Diana Gill
@dianagilleditorial.com
Freelance Editor (http://dianagilleditorial.com), formerly at HarperCollins, PRH, and Tor/Macmillan. One of first trained KonMari consultants. Needs: caffeine. Wants: plane tix. Opinions mine. She/her. Stop hate.
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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Before the ACA, I couldn't get insurance as a freelancer at all, bc I'm a type 1 diabetic, so "pre-existing conditions." It was absolute shit on my health, scavenging for insulin & test strips, constantly in life or death debates about being able to go to the doctor. I had no primary care.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Before the ACA, I couldn't get insurance as a freelancer at all, bc I'm a type 1 diabetic, so "pre-existing conditions." It was absolute shit on my health, scavenging for insulin & test strips, constantly in life or death debates about being able to go to the doctor. I had no primary care.
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Putting this out there again as my family tries to find some stability
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Putting this out there again as my family tries to find some stability
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You actually have to show up to the fight to claim being a fighter
You’ve fought harder to not endorse the Mayor Elect than to hold anyone to account
You can’t even muster up the gumption to say WHO you are fighting
And are so feckless your party betrayed people after a truly historic win
You’ve fought harder to not endorse the Mayor Elect than to hold anyone to account
You can’t even muster up the gumption to say WHO you are fighting
And are so feckless your party betrayed people after a truly historic win
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
You actually have to show up to the fight to claim being a fighter
You’ve fought harder to not endorse the Mayor Elect than to hold anyone to account
You can’t even muster up the gumption to say WHO you are fighting
And are so feckless your party betrayed people after a truly historic win
You’ve fought harder to not endorse the Mayor Elect than to hold anyone to account
You can’t even muster up the gumption to say WHO you are fighting
And are so feckless your party betrayed people after a truly historic win
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
When you are done raging (for tonight), go watch this and follow this guy on Tiktok for some instant serotonin so you can sleep & fight tomorrow. www.tiktok.com/@plant2grow/...
Picking sunflowers of all sizes was so much fun! I never gave it much thought. But this flower garden can be therapeutic by just walking around. #fyp #flowers #planttok #gardening #joy
TikTok video by Steve
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
When you are done raging (for tonight), go watch this and follow this guy on Tiktok for some instant serotonin so you can sleep & fight tomorrow. www.tiktok.com/@plant2grow/...
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The won’t release the Epstein Files,
RELEASE THE DATING PROFILES
You heard something at party? LET US ALL KNOW
If they think starving babies is funny?
Let’s get MOTHERFUCKING HILARIOUS
RELEASE THE DATING PROFILES
You heard something at party? LET US ALL KNOW
If they think starving babies is funny?
Let’s get MOTHERFUCKING HILARIOUS
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The won’t release the Epstein Files,
RELEASE THE DATING PROFILES
You heard something at party? LET US ALL KNOW
If they think starving babies is funny?
Let’s get MOTHERFUCKING HILARIOUS
RELEASE THE DATING PROFILES
You heard something at party? LET US ALL KNOW
If they think starving babies is funny?
Let’s get MOTHERFUCKING HILARIOUS
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What I’m feeling as a (still) registered Democratic voter is that we should burn everything down and salt the ashes (with votes)
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What I’m feeling as a (still) registered Democratic voter is that we should burn everything down and salt the ashes (with votes)
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I had two moments happen in the past week that helped me regain clarity on my author successes and efforts. Because publishing makes it really easy to feel in a void. Short thread:
1) For a proposal, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social had me gather my career milestones/praise. It was eye opening to review
1) For a proposal, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social had me gather my career milestones/praise. It was eye opening to review
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I had two moments happen in the past week that helped me regain clarity on my author successes and efforts. Because publishing makes it really easy to feel in a void. Short thread:
1) For a proposal, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social had me gather my career milestones/praise. It was eye opening to review
1) For a proposal, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social had me gather my career milestones/praise. It was eye opening to review
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
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an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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I have to agree with this. We all need a lot of Totoros. A lot more than we're getting, anyway.
Just overheard a mom at the bookstore tell her little one, “You already have two Totoros. We don’t need another Totoro.”
I am resisting the urge to say that there’s no such thing as too many Totoros.
I am resisting the urge to say that there’s no such thing as too many Totoros.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I have to agree with this. We all need a lot of Totoros. A lot more than we're getting, anyway.
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New #WriterBeware blog post: the minute the humongous Anthropic copyright settlement was announced, it became inevitable that unrelated third parties would seek to benefit...in this case, by convincing authors to opt out writerbeware.blog/2025/11/07/p...
Predatory Opt-Outs: The Speculators Come for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement - Writer Beware
The enormous, $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright class action settlement is reputedly the biggest copyright infringement recovery in history. With such a high-profile case, it’s inevitable that eligible...
writerbeware.blog
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: the minute the humongous Anthropic copyright settlement was announced, it became inevitable that unrelated third parties would seek to benefit...in this case, by convincing authors to opt out writerbeware.blog/2025/11/07/p...
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Fender! Perfection.
Meet Fender, a majestic 6′7″, 230-lb bowmouth guitarfish! One of only nine pups to survive after his mother was caught in a fishing net, Fender represents a critically endangered species.
Come see Fender at the Tropical Reef Aquarium and learn how you can help protect ocean wildlife. 💙
Come see Fender at the Tropical Reef Aquarium and learn how you can help protect ocean wildlife. 💙
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fender! Perfection.
TFW a book you edited gets a fabulous Kirkus review. Huge congrats to Patrick Fitzgerald--his debut fantasy is awesome. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
NAVIGATORS YOU CAN TRUST | Kirkus Reviews
Ambitious recruits of a peacekeeping association brave a war-torn world using magic and ingenuity in Fitzgerald’s debut fantasy.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
TFW a book you edited gets a fabulous Kirkus review. Huge congrats to Patrick Fitzgerald--his debut fantasy is awesome. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Holy shit, that's a great story and I will never again be performatively irritated by that awkward name.
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Holy shit, that's a great story and I will never again be performatively irritated by that awkward name.
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Every time the Belgariad comes up - and it's a series that for all its flaws was loved by a LOT of people in its day, including me - SOMEONE ends up being one of the Unlucky 10,000 learning for the first time how horrible the Eddings' were. I don't enjoy that, but I do think it's important to know.
David Eddings has a US Kindle book on sale today, and I won't be getting it for two reasons: first, he's a mediocre writer at best, and everything after the Belgariad didn't even reach that level; and second, he and his wife abused their adopted children so badly they were convicted for it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Every time the Belgariad comes up - and it's a series that for all its flaws was loved by a LOT of people in its day, including me - SOMEONE ends up being one of the Unlucky 10,000 learning for the first time how horrible the Eddings' were. I don't enjoy that, but I do think it's important to know.
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a petty thing I feel very strongly about is that it should be illegal for a company to email you just because you visited its website. stop that. stop that at once. no I did not buy your item and now I WILL NEVER BUY YOUR ITEM.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
a petty thing I feel very strongly about is that it should be illegal for a company to email you just because you visited its website. stop that. stop that at once. no I did not buy your item and now I WILL NEVER BUY YOUR ITEM.
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.