Polly Farquhar
@pollyf.bsky.social
Author of LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM (2023), ITCH (2020), some short stories. No dairy, no tree nuts, no peanuts, no sesame, all the books. She/her. www.pollyfarquharauthor.com
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Polly Farquhar
@pollyf.bsky.social
· Apr 25
My book LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM was published 2 years ago today. Hooray for Lolo!
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YES the cake has THUMB TABS
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
YES the cake has THUMB TABS
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I'm in my Crone Pilates Era. I could do this.
Guys, I might explode. Where is the ninja training gym for moms + their teenaged daughters?
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm in my Crone Pilates Era. I could do this.
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
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If I had 9 lives I’d probably spend 8 of them eating all the mushrooms you’re not supposed to eat because what if they taste good
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If I had 9 lives I’d probably spend 8 of them eating all the mushrooms you’re not supposed to eat because what if they taste good
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Guys, I might explode. Where is the ninja training gym for moms + their teenaged daughters?
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Guys, I might explode. Where is the ninja training gym for moms + their teenaged daughters?
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POLL: What word have you heard a certain way in your head but later discovered you have been mispronouncing it? For me, just recently: CHIROPODY. (not for me, but while helping someone else...I finally decide to look up the pronunciation.) #Uplift
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
POLL: What word have you heard a certain way in your head but later discovered you have been mispronouncing it? For me, just recently: CHIROPODY. (not for me, but while helping someone else...I finally decide to look up the pronunciation.) #Uplift
Guys, I might explode. Where is the ninja training gym for moms + their teenaged daughters?
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Guys, I might explode. Where is the ninja training gym for moms + their teenaged daughters?
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A war on Christmas you say?
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A war on Christmas you say?
School mornings in 2025: "It's snowy out now, kids, but it'll turn to rain! Bring your umbrellas! Oh, and large chunks of the internet are not working, so be sure you have a book to read in your down time!"
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
School mornings in 2025: "It's snowy out now, kids, but it'll turn to rain! Bring your umbrellas! Oh, and large chunks of the internet are not working, so be sure you have a book to read in your down time!"
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As a former teenaged girl, I want grown men to know that teenaged girls think they are gross.
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As a former teenaged girl, I want grown men to know that teenaged girls think they are gross.
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One hundred million, trillion percent, and no, their balding, middle-aged self is not my 17-year-old dream K thx bye
As a former teenaged girl, I want grown men to know that teenaged girls think they are gross.
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
One hundred million, trillion percent, and no, their balding, middle-aged self is not my 17-year-old dream K thx bye
As a former teenaged girl, I want grown men to know that teenaged girls think they are gross.
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As a former teenaged girl, I want grown men to know that teenaged girls think they are gross.
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actual ghouls
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN
In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
actual ghouls
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I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
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Dear Auntie
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Dear Auntie
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.
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Pro tip: Submission is not power, and people who tell you that it is are trying to trick you.
Conservative women in the 19th century also argued about "submission as control."
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Pro tip: Submission is not power, and people who tell you that it is are trying to trick you.
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I know authors are being approached right now by bad actors promising promotion, etc. I've worked in this industry for 12 years and have many testimonials from those I've collaborated with successfully. For reference, in October 2025, the blog received 81,739 unique visitors and 208,005 page views.
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I know authors are being approached right now by bad actors promising promotion, etc. I've worked in this industry for 12 years and have many testimonials from those I've collaborated with successfully. For reference, in October 2025, the blog received 81,739 unique visitors and 208,005 page views.
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Cried some nice tears while writing this.
Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Late bibliophile’s brother donates his book collection one free library at a time
Every day since late September, Tim Brandt has been biking to little free libraries across the city to create a literary memorial to his late brother. Les Brandt died unexpectedly in July at the age o...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cried some nice tears while writing this.
Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Tim Brandt has been cycling to a new little free library every day to disperse his late brother's book collection and honour his memory. “I think Les would be glad to know his books are travelling,” he says.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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It’s no wonder these guys are all on on AI, its output makes them seem literate, while it makes everyone else as cognitively impaired as them.
One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s no wonder these guys are all on on AI, its output makes them seem literate, while it makes everyone else as cognitively impaired as them.
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customer query: is Wallace Stegner the only author whose surname begins with the same first syllable as a famous dinosaur? or are there others we have forgotten?
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
customer query: is Wallace Stegner the only author whose surname begins with the same first syllable as a famous dinosaur? or are there others we have forgotten?
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You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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Today I'm glad I'm not rich enough to feel absolutely invulnerable when I put things into an email
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Today I'm glad I'm not rich enough to feel absolutely invulnerable when I put things into an email
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