@meredithspies
Queer Trans Nonbinary Writing Cryptid I write MM and MX romances and mysteries On Unceded Muckleshoot, Duwamish, and Puyallup Land www.linktr.ee/meredithspies (all the places to find me&my books including my direct shop)
@aclu.org has an app that lets people record *and upload* police misconduct videos. I'm sure they'd be more than happy to help your workers with videos of ICE misconduct, or help you set up one of your own. www.cnet.com/news/privacy...
hey for pride this year can we not label trans authors as "problematic" for daring to write smut featuring trans characters? this includes in ways you don't personally enjoy! grow the fuck up.
EMERGENCY LEGAL FUNDS NEEDED MULTIPLE ARRESTS MADE seattle police have arrested over a dozen counter protestors at an anti-trans rally in seattle already today and the event has multiple hours left still! this is a brazen display of who's side the cops are on, they arrest people from the community and protect fascist agitators from out of town. If able, please consider giving to help cover bail, legal fees, and cost of living impacted by anticipated doxxing. please put "Anderson" in the notes VENMO: SUPER_UW
venmo QR code for @super_uw
via super_uw on ig, legal fund for counter protesters arrested at the anti-trans rally in seattle today
Seattle's police can now use pepper spray for crowd control, and they wasted no time in doing so. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
The Revolution will not be televised
but a livestream seems unavoidable.
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On the 'zon and wide, including my direct storefront, my complete Science of Magic series is on sale for 99 cents each (so that's four ebooks for the price of one basically!) Links at my tree below.
If you like some science to your magic, I got you...
www.linktr.ee/meredithspies
I'm horrified.
Yesterday, I found out that the WA Asian Counseling and Referral Service office (ACRS) was notified of the cancellation of their Citizenship Instruction and Naturalization Application Services (CINAS) grant.
ACRS is vital and this funding must be restored.🧵
Image is of a book cover for Between the Lines by Meredith Spies. The image depicts a window letting in sunlight to illuminate a small plant on the sill as well as two framed photographs. The photo on the left is of a male-appearing couple from the early 1900s, in sepia tones and wearing long coats and fancy outfits. The photo on the right is a modern photo of two men caught in a casual moment. They are both wearing blue shirts, one flannel and one cambric. They both have dark hair but one has curly hair and one straight. They look as if they were caught mid-conversation, maybe an argument or slight disagreement. Between the two photos is a stack of old letters tied with twine. The title is in yellow across the top of the cover, the author's name in white across the bottom.
Between the Lines, a contemporary MM with a bit of mystery and featuring second chance small town romance with opposites attract and childhood sweethearts, is on sale for 99 cents across all the platforms inc. my direct site.
booksbymeredith.gumroad.com
www.books2read.com/betweenthelinesMM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
There are no words in the English language sufficient to describe how heartburstingly angry I am at the 8 traitors who just sold us all down the river.
It is our job as Americans to make sure they can NEVER appear in public life EVER again.
Die wretched and alone, unloved by your country.
Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
Image of a white square with Queer Romance is Resistance across the top. A heart in the nonbinary flag colors (yellow layer, then white layer, then purple layer, then black on bottom) is beside an image of the book cover for Faraway Places by Meredith Spies. The book cover is a purple, black, pink, yellow,orange, red, and white galaxy over the title in hot pink with the image of a shadowed figure staring up at the sky from a planet's surface.
Image is a white square with Queer Romance is Resistance across the top. A heart in the colors of the nonbinary flag (yellow layer, white layer, purple layer, then a black layer on bottom) is beside an image for the cover of Fetch (In the Pines Book One) by Meredith Spies. The cover for fetch is a blue and black tinted forest with a shadowy man in the center and a young masc nonbinary person in front of him. The nonbinary person is glowing slightly and there is a suitcase at their feet. The nonbinary person is wearing a yellow and blue plaid shirt and blue jeans. They have light brown hair and are white-appearing.
It's always a great time to support queer authors and queer stories, but now is an especially great time. Check out Queer Romance is Resistance promo on Bookfunnel and support, find, and enjoy new queer centered stories and support the indie author community.
books.bookfunnel.com/QueerRomance...
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It's always a great day to buy books from queer indie authors!
Faraway Places is out today! M/X sci fi romance. Approx 53k words, HEA.
"Ev Solis had dreamed of quitting their job, but not quite like this..."
booksbymeredith.gumroad.com
www.books2read.com/farawayplaces
Knowingly or not, liberal columnists and publications have contributed to a moment where the worst, most hateful actors feel emboldened, where they can thrive.
🏳️🌈 #LGBTHM is here! 🎉 Catch up on some of our LGBTHM episodes:
🎙️ Recording LGBTQIA+ history
🎙️ The legacy of Maurice Dobson
🎙️ A brief history of drag kings
🎙️ Going to school under Section 28
🎙️ Being northern, working class & gay in the 1900s
Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/4jrA1HZ...
Image is of a colorful nebula in shades of orange, white, pink, purple, black and yellow filling a night sky. A person stands in silhouette looking up at the colorful night sky, the ground and landscape also cast in shadow. The title Faraway Places is across the middle of the image in magenta letters with the author's name , Meredith Spies, on the bottom of the image in white letters.
If you like M/X sci fi with romance, then I got you. Available on my direct shop one whole week before you can find it anywhere else on Feb 7th.
booksbymeredith.gumroad.com/l/ftnkc
Ev and Tobit have never met in person. When they do, it's the start and end of something big...
Trump hands oligarchs the keys to the castle.
JUST IN: private citizen and oligarch, Elon Musk, takes control of government computer systems, locking government workers out of federal computer systems.
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Image is an old fashioned illustration seemingly out of a children's book. It depicts to mice, one dressed in a blue dress with black slippers and a long white apron and the other wearing brown shoes, yellow trousers, a white shirt, and a green jacket using a wooden rolling pin to apply deep pressure to a brown tabby wrapped up and a white object, most likely a blanket or bread dough. The cat has a startled expression while the two mice look determined.
January 29, 2025 M-25-14 MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget Me SUBJECT: Rescission of M-25-13 OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. If you have questions about implementing the President's Executive Orders, please contact your agency General Counsel.
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
POTUS is shutting the US government down, except for immigration enforcement and military activities.
That’s the story. He’s shutting the whole government down. He’s closing up every aspect of the United States operation, except the parts with guns.
This is book one of my first "big" series. It's ongoing (book seven this summer!) and I'm still just damn proud of it because it was written on my terms with an editor who believes in my work.
Books2read.com/mediumatlarge1
Also direct at booksbymeredith.gumroad.com
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
We grow up with the unacceptable, and accommodation becomes a tool we use to make our lives easier. Accommodating the unacceptable is often easier than doing the right thing. Eventually, we use it to let ourselves off the hook, because that’s easier, too.
www.marytrump.org/p/there-is-n...
Now would be a great time for the feline distribution system to send a cat my way. Just putting that out there. *side eyes FDS *
One more day left in this promo!
Using emotional eating to cope with anxiety? Want to defy the incoming presidential administration? How about buying some Girl Scout cookies from a trans or nonbinary scout? Buy 4 packages and they ship to you. The cookies are kosher, and there is a gluten-free flavor. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♥️
Said Mayor Harrell: “we’re very PROUD of these BOYS.”
