Holly M. Wendt
@hmwendt.bsky.social
Novel HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books) out now! Free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com. Words in Shenandoah, Fourway Review, Memorious, & c. Writer, educator, enthusiast. they/them
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Don’t cross the line buds! Solidarity with the workers!
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 12:48 PM
Don’t cross the line buds! Solidarity with the workers!
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ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
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Next Wednesday!
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Next Wednesday!
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UPSTATE NY FRIENDS! I'll be reading from my novel NEGATIVE GIRL at 7pm on Tuesday, Nov. 11th at SUNY Oneonta -- come on out to see me!
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Authors Cudmore, Rogers To Read at SUNY Oneonta
Libby Cudmore is the author of “The Big Rewind” (William Morrow 2016) and “Negative Girl” (Datura 2024) as well as the Wade & Jacks series in “Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,” “Alfred Hitchcock Mystery...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
UPSTATE NY FRIENDS! I'll be reading from my novel NEGATIVE GIRL at 7pm on Tuesday, Nov. 11th at SUNY Oneonta -- come on out to see me!
www.allotsego.com/authors-cudm...
www.allotsego.com/authors-cudm...
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one reason I love the @necessaryfiction.com newsletter is that Steve writes it as a letter, not a piece of PR. this week's included links to foodbank/food pantry databases as well as a list of books for review
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
foodfinder.us
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
foodfinder.us
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
one reason I love the @necessaryfiction.com newsletter is that Steve writes it as a letter, not a piece of PR. this week's included links to foodbank/food pantry databases as well as a list of books for review
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
foodfinder.us
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
foodfinder.us
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!
@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!
@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
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This is huge — and in general it was a blue wave here. Also kicked our ICE-loving sheriff to the curb!
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is huge — and in general it was a blue wave here. Also kicked our ICE-loving sheriff to the curb!
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The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present “The Intersection of Religion and Mental Health in Poetry,” a free virtual workshop led by Maya Williams on Wednesday, November 12th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST. sundressblog.com/2025/10/28/s...
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present “The Intersection of Religion and Mental Health in Poetry,” a free virtual workshop led by Maya Williams on Wednesday, November 12th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST. sundressblog.com/2025/10/28/s...
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This summer I closely watched three home games per team, noting everything from the broadcast team and the ballpark advertisements to the score bug. In this @baseballprospectus.com article I go over my ground rules. I'll start with the teams next week.
Around the League in 90 Days: Introduction | Baseball Prospectus
A multi-week stroll around mlb.tv.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This summer I closely watched three home games per team, noting everything from the broadcast team and the ballpark advertisements to the score bug. In this @baseballprospectus.com article I go over my ground rules. I'll start with the teams next week.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Big news from SABR: For the first time ever, complete Negro Leagues player and team statistics are now available for download in the Lahman Baseball Database. sabr.org/latest/negro... @seanlahman.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Big news from SABR: For the first time ever, complete Negro Leagues player and team statistics are now available for download in the Lahman Baseball Database. sabr.org/latest/negro... @seanlahman.bsky.social
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I'm teaching not one, not two, but THREE writing classes this winter, so come join me and get some words on the page!
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The Writers Circle
At the Writers Circle, we believe in the uniqueness of each writer's voice. Our workshops nurture that pure, honest
self-expression in each of our students.
We welcome the most reluctant child, the...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm teaching not one, not two, but THREE writing classes this winter, so come join me and get some words on the page!
writerscircleworkshops.jumbula.com/winter-2026-...
writerscircleworkshops.jumbula.com/winter-2026-...
What if I can't leave for work because it would startle the deer currently grazing in the yard?
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What if I can't leave for work because it would startle the deer currently grazing in the yard?
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I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!
Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Books Available For Review
Books Available for Review Do get in touch if you’re interested in reviewing one of these books or something not listed; check our guidelines first, before you make contact. We review new works of lit...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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feeling normal, as you can easily ascertain by me casting on a new knitting project
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
feeling normal, as you can easily ascertain by me casting on a new knitting project
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There she is
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
There she is
TOMORROW! Don't miss @writesloud.bsky.social! Join us for free from anywhere in the world via Zoom. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
TOMORROW! Don't miss @writesloud.bsky.social! Join us for free from anywhere in the world via Zoom. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Moreover, they are the biggest plagiarism machines in the history of the world. They can not get answers correct without one of us having done it for them in the past, and then getting our work stolen by the corporation that designed the plagiarism machine and got all the money for it
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Moreover, they are the biggest plagiarism machines in the history of the world. They can not get answers correct without one of us having done it for them in the past, and then getting our work stolen by the corporation that designed the plagiarism machine and got all the money for it
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The Dodgers are in the World Series, McCarthyism is back, and there isn't nearly enough housing to go around—all of which makes this a good time to read Stealing Home. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
Stealing Home
The "scrupulously detailed" (Los Angeles Times) story of how the fight to build Dodgers Stadium, and transform Los Angeles into a big league city, ...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Dodgers are in the World Series, McCarthyism is back, and there isn't nearly enough housing to go around—all of which makes this a good time to read Stealing Home. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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Growing up, ballet was as far from my working-class roots as possible, yet my construction worker father encouraged my passion to dance on pointe. Many thanks to @riverteeth.bsky.social for publishing this essay about dancing with my father toward my dreams.
riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Growing up, ballet was as far from my working-class roots as possible, yet my construction worker father encouraged my passion to dance on pointe. Many thanks to @riverteeth.bsky.social for publishing this essay about dancing with my father toward my dreams.
riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
Just completely mesmerized by Josh Naylor's cleats.
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Just completely mesmerized by Josh Naylor's cleats.
Been having a great time pivoting to Something Else because no one can access the readings or see their peers' stories that they need to respond to by tomorrow on the platform we have been endlessly encouraged to use.
Happy "PROFESSOR!!! CANVAS IS DOWN!!!" day to all academics who celebrate.
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Been having a great time pivoting to Something Else because no one can access the readings or see their peers' stories that they need to respond to by tomorrow on the platform we have been endlessly encouraged to use.