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R. Cooper

@rcooper.bsky.social
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writer of romantic stories. only occasionally breaks a reader's heart. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ riscooper.com

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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 1h
<3 I didn't consider it for that reason.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 1h
Was just reminded that not everyone saw my announcement about switching newsletter providers, so if you missed that and you want newsletters from me (or just the free short in the first one in the archive): buttondown.com/RCooper
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Your Heart for a Story of Mine, the newsletter
For fans of the Beings, or witchy Familiar Spirits boys, or Arden Canamorra, or anyone else I write about. A newsletter for updates, release information, sneak peeks, charity drive info, and general c...
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 2h
Ty! I spent it today on a living room redo but I suspect it was needed. I have been cleaning up my suitable murder notes though. (my notes turn into my outlines) which involves sitting down, so yay!
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 2h
sometimes it is necessary to move around all of your furniture for your mental health. note: not physical health. you will be sore.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 23h
...if my brain/energy allows... maybe I will do a tiny birthday story this year. Let me get Firecats all finalized and finishing cleaning up A Suitable Murder notes... and then maybe a small, fun thing.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2026
Having trouble deciding which books to buy from Amazon during Prime Days? Try this: None, then go support an independent bookstore instead. 😌
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Billy Wilder's wonderful grave, at Westwood Village Memorial Park — L.A.
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His Bark Materials🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌌 @oneiriccanid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It sounds like the men who raped her knew who she was and did it because she’s a Democrat running for office, in case you don’t want to read a graphic account of a sexual assault.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
As budget director, Russell Vought has often ignored Congress by … not signing the checks. At other times, he’s been able to take money Congress intended for one thing and use it for something else by justifying it as a “national emergency.” Listen to our latest episode:
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Podcast: Who’s the Shadow President?
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ugh I have seen those people in Trump crowds cheering his 'make Canada the 51st state' BS and then getting mad or crying when they get boycotted. Those stupid assholes so happy at their chance to be openly cruel do not deserve to be forgiven.
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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.club · 06/10/2026
“That’s What You Get,” (Riot! 2007)
"America is grateful all the time for our federal law enforcement officers who keep us safe," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News. "We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice," the agency's statement said.

Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS' statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: "And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***"
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demotivational speaker. 🎃👻 @heysita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My coworker said he asked ChatGPT something and everyone on Zoom boo'ed him 😭 I personally just put a thumbs down.
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Man Giving Thumbs Down at Baseball Game
Alt: Man Giving Thumbs Down at Baseball Game
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026
Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...
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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.
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Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Banned Books Week continues! Today’s featured book is ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE by George M. Johnson, a memoir about growing up Black and queer and finding your identity. The book has been frequently challenged for its discussions of sexuality, sexual experiences, and LGBTQ+ identity.
All Boys Aren’t Blue is a memoir in which George M. Johnson shares personal essays about growing up Black and queer and finding their identity.

All Boys Aren’t Blue is frequently challenged for its discussions of sexuality, sexual experiences, and LGBTQ+ identity.
Librarians do so much more than put books on shelves. They help readers find information, build collections that serve their communities, and navigate challenges to intellectual freedom.

Take a few minutes today to email, message, or stop by and thank a school or public librarian for the work they do. A little support can go a long way.

FreedomToReadProject.org
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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 06/10/2026
Bookshop dot org is doing free shipping today and tomorrow! In case you're in need of fresh books (and who isn't?), I duplicated my Queer SFF Books lists over there for your browsing convenience.
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Queer Adult SFF! Bookshop
All the queer adult science fiction and fantasy that I can find!Hi, I'm K.A. Doore and I write and read and adore queer adult SFF. I've been curating a queer SFF list since 2019 and sharing it on my b...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I know there are good people in Nebraska. But the ones who cheered? Personally, I am never forgetting that.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Maga in red states cheering at the thought of millions of American deaths (including the military they claim to love) because they are in a blue state is more of that cold civil war some have been talking about.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yup! Just them trying to explain to me why they need it so much. 🙄
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seeing authors discuss how telling their friends about genAI stealing from them made the friends less enthusiastic about it, and that is great. Everyone I told irl just keeps on using it and loving it. 🙃
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Headache day again. Rude because I have notes to clean up and also I want to read more of the tyrant and his fish boy! Ruuuuude. Fish boy denied! Arden having a breakdown or something denied!
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Count Draugula @artd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
the abolitionist's dilemma
venn diagram
left
some people need their ass beat
right
punishment does not transform people
middle
me
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
tag team! :P
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
people who got angry about those buddha statues should be even angrier about this
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Correct!
Angela Van Der Pluym
@anjewla90

Failed congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh sits on top of a sign with her friends in Bridgeview, Illinois that calls Jake Lang a pedophile.


@DRSABHAFIERCE video depicting me, her, and Demi sitting atop her truck with a screen showing Jake lang’s texts to minors and the words JAKE LANG IS A PEDO
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ha I am not a mystery writer so trying to plot this is just me constantly realizing, oh Arden would notice that.
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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For New Yorkers who want to participate in #BannedBooksWeek, I'm hosting a romance read-in at Book Club Bar tomorrow night at 7:30! We're raising money for Authors Against Book Bans and will be raffling off some great romances.
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Romance Read-In to Benefit Authors Against Book Bans
It's Banned Books Week - so we're calling on romance readers to support Authors Against Book Bans and fight back against censorship!
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The problem with writing Arden Canamorra as a detective is that he notices too much. Gotta keep distracting him so he doesn't solve things immediately. lol Mattin putting in the work!
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I could try to get Help from literally any company online and waste time "talking" to their AI agent with a person's name stuck on it! I wanna talk to my friend!!
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
your chatbot is not a friend and it's not unique and it's not exclusive to you. if we wanted to, we could talk to them. but we are trying to talk to you, our friend/family member/colleague. for your insight or humor or perspective. put down the chatbot and try to remember how to hold a conversation
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ranted about this on tumblr but dear people who regularly use genAI: people want to talk to *you* when they talk to you. they do not want cut and paste chatbot responses and they don't want to hear what Claude said. if they wanted that, they would ask the fucking chatbots themselves.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 02/10/2026
St Louis and Philadelphia's city councils just became the first to officially endorse the Starbucks Boycott. Starbucks is the biggest violator of US labor law in history, and it's time we ALL push back against corporate greed. ✊
8 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members smile and hold signs and banners saying "BOYCOTT STARBUCKS"7 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members pose with fists up inside the St Louis capital. They hold signs that say BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Elon Musk being asked his opinion on anything is so funny (in a dark, we will all die because he's an arrogant dipshit who does not actually know anything sort of way)
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026
Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
their medicare cuts are kicking in early and have older people (and many others) in a panic, and these guys are like, a $500 check will get their votes back???? That won't even cover their new health care costs for a month.
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
always fascinating to see the early stages of things. sometimes it's like seeing a baby albatross vs an adult, and sometimes it's like baby anakin vs darth vader
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
newsletter tomorrow! firecats! audiobook questions! a MURDER!
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a few stores like that in the SF Bay Area and LA I think. (Far from me though, alas alack.)
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Crafters, there is a survey that is tentatively asking about the idea of a Joanne's type network or business but as a co-op. If you have thoughts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Welcome to Jo2.0
Joann Fabrics is gone, and a lot of us are feeling that hole. This survey is step one in exploring whether crafters could build something better, a member-owned, crafter-run alternative (think REI, bu...
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He knows nothing about anything and is high most of the time (allegedly) so why not, I guess. Who needs experts when you have a guy who pays people to beat video games for him (also allegedly)?
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Sarah @spressto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And @democracybookclub.bsky.social has launched! On Tyranny is this month, with The Nerd Reich by @gilduran.com, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times @skyeperryman.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the docket for future months. Anyone want to be a book club lead? Let me know. #booktok
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R. Cooper @rcooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Idk if it's because I am avoiding the newest Microsoft update, although I don't see how, but Bluesky and Meta won't show images I upload lately if I add alt-text.
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Andy Kroll @andykroll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: We dive deep into Trump "shadow president" Russ Vought in the new episode of PAPER TRAIL, @propublica.org's podcast. I'm so excited about this. You will hear Vought - on tape! - in a way you haven't before. Pls listen — and subscribe to PAPER TRAIL www.propublica.org/podcast/who-...
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Who’s the Shadow President?
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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