MulletBraid
@mulletbraid.bsky.social
Writer, singer, cat lover, pissed-off daughter of patriot parents who defeated the Nazis the first time. Fan of NK Jemisin, CJ Cherryh and Martha Wells as well as the hero of our time, Ukraine's President Zelenksyy.
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A Dubious Hope
Opal's father is making her miserable on the doomed generation ship the New Hope. When a telepathic alien asks, she agrees to be its translator, but reluctantly. It's a lifetime job, she's only thirte...
www.limfic.com
An anxious teen and an impulsive, hibernation-damaged soldier struggle to help their generation ship community deal with the fallout and potential of an alien rescue. www.limfic.com/book/a-dubio...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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I know a couple self-pub authors (not naming you but you know who you are lol) who diligently registered copyright on 50+ books and while I'm jealous of their foresight I can not wait for anthropic to have to cut them a six figure check.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I know a couple self-pub authors (not naming you but you know who you are lol) who diligently registered copyright on 50+ books and while I'm jealous of their foresight I can not wait for anthropic to have to cut them a six figure check.
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the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
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The amount of aluminum in select vaccines is
up to 72 TIMES LESS aluminum than you ingest daily from foods
and
up to 400 TIMES LESS aluminum than is in your body at any time.
Oh and it’s ALL filtered and excreted by your kidneys in the SAME EXACT WAY.
up to 72 TIMES LESS aluminum than you ingest daily from foods
and
up to 400 TIMES LESS aluminum than is in your body at any time.
Oh and it’s ALL filtered and excreted by your kidneys in the SAME EXACT WAY.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG
She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
An anxious teen and an impulsive, hibernation-damaged soldier struggle to help their generation ship community deal with the fallout and potential of an alien rescue. www.limfic.com/book/a-dubio...
A Dubious Hope
Opal's father is making her miserable on the doomed generation ship the New Hope. When a telepathic alien asks, she agrees to be its translator, but reluctantly. It's a lifetime job, she's only thirte...
www.limfic.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
An anxious teen and an impulsive, hibernation-damaged soldier struggle to help their generation ship community deal with the fallout and potential of an alien rescue. www.limfic.com/book/a-dubio...
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I was surprised i hadn't seen anyone isolate this yet, I think the actual disgusting thing here is that none of the other journalists there stick up for her or ask her question again or anything else. They act like it didn't even happen.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I was surprised i hadn't seen anyone isolate this yet, I think the actual disgusting thing here is that none of the other journalists there stick up for her or ask her question again or anything else. They act like it didn't even happen.
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Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
The parlance in Econ that implies that gendered “preferences” that contribute to wage/major gaps come fully formed and not shaped by society is one of the things that motivated me to start this project
www.nber.org/papers/w34456
www.nber.org/papers/w34456
The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
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But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
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Read this and tell me a public guillotine is not a damn good answer.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Retiring at 65 Is ‘Crazy’
Fink says it's time to rethink the traditional retirement age of 65. Baby boomers are partly to blame.
www.kiplinger.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Read this and tell me a public guillotine is not a damn good answer.
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Democrats built Direct File to cut out middlemen like TurboTax that charge ridiculous fees.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
IRS Direct File won't be available next year. Here's what that means for taxpayers
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear
abcnews.go.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Democrats built Direct File to cut out middlemen like TurboTax that charge ridiculous fees.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
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The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
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In summary, you can't just freestyle in a grand jury proceeding.
And if you do, and you attempt to cover up any of your mistakes, you risk disbarment.
And if you do, and you attempt to cover up any of your mistakes, you risk disbarment.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In summary, you can't just freestyle in a grand jury proceeding.
And if you do, and you attempt to cover up any of your mistakes, you risk disbarment.
And if you do, and you attempt to cover up any of your mistakes, you risk disbarment.
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The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
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This is terrifying and it won't end with sex workers
They are coming for ALL of us
We need to start putting massive pressure on payment processors again & demand that they process payments for all legal content
They are coming for ALL of us
We need to start putting massive pressure on payment processors again & demand that they process payments for all legal content
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a creator, particularly for mommy domme content. This could escalate into debanking, I learned
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is terrifying and it won't end with sex workers
They are coming for ALL of us
We need to start putting massive pressure on payment processors again & demand that they process payments for all legal content
They are coming for ALL of us
We need to start putting massive pressure on payment processors again & demand that they process payments for all legal content
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Should we be worried there's so much overlap between Epstein Island and the entire AI industry?
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement.
Crimson News Staff report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Crimson News Staff report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a…
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Should we be worried there's so much overlap between Epstein Island and the entire AI industry?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Specifically all of the Black and Trans writers
Infuriating to think that in just two months, Conde Nast's Vanity Fair hired Nuzzi while Conde Nast's Vogue absorbed and neutered Teen Vogue, laying off a number of talented writers who can write, and think, circles around Nuzzi.
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Specifically all of the Black and Trans writers
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A reminder that @chiosse.bsky.social is awesome
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A reminder that @chiosse.bsky.social is awesome
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I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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This sure seems like federal overreach telling CITIES what public arts they can install.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This sure seems like federal overreach telling CITIES what public arts they can install.
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i love that this tweet is still up
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
i love that this tweet is still up
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Today's hot "I Wish This Could (Have) Happen(ed)" Take: In a universe where they were both still breathing, I wish I could have got John M. Ford and @terryandrob.bsky.social together in the same room, and shown them 2025 politics and said to them, "...Write us a collaborative novel. PLEASE." 😁
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today's hot "I Wish This Could (Have) Happen(ed)" Take: In a universe where they were both still breathing, I wish I could have got John M. Ford and @terryandrob.bsky.social together in the same room, and shown them 2025 politics and said to them, "...Write us a collaborative novel. PLEASE." 😁
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repeat after me: no government bailouts for AI companies.
(peter thiel just dumped his nvidia stock and his tesla stock.)
(peter thiel just dumped his nvidia stock and his tesla stock.)
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
repeat after me: no government bailouts for AI companies.
(peter thiel just dumped his nvidia stock and his tesla stock.)
(peter thiel just dumped his nvidia stock and his tesla stock.)