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@ratingsgal.bsky.social
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ratingsgal
@ratingsgal.bsky.social
· Dec 10
What are your 2025 writerly wishes? Wish big. There’s a fairy taking count and granting wishes 🧚
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I would like to get an R&R in 2025 (this obviously means I need to query again). But my goal is an R&R: have an agent request a full and tell me exactly how to make it saleable. ;)
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"Brainstorming is writing. Research is writing. GenAI is turning spellcheck & grammarcheck into useless features by overbloating them. GenAI stole from us, destroys the environment, impedes cognitive development, & obstructs improvements in actually useful technology. It has no place in publishing."
December 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Brainstorming is writing. Research is writing. GenAI is turning spellcheck & grammarcheck into useless features by overbloating them. GenAI stole from us, destroys the environment, impedes cognitive development, & obstructs improvements in actually useful technology. It has no place in publishing."
I tried going without Internet (checking my phone/opening my laptop) for an entire weekend. Yes, there were times I had mild FOMO (as the kids say), but an overall enjoyable experience I'd recommend (and will do again!)
As someone who spends her entire day online for work, it was nice to unplug. 🔌
As someone who spends her entire day online for work, it was nice to unplug. 🔌
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I tried going without Internet (checking my phone/opening my laptop) for an entire weekend. Yes, there were times I had mild FOMO (as the kids say), but an overall enjoyable experience I'd recommend (and will do again!)
As someone who spends her entire day online for work, it was nice to unplug. 🔌
As someone who spends her entire day online for work, it was nice to unplug. 🔌
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When your dad owns a pet food store.
📸 indy cat store
📸 indy cat store
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When your dad owns a pet food store.
📸 indy cat store
📸 indy cat store
(Recency bias? Don’t care!)
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
(Recency bias? Don’t care!)
This is the only correct answer. :)
He has many, many winners, but for pure enjoyment:
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is the only correct answer. :)
Watched the #RedWhiteandRoyalBlue movie after this week's ep of #HeatedRivalry, which was basically like having a gourmet 3-course meal and then going to McDonald's afterwards. :/
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Watched the #RedWhiteandRoyalBlue movie after this week's ep of #HeatedRivalry, which was basically like having a gourmet 3-course meal and then going to McDonald's afterwards. :/
Bring me the head of the person (...attached to their body, so I can sit them down and have a conversation) who decided, "What is Boston famous for? What shot of this city will convey its rich history and lore? I know! DUCK BOATS!" 🙄
#iykyk
#iykyk
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bring me the head of the person (...attached to their body, so I can sit them down and have a conversation) who decided, "What is Boston famous for? What shot of this city will convey its rich history and lore? I know! DUCK BOATS!" 🙄
#iykyk
#iykyk
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at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
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Sometimes, because of this account, I find myself staring at a picture of a room, storage closet, shop interior, etc, which somebody has uploaded to social media - just assuming there's a cat hidden there somewhere. 😳
Maybe 10-20 seconds in, I realise there is no cat.
Maybe 10-20 seconds in, I realise there is no cat.
December 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sometimes, because of this account, I find myself staring at a picture of a room, storage closet, shop interior, etc, which somebody has uploaded to social media - just assuming there's a cat hidden there somewhere. 😳
Maybe 10-20 seconds in, I realise there is no cat.
Maybe 10-20 seconds in, I realise there is no cat.
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I feel like he's going to judge my taste in music...
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I feel like he's going to judge my taste in music...
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Doctor groups form united front against RFK Jr’s efforts to limit vaccine access
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Doctor groups form united front against RFK Jr’s efforts to limit vaccine access
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Physicians say a federal advisory panel's proposed restrictions on hepatitis B vaccine are part of a broad assault on vaccine access.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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My dream is to walk into a store where there's a cat and they're like "Hey human, let me show you around."
📸 weiwei.kwan.7
📸 weiwei.kwan.7
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My dream is to walk into a store where there's a cat and they're like "Hey human, let me show you around."
📸 weiwei.kwan.7
📸 weiwei.kwan.7
(This is the real reason, I'm guessing. Don't cry for them, Argentina.) #CFBPlayoffs
ND is an old boy too but I assume the committee booted them as a way of saying join a conference or fuck you
(I know dick)
(I know dick)
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
(This is the real reason, I'm guessing. Don't cry for them, Argentina.) #CFBPlayoffs
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Ohio State fans: We'll do anything — anything! — just to make sure we don't lose again to Michigan
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a cartoon drawing of a hand with a purple background
Alt: monkey paw curls
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Ohio State fans: We'll do anything — anything! — just to make sure we don't lose again to Michigan
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I saw the #MerrilyWeRollAlong movie tonight. Have loved the show since high school, and before (when we sang "Our Time" as our 8th grade graduation song). It's a perfectly linear non-linear story that should celebrate the power and influence and richness of friendship, and prizes it above all...
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I saw the #MerrilyWeRollAlong movie tonight. Have loved the show since high school, and before (when we sang "Our Time" as our 8th grade graduation song). It's a perfectly linear non-linear story that should celebrate the power and influence and richness of friendship, and prizes it above all...
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I miss it all the time. DW comes close, but the community of LJ has never been matched.
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I miss it all the time. DW comes close, but the community of LJ has never been matched.
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A great article on how RFK wanting to get paid by anti-vaxxers is going to kill people on a global level.
Canada’s Flu Seasons Are About to Get a Lot Worse - Macleans.ca
Our flu shots rely on U.S. health data. Without it, the whole health system will suffer.
macleans.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A great article on how RFK wanting to get paid by anti-vaxxers is going to kill people on a global level.
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In general, I have been incredibly impressed with the AAP, which has shown itself to be absolutely uninterested in playing ball with any sort of politics in and around vaccines and has gone completely to the mat against this administration, CDC, etc.
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In general, I have been incredibly impressed with the AAP, which has shown itself to be absolutely uninterested in playing ball with any sort of politics in and around vaccines and has gone completely to the mat against this administration, CDC, etc.
In a sea of "half off with free shipping!" and "70%-80% off!," I have to admire the gumption of a German woodworking company that continues to send an Advent coupon for 6% OFF. Every. Year. Their merchandise is beautiful, and I kind of have to admire that they know what they're worth. 🔔
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In a sea of "half off with free shipping!" and "70%-80% off!," I have to admire the gumption of a German woodworking company that continues to send an Advent coupon for 6% OFF. Every. Year. Their merchandise is beautiful, and I kind of have to admire that they know what they're worth. 🔔
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For the morning crowd: welcome to The Nexus, hotel for time travelers (dead body in bath tub not guaranteed, but increasingly likely), and THE MURDER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK.
Announcing new deals for @ekjohnston.bsky.social @arkahler.bsky.social @meghanboehman.bsky.social @adriprints.bsky.social + more buff.ly/3oye3XF
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For the morning crowd: welcome to The Nexus, hotel for time travelers (dead body in bath tub not guaranteed, but increasingly likely), and THE MURDER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK.