MarleneStringer
@marlenestringer.bsky.social
Literary Agent, pop culture follower, Opera lover, birder, early am beach walker, knitter, & my best work: Mom of four. Insta & Threads:
@manuscriptadventures.
@manuscriptadventures.
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So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...
Getting Naked on Main: It Was Her House First — The Haunt*
I’m not gonna lie: I’ve been putting this off. It’s not like I didn’t know I had a book coming out today, and it’s not that I had better things to do with my time than tell you, the reading public, ab...
www.cheriepriest.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...
Bookstores & Pets - a natural - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
More Purring, More Buying? Why Bookstores Showcase Their Pets.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Bookstores & Pets - a natural - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
We need new rules to make it easier/one-click to cancel subscriptions. Contact your Rep today. www.businessinsider.com/ftc-blocks-s...
Click-to-cancel is canceled — and only a glimmer of hope remains for its revival
The FTC's rule to make canceling subscriptions as easy as they were to sign up was blocked just days before it was set to go into effect.
www.businessinsider.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We need new rules to make it easier/one-click to cancel subscriptions. Contact your Rep today. www.businessinsider.com/ftc-blocks-s...
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"Now, music is free and you get the news that you want to see. The web is an echo chamber of your own prejudices, so you only hear the music that it thinks you like. It’s a silo of the self. So I don’t think music can survive being the spine of the culture as it was"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/a...
40 Years After Live Aid, It’s Still Personal for Bob Geldof
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Now, music is free and you get the news that you want to see. The web is an echo chamber of your own prejudices, so you only hear the music that it thinks you like. It’s a silo of the self. So I don’t think music can survive being the spine of the culture as it was"
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/a...
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jfc. The far-right radicals in northern Idaho have now reached beyond ruining the Community Library Network (Kootenai County) and have made it so the entire consortium providing interlibrary loans + more decided to dissolve: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Regional library consortium members vote to dissolve Cooperative Information Network
Members of North Idaho’s interlibrary loan consortium have decided to dissolve the Cooperative Information Network that has shared materials with patrons across the region for more than 40 years.
www.spokesman.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
jfc. The far-right radicals in northern Idaho have now reached beyond ruining the Community Library Network (Kootenai County) and have made it so the entire consortium providing interlibrary loans + more decided to dissolve: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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People are dying
Q: "A 75 year old Cuban national died in ICE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years...Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Border Czar Tom Homan: "People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
July 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
People are dying
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Corruption is the brand
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Corruption is the brand
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Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
On sale from Charlie Donlea - TWENTY YEARS LATER - www.amazon.com/dp/B091M75X6...
June 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On sale from Charlie Donlea - TWENTY YEARS LATER - www.amazon.com/dp/B091M75X6...
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They’re doing jobs Americans refuse to do and they’re being hunted ….
June 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They’re doing jobs Americans refuse to do and they’re being hunted ….
Spotted in the garden in MD this am. Anyone know what sort of turtle/tortoise this is??
May 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Spotted in the garden in MD this am. Anyone know what sort of turtle/tortoise this is??
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📸: Robert Pope Photography
March 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
📸: Robert Pope Photography
Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
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A hill I’ll keep dying on: Whatever your politics, the fact that so many U.S. leaders do not understand basic constitutional law—or willfully distort it—reflects extremely poorly on our country.
May 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A hill I’ll keep dying on: Whatever your politics, the fact that so many U.S. leaders do not understand basic constitutional law—or willfully distort it—reflects extremely poorly on our country.
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#FlowersOnFriday
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekQforQs
Lilacs are the quintessential spring blooms for me.In my Michigan home,I used to wake up to the fragrance from my window💜☄️💜☄️💜☄️
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekQforQs
Lilacs are the quintessential spring blooms for me.In my Michigan home,I used to wake up to the fragrance from my window💜☄️💜☄️💜☄️
April 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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What did Marjorie Taylor Greene know about the tariff announcements and what stock trades did she make?
We need answers.
We need answers.
April 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What did Marjorie Taylor Greene know about the tariff announcements and what stock trades did she make?
We need answers.
We need answers.
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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We are literally being led by the dumbest people alive
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We are literally being led by the dumbest people alive
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Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
April 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds district court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was improperly sent to El Salvador.
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds district court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was improperly sent to El Salvador.
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
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He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.
April 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.