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@stegan

Part time school librarian, archivist-for-hire, romance novel historian, freelance writer about romance history. He/Him. Blog: romancehistory.com Podcast: blackromancehistory.com

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The only post Sherrod Brown has made about the war in Iran. You’re running for the United States Senate, my dude. Do better.

07.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that’s the thing. Brad Gushue is real good at curling. This King team has a bright future though!

07.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

King has made some great shots to keep them in it, but the team has made some costly mistakes.

07.03.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 Montana's Brier - Page 3/4 Qualifier YouTube video by TSN

Into the play downs- Jayden King of Ontario, first Black skip in Brier history, holding his own against the legendary Brad Gushue tonight! www.youtube.com/live/Dy4DEvT...

07.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The town has dealt with the Krafts for 3 decades, so their skepticism here is born from experience, not from wanting to be a roadblock.

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wally has spoken. Long live Wally. At least until he dies tragically while trying to fight a police horse after a Bruins game.

05.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t believe in violence. I’d just like to meet whoever’s swatting schools in Ohio today in a dark alley to talk.

04.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I know journalism is a rapidly deteriorating industry, but it also feels like fighting a losing battle when folks on here are mostly sharing articles to dunk on them, rather than solid pieces from journos and critics out here trying our best every day to stay working and writing

03.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 495 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10

This is good:

04.03.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahdammit, I thought I’d caught the typo. Zendaya, obviously.

02.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tom Holland’s β€œSinging in the Rain” & β€œUmbrella” vs. Zendaya’s β€œ24k Magic” | Lip Sync Battle
Tom Holland’s β€œSinging in the Rain” & β€œUmbrella” vs. Zendaya’s β€œ24k Magic” | Lip Sync Battle YouTube video by Lip Sync Battle

We should remember to celebrate their reported nuptials by watching BOTH Zandaya’s and Tom Holland’s lip sync performances! youtu.be/1i5DEipIWh4?...

02.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No hog line alarms for this tournament, naturally. 🀣

28.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously cardigans would be better, but I like that the uniforms this year look like hockey sweaters.

28.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 Montana's Brier - Draw 2 YouTube video by TSN

Live Brier curling streaming on TSN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FPmjHs8...

28.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And it’s not even close, either!

27.02.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

these are cool and the young center is so vital!

27.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 173 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Heated Rivalry Was a Fun Fantasy, But Hockey Is Still Deeply Toxic After their historic Olympic win, men on the team came under fire for laughing at President Trump's disparaging remarks about the US women's team. Is this a turning point for women's sports in culture...

For Harper’s Bazaar, I wrote about the hockey mess. β€œIn an ideal world, the women would be able to leverage this wave of public support into concrete financial investment and growth for their game. They deserve it.”

26.02.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mass Freedom To Read Mass Freedom to Read is a coalition of Massachusetts parents and readers, authors and creators, libraries, booksellers, and publishers. We believe that freedom of expression, including the freedom to…

Massachusetts! Mass Freedom to Read is organizing a day of advocacy on March 10th. Make sure to sign up for their newsletter for more info!

26.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black urban romance deserves to be taken seriously In 2025, Sweet Nothings Book Co. opened as Baltimore’s first romance-only bookstore. It’s truly a romance book lover’s dream β€” it’s cozy and welcoming, clearly created with readers in mind. The shelve...

Important article. Nothing burns me up more in the literary space than the same folks who praise dark and mafia romance with their whole chests denigrating urban romance. Tell us why you find one genre acceptable but not the other. I’ll wait.

baltimorebeat.com/black-urban-...

25.02.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Got a third grader to try the one Pratchett book in our elementary school collection (Only You Can Save Mankind) and now he’s begging for more. Out here doing the work, @rincewind.run !

25.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The U.S. Hockey Men Spoil The Fantasy | Defector To be a U.S. Olympian is to represent the best that your country has to offer. That sounds extremely lofty when it’s written out like that, but I think that’s really how it works, ideally, if you’re t...

On the ideals of the Olympics, the fiction of hockey romance, and the real world: defector.com/the-u-s-hock...

25.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 11

Don’t wanna.

25.02.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if people want diversity in romance they've got to stop reading the BIPOC books on netgalley and actually spend money on them, instead of buying yet another special edition of the same book by a white author they already have ten copies of

25.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

I just looked at the peanut butter in my fridge and it’s 8g of protein, so I’m wondering if they just… used real peanut butter? How novel of them!

24.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poster's Madness A streaming PowerPoint telethon for mutual aid

We are counter-programming the State of the Union with a fundraising telethon featuring everyone’s favorite Bluesky posters doing short presentations and sketches on stuff they are passionate about. Will stream on YouTube starting at 8:30pm EST

postersmadness.wordpress.com

24.02.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 716 πŸ” 376 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 66
Carlos Sainz FINALLY meets the creator of Sparkles!
Carlos Sainz FINALLY meets the creator of Sparkles! YouTube video by Atlassian Williams F1 Team

This is so fugging CUTE. youtu.be/4abfaz9thdA?...

24.02.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Again, Flavor Flav has been walking the walk of his Olympic fandom and his fierce support of women’s teams for a while now. I really hope they go.

23.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 1285 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2
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Librarians In Romance A public librarian-written blog about romance novels, baseball, and other random natterings.

If you get a hankering for a librarian romance after reading that post, I have a healthy (albeit not exhaustive) list of librarians in romance novels over at Ye Olde Blog wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/p/librarians... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

23.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I forgot The Brier starts this week (Canadian provincial championships)! There will be replays posted on the Curling Canada YouTube, I think: youtube.com/@curlingcana...

23.02.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A whole week and a half until wheelchair curling starts at the Paralympics. 10 days with no curling??? How will we survive?!?!?

23.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1