Racheline Maltese
@racheline.bsky.social
Award-winning romance author writing happily ever afters about difficult people with complicated lives. SAG-AFTRA. Figure skater. Former journalist/media analyst.
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Racheline Maltese
@racheline.bsky.social
· Aug 25
This was definitely how A QUEEN FROM THE NORTH got built. A defaced government poster about unity in a train station. It opened up the whole plot to us before we even knew what we were about https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XBPDJPM?ref=KC_GS_GB_US
Currently doing practice travel and skating to/at rink I compete at later this month. Everyone I know things I’m silly to do this. I am now at 2 for 2 in terms of “autism means it’s really good I practiced” cause both times I’ve had to do this so far I’ve gotten shit way wrong
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Currently doing practice travel and skating to/at rink I compete at later this month. Everyone I know things I’m silly to do this. I am now at 2 for 2 in terms of “autism means it’s really good I practiced” cause both times I’ve had to do this so far I’ve gotten shit way wrong
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
Currently looking at the CNN homepage and it reads like every “paranoid” “hypothetical” media front page that got created the first time Trump took office in terms of what could happen. And yeah I’m only surprised in the absurdity level not the horror level.
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Currently looking at the CNN homepage and it reads like every “paranoid” “hypothetical” media front page that got created the first time Trump took office in terms of what could happen. And yeah I’m only surprised in the absurdity level not the horror level.
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NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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“Taking aside the religious language of holiness, re-reading evangelical purity culture books as an adult is like being plunged into a morass of patriarchal fetish content… it is hard not to see overt themes of father-daughter grooming and incest under the guise of good Christian parenting.”
Who is Purity Culture Content For?
Purity Culture is Pedophile Culture part 4
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
“Taking aside the religious language of holiness, re-reading evangelical purity culture books as an adult is like being plunged into a morass of patriarchal fetish content… it is hard not to see overt themes of father-daughter grooming and incest under the guise of good Christian parenting.”
Me, needs very specific tights for figure skating competition.
Me, lives in America, and I CAN”T GET THEM BECAUSE OF TARIFF BULLSHIT.
It’s the small indignities on top of the endless evil that just totally makes me unable to cope.
Me, lives in America, and I CAN”T GET THEM BECAUSE OF TARIFF BULLSHIT.
It’s the small indignities on top of the endless evil that just totally makes me unable to cope.
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Me, needs very specific tights for figure skating competition.
Me, lives in America, and I CAN”T GET THEM BECAUSE OF TARIFF BULLSHIT.
It’s the small indignities on top of the endless evil that just totally makes me unable to cope.
Me, lives in America, and I CAN”T GET THEM BECAUSE OF TARIFF BULLSHIT.
It’s the small indignities on top of the endless evil that just totally makes me unable to cope.
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In addition to being evil, this is so genuinely incapable of understanding that other people exist and have wants and feelings and desires for things like self-determination.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
In addition to being evil, this is so genuinely incapable of understanding that other people exist and have wants and feelings and desires for things like self-determination.
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Get vaccinated.
Get your kids vaccinated.
Do not listen to these unhinged, eugenicists.
Get your kids vaccinated.
Do not listen to these unhinged, eugenicists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Get vaccinated.
Get your kids vaccinated.
Do not listen to these unhinged, eugenicists.
Get your kids vaccinated.
Do not listen to these unhinged, eugenicists.
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Just a reminder if you're an author & are wondering about the varying lawsuits against AI companies that might have used your work without your permission: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/09/20/u...
Updated Map of US copyright suits v. AI (Sep 20, 2025). 51 total.
We added this weeks Disney v. MiniMax suit to our map. The current total is 51. DOWNLOAD MAP Map of Copyright Litigation v. AI companies in United States (SEPT 16 2025) 51Download
chatgptiseatingtheworld.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Just a reminder if you're an author & are wondering about the varying lawsuits against AI companies that might have used your work without your permission: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/09/20/u...
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Just tired to explain Monchichi to my wife and she was like “we have Labubu at home” (we do not have either to be clear)
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Just tired to explain Monchichi to my wife and she was like “we have Labubu at home” (we do not have either to be clear)
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I'm excited to share that our paper is published!
Transgender and gender diverse autistic adults’ experiences of (un)belonging
With @drstevenkapp.bsky.social and Charlotte Morris.
#AutResearch 🌈🎓 #Narratives #Trans #LGBTQIA #Belonging
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Transgender and gender diverse autistic adults’ experiences of (un)belonging
With @drstevenkapp.bsky.social and Charlotte Morris.
#AutResearch 🌈🎓 #Narratives #Trans #LGBTQIA #Belonging
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Transgender and gender diverse autistic adults’ experiences of (un)belonging
Introduction Clinical impressions suggest a significant overlap of autistic as well as transgender and gender diverse identities, implying a need for research that explores TGD autistic experiences in...
journals.plos.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'm excited to share that our paper is published!
Transgender and gender diverse autistic adults’ experiences of (un)belonging
With @drstevenkapp.bsky.social and Charlotte Morris.
#AutResearch 🌈🎓 #Narratives #Trans #LGBTQIA #Belonging
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Transgender and gender diverse autistic adults’ experiences of (un)belonging
With @drstevenkapp.bsky.social and Charlotte Morris.
#AutResearch 🌈🎓 #Narratives #Trans #LGBTQIA #Belonging
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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On Air Force One, a reporter noted that some had called it a kidnapping and Trump said that was a good term for it.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
On Air Force One, a reporter noted that some had called it a kidnapping and Trump said that was a good term for it.
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Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Utah debate over transgender treatments for minors divides policymakers, experts over state 'systematic review'
Do No Harm alleges Utah Department of Health and Human Services "systematic review" misleads on transgender outcomes.
www.deseret.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways.
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Literally reading a CNN headline that says “future of Venezuela still uncertain” - it’s a country? It exists? Do we think it’s not going to exist? I feel crazy
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Literally reading a CNN headline that says “future of Venezuela still uncertain” - it’s a country? It exists? Do we think it’s not going to exist? I feel crazy
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Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
Even if nobody wants to take action against Musk for building a CSAM generator, there are people using it who are based in the UK and those prompts are absolutely something that would get you on the sex offender's register. Absolutely no justification not to try to identify and prosecute users.
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
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Activist arrested on-camera in Grand Rapids, Michigan while summarizing the reasoning behind a peaceful protest against the U.S. government’s kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro held earlier that day.
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Activist arrested on-camera in Grand Rapids, Michigan while summarizing the reasoning behind a peaceful protest against the U.S. government’s kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro held earlier that day.
Absolutely no discredit to the judge doing his job properly here, but it’s overwhelmingly clear that this administration wants and expects a show trial because as usual they’ve done this in some messy ass way that makes an actual fair and constitutional trial impossible
Judge: Anything you say may be used against you. I see you have counsel, Mr. Pollack, here. If you cannot afford one the government will provide a lawyer free of charge. Did you know of these rights?
Maduro: I did not know of these rights, until now
Maduro: I did not know of these rights, until now
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Absolutely no discredit to the judge doing his job properly here, but it’s overwhelmingly clear that this administration wants and expects a show trial because as usual they’ve done this in some messy ass way that makes an actual fair and constitutional trial impossible
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once again encouraging you all to support billionaire-free, worker-run, independent newsrooms how and where you are able
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
once again encouraging you all to support billionaire-free, worker-run, independent newsrooms how and where you are able
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Tara Roberts is a Black Woman Scuba Diver who works for National Geographic that goes deep into the ocean in search of lost slave ships.
Tara Roberts is surfacing human stories from the shipwrecks that killed enslaved Africans
The storyteller joins a team of African American divers on their worldwide quest to shed light on the untold history of the slave trade.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Tara Roberts is a Black Woman Scuba Diver who works for National Geographic that goes deep into the ocean in search of lost slave ships.
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I sat down with Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, who both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and experienced some of the most brutal violence that day.
We watched their bodycam footage together - moment by moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL4...
We watched their bodycam footage together - moment by moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL4...
Trump calls Jan 6 a “day of love.” This bodycam footage shows otherwise.
YouTube video by NPR
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I sat down with Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, who both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and experienced some of the most brutal violence that day.
We watched their bodycam footage together - moment by moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL4...
We watched their bodycam footage together - moment by moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL4...
Oh it’s happening
‘SINNERS has won Best Cast Ensemble at the Critics Choice Awards.
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Oh it’s happening
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Miles Caton has won Best Young Actor/Actress at the Critics Choice Awards.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Miles Caton has won Best Young Actor/Actress at the Critics Choice Awards.
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The paper that buried the leak about the Venezuela mission vs the publication that didn’t.
January 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The paper that buried the leak about the Venezuela mission vs the publication that didn’t.
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...