Missy B
@merlange.bsky.social
Writer/Knitter/Learner/Reader/Observer/Eater/Music Listener/Movie Watcher-especially Bollywood;
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When your blocking mat and pins are being used, perfume bottles and office supplies I.e. hole punch and stapler will just have to do! 🧶 #knit #knitsky #alternative #hack
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When your blocking mat and pins are being used, perfume bottles and office supplies I.e. hole punch and stapler will just have to do! 🧶 #knit #knitsky #alternative #hack
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Shaun the sheep is off to his new home today. Hoping to make a little boy very happy when he opens it on Xmas day ☺️🐑
🧶 #knit #knitsky #shaunthesheep
🧶 #knit #knitsky #shaunthesheep
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Shaun the sheep is off to his new home today. Hoping to make a little boy very happy when he opens it on Xmas day ☺️🐑
🧶 #knit #knitsky #shaunthesheep
🧶 #knit #knitsky #shaunthesheep
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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It's been a year or two since I rewatched it..( I've seen the film perhaps 15 times over the years) my movie of the day is JFK from my favourite director Oliver Stone
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
It's been a year or two since I rewatched it..( I've seen the film perhaps 15 times over the years) my movie of the day is JFK from my favourite director Oliver Stone
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in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
in the last 5 days these laid-off VIBE staffers have only made it to 31% of their GoFundMe goal after being laid off. please show them the same support you showed Teen Vogue!!
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Tonight Harlem celebrates the season with The Harlem Holiday Lights parade. 135th Street is a stop on the parade! Come congratulations out till the parade comes by us! #WHCR DJs are bringing the music harlembid.com/harlem-light...
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tonight Harlem celebrates the season with The Harlem Holiday Lights parade. 135th Street is a stop on the parade! Come congratulations out till the parade comes by us! #WHCR DJs are bringing the music harlembid.com/harlem-light...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Last night I rewatched everyone's favorite Christmas film #DieHard. Not seen in a very long time. Still extremely satisfying. Thought occurred to me "to think, it used to be that every film was shot on film". Why do we speak about shooting film now like its a miracle? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJu...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Last night I rewatched everyone's favorite Christmas film #DieHard. Not seen in a very long time. Still extremely satisfying. Thought occurred to me "to think, it used to be that every film was shot on film". Why do we speak about shooting film now like its a miracle? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJu...
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How do you care for an aging parent – when they want none of it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... by @drbarryjjacobs.bsky.social @theguardian.com
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
How do you care for an ageing parent – when they want none of it? | Barry J Jacobs
Supporting my mother as she grew older meant facing pride, minimization and resistance. The key to a healthier relationship was empathy
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November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How do you care for an aging parent – when they want none of it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... by @drbarryjjacobs.bsky.social @theguardian.com
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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I saw a double rainbow in Hollywood today. I saw the purple band too which I almost never see. AND I saw a woman cinematographer filming it.
ITS A SIGN, DAMNIT!!!
ITS A SIGN, DAMNIT!!!
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I saw a double rainbow in Hollywood today. I saw the purple band too which I almost never see. AND I saw a woman cinematographer filming it.
ITS A SIGN, DAMNIT!!!
ITS A SIGN, DAMNIT!!!
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The 5th novel is one of 2 handfuls I've written that were always original work. It has the distinction of being the first story I ever wrote with a Black female protagonist. I didn't even know how to write Black women, I didn't read a lot of books or see movies in my fave genres with women like me.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The 5th novel is one of 2 handfuls I've written that were always original work. It has the distinction of being the first story I ever wrote with a Black female protagonist. I didn't even know how to write Black women, I didn't read a lot of books or see movies in my fave genres with women like me.
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OK, I'm done bragging. I'm proud of the fanfiction I wrote, 15 years over 8 fandoms. Then I took an incredible AU I wrote for Criminal Minds and turned it into an even better original character suspense trilogy. And, shock and awe, folks paid money for my books, read them, and left awesome reviews.
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
OK, I'm done bragging. I'm proud of the fanfiction I wrote, 15 years over 8 fandoms. Then I took an incredible AU I wrote for Criminal Minds and turned it into an even better original character suspense trilogy. And, shock and awe, folks paid money for my books, read them, and left awesome reviews.
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I had someone pretend to be me on LiveJournal and Tumblr. The Tumblr one was a big deal. When you've got a doppelganger on Tumblr, you've truly made it in fandom spaces. I even had 2 actors from a show I was writing in read my fiction about their characters and loved it. They wrote to me.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I had someone pretend to be me on LiveJournal and Tumblr. The Tumblr one was a big deal. When you've got a doppelganger on Tumblr, you've truly made it in fandom spaces. I even had 2 actors from a show I was writing in read my fiction about their characters and loved it. They wrote to me.
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I may not have been Mary Higgins Clark, Stephen King, or Terry McMillan, but I would get DMs all the time saying, "oh my god are you the mcgarrygirl78 that wrote [insert fanfic from a decade ago]? I fuckin love that story." Its why I haven't changed my name in 2 decades. Mcgarrygirl78 is a brand.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I may not have been Mary Higgins Clark, Stephen King, or Terry McMillan, but I would get DMs all the time saying, "oh my god are you the mcgarrygirl78 that wrote [insert fanfic from a decade ago]? I fuckin love that story." Its why I haven't changed my name in 2 decades. Mcgarrygirl78 is a brand.
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I became a B list fanfic celeb on the internet and it was the awards, accolades, friends, and fans that finally made me realize the passion I'd had since I was 8 years old was really a fuckin gift and I was good at it. It was OK to be good and say I was good. I was a writer, dammit.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I became a B list fanfic celeb on the internet and it was the awards, accolades, friends, and fans that finally made me realize the passion I'd had since I was 8 years old was really a fuckin gift and I was good at it. It was OK to be good and say I was good. I was a writer, dammit.
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I first completed the novel in 2003. It was the last story I wrote before my 2 year battle with deep depression and writer's block. I was brought out of that writer's block by my introduction to fanfiction, and the rest as they say is history.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I first completed the novel in 2003. It was the last story I wrote before my 2 year battle with deep depression and writer's block. I was brought out of that writer's block by my introduction to fanfiction, and the rest as they say is history.
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After I complete the first draft of a novel, it usually takes another 6-9 months to final completion. Sometimes a year. 3 edits, a super final edit, and then it's ready. It can be 2-3 months between edits so my brain can forget things so I won't go brain blind to mistakes I've read too many times.
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
After I complete the first draft of a novel, it usually takes another 6-9 months to final completion. Sometimes a year. 3 edits, a super final edit, and then it's ready. It can be 2-3 months between edits so my brain can forget things so I won't go brain blind to mistakes I've read too many times.
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Today at work I was thinking about Novel #5, and I think 2026 might be the year y'all. The story is complete and the first edit is as well. I was ⅓ through transcribing it back onto my laptop to prep for the second edit when my mom's death and COVID shoved my life in a whole other direction.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today at work I was thinking about Novel #5, and I think 2026 might be the year y'all. The story is complete and the first edit is as well. I was ⅓ through transcribing it back onto my laptop to prep for the second edit when my mom's death and COVID shoved my life in a whole other direction.
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I wrote about my boo’s upcoming appearance @junemo41.bsky.social on @marclamonthill.bsky.social substack.com/@baronessbre...
Bree Nachelle (@baronessbree)
Mindful Moments Fam, I need y’all to tap in for this one.
My friend — and all-around powerhouse — June Moses will be live this Saturday 11/15, and trust me, her voice is one you want in your orbit...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wrote about my boo’s upcoming appearance @junemo41.bsky.social on @marclamonthill.bsky.social substack.com/@baronessbre...
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*dabs thug tears* thanks Bree! 🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿
I wrote about my boo’s upcoming appearance @junemo41.bsky.social on @marclamonthill.bsky.social substack.com/@baronessbre...
Bree Nachelle (@baronessbree)
Mindful Moments Fam, I need y’all to tap in for this one.
My friend — and all-around powerhouse — June Moses will be live this Saturday 11/15, and trust me, her voice is one you want in your orbit...
substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
*dabs thug tears* thanks Bree! 🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿
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$1,000? That's Robbin Hoodie.
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
$1,000? That's Robbin Hoodie.
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I recently saw a hoodie in a fancy department store (OK, Nordstrom) that cost almost $1000. I think it looked cheap, and people would only buy it for the brand name. I’d never buy that. But I worry I could fall for a branded $120 hoodie that’s badly overpriced. Hard to tell for beginners.
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I recently saw a hoodie in a fancy department store (OK, Nordstrom) that cost almost $1000. I think it looked cheap, and people would only buy it for the brand name. I’d never buy that. But I worry I could fall for a branded $120 hoodie that’s badly overpriced. Hard to tell for beginners.
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Exactly. Meanwhile, Argentina is using American taxpayer funds to run their "socialist" Healthcare system. I'm peepin round corners to see if we're great yet.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Exactly. Meanwhile, Argentina is using American taxpayer funds to run their "socialist" Healthcare system. I'm peepin round corners to see if we're great yet.