Lish McBride
@lishmcbride.bsky.social
Former indie bookseller and cursed object, current feral goblin bard spinning coffee and spite into books about necromancers, werewolves, and delightful weirdos. (She/her)
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Lish McBride
@lishmcbride.bsky.social
· Sep 21
I have books. You have legal tender. I’m told we can trade these things and that’s how commerce works.
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Periodic reminder:
You can check bills being introduced in Congress at www.govtrack.us, including:
1. Who is sponsoring the bill,
2. When the bill was sponsored,
3. Where the bill is in the process,
4. And an estimate of the likelihood of the bill passing.
You can check bills being introduced in Congress at www.govtrack.us, including:
1. Who is sponsoring the bill,
2. When the bill was sponsored,
3. Where the bill is in the process,
4. And an estimate of the likelihood of the bill passing.
GovTrack.us
Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.
www.govtrack.us
January 5, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Periodic reminder:
You can check bills being introduced in Congress at www.govtrack.us, including:
1. Who is sponsoring the bill,
2. When the bill was sponsored,
3. Where the bill is in the process,
4. And an estimate of the likelihood of the bill passing.
You can check bills being introduced in Congress at www.govtrack.us, including:
1. Who is sponsoring the bill,
2. When the bill was sponsored,
3. Where the bill is in the process,
4. And an estimate of the likelihood of the bill passing.
What a delightful thing to discover from my deathbed.*
*I’m not dying, just sick and dramatic.
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*I’m not dying, just sick and dramatic.
thenerddaily.com/2026-anticip...
72 Anticipated YA Books Releases Of 2026 | The Nerd Daily
We apologise in advance to your TBR and bank account, but there’s so many fantastic upcoming young adult books hitting shelves between January and June 2026! There's new releases from Roshani Chokshi,...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
What a delightful thing to discover from my deathbed.*
*I’m not dying, just sick and dramatic.
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*I’m not dying, just sick and dramatic.
thenerddaily.com/2026-anticip...
I think it’s a testament to how much I’ve accustomed my family to me saying weird things that when asked what I was doing*, no one asked what I even meant when I said, “being a clove babushka.”
They just accepted it. I am now a clove babushka.
They just accepted it. I am now a clove babushka.
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I think it’s a testament to how much I’ve accustomed my family to me saying weird things that when asked what I was doing*, no one asked what I even meant when I said, “being a clove babushka.”
They just accepted it. I am now a clove babushka.
They just accepted it. I am now a clove babushka.
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I don't recall off hand who made the point about AI being, more than anything else, a machine for displacing responsibility. That increasingly looks like its most reliable feature
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I don't recall off hand who made the point about AI being, more than anything else, a machine for displacing responsibility. That increasingly looks like its most reliable feature
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Every time I see this shit I go just a little bit more insane.
This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Every time I see this shit I go just a little bit more insane.
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A hearty congrats to RFK Jr., as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status after 25 years, with the most cases since the early 1990s.
Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years
After a quarter century where measles was considered eliminated in the U.S., 2025's continuous outbreaks have us back at ground zero.
www.jezebel.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 AM
A hearty congrats to RFK Jr., as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status after 25 years, with the most cases since the early 1990s.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
My New Year’s resolution will only be the silliest of side quests. The wackiest of whimsies. Little candy moments of joys. What should it be? Trying as many kinds of cheeses that I can? Sniff more things? Frolic in more fields?
I’m open to ideas. What’s your silliest side quest?
I’m open to ideas. What’s your silliest side quest?
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My New Year’s resolution will only be the silliest of side quests. The wackiest of whimsies. Little candy moments of joys. What should it be? Trying as many kinds of cheeses that I can? Sniff more things? Frolic in more fields?
I’m open to ideas. What’s your silliest side quest?
I’m open to ideas. What’s your silliest side quest?
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MOST LIKELY TO MURDER by @lishmcbride.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771719...
Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride: 9780593860403 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Yearbook superlatives turn deadly in this darkly funny young adult thriller. The rumor mill has never been kind to Meadowvale High seniors and best friends Rick and Martina, labeling them outcasts (s...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
MOST LIKELY TO MURDER by @lishmcbride.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771719...
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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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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
Smalls: did you leave milk and cookies out for Santa when you were a kid?
Me, not thinking: no, my dad told us to leave out a glass of rum because santa didn’t like dairy.
Smalls: let’s do that!
Me: it was less about Santa and more about your grandpa liking rum. I regret answering this question.
Me, not thinking: no, my dad told us to leave out a glass of rum because santa didn’t like dairy.
Smalls: let’s do that!
Me: it was less about Santa and more about your grandpa liking rum. I regret answering this question.
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Smalls: did you leave milk and cookies out for Santa when you were a kid?
Me, not thinking: no, my dad told us to leave out a glass of rum because santa didn’t like dairy.
Smalls: let’s do that!
Me: it was less about Santa and more about your grandpa liking rum. I regret answering this question.
Me, not thinking: no, my dad told us to leave out a glass of rum because santa didn’t like dairy.
Smalls: let’s do that!
Me: it was less about Santa and more about your grandpa liking rum. I regret answering this question.
Those twinkling lights are load bearing.
Things to celebrate this holiday season:
- festive cheeses
- time traveling ghosts
- weird relatives
- potatoes
- weird relatives who like potatoes
- your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights
- festive cheeses
- time traveling ghosts
- weird relatives
- potatoes
- weird relatives who like potatoes
- your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Those twinkling lights are load bearing.
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Things to celebrate this holiday season:
- festive cheeses
- time traveling ghosts
- weird relatives
- potatoes
- weird relatives who like potatoes
- your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights
- festive cheeses
- time traveling ghosts
- weird relatives
- potatoes
- weird relatives who like potatoes
- your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Things to celebrate this holiday season:
- festive cheeses
- time traveling ghosts
- weird relatives
- potatoes
- weird relatives who like potatoes
- your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights
- festive cheeses
- time traveling ghosts
- weird relatives
- potatoes
- weird relatives who like potatoes
- your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights
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Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hogather by Terry Pratchett, which I have, and love. It is a book about monsters, stories, and love.
It's a Death book, but it can be read standalone with a bit of information:
It's a Death book, but it can be read standalone with a bit of information:
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hogather by Terry Pratchett, which I have, and love. It is a book about monsters, stories, and love.
It's a Death book, but it can be read standalone with a bit of information:
It's a Death book, but it can be read standalone with a bit of information:
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Was an honor to play a few tunes for striking @sbworkersunited.org workers at the #Starbucks in Newton this morning. No contract, no coffee!
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Was an honor to play a few tunes for striking @sbworkersunited.org workers at the #Starbucks in Newton this morning. No contract, no coffee!
I would like to sleep for 1,000 years in a castle on forgotten shores with a cat wizard curled up on the bed next to me, as we’re watched over by the ghosts of benevolent cheese mongers, ready to offer snacks the minute I wake up.
What are you thinking about?
1. cat wizards
2. ghosts & cheese
3. castles on forgotten shores
4. sleeping for 1,000 years
1. cat wizards
2. ghosts & cheese
3. castles on forgotten shores
4. sleeping for 1,000 years
December 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I would like to sleep for 1,000 years in a castle on forgotten shores with a cat wizard curled up on the bed next to me, as we’re watched over by the ghosts of benevolent cheese mongers, ready to offer snacks the minute I wake up.
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Deleting this photo is such a dumb move. It’s like a two year old with frosting all over her face trying to blame grandma for eating the cupcakes. We have eyes that see things! Many of us have developed object permanence!
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Deleting this photo is such a dumb move. It’s like a two year old with frosting all over her face trying to blame grandma for eating the cupcakes. We have eyes that see things! Many of us have developed object permanence!
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new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
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This is a very good thread:
So, SFWA is very much not my circus, not my monkeys, but here are my two general thoughts right now:
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
1) clear rules excluding AI-created content are important to hold the line, especially for publishers who would want nothing more than to toss their editors into the drink.
December 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This is a very good thread:
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I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.
With the heinous shenanigans involving that awful bill, I want to take a sec to tell any of my trans friends out there—I’m sorry. I’m sorry you can’t just exist and be happy and live your life without a bunch of shitbirds villainizing you. You don’t deserve that. No one does. I’m glad you’re here.
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
With the heinous shenanigans involving that awful bill, I want to take a sec to tell any of my trans friends out there—I’m sorry. I’m sorry you can’t just exist and be happy and live your life without a bunch of shitbirds villainizing you. You don’t deserve that. No one does. I’m glad you’re here.
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here they are with phone numbers bsky.app/profile/thre...
not that it will change their votes at this point and this has long been the case but henry cuellar, don davis, and vicente gonzalez should probably not ever know another moment of peace.
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
henry cuellar: 202-225-1640
don davis: 202-225-3101
vicente gonzalez: 202-225-2531
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
here they are with phone numbers bsky.app/profile/thre...