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ClareJGold

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She/her. American in the UK. Writer, Nerdfighter, recovering MG teacher, former Hollywood-ite, immigrant, compatriot, ally, PIH booster, mama bear, and loud laugher. Winner 2023 GRW’s Maggie award for pre-pub women’s fiction. Say that 3 times fast!

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Reading over my UK will. There are a lot of references to Chattel(s). Apparently I have Personal Chattels. This word’s meaning, for me, is restricted to biblical references to farm animals and women. Do I get harem?

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Same!

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Cherie Priest 's avatar Cherie Priest @cmpriest.bsky.social
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no I’m serious - sometimes I get stuck on a plot point like “how can these characters ever escape this too-clever trap” and I just have to take a step back, put my hands on my hips, and say, “well, I guess I could make some shit up”

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Is it so they have more server space for ai? Honestly, just a weird call.

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Iain Soutar 's avatar Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social
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Compared to what, indeed. I also think, though, that this is a governmental failure to communicate to the public that upgrading our energy system will cost a lot of money. Costs are unavoidable either way, but we can absolutely choose how to distribute these costs.

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Words my youngest invented today: Assumptious and Assumatory.

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And now Mean Girls, dare I say it, also feels dated and cringe in far more places that I recall at the time.

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Adam Sharp's avatar Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social
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THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: Croatia vs Italy   🇭🇷 A Croatian equivalent to “it costs an arm and a leg” translates to “it costs as much as St Peter paid for his scrambled eggs”   vs   🇮🇹 An Italian phrase about something very expensive, from Piedmont, is “it costs a gunshot to the face”

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I found this helpful getting me back on track. Ish. Hehe.

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Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) 's avatar Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social
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And MY gender affirming care is not another person's gender affirming care. We all have our own flavour of care and being. And THAT is a lot more interesting than everyone being just one thing. So JOANNE... I respect your right to fillers, HRT, and hair dye. You BEST RESPECT IT IN OTHERS.

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Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) 's avatar Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social
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As @littlemavis.bsky.social was asking about pasta salad, I realize I should mention a great pasta salad cookbook that came out earlier this year. Cool Pasta. By Tom Jackson. (Full disclosure, he and I share the same agent.) I am a big fan of pasta salads.

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ClareJGold's avatar ClareJGold @clarewrites.bsky.social
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Indeed. Generally, won’t be watching any of his teen movies with my boys.

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Snitty's avatar Snitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social
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This is a bit of a tangent, but every now and then I watch Die Hard and I'm surprised at how well it *has* aged - the John McClane of the first two movies crawled so other Wife Guys could walk.

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ClareJGold's avatar ClareJGold @clarewrites.bsky.social
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Yep. Pretty much my whole last week. Doing a wee bit better today. Swings and roundabouts.

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Dear writers who wish to place stories in lobster friendly locations, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, live lobsters, in the sea, fresh from the sea, even in a tank in a market or restaurant are NOT RED. I will DNF on this hill. *shakes angry old lady fist at the sky*

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi's avatar Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com
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Working on a mega-KidLit feed with @boringstorybook.com & @charlenedraws.bsky.social to help w/kidlit on-boarding at Bluesky. To prevent bad actors/spammers from posting to feed, we're using kidlit-moderated LISTS as input to the feed.

e.g. You need to be on one of these LISTS to post.

🧵👇🏼

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Jennifer Laughran's avatar Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social
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I was thinking it might be fun/useful to do some kind of #KidLit #askagent kind of chat with other @andreabrownlit.bsky.social agents who are on here. What do you all think? Would it be more useful to do a “chat” type format with topics in advance, or an “AMA” format answering in real time?

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi's avatar Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com
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Seriously, Bluesky just keeps getting better.

To those who haven't already:
- It is 100% worth going through your Settings and tweaking. Chances are good Bluesky has added goodstuff since the last time you checked.
- Learn Bluesky advanced search tips! bsky.social/about/blog/0...

#BlueSkyTips

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ClareJGold's avatar ClareJGold @clarewrites.bsky.social
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What this really means in PRC though is closer to the English word façade.

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I have been on sub to publishers twice. I have sat in front of agents and pitched live. I have taken 180 13-yr-olds to the beach. I used to work in restaurant where I had to sing and dance. Nothing makes me more anxious than waiting for peer feedback. Nothing!!!!

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Claire Willett's avatar Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social
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“Turning Red” is one of the realest movies I’ve ever seen about the adolescent experience, wtf this is such a galling reminder that stories about fathers and sons get framed as “universal” but stories about mothers and daughters are “niche” and “not everyone can relate”

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Kody Okamoto's avatar Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.bsky.social
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Happy #Pride! If you'd like to read a comic by a queer creator about queer characters during Pride, please stop on by!!

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Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) 's avatar Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social
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Happy Pride. Stay hydrated, use plenty of spf, and keep a brick in your bag.

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There are 100,000 signatures on the Doctors Without Borders petition, demanding affordable access to lifesaving TB medical tests, from Danaher & Cepheid.

Have you signed yet? Because 100,000 is also the number of people who needlessly died last month from TB
timefor5.msfaccess.org

It’s #TimeFor5

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Doctors Without Borders 's avatar Doctors Without Borders @msf.bsky.social
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We provide care where it is needed most. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. Bearing witness: We are not sure that words can always save lives but we know that silence can certainly kill. We will not remain silent.

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Neil Gaiman 's avatar Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
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This is a huge game changer. Overseas British citizens can vote in the General Election no matter how long they have been away.

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Isobel Carr's avatar Isobel Carr @isobelcarr.com
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It's actually kind of wild to hear someone in the film industry talk sense.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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okay, listen, i get it, “trump will be worse than biden” is not an argument that resonates with everyone for the fall. but, let’s be real about this for a moment: trump will very, very fucking definitely be worse than biden, by orders of magnitude.

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ClareJGold's avatar ClareJGold @clarewrites.bsky.social
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I want to point put that it isn’t ’generative ai’ doing this shit. It’s men. Running companies. Chasing billions.

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Tristan's avatar Tristan @eidyngray.scot
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"I have confirmed this information with a human being involved directly" is going to become a rapidly moving standard for reporting anything even produced by other outlets as deepfake technology accelerates. "I had to meet them in person" An ironic result of this story being about that same tech.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi's avatar Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com
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To kidlit ILLUSTRATORS seeking representation: Reply with one (1) post that includes 1 image (I advise your name be in image somewhere) + link to your portfolio and/or Instagram URL. Makes sure it's easy to find your contact info, if agents are interested! cont'd 👇🏼

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Nato (Nate Orshan)'s avatar Nato (Nate Orshan) @natosongs.bsky.social
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1/2: Your social media feeds are likely to be *flooded* with hyperpartisan posts that seem real but are actually from LLM AI tools in the hands of adversarial states, unethical political actors, or even trolls doing it for laughs.
...
[Free link]
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Nato (Nate Orshan)'s avatar Nato (Nate Orshan) @natosongs.bsky.social
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2/2:
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If a post makes you feel instantly outraged, then pause a second and see if there's anything actually factual about it or if it's just a loudmouth opinion. You don't have to let yourself be manipulated.

[Free link]
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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It’s so odd to pay thousands for the privilege of being herded and somewhat ignored. We pay extra each time so that I don’t have to wait 6-9 months, unable to leave the UK, like many spouses do. That money on top of the NHS fee, the visa cost, the solicitor bills. It’s over 8k

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Out of my visa appointment. It’s never the same. Never familiar. This time, after they took my photo and fingerprints, I watched as my docs were scanned, having to point out when something additional was needed. I can’t look at the scans but I have to accept them being submitted.

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Is it an omen? Nope. Just a random church yard amongst fancy hotels and city offices.

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My visa experiences in the UK have been stressful and at times frightening. And yet they’re nothing. Not a blip. Compared to anyone who isn’t wealthy and white.

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Have just realized that going for your uk visa appointment on a day you’re v hormonal is a terrible idea. I should’ve waited until till early next week. But they make you feel SO stressed that you just want it done.

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