Megan Macmanus
@meganmacmanus.bsky.social
Writer. College Counselor. Yoga teacher. Erstwhile Actress. Aspiring Gaeilgeoir. Owned by an Irish Wolfhound and a garden that hates me.
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Megan Macmanus
@meganmacmanus.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Taken captive after a botched raid, Revni needs to get north before she’s declared dead. Eavus needs to get her south to prove he’s not a deserter.To survive, they’ll have to decide who to trust–because they are both slaves & conquerors in enemy land & everyone else wants them dead. #questpit #F #YA
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.
New research by @mctd.bsky.social shows the impact of generative AI on authors in the UK. They found over a third of novelists report their income has already been negatively impacted by AI and 85% expect their future income will be negatively impacted.
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Impact of Generative AI on the Novel
A report examining how literary creatives being affected by GenAI and what measures they want see implemented by the government to protect the UK’s literary scene.
www.mctd.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.
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You will never be able to make "data driven" decisions until you realize just how much your decisions are driven by emotions: fear of missing out, defensiveness of your favorite idea, apprehension over something unusual.
That's because there's no such thing as "the data" - only interpretations.
That's because there's no such thing as "the data" - only interpretations.
September 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You will never be able to make "data driven" decisions until you realize just how much your decisions are driven by emotions: fear of missing out, defensiveness of your favorite idea, apprehension over something unusual.
That's because there's no such thing as "the data" - only interpretations.
That's because there's no such thing as "the data" - only interpretations.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We’re hearing helicopters and word is spreading of massive ICE raids tomorrow and Friday particularly in Gwinnett. These excessive raids put all of us in danger. Spread the word, look out for each other, and remember your rights.
A colleague shared her screen during a zoom meeting yesterday and one of her tabs was her inbox and she only had 7 unread messages.
She has worked there for at least 5 years. Maybe 10.
What kind of monster is this woman??
She has worked there for at least 5 years. Maybe 10.
What kind of monster is this woman??
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A colleague shared her screen during a zoom meeting yesterday and one of her tabs was her inbox and she only had 7 unread messages.
She has worked there for at least 5 years. Maybe 10.
What kind of monster is this woman??
She has worked there for at least 5 years. Maybe 10.
What kind of monster is this woman??
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Since Bluesky doesn't give me enough characters to truly express the depth of my hatred of the Soulless, Climate-Eating Plagiarism Machine:
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Since Bluesky doesn't give me enough characters to truly express the depth of my hatred of the Soulless, Climate-Eating Plagiarism Machine:
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I mean.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I mean.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
So apparently ICE is coming to Raleigh tomorrow. I'm a middle aged white lady. Can people please link me to the best direction to point my privilege? Just bought whistles and wondering if I should take tomorrow off to drive around.
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So apparently ICE is coming to Raleigh tomorrow. I'm a middle aged white lady. Can people please link me to the best direction to point my privilege? Just bought whistles and wondering if I should take tomorrow off to drive around.
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We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump…
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump…
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
I feel seen.
This week, for the first time in seven and a half years of writing a weekly parenting column, I admit why I so rarely use it to give out advice. On experts, common sense, and being bad enough at parenting that I'd never tell anyone what to do.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
This isn’t a parenting advice column. But I have some suggestions | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I feel seen.
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And not to get too real on a late night post, but yeah.
I am *so* fucking done with people acting like this is normal. That the president of our country can just flat out lie and it’s not a big deal. That an entire branch of our government has been subverted to the whims of a serial liar.
I am *so* fucking done with people acting like this is normal. That the president of our country can just flat out lie and it’s not a big deal. That an entire branch of our government has been subverted to the whims of a serial liar.
As someone who has had multiple MRIs, you absolutely know what the techs are imaging before they put you in the machine, because if there is any sort of metal in the target area you *really* need to let them know beforehand since cleaning bloodstains out of the tube is NOT a good time
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
And not to get too real on a late night post, but yeah.
I am *so* fucking done with people acting like this is normal. That the president of our country can just flat out lie and it’s not a big deal. That an entire branch of our government has been subverted to the whims of a serial liar.
I am *so* fucking done with people acting like this is normal. That the president of our country can just flat out lie and it’s not a big deal. That an entire branch of our government has been subverted to the whims of a serial liar.
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To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
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Sooooo dementia sleepy Joe Biden is actually a mastermind who framed Trump by adding evidence to the Epstein Files. Which are a hoax, but are being investigated. After trump closed the investigation in July, and said there was no client list.
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sooooo dementia sleepy Joe Biden is actually a mastermind who framed Trump by adding evidence to the Epstein Files. Which are a hoax, but are being investigated. After trump closed the investigation in July, and said there was no client list.
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This shit is deadly serious
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This shit is deadly serious
I would like all the pundits currently interviewing MAGA people to just play this on repeat instead of asking questions.
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I would like all the pundits currently interviewing MAGA people to just play this on repeat instead of asking questions.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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It seems an unavoidable conclusion that the current President of the USA was deeply involved in a criminal conspiracy to traffic and rape children including a person who took her own life earlier this year. How is this not a clearly impeachable crime?
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It seems an unavoidable conclusion that the current President of the USA was deeply involved in a criminal conspiracy to traffic and rape children including a person who took her own life earlier this year. How is this not a clearly impeachable crime?
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man SLAPS
I was sixteenish in AP Lit and had no idea that you were allowed to write about whores and masturbation and also the impact of religion and also growing up and also and also and also....in a book people STUDIED.
I was sixteenish in AP Lit and had no idea that you were allowed to write about whores and masturbation and also the impact of religion and also growing up and also and also and also....in a book people STUDIED.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man SLAPS
I was sixteenish in AP Lit and had no idea that you were allowed to write about whores and masturbation and also the impact of religion and also growing up and also and also and also....in a book people STUDIED.
I was sixteenish in AP Lit and had no idea that you were allowed to write about whores and masturbation and also the impact of religion and also growing up and also and also and also....in a book people STUDIED.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in