Expat, editor of books, bids, and other things, former Penguin in a Random House, pop culture lover, owner of a weak left ankle.

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2009
Editor Jeanette retweeted
This election — the most critical and important in our lifetimes — was fundamentally about what kind of country and what kind of people we actually are — and I’m afraid we now have our answer.
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🗳️ This election, expanding Medicare to cover long-term home care is on the ballot. Let's get out there and make it happen. Find your polling place at vote.org
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
Waking up today, there’s a feeling I can’t quite put into words but it’s something like no matter how this goes, I’m deeply disappointed and angry that we are even here. It is inappropriate, enraging and damning that someone like Donald Trump is even on the ballot.
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"Bohemian Trumpsody" from @marshsongs may just be the best thing I've seen all day. Not only are the lyrics spot on, but man they can saaaaaaang!
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
The dangers of a collapse of the main Atlantic Ocean circulation, known as Amoc, have been “greatly underestimated” and would have devastating impacts, according to an open letter by 44 experts. One of the signatories, ⁦@rahmstorf⁩ tells me why theguardian.com/environment/…
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
Something I heard once that I feel is important to share is that you do not have to be in love with the candidate that you're voting for. I know the media loves to create this fallacy that if the Democratic Party doesn't produce the perfect candidate, that said candidate should face more scrutiny comparatively. I have never once said that Kamala Harris is the perfect candidate. I have said that the perfect candidate does not and will not exist. So because she does not meet the media's definition of the perfect candidate, there will be a higher willingness to place more scrutiny on Vice President Harris compared to her Republican counterpart. Coupling this with the fact that she's already facing a biased double standard because she's a woman, a black woman, and an Asian American Woman, it feels as if the media and the folks who purport themselves as the ones guiding this election want things to be harder for her. I said earlier that you don't have to be in love with the candidate you vote for, but you should ask yourself which candidate gets you closer to the type of America you want to see. If y'all don't mind I plan to vote for the candidate who doesn't intend to utilize the military against protesters.
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
“women like us fall into two categories: dragons and fools. you must make sure they think of you as a dragon” rip Maggie Smith💔 (1934-2024)
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!
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RIP to the GOAT, James Earl Jones
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
If you want to completely ruin my day, say 'I need to talk to you but let's do it later.' I will have written NOVELS worth of catastrophising by 3pm
need to banish the gut reaction i have to everything as ‘i’m in trouble’. phone buzzes, i’m in trouble. someone gets my attention at work, i’m in trouble. its awful being mentally built like a neurotic horse
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
I don't think those attacks are gonna land.
Trump campaign email: “Tim Walz will unleash hell on Earth!”
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
The idea that you have no investment in the future if you don’t have DNA kids is some real blood-and-soil, eugenics, 14-words kinda stuff. The future is for humankind. Not for some special kind of blood.
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JD Vance calls for taking away voting power from “people who don’t have kids”: “Doesn't this mean that non-parents don't have as much of a voice as parents? Yes. Absolutely”
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
I will vote for President Biden. I will vote for Vice President Harris. I will vote for a piece of paper that has ‘Democrat’ written on it. I will vote for Biden if he’s in a wheelchair with an oxygen mask. I will vote for Harris if she’s the nominee. I will vote. VOTE.
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that's so many felonies i can't stop laughing
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
#Edinburgh Castle for scale 💜❤️💚 #SolarFlare #Auroraborealis
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
The nightmare of so many working class immigrant families - maimed or killed while working to give themselves and their children a shot at a better life.
Jesus Campos, a construction worker who knows the crew, said the men were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They are in their 30s and 40s and have spouses and children. “They are hard-working, humble men,” he said. More updates to come for @BaltimoreBanner.
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
Somehow people got it in their heads that Dune is supposed to be a foreign, unrelatable story
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Man, you've got to admit the casting director for the New Mickey Mouse Club really knew what the hell they were doing
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Editor Jeanette retweeted
1. @elonmusk told his 175 million followers on this platform that Biden committed "treason" by "secretly" chartering flights to bring 320K "illegal immigrants" to the United States Let's be clear: EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CLAIM IS A BRAZEN LIE Follow along for receipts 🧵
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