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Rebecca Long

@bexlong.bsky.social
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Writer, Editor, 🎬 Critic | Journalism: Guardian, Slate, Teen Vogue, etc | Creative: Flash Frog, HAD, Maudlin, etc | 🥇 Flash Fiction Mag '24 | Reader at @fracturedlit.bsky.social rebeccaclong.com

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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Google Search has fully replaced its built-in dictionary/thesaurus feature with AI, using sources like Reddit. Reddit is great, but Google used to pull definitions from Oxford! This was one of Google's most useful features for me as a writer/editor, and now it's useless & untrustworthy.
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Woof 😔
James Van Der Beek as himself in Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Had zero experience with mysteries but picked up Liz Moore's God of the Woods this year because of the cover, and I've been inhaling mysteries since. It was *that* good.
God of the Woods book cover
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Serves me right for trying to Google something about Yom Kippur
AI Overview for a Google search about Yom Kippur. It reads: "While it is not possible for a person or an AI to literally write your name in the spiritual Book of Life, the Bible outlines the path to ensuring your name is included. In Christianity, this is achieved through faith in Jesus Christ, not by performing specific acts or using a ritual formula."
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Love Island USA is once again knocking it out of the park
screen cap from Love Island USA
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Even in these dark times, people are still really funny 💖 "Honk if u miss Pangea"
Car with bumper stickers
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Thinking of her* *the discontinued Subaru Baja
Subaru baja on a beach
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
New poem from me!!! Read "Oldest Daughter" in @talkvomit.bsky.social :) talkvomit.com/2024/12/24/o...
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I carry cherry-flavored Pesto Bismol tablets with me wherever I go. I carry a lot of things just in case: Advil, pens, tampons, a mental list of everyone I’ve ever met’s likes and dislikes and birthdays. I have eyes in the back of my head, so I carry Refresh drops (the kind without preservatives) to keep them sharp. I carry mace and a pink keychain shaped like a cat that doubles as a weapon. I carry 10 almonds, which my mom taught me is a whole meal. I carry a certificate I won in third grade for being “The Most Well Behaved.” Oh, did I mention I have a tail? A monkey tail, not a dog tail. So I can catch my younger sister when she falls and carry more things. I carry a few wadded-up plastic bags with me when I go out just in case someone drinks too much and needs a place to puke. I carry sunscreen and chapstick (the kind with sunscreen) and nail polish. A homing pigeon roosts in my hair. She carries letters and the whole world’s misjudgment, so the least I can do is carry her eggs in the nest of my curls. I carry band aids in case someone scrapes a knee or gets their heart broken. I carry an extra set of thumbs to help friends craft kind but firm texts to lovers who don’t deserve them. I wear a halo most days, and it’s getting heavy — my head throbs and my neck buckles under its weight — but don’t worry, I carry a neck brace with me, too, just in case. I’m nothing if not prepared.
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I'm in a book!! Pick up @polygon.com's Year of the Ring Anthology from Insight Editions 🥰✨ insighteditions.com/products/yea...
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 12/08/2023
I'm cat sitting two absolute buffoons
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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 04/07/2023
A lit mag accepted my story 🥲 my first ever fiction publication!!!!!!!!!!!
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