Sarah Nicolas
@sarahnfisk.bsky.social
Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
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Here the story about my ban and why conflating HRT with GAHT is anti-trans and harmful
There are many misperceptions about taking testosterone — including among trans men — but the small amount Jules Sherred takes does not translate to bulging biceps. Those are the result of many hours of training, he said.
Changed Rules Will Shut a Trans Bodybuilder Out of Competition | The Tyee
The Canadian association that regulates the sport will no longer allow gender-affirming hormone therapy, citing American rules.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Here the story about my ban and why conflating HRT with GAHT is anti-trans and harmful
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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When leftists in florida smugly say "that's why I'm a registered independent" I only say "because you don't want a say in who the florida dems run?"
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When leftists in florida smugly say "that's why I'm a registered independent" I only say "because you don't want a say in who the florida dems run?"
Imagine being a retiring senator and your swan song, your big move, the one thing you do cuz you can't be punished for it is.... to make Healthcare even more unaffordable.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Imagine being a retiring senator and your swan song, your big move, the one thing you do cuz you can't be punished for it is.... to make Healthcare even more unaffordable.
Am reading EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson and came across this quote ripe for the moment:
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Am reading EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson and came across this quote ripe for the moment:
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
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Emailed and called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov asking thrm not to cave. Also left a msg for @schumer.senate.gov saying that if this deal goes through, any money I would’ve given to Senate Dems will go instead to primary opponents of the people who caved.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Emailed and called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov asking thrm not to cave. Also left a msg for @schumer.senate.gov saying that if this deal goes through, any money I would’ve given to Senate Dems will go instead to primary opponents of the people who caved.
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Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
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Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
USDA orders states to stop paying full SNAP benefits and "immediately undo" steps taken to issue them for November. Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
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This is fucking bone-chilling
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is fucking bone-chilling
Folks who grew up in one place their whole childhood: do you get asked "did you like staying in one place?" Or does this only get asked of people who moved around a lot.
Cuz I always want to be like: how would I know? I never knew anything different. It's the way it was.
Cuz I always want to be like: how would I know? I never knew anything different. It's the way it was.
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Folks who grew up in one place their whole childhood: do you get asked "did you like staying in one place?" Or does this only get asked of people who moved around a lot.
Cuz I always want to be like: how would I know? I never knew anything different. It's the way it was.
Cuz I always want to be like: how would I know? I never knew anything different. It's the way it was.
Proof for @geekyjules.julessherred.com that I made it. Though now I may live here because surprise surprise a guy is being a creep and I don't want to walk out alone
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Proof for @geekyjules.julessherred.com that I made it. Though now I may live here because surprise surprise a guy is being a creep and I don't want to walk out alone
Men on dating apps, if they read, only read old scifi by white men.
And I dont know how to respond with anything other than "ugh"
And I dont know how to respond with anything other than "ugh"
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Men on dating apps, if they read, only read old scifi by white men.
And I dont know how to respond with anything other than "ugh"
And I dont know how to respond with anything other than "ugh"
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
And the sheriff, da, & more! This is huge!!
Really good news, via Daniel Nichanian:
Bucks County, #Pennsylvania, was ground 0 for conservative takeover of school boards & anti-LGBTQ policies in 2021, on Central Bucks & Pennridge boards. Dems flipped both boards back in 2023. Tonight, Dems have ousted *all* Repubs from both school boards
Bucks County, #Pennsylvania, was ground 0 for conservative takeover of school boards & anti-LGBTQ policies in 2021, on Central Bucks & Pennridge boards. Dems flipped both boards back in 2023. Tonight, Dems have ousted *all* Repubs from both school boards
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
And the sheriff, da, & more! This is huge!!
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November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
15 (!!) years ago, I got my first query rejection
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
15 (!!) years ago, I got my first query rejection
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
There are some big, consequential elections happening this week. Ours is smaller but small, local elections are incredibly important when state government is 🗑
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There are some big, consequential elections happening this week. Ours is smaller but small, local elections are incredibly important when state government is 🗑
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This is just reporting. This is what headlines in the New York Times and your local paper should look like every day. The New Yorker should be publishing stuff like this, only with an umlaut thrown in occasionally for some fucken reason.
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is just reporting. This is what headlines in the New York Times and your local paper should look like every day. The New Yorker should be publishing stuff like this, only with an umlaut thrown in occasionally for some fucken reason.
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Also - tomorrow! In London! Where I currently am but am not very often!
Don't miss @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social in conversation with Alwyn Hamilton next week talking about all things THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION! ✨
Join us on November 3rd at 6pm at @forbidden-planet.bsky.social!
Tickets: tinyurl.com/bdcr3pz4
Join us on November 3rd at 6pm at @forbidden-planet.bsky.social!
Tickets: tinyurl.com/bdcr3pz4
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Also - tomorrow! In London! Where I currently am but am not very often!
Tonight!!
I joined @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social 's fundraiser and am offering an advanced query class plus a recording of a Query 101 class to anyone who donates $20 or more.
Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique
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Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique
Please repost.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Tonight!!
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President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign and Offers to Be Sounding Board
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
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One more and I'll have doubled my goal! I'll send out class info to everyone who has already donated later today
I joined @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social 's fundraiser and am offering an advanced query class plus a recording of a Query 101 class to anyone who donates $20 or more.
Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique
Please repost.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique
Please repost.
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
One more and I'll have doubled my goal! I'll send out class info to everyone who has already donated later today
"How libraries expect to survive or thrive when they’re unwilling to talk about the ongoing efforts to dismantle them is unclear."
A hallmark of this year's Banned Books Week? The censoring of Banned Books Week.
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
The Banning of Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 31, 2025
Banned Books Week is being quietly banned in public libraries across the US. This is a political choice in an era where libraries continue to claim being "not political."
bookriot.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"How libraries expect to survive or thrive when they’re unwilling to talk about the ongoing efforts to dismantle them is unclear."