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We are just under $13,000 away from $1,000,000!!! Will today be the day??? 👀

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Let's all dig around in the couch cushions and the glove box and turn out the pockets in our winter coats and see if we can't come up with that last $25k to push @romancingthevote.bsky.social across that $1M lifetime fundraising line.

Did you think the updates were over?? Thanks to folks rounding up and our second chance winners, we're now at $975,000! We are so close... 👀😍

Holy shit this 0.0% Stella Artois tastes like real beer When did NA beer stop being yucky sweet?

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One thing you should know about Andrew in The Earl who Isn't: he has been in love with Lily forever. Get it here: bsky.app/profile/cou...

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If you got outbid or there wasn’t anything that quite worked for you but you still want to contribute:

yes! Citizens: donate.romancingthevote.com International: international.romancingthevote.com

Chip in!donate.romancingthevote.com Show your support with a contribution.

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#RomancingTheVote @romancingthevote.bsky.social If you were watching the Fire and Water shawl and you knit: The Pattern is Goldfish Memory by Casapinka www.casapinka.com The yarn is YarnLove www.yarnloveyarn.com in the colorways: Shiny Penny Copper Canyon Verdigris

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Alright, crafters of #RomancingTheVote, drop links to your shops in the replies! Let’s support our amazing donors & keep that auction joy alive (especially if we missed items *shakes hand at sky*) @romancingthevote.bsky.social

The site froze right while I was typing in THE MOST EPIC BID OF ALL TIME. I think I’m actually grateful to be saved from the feverish grip those bridgerton books had on my soul LOL

watching the live stream and also knowing Extended bidding is about to be BONKERS for Romancing the Vote

Who is fighting with moi over these Bridgerton books?? Look, I just wanna talk! @romancingthevote.bsky.social

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Y'all. Y'ALL. Ms. Bev is worth *at least* $1000 and this is still under $300. I don't even know what to say.

This is STILL going for a bargain price. Y'all gonna let someone swoop in and get this for a song? www.32auctions.com/organization...

Chat with Ms. Bevwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Chat with Ms. Bev' hosted online at 32auctions.

The annotated Beyond series has cracked $3k !!

What about the entire BEYOND series with annotations (incl stick figure diagrams of the sexy scenes on vellum!) by the writing duo behind @kitrocha.com, @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @totallydonna.bsky.social. WARNING: the bidding has already gotten super intense! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Full Annotated Beyond Series by Kit Rochawww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Full Annotated Beyond Series by Kit Rocha' hosted online at 32auctions.

Same!

In some alternate reality, I didn't have the chaotic fun giddiness of this to cheer me up this week, and that leads me to think that maybe we're not on the absolute worst timeline.

The skull quilt broke $5000!!!!

Maybe you’re interested in vying for one of the big ticket items like this gorgeous psychedelic Memento Mori quilt? Auction proceeds go to voting orgs Fair Fight & VoteRiders! I admit I cried a little inside when this shot up past my auction budget. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Sweet Dreams quiltwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Sweet Dreams quilt' hosted online at 32auctions.

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45 minutes to go!!! The bidding is getting MEAN. Don't lose your preciouses! http://auction.roman...

Romancing the Vote 2024auction.romancingthevote.com Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2024' hosted online at 32auctions.

I can’t believe the high bid on THIS is so low! Name and kill a character in the next Bethany Bennett book??!? The pure VERGOGNA opportunities over well-nursed grudges! If I wasn’t already a little (ahem) over budget I’d be gleefully starting another bidding war. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Maim/Kill a Baddie w/Bethany Bennettwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Maim/Kill a Baddie w/Bethany Bennett' hosted online at 32auctions.

It’s so funny to see my own bidding war over [redacted] up on my rv screen!

I was going to wait, but since I've got the livestream up and running, I figured I'd share the fun. Head over to youtube and you, too, can watch the bidstream live as the knives come out and the friendships are shattered. Less than 3 hours to go! www.youtube.com/watc...

Update: I am nooo longer getting away with this steal, but I do seem to have kicked off a bidding war between 2 other people mwahaha

I CANNOT believe I’m getting away with such a low bid on this! Melissa Caruso’s books are SO good. The kind of characters that go straight to my heart, and plots that keep me reading overnight RIP my day job when a new one is released lol

This is super addictive!

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Ok international #RomancingTheVote participants, this thread is for you! I’m highlighting items that ship worldwide first, then some digital items you can get! I’m doing this toward late night for many Americans, so the bids are little calmer. @romancingthevote.bsky.social

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A thread on the Auction Aftermath for all of our friends participating for the first time!

Since we have some new friends along for the ride, I just want to give y'all a heads up about how the Auction Aftermath will go! (And I think we have a streamlined process this year, wheee!) First off: the auction ends at 8pm. But we have extended bidding on for maximum chaos!

Today is the last day to bid on this signed ARC of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS in the Romancing the Vote auction! It's one of only a few signed ARCs in existence, and you'll get it 4 months before release! Plus you'll support some great voting organizations! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Signed ARC of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDSwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Signed ARC of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Did you know that this prize pack from Christi Caldwell includes not only books and swag, but the ability to NAME A CHARACTER IN HER BOOK and HAVE A BOOK DEDICATED TO YOU? A steal for currently just over $100??? www.32auctions.com/o...

Christi Caldwell Prize Packwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Christi Caldwell Prize Pack' hosted online at 32auctions.

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I also want to add some context to this from the #VoteRiders website. $35 funds the cost of securing a vital document (such as their ID or birth certificate) for one voter $50 pays for directly contacting 100 voters, targeted because they are likely to need ID help

I just downloaded the current sales sheet to do some quick math, and over the past week y'all have snatched up 2,423 Buy it Now items to raise a collective $53,003. So when we say those $1 and $5 and $10 and $20 items add up, WE ARE NOT JOKING!

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So hey, if you’re looking at @romancingthevote.bsky.social’s DEMOCRACY DICE and wondering about snipers, if the bids get to $400 I will extend second-place offers! That means SIX sets of democracy dice BUT ONLY IF YOU FLING YOUR MONEY TO VOTERIDERS NOW NOW NOW 💕 www.32auctions.com/organization...

Custom Dice by Dragonsworn (Set #1)www.32auctions.com Auction item 'Custom Dice by Dragonsworn (Set #1)' hosted online at 32auctions.

Last day of the Romancing the Vote auction! LOOK at this adorable handknit dog. Labeled an english setter but she’s a perfect twin for my cocker spaniel Stella! If you’ve met Stella or seen my many tweets about her and wished you had a dog like her, now you can! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Knit English Setter Dogwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Knit English Setter Dog' hosted online at 32auctions.

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If you need some smut-reading inspiration to gear yourself up for the last two days of bidding with @romancingthevote.bsky.social, here's a list of Voting Inspiration Romance Books that we put together back in 2020. Includes many suffragettes. smutreport.com/2020/10/24/s...

Saturday Smutty Six: Voting Inspirationsmutreport.com If you’re feeling election fatigue...we get it. 2020 has lasted approximately a million years, which means that the 2020 election has lasted approximately two million years. But it’s not over til it’s...

I don’t share a lot of tiktok videos, mostly bc it’s a little embarrassing how much I love tiktoks, but I hope this one gives you a belly laugh like it did me #cats #limpbizkit www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNrpAPYV/

TikTok - Make Your Daywww.tiktok.com

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Live stream of fireworks from the Washington Monument. Starting shortly nationalmall.org/monumentcam

MonumentCam — Trust for the National Mallnationalmall.org

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These pots still available on my website right now www.roseschmits.com

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If you are mad at the NYT and don't feel like fucking with the auction today, I also invite you to just go directly to donate.romancingthevote.com which is where all of our auction payments will go, and from there directly on to voting organizations who will make sure those who WANT to vote can.

Chip in!donate.romancingthevote.com Show your support with a contribution.