Joseph P. Garland
@jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social
JPGarlandAuthor Stories in the Gilded Age, modern NY, Austen variations. Erotic romances. He/him. Tuckahoe NY native. NY lawyer.
My books: https://dermodyhouse.com/books/ (Dermody is my father's mom's first surname; the second was Campbell.)
My books: https://dermodyhouse.com/books/ (Dermody is my father's mom's first surname; the second was Campbell.)
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Contemporary Available widely in paperback and hardcover formats and exclusively in ebook, including on Kindle Unlimited, on Amazon. I Am Alex Locus is the story of a twenty-three-year-old woman wh…
dermodyhouse.com
By way of introduction, I write literary fiction. My books and stories are contemporary, set in the early Gilded Age in NYC, or Jane Austen Fan Fiction (JAFF). Most, except for the JAFF, are set in and around NYC.
You can sample them on my webpage. dermodyhouse.com/books/
You can sample them on my webpage. dermodyhouse.com/books/
An imagined conference between an author and her lawyer about a publishing contract in 1880s New York. @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social @reneegendron.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
An imagined conference between an author and her lawyer about a publishing contract in 1880s New York. @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social @reneegendron.bsky.social
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Proof of new book, with one cover idea. (This photo is horizontal so I can wrap it to the back.) If anyone wants to give it a beta read, I'd appreciate it.
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Proof of new book, with one cover idea. (This photo is horizontal so I can wrap it to the back.) If anyone wants to give it a beta read, I'd appreciate it.
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Kavanaugh stop
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Kavanaugh stop
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500,000 violations.
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
500,000 violations.
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When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
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Keep your receipts.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Keep your receipts.
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
@mikesacks.bsky.social Not a bad idea.
There must be immediate Congressional investigations into Pete Hegseth’s ordering the killings of strike survivors and over 80 people in international waters. Where is my opponent Rep. Ann Wagner? Bible verses and banking regulations aren’t going to save you. Do your job or resign! @wellmanformo
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
@mikesacks.bsky.social Not a bad idea.
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This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't.
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...
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Time for me to battle with literally everything else for your attention today! Go back to a simpler time. Find out what was going on backstage at London's most vibrant theatres. The first of the Chronicles of Miss Searle is only 99 pennies for a short time only.📖🎭 #HistoricalFiction
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Time for me to battle with literally everything else for your attention today! Go back to a simpler time. Find out what was going on backstage at London's most vibrant theatres. The first of the Chronicles of Miss Searle is only 99 pennies for a short time only.📖🎭 #HistoricalFiction
Here's a submission I made last week. It had to use the phrase "You don't scare me." It didn't win.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here's a submission I made last week. It had to use the phrase "You don't scare me." It didn't win.
A subway commute from the Upper East Side on a rainy summer Monday morning.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A subway commute from the Upper East Side on a rainy summer Monday morning.
I snored loudly. Now I use a CPAP machine. It took some time to get used to. Now it's fine
Researchers linked obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes temporary pauses in breathing during sleep, with Parkinson’s disease in a new study. But the researchers did find that treating sleep apnea with a CPAP machine was associated with a reduced likelihood of developing Parkinson’s.
Sleep Apnea Linked to Parkinson’s Disease, New Study Finds
Those with the sleep condition were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. But one treatment was found to help.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I snored loudly. Now I use a CPAP machine. It took some time to get used to. Now it's fine
You can select your local independent bookstore and it will get a piece of any books you buy directly from Bookshop.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
You can select your local independent bookstore and it will get a piece of any books you buy directly from Bookshop.org
Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Meet Molly, a writer who hires Jared, a handsome companion, to spark her creativity! 3 days. 1contract. 0 expectations.But as the words flow, so do their feelings...Is it love or just a plot twist?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”Their banter is TOP NOTCH!"
In paperback, ebook, & audiobook
➡️ bit.ly/44Hikps
#NelsonPotter
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”Their banter is TOP NOTCH!"
In paperback, ebook, & audiobook
➡️ bit.ly/44Hikps
#NelsonPotter
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Meet Molly, a writer who hires Jared, a handsome companion, to spark her creativity! 3 days. 1contract. 0 expectations.But as the words flow, so do their feelings...Is it love or just a plot twist?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”Their banter is TOP NOTCH!"
In paperback, ebook, & audiobook
➡️ bit.ly/44Hikps
#NelsonPotter
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”Their banter is TOP NOTCH!"
In paperback, ebook, & audiobook
➡️ bit.ly/44Hikps
#NelsonPotter
Fun with a little Pride and Prejudice reference:
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fun with a little Pride and Prejudice reference:
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Obituary: In her first book, published in 1979, Terry Martin Hekker defended her role as a traditional wife. She later published a sequel: “Disregard First Book.”
Terry Martin Hekker, Whose First Book Praised Stay-at-Home Moms, Dies at 92
After her husband left her, she wrote a sequel: “Disregard First Book.”
on.wsj.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Obituary: In her first book, published in 1979, Terry Martin Hekker defended her role as a traditional wife. She later published a sequel: “Disregard First Book.”
More remarkable findings by a federal judge about the lack of credibility of members of the current administration.....
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.