Elena Gaillard
@elenagaillard.bsky.social
Orchid enthusiast, SFF reader, fantasy writer, graphic designer, knitter, birdwatcher, wine drinker, nasty woman. She/her.
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Elena Gaillard
@elenagaillard.bsky.social
· Oct 31
Hey, so I write books about chaos muppet witches in 1950s and 60s northern England. Are they spooky? Only if you get on their wrong side. They do tend to get on each other's nerves, tho. There may be some blood involved.
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“It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.”
The dividends that $MSTR owes total “over $640 million annually .. Bitcoin generates no cashflow. Nor does Strategy’s aging software business. ..
“.. A tragic spiral now seems possible.”
@reuters.com
“.. A tragic spiral now seems possible.”
@reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.”
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A lot of transphobic whataboutism is just straight up trying to make being a bigot sound like a legit position asked in good faith.
Nope, same old horseshit.
Nope, same old horseshit.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A lot of transphobic whataboutism is just straight up trying to make being a bigot sound like a legit position asked in good faith.
Nope, same old horseshit.
Nope, same old horseshit.
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Kelly: “I was notified of a potential court-martial through a tweet by the Secretary of Defense…I think that says a lot about who Pete Hegseth is and what he cares about. He doesn't care about the law…He doesn't care about accountability. He cares about views on his Twitter account.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Kelly: “I was notified of a potential court-martial through a tweet by the Secretary of Defense…I think that says a lot about who Pete Hegseth is and what he cares about. He doesn't care about the law…He doesn't care about accountability. He cares about views on his Twitter account.”
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President Trump has freed GPB Capital founder David Gentile, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme that put at risk more than $1 billion of investor funds
Trump Commutes Sentence of GPB Capital Founder David Gentile
President Donald Trump has freed GPB Capital Holdings LLC founder David Gentile, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme that put at risk more than $1 billion of investor funds.
bloom.bg
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
President Trump has freed GPB Capital founder David Gentile, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme that put at risk more than $1 billion of investor funds
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have you ever looked into what topics Hemingway was writing about in that manifesto when they died
Yes, Ernest Hemingway was Transgender
On people who dream about being another gender – on transgender, non-binary, crossdresser, crossdreamer and queer issues
www.crossdreamers.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
have you ever looked into what topics Hemingway was writing about in that manifesto when they died
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"How is your new house?"
"So far we found just one flaw."
"Just one? That's awesome! What is it?"
"Can't find the entrance door."
"So far we found just one flaw."
"Just one? That's awesome! What is it?"
"Can't find the entrance door."
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"How is your new house?"
"So far we found just one flaw."
"Just one? That's awesome! What is it?"
"Can't find the entrance door."
"So far we found just one flaw."
"Just one? That's awesome! What is it?"
"Can't find the entrance door."
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The Trump administration is starving Americans.
In Georgia, a food bank is running out of food while demand has surged by over 40%.
Yes, Georgia is a red state, but before we go the FAFO route, remember Trump’s margin of victory in Georgia was 2.2%. So a lot of folks didn’t vote for this.
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In Georgia, a food bank is running out of food while demand has surged by over 40%.
Yes, Georgia is a red state, but before we go the FAFO route, remember Trump’s margin of victory in Georgia was 2.2%. So a lot of folks didn’t vote for this.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Trump administration is starving Americans.
In Georgia, a food bank is running out of food while demand has surged by over 40%.
Yes, Georgia is a red state, but before we go the FAFO route, remember Trump’s margin of victory in Georgia was 2.2%. So a lot of folks didn’t vote for this.
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In Georgia, a food bank is running out of food while demand has surged by over 40%.
Yes, Georgia is a red state, but before we go the FAFO route, remember Trump’s margin of victory in Georgia was 2.2%. So a lot of folks didn’t vote for this.
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The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
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I'm making my astonished face. No, seriously. I'm just, like, gobsmacked or whatever. Like, whoa, like mind blown by this who'd have ever thunk it plot twist that nobody ever would have seen from orbit.
The Twitter account for the Turning Point USA chapter at OU seems to have only started posting last week with an anti-trans pressure campaign. And then, oh gosh, what are the odds that they just happened to immediately find someone who claims to have been discriminated against by a trans person?
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'm making my astonished face. No, seriously. I'm just, like, gobsmacked or whatever. Like, whoa, like mind blown by this who'd have ever thunk it plot twist that nobody ever would have seen from orbit.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
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A small boat off the coast of Venezuela, roughly 1500 miles from the nearest part of the USA shoreline is not a threat to the US. Two attack survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat are not a threat to the US. There is no way this qualifies as self defense.
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A small boat off the coast of Venezuela, roughly 1500 miles from the nearest part of the USA shoreline is not a threat to the US. Two attack survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat are not a threat to the US. There is no way this qualifies as self defense.
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FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
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AXIOS: “Tennessee's 7th was designed just a few years ago to hand Republicans an easy win, but this year it has become an unlikely battleground with a credible Democratic candidate vying for an upset… a critical bellwether heading into the 2026 midterms.” www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
AXIOS: “Tennessee's 7th was designed just a few years ago to hand Republicans an easy win, but this year it has become an unlikely battleground with a credible Democratic candidate vying for an upset… a critical bellwether heading into the 2026 midterms.” www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
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Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
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"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."
A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
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"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump’s megabill, even if the politics haven’t | CNN Politics
As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its only health clinic.
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
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Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales www.theguardian.com/environment/... Good news, climate change is no longer a risk to your home…wait no I’m being told that we’re just not gonna warn you about the threat, which remains the same as before.
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
Site deletes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales www.theguardian.com/environment/... Good news, climate change is no longer a risk to your home…wait no I’m being told that we’re just not gonna warn you about the threat, which remains the same as before.
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I started trying to pick things to make fun of, and I wanted to describe moving through the house, and then I realized there's no door.
There's literally no door. There's no entrance to the house.
There's literally no door. There's no entrance to the house.
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I started trying to pick things to make fun of, and I wanted to describe moving through the house, and then I realized there's no door.
There's literally no door. There's no entrance to the house.
There's literally no door. There's no entrance to the house.
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mudroom nad laundry with two bathtubs, two sinks and no laundry machines
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
mudroom nad laundry with two bathtubs, two sinks and no laundry machines
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If you need me I’ll be in the Gourmet Kitchen (empty carpet space in front of a bedroom that is lined wall to wall with shelving)
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you need me I’ll be in the Gourmet Kitchen (empty carpet space in front of a bedroom that is lined wall to wall with shelving)
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listen, as someone who's worked as a draftsman; regularly drawing up impossible buildings riddled with inconsistencies is not necessarily a bar on someone being a successful architect
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
listen, as someone who's worked as a draftsman; regularly drawing up impossible buildings riddled with inconsistencies is not necessarily a bar on someone being a successful architect