Maryelizabeth Yturralde
@meakamey.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on some things I've been dealing with lately. 1/6
![text: In it was a link to an article where a man in another country, in a place I have never visited, who does not know me, calls me a [censored] and sinister and a [censored] because 'JO' features a lesbian protagonist.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zhqdngpmdgdhor72bzwjmf7p/bafkreiclqziznmzxscos6cqihunshbnn4i6hfcrotfl6psktcqv72ojf2i@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Some thoughts on some things I've been dealing with lately. 1/6
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Reviews and also tell someone in your life who isn’t in online spaces about our books. So many people who read are not online reading reviews. Spread the word anyway you can, for free.
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reviews and also tell someone in your life who isn’t in online spaces about our books. So many people who read are not online reading reviews. Spread the word anyway you can, for free.
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For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
Swear your oath ON the dome.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
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In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In collaboration w/ @groundwork.bsky.social & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, we convened hundreds of volunteers from across the country to investigate Instacart’s AI-assisted pricing experiments at popular grocery stores like Target & Kroger. Read our full investigation below:
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Just a reminder --
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just a reminder --
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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It's not enough to make comics; you have to get people to buy them! Here's a live interview with Greg Weisman and I about the Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck crossover coming out in January, now enshirned forever on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkC...
Tad and Greg team up for Gargoyles x Darkwing Duck!
YouTube video by Dynamite Entertainment
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's not enough to make comics; you have to get people to buy them! Here's a live interview with Greg Weisman and I about the Gargoyles/Darkwing Duck crossover coming out in January, now enshirned forever on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkC...
Take Action, San Diego!
San Diego’s contract with Flock costs millions of dollars.
Instead, this money could be used to support solutions that have been proven to improve public safety, such as investments in affordable housing, medical and mental health care, and other resources that will help San Diegans thrive.
Instead, this money could be used to support solutions that have been proven to improve public safety, such as investments in affordable housing, medical and mental health care, and other resources that will help San Diegans thrive.
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Take Action, San Diego!
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Re: everybody getting got by an ai dog video: I want to talk about propaganda in general as well as ai in specific. We are awash in way too much stuff to pay deep attention to and that's absolutely by design.
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Re: everybody getting got by an ai dog video: I want to talk about propaganda in general as well as ai in specific. We are awash in way too much stuff to pay deep attention to and that's absolutely by design.
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i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i’m at the brooklyn training. amazing energy.
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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Congress is considering a drastic, first-of-its-kind federal ban on abortion coverage in private health insurance plans that receive tax credits through the Affordable Care Act.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
Protect Abortion Coverage in the ACA
Congress is locked in negotiations over whether to make healthcare affordable or let costs skyrocket. Anti-abortion groups are trying to exploit the debate to push abortion out of reach. We must take action.
action.aclu.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Congress is considering a drastic, first-of-its-kind federal ban on abortion coverage in private health insurance plans that receive tax credits through the Affordable Care Act.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now.
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It doesn't take a lot for people to start reading. But year after year, what keeps you coming back? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses reading as a lifelong habit:
What Keeps You Reading? - Reactor
Becoming a reader is different than *staying* a reader...
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It doesn't take a lot for people to start reading. But year after year, what keeps you coming back? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses reading as a lifelong habit:
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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I switched to this and @bookshop.org for every book, ebook, and audiobook purchase where they have what I want - which is 99% of them -- and the apps are great, and I get to support a local bookstore. It's all win here, folks.
If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I switched to this and @bookshop.org for every book, ebook, and audiobook purchase where they have what I want - which is 99% of them -- and the apps are great, and I get to support a local bookstore. It's all win here, folks.
Social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped, but Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads. Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops helping ICE terrorize our communities. app.sosha.ai/s/0WYxogWv
Spotify: Wrapped in complicity
app.sosha.ai
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped, but Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads. Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops helping ICE terrorize our communities. app.sosha.ai/s/0WYxogWv
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Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
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Fellow San Diegans, I'm having a holiday themed pop-up this Saturday from noon until sell out at Brewjeria Taproom in Chula Vista and you're all invited! Details below:
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fellow San Diegans, I'm having a holiday themed pop-up this Saturday from noon until sell out at Brewjeria Taproom in Chula Vista and you're all invited! Details below:
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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*not shopping at Target intensifies*
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
*not shopping at Target intensifies*
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Post your favourite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Post your favourite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
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I would love to drum up enough sales this #SmallBusinessSaturday to send out our next donation to the San Diego Food Bank!
Each paperback is lovingly wrapped and makes a great holiday gift. Each ebook is a gift to yourself!
And the better we do, the faster we can publish more books!✨
Each paperback is lovingly wrapped and makes a great holiday gift. Each ebook is a gift to yourself!
And the better we do, the faster we can publish more books!✨
Shop small for the holidays, support independent publishing, and do some good!
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
From now until Dec. 31, we will donate 10% of every single direct sale from our site to local food banks.
Treat yourself to our debut title, The Traitor & The Wretch, or gift it to a friend!
www.bonedustpress.com/shop
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I would love to drum up enough sales this #SmallBusinessSaturday to send out our next donation to the San Diego Food Bank!
Each paperback is lovingly wrapped and makes a great holiday gift. Each ebook is a gift to yourself!
And the better we do, the faster we can publish more books!✨
Each paperback is lovingly wrapped and makes a great holiday gift. Each ebook is a gift to yourself!
And the better we do, the faster we can publish more books!✨