ValGal234
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What is he even talking about?
MAGA Rep. Dragged After Claiming Bad Bunny's Halftime Show Depicted 'Gay Pornography'
www.comicsands.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
What is he even talking about?
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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here's today's post: "the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse" β thereβs no justice in sight, and itβs fucking infuriating.
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the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse
thereβs no justice in sight, and itβs fucking infuriating
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February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
here's today's post: "the Dead Pedo Bestie Files coverup just got a thousand times worse" β thereβs no justice in sight, and itβs fucking infuriating.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff β
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For the primetime crew, join us!
Winter Olympics Live Chat, Day 2: We Have Medals, Boo Birds, and Norovirus
We have skating and skiing to watch today!
drinkswithbroads.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 AM
For the primetime crew, join us!
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The more I do stuff like this on here - the kind of stuff that (and this is an inarguable fact) finds readers - the more itβs going to make angry, resentful strangers even more angry and resentful. My choice is to live with that & liberally employ the block button. Itβs a temporary situation for meβ¦
February 7, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The more I do stuff like this on here - the kind of stuff that (and this is an inarguable fact) finds readers - the more itβs going to make angry, resentful strangers even more angry and resentful. My choice is to live with that & liberally employ the block button. Itβs a temporary situation for meβ¦
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I bet the troll who just attacked me for this piece of writing would have absolutely loved it if I'd highlighted their comment. Instead I just used the block button to make them instantly vanish, like some magic eraser which instantly eradicates a piece of blood-flecked vomit on a toilet floor.
February 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I bet the troll who just attacked me for this piece of writing would have absolutely loved it if I'd highlighted their comment. Instead I just used the block button to make them instantly vanish, like some magic eraser which instantly eradicates a piece of blood-flecked vomit on a toilet floor.
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Just awful.
Halle Berry Reveals Her Teachers Refused To Accept That She Was Voted Prom Queen Over A White Girl
www.comicsands.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Just awful.
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Another excellent thread by Tom.
β¬οΈ Tip to other authors on Bluesky (including me): this is a great way to promote your books.
β¬οΈ Tip to other authors on Bluesky (including me): this is a great way to promote your books.
THREAD.
A selection of notes I have made in my notebook about my dad, and the things he does.
1. The Public Swimming Pool
A selection of notes I have made in my notebook about my dad, and the things he does.
1. The Public Swimming Pool
February 8, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Another excellent thread by Tom.
β¬οΈ Tip to other authors on Bluesky (including me): this is a great way to promote your books.
β¬οΈ Tip to other authors on Bluesky (including me): this is a great way to promote your books.
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Javier BΓ‘ez Was Suspended from the World Baseball Classic β¦ Because of Weed
www.bleachernation.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Javier BΓ‘ez Was Suspended from the World Baseball Classic β¦ Because of Weed
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π£ BEFORE ICE TAKES YOUR PHONE β PREPARE
π Memorize numbers (lawyer, trusted contact).
π Carry: A-number, DOB, meds, key contacts.
β± Set a check-in rule = family acts.
π Pack: ID, immigration docs, school/med info.
π§ Train: silence + no consent.
π² One-tap alert: βBeing stopped.β
π§ More paxis.app οΏΌ
π Memorize numbers (lawyer, trusted contact).
π Carry: A-number, DOB, meds, key contacts.
β± Set a check-in rule = family acts.
π Pack: ID, immigration docs, school/med info.
π§ Train: silence + no consent.
π² One-tap alert: βBeing stopped.β
π§ More paxis.app οΏΌ
Donate to PAXIS: An AI Lifeline for Immigrant Rights and Support, organized by Joe Walsh
PAXIS - WHEN ICE KNOCKS, WE ANSWER.
Together with immigrant advocate⦠Joe Walsh needs your support for PAXIS: An AI Lifeline for Immigrant Rights and Support
paxis.app
February 6, 2026 at 3:06 AM
π£ BEFORE ICE TAKES YOUR PHONE β PREPARE
π Memorize numbers (lawyer, trusted contact).
π Carry: A-number, DOB, meds, key contacts.
β± Set a check-in rule = family acts.
π Pack: ID, immigration docs, school/med info.
π§ Train: silence + no consent.
π² One-tap alert: βBeing stopped.β
π§ More paxis.app οΏΌ
π Memorize numbers (lawyer, trusted contact).
π Carry: A-number, DOB, meds, key contacts.
β± Set a check-in rule = family acts.
π Pack: ID, immigration docs, school/med info.
π§ Train: silence + no consent.
π² One-tap alert: βBeing stopped.β
π§ More paxis.app οΏΌ
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This time last year I had to face up to the fact my ex-publishers were imploding & would never pay me what they owed me for the seven books I wrote for them.
It's been a battle.
There's still a lot of repair work to be done.
Bluesky has helped.
If you bought one of these recently, thank you.
It's been a battle.
There's still a lot of repair work to be done.
Bluesky has helped.
If you bought one of these recently, thank you.
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This time last year I had to face up to the fact my ex-publishers were imploding & would never pay me what they owed me for the seven books I wrote for them.
It's been a battle.
There's still a lot of repair work to be done.
Bluesky has helped.
If you bought one of these recently, thank you.
It's been a battle.
There's still a lot of repair work to be done.
Bluesky has helped.
If you bought one of these recently, thank you.
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Those who have enjoyed this thread might also enjoy this story about the time a toad decided to live in my dad's shoe: www.tom-cox.com/my-dad-and-t...
February 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Those who have enjoyed this thread might also enjoy this story about the time a toad decided to live in my dad's shoe: www.tom-cox.com/my-dad-and-t...
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Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
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I absolutely refuse to believe that the pheasant who regularly visits my mum and dadβs garden is real and has not in fact been crocheted.
April 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I absolutely refuse to believe that the pheasant who regularly visits my mum and dadβs garden is real and has not in fact been crocheted.
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Last August, I ditched Substack, and decided to start sending out all my writing from my own website instead. It was a terrible decision, if we are talking in internet words like "growth" & "discoverability", but the correct one for me, and what I believe in. You can subscribe here: www.tom-cox.com
Tom Cox
New writing by bestselling author Tom Cox.
www.tom-cox.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Last August, I ditched Substack, and decided to start sending out all my writing from my own website instead. It was a terrible decision, if we are talking in internet words like "growth" & "discoverability", but the correct one for me, and what I believe in. You can subscribe here: www.tom-cox.com
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February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Funny thing is: I pitched a book about my dad in 2012. Some publishers & my then agent told me it wouldn't work. So I wrote two books about my dad disguised as books about cats. Then I wrote two more books about my dad disguised as books about the countryside. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Funny thing is: I pitched a book about my dad in 2012. Some publishers & my then agent told me it wouldn't work. So I wrote two books about my dad disguised as books about cats. Then I wrote two more books about my dad disguised as books about the countryside. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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This sheep tried its very best to take a good selfie until I came along and ruined everything by photobombing it
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This sheep tried its very best to take a good selfie until I came along and ruined everything by photobombing it
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Interdimensional portal of the day.
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Interdimensional portal of the day.
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The GOPβs new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called βSAVE Act,β would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbandsβ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The GOPβs new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called βSAVE Act,β would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbandsβ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
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Yesterday I had no internet for a few hours and ate an apple. It felt like an extremely minor insight into what it's like to live as a horse.
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Yesterday I had no internet for a few hours and ate an apple. It felt like an extremely minor insight into what it's like to live as a horse.
I just finished "Ring The Hill" - fabulous, btw - and am starting "1983" next!
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I just finished "Ring The Hill" - fabulous, btw - and am starting "1983" next!
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The Publishing Industry: "Don't write short stories. They don't sell."
Me, holding a copy of Jhumpa Lahiri's debut short story collection, which went to number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list when she was 31 & barely known: "Yes, Publishing Industry, as usual, nothing you say is incorrect."
Me, holding a copy of Jhumpa Lahiri's debut short story collection, which went to number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list when she was 31 & barely known: "Yes, Publishing Industry, as usual, nothing you say is incorrect."
February 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The Publishing Industry: "Don't write short stories. They don't sell."
Me, holding a copy of Jhumpa Lahiri's debut short story collection, which went to number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list when she was 31 & barely known: "Yes, Publishing Industry, as usual, nothing you say is incorrect."
Me, holding a copy of Jhumpa Lahiri's debut short story collection, which went to number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list when she was 31 & barely known: "Yes, Publishing Industry, as usual, nothing you say is incorrect."