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MulletBraid
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Writer, singer, cat lover, pissed-off daughter of patriot parents who defeated the Nazis the first time. Fan of NK Jemisin, CJ Cherryh and Martha Wells as well as the hero of our time, Ukraine's President Zelenksyy.
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An anxious teen and an impulsive, hibernation-damaged soldier struggle to help their generation ship community deal with the fallout and potential of an alien rescue. www.limfic.com/book/a-dubio...
A Dubious Hope
Opal's father is making her miserable on the doomed generation ship the New Hope. When a telepathic alien asks, she agrees to be its translator, but reluctantly. It's a lifetime job, she's only thirte...
www.limfic.com
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Husband and I were both without jobs this spring and summer. (Both contracting now.) we kept seeing the same jobs pass thru

I think I applied to 100+ jobs in that time period and had a handful of interview cycles and slightly more screeners.

Deffo phantom jobs.
Approximately 30% of all job postings are fake, with millions of ghost jobs making a tough hiring process even worse.
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Honestly we are much more sheep than wolves - intensely political, terrified of anything new in the environment, and extremely hostile to outgroup sheep who arrive as newcomers and try to join the flock.
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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This!
Friends, I'm in tears over this. Sheila is the first editor I ever worked with. I was 20. She deserves better bosses than this. She and Trevor and Sheree have all proven themselves again and again to be really good and decent people in this field. MRM should not use them as reputation shields.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Evergreen during the Asset's administration and the Tech Bro years.
Jesus H. CHRIST, there are too many things to be mad at, lately.
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Jesus H. CHRIST, there are too many things to be mad at, lately.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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private equity is goddamn scourge trying to strip us all of *everything* jfc this is cartoonishly evil
🚨 EXPOSED: Parents are being threatened for recording their own kids’ hockey games. Private equity bought the rinks, banned filming, and now charges up to $50 a month to watch youth sports.
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Soooo Charlotte is giving ICE HELL.

Thank you NC.

Boxing in cars , showing up at the hotels ...
White boys in topsiders are chasing them through the woods with Latinas in pajama pants and Black boys in wick dreads

so what was @petebuttigieg.bsky.social saying about identity issues ?
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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My ChatGPT-loving engineering professor neighbor stopped speaking to me for 3 months because of our dust up over my anti-AI stance…
"Millions of students cant do their homework because ChatGPT is offline" is a horrifying headline to see because if we dont fix this shit ASAP we're going to have an entire fucking generation that has no actual educations.
Engineers and Doctors who have to pull up ChatGPT to do even the basic shit.
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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For the afternoon readers: A (New) Agent Gemini
Lili Saintcrow | A (New) Agent Gemini
I’m back at work–took Monday off to re-wrap my nerves a bit after last week’s horribilis–and wouldja look at that, it’s yet another re-release! That’s right, Age…
www.lilithsaintcrow.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I took the Monarca Rapid Response training last winter and I would recommend it:

unidos-mn.org/events/2025/...
Unidos MN
Legal Witness Training The incoming administration has promised to deport millions of immigrants, starting in blue states. While we do not know exactly what will happen, we are preparing to bear wit...
unidos-mn.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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I know a couple self-pub authors (not naming you but you know who you are lol) who diligently registered copyright on 50+ books and while I'm jealous of their foresight I can not wait for anthropic to have to cut them a six figure check.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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The amount of aluminum in select vaccines is

up to 72 TIMES LESS aluminum than you ingest daily from foods
and
up to 400 TIMES LESS aluminum than is in your body at any time.

Oh and it’s ALL filtered and excreted by your kidneys in the SAME EXACT WAY.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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This is brilliant!
🧪“The Monster Slash”
By @ellecordova.bsky.social on IG

She performs a song about the cuts to the government agencies that impact our daily lives.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
An anxious teen and an impulsive, hibernation-damaged soldier struggle to help their generation ship community deal with the fallout and potential of an alien rescue. www.limfic.com/book/a-dubio...
A Dubious Hope
Opal's father is making her miserable on the doomed generation ship the New Hope. When a telepathic alien asks, she agrees to be its translator, but reluctantly. It's a lifetime job, she's only thirte...
www.limfic.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I was surprised i hadn't seen anyone isolate this yet, I think the actual disgusting thing here is that none of the other journalists there stick up for her or ask her question again or anything else. They act like it didn't even happen.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'

people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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But also maybe they should ruin his life?

A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.

Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Read this and tell me a public guillotine is not a damn good answer.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says Retiring at 65 Is ‘Crazy’
Fink says it's time to rethink the traditional retirement age of 65. Baby boomers are partly to blame.
www.kiplinger.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Democrats built Direct File to cut out middlemen like TurboTax that charge ridiculous fees.

Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
IRS Direct File won't be available next year. Here's what that means for taxpayers
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear
abcnews.go.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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In summary, you can't just freestyle in a grand jury proceeding.

And if you do, and you attempt to cover up any of your mistakes, you risk disbarment.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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This is terrifying and it won't end with sex workers

They are coming for ALL of us

We need to start putting massive pressure on payment processors again & demand that they process payments for all legal content
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a creator, particularly for mommy domme content. This could escalate into debanking, I learned
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM