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Our country is in a very bad state. No one to stop the lunacy. Ultimately, this guy could and should have remained a reality tv sideshow, but the Republican voters and evangelicals of this country handed the keys to the inmates. Now, I really know what taxation without representation feels like.
January 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Our country is in a very bad state. No one to stop the lunacy. Ultimately, this guy could and should have remained a reality tv sideshow, but the Republican voters and evangelicals of this country handed the keys to the inmates. Now, I really know what taxation without representation feels like.
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Full post shows my email exchange with scammer and how I exposed "her". This will only get worse as A.I. gets more sophisticated. This was the best I've seen yet. The responses are getting more clever and sounding more human all the time.
Full post shows my email exchange with scammer and how I exposed "her". This will only get worse as A.I. gets more sophisticated. This was the best I've seen yet. The responses are getting more clever and sounding more human all the time.
AUTHOR BEWARE! - Gene Desrochers
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. This is merely informational. BELOW IS MY EXCHANGE WITH A SCAMMER WHO GOT PRETTY FAR ALONG, BUT MY INSISTENCE THAT I GET REFERENCES AND TALK WITH JOANNA DIRECTLY ...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Full post shows my email exchange with scammer and how I exposed "her". This will only get worse as A.I. gets more sophisticated. This was the best I've seen yet. The responses are getting more clever and sounding more human all the time.
Full post shows my email exchange with scammer and how I exposed "her". This will only get worse as A.I. gets more sophisticated. This was the best I've seen yet. The responses are getting more clever and sounding more human all the time.
An intense art exhibit yesterday at University of Southern California's Fisher Museum. The trees are sites of lynchings with the person who was lynched removed. Powerful stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An intense art exhibit yesterday at University of Southern California's Fisher Museum. The trees are sites of lynchings with the person who was lynched removed. Powerful stuff.
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New #WriterBeware blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press - Writer Beware
Publishers do a lot of bad things (as the archives of this blog attest), but among the most infuriating–and, often, the hardest to remedy–is the failure to pay authors the money they are due. Non-paym...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
Frightening stuff going on in the world now. Amazed how many people prefer dictatorship to democracy.
June 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Frightening stuff going on in the world now. Amazed how many people prefer dictatorship to democracy.
Has it really only been 100 years, I mean days? It feels like a millennium…if you know what that word means.
April 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Has it really only been 100 years, I mean days? It feels like a millennium…if you know what that word means.
Busy figuring out how to function in an oligarchy while staring at plants.
March 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Busy figuring out how to function in an oligarchy while staring at plants.
I’m gonna miss Mr. Hackman’s ability to bring pathos to characters broken and twisted.
February 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I’m gonna miss Mr. Hackman’s ability to bring pathos to characters broken and twisted.
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It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
Ummm…yeah. I’ve heard of history, something nagging…heed
February 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ummm…yeah. I’ve heard of history, something nagging…heed
I included a small mention of a red hat worn by an appropriate person in Dark Paradise but no commentary and a maga cried and wrote a 2-star review and quit reading. Who’s the snowflake?
February 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I included a small mention of a red hat worn by an appropriate person in Dark Paradise but no commentary and a maga cried and wrote a 2-star review and quit reading. Who’s the snowflake?
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February 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Gotta love the British press.
January 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Gotta love the British press.
Quiet here in Japan today.
January 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Quiet here in Japan today.
Truly worried about whether I should return as planned on January 20th from my trip to Asia? Should have scheduled the return for the 25th to see what happens. And made a refundable reservation in the likely event of civil discord.
January 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Truly worried about whether I should return as planned on January 20th from my trip to Asia? Should have scheduled the return for the 25th to see what happens. And made a refundable reservation in the likely event of civil discord.
Tokyo Skytree view on New Year’s Eve with Mt. Fuji silhouette in the distance. #newyearseve2024 #japan2025
December 31, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Tokyo Skytree view on New Year’s Eve with Mt. Fuji silhouette in the distance. #newyearseve2024 #japan2025
Loving Tokyo.
December 30, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Loving Tokyo.
Happy Holidays
December 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Happy Holidays
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Oops, I have a severe case of woke mind virus. All symptoms match!
December 21, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Oops, I have a severe case of woke mind virus. All symptoms match!
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This is post #2. I've been writing almost every day. My goal is usually to do 10 minutes and stay on track. This often tricks me into writing for 30 minutes. It's the getting started.
December 7, 2024 at 2:41 AM
This is post #2. I've been writing almost every day. My goal is usually to do 10 minutes and stay on track. This often tricks me into writing for 30 minutes. It's the getting started.