Bethany Jones
@bethanyedits.bsky.social
Marketing project manager, editor, and book lover.
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This whole thread brought me so much hope today.
I've been thinking about the Lord of the Rings discussion from a few weeks back.
"Big, strong men will win the day" is the lesson some people took from it, and I wonder - did they even read it?
The strong have a purpose: to fight against evil. Easy for them, because the evil was apparent.
"Big, strong men will win the day" is the lesson some people took from it, and I wonder - did they even read it?
The strong have a purpose: to fight against evil. Easy for them, because the evil was apparent.
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This whole thread brought me so much hope today.
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Now published in the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing: our research on YA Book covers, showing that book covers may be as powerful a driver of sales as author fame
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
YA book covers: likability and sales
Book covers have been an important aspect of book selling for the 20th and 21st centuries. In order to provide Young Adult (YA) authors with data about YA book covers, we asked: what makes a cover ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now published in the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing: our research on YA Book covers, showing that book covers may be as powerful a driver of sales as author fame
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Debate can be highly effective as an academic tool, but debating fundamentalists is not the most effective way to engage fundamentalism.
Whether or Not It’s Possible to Debate Fundamentalists, Fundamentalists Want to Debate You
The way that fundamentalists engage with people outside their communities is antithetical to dialogue. Yet fundamentalists are chomping at the bit to debate. This is because debate is not dialogue.…
rlstollar.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Debate can be highly effective as an academic tool, but debating fundamentalists is not the most effective way to engage fundamentalism.
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My message to Trump’s NIH Director? No one in America wants us to do LESS cancer research.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
June 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My message to Trump’s NIH Director? No one in America wants us to do LESS cancer research.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
No one is asking Trump to make it harder to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Yet Trump is cutting all of this NOW and demanding an $18 BILLION cut to NIH next year. Not on my watch.
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You remember James Frey as the confabulator who faked a memoir and got humiliated by Oprah for it; I remember him as the book packager who egregiously exploited young writers with an outrageously bad ghost writing contract. He's always been fucking terrible.
whatever.scalzi.com/2010/11/13/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2010/11/13/t...
June 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You remember James Frey as the confabulator who faked a memoir and got humiliated by Oprah for it; I remember him as the book packager who egregiously exploited young writers with an outrageously bad ghost writing contract. He's always been fucking terrible.
whatever.scalzi.com/2010/11/13/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2010/11/13/t...
When you put down a knitting project with new techniques and then pick it up again 😬 🧶
a man with a beard and a hat is saying `` i have no memory of this place . ''
Alt: Gandalf in Moria saying “I have no memory of this place…”
media.tenor.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
When you put down a knitting project with new techniques and then pick it up again 😬 🧶
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Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA.
Some thoughts:
Some thoughts:
An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.
www.nejm.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA.
Some thoughts:
Some thoughts:
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
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Just a reminder: Congress could reverse these insane tariffs TODAY.
Republicans are just choosing not to.
Every Republican in Congress who refuses to do something is endorsing Trump's tax hike on YOU.
Republicans are just choosing not to.
Every Republican in Congress who refuses to do something is endorsing Trump's tax hike on YOU.
April 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just a reminder: Congress could reverse these insane tariffs TODAY.
Republicans are just choosing not to.
Every Republican in Congress who refuses to do something is endorsing Trump's tax hike on YOU.
Republicans are just choosing not to.
Every Republican in Congress who refuses to do something is endorsing Trump's tax hike on YOU.
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This is a very sharp thread from Senator Murphy on how Trump's tariffs are a form of political coercion designed to impose authoritarian control over the economy.
It's really on point, and another example of Murphy leading in new and interesting ways. I think the guy genuinely gets it.
It's really on point, and another example of Murphy leading in new and interesting ways. I think the guy genuinely gets it.
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is a very sharp thread from Senator Murphy on how Trump's tariffs are a form of political coercion designed to impose authoritarian control over the economy.
It's really on point, and another example of Murphy leading in new and interesting ways. I think the guy genuinely gets it.
It's really on point, and another example of Murphy leading in new and interesting ways. I think the guy genuinely gets it.
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Query Tip: when authors say this is the first book in a planned trilogy, what agents hear is, “I need you to sell 3 books in order to tell this story.”
And sure multi book deals exist but they aren’t the rule. “Stand alone with series potential”—as long as it really is—is your better bet.
And sure multi book deals exist but they aren’t the rule. “Stand alone with series potential”—as long as it really is—is your better bet.
March 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Query Tip: when authors say this is the first book in a planned trilogy, what agents hear is, “I need you to sell 3 books in order to tell this story.”
And sure multi book deals exist but they aren’t the rule. “Stand alone with series potential”—as long as it really is—is your better bet.
And sure multi book deals exist but they aren’t the rule. “Stand alone with series potential”—as long as it really is—is your better bet.
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In or around Huntsville, AL? My BIL Cap is having a shindig (I drew the hawt goth chick)
March 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In or around Huntsville, AL? My BIL Cap is having a shindig (I drew the hawt goth chick)
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Decent-sized rally at the Texas capital right now — maybe 1500-2000 people?
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Decent-sized rally at the Texas capital right now — maybe 1500-2000 people?
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A point that needs to get hammered more is that the caprice and chaos with which this administration implements its bad policies will inflict serious long term harms, in addition to the damage done by the bad policies themselves.
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A point that needs to get hammered more is that the caprice and chaos with which this administration implements its bad policies will inflict serious long term harms, in addition to the damage done by the bad policies themselves.
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I now want to do book cover lockups and album covers for my portfolio based on these. Anyone want to drop some below please do. Will give credit.
Jokes I enjoy: “Thanks for coming to my TED talk” after ranting about a special interest. “That’s the name of my autobiography”, after saying something ridiculous. “(Blank) is my next band name”.
March 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I now want to do book cover lockups and album covers for my portfolio based on these. Anyone want to drop some below please do. Will give credit.
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The richest man in the world doesn't think you should get to retire after paying into Social Security your entire life.
March 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The richest man in the world doesn't think you should get to retire after paying into Social Security your entire life.
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Washington-born trans friends - DOH is expediting gender marker changes on birth certificates. Now 3 days instead of the 10+ months it used to take.
We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...
Sex Designation Change on a Birth Certificate
We are currently processing requests in three (3) business days. Please allow up to two (2) weeks for delivery and mail time for ordered certificates.
doh.wa.gov
February 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Washington-born trans friends - DOH is expediting gender marker changes on birth certificates. Now 3 days instead of the 10+ months it used to take.
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While the elected president continues to talk nonsense about Canada as the 51st state, the unelected co-president is dismantling U.S. government agencies without congressional authorization.
Trump during his Super Bowl interview: "I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, and I'm not gonna let that happen."
February 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
While the elected president continues to talk nonsense about Canada as the 51st state, the unelected co-president is dismantling U.S. government agencies without congressional authorization.
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Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi
Now under Trump, the NIH says it is cutting ~$9 billion in federal research grants supporting medical research ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's diseases.
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi
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Frankfort, Kentucky!
We have a protest brewing here on the Capitol steps. Protesting Trump and Elon Musk’s actions as part of the 50501 protest movement
February 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Frankfort, Kentucky!
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Hey @scbwi.bsky.social #scbwi regions! Putting it out there that my family lives in Los Angeles, Hawaii (Big Island) and Austin — if there are ever events you want to invite me to in one of those locales, I’ll probably say yes!
February 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hey @scbwi.bsky.social #scbwi regions! Putting it out there that my family lives in Los Angeles, Hawaii (Big Island) and Austin — if there are ever events you want to invite me to in one of those locales, I’ll probably say yes!
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Thank you, I’ll have plenty! I used to crochet a long time ago and just started knitting a few weeks ago.
It’s been a great way to stop doomscrolling and reflect 😌
I’ve finished a Sophie scarf and have started a sweater. (I’m waiting for more purple yarn & am casting on a new cardigan as I wait 🫣)
It’s been a great way to stop doomscrolling and reflect 😌
I’ve finished a Sophie scarf and have started a sweater. (I’m waiting for more purple yarn & am casting on a new cardigan as I wait 🫣)
January 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Thank you, I’ll have plenty! I used to crochet a long time ago and just started knitting a few weeks ago.
It’s been a great way to stop doomscrolling and reflect 😌
I’ve finished a Sophie scarf and have started a sweater. (I’m waiting for more purple yarn & am casting on a new cardigan as I wait 🫣)
It’s been a great way to stop doomscrolling and reflect 😌
I’ve finished a Sophie scarf and have started a sweater. (I’m waiting for more purple yarn & am casting on a new cardigan as I wait 🫣)
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Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
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This is *fascinating*. Draw the line.
Let’s talk about resistance after a conqueror takes power. Specifically let’s talk about this bendy yellow building, and what it shows us about the moment the Florentine Republic finally fell to its kleptocratic/proto-capitalist banking-fortune Medici conquerors 1/?
January 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is *fascinating*. Draw the line.