Gwenda Bond
@gwenda.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
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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.
This. (I mean, half of me is convinced THEY didn't want to have to deal with flight delays personally.)
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This. (I mean, half of me is convinced THEY didn't want to have to deal with flight delays personally.)
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The thing is, if the ACA marketplace health plans are too expensive for people, then DUH we will not be able to buy them and the risk pool will shrink and it's very possible the marketplaces collapse... So save the arguments about how the Senate didn't really care about subsidies. They should.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The thing is, if the ACA marketplace health plans are too expensive for people, then DUH we will not be able to buy them and the risk pool will shrink and it's very possible the marketplaces collapse... So save the arguments about how the Senate didn't really care about subsidies. They should.
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Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
CAIRO—Admitting he was unable to face a lengthy session of indexing artifacts after drinking too much the night before, hungover Egyptologist Henry Chapman confirmed Tuesday he was just gonna call in ...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
Real busy night fixing the end of this book while sleeping fitfully and then when I took Sally out for a 3 a.m. pee, we got to shoo off a guy who was about to break into my car. It's a Monday!
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Real busy night fixing the end of this book while sleeping fitfully and then when I took Sally out for a 3 a.m. pee, we got to shoo off a guy who was about to break into my car. It's a Monday!
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
Hey Dems? Those victories? In part because you were actually DOING SOMETHING FOR A CHANGE. Please don't back down now. We cannot live this way until the midterms. You are right to fight for health care.
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hey Dems? Those victories? In part because you were actually DOING SOMETHING FOR A CHANGE. Please don't back down now. We cannot live this way until the midterms. You are right to fight for health care.
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Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
To the phones!
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To the phones!
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Now this is a great YA novel.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Now this is a great YA novel.
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Sunday Stroll.
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Sunday Stroll.
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Thread.
Fuck the racism and white supremacy of this administration run by draft dodgers and losers.
True heroes lie within this thread.
Fuck the racism and white supremacy of this administration run by draft dodgers and losers.
True heroes lie within this thread.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thread.
Fuck the racism and white supremacy of this administration run by draft dodgers and losers.
True heroes lie within this thread.
Fuck the racism and white supremacy of this administration run by draft dodgers and losers.
True heroes lie within this thread.
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Happy 3rd Publish-iversary to my first book, Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man! It has been a wild (and stressful) past three years. I didn't have as much time as I wanted to debut Viv to the world, but I'm glad there are people who love her as much as I do! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711852...
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy 3rd Publish-iversary to my first book, Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man! It has been a wild (and stressful) past three years. I didn't have as much time as I wanted to debut Viv to the world, but I'm glad there are people who love her as much as I do! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711852...
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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”
Might I FINALLY finish this book this weekend? THAT IS THE PLAN. 💪
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Might I FINALLY finish this book this weekend? THAT IS THE PLAN. 💪
Please let The Lowdown have another season. There are so many more stories in the world it built! 🙏
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Please let The Lowdown have another season. There are so many more stories in the world it built! 🙏
Really bummed whenever I see a writer I admire taking a swipe at Kentucky and calling us dumb, esp when I know how similar shit-talking about where they're from would go over. How about just...don't? Signed, Yeah, We Have Lots Of Problems But Proud To Be From Here
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Really bummed whenever I see a writer I admire taking a swipe at Kentucky and calling us dumb, esp when I know how similar shit-talking about where they're from would go over. How about just...don't? Signed, Yeah, We Have Lots Of Problems But Proud To Be From Here
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
p.s. Andy would be a great prez
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Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to all who celebrate. I hope you make a Four Seasons Total Landscake.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day to all who celebrate. I hope you make a Four Seasons Total Landscake.
In better news: Throw 'em if you got 'em
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In better news: Throw 'em if you got 'em
My mom was taken by scammers running a variation of the grandchild scam--they even used AI to fake a voice. Someone CAME to her home, pretending to be legit. Everything will be okay, though the money they stole is unlikely to be recovered. Warn the older people you love! www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...
Elder Fraud | Federal Bureau of Investigation
Each year, millions of elderly Americans fall victim to some type of financial fraud or confidence scheme. Common scams that target older citizens include romance scams, tech support scams, grandparen...
www.fbi.gov
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My mom was taken by scammers running a variation of the grandchild scam--they even used AI to fake a voice. Someone CAME to her home, pretending to be legit. Everything will be okay, though the money they stole is unlikely to be recovered. Warn the older people you love! www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-h...
I've basically switched to getting my political news about America from The Guardian (I contrasted their headlines with the NYT for a week and felt so much more informed by The Guardian.) A good overview of wins last night here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats set historic records on election night. Here are six of the firsts they accomplished
From Virginia’s first female governor to New York’s first Muslim mayor, elections Tuesday secured trailblazing wins
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I've basically switched to getting my political news about America from The Guardian (I contrasted their headlines with the NYT for a week and felt so much more informed by The Guardian.) A good overview of wins last night here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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McClatchy kills its breaking news desk and Washington Bureau. Gannett tries to hide behind the laughable USA Today brand. The hedge funds are killing old, mass media. Bye.
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
McClatchy kills its breaking news desk and Washington Bureau. Gannett tries to hide behind the laughable USA Today brand. The hedge funds are killing old, mass media. Bye.
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...