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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gross. Ads in system updates are bad enough. Maybe it's time to ditch my Pixel?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026

huh, looks like trump’s cheap beef ploy is one part standard issue trump corruption and one part “republicans are ideologically committed to allowing tainted food on the market” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...

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Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?

On second thought, I’m not that hungry.

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today's Star Trek Adventures session powered by Romulan Ale (aka raspberry Italian soda) #startrekadventures #rpg

A Romulan Ale aka blue raspberry Italian soda. star Trek Adventures character sheet in corner

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you think transphobes actually give a shit about women's sports, I have a bridge I'd like to dump on you.

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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And all they had to do was get kicked in the crotch repeatedly for six years.

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terrehbyte 🚃🔍 @terrehbyte.com · 12/08/2026

Extra shout-out btw to the faculty team that supported them: Hardy LeBel, Court Smith, Donald Gremillion II, Harry Teasley, Charlie Baker (and me ofc) + @andiepennromine.bsky.social for eyes on the trailer! 👀🎞️

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My kids have measles, I can’t afford gas or steak, I’ve got explosive diarrhea, and there was glass in the last batch of Pillsbury rolls I ate. But at least now, Ross Douthat is on 60 Minutes.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Ok, but why are hellmouths so friend-shaped?

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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

So the Taylor in Taylor Farms is a huge Republican donor, and he’s the one making people sick. Let’s put him out of business, shall we?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 15/07/2026

Bunch of Saruman wannabes, surrounded by packs of Wormtongues

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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reposted with alt text. I sincerely hope the reaction to this from everyone is “He’s a fucking looney.“ “Are you gonna watch Trump’s ‘address’ on Thursday?“ “I’d rather pound a nail into my skull with a ball peen hammer.“

President Trump receives a personalized racing helmet during a Freedom 250 Grand Prix
Showcase at the White House yesterday. Photo: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

President Trump's prime-time Thursday speech from the White House is slated to include election integrity, an update on Iran and whatever else he deems important, a senior adviser tells Axios' Marc Caputo.

• "It will be a potpourri," the adviser says.

Why it matters: Though ever-available to reporters, Trump hasn't given many prime-time, direct-to-camera speeches from the White House. He wants to do more of them, the adviser says.

• Zoom in: Trump announced on Truth Social yesterday that he plans to give a "Speech to the Nation" on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET. The specifics beyond that - where in the White House and the exact topics - are less certain. But two issues are top of mind for Trump:

1. Resumed hostilities with Iran. "It's changing by the minute, but it's something he wants to address," the adviser says.
2. Election integrity. The president wants to pass the SAVE America Act, a strict voter ID law that's stalled in Congress. And he may present his intelligence officials findings about the 2020 election, which Trump won't admit he lost.

Trump's adviser denied online reports that the president plans to discuss Georgia's 2020 Senate elections that were won by two Democrats.

• Reality check: You never know what Trump's going to talk about. He just wants to talk. And he wants to do more of it.
• "We want to get into the rhythm of doing this," the adviser says.
"It's powerful when you give prime-time speeches that give a sense of importance to what he's saying."

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If Other Jobs Were Like US Senator www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

It's time for your scheduled open-heart surgery. Unfortunately, no one has seen or heard from the surgeon in weeks, since the Incident. The nurse says that she spoke with him at length on a wide variety of important subjects and that he had never been more eloquent. "Will he be along shortly?" you ask.
"I hired him to perform a specific job, and I would like him to do that." The nurse is appalled by this disrespect for the doctors privacy. You lie there for several weeks, your chest flaps held open by clamps.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

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To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago

A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I feel like I’m going insane, the degree to which politics and yes the media completely made this up. The anti gay marriage panic I got, there were a ton more gay people who wanted to get married, this thing is not a thing

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/04/2026

I want cis Americans to sit uncomfortably with the fact that most of these restrictions were ushered in through the liberal act of "just asking questions" about trans people.

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is really exciting news for Clarion West! This workshop changed my life for sure, and has been an important part of the Seattle writing and creative community.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

that’s like a weeks worth of potato for free!

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I shop at Target as little as I can; they suck. But now they're using sh***y AI at the self-checkouts to falsely accuse people of theft (and having them arrested, natch) so I want to shop at Target even less now. Avoid self-checkout lanes everywhere I guess!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It’s the freakin weekend

Data and Riker chilling in a trailer and blasting cigs

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I have yet to encounter any anti-trans argument that does not boil down to “I think it’s icky and I don’t like it.“ That’s an acceptable argument when you’re talking about brussels sprouts, Chad, not people. If you look at a trans person and don’t see the _person_, you’re the damn problem.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/03/2026

🚨 THIS JUST IN: With over 100 protests still to come, we can already estimate that at least 8 million people participated in No Kings protests today. That makes No Kings 3 the largest single day of protest in American history. #NoKings

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵: These protests are important b/c: 1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.

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Daryl Gregory @darylwriterguy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Guys guys guys JM Sidorova’s book THE WITCH OF PRAGUE is a wonder. I’ll be in conversation with her 7pm Monday March 23 at Third Place Books Lake Forest Park, Seattle-ish. The beauty of this book will move you.

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J.M. Sidorova with Daryl Gregory — 'The Witch of Prague'

A dreamlike tale of coming of age and agency during the 1968 Prague Spring.

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Daryl Gregory @darylwriterguy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Hero of our field!

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨 A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws. Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards winners! ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social) ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press) ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social) #SSBA #SSBA2025

Fantasy winner: ✨BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by @evanjpeterson.bsky.social (@slgable.bsky.social)

Horror winner: ✨YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by @rabusby.bsky.social (@stelliform.press)

Sci-Fi winner: ✨EMPRESS OF DUST by @alexyquest.bsky.social (@wctracy.bsky.social)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨ Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done: www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...

N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Ahhh I'm so excited to see @jennreese.bsky.social and @devinellekurtz.bsky.social 's picturebook Seven Ways Through the Woods on Amazon's list of Top 20 Books of 2025 for kids aged 6-8! I adore this beautiful (in every way) book and want EVERYONE to get it. 😍 www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...

A screenshot of Amazon's list of Top 20 Children's Books of 2025: Ages 6 to 8 shows the cover of Jenn Reese and Devin Elle Kurtz's Seven Ways Through the Woods as well as the covers of Adam Stower's Murray the Bun, Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown's Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales: Troubling Tonsils, Deborah Underwood and Jorge Lacera's Fairy Tale Fixers, and Mika Song's Night Chef.

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 12/10/2025

I was delighted to see that @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's monumentally great story, "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" has won the Ignyte Award! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/ www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...

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2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Wow, fantastic news! I'm honored, thank you so much!

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Wow, I'm honored! Thank you Small Spec Awards, and congrats to @evanjpeterson.bsky.social and @scottgable.bsky.social as well!

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Me and Crosby had a great time at #WorldConSeattle yesterday! We'll be back again today!

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Friends! I'll be attending WorldCon 2025 this week. Here's where you can find me! (and hit me up if you want to hang out!) #seattleworldcon2025

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

excited to be a part of Starfinder's 2e relaunch with this tale of the iconic operative, Iseph! hope you enjoy!

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

“It’s possible, even probable, that Trump is interested in the issue as an instrument for bludgeoning Democrats…But Democrats don’t have to make it easy. There’s no reason for them to fuel the MAGA fires by overthinking, underreacting, and avoiding confrontation.” www.thebulwark.com/p/transgende...

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The Transgender “Issue” Is Not a Distraction for Democrats

It’s an opportunity to speak clearly about human rights and morality. Follow the facts and the Golden Rule.

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Andie Penn Romine @andiepennromine.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Hey, these are MY students, this is my class! Come check out the livestream about their short film!

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

"We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" is a Hugo finalist!!! Thank you to everyone who read and voted, and to @johnjosephadams.com and the wonderful team at @lightspeedmagazine.com! Congrats to all my fellow finalists!

Screenshot from the video announcement of the 2025 Hugo Finalists. Text on the left says "Best Short Story" and text on the right says "We will teach you how to read | We will teach you how to read, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, May 2024, Issue 168)

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