Heather Massey
@heathermassey.com
Science Fiction Romance author, geek, suburban mom.
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Heather Massey
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· Aug 13
An Update for My Readers — Heather Massey - Bold Sci-Fi Romance
First, a recap for new visitors: Greetings! I’m a science fiction romance author, former SFR blogger, geek, and suburban mom. I wrote about sci-fi romance for eight years at The Galaxy Express . I co...
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An update for my readers and new visitors!
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“Top 400 individuals have a total effective tax rate of 23.8% in 2018-2020, down from about 30% earlier in the decade. This is lower than the average tax rate for the full US population and substantially lower than the total effective tax rate for top labor income earners.” P. 12 ⬇️
https://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/BSYZ2025NBER.pdf
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Top 400 individuals have a total effective tax rate of 23.8% in 2018-2020, down from about 30% earlier in the decade. This is lower than the average tax rate for the full US population and substantially lower than the total effective tax rate for top labor income earners.” P. 12 ⬇️
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Did you know that the wealthiest 400 people in the U.S. pay a lower tax rate than everyday Americans?
Tax. The. Rich.
Tax. The. Rich.
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Did you know that the wealthiest 400 people in the U.S. pay a lower tax rate than everyday Americans?
Tax. The. Rich.
Tax. The. Rich.
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This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
December 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
I just put Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net by Jessica Calarco on hold at my local library (no pun intended lol).
omg what a tag line: “Other countries have social safety nets. The United States has women.”
www.jessicacalarco.com
omg what a tag line: “Other countries have social safety nets. The United States has women.”
www.jessicacalarco.com
Jessica Calarco
www.jessicacalarco.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I just put Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net by Jessica Calarco on hold at my local library (no pun intended lol).
omg what a tag line: “Other countries have social safety nets. The United States has women.”
www.jessicacalarco.com
omg what a tag line: “Other countries have social safety nets. The United States has women.”
www.jessicacalarco.com
Here's information about the @neighbors4change.bsky.social petition signing event on 1/6/26:
neighbors4change.com/1-6-26-ballo...
neighbors4change.com/1-6-26-ballo...
December 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Here's information about the @neighbors4change.bsky.social petition signing event on 1/6/26:
neighbors4change.com/1-6-26-ballo...
neighbors4change.com/1-6-26-ballo...
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Good article by Julia, but I would add, don’t just let us be, HELP. Wear a mask in places where high risk people have to be, so you aren’t *contributing* to their risk. This is ground zero of a you’re either helping or hurting situation.
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Good article by Julia, but I would add, don’t just let us be, HELP. Wear a mask in places where high risk people have to be, so you aren’t *contributing* to their risk. This is ground zero of a you’re either helping or hurting situation.
Heck yeah let’s make it a petition signing party for the ages!
Bring your family, meet candidates, and make new friends. We’ll be happy together while getting our awesome Democratic candidates on the ballots!
HOPE IS OUR SUPERPOWER!
Bring your family, meet candidates, and make new friends. We’ll be happy together while getting our awesome Democratic candidates on the ballots!
HOPE IS OUR SUPERPOWER!
Thank you for the mention @politico.com.
Thanks to @neighbors4change.bsky.social we'll be collecting ballot petition signatures in Glenn Allen next week along with other great candidates. You're welcome to stop by.
Thanks to @neighbors4change.bsky.social we'll be collecting ballot petition signatures in Glenn Allen next week along with other great candidates. You're welcome to stop by.
Bryce Reeves drops Senate bid in Virginia
December 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Heck yeah let’s make it a petition signing party for the ages!
Bring your family, meet candidates, and make new friends. We’ll be happy together while getting our awesome Democratic candidates on the ballots!
HOPE IS OUR SUPERPOWER!
Bring your family, meet candidates, and make new friends. We’ll be happy together while getting our awesome Democratic candidates on the ballots!
HOPE IS OUR SUPERPOWER!
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Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mamdani will be sworn in in the station that inspired the Turtles lair in TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze
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Register for the event at ErickaKopp.com. Registration is free but required in order to get the Zoom link.
Ericka Kopp - Candidate for Change - ErickaKopp.com
A 2026 Candidate for Virginia's First Congressional District, Ericka Kopp is running to fight for what matters: Access to healthcare as a right, and accountability to the people. With your support, we...
ErickaKopp.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Register for the event at ErickaKopp.com. Registration is free but required in order to get the Zoom link.
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Ericka Kopp is one of the candidates hoping to defeat Rob Wittman in VA-01 and she’s ready to talk about impeachment. This Friday.
Ready to talk about impeachment? Let’s chat! Friday at 1pm, @citizensimpeachment.com and I are holding an impeachment town hall via Zoom.
#impeachment town hall alert!
YouTube video by Ericka Kopp
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Ericka Kopp is one of the candidates hoping to defeat Rob Wittman in VA-01 and she’s ready to talk about impeachment. This Friday.
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In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
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Even on a cold winter night Denmark has 100% coverage of electricity by wind energy.
4GW of offshore wind projects are in the making in the coming few years.
1GW in a year.
Denmark plans to be a net exporter of green energy in the form of electricity, hydrogen and electro fuels in 2030
4GW of offshore wind projects are in the making in the coming few years.
1GW in a year.
Denmark plans to be a net exporter of green energy in the form of electricity, hydrogen and electro fuels in 2030
December 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Even on a cold winter night Denmark has 100% coverage of electricity by wind energy.
4GW of offshore wind projects are in the making in the coming few years.
1GW in a year.
Denmark plans to be a net exporter of green energy in the form of electricity, hydrogen and electro fuels in 2030
4GW of offshore wind projects are in the making in the coming few years.
1GW in a year.
Denmark plans to be a net exporter of green energy in the form of electricity, hydrogen and electro fuels in 2030
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They’ve been slashing healthcare due to “waste, fraud and abuse”.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested
Philip Esformes is among several people granted clemency by then-President Donald Trump who have since been charged with new crimes.
www.nbcnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
They’ve been slashing healthcare due to “waste, fraud and abuse”.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
Telling people they must “prove they matter” to receive Medicaid.
Yet this man frauded the system of $1.2 billion dollars and what does he get?
A pardon!
It was never about saving money.
It’s eugenics.
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Hey, Rob: Are you paying attention? www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/27/e...
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hey, Rob: Are you paying attention? www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/27/e...
Help a cinephile out: I watched a movie today that included the well-worn trope of a delinquent/criminal man becoming a great dad.
I need recommendations for movies/shows that celebrate women who have been great moms all along (think: Raising Dion, which I’ve seen 2x 😁). All genres welcome. Thanks!
I need recommendations for movies/shows that celebrate women who have been great moms all along (think: Raising Dion, which I’ve seen 2x 😁). All genres welcome. Thanks!
December 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Help a cinephile out: I watched a movie today that included the well-worn trope of a delinquent/criminal man becoming a great dad.
I need recommendations for movies/shows that celebrate women who have been great moms all along (think: Raising Dion, which I’ve seen 2x 😁). All genres welcome. Thanks!
I need recommendations for movies/shows that celebrate women who have been great moms all along (think: Raising Dion, which I’ve seen 2x 😁). All genres welcome. Thanks!
Brief thread of 2026 #VA-01 Democratic candidate events happening this week! You’ll need running shoes for one and a love of accountability for the other.
Run with Elizabeth!
Wednesday, December 31
12PM-1PM EST
RSVP: www.elizabethforvirginia.com/events
Run with Elizabeth!
Wednesday, December 31
12PM-1PM EST
RSVP: www.elizabethforvirginia.com/events
Events - Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs
Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs Campaign Events
www.elizabethforvirginia.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Brief thread of 2026 #VA-01 Democratic candidate events happening this week! You’ll need running shoes for one and a love of accountability for the other.
Run with Elizabeth!
Wednesday, December 31
12PM-1PM EST
RSVP: www.elizabethforvirginia.com/events
Run with Elizabeth!
Wednesday, December 31
12PM-1PM EST
RSVP: www.elizabethforvirginia.com/events
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A history we must remember as techbros try to move us back to "company town" dynamics
#tdih 1960. W. Tenn. Black sharecroppers registered to vote (to break all-white juries which denied fair trial).
White landowners evicted them in cold of winter, “barred them from buying groceries or gas, & from receiving bank loans and medical services.” 💔 ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
White landowners evicted them in cold of winter, “barred them from buying groceries or gas, & from receiving bank loans and medical services.” 💔 ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl...
Dec. 28, 1960: Black Farmers in Tennessee Evicted for Registering to Vote
Black sharecroppers were evicted by white landowners simply for exercising their right to register to vote.
www.zinnedproject.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A history we must remember as techbros try to move us back to "company town" dynamics
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This is how you know a wealth tax is the right thing to do
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is how you know a wealth tax is the right thing to do
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This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.
"'I have my ID!' Mubashir shouted repeatedly, as heard on the video. The agents do not respond."
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
www.mprnews.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.
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A randomized trial of the Becoming a Man program found nearly a 50% reduction in violent crime arrests by teaching young men to slow down reflexive decisions. Small interventions can save lives at scale.
Deaths of decision-making among young men
Exploring why young men face higher fatality rates—and the proven behavioral strategies that can prevent these deaths.
aibm.org
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A randomized trial of the Becoming a Man program found nearly a 50% reduction in violent crime arrests by teaching young men to slow down reflexive decisions. Small interventions can save lives at scale.
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Eoin says the best ways to support him are to buy his book and to subscribe to his newsletter—links below:
December 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Eoin says the best ways to support him are to buy his book and to subscribe to his newsletter—links below:
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Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.