Ann Gelder ❌👑
@anngelder.bsky.social
Writer, occasional podcaster, childless cat lady (she/her)
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We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We're open for submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations. Please click on the link for our guidlesines #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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A knock-on effect of Trump suddenly looking weak is people feel emboldened to push back against his flunkies too. Turns out the media knows exactly how to do this when they want to
KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true?
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A knock-on effect of Trump suddenly looking weak is people feel emboldened to push back against his flunkies too. Turns out the media knows exactly how to do this when they want to
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Science Commentary: What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests a psychological projection. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/w...
What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests a psychological projection • Ohio Capital Journal
Einstein's theories of relativity showed that because the speed of light is a constant, the experience of time is relative. Even though physics leaves no room for the dynamic passage of time, it is…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Science Commentary: What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests a psychological projection. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/14/w...
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Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
without-care – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
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I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
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AAUP wins the preliminary injunction in the Trump administration ongoing aggression against UCLA (and by relation, the entire UC, higher ed, public education, etc). Time to join your local faculty association!
Fed. judge holds that the Trump administration engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First and Tenth Amendments in its pretextual attacks on the University of California system.
PI granted.
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PI granted.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
AAUP wins the preliminary injunction in the Trump administration ongoing aggression against UCLA (and by relation, the entire UC, higher ed, public education, etc). Time to join your local faculty association!
I’m not religious, but I remember hearing a Buddhist teacher say, “Religion shouldn’t make your life easier, it should make your life harder.”
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m not religious, but I remember hearing a Buddhist teacher say, “Religion shouldn’t make your life easier, it should make your life harder.”
This x 10 million
An assessment of the problem, however, is not the same thing as the motivation to solve it. In addition to impunity, we must feel contempt. Not hatred. Not fear. Contempt – not only who they are, but who they want us to believe they are, even as they do crimes out in the open.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This x 10 million
I witnessed this practice in Half Moon Bay a few weeks ago. The gull in question was not having it.
People get het up about seagulls stealing their food.
Turns out if you want them to walk away, say no in a firm voice.
If you want them to run/fly...well let your anger loose in a nice loud shouting match.
You have won.
But at what cost to your dignity? boingboing.net/2025/11/12/s...
Turns out if you want them to walk away, say no in a firm voice.
If you want them to run/fly...well let your anger loose in a nice loud shouting match.
You have won.
But at what cost to your dignity? boingboing.net/2025/11/12/s...
Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them?
Fear not, beachgoers: scientists at the University of Exeter have finally demonstrated the efficacy of shouting at gulls.
boingboing.net
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I witnessed this practice in Half Moon Bay a few weeks ago. The gull in question was not having it.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
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JMWW Submission Manager
jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry, hybrid work, essays, interviews, and other miscellany weekly. We are happy you found us!We want to see your work, but don't be all stalke...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
jmww.submittable.com/submit
jmww.submittable.com/submit
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You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
Clean by Carol M. Quinn
Doreen forces thick, unwaxed floss between your molars, between your bicuspids and your canines. She is always honest, no messing around, and she needs you to hear this: even two, three times a day…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
On the trail today, a woman complimented my bright yellow running shoes, and I was *thrilled.*
This message brought to you by my new Elderly & Quirky phase, please clap.
This message brought to you by my new Elderly & Quirky phase, please clap.
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
On the trail today, a woman complimented my bright yellow running shoes, and I was *thrilled.*
This message brought to you by my new Elderly & Quirky phase, please clap.
This message brought to you by my new Elderly & Quirky phase, please clap.
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
I was able to leave messages for Schiff and Padilla at their regional (SF) numbers. Could not do so at their DC numbers.
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I was able to leave messages for Schiff and Padilla at their regional (SF) numbers. Could not do so at their DC numbers.
I’m taking an excellent online writing class via A Public Space journal with Anne Elliott. Not only is the material great, she understands online craft teaching as having its own particular form and structure, which requires specific teaching techniques.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m taking an excellent online writing class via A Public Space journal with Anne Elliott. Not only is the material great, she understands online craft teaching as having its own particular form and structure, which requires specific teaching techniques.
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Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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SNAP funds will be paid in full, proving that the USDA was always capable of paying the full November benefit.
Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry.
They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand.
They chose cruelty and pain.
Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry.
They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand.
They chose cruelty and pain.
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
SNAP funds will be paid in full, proving that the USDA was always capable of paying the full November benefit.
Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry.
They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand.
They chose cruelty and pain.
Remember that the Trump admin chose to let people go hungry.
They chose not to fund SNAP until a court forced their hand.
They chose cruelty and pain.
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We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We’ve started our Teach-In as part of the @aaup National Day of Action with @palumboliu.bsky.social talking about the implications of institutional neutrality in this moment. If we don’t engage with topics such as immigration, freedom of speech, etc, we are letting our whole community down.
Got this with my flu vaccine and yes I am going to eat it
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Got this with my flu vaccine and yes I am going to eat it
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A reminder of what we announced earlier this week!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A reminder of what we announced earlier this week!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!