Bea
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Reader. Author PA. Copy editor and proofreader. Cat herder. Opinionated. Sometimes breathing. Too complicated.
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A reminder that the largest demographic of Americans on food aid are white MAGA voters. By far. No other demographic is even a close second.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A reminder that the largest demographic of Americans on food aid are white MAGA voters. By far. No other demographic is even a close second.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
This is the Trump regime’s cruelty to distract from its own failures by punishing those who didn’t vote for him.
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Here is how the first potent snowstorm of the season will unfold in your area.
Storm updates: Snow stacking up in Western Mass., truck jackknifes on Mass Pike - The Boston Globe
Mass Pike speed limit is reduced to 40 mph from the Springfield area to the New York State line.
trib.al
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Here is how the first potent snowstorm of the season will unfold in your area.
Our first snowstorm of the season is here! My school closed at 1, parents started arriving at noon. The roads are a mess. I'm glad to be home.
I lit a candle, plugged in my tree, and I'm drinking chocolate peppermint tea while I watch Shrek 2.
I lit a candle, plugged in my tree, and I'm drinking chocolate peppermint tea while I watch Shrek 2.
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our first snowstorm of the season is here! My school closed at 1, parents started arriving at noon. The roads are a mess. I'm glad to be home.
I lit a candle, plugged in my tree, and I'm drinking chocolate peppermint tea while I watch Shrek 2.
I lit a candle, plugged in my tree, and I'm drinking chocolate peppermint tea while I watch Shrek 2.
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I need to go run out the door and get to meetings.
You need to go buy my new book.
Let's meet back here tomorrow!
books2read.com/christmas-me...
#AmReading #Books #Romance #HolidayRomance #ChristmasMermaid
You need to go buy my new book.
Let's meet back here tomorrow!
books2read.com/christmas-me...
#AmReading #Books #Romance #HolidayRomance #ChristmasMermaid
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I need to go run out the door and get to meetings.
You need to go buy my new book.
Let's meet back here tomorrow!
books2read.com/christmas-me...
#AmReading #Books #Romance #HolidayRomance #ChristmasMermaid
You need to go buy my new book.
Let's meet back here tomorrow!
books2read.com/christmas-me...
#AmReading #Books #Romance #HolidayRomance #ChristmasMermaid
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WASHINGTON AUTHORS!!!! It's December 1st and you still have time to submit your 2025 works for the Washington Book Award. Adult or Juv or YA, fiction or non-fiction, poetry, all the things! Indie published, Big 5 published, self published....every WA author is welcome.
And if you are
A: a Washington author and
B: have a book coming out in 2025
Have you considered submitting for next year's award? If you meet those 2 criteria then we'd love to hear from you.
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/submit-books...
A: a Washington author and
B: have a book coming out in 2025
Have you considered submitting for next year's award? If you meet those 2 criteria then we'd love to hear from you.
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/submit-books...
Submission Guidelines – Washington Center for the Book
washingtoncenterforthebook.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
WASHINGTON AUTHORS!!!! It's December 1st and you still have time to submit your 2025 works for the Washington Book Award. Adult or Juv or YA, fiction or non-fiction, poetry, all the things! Indie published, Big 5 published, self published....every WA author is welcome.
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At issue is whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services. n.pr/4pJUZLq
Supreme Court weighs copyright fight between music industry and internet providers
At issue is whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At issue is whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services. n.pr/4pJUZLq
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99¢ SALE-FALSE EVIDENCE
All the holiday feels with a side of murder
Suspected of killing a cop, Lex flees to her ex-fiancé's cabin. When JT learns the love of his life’s daughter could be used as a pawn by those hunting her, he whisks the child to the safety of his remote cabin
geni.us/FalseEvidence
All the holiday feels with a side of murder
Suspected of killing a cop, Lex flees to her ex-fiancé's cabin. When JT learns the love of his life’s daughter could be used as a pawn by those hunting her, he whisks the child to the safety of his remote cabin
geni.us/FalseEvidence
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
99¢ SALE-FALSE EVIDENCE
All the holiday feels with a side of murder
Suspected of killing a cop, Lex flees to her ex-fiancé's cabin. When JT learns the love of his life’s daughter could be used as a pawn by those hunting her, he whisks the child to the safety of his remote cabin
geni.us/FalseEvidence
All the holiday feels with a side of murder
Suspected of killing a cop, Lex flees to her ex-fiancé's cabin. When JT learns the love of his life’s daughter could be used as a pawn by those hunting her, he whisks the child to the safety of his remote cabin
geni.us/FalseEvidence
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In his arms, I felt like I could breathe again. Shed a layer of armor. Steal a moment of happiness.
Right. Happiness.
That’s what I was planning to steal. Not a kiss.
Not a single kiss.
Maybe a lot of kisses though...
#AllIWantForChristmasIsAReaper #Romance #Books
books2read.com/chris...
Right. Happiness.
That’s what I was planning to steal. Not a kiss.
Not a single kiss.
Maybe a lot of kisses though...
#AllIWantForChristmasIsAReaper #Romance #Books
books2read.com/chris...
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
In his arms, I felt like I could breathe again. Shed a layer of armor. Steal a moment of happiness.
Right. Happiness.
That’s what I was planning to steal. Not a kiss.
Not a single kiss.
Maybe a lot of kisses though...
#AllIWantForChristmasIsAReaper #Romance #Books
books2read.com/chris...
Right. Happiness.
That’s what I was planning to steal. Not a kiss.
Not a single kiss.
Maybe a lot of kisses though...
#AllIWantForChristmasIsAReaper #Romance #Books
books2read.com/chris...
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Delaying vaccines doesn’t reduce risk. It simply leaves children unprotected for longer and has been associated with higher rates of vaccine-preventable diseases.
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Delaying vaccines doesn’t reduce risk. It simply leaves children unprotected for longer and has been associated with higher rates of vaccine-preventable diseases.
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9 Vaccine Myths That Won’t Go Away theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/9-vaccine-...
9 Vaccine Myths That Won’t Go Away
A Sunday morning round-robin guide to common misconceptions
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
9 Vaccine Myths That Won’t Go Away theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/9-vaccine-...
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Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.
They need a ventilator to stay alive. Getting one can be a nightmare
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers often deny payment for the best at-home machines, and innovative solutions are endangered by Medicaid cuts.
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I wrote an article about this years ago, so these examples are old: the-toast.archive.town/2013/09/30/b... Plus Jayne Ann Krentz has a whole bunch of historicals where it's disappointing at first.
Romance Novels and Bad Sex
The best bad sex in your favorite romance novels.
the-toast.archive.town
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I wrote an article about this years ago, so these examples are old: the-toast.archive.town/2013/09/30/b... Plus Jayne Ann Krentz has a whole bunch of historicals where it's disappointing at first.
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This!
You DON’T HAVE TO USE IT!
It’s so easy NOT to use it.
They can’t force us to use it.
stop rolling over & saying “Well, you just have to get used to it. You can’t stop it”… how’d that work for <insert absolute garbage tech or even any insidious, violent movement (like the NF or N*zis) here>?
You DON’T HAVE TO USE IT!
It’s so easy NOT to use it.
They can’t force us to use it.
stop rolling over & saying “Well, you just have to get used to it. You can’t stop it”… how’d that work for <insert absolute garbage tech or even any insidious, violent movement (like the NF or N*zis) here>?
ALL you have to do is just not use it, tell these companies you aren't using it, and make fun of people who do. We need a mass collective effort to make genAI extremely uncool, lame, embarrassing, cringe. Everyone needs to react to it with a MOUNTAIN of hostility until they run out of steam.
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This!
You DON’T HAVE TO USE IT!
It’s so easy NOT to use it.
They can’t force us to use it.
stop rolling over & saying “Well, you just have to get used to it. You can’t stop it”… how’d that work for <insert absolute garbage tech or even any insidious, violent movement (like the NF or N*zis) here>?
You DON’T HAVE TO USE IT!
It’s so easy NOT to use it.
They can’t force us to use it.
stop rolling over & saying “Well, you just have to get used to it. You can’t stop it”… how’d that work for <insert absolute garbage tech or even any insidious, violent movement (like the NF or N*zis) here>?
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This is going back up to $2.99 tomorrow night (December 1), so snap it up while it's still on sale!
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
For a limited time, you can grab my award-winning novella, TIKKA CHANCE ON ME, for just $0.99! Trucker and Pinky are a cheap date! But, sorry, you'll have to procure your own samosas.
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
Buy links: books2read.com/u/mKKrNv
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is going back up to $2.99 tomorrow night (December 1), so snap it up while it's still on sale!
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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I have yet to hear a peep about this shooting on the news I’m watching right now. I figured Trump would immediately announce he will confiscate every single privately owned gun, but children getting shot and killed just isn’t a big deal to this administration or the media.
Getting notifications about a mass shooting at children’s birthday party in Stockton, CA that killed 4 people and injured 10 more, including children, but let's keep our focus on demonizing all Afghans because one CIA asset committed a violent crime with the training the CIA indoctrinated him with.😐
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have yet to hear a peep about this shooting on the news I’m watching right now. I figured Trump would immediately announce he will confiscate every single privately owned gun, but children getting shot and killed just isn’t a big deal to this administration or the media.
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Would the Supreme Court rule that taking a bribe for a pardon was an "official act" by the president and immune from prosecution? I'm serious. If Trump announced he was selling pardons for $1M a pop, could anyone do anything about it, short of impeachment? (Which carries no prison sentence.)
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Would the Supreme Court rule that taking a bribe for a pardon was an "official act" by the president and immune from prosecution? I'm serious. If Trump announced he was selling pardons for $1M a pop, could anyone do anything about it, short of impeachment? (Which carries no prison sentence.)
Oh, I got my 1st scam email from someone pretending to be an author! I get lots from scam PR companies & individuals but this is my 1st author impersonator. Like the other scam emails, they talk like I'm an author. They clearly failed to research. 😀
The author they impersonated? Nicholas Sparks.
The author they impersonated? Nicholas Sparks.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Oh, I got my 1st scam email from someone pretending to be an author! I get lots from scam PR companies & individuals but this is my 1st author impersonator. Like the other scam emails, they talk like I'm an author. They clearly failed to research. 😀
The author they impersonated? Nicholas Sparks.
The author they impersonated? Nicholas Sparks.
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So I've been teaching a themed intro to literature course on romance novels, and I want to set up a lending library in my office because my institution's romance holdings are terrible.
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So I've been teaching a themed intro to literature course on romance novels, and I want to set up a lending library in my office because my institution's romance holdings are terrible.
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
I'm hitting a used book store today to stock up. What is the one book I MUST add to my list?
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#BlackFriday SALES START NOW!
ALL of my recent books are on sale until Cyber Monday!
🐺Shadowbeast
🕎Werewolves Don't Celebrate Hanukkah
👹Krampus' Bad Fur Day
🎄The Orc Who Saved Christmas
AND MORE!
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
#books #booksky #authors #amwriting
ALL of my recent books are on sale until Cyber Monday!
🐺Shadowbeast
🕎Werewolves Don't Celebrate Hanukkah
👹Krampus' Bad Fur Day
🎄The Orc Who Saved Christmas
AND MORE!
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
#books #booksky #authors #amwriting
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
#BlackFriday SALES START NOW!
ALL of my recent books are on sale until Cyber Monday!
🐺Shadowbeast
🕎Werewolves Don't Celebrate Hanukkah
👹Krampus' Bad Fur Day
🎄The Orc Who Saved Christmas
AND MORE!
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
#books #booksky #authors #amwriting
ALL of my recent books are on sale until Cyber Monday!
🐺Shadowbeast
🕎Werewolves Don't Celebrate Hanukkah
👹Krampus' Bad Fur Day
🎄The Orc Who Saved Christmas
AND MORE!
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
#books #booksky #authors #amwriting
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please mask up in shared air, too. the current vaccines only protect kids about 40%, at peak efficacy, from #LongCovid, which is why it’s now the most common childhood disease (even over asthma).
After you read the Prasad memo, read this.
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence
“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
www.statnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
please mask up in shared air, too. the current vaccines only protect kids about 40%, at peak efficacy, from #LongCovid, which is why it’s now the most common childhood disease (even over asthma).
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I lost my job, I can't afford health insurance, and my son is about to get deployed to Venezuela. But at least I know I'll be able to buy Coca-Cola made with real cane sugar now.
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I lost my job, I can't afford health insurance, and my son is about to get deployed to Venezuela. But at least I know I'll be able to buy Coca-Cola made with real cane sugar now.
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#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is BACK for our 6th year! 🎁✨
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
This community-powered gifting initiative is all about mutual aid, kindness, and making sure no one goes without a little magic this season.
Let’s make 2025 our most generous year yet!
Learn more: bit.ly/holidayfairies
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ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally