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April Henry
@aprilhenry.bsky.social
I kill people, but only on paper. Edgar-award winning author of 30 mysteries and thrillers. I love snacks, scary things, and Brazilian jiujitsu.
Southern friends - do you still have frozen Fordhook (not baby) lima beans in your grocery stores? I miss them! I was the world's pickiest eater as a kid, but even then I loved Fordhooks. I haven't seem them in Portland for years and years.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Fox said five-year-old film was current and even showed other places and labelled them Portland. (But all us Portlanders already knew they were lying.) www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is disgusting. "Raskin’s letter said Maxwell has received customized meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area and access to a service puppy."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reading about a scandalous old murder case. "When reporters confronted her with allegations of adultery, incest, and murder, she replied, 'Well, nobody's perfect.'"
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Packing for Houston school visits next week. I'm looking forward to my second visit EVER to an Aldis to get groceries. And now I know to pack a quarter!
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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He might as well send troops to Bezos’ house and Amazon HQ to fix the problem of dying malls.

www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...
Confused Trump, 79, Demands Troop Deployment Over Fictional Mall
The aging president raged about the “Miracle Mile” and claimed it was “once considered one of our Nation’s BEST.”
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Remembering my dad, a Marine in WWII, on this Veteran's Day. Young enough that I think his mustache was augmented with eyebrow pencil.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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#GVerse #Update - via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
"Just wanted to point out that Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is quite possibly the most vulnerable Senator in America right now and tonight, he voted no on this deal.

This is what courage looks like."
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Music to my ears. Being booed by 20,000+ people! Good job DC!
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Sarah Connor: Why won’t you just die?

T-1000: Wow, what a great question! By asking that question you‘ve shown that you’re interested in life and death, and that you’re more philosophical than most. Let’s unpack that…
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hey, Turbotax, do you know something I don't know?
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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The richest man on the planet starved 600K people to death simple because he could. No other reason.
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This makes my day! Stay Dead was super interesting to research. I talked to a pilot who flew private jets and read a whole bunch about assassins.
Dad read it in a single sitting and recommends it!
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Love it when BookBub recommends books I recommended!
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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This is a nightmare, honestly. A growing unchecked army of violent bigoted brownshirts bragging about hurting people. And this is just the stuff we see, that we know. There's certainly much worse waiting to be learned.
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”

@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ooh lucky library!
Hachette and @littlebrownyr.bsky.social have gifted us four books by @aprilhenry.bsky.social!!!

(My 79 year-old father immediately grabbed "Stay Dead," but he's a quick reader and has promised to return it.)

@littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
#booksky
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Author, screenwriter Edward/Savio and I talk for way too long about writing and whatnot.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBu...

Also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts. Search Edward Savio.
EP.1 Christopher Moore: Making The Profane Profound
YouTube video by Don’t Worry, No One’s Listening
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Cannot wait!
Announcing the cover of "Piper at the Gates of Dusk", the first book in a new CHAOS WALKING trilogy. Out 7 April 2026, worldwide. Something is coming...
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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For others looking to follow this story:
www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

The woman being arrested is Marta Leiva.
Her attorney is Adam Crayk, and has shown that she does hold a valid permit, valid through 2029, pending an asylum trial.

She is a single mother of 4.

ICE must be held accountable.
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So this seems very meta @chucktingle.bsky.social Lucky Day is a Multnomah County Library Lucky Day book.
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM