Heather Massey
@heathermassey.com
Science Fiction Romance author, geek, suburban mom.
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Heather Massey
@heathermassey.com
· 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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Got my confirmation email for Ericka Kopp’s hybrid town hall in Williamsburg this Saturday, yay!
It’s from 12:30 to 1:30. Sign up, my #VA-01 friends, if you haven’t already!
erickakopp.com#mediagallery
It’s from 12:30 to 1:30. Sign up, my #VA-01 friends, if you haven’t already!
erickakopp.com#mediagallery
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
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Got my confirmation email for Ericka Kopp’s hybrid town hall in Williamsburg this Saturday, yay!
It’s from 12:30 to 1:30. Sign up, my #VA-01 friends, if you haven’t already!
erickakopp.com#mediagallery
It’s from 12:30 to 1:30. Sign up, my #VA-01 friends, if you haven’t already!
erickakopp.com#mediagallery
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Glad to see @sarahkendzior.bsky.social back. But READ her Thread.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Glad to see @sarahkendzior.bsky.social back. But READ her Thread.
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👀 Trump's DOJ arguing that political gerrymandering is illegal 👀
Gosh, that's what WE said! Hey, good luck with all that!
@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
@50501virginia.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social
@neighbors4change.bsky.social
Gosh, that's what WE said! Hey, good luck with all that!
@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
@50501virginia.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social
@neighbors4change.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
👀 Trump's DOJ arguing that political gerrymandering is illegal 👀
Gosh, that's what WE said! Hey, good luck with all that!
@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
@50501virginia.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social
@neighbors4change.bsky.social
Gosh, that's what WE said! Hey, good luck with all that!
@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
@50501virginia.bsky.social @vademocrats.bsky.social
@neighbors4change.bsky.social
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You love to see it!
"Ohio’s public schools have been victimized...Last week public school voters said enough. At the national level the 31 candidates fielded by the rightwing MomsforLiberty were defeated. Every one of them. In OH voters ousted rightwing culture warriors in most school board races."
"Ohio’s public schools have been victimized...Last week public school voters said enough. At the national level the 31 candidates fielded by the rightwing MomsforLiberty were defeated. Every one of them. In OH voters ousted rightwing culture warriors in most school board races."
Ohio: Voters Oust Culture Warriors in Many School Board Elections
Ohio’s public schools have been victimized repeatedly by its Republican legislatures and governors. Charter schools, online schools, and vouchers have ripped off taxpayers and siphoned funds …
dianeravitch.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
You love to see it!
"Ohio’s public schools have been victimized...Last week public school voters said enough. At the national level the 31 candidates fielded by the rightwing MomsforLiberty were defeated. Every one of them. In OH voters ousted rightwing culture warriors in most school board races."
"Ohio’s public schools have been victimized...Last week public school voters said enough. At the national level the 31 candidates fielded by the rightwing MomsforLiberty were defeated. Every one of them. In OH voters ousted rightwing culture warriors in most school board races."
Reposted by Heather Massey
Next up: data center community meeting for the proposed Hunting Hawk Technology Park (aka another new Data Center for Central VA) located in Hanover, on the border of Henrico. Join us & Hanover residents on Monday Nov 17th 6-8 pm South Anna Elementary 13122 Waltons Tavern Road Montpelier VA 23192
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Next up: data center community meeting for the proposed Hunting Hawk Technology Park (aka another new Data Center for Central VA) located in Hanover, on the border of Henrico. Join us & Hanover residents on Monday Nov 17th 6-8 pm South Anna Elementary 13122 Waltons Tavern Road Montpelier VA 23192
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I’d like everyone to witness how direct and focused @erickakopp.com and other #VA01 candidates are compared to Wittman or capitulating moderates like @kaine.senate.gov. If they keep it up - and I have no doubt they will! - they‘ll #FlipVA01.
Dear Rob,
Not only is Congress responsible for “meet[ing] its commitments,” but its members are also responsible for, you know, representing the people.
You don’t show up for your constituents, you lie, and you use a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing.
This is performative nonsense.
Not only is Congress responsible for “meet[ing] its commitments,” but its members are also responsible for, you know, representing the people.
You don’t show up for your constituents, you lie, and you use a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing.
This is performative nonsense.
🚨🚨Wittman gaslighting alert 🚨🚨
Stays in lockstep with Trump and Johnson, but pretends he's above it all 🙄
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
Stays in lockstep with Trump and Johnson, but pretends he's above it all 🙄
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’d like everyone to witness how direct and focused @erickakopp.com and other #VA01 candidates are compared to Wittman or capitulating moderates like @kaine.senate.gov. If they keep it up - and I have no doubt they will! - they‘ll #FlipVA01.
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I believe that:
-Food,
-Healthcare,
-Housing, and
-Loving whomever you love
Are human rights.
That is by no means an exhaustive list.
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s first district to fight for all of these rights for everyone.
-Food,
-Healthcare,
-Housing, and
-Loving whomever you love
Are human rights.
That is by no means an exhaustive list.
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s first district to fight for all of these rights for everyone.
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I believe that:
-Food,
-Healthcare,
-Housing, and
-Loving whomever you love
Are human rights.
That is by no means an exhaustive list.
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s first district to fight for all of these rights for everyone.
-Food,
-Healthcare,
-Housing, and
-Loving whomever you love
Are human rights.
That is by no means an exhaustive list.
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s first district to fight for all of these rights for everyone.
Reposted by Heather Massey
⚠️ Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
(No better way to change the subject than starting a war.)
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
(No better way to change the subject than starting a war.)
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
⚠️ Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
(No better way to change the subject than starting a war.)
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
(No better way to change the subject than starting a war.)
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Reposted by Heather Massey
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Reposted by Heather Massey
Would you spend $388k to save $120k? Probably not. And yet the “Art of the Deal” guy is trying to sell you that bill of goods as his solution to make housing more affordable with the 50-year mortgage. That’s not affordability. It’s exploitation. Good for lenders, bad for borrowers. #MDIndivisible
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Would you spend $388k to save $120k? Probably not. And yet the “Art of the Deal” guy is trying to sell you that bill of goods as his solution to make housing more affordable with the 50-year mortgage. That’s not affordability. It’s exploitation. Good for lenders, bad for borrowers. #MDIndivisible
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🚨WITTMAN GASLIGHTING ALERT🚨
Votes to INCREASE costs for average Virginians to give tax cuts to the rich.
LIES about what he actually did
💯 HIS fault
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
@hanovervadems.bsky.social @wjccindivisible.bsky.social @newkentvadems.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social
Votes to INCREASE costs for average Virginians to give tax cuts to the rich.
LIES about what he actually did
💯 HIS fault
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
@hanovervadems.bsky.social @wjccindivisible.bsky.social @newkentvadems.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🚨WITTMAN GASLIGHTING ALERT🚨
Votes to INCREASE costs for average Virginians to give tax cuts to the rich.
LIES about what he actually did
💯 HIS fault
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
@hanovervadems.bsky.social @wjccindivisible.bsky.social @newkentvadems.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social
Votes to INCREASE costs for average Virginians to give tax cuts to the rich.
LIES about what he actually did
💯 HIS fault
@wittmanwatch.bsky.social
@hanovervadems.bsky.social @wjccindivisible.bsky.social @newkentvadems.bsky.social @neighbors4change.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Massey
What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
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This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—aka the “mono” virus—can also trigger Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) and is a risk factor for Multiple Sclerosis.
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
🦠NEW: Scientists just confirmed that the “Mono” virus can trigger and sustain lupus — something researchers had suspected for decades, but only based on anecdotal evidence.
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—aka the “mono” virus—can also trigger Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MECFS) and is a risk factor for Multiple Sclerosis.
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
COVID-19 infection is one of the things that can trigger the reactivation of EBV (others include mold or mycotoxin exposure).
Reposted by Heather Massey
Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
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Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Did you see the Northern lights last night? ✨ Community member Emma Snead captured these stunning images on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Learn more: https://wtop.com/the-space-place/2025/11/northern-lights-sightings-possible-next-few-nights-in-dc-region/
📷: Emma Snead
📷: Emma Snead
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Did you see the Northern lights last night? ✨ Community member Emma Snead captured these stunning images on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Learn more: https://wtop.com/the-space-place/2025/11/northern-lights-sightings-possible-next-few-nights-in-dc-region/
📷: Emma Snead
📷: Emma Snead
Reposted by Heather Massey
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Reposted by Heather Massey
Something coming up this afternoon: City of Harrisonburg is counting its provisional ballots today/right now.
So? It'll finalize the result in the only legislative election in Virginia that is still uncalled.
GOP incumbent is up, & it'd be a big surprise if he loses but not impossible.
So? It'll finalize the result in the only legislative election in Virginia that is still uncalled.
GOP incumbent is up, & it'd be a big surprise if he loses but not impossible.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Something coming up this afternoon: City of Harrisonburg is counting its provisional ballots today/right now.
So? It'll finalize the result in the only legislative election in Virginia that is still uncalled.
GOP incumbent is up, & it'd be a big surprise if he loses but not impossible.
So? It'll finalize the result in the only legislative election in Virginia that is still uncalled.
GOP incumbent is up, & it'd be a big surprise if he loses but not impossible.
While researching #VA-01 Democratic candidate info for an article, I discovered that Andrew Lucchetti has withdrawn from the race as of 9/8/25. (I'm not on FB so didn't see the news until now)
Mr. Lucchetti, thanks for your efforts!
www.facebook.com/AndrewLucche...
Mr. Lucchetti, thanks for your efforts!
www.facebook.com/AndrewLucche...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
While researching #VA-01 Democratic candidate info for an article, I discovered that Andrew Lucchetti has withdrawn from the race as of 9/8/25. (I'm not on FB so didn't see the news until now)
Mr. Lucchetti, thanks for your efforts!
www.facebook.com/AndrewLucche...
Mr. Lucchetti, thanks for your efforts!
www.facebook.com/AndrewLucche...
Reposted by Heather Massey
Yes--truth!
Not just chairs but the majority of local Democratic Committee Executive Committee members are women!!!
Not just chairs but the majority of local Democratic Committee Executive Committee members are women!!!
This Emerge graduate (class of 2020/2021?) and woman in Virginia politics knows that's right!
Also, the majority of local Democratic committee chairs in Virginia are WOMEN--right, @vademocrats.bsky.social?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Also, the majority of local Democratic committee chairs in Virginia are WOMEN--right, @vademocrats.bsky.social?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Beyond Spanberger, women fuel a Democratic resurgence in Virginia
In Tuesday’s election, women made history in the executive branch, set records in the House of Delegates — and evoked pride from female leaders of generations past.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yes--truth!
Not just chairs but the majority of local Democratic Committee Executive Committee members are women!!!
Not just chairs but the majority of local Democratic Committee Executive Committee members are women!!!
Reposted by Heather Massey
ATTN: RICHMOND!
Thursday at Shop Two Three. come thru and cop a tee or a tote. bring your own shirt to print if you want. i’ll be signing prints. all proceeds are going to RVA Community Fridges
everybody eats!
Thursday at Shop Two Three. come thru and cop a tee or a tote. bring your own shirt to print if you want. i’ll be signing prints. all proceeds are going to RVA Community Fridges
everybody eats!
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
ATTN: RICHMOND!
Thursday at Shop Two Three. come thru and cop a tee or a tote. bring your own shirt to print if you want. i’ll be signing prints. all proceeds are going to RVA Community Fridges
everybody eats!
Thursday at Shop Two Three. come thru and cop a tee or a tote. bring your own shirt to print if you want. i’ll be signing prints. all proceeds are going to RVA Community Fridges
everybody eats!
Reposted by Heather Massey
@kaine.senate.gov We all wanted to see the shutdown end. We just didn't want to see it end with the usual Democrat collapse and a vote that will make healthcare unaffordable for millions.
Name the other Dems that were happy with your vote. @markwarner.bsky.social were you one of them?
Name the other Dems that were happy with your vote. @markwarner.bsky.social were you one of them?
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@kaine.senate.gov We all wanted to see the shutdown end. We just didn't want to see it end with the usual Democrat collapse and a vote that will make healthcare unaffordable for millions.
Name the other Dems that were happy with your vote. @markwarner.bsky.social were you one of them?
Name the other Dems that were happy with your vote. @markwarner.bsky.social were you one of them?