Andy Minshew
@andyminshewwrites.bsky.social
Author. Late-dxed autistic. PEER GUIDE TO LIVING WITH OCD AND AUTISM coming soon from Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Utah Tolkien Society Smial coordinator.
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“It’s a great emergency food source,” said the organizer of one Salt Lake City mini pantry, noting they fill a “niche” need.
The Utah ‘mini pantry movement’ can help your neighbors and bring ‘a lot of joy.’ Here’s how it works.
“It’s a great emergency food source,” said the organizer of one Salt Lake City mini pantry, noting they fill a “niche” need.
www.sltrib.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“It’s a great emergency food source,” said the organizer of one Salt Lake City mini pantry, noting they fill a “niche” need.
proud winner of the "only regular at my local See's Candy under the age of 60" award
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
proud winner of the "only regular at my local See's Candy under the age of 60" award
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Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
Spending way too much time building little archives/trackers in Notion makes me finally understand what people see in Minecraft
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Spending way too much time building little archives/trackers in Notion makes me finally understand what people see in Minecraft
Announcing my first hi-lo (high interest-low vocabulary) book with BrightPoint Press! It is called Managing Your Health and Well-Being and it will be out in 2026.
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Announcing my first hi-lo (high interest-low vocabulary) book with BrightPoint Press! It is called Managing Your Health and Well-Being and it will be out in 2026.
An exciting announcement: I have accepted a book deal with Jessica Kingsley Publishers to create a peer guide to living with co-occurring OCD and autism!
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers - USA
Jessica Kingsley Publishers - USA
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June 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An exciting announcement: I have accepted a book deal with Jessica Kingsley Publishers to create a peer guide to living with co-occurring OCD and autism!
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can we skip to wrath month
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
can we skip to wrath month
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“[Melissa Hortman] was an incredible woman, her husband, her two kids — yesterday on Father’s Day, there was no Father’s Day for them,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. “They lost both their parents.”
‘This is not a joke’: Sen. Amy Klobuchar rips Mike Lee for posts about a deadly Minnesota shooting
Sen. Mike Lee's unfounded claims on social media about the slaying of a Minnesota lawmaker have angered his U.S. Senate colleague from the state.
www.sltrib.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“[Melissa Hortman] was an incredible woman, her husband, her two kids — yesterday on Father’s Day, there was no Father’s Day for them,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar said. “They lost both their parents.”
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My editor tells me that Percy Jackson has hit 780 weeks / 15 years on the New York Times children's series bestseller list. Wow. Thanks to everyone who has let Percy be part of their lives! Also renewing my call for the NYT to create a debut book bestseller category, so we can highlight new authors.
June 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My editor tells me that Percy Jackson has hit 780 weeks / 15 years on the New York Times children's series bestseller list. Wow. Thanks to everyone who has let Percy be part of their lives! Also renewing my call for the NYT to create a debut book bestseller category, so we can highlight new authors.
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This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
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*taps sign*
ConCurrent could use some more funds - we're almost halfway to 5k!
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ConCurrent could use some more funds - we're almost halfway to 5k!
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
My vision for ConCurrent was simple: one day of excellent programming; have it be free to attend; run it efficiently; and never use genAI/LLMs. Let me say that again. I and all involved in this convention rebuke genAI and guarantee no genAI usage in any part of this convention. 2/7
June 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
*taps sign*
ConCurrent could use some more funds - we're almost halfway to 5k!
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
ConCurrent could use some more funds - we're almost halfway to 5k!
paypal.com/donate/?camp...
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Companies in June be like:
June 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Companies in June be like:
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The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
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Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
www.attitude.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
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My next extremely personal and slightly chaotic YA graphic novel hits stores sept. 23rd! It's called FLIP. #booksky
✨ Please tell a friend, librarian, or educator
✨ Learn more: flipgraphicnovel.com
✨ Pre-order: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/
✨ Please tell a friend, librarian, or educator
✨ Learn more: flipgraphicnovel.com
✨ Pre-order: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/
May 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My next extremely personal and slightly chaotic YA graphic novel hits stores sept. 23rd! It's called FLIP. #booksky
✨ Please tell a friend, librarian, or educator
✨ Learn more: flipgraphicnovel.com
✨ Pre-order: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/
✨ Please tell a friend, librarian, or educator
✨ Learn more: flipgraphicnovel.com
✨ Pre-order: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/
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There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
There’s no way to ease into this news, so here it is. Today, I am announcing ConCurrent Seattle, a one-day SFFH con intended to be an alternative program to WorldCon, scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025, at the ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle at 700 Union Street, across from the Sheraton. 1/7
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Yaqeen was so sweet and so enthusiastic and so stunningly dedicated to bringing the world joy even as her world was destroyed over and over again; I cannot put words to the absolute cruelty of murdering this beautiful warm-hearted child.
"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.
'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”
Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes
Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Yaqeen was so sweet and so enthusiastic and so stunningly dedicated to bringing the world joy even as her world was destroyed over and over again; I cannot put words to the absolute cruelty of murdering this beautiful warm-hearted child.
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Tolkien lived and worked in a society and time completely saturated with grief and loss. Modern Ukraine is probably the closest current parallel.
Whereas Jackson has Théoden discover the death of his son after he comes out of enchantment, Tolkien has the death of Théoden's son happen *before.* It was that grief that made him vulnerable to Wormtongue.
For Jackson, grief is catalyst for action, while for Tolkien its the opposite.
For Jackson, grief is catalyst for action, while for Tolkien its the opposite.
May 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tolkien lived and worked in a society and time completely saturated with grief and loss. Modern Ukraine is probably the closest current parallel.
my partner and i randomly came across him while watching TV in the hotel on our honeymoon and we haven’t stopped thinking about him since
TIL that German children’s television is hosted by a depressed loaf of bread named Bernd das Brot. apnews.com/article/bern...
Meet Bernd das Brot, a depressed German loaf of bread that's spent 25 years as a TV cult classic
A depressed German loaf of bread named Bernd das Brot is celebrating his 25th anniversary as the reluctant star of a children’s television program.
apnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
my partner and i randomly came across him while watching TV in the hotel on our honeymoon and we haven’t stopped thinking about him since
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ARAGORN: Let's go through Lothlórien.
BOROMIR: You mean the forest no one comes out of?
ARAGORN: Yeah, that's the one.
BOROMIR: Can we not just have a normal road?!?
ARAGORN: There's not really a normal road to Mount Doom, bro.
BOROMIR: You mean the forest no one comes out of?
ARAGORN: Yeah, that's the one.
BOROMIR: Can we not just have a normal road?!?
ARAGORN: There's not really a normal road to Mount Doom, bro.
May 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
ARAGORN: Let's go through Lothlórien.
BOROMIR: You mean the forest no one comes out of?
ARAGORN: Yeah, that's the one.
BOROMIR: Can we not just have a normal road?!?
ARAGORN: There's not really a normal road to Mount Doom, bro.
BOROMIR: You mean the forest no one comes out of?
ARAGORN: Yeah, that's the one.
BOROMIR: Can we not just have a normal road?!?
ARAGORN: There's not really a normal road to Mount Doom, bro.
repost with an image from your comfort movie
May 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
repost with an image from your comfort movie
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After a longer break than planned, a new podcast episode! What Rivendell can teach us about self care #tolkien #lordoftherings #luinëlle #selfcare creators.spotify.com/pod/show/kar...
What Rivendell teaches us about self care by Go Not to The Elves for Counsel
SummaryIn this episode, Karen reflects the importance of self-care, and how it relates to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Looking at the need to listen to our own needs and the dangers of commodifying se...
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May 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After a longer break than planned, a new podcast episode! What Rivendell can teach us about self care #tolkien #lordoftherings #luinëlle #selfcare creators.spotify.com/pod/show/kar...
In case anyone is looking for an actual summer book list, I recently wrote one for @bookriot.bsky.social!
It's short but all of the books do exist :)
Winging it with You @chippons.bsky.social
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Sangu Mandanna)
The Bewitching @silviamg.bsky.social
It's short but all of the books do exist :)
Winging it with You @chippons.bsky.social
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Sangu Mandanna)
The Bewitching @silviamg.bsky.social
I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
May 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In case anyone is looking for an actual summer book list, I recently wrote one for @bookriot.bsky.social!
It's short but all of the books do exist :)
Winging it with You @chippons.bsky.social
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Sangu Mandanna)
The Bewitching @silviamg.bsky.social
It's short but all of the books do exist :)
Winging it with You @chippons.bsky.social
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping (Sangu Mandanna)
The Bewitching @silviamg.bsky.social
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I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
May 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I went into my library's database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn't fake, and it's not.
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
@chicago.suntimes.com Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?
Take the fictional characters test and post the first four you recognize: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac..
it seems kind of ominous to get beth march as your top match but sure
it seems kind of ominous to get beth march as your top match but sure
May 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Take the fictional characters test and post the first four you recognize: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac..
it seems kind of ominous to get beth march as your top match but sure
it seems kind of ominous to get beth march as your top match but sure