Marian
@marian.bsky.social
Book editor, dream liver (that still doesn’t sound right). Just happy to be a part of it.
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I have found the best pigeon.
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have found the best pigeon.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.
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Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
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A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
October 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
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Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr.'s time is running out. Today, Senators Cassidy and Sanders both challenge RFK Jr's reign of (t)error at HHS. Call your Senators and Representatives. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
August 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr.'s time is running out. Today, Senators Cassidy and Sanders both challenge RFK Jr's reign of (t)error at HHS. Call your Senators and Representatives. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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Tech firms torrented millions of pirated books to train their AI models. Now authors are fighting back.
My story on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
My story on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
AI guzzled millions of books without permission. Authors are fighting back.
Authors are appealing for help from Congress and the courts after Meta and Anthropic used millions of books to create AI technology, without seeking consent.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Tech firms torrented millions of pirated books to train their AI models. Now authors are fighting back.
My story on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
My story on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Transmitting this from "over there." Pretty interesting perspective on Mamdani and the faux identity issue thrown into the NYC mayoral race. Note to big paper editors: it's amazing what one can find when you look beyond what you're seeking.
July 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Transmitting this from "over there." Pretty interesting perspective on Mamdani and the faux identity issue thrown into the NYC mayoral race. Note to big paper editors: it's amazing what one can find when you look beyond what you're seeking.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
May 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
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The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The AI book list and general enshittification reminded me that I've been credited as blurbing hundreds of books I never have, including books by Patti Smith, Amy Tan, Sidney Sheldon, Joyce Maynard, and Elmore Leonard? And I can't get these fake blurbs taken off publisher and bookstore websites?
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your energy actually is finite and spending time fighting about the former president while the current president is putting this country in a wood chipper seems like a bad use of it
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
your energy actually is finite and spending time fighting about the former president while the current president is putting this country in a wood chipper seems like a bad use of it
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President Declines Gift (1925)
May 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
President Declines Gift (1925)
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Please do not confuse the legal requirements for the crime of bribery with the concept of corruption.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Please do not confuse the legal requirements for the crime of bribery with the concept of corruption.
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Pope Bob from Chicago. Amazing stuff.
May 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pope Bob from Chicago. Amazing stuff.
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That's the fifth older Democrat who's announced they're retiring in the last two months. This is leadership! This is passing the torch with dignity and creating space for the next generation to step up! We want more of this!!
After being out-fundraised by @katmabu.bsky.social, Jan Schakowsky is retiring. politico.com/news/2025/04...
Jan Schakowsky planning May 5 retirement announcement
The veteran House Democrat is facing a longshot primary challenge.
politico.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
That's the fifth older Democrat who's announced they're retiring in the last two months. This is leadership! This is passing the torch with dignity and creating space for the next generation to step up! We want more of this!!
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The White House cites an NPR feature that states "banana slugs are hermaphrodites" as a reason to cease public funding of the network.
But banana slugs literally are hermaphrodites! Like that is just a scientific fact!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_...
But banana slugs literally are hermaphrodites! Like that is just a scientific fact!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_...
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The White House cites an NPR feature that states "banana slugs are hermaphrodites" as a reason to cease public funding of the network.
But banana slugs literally are hermaphrodites! Like that is just a scientific fact!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_...
But banana slugs literally are hermaphrodites! Like that is just a scientific fact!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_...
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Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
April 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
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yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
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"The COVID-conscious people have not abandoned science, It’s the opposite: They’ve come to think that science has abandoned them."
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Evermaskers
The isolation of people who take precautions against COVID has only gotten more intense.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The COVID-conscious people have not abandoned science, It’s the opposite: They’ve come to think that science has abandoned them."
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
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March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.