Olivia Waite
@oliviawaite.com
Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
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Olivia Waite
@oliviawaite.com
· Apr 23
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Good news! You can now order signed or personalized or doodled-on copies of my books from @ballastbookco.bsky.social! (Eagle eyes will also spot the pre-order for the second Dorothy Gentleman mystery!) ballastbookco.com/browse/filte... 💙📚
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"The only time the presidential proclamation cited to justify rounding up refugees mentions refugees is to say the proclamation will have no effect on refugees."
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/uscis-refu...
Exclusive: DHS based its newest refugee attack on a Trump proclamation that stated it would not apply to refugees
New documents filed in a key refugee case in Minnesota shed light on a broad, aggressive plan to review all refugees admitted since the start of the Biden administration.
www.lawdork.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"The only time the presidential proclamation cited to justify rounding up refugees mentions refugees is to say the proclamation will have no effect on refugees."
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To hell with a Joe Rogan for the left. Can I have a Mitch McConnell for Democrats, please? Imagine having someone who would go as hard in the paint for civil rights as McConnell did for antiblackness.
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
To hell with a Joe Rogan for the left. Can I have a Mitch McConnell for Democrats, please? Imagine having someone who would go as hard in the paint for civil rights as McConnell did for antiblackness.
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Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes is a fabulous sci-fi romance series starter with a non-human love interest and psychic cats! It's only $1.99!
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Chilling Effect: A Novel
A Novel
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February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes is a fabulous sci-fi romance series starter with a non-human love interest and psychic cats! It's only $1.99!
bookshop.org/a/1382/97800...
amzn.to/4aPCdgL
bookshop.org/a/1382/97800...
amzn.to/4aPCdgL
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🚨 A new Special Issue has been published today! The volume "(Un)defined YA / Series / Romance" features an introduction by Amanda K. Allen (@amandaallenphd.bsky.social) and six research articles. Follow the link and keep reading to discover them: www.jprstudies.org/special-issu...
#RomanceResearch
#RomanceResearch
Special Issue: (Un)defined YA / Series / Romance | Journal of Popular Romance Studies
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December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨 A new Special Issue has been published today! The volume "(Un)defined YA / Series / Romance" features an introduction by Amanda K. Allen (@amandaallenphd.bsky.social) and six research articles. Follow the link and keep reading to discover them: www.jprstudies.org/special-issu...
#RomanceResearch
#RomanceResearch
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I'll support nearly anyone over Newsom in the primary (he's better than Rahm Emanuel lol), less because he's awful (he is) and more because material conditions will probably propel ANY Dem to a '28 win. That's an opportunity to pick someone who will aggressively push for change. Which is not Newsom.
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I'll support nearly anyone over Newsom in the primary (he's better than Rahm Emanuel lol), less because he's awful (he is) and more because material conditions will probably propel ANY Dem to a '28 win. That's an opportunity to pick someone who will aggressively push for change. Which is not Newsom.
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Just finished this – it's half Sayers, half Wodehouse, entirely queer science fiction, and very, very good!
(Also it's still on sale on both Amazon and Kobo.)
(Also it's still on sale on both Amazon and Kobo.)
Do you like sapphic Wodehouse aunts solving crimes on a cruise ship in space, alongside their winsome yet irksome nephews? Do you like books on sale? Good news on both fronts — Murder by Memory is $2.99 this week!
Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman Book 1)
Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman Book 1) - Kindle edition by Waite, Olivia. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman Book 1).
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February 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Just finished this – it's half Sayers, half Wodehouse, entirely queer science fiction, and very, very good!
(Also it's still on sale on both Amazon and Kobo.)
(Also it's still on sale on both Amazon and Kobo.)
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we live in a country where the secretary of HHS declaring that he snorts cocaine off toilet seats isn't even a news item
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
we live in a country where the secretary of HHS declaring that he snorts cocaine off toilet seats isn't even a news item
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all the media being stenographers for the feds and just repeating the drawdown nonsense should go to the whipple building today so they can see the same amount of masked men leaving in convoys of vehicles, and whatever this is too, and report accurately what’s happening on the ground in minnesota
So this is weird. The National Guard is staging at the Whipple building this morning. This is what you do when preparing for a mission.
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
all the media being stenographers for the feds and just repeating the drawdown nonsense should go to the whipple building today so they can see the same amount of masked men leaving in convoys of vehicles, and whatever this is too, and report accurately what’s happening on the ground in minnesota
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there's a lot of reason to doubt him!
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 AM
there's a lot of reason to doubt him!
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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“I consider it an unprecedented action that really violates the basic principles of a data-driven regulatory agency and the fundamentals of public health, and it’s that simple…it’s a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development and the preeminence of American research”
FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
Experts say the FDA "moved the goalposts" on Moderna, creating "a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development" in the U.S.
www.statnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
“I consider it an unprecedented action that really violates the basic principles of a data-driven regulatory agency and the fundamentals of public health, and it’s that simple…it’s a destructive precedent that will undermine the future of vaccine development and the preeminence of American research”
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Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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Here is the meat of it:
"Defendants chose to operate a detention facility, so 'they must meet constitutional standards.'"
"Defendants chose to operate a detention facility, so 'they must meet constitutional standards.'"
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Here is the meat of it:
"Defendants chose to operate a detention facility, so 'they must meet constitutional standards.'"
"Defendants chose to operate a detention facility, so 'they must meet constitutional standards.'"
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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$0.99 ✦ A Duke to Die For by Amelia Grey
Duty forces a Duke to take guardianship over a troubled heiress who is said to be cursed after her last few guardians died. She just wants her inheritance, not marriage.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4acFner
Duty forces a Duke to take guardianship over a troubled heiress who is said to be cursed after her last few guardians died. She just wants her inheritance, not marriage.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4acFner
February 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
$0.99 ✦ A Duke to Die For by Amelia Grey
Duty forces a Duke to take guardianship over a troubled heiress who is said to be cursed after her last few guardians died. She just wants her inheritance, not marriage.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4acFner
Duty forces a Duke to take guardianship over a troubled heiress who is said to be cursed after her last few guardians died. She just wants her inheritance, not marriage.
Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4acFner
The romantic fish scaling is from Forbidden by @authormsbev.bsky.social — a perfect read for Valentine’s Day and Black History Month! www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/old-we...
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The romantic fish scaling is from Forbidden by @authormsbev.bsky.social — a perfect read for Valentine’s Day and Black History Month! www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/old-we...
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With #HugoAward nominating starting this week, I thought I'd talk about some of the works, critics, and artists that we thought are worthy of recognition.
My friends, what an exceptional year for SFF it was.
1/X
List on blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...
My friends, what an exceptional year for SFF it was.
1/X
List on blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
With #HugoAward nominating starting this week, I thought I'd talk about some of the works, critics, and artists that we thought are worthy of recognition.
My friends, what an exceptional year for SFF it was.
1/X
List on blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...
My friends, what an exceptional year for SFF it was.
1/X
List on blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...
Reminder that tomorrow is Friday, and That Asshole always pulls something arbitrarily cruel on a Friday, so give yourself a bit of extra grace today and think about someone you can help this weekend.
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Reminder that tomorrow is Friday, and That Asshole always pulls something arbitrarily cruel on a Friday, so give yourself a bit of extra grace today and think about someone you can help this weekend.
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I am putting two images side by side and I need you to consider them for future Muppet televised programming
February 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I am putting two images side by side and I need you to consider them for future Muppet televised programming
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Stonewall. Come for Stonewall and come for us all. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧡
February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Stonewall. Come for Stonewall and come for us all. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧡
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Ohmygod! #Booksky! Did you know that if you order @oliviawaite.com books from @ballastbookco.bsky.social, you can get it personalized AND request a small doodle? I GOT A LITTLE FLIP BOOK OF A SHOOTING STAR, PEOPLE!!! I was promised that the doodle would bring joy & WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!
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February 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Ohmygod! #Booksky! Did you know that if you order @oliviawaite.com books from @ballastbookco.bsky.social, you can get it personalized AND request a small doodle? I GOT A LITTLE FLIP BOOK OF A SHOOTING STAR, PEOPLE!!! I was promised that the doodle would bring joy & WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!
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The SAVE America Act would impose outrageous voter suppression requirements on American citizens.
One example: married women who take their spouse’s name & whose last name may not match their birth certificate. Do they not get to vote?
This bill is DOA in the Senate.
One example: married women who take their spouse’s name & whose last name may not match their birth certificate. Do they not get to vote?
This bill is DOA in the Senate.
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The SAVE America Act would impose outrageous voter suppression requirements on American citizens.
One example: married women who take their spouse’s name & whose last name may not match their birth certificate. Do they not get to vote?
This bill is DOA in the Senate.
One example: married women who take their spouse’s name & whose last name may not match their birth certificate. Do they not get to vote?
This bill is DOA in the Senate.