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JR Maxwell

@thejrmaxwell.bsky.social
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schmoopy smut writer, knitter, agender queer, PNWer, Episcopalian, funnier than you'd think 🧶📚 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ jr-maxwell.author-pages.com

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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 5h
OK yes it was a good funeral, except for the part where a man in full military uniform did the reading of 'blessed are the peacemakers' and my brain fully glitched. Anyway, RIP Great-Uncle Chuck, the last of his generation of the Henry & Freligh lines.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 14h
"I need evidence that he's breaking the law." "I don't think he is breaking the law. I think the law just sucks. Now get in the hole." Leverage: Redemption 3x1 The Weekend in Paris Job
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 14h
Doesn't matter how great the article is if it's behind a paywall. Because even a 'free' account is paying: I would then be seeing adverts from companies that pay the news outlet to play those ads for me. I would be generating revenue for the news outlet. Nothing is free, fam.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 15h
TIL knitting takes two-thirds of the yarn crocheting does. WHAT. Which has pros and cons in general, but as I'm already playing yarn chicken with this particular project, I've not got much choice. Boo.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me and my mama touristing it up at a museum cafe in Oregon with the cutest dang table decorations.
An older white lady looking at a menu, and a table centerpiece of felt flowers.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well. I say "Negative, Ghost Rider" all the fucking time, but I actually say "Negatory, Ghostwriter" because I've never seen Top Gun, I was a tween of the 90s, and that's how my brain works.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've never really felt the whole 'I wish I had someone special to share this with' thing, like sunsets or movies or idk other couples type stuff. But gosh I wish I had somebody I to squeak at about every step in this publishing journey. Because there are a LOT of steps, and a LOT of feelings.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I'm too literal for this" - something I've said out loud about two things today, and probably one reason I'm single
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And! Today I got this! Crochet thread #40 and #50 for my brother's wedding present, which will be a fancy knitted lace tablecloth and placemats.
Six balls of VERY VERY TINY ecru thread, and my fingers with dark fingernail polish
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm doing it authentically 🤓
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I just got to sing a favorite piece by a favorite composer in a giant echoey sanctuary with an organist who could actually play all the notes (Britten is no joke) and it was fucking magnificent. Like greeting an old friend you didn't realize you'd missed quite so much.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *blistering*. No notes.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mm, woke up angry today. Will do my very best to use it for good, but I make no promises.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lovvvveeeeeee this!!
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
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Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do
VEVEY, SWITZERLAND - Nestlé executives gathered from around the world to announce their grave concern regarding the impact that artificial intelligence’s water consumption will have on their own abili...
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someday I'll learn to tag things before hitting Post. Le sigh.
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Matt LeBlanc's 'Excessive Oldness' Diagnosis
ALT: Matt LeBlanc's 'Excessive Oldness' Diagnosis
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let's dance :D:D:D
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every time I see someone use their religion as an excuse to exclude trans people in some court case or other, I think about how I genuinely believe that it is my religious duty towards God to transition, and how stressed a judge would be if we ended up opposite each other in the same case.
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 29/09/2026
Tennessee Legislators Demand Genital Check of Starbucks Mermaid: tinyurl.com/4v28assy
Starbucks mermaid scowling while closing and holding both her fins off to the side
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just got to wrestle with I mean pet a giant 2yo golden retriever who was so happy he drooled on me, so my day is MADE 😍
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
omfg i lied about not having a playlist for bk1, it's clearly the soundtrack of The Incredibles on repeat what was i even thinking, pffft
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Honestly, the most unrealistic thing about my superhero book is that the lead gets two parking spaces with his low-end Los Angeles-area apartment.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just got handed a work escalation that begs me to give this gentle reminder: Do not trust the gmail appointment or tracking summary headers. They can be wrong, and that can fuck up a lot of stuff for you if you don't read the actual email.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This week I need to do hard things and I don't like it. - socials and planning socials for bk1's 11/28 release - arranging a CYA legal consult for my publishing company - deciding whether to do bk1 ARCS through a service or DIY - getting my mother to and through an extended family funeral in Oregon
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Ariana Grande: But Whatever
Alt: Ariana Grande: 'But Whatever'
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TFW you're the morning person who has to do the dance to turn on the motion-activated office bathroom lights for the day
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Accessibility benefits everybody! My brain is so literal that if there's not an obvious indication of a new scene, I can easily lose the plot, in all senses lol. Function > Aesthetics, as uncool as that may be
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sir Fluffybutt of Chirpshire (OK his name is Flash) (but come on)
My fluffy tabby cat in my yellow chair in front of a bookcase and beside an upright piano
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I haven't been to church in a while, and I do miss it. But sitting in my yellow chair, in the sunshine, a fluffy cat in my lap, listening to Britten and reading my dad's recently-handed-down New Oxford Annotated Bible is turning out to be pretty dang good too. (The nerdiest Bible btw, omg.)
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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What are you waiting on?
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
!!! One of my succulents is flowering! I am a god!
A wee pink-orange flower bud at the end of a stalk with a bunch of other closed budsThe whole succulent, which I do not know how to describe but it's green and yellow and like... Like fish fighting over food at the surface of a lake?
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The final formatted version of my first book, which I just officially paid for, will be delivered on National Coming Out Day. As is right and proper.
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Gabby Williams for the gays
Alt: Gabby Williams says "FOR THE GAYS" into the camera on court
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well, today makes twice I've been on a train as it ran over a human being. Not... a great way to end a day.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let's make typos sexy.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Well I just clocked that I came our as bi three years before this day existed, and it made me laugh. I don't identify as bi anymore, haven't for years, I'm just saying I'm An Old Queer. Which is something to be proud of in and of itself.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sometimes having a book you counted on making you feel good actually make you feel awful is good motivation to write stuff you know will for sure make you feel good, so there's that silver lining.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
nail polish being DRY and nail polish being SET are not the same thing I know this! And yet! Every time!
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I CAN DO THIS.
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 23/09/2026
Local Transphobe Not Sure How Much Longer He Can Pretend to Care About Women’s Sports: tinyurl.com/mry79s75
Man looking panicked, stressed, and burned out with a hand on his forehead at a girls high school basketball game
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yeah so this frozen shoulder thing can officially fuck RIGHT the hell off, amirite. It's a good thing I've done something with my year, or this getting slapped in the face by my age would have felled me for sure.
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Leverage Eliot Spencer
ALT: Leverage Eliot Spencer
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026
Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...
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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HOW IS IT ONLY TUESDAY
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
why yes I want to read any romance novel that gets called 'too woke' or 'anti-white' gimme
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
spaghetti noodles (cooked) + ketchup + 'no bacon was harmed in the making of these' bacon bits + 'yes there's wood pulp in here' parmesan sprinkles Still tasty.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I haven't used past tense as a writer since the 2000s. (Flashbacks excepted.) I read them all, and happily, but present tense matches my writing style and I can't imagine going back.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was the state fair, my bad. But anyway, I made it out. I watched the rides and saw the chickens and had a corn dog. Oh and I met an alpaca named Chad. Checkity check for another year.
A shot through the bars of a pen with hay and two lazy alpacas eating said hay. The signs say they are from Simple Plan farms in Belfair Washington and their names are Apple and Chad.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the poster I had on my wall in middle school! Iconic. This album was so formative for me. Love.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes I'm queer as in fuck you but I'm also queer as in wtaf am I doing at the county fair (I'm here for the knitting) (I have possibly made a grave error)
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Ralph Wiggum: *Chuckles* I'm in danger.
ALT: Ralph Wiggum: *Chuckles* I'm in danger.
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Does this happen in other countries? 'Patriotic' versions of packaging with vague symbols and colors in a month with no related holidays?
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don't bother with dating apps bc my one deal-breaker is "can't think any human being deserves to be killed" and that is too high of a bar apparently
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JR Maxwell @thejrmaxwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I laid down for two minutes #cats
My cat glaring at me after settling on my stomach
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