Tracey Lloyd Everett
@teelynneverett.bsky.social
Writer. Progressive. Mental health advocate. Cat mom. Hopeful US expat.
I wonder about this all the time. Do I fight inside or from a safe distance? And where is there to go, anyway?
I can't say whether escaping a fascist regime is ethically justifiable, but I've read enough great literature by 20th century Jews who got out of Europe (and read enough about Jewish writers who DIDN'T) to speculate that I can do more good with an exile's keyboard than a resister's gun
January 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I wonder about this all the time. Do I fight inside or from a safe distance? And where is there to go, anyway?
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New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
I think I want to bake biscuits. Buttermilk or butter swim. Baking is very process-oriented and detail-oriented, and that soothes me.
December 5, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I think I want to bake biscuits. Buttermilk or butter swim. Baking is very process-oriented and detail-oriented, and that soothes me.
This is how I feel about eating with people
I’m in a writers room which on one hand is good because hey, work, but is also bad because we all order and eat lunch together and I can’t order a pound of hot wings and hide in my office eating them at lunch watching K-drama.
November 20, 2024 at 12:28 AM
This is how I feel about eating with people
The existential dread is killing me. I don't know how I can survive 4 years of this, plus watching democracy fall in America. The US Constitution will be nothing more than a memory.
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
The existential dread is killing me. I don't know how I can survive 4 years of this, plus watching democracy fall in America. The US Constitution will be nothing more than a memory.
Feeling like we need to be singing this song to each other as inspiration for the next, oh, 10-15 years. #walkon #U2
Walk On
U2 · All That You Can't Leave Behind · Song · 2000
open.spotify.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:33 PM
I saw a man on the subway in Brooklyn proudly wearing his Trump 2024 cap. That told me all I needed to know about how many of them are living among us. They're out and proud now, and I don't think they're going to be quiet anymore.
November 16, 2024 at 7:04 PM
I saw a man on the subway in Brooklyn proudly wearing his Trump 2024 cap. That told me all I needed to know about how many of them are living among us. They're out and proud now, and I don't think they're going to be quiet anymore.
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"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
Just blocked a retail account that spammed itself and its products into an unrelated comment thread of mine, so, retail accounts, let that be a heads up, that sort of activity is not going to work out for you here. "Don't Engage, Just Block" applies to you too, if you do things like that.
November 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM
"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
A full list of the 66 countries who allow #digitalnomad from the US. Of course there are financial requirements for this, but some countries allow you to renew your #visa and stay tor 5 years. #USExpat #getmeoutofhere
citizenremote.com/blog/digital...
citizenremote.com/blog/digital...
66 Digital Nomad Visa Countries | Citizen Remote
Explore the list of countries with digital nomad visas. What is a digital nomad visa, requirements, taxes - all needed brief information for you. Check it out now!
citizenremote.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
A full list of the 66 countries who allow #digitalnomad from the US. Of course there are financial requirements for this, but some countries allow you to renew your #visa and stay tor 5 years. #USExpat #getmeoutofhere
citizenremote.com/blog/digital...
citizenremote.com/blog/digital...
Ciabatta. I bake when I feel unsettled. There will be mortadella, pistachios and burrata tomorrow. #italianfood #baking #bread #ciabatta #stressbaking
November 15, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Ciabatta. I bake when I feel unsettled. There will be mortadella, pistachios and burrata tomorrow. #italianfood #baking #bread #ciabatta #stressbaking
What was your favorite elementary school gym activity and why was it parachute?
November 15, 2024 at 3:02 AM
What was your favorite elementary school gym activity and why was it parachute?
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
Me, every day. But I don't call myself Emily
Stuck on a writing project? Here's what I always ask myself in that situation: Emily, have you considered that you might not be very good and should abandon writing altogether and move to the woods and make candles or possibly become a nun or something?
November 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Me, every day. But I don't call myself Emily
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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
Reposted by Tracey Lloyd Everett
Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
November 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
Reposted by Tracey Lloyd Everett
I put my money where my mouth and #DidThisToday. Please join me and call your reps to ask them to vote AGAINST HR 9495. This is not the time to be giving Trump more official power to destroy his perceived enemies.
www.house.gov/representati...
www.house.gov/representati...
November 12, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I put my money where my mouth and #DidThisToday. Please join me and call your reps to ask them to vote AGAINST HR 9495. This is not the time to be giving Trump more official power to destroy his perceived enemies.
www.house.gov/representati...
www.house.gov/representati...
For my friends considering leaving the US for a while, consider being a #digitalnomad. Digital nomad "visas" can last 2-5 years with certain requirements. If you already have a remote job, you can apply now. hbr.org/2023/02/how-...
How to Become a Digital Nomad
If you could work from anywhere, where would you go? For more and more people, it’s not a hypothetical question: Young or old, single or with a family, full-time employee or contractor, the digital no...
hbr.org
November 12, 2024 at 5:47 PM
For my friends considering leaving the US for a while, consider being a #digitalnomad. Digital nomad "visas" can last 2-5 years with certain requirements. If you already have a remote job, you can apply now. hbr.org/2023/02/how-...
This is really good advice. Sometimes you have to be less clever in the beginning so you can be clever at the end
3. you should always know more than your audience, and your audience NEEDS to know less than you think they do. you'll want to show off all the little details you considered when crafting your world, but are those details relevant to the plot or are you just infodumping?
November 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM
This is really good advice. Sometimes you have to be less clever in the beginning so you can be clever at the end
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There is a special curse for SF writers. Not ‘interesting times’ but ‘may you live to see the future you wrote about.’
November 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
There is a special curse for SF writers. Not ‘interesting times’ but ‘may you live to see the future you wrote about.’