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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A special, souped up, fancy pages collector’s edition of Indigo coming soon. I’ll keep you posted.

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kirby @bookguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

line work based on one of my fav covers (and books), the one and only Indigo by Beverly Jenkins :) #romancelandia whenever it happens, I’ll post the fully rendered version to @kpscoverart.bsky.social

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Very Old Pic of D. Gray @blurbette.blacksky.app · 18/01/2026

He would have to work through his actual disdain for Black women first. He actually enjoys seeing us struggle. Payback for his childhood like we’re all his mother.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Nasra Ahmed was shoved to the ground and detained by ICE agents, suffering cuts and bruises to her face and legs Ahmed, a U.S. citizen born in Minnesota, spent two days in jail before being released without charges

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St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention

During her two days in immigration detention, a St. Paul woman who was born in Minnesota said she “put her faith in God” and prayed after suffering what appeared to be a stress-induced seizure and bei...

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I live in Minnesota. And although the focus is on our metropolitan area. The impact of ICE is felt statewide. Our schools are preparing for safety protocol. Communities are being targeted around us. And activities are doing what they can to keep people safe. I miss when this state was unknown

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Yeah, when corrected for something y’all post, please consider NOT deleting the comment—so others can see the exchange and perhaps even learn from it. Your urge to delete is b/c of White Supremacy Culture: urgency, defensiveness, right to comfort, either-or, worship of the written word. Resist it.

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I replaced scrolling with reading. And my mood instantly improved 😌🥹

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

OK all you romance writers - pay attention. Lovely thread. Thx gentlemen. 💜

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Frederick Smith, Ed.D. @fsmith827.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Pre-order on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance comes out June 2026 on Bold Strokes Books. Browse for other great queer novels on BSB. www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i... #Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBooks

Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.

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All Up In Your YaYa @iben-jam-in.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

🙂‍↔️😌

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Don’t nobody ask me what’s for dinner until Christmas. I stg 😫

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

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WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"

YouTube video by Phil Lewis

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My vocal stim has been “I got a big fat asssss” the beginning of anaconda from the pink wig lady. And I need new thing to randomly say throughout the day.

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a baby in a green shirt with the word help on it

ALT: a baby in a green shirt with the word help on it

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Our good friend Joy Harris still needs our support in dealing with her cancer costs. She's been such a light to Romancelandia. Can you help bring her some light? Thanks. 💜 gofund.me/0c8d4cee0

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Donate to Joy Harris Cancer Fund, organized by Adrienne Trent

To my friends and family in the Romancelandia community near and far, our beloved Joy Harris, th… Adrienne Trent needs your support for Joy Harris Cancer Fund

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

So it’s 2 pm. I’m def not taking a nap

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I broke a Black mom code of conduct, by taking my sick kids outside to feel the arctic air. Hear me out! Their doc told me a quick way to dry up their mucus is cold dry air. And we have it here in the upper Midwest. … they were bundled up Nicely and are now sipping cider watching Paw Patrol Xmas.

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I’m taking breaks from the other apps for a while. Wanting everyone here to know Capricorn SZN is celebrated here.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/12/2025

The Epstein Transparency Act is the law. Clearly, this DOJ is willing to defy it to protect Donald Trump and the rich and powerful. The survivors deserve truth and justice. Release the files.

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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Me being a Black woman.. I learned that the hard way…no amount of degrees helped me gain the trust of the community I served.. I had to use social skills

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Im back on the app. After a long sabbatical. Missed the skyline dearly. I’m writing a book. I’m to 18,000 words on draft one. It’s historical romance. Black main characters. That’s all info I’m sharing now … my next word count goal to kick off the year will be 20,000 words

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

These migraines have taken me out too may times. Time to see somebody. 😗

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ActingBrandNew_writing📚 @actingbrandnew.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Quote this with the best pictures you’ve taken of yourself.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Delusions of persecution are squarely part of White Supremacy Culture. White people have never had to apologize for being white and, importantly, no one has ever asked them to do so. Many of the 15 pillars that prop up White Supremacy Culture are very clearly implicated, here:

• Perfectionism
• Urgency
• Defensiveness
• More = better
• Written word worship
• Only one right way
• Paternalism
• Either/Or mindset
• Power-hoarding
• Fear of conflict
• Individualism
• I'm the only one
• Progress = bigger/more
• Objectivity
• Right to Comfort

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The elves have 3 days to find Mrs. Claus a new man! Check out A MAN FOR MRS. CLAUS! A perfect year-round read! 🎄ebook: payhip.com/BacklistB... ♥️ print: www.therippedbodice.... 🎄 am: amzn.to/40R3UAB #booksky #blacksky #romancelandia

A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS by Rebekah Weatherspoon. A Black couple embraces. The man is kissing the woman's neck as she holds a sprig of mistletoe over their heads. He is wearing a red tshirt and fireman's gear pants with suspenders. She is wearing a short tight fur lined red christmas dress and white boots.

This book takes place in the summer so its technically a North Pole romance, not so much a Christmas romance.

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Frederick Smith, Ed.D. @fsmith827.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Today, we celebrate the historic day that Vanessa Williams won the Miss America pageant, becoming the first Black winner on 9/17/1983. 👑 #VanessaWilliams #MissAmerica #BlackSky #HistorySky