Jess
@romtenkey.bsky.social
Books, sports, trying to get through my day. Also romtenkey at the other place. She/Her.
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I have been working on this bingo board all year and I am finally close enough to done to start posting! #RomBkBingo
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ALWAYS LOVED SPORTS. NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD. WRITE THAT DOWN.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
ALWAYS LOVED SPORTS. NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD. WRITE THAT DOWN.
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LITTLE RACCOON MAN SCORES
November 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
LITTLE RACCOON MAN SCORES
I feel so good about the Trossard shirt I finally let myself buy.
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I feel so good about the Trossard shirt I finally let myself buy.
That these people want cancer to win is maybe the thing I most can’t understand. Fuck them and fuck cancer.
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
That these people want cancer to win is maybe the thing I most can’t understand. Fuck them and fuck cancer.
I have been working on this bingo board all year and I am finally close enough to done to start posting! #RomBkBingo
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I have been working on this bingo board all year and I am finally close enough to done to start posting! #RomBkBingo
Possibly my fishing hero microtrope origin story!!!
this is my all time favorite christina lauren, from the golden ages. Finn, boatman with the ROPE. Delightfull, delicious.
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#romancelandia
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amzn.to/44lwTOy
#romancelandia
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Possibly my fishing hero microtrope origin story!!!
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If you had strong feelings about Qatar hosting the World Cup, now’s your time to shine when it comes to critiquing FIFA and Infantino’s latest coddling of authoritarianism.
I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you had strong feelings about Qatar hosting the World Cup, now’s your time to shine when it comes to critiquing FIFA and Infantino’s latest coddling of authoritarianism.
This is written about songs but so easily could also be about how romance novels should work.
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is written about songs but so easily could also be about how romance novels should work.
I love that little raccoon man so much.
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I love that little raccoon man so much.
This is beautiful.
In Mexico, I asked Lewis Hamilton about what pet ownership taught him about himself. A simple question... but one with a LOT of baggage in the #F1 paddock.
This is your sign to ask your questions, no matter what others think.
open.substack.com/pub/deadlypa...
This is your sign to ask your questions, no matter what others think.
open.substack.com/pub/deadlypa...
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is beautiful.
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I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
www.replaybooth.show
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
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If only we knew how sports became so interwined with betting
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If only we knew how sports became so interwined with betting
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Arsenal 4 Atletico Madrid 0
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Arsenal 4 Atletico Madrid 0
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
So, my ability to access this app will probably change tomorrow but we shall see how that actually looks. Love states actively impeding communication with no consequence!
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
So, my ability to access this app will probably change tomorrow but we shall see how that actually looks. Love states actively impeding communication with no consequence!
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So I can finally share my vague publishing news with you: I wrote an academic adventure romance.
September 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
So I can finally share my vague publishing news with you: I wrote an academic adventure romance.
I think I agree with a lot in this but I also have complicated feelings about the utopian vision of fandom it endorses.
"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."
@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):
reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):
reactormag.com/with-the-ser...
With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor
Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.
reactormag.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I think I agree with a lot in this but I also have complicated feelings about the utopian vision of fandom it endorses.
ALWAYS GOOD TO GET A GABI IN THERE!!!!
September 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
ALWAYS GOOD TO GET A GABI IN THERE!!!!
What a week for female protagonists who happen to be soulmates with a house.
September 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What a week for female protagonists who happen to be soulmates with a house.
It is always very amusing to me when coworkers treat me swearing as an “I saw goody proctor speaking with the devil” level event.
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It is always very amusing to me when coworkers treat me swearing as an “I saw goody proctor speaking with the devil” level event.
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An ode to Noni Madueke, and the story we didn't care to tell
No indecision
You always, always come home.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
An ode to Noni Madueke, and the story we didn't care to tell
I wish you all the start to the day I had which involved petting a small bright pink dog wearing a denim vest with Black Sabbath patches on it.
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I wish you all the start to the day I had which involved petting a small bright pink dog wearing a denim vest with Black Sabbath patches on it.
New season, new seasonal bingo board! 🍂🍁🍄 Thread for my #FallIntoLoveBingo reads:
September 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
New season, new seasonal bingo board! 🍂🍁🍄 Thread for my #FallIntoLoveBingo reads:
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I wrote the blog post. Sorry.
Snakes on a Carriage: in which I muse on getting away with implausibility in historical romance.
Snakes on a Carriage: in which I muse on getting away with implausibility in historical romance.
August 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I wrote the blog post. Sorry.
Snakes on a Carriage: in which I muse on getting away with implausibility in historical romance.
Snakes on a Carriage: in which I muse on getting away with implausibility in historical romance.