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Laura Rueckert

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Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American expat in Germany. Proud 🏳️‍⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her
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Happy birthday! I hope you get two!

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Mayken Brünings's avatar Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social
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Calling all #TimeTravelAuthors!
To be considered for the Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 3, send original, unpublished stories up to 8k words to shortstorysubmissionsvgp@gmail.com as an attachment with no identifying information. Name/contact info should be in email. Deadline is Aug. 12.

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Oh no! I moved offices too and am now in a building without a coffee bar too. 😕

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Celeste Pewter's avatar Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social
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Ok - this is a question I get a LOT, and am starting to get a lot again. Here are a few tips on calling electeds: 1. Try not to stress too much about the method of contact - e.g. email/calling. The important thing is getting in touch.

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As a kid, when I watched the Olympics, I always imagined it as one-of-a-kind spectacular for the residents. I'm so sorry it's not like that at all.

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Stephanie Merritt's avatar Stephanie Merritt @stephmerritt.bsky.social
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Holy God. Show this to the young people in your life next time when they say their vote doesn't count 😲

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phyphor's avatar phyphor @phyphor.one-dash.org
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If your area got a new Labour MP then it is your duty to email them and say that you are happy the Tories are out but that transphobia should have no place in the party. Make Starmer gently walk back his support for Rowling's position!

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David M. Perry's avatar David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social
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Since 2019 I've liked to remind you that we should work to break up not just ICE, but abolish the entire DHS. It's a post-9/11 reactionary agency that needs to be destroyed.

www.cnn.com/2019/07/04/o...

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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Sounds absolutely perfect - trade the heat for a deep freeze!

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Effie Seiberg 's avatar Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social
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Last year I wrote a story about what do in the depths of despair.

Do SOMETHING. Even if it doesn't help directly, it helps you feel less helpless, which'll put you in a better position for the next thing.

Thinking about this for no particular reason today.

www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/t...

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Gabino Iglesias's avatar Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social
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Heads up! Zenith Literary doesn’t exist. This is a fake agency and they don’t represent any of the books displayed on their home page. These are fucking predators.
zenithliterary.com/books/

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Victoria Strauss's avatar Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.bsky.social
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I published this post about UK fee-charger LR Price Publications' delays, bullying, & threats last December. As of now, I've gotten 87 author complaints (& there are more on social media). One of my most updated posts ever. Behold the latest shenanigan: writerbeware.blog/2023/12/01/a...

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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If I don't have a bookmark, then maybe a folded post-it, a random torn strip of paper, or some paper towel, like you. 🙂

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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Exactly. Even from the still picture that's what I'd be worried about.

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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"12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride! Canyonero! Canyonero! Top of the line in utility sports, Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!) She blinds everybody with her super high beams, She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!"

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Walked around a corner at the day job and a man about a foot taller than me nearly bumped into me and then let out a loud shriek. Who knew little 5-foot-nothing me was so scary? 😄

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They're probably selling it a little too early.

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Rebecca Kling's avatar Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social
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Spoiler alert: there is "current scientific consensus that gender-disaffirming approaches are harmful and gender-affirming approaches are beneficial for trans youth." Julia Serano bringing the receipts with over ONE HUNDRED citations.

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Julia Serano's avatar Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social
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given today's news that SCOTUS will take up bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth next session, this piece has everything you need to know about the history & efficacy of this care, & debunks common anti-trans talking points against it:
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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Thank you! This was so helpful! I tried based on other people's instructions and failed miserably, but this worked.

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My husband's colleagues all have bets going on who'll win the European Cup. My husband (not a big soccer fan) is horrified to find he's way ahead. Turns out the winner gets 25 EUR but has to host everyone for a BBQ. Just checked his bosses guesses & we're wondering if he's trying to lose...

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That sounds awful. I've realized my ideal temps are 16-20 C. As soon as it gets around 27, I get grumpy and exhausted. I hope it cools down for you!

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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Same here. My body needs fall temps all year round.

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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Isn't it fascinating? I have one that won't let me go too, and it changes so much from one iteration to the next.

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Oh wow, I'd just assume I must be a very forgettable person. 🥺 Mine was a group of friends I used to eat lunch with in 9th grade one day telling me they didn't want to sit with me anymore.

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J's too old now too but said if it's really mean, he'd hold a grudge and wouldn't forgive.

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Jake's avatar Jake @whiskeytown.bsky.social
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Bitcoin consumes about 2.5% of US electricity, about the same as all residential cooling. An article decrying *that* electricity usage as a personal moral failing would be much less tone deaf.

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David Marshall 's avatar David Marshall @illdave.bsky.social
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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.

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As the mom of a trans child, I felt every word of this.

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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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This has been going on a while, but really nice to see movement in the kinship relations/non-human personhood space

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious's avatar Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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one of my deep seated beliefs is that elephants are one of the other high level intelligences on this planet and that if there is a judgment day humanity will be held to account for our crimes against them www.theguardian.com/science/arti...

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Laura Rueckert's avatar Laura Rueckert @laurarueckert.bsky.social
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I limit spending on a lot of things, but when the kids want books 💰💰💰

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