Deanna Raybourn
@deannaraybourn.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author. I still believe if I spin fast enough I’ll turn into Wonder Woman. She/her. https://www.deannaraybourn.com
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I HATE that I have to say this, but the scammers are at work. Please know that I WILL NEVER COLD CONTACT A READER OR ANOTHER WRITER VIA EMAIL. I do not offer critiques, beta reads, private workshops, or any other services.
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I love France on all days in all ways, but especially when she’s all, “Don’t make me tap the guillotine.”
X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.
bbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I love France on all days in all ways, but especially when she’s all, “Don’t make me tap the guillotine.”
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Someone outside the US: So, let me get this straight. The groundhog...
Me: Is clairvoyant, yes
Me: Is clairvoyant, yes
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Someone outside the US: So, let me get this straight. The groundhog...
Me: Is clairvoyant, yes
Me: Is clairvoyant, yes
See also: Toddlers
Cat: “I cannot convey to you just how much I genuinely despise this food.”
Me: “Here, have this instead.”
Cat: “OMG I LOVE IT.”
Me: “It’s exactly the same bowl of food. I just took it away for six seconds then put it back in the same place.”
Cat: “I am fire and the wind. Do not attempt to know me.”
Me: “Here, have this instead.”
Cat: “OMG I LOVE IT.”
Me: “It’s exactly the same bowl of food. I just took it away for six seconds then put it back in the same place.”
Cat: “I am fire and the wind. Do not attempt to know me.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
See also: Toddlers
Me: I meet challenges with patience and light.
Also me, to my printer: Don’t be a little bitch, Margo.
Also me, to my printer: Don’t be a little bitch, Margo.
January 31, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Me: I meet challenges with patience and light.
Also me, to my printer: Don’t be a little bitch, Margo.
Also me, to my printer: Don’t be a little bitch, Margo.
Streaming Bridgerton 3 on repeat while I write because this album is a banger as the youths say.
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Streaming Bridgerton 3 on repeat while I write because this album is a banger as the youths say.
It’s actually beautifully fluid. I could be wishing you gentle bees to make tasty honey or killer bees to stab you to death with tiny butt swords and you’ll never know which.
I mistyped an email sign off as “all the bees” instead of “all the best”. I reckon I’m going to stick with it. I can’t think of anything negative that can possibly come of wishing someone all the bees.
January 31, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It’s actually beautifully fluid. I could be wishing you gentle bees to make tasty honey or killer bees to stab you to death with tiny butt swords and you’ll never know which.
I’m mad about it every day.
I have spent fifty years rolling my eyes at conspiracy theories where all the elite rich people are in a secret evil gang, and thrillers where everyone remotely important has the same Dark Secret, and now sodding look.
January 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I’m mad about it every day.
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So not only does Japan have all the most adorable animals and the best words for unexplainable feelings but they also apparently have little goldfish containers for their soy sauce?! wtf I am literally shaking with jealous rage
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
So not only does Japan have all the most adorable animals and the best words for unexplainable feelings but they also apparently have little goldfish containers for their soy sauce?! wtf I am literally shaking with jealous rage
An ad for that bullshit documentary just came on TV and I hurdled the dog to get the remote. I rebuke this nonsense in the name of Jesus.
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 PM
An ad for that bullshit documentary just came on TV and I hurdled the dog to get the remote. I rebuke this nonsense in the name of Jesus.
People on Bluesky today taking about the absolute TRASH FIRE that was Crown Prince Rudolf and also about the total rock star Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain so maybe this place is okay.
January 29, 2026 at 8:25 PM
People on Bluesky today taking about the absolute TRASH FIRE that was Crown Prince Rudolf and also about the total rock star Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain so maybe this place is okay.
Oh, the WAY Thoreau stans came for me with pitchforks and fire when I pointed out that Mr. Self-sufficiency’s mom did his laundry.
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Oh, the WAY Thoreau stans came for me with pitchforks and fire when I pointed out that Mr. Self-sufficiency’s mom did his laundry.
It was just some liver, y’all. BE COOL.
Every time this post is shared, I have to defend my ancestors and correct this nonsense.
We did not eat our prime minister (Grand Pensionary)... we only had a little nibble.
We did not eat our prime minister (Grand Pensionary)... we only had a little nibble.
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
It was just some liver, y’all. BE COOL.
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Folks, please don’t tell artists they shouldn’t be making or selling their art right now. For many, it’s how they pay the bills. Art is vital during times like this. ALL ART. Whether it’s a protest sign or a book cover or just a beautiful drawing. It’s part of the heart of humanity.
January 28, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Folks, please don’t tell artists they shouldn’t be making or selling their art right now. For many, it’s how they pay the bills. Art is vital during times like this. ALL ART. Whether it’s a protest sign or a book cover or just a beautiful drawing. It’s part of the heart of humanity.
This 🧵 does a very good job of breaking down why Rudolf was traaaaaash.
Today is the 137th anniversary of the rather unpleasant Mayerling ‘incident’, when Rudolf, 30-year-old Crown Prince of Austria, shot his 17-year-old lover Baroness Mary Vetsera, and turned the gun on himself. She had been his mistress for a grand total of 16 days 🧵
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This 🧵 does a very good job of breaking down why Rudolf was traaaaaash.
“I’ve seen a reddish work and it slaaaaaayyyyys.”
When your plan is to march over to Goody Proctor's and tell her to go fly a kite
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
“I’ve seen a reddish work and it slaaaaaayyyyys.”
Of all the delightful absurdities in Bridgerton, I’m torn between men dancing in boots and the idea that Regency people didn’t know what a peacock was. 🦚
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Of all the delightful absurdities in Bridgerton, I’m torn between men dancing in boots and the idea that Regency people didn’t know what a peacock was. 🦚
I keep getting notes from folks on FB saying I’m in group chats there. Y’all, I have no account on FB, X, or TikTok. I don’t send cold emails. I don’t send unsolicited DMs. Also, I’ll ask you to buy my books but I will NEVER ask you for money.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:
If you receive a marketing pitch from "Smart Bitches Strategic Partnerships," IT IS NOT US.
Big thanks to the Cold War historian who forwarded me the scam email he received.
AGAIN: NOT US.
If you receive a marketing pitch from "Smart Bitches Strategic Partnerships," IT IS NOT US.
Big thanks to the Cold War historian who forwarded me the scam email he received.
AGAIN: NOT US.
January 28, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I keep getting notes from folks on FB saying I’m in group chats there. Y’all, I have no account on FB, X, or TikTok. I don’t send cold emails. I don’t send unsolicited DMs. Also, I’ll ask you to buy my books but I will NEVER ask you for money.
I need y’all to stop what you’re doing and just sit with Uggi.
I’m trying to write but Uggi thinks I should rather be doing something else with my hands.
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I need y’all to stop what you’re doing and just sit with Uggi.
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Since my previous #Bridgerton 🧵s are over at the Bad Place, here’s a quick recap of my Bridgerton Guide to 18th-Century Art History 101™️ahead of this week’s S4 premiere. (I realize NONE of us are in the mood for this, but I thought the same about #HeatedRivalry. We all deserve art and nice butts!)
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Since my previous #Bridgerton 🧵s are over at the Bad Place, here’s a quick recap of my Bridgerton Guide to 18th-Century Art History 101™️ahead of this week’s S4 premiere. (I realize NONE of us are in the mood for this, but I thought the same about #HeatedRivalry. We all deserve art and nice butts!)
They also need to try being a little quiet. They need to figure out whose voices they didn’t listen to and start paying attention. A little humility is a good place to start.
I need people who were wrong about everything to actually look back and recognize that there was a reason they were wrong and maybe they need to update their understanding of the world.
Otherwise they don't really think they were wrong.
Otherwise they don't really think they were wrong.
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
They also need to try being a little quiet. They need to figure out whose voices they didn’t listen to and start paying attention. A little humility is a good place to start.
This is enchanting. SOFT MURDER KITTY.
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This is enchanting. SOFT MURDER KITTY.
Iconic.
Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Iconic.