Heather Webb
@msheatherwebb.bsky.social
USA Today and Intern'l Bestselling Author. Editor. Wannabe Chef and History Nerd. Writing Coach @thenovelry. Mama Bear with teeth. Next: THE HOPE KEEPER (5/19) #resist
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Heather Webb
@msheatherwebb.bsky.social
· Feb 13
I'm so thrilled to share #TheHopeKeeper, coming 2/26🎉 🎉🎉 A little light in the gloom.
#booksky #readercommunity #tbr #books #writerslife
#booksky #readercommunity #tbr #books #writerslife
Coming to a bookstore near you, May 19th: #THEHOPEKEEPER, about the curse of the Hope Diamond, the last woman who owned it, a mysterious death, and the beginnings of women working at the Smithsonian where the diamond now realizes. Review copies are in💎🩵🎉 #books #readercommunity #historicalfiction
October 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Coming to a bookstore near you, May 19th: #THEHOPEKEEPER, about the curse of the Hope Diamond, the last woman who owned it, a mysterious death, and the beginnings of women working at the Smithsonian where the diamond now realizes. Review copies are in💎🩵🎉 #books #readercommunity #historicalfiction
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Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c
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A grand jury has indicted New York’s attorney-general, who is a longtime foe of Donald Trump, on felony counts related to a mortgage application. The rationale for the president’s revenge tour? That Democrats started it
Letitia James is the latest target of Donald Trump’s revenge agenda
Federal prosecutors have indicted New York’s attorney-general
econ.st
October 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A grand jury has indicted New York’s attorney-general, who is a longtime foe of Donald Trump, on felony counts related to a mortgage application. The rationale for the president’s revenge tour? That Democrats started it
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Day 4 of 31! 🎭 "The Phantom's Apprentice" by @msheatherwebb.bsky.social A bold Christine Daae as you've never seen her before, master of illusions and magic. #SpookyReads #gothic #books www.amazon.com/Phantoms-App...
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 4 of 31! 🎭 "The Phantom's Apprentice" by @msheatherwebb.bsky.social A bold Christine Daae as you've never seen her before, master of illusions and magic. #SpookyReads #gothic #books www.amazon.com/Phantoms-App...
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"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"You don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I think people should start sharing their stories. It’s the only way to make this clusterfuck seem more real. Ex: I’ve taken on a part time job just in case the government stops funding social security and Medicare. Never thought I’d have to second guess my country in retirement.
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I think people should start sharing their stories. It’s the only way to make this clusterfuck seem more real. Ex: I’ve taken on a part time job just in case the government stops funding social security and Medicare. Never thought I’d have to second guess my country in retirement.
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Federal employees are heading home today; however, members of Congress will continue to receive their salary. As the humorist Andy Borowitz wrote: “That’s like eliminating the fire dept & sending checks to the arsonists.”
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Federal employees are heading home today; however, members of Congress will continue to receive their salary. As the humorist Andy Borowitz wrote: “That’s like eliminating the fire dept & sending checks to the arsonists.”
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🔥🦅🗽🇺🇸
Pritzker calls for Trump's removal from office under 25th Amendment
Gov. JB Pritzker for the first time is calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, after the president said cities like Chicago should be used as “training g...
www.cbsnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"The point is that voters are hungry for authenticity, for leaders who understand their lives, and for a Democratic Party that fights as hard as the stakes demand."
Read @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social's op-ed on Meidas+.
👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-a...
Read @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social's op-ed on Meidas+.
👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-a...
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"The point is that voters are hungry for authenticity, for leaders who understand their lives, and for a Democratic Party that fights as hard as the stakes demand."
Read @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social's op-ed on Meidas+.
👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-a...
Read @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social's op-ed on Meidas+.
👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-a...
But you use your politics as leverage to strip women and you use your politics to carve up a state so that you can ensure votes of minorities don't count and votes of people who don't think like you count. Just-Dance-Vance should really try to stop making himself look stupid. May be too hard for him
via @acyn.bsky.social
Vance: You don't use your policy disagreements as leverage to not have essential services of government actually function
Vance: You don't use your policy disagreements as leverage to not have essential services of government actually function
September 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
But you use your politics as leverage to strip women and you use your politics to carve up a state so that you can ensure votes of minorities don't count and votes of people who don't think like you count. Just-Dance-Vance should really try to stop making himself look stupid. May be too hard for him
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
Most things he says has zero backing.
President Trump says an old drug that acts like a vitamin can reduce autism symptoms in many children. The science doesn't support that claim.
Leucovorin for autism? Many scientists — and parents — are skeptical
President Trump says an old drug that acts like a vitamin can reduce autism symptoms in many children. The science doesn't support that claim.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Most things he says has zero backing.
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I loved chatting with @msheatherwebb.bsky.social,
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I loved chatting with @msheatherwebb.bsky.social,
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
@kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social
and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...
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Trying to reconcile the vaguely 40-year-old-Victorian-gentleman-sounding diction in these texts that the FBI says Robinson sent to his roommate with the terminally-online memebot persona that aligns with the messages he inscribed on the bullets and the images in his social media trail 🤔
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trying to reconcile the vaguely 40-year-old-Victorian-gentleman-sounding diction in these texts that the FBI says Robinson sent to his roommate with the terminally-online memebot persona that aligns with the messages he inscribed on the bullets and the images in his social media trail 🤔
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So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported.
They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper.
Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson:
x.com/adamscochra...
So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported.
They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper.
Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson:
x.com/adamscochra...
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported.
They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper.
Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson:
x.com/adamscochra...
So the fake claims of "trans" and "antifa" symbols comes from both ammo stamps and casing inscriptions wrongly reported.
They try to paint Tyler as left, but like Crooks this is a fringe right wing Groyper.
Here's the details on registered Republican, Tyler Robinson:
x.com/adamscochra...
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Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
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Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm, hopes to make reactors cheaper—and minimise the risks of radioactive leaks—by sticking them underground
Burying nuclear reactors might make them cleaner and cheaper
An American firm hopes to test the theory
econ.st
September 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Deep Fission, an aspiring nuclear-power firm, hopes to make reactors cheaper—and minimise the risks of radioactive leaks—by sticking them underground
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A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
Trump administration illegally froze billions in Harvard funds, judge rules
The ruling is a legal victory for Harvard but the White House says it will appeal the decision.
n.pr
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A federal judge in Boston said she found it "difficult to conclude anything other than that [the Trump administration] used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country's premier universities, and did so in a way that runs afoul of [federal law]."
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Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Winter Workshop: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal — ERIC SMITH
Hey friends. So my first attempt at a self-run workshop this summer was a really wonderful success. A few dozen folks signed up, we worked on query letters and opening pages, and at the end of the si...
www.ericsmithrocks.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
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Today, we saw a major ruling that is a major setback for Trump’s authoritarian agenda – and great news for democracy.
Let's break it down:
Let's break it down:
September 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Today, we saw a major ruling that is a major setback for Trump’s authoritarian agenda – and great news for democracy.
Let's break it down:
Let's break it down:
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The Irish comedian Graham Linehan was just arrested by British police for rude X posts—which is “totalitarian, absurd, and a waste of police time,” @helenlewis.bsky.social argues.
The Arrest That Demonstrates Europe’s Free-Speech Problem
The absurd detention of the comedy writer Graham Linehan underscores a deeper issue.
bit.ly
September 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The Irish comedian Graham Linehan was just arrested by British police for rude X posts—which is “totalitarian, absurd, and a waste of police time,” @helenlewis.bsky.social argues.
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Co-living apartments are evolving into a key strategy for affordable housing that doesn't skimp on the amenities.
Co-living spaces are more than just 'adult dorms.' They could be a solution to the housing crisis.
Co-living apartments are evolving into a key strategy for affordable housing that doesn't skimp on the amenities.
www.businessinsider.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Co-living apartments are evolving into a key strategy for affordable housing that doesn't skimp on the amenities.