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Anyone I know coming to the Author MBA events in the NOLA this month?
The world is falling apart but Iβm going to look cute, make art, and care for my people just as long as I can
(Not necessarily in that order)
That cover is gorgeous!
The Mardi Gras queen has entered the chat.
I'm starting to suspect that certain people who fetishize freedom don't actually know the meaning word.
I'm in the FQ and it definitely seems accurate.
Welcome back to the Gaslight Nation. You're not crazy. This is not normal.
Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen is an unflinching look at T*umps first term. The emphasis the ways his regime uses rhetoric to manipulate makes it a must read.
Mark Zuckerberg appears to have personally approved training Meta's genAI models on an entire "shadow library" of pirated books:
www.wired.com/story/new-do...
With all the editing and annotating I do, I've been thinking of getting a Kindle Scribe. Do you have one? What's your experience?
Huhnschmerz?
shirtless buckaroo in the center lookin coy at the camera he is on a golf course and there is a nice sentient glass of ice tea on the left and a refreshing living glass of lemonade on the right
brand new tingler THIS SENTIENT ICED TEA AND LIVING LEMONADE GET ME OFF BISEXUALLY is out now. please enjoy. get it on way of amazon here www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS598WBV or true buckaroo tier patreon here www.patreon.com/posts/this-s...
The TSA agent who was patting me down said I smell good. So I've got that going for me.
One more New Orleanian PSA~
Want to help victims + locals impacted by the Bourbon Street terrorist attack?
The admirable Mods at the r/NewOrleans subreddit are amassing a list of trustworthy places to donate. Itβs a WiP so plz share + check back frequently.β€οΈβπ©ΉβοΈ #nola
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I'm fuming. Disgraceful. And the Superbowl guy insisting that the Sugar Bowl will still be fun.
I'll be there Friday! But I'll be back in June.
All of your posts today are making me miss hanging out with you.
New Orleans life: There's a man in my building's courtyard playing The Outlander theme song on a flute.
Listened to the audio book of A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger on a long drive yesterday. Highly recommend! Gothic Sapphic vampire romance with wit and so much yearning. www.goodreads.com/book/show/85...
A shy rescue dog named Scrim has been on the run after jumping from a second floor window. It was his second escape and the jump was caught on surveillance camera. People have been posting sightings of the dog running around various neighborhoods of New Orleans ever since.
Yay Berkley!!
Good morning ing from Scotland's Book Town
Give this headline writer a raise
Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot
I taught English to adults at the library. I can't tell you how many times I said, "Sorry, English is weird."