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Amanda Cook

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Spec-fic writer, stay at home parent, sewist and cosplayer (not in that order). Fiction at Etherea Magazine, Wyngraf, Apparition Lit, and Flame Tree Press. My novel, WHEN WE WERE FORGOTTEN, won the 2018 Bronze IPPY for best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror E-book.


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Martha Wells's avatar Martha Wells @marthawells.bsky.social
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Reupping this so you can admire Max again.

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Marc Elias's avatar Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social
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There are now 150 voting and election cases pending in 39 states. 62 of them are from Republicans trying to restrict your right to vote. Whatever else is going on, please don't ignore the GOP's escalating attacks on free and fair elections.

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R.S.A. Garcia (she/her)'s avatar R.S.A. Garcia (she/her) @rsagarcia.bsky.social
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Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off all pre-orders from Jul 10 - Jul 17! Premium Members get an additional 10% off! Now’s the perfect time for you to pre-order your copy of *THE NIGHTWARD* with the code PREORDER25!

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Elizabeth Bear's avatar Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social
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Look, I've voted in every midterm and presidential election since 1990, the first year I was eligible. I wish there was a president I wanted to vote for this year, but I sure as hell want to vote against Project 2025.

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Amanda Cook's avatar Amanda Cook @amandacook627.bsky.social
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I love PMJ! I just quote posted their version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", sung by Alisan Porter, because it reminds me so much of a Bond movie intro.

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Tony Corsentino's avatar Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net
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When people explain what their local public libraries meant to them as children, it’s so often about exactly this. 📚

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Luke's avatar Luke @llobrow.bsky.social
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WERNER HERZOG: cast into the wilderness by an uncaring mother, the child must choose a companion, a beast of unnatural capabilities through which to channel his will. they will not rest until every gymnasium lies in ruin. ASH: where's professor oak HERZOG: this lizard is on fire

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Hillary Monahan's avatar Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social
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Also I've spoken to Jeffrey Reddick and he is a DARLING. He's also partky the reason why a whole lot of you are afraid of driving behind logging trucks.

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Hillary Monahan's avatar Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social
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ICYMI, the Final Destination dude has announced his adaptation of my Bloody Mary novel. This gets funnier when you consider I signed the release papers 3 weeks ago then found out it was a done deal when a bookseller said GRATS to me on Friday and I had no clue I'd been on Deadline two days before.

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺's avatar Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social
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Dharma space opera (dharmapunk). Because why not?

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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"I don't know anything about Project 2025" says man recording Project 2025 promotional video in front of Project 2025 publication. More substantively, Project 2025 has embraced Trump and Miller's immigration approach of using power to close both legal and illegal immigration.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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I guess Bidens age doesn't matter that much to me cause I don't think US Presidents do nearly as much as the myth likes to tell. Reagan spent the back end of his run with Alzheimers, last guy played golf & shitposted for 4 years, idc if Bidens an ent who speaks once a yr, taking it over Project 2025

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Micah's avatar Micah @rincewind.run
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important point here, we are all flying blind on what the best path forward is and lots of people I respect differ from my own thoughts on the matter I think we are generally all coming from a good faith place of Oh God Not Trump and should give each other some grace on our disagreements as to how

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Important to realize as we try to retain civility on Bluesky that all the stuff we say to each other will have literally zero impact on whether Biden bows out or not, we’re just hanging around yapping about politics like a bunch of old Greek guys at a sidewalk cafe, no need to take it personally

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merritt k's avatar merritt k @merrittk.com
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From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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The fact they're simultaneously running don't vote campaigns and trying to undermine the dem candidate is proof that the moneybags who own these publications are united in realizing their robber baron days are drawing to a close under a guy who is the most pro labour president of the 21st century

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Natanael, Tech janitor's avatar Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social
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The people pushing this campaign can't be reassured because they don't want to be, they don't want him to win

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Cloud's Strife's avatar Cloud's Strife @jmgreene28.bsky.social
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If 'party insiders' spent more time taking to voters about Trump's comments on "after" "birth" abortions and "black jobs"; and less time texting columnists about their hurt feelings, we might be able to keep a functioning democracy this fall.

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Taco Bell's Cannon's avatar Taco Bell's Cannon @jamtoday.bsky.social
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Trump's campaign is dead silent on his dribbling nonsense and nobody is talking about his obvious REAL dementia. NOBODY.

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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan's avatar Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan @outerleftfield.bsky.social
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I’m sure it’s also a lot of distraction from the continuing revelations of the Judicial Coup and Heritage getting a bit more heat than they would like given their plans to install a dictator and destroy the administrative state are almost complete.

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Will Wilkinson 🏳️‍🌈's avatar Will Wilkinson 🏳️‍🌈 @wlknsn.xyz
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Tell me I'm wrong: A bunch of the media and donor class panicked, for good reason, after the debate. Made a big coordinated push to make Biden step aside. Didn't work, wounding pride of lots of big egos. Now too miffed to concede so stuck denying that Biden can win to justify continued aid to Trump.

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John Wiswell's avatar John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social
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Gentle reminder to all the protagonists out there to release the breath you don't know you're holding.

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Queen Gwenevere's avatar Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social
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It’s such an obvious disinfo propaganda push at this point. And a handful of spoiled rich twits thinking they can hold the rest of us hostage. Honestly if we can get a grassroots counter-push from regular people and unions against the posh pundits and their posh patrons, that may be a plus.

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Paul Jessup says buy a copy of The Skinless Man Counts to Five's avatar Paul Jessup says buy a copy of The Skinless Man Counts to Five @pauljessup.com
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Yeah the rich are really putting pressure on him to drop out, not just her...but you can tell they're funding a ton of op-ed stories being published in places like the New Yorker, etc all saying the same thing- he should drop out. Come on, it's very obvious what they are trying to do

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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fuck these gobshites, in fact if this election win happens with individual average citizens support over theirs it is actually way better, kill what clout they think they have, ruin their robber baron fantasies

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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I for one am pretty fixated on not having to spend even more years of my life wondering if Donald fucking Trump is going to deploy nuclear weapons

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Kari Dru's avatar Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social
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Inevitably upon an author being not awesome, people bring up HP Lovecraft as an example of how art and artist are different and like yes art and artist ARE different... except that time. That time they were less different than ever. The ART was every bit as racist as the ARTIST.

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Chef Gaykwon's avatar Chef Gaykwon @gaykwon.bsky.social
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This guy was such a G for telling his evil wizard cyborg boss that his religion is bullshit during a work meeting.

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Moira Donegan's avatar Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social
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“He took away abortion and he wants to be a dictator” should be plastered on every surface and blaring out of every speaker.

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Joseph Brassey's avatar Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social
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I’ve come to the conclusion that basically all social media platforms create the illusion of power for many people who feel disempowered and going after any perceived weakness is a great way to feel powerful. Unintentionally or not, this makes it a great tool for diverting the masses.

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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I don't take the age thing seriously. THEY PICK A LIE ABOUT EVERY DEM, and the press knows it's some BS but plays along. They know that the other guy is worse in every way, especially his brain. They turned being a war hero into a liability against a fortunate son draft dodger.

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Orcspiration's avatar Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social
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YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.

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Scott Lynch's avatar Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social
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Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal.

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 's avatar Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 @knilirabaj.bsky.social
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More trains please.

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Shiv Ramdas's avatar Shiv Ramdas @nameshiv.bsky.social
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there is a literal Business Plot afoot to unseat the most pro labour president of our lifetimes(unless youre way older than me)

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis's avatar Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Now everyone--The Times and, sorry to say, MSNBC--is noting every missed syllable. The man has a stutter. I don't stutter but I am a mushmouth who speaks too fast and slurs words. I've had to overcome fear of public speaking. I have empathy for Biden. The press has empathy for no one (but Trump).

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Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
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I’m not a reporter but I did have a blogroll once, so here’s some follow-ups for the former president that seem important: which parts of Project 2025 do you disagree with? Would you appoint anyone to your admin that is supporting it? How do you feel about the “bloodless if the left allows” comment?

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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)'s avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off) @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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It's not "I suffered so you should too," it's "I suffered and no one else should ever have to."

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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)'s avatar Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off) @wolvendamien.bsky.social
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…I really think this is the more important presidential-election-related story to have in the news cycle.

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