best soccer players in the country secretly pine for each other.
Cleated Rivalry
Cleated Rivalry
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I have zero bandwidth to develop the idea, but the last decade has given rise to a gulliblity style, where a source’s statement is treated as the story regardless of whether it’s true or plausible. It creates stories that are technically true but functionally misinformation. You see it everywhere.
i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I have zero bandwidth to develop the idea, but the last decade has given rise to a gulliblity style, where a source’s statement is treated as the story regardless of whether it’s true or plausible. It creates stories that are technically true but functionally misinformation. You see it everywhere.
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This is brilliant and moving on about eighteen different levels.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is brilliant and moving on about eighteen different levels.