Ardyce Alspach
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Ardyce Alspach
@ardyce.bsky.social
Senior Editor at UNSQ :: YA/NA/adult fiction :: Freelance writer sometimes :: Professional Nerd :: neurospicy :: opinions my own :: she/her 🏳️‍🌈
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I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)

I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Think about students, renters, women who changed their names, and rural voters without easy access to records. The SAVE Act makes them prove citizenship with specific documents or lose their voice. The people already on the margins get pushed out completely.
February 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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If you want to help keep us in filament, this is the absolute best way to do it. Protopasta is the absolute best filament (one of my printers is on its last legs, and will only print reliably if I feed it Protopasta!) and they are aligned with the cause, which makes it even better!
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Ah, Bad Bunny left you with questions about power outages, storms, and our hatred of colonialism? Don’t worry, I got you. I’ll show you the aftermath of a storm, take you to the beach, show you what hides under the waves. I’ll show you our magia…

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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if you're an author attending BookCon this year (or, to be honest, any other ReedPop events, which include NYCC), and would like to add your name to the letter: forms.gle/V7m2YbcGguAY...
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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All of this. I am the first of my target audience.

Part of this is, if you aren't creating for someone, it's like creating for everyone, which is creating for no one.

And as a writer, that someone should be me since I HAVE to reread my work over and over and over 🫠 that's publishing, bay-bee
"Why would I read something someone couldn't be bothered to write" is a great refrain but I would also add as a writer "I won't write something I couldn't be bothered to read" because that's what every one of my books are: something *I* want to read.
February 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.

This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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There is a story the bees used to tell, which makes it hard to disbelieve. #Storytime
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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TONIGHT! I'll be at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social with the brilliant @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social to talk about WINTER WHITE, retellings, love and hope in the face of trauma, the writing process, and how libraries are essential for our communities. Join us!
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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There's still time to subscribe to the print version of THE END TIMES. We'll be shutting it down within the next few weeks or so. Digital subscriptions will stay open all year, but if you want print copies, time is running out.

badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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I just signed. #MedievalSky 🗃️ #Humanities
I know that these things generally make little difference, but I would advise medievalists to sign the petition to save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary. #medievalsky c.org/gGvyrHcwYt
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary!
c.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Every time modems connected to the internet the signal transited through Hell for a few seconds. This was because of Al Gore performing the Ritual.
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Hey everyone!

Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!

But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.

I just resorted our list to put those on the top.

Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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Did you just find out your favorite, super successful author is a piece of crap?

Good news! There are literally hundreds of other, amazing and vibrant writers out there who are pretty rad. Not perfect (who is?) but definitely worth your time.
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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You should go buy this because it’s excellent.

I also just finished FAMILY PLOT and omg, @cheriepriest.com, it creeped me out so much I couldn’t put it down and then I had to read a chapter of another book to be able to sleep. And that ending? Ahh!

Buy her books.
Heads up, all you ghost-loving readers: I have happy news! You should go check it out - and while you're at it, pick up my spooky little rural mystery CINDERWICH for just THREE BUCKS. I mean, if you want to put a little dough in my pockets and/or kibble in bowls: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/happy-a...
Happy Announcements and Sweet Deals — The Haunt*
Well, we survived our first month of 2026. What do you say we call that a mulligan, and pretend that this Monday is the first of the new year? That’s what I’m doing, anyway. New year, new me. New barg...
www.cheriepriest.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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If tear gas is seeping into your home or you know tear gas is likely to be deployed in your neighborhood, you can do the following:

Set up wet towels in the doorjambs and windows. Turn off your HVAC systems, and build and use CR boxes.

This isn't perfect, but it will help.

CR box guide below:
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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This is a good point re: Portland today

This wasn't on federal land

It wasn't when agents were claiming to do any enforcement activity

It was federal agents shooting gas at children and union families in the streets

Im not a lawyer, but I dont see how qualified immunity counts here

It's assault
People need to understand that this protest was approved by city. The fact that the public still got gassed & flash bangs shows that city does NOT have the public’s back.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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2026 is going to be a great year to run for office. Filing deadlines are coming up fast -- in most places, it's not too late to get on the ballot. We'll help you get started. runforwhat.net
Where Can I Run by Run for Something
Take the next step: Look up offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Prince and the Revolution
February 1, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM