Lara Willard
@larathelark.bsky.social
writer, editor, art teacher | comics, fiction, poetry | 🎓 Hamline MFAC (MFA in writing for kids and YA) | larawillard.com/links
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(If you get an ad from ClaimsHero, ignore it -- or better yet, report it for fraud - I got one yesterday on insta! It really is ALARMINGLY deceptive, I can completely see that an author who is busy and feeling overwhelmed might click on it thinking they will get $$ with less hassle. DON'T DO IT!)
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
(If you get an ad from ClaimsHero, ignore it -- or better yet, report it for fraud - I got one yesterday on insta! It really is ALARMINGLY deceptive, I can completely see that an author who is busy and feeling overwhelmed might click on it thinking they will get $$ with less hassle. DON'T DO IT!)
Since the White House is owned by the United States, can we charge every single one of these companies and POTUS with a crime, or at the very least sue?
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Since the White House is owned by the United States, can we charge every single one of these companies and POTUS with a crime, or at the very least sue?
*whispers in corn field*
If you write it, we will read
If you write it, we will read
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
*whispers in corn field*
If you write it, we will read
If you write it, we will read
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“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”…
“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”
“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”…
“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”
“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”
I call her VeLucyraptor because she can open doors and gets into everything
September 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I call her VeLucyraptor because she can open doors and gets into everything
She hasn't since she was a puppy! She ate some of our replacement-meal pizza off the counter, too!
September 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
She hasn't since she was a puppy! She ate some of our replacement-meal pizza off the counter, too!
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In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
September 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.
So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.