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Wow!

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Kameron Hurley's avatar Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.bsky.social
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I think we've gotten so beaten down by the relentless media doomscroll that we keep thinking this is just how things have to be, when in fact there are super easy, known ways to change it, and we are quite capable of doing it. Just being reminded of that can be helpful now and again

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Kameron Hurley's avatar Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.bsky.social
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Pack the court Break up media monopolies Tax billionnaires

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C.C. Finlay's avatar C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social
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This is hilarious, and also your mom sounds great.

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While I was mowing the yard this afternoon, I had a visit from the City Lawn Inspector.

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Janet Yellin' & Screamin' & Cryin''s avatar Janet Yellin' & Screamin' & Cryin' @kellylink.bsky.social
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Really looking forward to this!

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C.C. Finlay's avatar C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social
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I would care less if a fairer portion of the idiot's money went into the pockets of the people who product the items, but for idiots to pay that much to pad the pockets of profiteers while workers are forced to live in factories and work in dangerous conditions for illegally low wages angers me.

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Whenever I see a story like this in a magazine like Business Insider, I feel like the subtext headlines are "Best Practice to Emulate" and "Authorities Threaten Profits Again".

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C.C. Finlay's avatar C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social
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I mean, have you seen any of your workout pictures lately? You look pretty strong.

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Because the owners REALLY REALLY want the kleptocrats to take over the US government so they can extract as much unearned wealth as possible from workers and customers before runaway capitalism pushes the world into economic, climate, and humanitarian disaster?

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"Dior paid a supplier $57 to produce bags that retailed for about $2,780. ...workers were sleeping in the facility so bags could be produced around the clocK... safety devices... were removed so workers could operate them faster."

bUt WoRkErS CaUsE iNfLaTiOn

www.businessinsider.com/dior-italy-l...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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The shark doctor is in! Ask me anything. Have questions about sharks? Marine biology? Ocean conservation? Me? Anything at all? Ask me anything! Ask away, my flight is in two hours and I’m bored. Tag friends who might have questions, and please share! 🧪🦑🌎

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C. L. Polk's avatar C. L. Polk @clpolk.com
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It is *vital* to support the idea that people can walk away from repugnant views and seek to mend the harm they did instead of throwing them into living damnation. fucking stop this shit immediately. it's unacceptable. Go fix something.

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scott⚡️mccloud's avatar scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social
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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

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C.C. Finlay's avatar C.C. Finlay @ccfinlay.bsky.social
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Thanks, Paul! What a long, strange (and wonderful) road it's been since back in the days of the DROWW.

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If you need a development edit on a project, or if you know someone looking for a developmental editor, please reach out or refer me. I have a new email address in 2024, so if all you have is the old one please DM. Please feel free to share or to leave a recommendation. fin/2

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So this is 60! I celebrated by staying up until 7am to reread one of my favorite Robin Hobb books. Now, I'm haunting Kindle waiting for the new Bujold Penric novella to drop. While I have your attention: There are open spots in my editing calendar for July and August... 1/2

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Holy crap, that's great! Congratulations!

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I never got past season 1 of either of those and noped out. (But that goes for a lot of comedies.)

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Kieron Gillen's avatar Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social
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In Alan Moore's essays on writing comics, he drops a line in the conclusion: "It's more important to be a good human being than a good writer." Try to remember that.

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Katie Mack's avatar Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.

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I forgot about The Rockford Files! What a good show. Person and Interest and The Good Place both popped into my head a second after I had reached ten shows.

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So did I the first time I watched it! In part, it felt like the characters were bickering more than bantering. But I saw an episode from a later season and it was great, so I went back. S1 was okay for a procedural, but a couple episodes into s2 they nailed the tone and the show took off for me.

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Whoops. If you were making a joke about Rizzoli and the Isles as if they were a '60s band like Herman and the Hermit or as though this was an Italian's travelogue through the Greek archipelago, I missed it because I am overly earnest and want to be helpful.

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I loved the first couple seasons of The Good Wife, but for some reason the last season just wasn't connecting with me. I need to go back and give it another chance.

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Aiiieee! Agent Carter. We deserved a lot more of that show. Also, good approach to Star Trek. Wish I'd thought of it.

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Seven seasons of best friends Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, Boston cop and medical examiner, solving crimes. Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. First season was just okay for me, but it starts to sing in season 2. Based on the Tess Gerritsen novels. Currently streaming on Max.

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Top Ten TV: Buffy The Good Wife Burn Notice Leverage The Expanse Veronica Mars The Americans Elementary Longmire Rizzoli and Isles

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THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: Romania vs Slovakia 🇷🇴 A Romanian phrase to describe someone with an inflated self-opinion is “they think they’re the market square’s bellybutton” vs 🇸🇰 A Slovak equivalent translates to “shit got on the shelf and thinks it’s plum jam”

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I knew a woman whose brother once sneezed and popped his eyeball out of his head (he had a cracked orbital socket he didn't know about) and I thought that was the worst sneeze-gone-wrong story I was ever going to hear. Little did I know.

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omg that's beautiful, i hope it was as tasty as it is pretty

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Was his nose cold? Do you have warm hands? I can never sleep well when my nose is cold.

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Sunny Moraine's avatar Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
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Tally up the list of things private equity has destroyed or made terrible and it really starts to look like a distinctly explanatory pattern

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I'm not sure, I'm still too busy over here weeping because your post made me realize the same thing.

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You should definitely take care of that before Friday this week. Maybe you should plan to do it on Thursday, so that when you forget and wake up the next morning, you still have a whole day to take care of it.

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The various distinctions between legumes, drupes, seeds, and acorns make me nuts.

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I don't think I've seen RUTHLESS PEOPLE since it came out in the '80s, but my memory is that it felt like such a piece of that decade.

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