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Jenny L Howe
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Author of books with plus size rep. THE MAKE-UP TEST and ON THE PLUS SIDE (out now!), HOW TO GET A LIFE IN TEN DATES (12/10/24), and LOVE AT FULL TILT (7/22/2025-my first YA!!)

Amateur dog enthusiast. Professional book hoarder.
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Jenny L Howe @jennylhowe.bsky.social · Nov 15
It is completely surreal to me that I'm going to have 4 books in stores by next summer. All w/ beautiful plus-size women on them. 😭

It's been a tough few months for me in a lot of different ways, but I wanted to make this post to remind myself that this is an accomplishment and worth celebrating.
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Excellent advice. And if you can't get through there, fax them (free online, see bsky.app/profile/jacl...). Then write an angry letter! You literally pay them to listen to you, so make your voice heard!!
lovesthesox.bsky.social Sarah B (she/her) @lovesthesox.bsky.social · Mar 14
If your senator doesn’t let you leave a voicemail, try their *branch* offices.
pronounced-ing.bsky.social Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Mar 14
*Jon Ossoff* just announced he's voting no. You think that happened out of nowhere? CALL YOUR SENATORS. 👇
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
One of the reasons I love independent bookstores: they care about their communities. Order/buy from @portersqbooks.bsky.social TODAY and 5% of sales go to nonprofits that YOU can also help choose 👇
portersqbooks.bsky.social Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · Mar 6
Inspired by @belmontbooks.bsky.social & in support of the planned economic activism, Porter Square Books will be donating 5% of all sales from March 7-March 14 to a number of nonprofits working to build stronger communities & a better world. You can nominate a org for a donation below...
www.portersquarebooks.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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mims.bsky.social
Meet Gracie Himes, age 20.

Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.

On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
March 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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lunarlibraries.com
i got my netgalley arcs onto my kobo! i (mostly) followed instructions in the reddit thread i replied with (except i took them off my old kindle device, not the kindle pc app because i don't have that)

also, love at full tilt is SUPER CUTE and i love it, but i may be biased @jennylhowe.bsky.social
three arcs (sir callie and the final stand, love at full tilt, and roll for romance) featured on my kobo libre colour 📚💙 the FULL COLOR cover of love at full tilt by jenny l. howe on my kobo libre colour chapter 11 of love at full tilt on my kobo libre colour, synced from my kindle (see, i really am reading it!)
March 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
jennylhowe.bsky.social
I really thought the bad guy's name in the Daredevil show was Wilson Phillips. 🤣
March 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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judiciarydems.senate.gov
BREAKING: Senate Republicans BLOCK simple resolution to support the rule of law and say the executive branch MUST abide by court rulings.
March 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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maris.bsky.social
Looks like Trump & co are positioning to sue a lot more journalists/authors/publishers www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...
NYT v. Sullivan: Will the Landmark Defamation Ruling Survive? (Gift Article)
New York Times v. Sullivan and other landmark Supreme Court decisions protect the press’s ability to investigate public figures. But a growing right-wing movement seeks to overturn them.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Seems bad
taniel.bsky.social Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Mar 3
The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
You may have seen this elsewhere, but I'm also sharing it and acting as verification: I know who this is for. I know their current situation. For their safety, please don't speculate... but they do so much for ALL writing communities. So if you can help... 💓

www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-bel...
Donate to Help a Beloved Kidlit Author Recover, organized by Jessica Burkhart
Friends, a beloved member of the kidlit community needs our help. This author is… Jessica Burkhart needs your support for Help a Beloved Kidlit Author Recover
www.gofundme.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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karsynwrites.bsky.social
It's a great day to keep calling your representatives! And if you haven't started yet, now is a great time!
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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qasimrashid.com
The number of non-citizens on Social Security is 0. The cost of printing out this stupid Executive Order is greater than the money received by non-citizens on Social Security—which again is $0.

He's distracting his MAGA base to steal $800B in Medicaid & give billionaires trillions in tax cuts.
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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lorekeating.bsky.social
Tired: "Claimed by a Billionaire"
Desired: "Seduced by a Union Organizer"
hillarymonahan.bsky.social Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · Feb 27
Romance authors are uniquely positioned to make billionaires unfuckable atm.

I hope they wield this power well.
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 27
Wow—Trump is firing and banning all trans people from the military, per DoD memo.

“Military service by members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.”

Part of memo:
ATTACHMENT Service Members and Applicants for Military Service who Have a Current Diagnosis or History of, or Exhibit Symptoms Consistent with, Gender Dysphoria 1. Policy. It is DoD policy that: a. Service in the Military Services is open to all persons who can meet the high standards for military service and readiness without special accommodations. b. It is the policy of the United States Government to establish high standards for Service 1s inconsistent with the medical is inconsistinest the medical, surgi, al, and mental he, un constraints on individuals wiplicy gender dysphoria or who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria. c. Military service by Service members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service. Service by these individuals is not in the best interests of the Military Services and is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security. d. Individuals who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria are no longer eligible for military service, except as set forth in sections 4.1.c. and 4.3.c. of this attachment. e. Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service in accordance with section 4.4. of this attachment. Characterization of service under these procedures will be honorable except where the Service member's record otherwise warrants a lower characterization. f. The Department only recognizes two sexes: male and female. An individual's sex is immutable, unchanging during a person's life. All Service members will only serve in accordance with their sex, defined in Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to i. Absent extraordinary operational necessity, the Military Services will not allow male Service members to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for females, nor allow female Service members to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for males. j. No funds from the Department of Defense will be used to pay for Service members' unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with facilitating sex reassignment surgery, genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria, or newly initiated cross-sex hormone therapy. k. Consistent with existing law and Department policy, commanders shall protect the privacy of protected health information they receive under this policy in the same manner as they would with any other protected health information. Such health information shall be restricted to personnel with a specific need to know; that is, access to information must be necessary for the conduct of official duties. Personnel shall also be accountable for safeguarding this health information consistent with existing law and Departmental policy. 2. Applicability. This policy guidance applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD.
February 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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fivebfive.bsky.social
RFK is a lunatic and will kill many. He and others promised under oath it would not come to this. They said they did not want to take away vaccines. They lied. In this coming anti-science era, the only thing you can do to protect yourself and loved ones is to wear a well-fitting mask.
February 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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theguardian.com
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds
Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit The majority of banned books in US public schools last year dealt with people of color, LGBTQ+ people and other demographics, according to a…
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.
February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
There is a fascinating correlation between billionaires and shameless stupidity. Who is going to read this when the WSJ exists?
froomkin.bsky.social Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · Feb 26
Holy shit. Jeff Bezos is turning the Washington Post editorial page into.... the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others. There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job. I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity. I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction. I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void. Jeff
February 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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celestepewter.bsky.social
I mean, no kidding it's a conflict of interest.

Listen. I know it feels futile calling your reps right now, but I promise it's moving the needle. KEEP. CALLING.
Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflic...
www.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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mikestabile.bsky.social
A school board in Louisiana has stripped the shelves of books over a panic that "material harmful to minors" — in other words, descriptions of sex or sexuality — might be present in one of the 30,000 (!) books aimed at young adults.

www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
Librarians reading 30,000 books in Livingston Parish to check for explicit material
Livingston Parish libraries have found a solution for the community's concerns about the possibility of sexually explicit material in children's books: read every single book on the shelf.
www.theadvocate.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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erosalie.infoepi.com
The CDC has indefinitely shuttered the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a data collection program (started in 1988) that identifies women and infants at high risk for health problems, monitors health status, and measures progress toward improving the health of mothers and babies.
February 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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mattgertz.bsky.social
The selection of right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino for a senior FBI role hammers home that President Donald Trump is eliminating the guardrails that prevented right-wing conspiracy theories becoming criminal prosecutions during his first term.
February 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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thebasement.nz
Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
February 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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qasimrashid.com
Morning Joe bent the knee to Trump fascism & Joy Reid demanded justice against Trump fascism.

Morning Joe whitewashed Netanyahu’s genocide of Palestinians & Joy Reid called out Netanyahu’s genocide.

MSNBC protected Morning Joe & fired Joy Reid.

I’m just not qwhite sure why.🤔
February 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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zey.bsky.social
Gift link.

A small unelected, secretive crew now has free access to sensitive private data of everyone.

And Musk is already publicly targeting family members of judges who rule against the administration.

If this isn’t ringing alarm bells, I don’t know what would.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
February 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM