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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Years ago, I found the short story "We Shall not be Bitter at the End of the World" Aside from the impending comet and the decompression of reality, it's exactly the sort of lovely gathering I wish for your thanksgiving. Look up Light Speed Magazine Podcast or read their magazine online.

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David Anaxagoras | We Shall Not Be Bitter at the End of the World

It’s my twelfth birthday and we’re all waiting for Wormwood and everyone is here and I mean everyone. Me and Mom and Dad and Big Pa which is my grandpa who was the strong man at one of the last travel...

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Me at home: Oh no! So many symptoms! How will I survive? Me at the doctor's office: I feel fantastic. I am the healthiest woman alive. Go ahead, give me another test. I'll get an A plus on bloodwork.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Me: *Explaining menstruation in a careful, measured, and age-appropriate way. Education experts would weep with pride. Surely, my daughter will remember and cherish this insight.* 6 yr old: So my monster truck and my Charizard need to battle now.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The face of a criminal who was absolutely chilling on my bed like she pays rent.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Man, I've been paying life insurance for 15 years and I haven't even died once.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

It's Real Bad, right? We all agree that masked agents abducting people from their homes is a bad thing, yes? Ok, so none of us like it but it's happening anyways. Welp. I already tried doomscrolling; that didn't fix anything. I guess the next step is protesting.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I have a whole week without a doctor's appointment. I've made progress, the slow "try this and come back in 3 months" kind of progress. But what a relief to stay home and keep to my schedule. The unparalleled luxury of being alone for 5 hours straight.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The vibe at the rapture was way off. Lights too bright. Trumpets too loud. Went home early.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I needed bigger pants so I ordered bigger pants but Great Calamity Befell me and the new pants are too big. I am now excused from the burden of pants altogether. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The Only Minority Destroying the Country are the Billionaires #handsoff #utah50501

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I shouldn't have eaten their food or joined in their moonlight dance. The fae gave the gift of vocab test perfection, but cursed me with time blindness. Now, I can't tell the difference between 45 minutes and 2 hrs. All tasks are equally urgent. I suffer still, though the vocab tests are no more

A tweet saying hey fellow neurodivergent folks who were designate gifted growing up? They weren't wrong, they just didn't specify who the gifts were from. Turns out it was the fae.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I'm on the Internet! This is a monthly book club hosted by LTUE - Life, the Universe, & Everything Symposium. If you're obsessed with Terry Pratchett Books like I am, you can listen to me fangirl alongside Kristy Gilbert and Elesa Hagberg.

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Books, the Universe, and Everything presents: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

YouTube video by LTUE - Life, the Universe, and Everything

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 27/01/2025

Hey, while we're talking about erasing history: In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun." The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen. So they refused to announce a winner🤡

James Harvey III, Tuskegee airman, leader of the team that won the US military's first aerial gunnery competition for combat aviators. AKA, Top Gun. James Harvey is a handsome Black man in WW2 uniform with an indomitableble look of calm confidence.

Tom Cruise in an aviation suit and Rayban aviator sunglasses from Top Gun.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It's ok--more than ok--to disconnect and create. The news is less than worthless if it paralyzes you. Anyways, here's my weird dog doing her weird pose.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

resist.bot Every week. Relentlessly and with grace. Resistbot reaches out to your reps. They have petitions and writing prompts to get you started. Utah: protect the collective bargaining rights of public employees like teachers and firefighters. Reach out to your reps and tell them NO on HB267

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

"if Napoleon Dynamite grew up in Detroit"

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

"If I were a horse, I'd run as fast as I want without my mom bossing me around." Surly, feral, and failing to meet my word count. My vibe remains unchanged since '95

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

My least favorite thing about AI is when I see a cool picture of a bird I've never seen before I have to question the very existence of the aforementioned bird.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I finally followed all of my old beloved twitter accounts on bluesky Here's hoping that scrolling feels like the good ol' days of twitter, rather than the late-stage trash fire of X

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I tell people what to do with their imaginary friends.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 31/12/2024

Today (December 31) is the final day to apply for my upcoming Short Story Cohort. In three months, you'll have written and polished new stories to submit for publication. Learn more here: maryrobinettekowal.com/short-story-cohort/

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Short Story Cohort

WRITING, COACHING, CRITIQUE, and COMMUNITY Join Mary Robinette Kowal for a transformative three-month writing experience, designed to help you learn the craft of short stories while also generating…

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 27/12/2024

Write because you are going to run out of everything else: time, money, fucks to give. But you will never run out of your own bullshit. You could live forever on this unlimited fuel of emotional damage and charm. Plus people think you're funny. You're such a good writer. Live más.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

"and he overturned the tables of the money-changers"

To the Insurance Executive
Who Denied My Heart Procedure

You may not think it is worth it,
but at night, in the dark
before morning,
my son lays his ear on my garbled heart
and tells me it is beautiful music.
He doesn't fathom
what you did to me,
that you've traded our days of playing
for a few small pieces of silver.
All he thinks
is my father's heart is music.
I hear. I hear. I knew.
Ruler, the children
will outlive you.
I wish you
a long, long life of silences
while dreamers hear the living world is singing.
The one you have denied a life is you.

—Joseph Fasano

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

5 yr old continues to be spooky. Now she's making demon puppets like it's no big deal. "This is a mean guy. He pushes little guys. He wants a can of corn for breakfast."

Paper puppet with horns and a scary, scribbly face

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

A cozy scene, illuminated in the light of a Christmas tree, a family, watching a Muppet Christmas carol. I peel oranges for my 5 year old, and hand feed them to her piece by piece. 5yr old squishes each bit slowly in her mouth. 5 yr old: I like the blood. Me:...you mean the juice? 5 yr old: ok

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

If I seem like a creeper who likes all your comments, know that I'm only following a few dozen people on Blue sky. Still haven't synced my contacts from other platforms. You, yes you, are probably the funniest person on my feed.

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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you - have never published anything - have no readers - didn't write anything this month - didn't write anything this year - can't articulate words anymore - can only float and mournfully wail - were murdered ten years ago on this very spot

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Old Gods of Appalachia! Because of course it takes a horror podcast to make me feel like I've come home. The atmosphere is so textured, terrifying, and true.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I told Shane I was stuck on a novel, couldn't make the POV work, and the whole thing was probably a bad idea. He gently agreed that the premise *might* be a little overcomplicated. I am now a creature of spite and defiance, rage and the storm, my blood of ink and my flesh of paper.

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Laura McGill @thelauramcgill.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Just tucking in Ayla after a walk in the rain.

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