Emily J. Edwards

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She/Her. Author of mystery + crime novels. Viviana Valentine: Gets Her Man, Goes Up The River, & The Ticking Clock. More soon! Podcaster: FBOL (defunct), Ticklish Business. Lots of posting through the aftermath of our house fire.

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Polls predicted a loss and the people said different. Important reminder.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Please get rid of your artificial grass.

Pasadena and L.A. Grapple With The Unintended Consequences of Artificial Turfwww.coloradoboulevard.net Artificial turf, also known as synthetic grass, has become quite popular among homes, businesses, and city parks as a means to reduce water consumption. By Cher

there are few more important issues to me (a non-parent) than the expansion of free food for children. even having a tenuous grasp on the machinations of poverty and child development can lead a person to understanding that one of the keys to revolution in america is simply feeding kids.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

i have been really, really bad about checking in with friends since the fire and i want to be better at this but also my lord do i just need to continue to curl up on the couch like a scared tortoise

i love that the BBC/UK at large have an insatiable appetite for mystery shows

THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, the new TV show based on my mum's Inspector Ikmen novels, premieres TONIGHT at 9pm on BBC 2. Please watch, please share.

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We’ve returned to the olden days, when word-of-mouth was the only real way to advertise. As an author, if you enjoy a book, please: tell your friends. Your group chat, your sewing circle, your family WhatsApp, your work Slack, the voice channel of your MMORPG guild, anything.

Hey, so. I understand that this is anecdotal and not research, but. It is WILD how useless social media has become for promo. It's a fucking disgrace, really.

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The olden days but minus the publisher contribution and plus an extremely crowded arena, plz tell ppl about the books you like I beg

“It started in a quaint region of Japan, Scully. They call it Kanto. Every town is named after a color. But if that quaintness isn’t already piquing your interest– The elders let their 10 year olds travel from town to town, battling wild monsters. And get this: they have to catch them. All.”

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“Now that we know felons can be white, we’re massive fans of crime.”

I don’t even know where to begin with this.

it’s honestly hilarious to me that all of these think tank buffoons (and journalists!) bust their testicles to try to elect a man who would throw them in a deep fryer if it was monetarily beneficial and politically expedient

Former president Donald Trump sought Friday to distance himself from a conservative think tank’s plan, known as Project 2025, for the next Republican presidency, as Democrats work to make it a political vulnerability for Trump in the November election.

Trump tries to distance himself from Project 2025, a conservative group’s plan for GOP presidencywww.washingtonpost.com Trump claimed Friday he knew “nothing” about the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a right-wing policy blueprint spearheaded by former Trump administration officials.

obviously something nefarious is happening with the biden discourse but it’s honestly pretty amazing how quickly they managed to “but not THAT woman” the sitting vice president of the united states we voted for the ticket that had her fully knowing her main role is to step in as president!

aaand predictably, Sulz has started the anti-Kamala attacks ,guy really thinks he can swing the election to whoever won't raise his taxes, this POS needs to be put back in place the American people ASAP

obviously i am doing an X FILES rewatch and we just got to the brad dourif episode and man, i just FREAKING LOVE brad dourif

there is LITERALLY no funnier prop in tv history than the S1 X FILES drawing of The Jersey Devil

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I have no idea the best path re Biden but I do know a solid week straight of “Biden Old” and “Rich Dems Worried” above-the-fold stories are *obscene* in the face of SCOTUS using the Constitution to wipe their asses purely in the service of reinstating a felon rapist as president. Crazy-making shit.

most of the time, connecticut is beautiful and then july is like living in a tropical frog exhibit at the zoo

it is really… something… that tech bros have completely given up on slow and steady market growth that built pretty much every other profitable company ever in favor of fleecing VCs and hedge fund investors and running away from burning industries like the hamburglar

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There's a Small Problem With the AI Industry: It's Making Absolutely No Moneyfuturism.com AI is not making money for investors which may be connected to businesses having trouble adopting the technology.

i like that, “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona,” is such a neg when you realize “alike in dignity” can be read as “low”

there is LITERALLY no funnier prop in tv history than the S1 X FILES drawing of The Jersey Devil

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THIS WEEK ON TICKLISH BUSINESS! Kirsten and I are launching International Month with PANDORA'S BOX! We're talking slut shaming, celebrity, and silent films. Get it a day early if you're a patron! www.patreon.com/posts/188-pa...

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it bums me out that, barring a miracle, i probably won’t ever get to write another viviana valentine book i have so many weird murders i want to write

It was an excellent critter spotting day today: spotted a RATHER large black bear moseying down the street near Harwinton and an ENORMOUS great blue heron on the wing next to Kent i am going to miss Connecticut

god bless instagram DIYers who love to gloat about scraping up old tile with absolutely zero asbestos abatement whatsoever there's gonna be a mesothelioma outbreak in 20 years even though asbestos has been in decline for ages

i keep finding $20 bills in my front yard (okay, i've found two) and i feel like this is some sort of NextDoor App test

gavin newsom looks like if christian bale played a used car salesman (derogatory)

I guess he kind of looks like the kind of guy who would be president in --an Aaron Sorkin production --a movie where POTUS says, like, "I don't care what the Constitution says. I know what's right!" before making dogs legal --the 1996 film Independence Day

sign an affidavit. every time.

In Idaho, children can be forced to carry pregnancies to term even if caused by adults... but can't go to the library without being *checks notes* accompanied by adults.

It's mourning in America again. Today people will go to work and not earn enough to live. This afternoon, LGBTQ people worry if they'll be able to stay married, & we worry if queer kids will have a future. We're mourning again in America. Why would we want to return to where we were four years ago?

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Normal people do start getting pissed off when they catch on to what Moms for Liberty and other freak MAGA groups are doing - especially when it starts harming their kids. We should be encouraging this as much as possible.

This is why I’m hopeful when I see groups like Moms For Liberty and related weirdos bite the dust across the board when it comes to school boards and other local positions

how did it go from "they won't overturn the VRA/Roe/Obergefell" to "it's too late to fight"? did these people even try fighting?

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These massive tunnels were dug by a giant sloth that lived in South America 10,000 years ago. LOOK AT THOSE CLAW MARKS. They dug tunnels that are a whopping 2,000 feet long, six feet tall and up to five feet wide! Big enough to be comfortably used by humans. 📷 Amilcar Adamy/Heinrich Frank