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Victoria Janssen
@victoriajanssen.bsky.social
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I love cats, comics, and houseplants. She, her. SFWA Romance Steering Committee member. Writer of "A Place of Refuge" hopepunk space opera: https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · May 28
What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire...but cannot win? A trilogy of novellas about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf 💙📚 🌈📚🪐

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3 books in a boxed set with covers by August Scarlett; volume 1 features a beautiful Black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet.
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I got my package!!! Bran cereal victory!
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Thread.
rblemberg.bsky.social R.B. Lemberg YOKE OF STARS WON THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD!!!!!! @rblemberg.bsky.social · 12h
We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.

"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
rbtownsend.bsky.social Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 16h
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Send good vibes so nobody steals my bran cereal again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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OF COURSE redelivered package arrives while I am not home. Sigh.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Happy Polyamory Day!
victoriajanssen.bsky.social Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 5d
On the utopian planet Refuge, visit a cozy space opera filled with pastries and therapy as exiled rebel guerillas Talia, Miki, and Faigin dredge hope from the ashes of their defeat. #hopepunk #specfic #sf #cozy #romancelandia #sapphicbooks #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐

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3 books in a boxed set, with covers by Augusta Scarlett; volume 1 features a beautiful Black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet. The font is sleek and futuristic.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Can you spare $10 for this great organization?
victoriajanssen.bsky.social Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 4d
Help #Juntos raise $75,000 in grassroots donations & spread community safety resources!

Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South #Philly doing important deportation defense, community care work, and more.

ICE hotline: 814-205-3293.

secure.actblue.com/donate/junto...
Colorful graphic in green, red, orange, and yellow. The fancy font reads "Juntos for humanity." Small donations are very welcome! Got $5-$10 a month? $75,000 will cover January operating expenses. With grants, it would cover 30% of their 2026 budget.
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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'RECOVER-TLC invites public comments on upcoming clinical trials'

'Patients, caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers can sign up to provide feedback on RECOVER-TLC’s plans to study potential Long COVID treatments.'

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RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Q: Why is it so cold in here?

A: It is 40 degrees out. Adjust the thermostat.
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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danirabaiotti.bsky.social Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · Feb 10
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November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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nejm.org NEJM.org @nejm.org · 18h
Influenza remains an important cause of illness and death. In a phase 3 trial, a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA) quadrivalent vaccine was found to be superior to a standard quadrivalent vaccine in preventing influenza illness. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/43udoTG
The New England Journal of Medicine Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Modified mRNA Influenza Vaccine A Research Summary based on Fitz-Patrick D et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2416779 | Published on November 20, 2025 Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned. Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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sometimes I do field work in the most gorgeous water (Harrison river, BC) and you can see the sturgeon swim away forever 🥹

this is a nice close up of the scutes that cover sturgeon for protection, they have several rows of these bony plates that can be really sharp!

#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎🌐
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Eight Days is a fantastic, Hugo-winning podcast, & this episode features me as special guest! Becca and Emily are the smartest people around, & kindly invited me to talk about my fave, The Lives of Christopher Chant, & also bureaucracy, & colonisation of mind, & a bit about cricket. do check it out.
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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REMOVE THE REGIME rally in DC just now.

Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”

This is the energy. #Resist
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Get out there, Nashville
aftynbehn.bsky.social Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 1d
VOTE EARLY, VOTE AFTYN

Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I do not have to leave the house today. ZOMG.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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YAY Transanta season has begun, gonna go pick some trans youth to send some nice presents to.
Transanta 2025
Transanta - Support Trans Youth
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November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Figures. The country's drunk uncle started the revolution.

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The boozy business of the American Revolution went down in Philly bars
Revolutionary-era drinking and tavern life, and its role in America’s founding 250 years ago, will be explored in full at a Nov. 21 after hours event at the Museum of the American Revolution.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Started reading a galley I'm very excited about, because it's been a very hard week for my household. Meanwhile, laundry is in the machine.
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#TBR Challenge – Change of Plans: Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux
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#TBR Challenge – Change of Plans: Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux | Victoria Janssen
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November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I have a few ideas! @guante.info might have more too

All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) guante.info/2024/04/18/p...

Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
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All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine)
A collection of tips, tools, and resources for people looking to start poetry clubs, writing circles, or other collective efforts.
guante.info
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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UPDATE: Today a federal court blocked the unprecedented efforts by the IRS to share data on millions of taxpayers with ICE.

This is an important win for millions of people, and represents the first injunction against this unlawful data sharing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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And a reminder that I'm fundraising to support Scarleteen's staff and volunteer health care fund! Round out your Friday with some $$$ for sex ed.

www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
sesmith.lol s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 2d
Today on @theflytrapmedia.com we have a really fun Bitch Media reprint! An interview with @heathercorinna.bsky.social of @scarleteen.com on the occasion of Scarleteen's 20th birthday.
Red Letter Day
The enduring legacy of Scarleteen, the internet’s best sex-ed site.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: SUBPOENA NO. 25-1431-014 : MISCELLANEOUS ACTION : : NO. 25-39 MEMORANDUM KEARNEY,J. November 21, 2025 Our elected Congresspersons granted the Department of Justice limited authority in 1996 to investigate federal health care offenses involving the labeling and distribution of prescription drugs. The Department of Justice is now investigating the labeling and distribution of prescribed clinically authorized puberty blockers and hormone therapy. It subpoenaed fifteen categories of records from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia including billing and insurance records, communications with manufacturers and sales representatives, and the names and complete medical and psychological records of children receiving gender-affirming care. The Hospital agrees to produce most of the requested materials. But it objects to producing the identities of its child patients and their families along with their confidential medical files. Its objection requires we study two questions: whether Congress authorized a subpoena for the children's confidential medical records, and, if so, whether the children's privacy interests outweigh the Department of Justice's need for these confidential medical records under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. We find the answer to both questions is "no." We strike the three requests for these child- identifying and treatment and disclosure records as beyond the authority granted by Congress. We also find, even if this private information could be relevant, the heightened privacy interests of children and their families substantially outweighs the Department's need to know the children's names, addresses, and treatment along with disclosures for gender-affirming care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM