Monique Laban
@moniquelaban.bsky.social
Everywhere else I’m endorphinique. I write. https://www.moniquelaban.com
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Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Ask your agent to request anti-AI provisions in the contract/push back against clauses that require them to ok AI use! We kept saying “authors will hate this” and being told “nobody’s complained”
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I managed in my forties to find a way to make a living from doing the thing my brain is broken for, and both I and (I like to think) the world are better off for it.
Imagine if I could have done it in my twenties, when I had energy, instead of destroying my health for decades with shitty jobs.
Imagine if I could have done it in my twenties, when I had energy, instead of destroying my health for decades with shitty jobs.
I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I managed in my forties to find a way to make a living from doing the thing my brain is broken for, and both I and (I like to think) the world are better off for it.
Imagine if I could have done it in my twenties, when I had energy, instead of destroying my health for decades with shitty jobs.
Imagine if I could have done it in my twenties, when I had energy, instead of destroying my health for decades with shitty jobs.
That’s it. Next year I’m booking myself a trip out of the country for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. The holiday stress isn’t worth it.
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
That’s it. Next year I’m booking myself a trip out of the country for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. The holiday stress isn’t worth it.
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People are out here proudly announcing that they intend be authors and that they have no interest in writing, that they deserve a large-audience of readers but they themselves only read to extract from the actual artists they plan to usurp. Baby, the cogs have learned to TALK. Wild times.
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
People are out here proudly announcing that they intend be authors and that they have no interest in writing, that they deserve a large-audience of readers but they themselves only read to extract from the actual artists they plan to usurp. Baby, the cogs have learned to TALK. Wild times.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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“It's an invisible need... an invisible center... helping invisible people. Meanwhile, I'm haunted by the invisible impact of the insatiable greed”
@ricksteves.bsky.social I love you
@ricksteves.bsky.social I love you
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“It's an invisible need... an invisible center... helping invisible people. Meanwhile, I'm haunted by the invisible impact of the insatiable greed”
@ricksteves.bsky.social I love you
@ricksteves.bsky.social I love you
Read a few gift guides and I feel like this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this pattern
The dad guides are super informative, I’ve learned you can purchase ancient Roman coins and a dryer specifically for inside your shoes
The husband/boyfriend/teen boy guides all list Crunchyroll subscriptions
The dad guides are super informative, I’ve learned you can purchase ancient Roman coins and a dryer specifically for inside your shoes
The husband/boyfriend/teen boy guides all list Crunchyroll subscriptions
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Read a few gift guides and I feel like this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this pattern
The dad guides are super informative, I’ve learned you can purchase ancient Roman coins and a dryer specifically for inside your shoes
The husband/boyfriend/teen boy guides all list Crunchyroll subscriptions
The dad guides are super informative, I’ve learned you can purchase ancient Roman coins and a dryer specifically for inside your shoes
The husband/boyfriend/teen boy guides all list Crunchyroll subscriptions
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Happy winter solstice ! ❄️🌞
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy winter solstice ! ❄️🌞
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Boxing ain’t even my thing; I just love consequences.
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Boxing ain’t even my thing; I just love consequences.
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well well…good morning to me
Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
well well…good morning to me
I had sleep paralysis for the first time yesterday morning and I’m still reeling from it.
Like, between that experience and the rip current I was caught in earlier this year, I know for sure which situation I can stay calm in. Brains are entirely different.
Like, between that experience and the rip current I was caught in earlier this year, I know for sure which situation I can stay calm in. Brains are entirely different.
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I had sleep paralysis for the first time yesterday morning and I’m still reeling from it.
Like, between that experience and the rip current I was caught in earlier this year, I know for sure which situation I can stay calm in. Brains are entirely different.
Like, between that experience and the rip current I was caught in earlier this year, I know for sure which situation I can stay calm in. Brains are entirely different.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
me, to my fiance: we will plan this wedding responsibly per what experts tell us, so we understand our budget, guest count, venue needs, & shared vision. in the meantime, use Pinterest for ideas
also me after one week on Pinterest: let's blow it all on commissioned pulp art-inspired save the dates
also me after one week on Pinterest: let's blow it all on commissioned pulp art-inspired save the dates
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
me, to my fiance: we will plan this wedding responsibly per what experts tell us, so we understand our budget, guest count, venue needs, & shared vision. in the meantime, use Pinterest for ideas
also me after one week on Pinterest: let's blow it all on commissioned pulp art-inspired save the dates
also me after one week on Pinterest: let's blow it all on commissioned pulp art-inspired save the dates
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You are not owed a relationship with anyone, even your children. Adults get to decide for themselves who they want in their lives and you can sit with the reasons why that happened and maybe try to fix it but you don't get to demand someone let you into their life when they say no.
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers. on.wsj.com/4aNQuuS
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You are not owed a relationship with anyone, even your children. Adults get to decide for themselves who they want in their lives and you can sit with the reasons why that happened and maybe try to fix it but you don't get to demand someone let you into their life when they say no.
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I have found over and again that changes in higher education do not happen where change can be most effective but rather tends to happen where people/programs are least protected
Many literature and humanities PhD programs are under threat of dissolution or closure, or have been closed, over the objection of all stakeholders but the higher administration.
Tell me: what has been effective in stopping this at specific places? Has anything been effective?
Tell me: what has been effective in stopping this at specific places? Has anything been effective?
Faculty opposed this change; current students opposed it; program alum fought it.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I have found over and again that changes in higher education do not happen where change can be most effective but rather tends to happen where people/programs are least protected
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Can we please agree that if you're going to choose to be complicit on an issue (tho better: don't)
that you don't manage yr guilt by trying to take up the private time & energy of people who are working not to be?
don't DM, email, text to suck ppl's energy while you're stuffing your ears PLEASE
that you don't manage yr guilt by trying to take up the private time & energy of people who are working not to be?
don't DM, email, text to suck ppl's energy while you're stuffing your ears PLEASE
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Can we please agree that if you're going to choose to be complicit on an issue (tho better: don't)
that you don't manage yr guilt by trying to take up the private time & energy of people who are working not to be?
don't DM, email, text to suck ppl's energy while you're stuffing your ears PLEASE
that you don't manage yr guilt by trying to take up the private time & energy of people who are working not to be?
don't DM, email, text to suck ppl's energy while you're stuffing your ears PLEASE
My fiancé opened FB for the 1st time in yrs and looks like I need to as well because, 2 yrs out from the job where I assisted someone who ended up stalking me, I learned blocking her on IG/BSky/Twitter/LinkedIn wasn’t enough and she’s been liking my posts regularly on FB! What a world!!
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My fiancé opened FB for the 1st time in yrs and looks like I need to as well because, 2 yrs out from the job where I assisted someone who ended up stalking me, I learned blocking her on IG/BSky/Twitter/LinkedIn wasn’t enough and she’s been liking my posts regularly on FB! What a world!!
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If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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the snow has fallen such that it looks like a little child, standing on a pile of snow, watching the snow fall
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
the snow has fallen such that it looks like a little child, standing on a pile of snow, watching the snow fall
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Even UNICEF is like "yo, Australia, this social media ban for kids is a terrible fucking idea."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Even UNICEF is like "yo, Australia, this social media ban for kids is a terrible fucking idea."
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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when the server delivers breadsticks to the table
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
when the server delivers breadsticks to the table