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A sickening read.
Five-byline alert: 🚨
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A sickening read.
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It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.
Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It was Downey who coined the phrase in the LEVERAGE writers room “future episodes do not win out over present episodes”. Trust me, you’ll have more ideas. You’ll die full of them.
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Now seems a very good time to remind Americans that the Queer Liberation Library exists, and its online.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Now seems a very good time to remind Americans that the Queer Liberation Library exists, and its online.
At least they used a photo without a visible face...
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
At least they used a photo without a visible face...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
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friends, some of you enjoy gifting expensive jewelry to the ones you love: take a look, because there's nothing like this out there.
All right, tonight's inventory selections.
This is going to be a long thread, because we have GOT to make some sales, and I've had no chance today to do this until now. It'll be a mix of price points, his lowest and some very high ones.
If you don't want to see it, mute now.
This is going to be a long thread, because we have GOT to make some sales, and I've had no chance today to do this until now. It'll be a mix of price points, his lowest and some very high ones.
If you don't want to see it, mute now.
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
friends, some of you enjoy gifting expensive jewelry to the ones you love: take a look, because there's nothing like this out there.
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::shaking my head sadly::
It goes on and on, my friends.
It goes on and on, my friends.
The Song That Doesn’t End is like a horror story. “Some people started singing it, /not knowing what it was/ and they’ll continue singing it forever just because”. They didn’t know. They had no idea. They just started singing and now they’re doomed to sing forever.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
::shaking my head sadly::
It goes on and on, my friends.
It goes on and on, my friends.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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It basically sucks to be in a situation where you're screaming "It can't be! We killed you!" at a shambling figure that's encroaching inexorably
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It basically sucks to be in a situation where you're screaming "It can't be! We killed you!" at a shambling figure that's encroaching inexorably
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Three ghosts may have been effective in Scrooge’s day, but I think we probably need the cenobites.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Three ghosts may have been effective in Scrooge’s day, but I think we probably need the cenobites.
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it would be neat if pritzker would put some teeth into his words and enforce his state's law protecting youth trans healthcare
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
it would be neat if pritzker would put some teeth into his words and enforce his state's law protecting youth trans healthcare
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Do you have a relative who keeps talking about how "RFK Jr. has a point about vaccines and autism?" Good news. My book We're Not Broken is on sale and Harper Collins has free shipping in the continental U.S. until December 8. Buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
We're Not Broken
“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...
www.harpercollins.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Do you have a relative who keeps talking about how "RFK Jr. has a point about vaccines and autism?" Good news. My book We're Not Broken is on sale and Harper Collins has free shipping in the continental U.S. until December 8. Buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
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Happy Black Friday!
A reminder that I'm currently running a massive sale in my shop to help keep JL8 alive!
50% off all mass-produced items with code SAVE50
30% off all original art with code SAVE30
Visit yalestewart.bigcartel.com to purchase!
A reminder that I'm currently running a massive sale in my shop to help keep JL8 alive!
50% off all mass-produced items with code SAVE50
30% off all original art with code SAVE30
Visit yalestewart.bigcartel.com to purchase!
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Happy Black Friday!
A reminder that I'm currently running a massive sale in my shop to help keep JL8 alive!
50% off all mass-produced items with code SAVE50
30% off all original art with code SAVE30
Visit yalestewart.bigcartel.com to purchase!
A reminder that I'm currently running a massive sale in my shop to help keep JL8 alive!
50% off all mass-produced items with code SAVE50
30% off all original art with code SAVE30
Visit yalestewart.bigcartel.com to purchase!
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when a river runs into a bunch of dumb-ass garbage blocking her way, she gets wider
think trans artists tend to be multidisciplinary renaissance types bc we all know that no matter what we do we’re not getting famous or even respected for this shit
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
when a river runs into a bunch of dumb-ass garbage blocking her way, she gets wider
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The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The president and the speaker are scrambling to promote a candidate in a gerrymandered Tennessee district Trump won by 22 points last year.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
That’s the smell of panic in the air.
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I treat boycotts as personal blood vendettas. This is about me physically harming a corporation, not about me telling any other human how to live their life.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I treat boycotts as personal blood vendettas. This is about me physically harming a corporation, not about me telling any other human how to live their life.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
I don’t have time to judge others while I’m digging two graves for me and Target.
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Are you a video creator who wants to expand accessibility to their content? Do you want captions made by somebody who knows what a TTRPG or actual play is and won't transcribe it "one dee eight"?
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Are you a video creator who wants to expand accessibility to their content? Do you want captions made by somebody who knows what a TTRPG or actual play is and won't transcribe it "one dee eight"?
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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Read @rosscmrn.bsky.social's fabulous blog post! And please repost 😊
🌎 What happens when a travel writer navigates the world through touch?
This month’s blog explores the journeys of James Holman, the self-described ‘Blind Traveller’, and how his haptic encounters challenged the visual conventions of travel writing.
www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/the-...
This month’s blog explores the journeys of James Holman, the self-described ‘Blind Traveller’, and how his haptic encounters challenged the visual conventions of travel writing.
www.thevictorianhand.uk/gallery/the-...
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Read @rosscmrn.bsky.social's fabulous blog post! And please repost 😊
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"...the researchers tell WIRED that the verse is too dangerous to share with the public."
📃✍️💥👀
📃✍️💥👀
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"...the researchers tell WIRED that the verse is too dangerous to share with the public."
📃✍️💥👀
📃✍️💥👀
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Future iteration of a screen time warning that I need
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Future iteration of a screen time warning that I need
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Amazon employees in over 30 countries are walking off the job today as part of a global protest called “Make Amazon Pay”.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Amazon employees in over 30 countries are walking off the job today as part of a global protest called “Make Amazon Pay”.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
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The aim should be for individual, not institutional, accountability.
Did a university obviously violate the first amendment rights of its faculty to suck up to Trump? Don't seek to fine the university, *seek to jail its president and trustees.*
People make decisions, people bear consequences.
Did a university obviously violate the first amendment rights of its faculty to suck up to Trump? Don't seek to fine the university, *seek to jail its president and trustees.*
People make decisions, people bear consequences.
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The aim should be for individual, not institutional, accountability.
Did a university obviously violate the first amendment rights of its faculty to suck up to Trump? Don't seek to fine the university, *seek to jail its president and trustees.*
People make decisions, people bear consequences.
Did a university obviously violate the first amendment rights of its faculty to suck up to Trump? Don't seek to fine the university, *seek to jail its president and trustees.*
People make decisions, people bear consequences.