Despite the fact that there were armed officers at Apalachee High School, a 14-year-old boy was still able to bring a gun to school and kill four people and wound 30 others before he was stopped. Armed officers aren't the answer; stronger gun laws are. abcnews.go.com/US/police-resp…

If you want to know what dystopia looks like, it's this YouTube video from the South Dakota Health Department telling doctors when they're allowed to save pregnant women's lives youtube.com/watch?v=vrYxPk…

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This is devastating.

It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth. Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like. People underestimate the Pacific.

The secret to not worrying while waiting on agents, or editors, or readers, or whoever, really is just thinking your next book is better than your last and putting your whole heart into it. ❤️‍🔥

We are not getting an anti-imperialist president of this imperialist nation. I respect folks who are withholding their vote. I get it. But if you think there isn’t a difference *in potential for change* between the candidates, you’re ignoring marginalized folks in red states who

Teni’s room mirrored her brain: creative, fractured and rebellious. The silver-plated cozy shack in the undercity’s west was a vomit of colors. From paintings scattered in the room to the acrid paint and rusting metal. This was a perfect fever dream. #1stLinePit #Q #YA #SF #OWN

My sister’s long black fingernails scratch and drum on the windowsill. The sound irks me to no end. Isabelle stands by the tightly closed curtains, and I wonder what it would feel like if she opened them and let the sunlight end my misery. #1stLinePit #NA #P #LGBT #Q

"Breathe in. Breathe out. It's supposed to be easy." MISSED CAFE-NECTIONS is: 🐞 Numb Little Bug coded 📚 Romance w/upmarket elements 🪞 Dual POV 🧠 Anxiety rep 📅 MCs in their 30s 🔥 Slow burn 🐇 Falling in love while falling apart 💜 ENBY & pan MCs #1stLinePit #Q #A #R

The trouble with Restorative Practices in schools is that there is too much focus on using them to respond to incidents and not enough on building community to prevent incidents. You can't restore what you didn't build.

I just spent about 20 minutes scrolling through #1stLinePit submissions and figured now is as good a time as any to throw out some tips for writing effective opening lines. First, let's look at what you SHOULD do: (*Not every lead will do ALL of these things, but ALL leads will

Avery is a buzz of need and power, forgotten where he ends and where the ship begins as if they’ve melded into one. He runs a gloved hand over the shining metal surface of the interstellar coloniser that will become, without a doubt, the grave of hundreds. #1stLinePit #A #SF #WIP

The pressure in my heart swells. I feel it push fear through my arms, weakening my hold on my phone. It runs through my legs and feet, and I wonder whether I might collapse in a splat on my rainbow rug before I can even read their hateful words out loud. “Hey- #1stLinePit #ya #c

Sorry, the earth got a second moon before I published a book??? .....fucking brutal

Amari's heartbreaking story shows how pregnancy loss is being criminalized. We need full-spectrum care, not criminal charges. Vote for those who defend healthcare freedom! #ReproductiveJustice #Vote2024 kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…

HSFB Score Update🏈🔥 Final/2OT Spearfish 27, Watertown 20 Spearfish wins in double OT aginst Watertown! 📹Arrow TV #SDPreps

#10queries? 🥳🥳🥳