Clare | unsuccessfulbookclub
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(She/Her) Chaotic posts about books n stuff. Reader of romance and science fiction. Progenitor of the term “hissy rono.”
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lol forgot to introduce myself:
I’m Clare, you can find me on Instagram @unsuccessfulbookclub
You can find me on Threads under the same handle.
I’m also trying my hand at some old timey blogging over on Substack: unsuccessfulbookclub.substack.com?r=2lguf&utm_...
I’m Clare, you can find me on Instagram @unsuccessfulbookclub
You can find me on Threads under the same handle.
I’m also trying my hand at some old timey blogging over on Substack: unsuccessfulbookclub.substack.com?r=2lguf&utm_...
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ONE parent. And in Florida, ONE man is responsible for 40% of all book challenges in the state. The book banners are a tiny minority. Make that clear by speaking up in favor of the freedom to read. (Email your school board!)
Thanks to @aclusc.bsky.social and @authorsabb.bsky.social working in SC to fight bans. The challenges have been brought by 1 parent who earlier filed 97 challenges in Beaufort County, nearly all of them denied. She's re-challenging now that a state law passed in July 2024 makes banning easy.
March 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ONE parent. And in Florida, ONE man is responsible for 40% of all book challenges in the state. The book banners are a tiny minority. Make that clear by speaking up in favor of the freedom to read. (Email your school board!)
I think every person who shills trad wife content should watch two-three episodes of the PBS Show “Frontier House” and report back because SAME.
if i lived in the 1800s and making dinner meant spending every waking hour baking bread and plucking a chicken or whatever and then my husband sat down and said "let's thank god for this meal" i think i'd poison him
March 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I think every person who shills trad wife content should watch two-three episodes of the PBS Show “Frontier House” and report back because SAME.
Today, in sentences I never wanted to read:
March 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Today, in sentences I never wanted to read:
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it's been said before but it's wild that these guys have more money and power than anyone on earth and still have unshakeable loser energy. none of them would survive the cafeteria of a public high school. give me a five-minute phone call with j.d. and i could make him cry
March 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
it's been said before but it's wild that these guys have more money and power than anyone on earth and still have unshakeable loser energy. none of them would survive the cafeteria of a public high school. give me a five-minute phone call with j.d. and i could make him cry
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I hope the protesters are okay.
Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.
March 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I hope the protesters are okay.
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I’ve said this before and I will probably say it again, but we forget so easily that everyone from history we look back on as the face of some movement had something else they wanted to do with their lives. I think every day about the fact that all Fred Hampton wanted was to play for the Yankees.
You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment.
I did too. I did too.
I did too. I did too.
March 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I’ve said this before and I will probably say it again, but we forget so easily that everyone from history we look back on as the face of some movement had something else they wanted to do with their lives. I think every day about the fact that all Fred Hampton wanted was to play for the Yankees.
Okay I NEED this
The cover of THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA, my sapphic lady knight/witch reincarnation romance, out in October. ⚔️🔮🌊
March 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Okay I NEED this
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Thought we were attempting to reduce the federal deficit? Instead, Trump’s proposed budget plan is projected to significantly increase it.
February 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thought we were attempting to reduce the federal deficit? Instead, Trump’s proposed budget plan is projected to significantly increase it.
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This is also a VERY useful stat sheet for calls tomorrow reminding your members of Congress how many voters they just voted to fuck over in favor of billionaires.
If you're looking for details for your calls, House Dems produced this tool where you can how many people in your district are at risk of losing jobs, health care, and food on the table from the House GOP budget.
"For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."
"For the sake of the X people in CA-54 who will lose their Medicaid, please vote no."
February 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is also a VERY useful stat sheet for calls tomorrow reminding your members of Congress how many voters they just voted to fuck over in favor of billionaires.
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The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.
Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.
February 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The House will vote TODAY on whether to advance devastating cuts to Medicaid that would destroy lifesaving programs for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.
Call your representative now and tell them to save Medicaid at (202) 224-3121.
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Budzinski: "We saw just yesterday another round of layoffs at the VA -- 1,400 more people. When we're trying to address veterans suicide rates, when you're cutting jobs for folks that are actually answering those suicide hotlines, how is that in the service of our veterans?"
February 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Budzinski: "We saw just yesterday another round of layoffs at the VA -- 1,400 more people. When we're trying to address veterans suicide rates, when you're cutting jobs for folks that are actually answering those suicide hotlines, how is that in the service of our veterans?"
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.
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URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
action.aclu.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.
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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What the actual fuck?! America, it’s time to rise. When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty!
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Keeping up with a weekly post is kinda fun? Anyway, heres this one: open.substack.com/pub/unsucces...
February 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Keeping up with a weekly post is kinda fun? Anyway, heres this one: open.substack.com/pub/unsucces...
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1600 calls per minute being received by the senate phone system, this past week, when their usual average is 40.
Keep calling.
Keep calling.
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
1600 calls per minute being received by the senate phone system, this past week, when their usual average is 40.
Keep calling.
Keep calling.
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BREAKING: DOJ agrees to limit DOGE access to U.S. Treasury abcnews.go.com/US/judge-wei...
DOJ agrees to proposed order to limit DOGE's access to Treasury data
The DOJ agreed to a proposed order that would largely block the Treasury Department from sharing sensitive financial data with the Department of Government Efficiency.
abcnews.go.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
BREAKING: DOJ agrees to limit DOGE access to U.S. Treasury abcnews.go.com/US/judge-wei...
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Dear DNC, DSCC, and DCCC:
I don't want to see another fundraising text or email asking for a dollar of mine until I see an actual plan to meet this moment.
Y'all had 11 weeks between the election and inauguration, and there's still no plan. There's no excuse for that.
No plan, no donation.
I don't want to see another fundraising text or email asking for a dollar of mine until I see an actual plan to meet this moment.
Y'all had 11 weeks between the election and inauguration, and there's still no plan. There's no excuse for that.
No plan, no donation.
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dear DNC, DSCC, and DCCC:
I don't want to see another fundraising text or email asking for a dollar of mine until I see an actual plan to meet this moment.
Y'all had 11 weeks between the election and inauguration, and there's still no plan. There's no excuse for that.
No plan, no donation.
I don't want to see another fundraising text or email asking for a dollar of mine until I see an actual plan to meet this moment.
Y'all had 11 weeks between the election and inauguration, and there's still no plan. There's no excuse for that.
No plan, no donation.
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it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.
February 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.
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This is great to see. Thank you Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen!
Would be even better is MSNBC was covering it live, as they have live shots right now on air in the White House and Congress but not here.
Would be even better is MSNBC was covering it live, as they have live shots right now on air in the White House and Congress but not here.
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is great to see. Thank you Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen!
Would be even better is MSNBC was covering it live, as they have live shots right now on air in the White House and Congress but not here.
Would be even better is MSNBC was covering it live, as they have live shots right now on air in the White House and Congress but not here.
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So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.