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Programmer and SFF reader. Sega fan. Asexual and otherwise queer. She/her. 📚

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The opting out is especially wild Like, Republican governors are being actively presented with money to feed kids and affirmatively saying 'I would like children to starve actually' (Also, if I'm a Dem campaigner, I'm making some ads and placing some op eds about this immediately)

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.

In a school board election here a couple years ago, the right-wing candidate pushing for "parents' rights" and more police in schools was kept out by only 33 votes, I turned out seven or eight friends and family members myself- educate yourself about local races, be someone people can ask about it!

Also: Get off your arse and vote. My constituency was won for Labour by 15 votes. A high turnout from the French sorted this. You don't vote? Well, the fash do. If you're replying to this with why it's ideologically impure for a truly left wing person to vote, please just block yourself, I'm tired.

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Please note the wildly incorrect polling in France. No matter what the cacophony of pundits keep saying, polls are not predictive, and are never the end of the story. Organizing, volunteering, engaging in conversation, and direct action are effective tools. Let's use them here too.

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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The power of Nope keeps these assholes out of city councils, library boards, and school boards. The power of Nope stacks Attorneys General. The power of Nope shifts judges, sherriffs, congress reps, senators. and the power of Nope can be used to keep them on target between elections.

And arguably what I am enjoying most is that this is not the hero theory of history. We’re not seeing a charismatic leader carry the election through rhetoric and force of personality. We’re seeing populations say: nope. I like the power of nope.

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A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: Analog, khōréō, and Clarkesworld locusmag.com/2024/07...

A.C. Wise Reviews Short Fiction: Analog, khōréō, and Clarkesworldlocusmag.com Analog 3-4/24 khōréō 3.4 Clarkesworld 4/24 The March/April 2024 issue of Analog opens with “Enough” by William Ledbetter, wherein a graffiti artist encounters tech designed to resist tagging and r…

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a small thought (I don't post a lot of Content on my patreon, but I do occasionally have small thoughts! I've also been archiving some of my once-published-but-no-longer-available short stories from long-defunct magazines, working forwards from the beginning) www.patreon.com/posts/around...

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I watched one (1) cute Mazda Miata video clip and now that's all Instagram will recommend me... I feel like the algorithm is trying to radicalize me toward adorable compact sports cars...? 🚘

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My latest at @psychopomp.bsky.social: 21 SFFH July books to read: psychopomp.com/21-sffh-book... A review of M.R. Carey's Pandominion duology: psychopomp.com/pandominion-... Horror and Wonder – 13 of the Best and Creepiest Short Stories by Ray Bradbury: psychopomp.com/13-best-shor...

21 SFFH Books We’re Looking Forward to in July 2024 - PSYCHOPOMP.COMpsychopomp.com 21 SFFH books coming in JULY 2024 that we are excited to read!

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“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

This!! Start with “they want to end no fault divorce, sell national parks, and ban porn” end with tax structure.

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PSST it is my birthday!!!!!!! I am 42! The meaning of life, the universe, and everything!!! Please consider buying one of my books books2read.com/ap/8vWw1x/Ro... or supporting me on Patreon www.patreon.com/roselerner or donating to Romancing the Vote www.romancingthevote.com

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I have banned myself from talking about presidential politics. HOWEVER, I have not banned myself from talking about DOWN BALLOT RACES! 🗳️ Erika Askeland, AR Senate 20 🗳️ Hamilton Holmes, AR House 30 🗳️ David McAvoy, AR House 32 🗳️ Daniel Parker, AR House 36

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So I woke up thinking about traincon and wondering if I was right about where the train station is and I was not only correct but The Reliance Building, where Helen Brandt live/worked as a private eye in Even Though I Knew The End, IS A HOTEL NOW www.staypineapple.com/the-loop-chi...

I seem to have lit the spark for TrainCon 2025, Chicago to Minneapolis just before 4th Street Fantasy I'm happy with this

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Good listings today. About half of them are new to the site. Mario Galaxy and Grandia are classics. As for orders made this week, about half have been shipped out already and the rest will go out Monday. My site: japanretrodirect.ocnk.com

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New "On the Shelf" episode of the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast, in which we list all the new releases from June that showed up too late to go into the June episode. (And there's quite a few of them.) alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...

Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 290 - On the Shelf for July 2024 | Alpenniaalpennia.com Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 290 - On the Shelf for July 2024 - Transcript (Originally aired 2024-07-06 - listen here) Welcome to On the Shelf for July 2024. It’s the middle of summer and ...

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Look what we made! Out now! So thrilled to boldly go on this voyage with you all! #startrek @davidmack.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @careymillsapspears.bsky.social and anyone else on here! 💙 #scifi #scholarship mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Stra...

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

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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

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- Biden's mental health, or Democrats in disarray. That's EASY, because it's opinion. It's blather. It's nonsense. But we should absolutely be calling them out on the fact that they clearly don't want to do the work and actually dive into some of what should really be talked bout.

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Where are the pundits weighing in on Project 2025's training academy, and just who they're recruiting, and what exactly they're teaching in this training academy? (By unverified accounts, it's all terrifying, especially because it's so structured?) It's so, so easy for a pundit to opine about-

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Where are the columnists who are experts in specific fields, breaking down what the Heritage Foundation + Trump want to do to each individual federal agency? E.g. I read the section dedicated to our intelligence agencies, and had to stop, since I was starting to feel a little nauseous.

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There are many things that infuriate me about the pundit class right now, but probably one of the top on my list: Project 2025 has posted their plans for every single federal department on their website. They have a training academy for prospective appointees. Where are the hard hitting op-eds?

@serenajenk.bsky.social Thought you might be interested!

Just noticed that the ebook of MEDUSA'S SISTERS by Lauren J. A. Bear is currently $2.99 on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

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Pre-orders for the Fairwood Press collection of stories set in the Cold Magic (Spiritwalker) universe are about to go up. There's a deluxe hc limited edition as well as trade paper & ebook editions. To have first chance at the deluxe edition, subscribe to my newsletter: newsletter.imakeupworlds.com

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This isn't a "Re-Release This" entry, but it could have been. It's 2024, and it's still time for Klax, Warner.

Klax is a falling block match three puzzler from 1990, featuring 100 challenge-based levels. It's one of Atari Games' finest outings, and while it was ported to basically everything in existence for a good decade or so, nowadays, Warner Bros. Interactive mostly seems to have forgotten it exists.

XP Arcade: Klaxretroxp.substack.com It is 2024, and there's still time for Klax

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Auction ends at 8pm US Eastern!

I also donated a brainstorming session! I've done these with lots of people and I think I'm pretty good at it. Stuck with your book? Check it out! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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HAPPY FRIDAY my people, today is a good day to pick up a book by a HUGE LARGE BUG! "WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY BOOKS OUT" I don't know, do we want a little guide or something?? I can do that! premeemohamed.com/books/

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Primary color mixing triads plus black and white in two different media: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Japanese watercolors and Brassard 8/4 Unmercerized Cotton