Sandra Schwab
@scribblingsandy.bsky.social
Historical romance author with a PhD, a piano, & a very large library. Expert on dragons & PUNCH. Writes stories with happy endings and loves her caravan Miss Hetty. 🌈 She / her.
#Romancelandia #HistoricalRomance
#Romancelandia #HistoricalRomance
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Bluesky peeps, since I've got a bunch of new followers (hello everybody! lovely to have you on board!), how about I do a little intro thread? 🧵
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
A small but very deep thing that bothers me about generative AI as a shortcut to practice and work and skill is the basic assumption that it’s impossible to take pleasure in a creative pursuit that you aren’t very good at and I assure you that is not the case
Had a lovely time meeting up with colleagues from Hong Kong and Shanghai for lunch today - and got tackle-hugged by another colleague from Hong Kong who stopped by our table. So far, we've only ever exchanged e-mails, and we were both THRILLED to finally meet in person.
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Had a lovely time meeting up with colleagues from Hong Kong and Shanghai for lunch today - and got tackle-hugged by another colleague from Hong Kong who stopped by our table. So far, we've only ever exchanged e-mails, and we were both THRILLED to finally meet in person.
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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What a dire timeline right now - even in romance. I'm going to write words about Harlequin killing the Historical line (a threat for the last decade) and now it's been announced that All About Romance, a 30-year old website is shutting down allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g... #Romancelandia
It's been a great thirty years....
This is a hard column to write. So I’ll just say it: AAR is retiring. All About Romance launched in 1996. It was created by the incredible Laurie Gold, and shaped over the past thirty years by a remar...
allaboutromance.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
What a dire timeline right now - even in romance. I'm going to write words about Harlequin killing the Historical line (a threat for the last decade) and now it's been announced that All About Romance, a 30-year old website is shutting down allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g... #Romancelandia
And it's an extremely happy pig pot, too! 🐷
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
February 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
And it's an extremely happy pig pot, too! 🐷
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cops: sex trafficking victims are impossible to find! most of them don’t even know they’ve been trafficked.
dozens of women over decades: here’s our sworn statements about jeff epstein
cops: …
prosecutors: …
anti-trafficking task forces: …
cops: we have no choice but to do a craigslist sting
dozens of women over decades: here’s our sworn statements about jeff epstein
cops: …
prosecutors: …
anti-trafficking task forces: …
cops: we have no choice but to do a craigslist sting
February 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
cops: sex trafficking victims are impossible to find! most of them don’t even know they’ve been trafficked.
dozens of women over decades: here’s our sworn statements about jeff epstein
cops: …
prosecutors: …
anti-trafficking task forces: …
cops: we have no choice but to do a craigslist sting
dozens of women over decades: here’s our sworn statements about jeff epstein
cops: …
prosecutors: …
anti-trafficking task forces: …
cops: we have no choice but to do a craigslist sting
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cannot possibly convey how actually crazy-making it can feel, after spending 20 years monitoring all these orgs blaming sex workers and the internet for enabling a vast sex trafficking network, to now see Jeffery Epstein’s inbox
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
cannot possibly convey how actually crazy-making it can feel, after spending 20 years monitoring all these orgs blaming sex workers and the internet for enabling a vast sex trafficking network, to now see Jeffery Epstein’s inbox
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“The first of several students detained by immigration officers...” shouldn’t even be a sentence
Federal authorities are releasing fourth-grader Elizabeth Zuna, the first of several students detained by immigration officers in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, the school district's superintendent said.
Feds releasing Elizabeth Zuna, 4th-grader who's from same school district as Liam Ramos, officials say
Federal authorities are releasing fourth-grader Elizabeth Zuna, the first of several students detained by immigration officers in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, school officials said.
cbsn.ws
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
“The first of several students detained by immigration officers...” shouldn’t even be a sentence
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
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February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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It’s really something watching super-rich assholes only care about getting richer, while the rest of us ordinary folks are out here every day passing around donations of money and time trying to keep us all alive and safe.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
It’s really something watching super-rich assholes only care about getting richer, while the rest of us ordinary folks are out here every day passing around donations of money and time trying to keep us all alive and safe.
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This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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Just the nicest, sweetest people who will tell you in the most polite, ingratiating way the true and deep monstrousness that inhabits their very souls.
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Just the nicest, sweetest people who will tell you in the most polite, ingratiating way the true and deep monstrousness that inhabits their very souls.
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I'm not even trying to argue about what should or shouldn't be a crime.
My point is that when fascists control the government, they criminalize ALL protest eventually.
Not to mention the very existence of target populations.
My point is that when fascists control the government, they criminalize ALL protest eventually.
Not to mention the very existence of target populations.
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I'm not even trying to argue about what should or shouldn't be a crime.
My point is that when fascists control the government, they criminalize ALL protest eventually.
Not to mention the very existence of target populations.
My point is that when fascists control the government, they criminalize ALL protest eventually.
Not to mention the very existence of target populations.
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For those of you who have Senators who have stopped answering their phones and lost voicemail, you can send a free fax here: faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
I do it for Kaine all the time
I do it for Kaine all the time
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
For those of you who have Senators who have stopped answering their phones and lost voicemail, you can send a free fax here: faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
I do it for Kaine all the time
I do it for Kaine all the time
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Tomorrow I'm doing a lecture with a glorious disaster of a medieval Cymraeg story & so today I'm putting it on Bluesky (so I don't have to open X-itter where I told it the first time)
It might be incestuous & sort of has bestiality, but it's also one of the oldest Welsh stories with an LGBT theme!
It might be incestuous & sort of has bestiality, but it's also one of the oldest Welsh stories with an LGBT theme!
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Tomorrow I'm doing a lecture with a glorious disaster of a medieval Cymraeg story & so today I'm putting it on Bluesky (so I don't have to open X-itter where I told it the first time)
It might be incestuous & sort of has bestiality, but it's also one of the oldest Welsh stories with an LGBT theme!
It might be incestuous & sort of has bestiality, but it's also one of the oldest Welsh stories with an LGBT theme!
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“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
February 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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I donated signed copies of Bad Reputation and Bold Moves!
I'm donating signed, personalized copies of my Spoiler Alert series (SPOILER ALERT, ALL THE FEELS, and SHIP WRECKED), my Harlot's Bay series (AT FIRST SPITE and SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE), and ZOMROMCOM. :-)
You can still donate too, if you'd like! 🥰
You can still donate too, if you'd like! 🥰
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I donated signed copies of Bad Reputation and Bold Moves!
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Minneapolis is 2.6mil people.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
February 2, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Minneapolis is 2.6mil people.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
Springfield is 60,000 with 15,000 of that population under threat of deportation (1/4th of the whole city.)
Springfield is 26 square miles. 1000 ICE agents is 40 agents per mile.
People are terrified. We need all the help we can get.
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The message from the stars was very long and complex, but contained instructions how to decode and parse it incrementally.
There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said:
"Send cat pics please!'
#MicroFiction
There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said:
"Send cat pics please!'
#MicroFiction
February 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The message from the stars was very long and complex, but contained instructions how to decode and parse it incrementally.
There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said:
"Send cat pics please!'
#MicroFiction
There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said:
"Send cat pics please!'
#MicroFiction
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a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
a woman reached out to donate 500,000 delta skymiles to get people home to MN as they are released from custody in TX.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
we're getting flights booked today. it should be enough to get at least 15 people home.
delta should be doing for free since they take ICE money.
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With all the *gestures around wildly* going on, I thought I’d re-up my gear recommendation for a hot protest where there’s likely to be gas deployed. This kit aims to solve two problems:
1. Stop the gas from settling on the skin of your face, head, and neck
2. Be cheap enough to throw away after
1. Stop the gas from settling on the skin of your face, head, and neck
2. Be cheap enough to throw away after
February 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
With all the *gestures around wildly* going on, I thought I’d re-up my gear recommendation for a hot protest where there’s likely to be gas deployed. This kit aims to solve two problems:
1. Stop the gas from settling on the skin of your face, head, and neck
2. Be cheap enough to throw away after
1. Stop the gas from settling on the skin of your face, head, and neck
2. Be cheap enough to throw away after
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I am not an expert. I used this when I was in a hot protest in 2020, and it worked well enough to keep me going even though they gassed us six times. It’s an 80% solution, not 100%; it mitigates the effects rather than prevents them. You’ll still hurt, it just won’t be near as bad. But it costs <$10
February 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I am not an expert. I used this when I was in a hot protest in 2020, and it worked well enough to keep me going even though they gassed us six times. It’s an 80% solution, not 100%; it mitigates the effects rather than prevents them. You’ll still hurt, it just won’t be near as bad. But it costs <$10
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2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?