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Laini Taylor

@lainitaylor.bsky.social
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NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke & Bone series and Strange the Dreamer duology. Inventor of gods, eater of mangoes, killer of darlings, mother of yetis, keeper of ghosts. Portland, OR.

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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Had a blast at Helium comedy club tonight for The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini, Matt Lieb, Abby Martin, Mike Figueredo, and Portland City Council member Sameer Kanal. Such a relief to be in a room full of progressives 😭😭❤️ @jimdibartolo.bsky.social
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“War-ravaged”!?!?! This is such insane bullshit. That’s what they WANT and are determined to manifest. The only wars in Portland are what the fascists bring 😡
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Hi Congress, how’s it going? What’d you do today? Got any fun impeachments planned or not so much?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Just in case anyone wants a reminder of how Trump helped create the situation he's now using as justification to bomb Iran. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ira...
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What was in the Iran nuclear deal and why did Trump withdraw the US from it?
Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the deal followed two years of negotiations during the Obama administration.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I am once again reminding everyone that the President does not get to declare war, that is solely the responsibility of Congress.
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Donald Trump and JD Vance are about to open up Iraq War 2.0, and Democratic leadership is just…nowhere to be seen?
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The scale of the rally in Portland is MASSIVE. Simultaneously crossing the Morrison and Hawthorne Bridges in one long parade of democracy. Tens of thousands of people. #NoKings
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Portland, Oregon #NoKings
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Tracy @blondiebombshell.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Thousands showed up in Portland, Oregon today! #NoKings.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Yes to the Constitution. Yes to immigrants. Yes to rule of law and due process. Yes to human rights and civil rights. No to fascism. No to billionaires. No to ICE. No to kleptocracy. NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
No kings graphic showing a crown with a line through itNo kings graphic reading: no kings in America since 1766No kings graphic showing a red fist punching a crowned skull
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No kings
Fours different hands pull a golden crown apart, surrounded by the words "Many hands make light work."
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We feed you. They hunt us.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Do you think the thorough education @dieworkwear.bsky.social gives this guy got through? I have such low faith in people’s abilities to learn and change their minds, but this is *chef’s kiss*
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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 09/06/2025
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New York: spread the word!
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
A win! The bill: “Prohibits discrimination when selecting or retaining school library materials, textbooks or instructional materials or when developing and implementing a curriculum.” Good job, Oregon! 🙌🏼
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Just a couple of stable geniuses being stable. So genius. So stable. Ruling the world like champs, showing us how it’s done.
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two men in suits and red ties are running down a street
Alt: two men in suits (with trump and musk heads) dancing down a street
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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason
a screenshot from King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) where a Japanese official says "if we're lucky, both will die"
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Hey guys, whatcha up to? Not much here…
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a person in a mask is standing in front of a fire .
Alt: a person in a mask is standing in front of a fire laughing like a maniac
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I really wanted this to be parody but it’s not 😭😭 Via @levernews.com
News snippet including “tax cut on the purchase of gun silencers” 😭😭
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
Lanikai Beach, Oahu, water the color of a sea-green crayon, rocky islets offshore, and big billowy clouds.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The best part of any festival is, of course, the readers—and the other authors!—and it was so cool to meet French fantasy readers and French fantasy authors at Echos & Merveilles ❤️ (Everyone is linked at my IG if you want to find them :)
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Mother’s Day pics, include my mama and my kiddo, brunch pastries, and my parents’ enchanted garden ❤️❤️❤️
Spanish-style courtyard garden with brick floor and white plaster arch, filled with flowers. Author Laini Taylor with her mother.Author Laini Taylor with her daughter, sticking their tongues out; in front of the Columbia River. Brunch of pastries, quiche, green salad, fruit salad.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
☠️☠️☠️
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james 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“Be an optimist, read the imaginary.” Good advice from a French bookshop window 👍🏻👍🏻
A pretty, dreamy poster in a shop window, showing clouds and a woman’s face, with the words, “Soyez optimiste, lisez l’imaginaire.”
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A look at the Echos & Merveilles festival in France last week! It was so fun to get to chat with French readers—and French fantasy authors!! (And also eat pastries 🥐😛)
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I watched Conclave on the plane last week, and now feel like I can visualize exactly how this all went down.
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a man in a red robe with a cross around his neck is standing in front of a group of cardinals .
Alt: a man in a red robe with a cross around his neck is standing in front of a group of cardinals .
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The pet dragon showing at Echos & Merveilles festival was pretty fabulous ❤️❤️ (Has anyone seen these kind of dragons in the US? I hadn’t and now I need one…)
Man with pet red dragon on his shouldersMan with beige furred dragon riding on his shoulders Man holding small pet dragon with a furred ruff and horns
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I spent the day in Toulouse, France yesterday. It was gorgeous ❤️
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is Lilith, another one of the creatures at Halle de la Machine in Toulouse 😍😍 Imagine seeing her make her way through the city to rendez-vous with the Minotaur!
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
An incredible thing that I saw yesterday in Toulouse! Behold the Minotaur, by La Machine, the incredible French company that make colossal creature machines—You can see the two “machinistes” in orange who are puppeteering it, and the passengers on its back!!
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Fuck this. Nope. Dead to me.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Oh my god 😔😔😔 If my hatred could make hell real, there would be a special spot in it for Stephen Miller. And maybe hell IS real! I hope so. No earthly punishment could ever, ever be enough.
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
☠️☠️☠️
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The fascist playbook in action:
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Picked up a few things at Broadway Books and Cosmic Monkey in Portland today—including Blackwing’s 2025 Independent Bookstore Day pencils 🙌🏼
Stack of books and a box on Blackwing pencils, with a bouquet of peonies on a pink tableI ❤️ my indie bookstore stickers, with pencils Independent Bookstore Day badge
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
ABOLISH ICE 🤬 ABOLISH REPUBLICANS ☠️
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
What we *could* have gotten for snacks… (look at the yellow olives flavor 😂) 😵😵
Peeps flavored IceeCheetos popcorn
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Let’s do this! #sinners @jimdibartolo.bsky.social
Sinners movie poster Laini and Jim in dark theater with popcorn
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Hey guys! My writing community’s weekly Zoom is open to the public this Sunday for our April book club with author Jenni Howell, whose first novel, Boys With Sharp Teeth, debuted on the NYT bestseller list!!! Come join us at 11am Pacific: www.patreon.com/posts/127302...
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Oof, I knew measles sucked but I didn’t know it did this:
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
In a Miss Rumphius way, have you done something for the sole purpose of leaving beauty for the people who come after you? Do you think about it, have any plans? It’s such a lovely thought, to leave a legacy of wonder ❤️
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
These peonies always bloom way ahead of the rest and they’re so magnificent, I always feel a burst of gratitude to the unknown soul who lived in our house in the past and planted them ❤️
Gorgeous pink peonies bloomingGorgeous pink peonies bloomingGorgeous pink peonies bloomingGorgeous pink peonies blooming
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
@kenmartin.bsky.social Hey Ken, just want you to know that I support @davidhogg.bsky.social’s DNC, not yours. We’re sick of the mealymouthed centrist, do-nothing, voter-blaming fundraisers that pass for Democrats and desperately need new blood and new meaning. Thwart this at your peril.
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