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anita kelly 🌈

@anitakellywrites.bsky.social
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Writer of queer romance. Last: DONUT SUMMER, out now 🍩 Next: HEARTWAVES #2, out sometime 2026 (hopefully lol) they/them

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14h
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Get Holly Rowe’s name out of your fucking mouth The AUDACITY
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
Young Anton Chekhov, the playwright, looking super hot in his 20s
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Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 08/09/2026
Historicals for $1-$2: Lorraine Heath Edition! THE DUCHESS HUNT TEXAS GLORY SCOUNDREL OF MY HEART THE OUTLAW AND THE LADY IN BED WITH THE DEVIL THE DUCHESS HUNT bookshop.org/a/5779/97800... www.kobo.com/us/en/search... books.apple.com/us/author/lo... amzn.to/4ysDvY9 #bde
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hell yeah
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 31/08/2026
I think it's worth pointing out that Olivia Rodrigo is 23, has a fan base that in part skews as young as middle school and she has been vocal and consistent in her support of abortion access.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/08/2026
Fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Trump administration for censorship aje.news/qyd34s
Fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Trump administration for censorship
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I won’t be reading that “Dolly was neutral” article, but here’s her song about the 19th Amendment in case you haven’t heard it: youtu.be/GPDY8MlT_T4?...
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27: The Most Perfect Album | Dolly Parton | 19th Amendment (MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by WNYC Studios
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
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Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’
The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The way Kenny Rogers’ whole face lights up the moment he hears Dolly Parton’s voice coming from offstage.
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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in 2005, Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the film Hustle and Flow ("Hard Out Here For A Pimp"). Dolly Parton was nominated in the same category. After celebrating heavily, they had a nice personal note awaiting them when they arrived back home.
An excerpt of the oral history of Three 6 Mafia winning an Oscar in 2005 as told to Variety.

DJ Paul: I woke up in my hotel room the next morning with my housecoat on and a bottle of champagne in my hand, and the phone ringing because the Hollywood Reporter or somebody was calling for an interview and taking pictures of us. Then we did some interviews and flew back home.

When we landed there was so many people in the airport waiting for us, there was applause, the minute we stepped off the airplane people started going crazy, it was almost like a little parade at the airport for us. It was crazy.

Juicy J: When we got back to Memphis, Dolly Parton actually sent us a letter congratulating us and signed it, saying she was just happy [the award] came back to Tennessee.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You got to live at the same time as Dolly Parton!! What a gift.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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VoteRiders @voteriders.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Happy birthday to the iconic Marsha P. Johnson! 🌟 A fierce trans activist, Marsha dedicated her life to fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. Today, let's honor her legacy by making sure we’re ready to elect leaders who will build a democracy where liberation is possible for all of us.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There’s an aggressively paid for influence op going on right now to defend AI slop as art and protected speech across platforms. AI execs realize they have a problem and don’t wanna get Marie Antoinette’d. The free ChatGPT trip is the tip of the iceberg. First person to nail it down gets a Pulitzer.
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
the way Press has been so excited about hyping up Tobin all weekend 🥺 idk makes me wanna write a romance novel
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Tobin Heath just walked right by me on the concourse. City is abuzz. Lesbians emotional. What a day already
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 21/08/2026
I think it is remarkable to the extent the opposition party is still largely silent about the extrajudicial gulag archipelago that the sitting administration is using to turn innocent immigrants into political prisoners and slaves in third nations
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Shameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
How much do you think this fine will be? Tash went IN on the men who keep throwing these green dildos 😭😂 #WNBA
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Part of the reason a lot of super rich people are so awful is that when normal people get an absurd amount of money, they immediately start looking around for who they can help.
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
drove by a sign for “arise church” and until I was right upon it really thought it said “arse church.” chuckled to myself for a good five minutes. was eating a Dairy Queen blizzard at the same time. a good day
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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I think it's bad that the UK press can escalate what is essentially a workplace matter into national news ahead of the fucking country being on fire and then get away with hounding their victim until they die.
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
went to sit on the bus, found a small fancy box of chocolates on the seat. It was still sealed. Opened it and ate them and they were delicious. Posting this for posterity in case I die so people know I went out the way I wanted
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/08/2026
For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...
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Here's How the WNBA Can Win the Anti-Trans Controversy
The league has a golden opportunity to make a definitive and educational point about trans athletes–if it has the courage to do it
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Bauhaus Milhaus
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I know I shouldn’t encourage a culture of violence or whatever but I do, unfortunately, find emily engstler’s black eye hot
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Standing in line for a free Mountain Goats show/signing event at the local record shop; all that was required was a preorder of the new record. The store has given us our orders as we wait. Every single other person in the long line has a record. Only *I* am cool enough to have ordered…a CD
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.
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DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🥰 the relief of being at a non-fever wnba game 🥰
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Frederick Smith, Ed.D. @fsmith827.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A free online event for Bookstore Romance Day! 💜🌈📚 Love Is Queer: A Panel w/ Adib Khorram, Timothy Janovsky, Frederick Smith, Jonny Garza Villa, & Tom Vellner. Sun, 8/16/26, 12 noon Eastern / 9 am Pacific Event info: www.eventbrite.com/e/love-is-qu... #BookstoreRomanceDay #BookSky #Romancelandia
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 01/08/2026
Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
on the way to the game my wife kept coaching me and our son to not say anything to the anti-trans protestors because that’s what they want. Spent the whole bus ride here coaching myself to listen. The moment we pass a bunch of losers with Sophie signs, wife yells MEDIOCRE PLAYER lolol
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 31/07/2026
Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
yes, and unfailingly predictive of absolute cowardice. If someone waffles on trans rights, they're wrong and gross, but also, you know they're just spineless losers who don't care about anything. nope, bye, next.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 30/07/2026
graphic in that "in this house we believe" style with the multiple lines in different colors on a black background reading:

IN THIS HOUSE WE BELIEVE:
YOU SHOULD
BLOCK
THAT GUY
YEAH THAT GUY
FOR REAL BLOCK HIM RIGHT NOW
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
could really use a deviled egg based holiday right now
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/07/2026
See you in court, creep.
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My girl Bridget did so good in the first round of the 3 point contest but it’s hard to be mad about Azzi winning 😭
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Some LOAC issues raised by Trump’s latest version of this threat: —threat of indiscriminate attacks (not against specific military objectives) —threat of attacks against civilian objects (not all those targets will be military obj) —threat of violence intended to terrorize civilian population
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
if I wanted to get into Star Trek where should I start
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I need this game to end. I do not like it
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Oli @oliaworth96.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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anita kelly 🌈 @anitakellywrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I knew PS22 would make me cry but I was not prepared for Muppets
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
there’s my president rooting for his future home argentina
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
1. BREAKING Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami by the U.S. Marshals Service. Statement below from the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service about additional charges being filed against the brothers. The Tate brothers are now facing a total of 59 charges.
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