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I'm not enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, so I don't quite know.

Looking at the latest figures, KDP claims that a 1000-page book read to completion (every page counts with KU, always flip to the very end) would earn about $4.78.

Most books are not 1000 pages.

Ebook pagecount is nebulous (Kindle Create creates the most favorable epub re pagecount AFAIK), we think it is somewhere between 250-300 words per page

You work with what you’ve got, not what you wish you had.

I detest Biden more with every passing day (and he was not in my top 10 candidates in 2020). 2024 will be an election between:

Biden/The Former Guy

Biden/DeSantis

Biden/Republican Fascist to be Named Later

No Labels is an op. It’s being funded by unknown parties to defeat Biden and the Democrats. Their election scenarios are fantasy football for political junkies.

No Third Party has a road anywhere outside statewide offices (Bernie is the exception that proves the rule, and he’s a Democrat for all intents and purposes).

Arguably the rosiest scenario is that TFG breaks with the Republicans to form his own party and tanks any chance the Republicans have, but that’s not looking as likely as it did two years ago.

If you’re pissed, get involved in your local elections. Ensure that no position is running unopposed (and that includes if you’ve got a conserva-Dem somewhere now–primary them).

Get the House back in the Democratic hands (unless you’re up for two more years of this only with MTG as Speaker this time). Increase the margin in the Senate (and send Selema to her post-senate career). Make sure your school board isn’t full of flat-earthers. Wake sure your county counsel isn’t going to shut down your libraries if they have a book someone doesn’t like.

You want what we’ve got?  Vote for it.

But that isn’t going to change until we get some sweeping voting reform that revises our voting system into some kind of ranked or run-off voting

Meanwhile one of our destined-to-be-disliked parties is actually trying to do things we want (health care, living wages, social services, public transportation, civil rights, education, support for gay and trans people, religious tolerance, etc) and one of our parties is banning books and undoing women’s rights and supporting corrupt racist police and endangering gay and trans lives while paying people to make posts about how both parties are equally bad so that people don’t vote democrat.

Like, we are going to not like a lot of how the Democrats operate, that is a feature of the current design, but they are trying to protect women’s rights, they are trying to help the homeless, they are trying to raise minimum wage they have agendas that include important things. And republicans? are at this point a literal cult that want to create a religious fascist state.

Even my father, now 80 years old, a man whose politics i have often despised, a man who voted for Reagan for fucks sake! even he (unhappily) votes Democrat now, because he’s not an insane person, and the republican party has become SO BLATANTLY EVIL AND STUPID that he can’t ignore it.

Democrats pass legislation we want that republicans then find ways to block. Democrats have passed bills that:

close gender pay gaps raise federal minimum wage make becoming a US citizen easier for immigrants protect civil/public water sources from pollution cut greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change increase gun regulation lower and control prescription drug prices improve healthcare access for those with pre-existing conditions protect net neutrality protect gay marriage rights

these are all the subjects of specific real bills that democrats have either passed into law or tried hard to pass in the last few years. Meanwhile republicans act to block these bills while championing book bans and attacking trans folk and giving more power to corporations to ruin our planet and taking away women’s rights. 

when you see posts attacking Democrats from the left or whatever, the talking points and quotes can often be traced back to right wing sources

So all posts trying to keep non-republicans arguing amongst ourselves and calling for us to not vote democrat (or not vote at all) ? I will be assuming they are bad-faith posts and i won’t be spreading them or engaging with them or anything.

Neither of my children is cisgender.

The last gubernatorial election was, literally, do we elect this guy who is overly fond of cops but is generally a normal human being, or do we elect this other guy who believes frightening conspiracy theories and wants my children removed from my care and forcibly detransitioned and honestly would prefer them to be dead?

That’s it. That’s the kind of choice we get in first-past-the-post voting. If that second guy won, we needed to move. There was no safe way to stay here. The votes of my fellow citizens were all that was standing between my kids and serious fucking danger.

And my fellow citizens DID turn out. Lots of them came out and voted to reject the scary death cultist. I am grateful to all those who went, ugh, I don’t really like this guy, but the other guy is worse, and hauled themselves down to the polling place to get it done.

Fool: what is something new you are doing or want to do?

Magician: what is a magical way to enhance my day? Or, how can I be more like the magician?

High Priestess: what are my thoughts on divination? What about intuition?

Empress: what part of myself do I want to grow/nurture?

Emperor: what part of my life needs me to take authority? How can I?

High Priest: what are my personal traditions? How is my spirituality unique to me?

Lovers: what relationships mean the most to me?

Chariot: what part of my life needs me to be more combative/ warrior-like?

Strength: what part of my life should I face with courage?

Hermit: what do I need to do alone more often? What do I need to do with others more often?

Wheel of Fortune: what do I think about luck, fate, and/or fortune?

Justice: when do I need to focus on legality vs fairness? Or, What may cause me to seek justice/retribution?

Hanged Man: what have/will I sacrifice for -x-? What am I never willing to sacrifice? What will I easily give up?

Death: what is something personal I want to end or change? What is something that will end or change no matter how I feel? How can I accept it?

Temperence: what part of my life needs more patience? What part needs more balance? How can I achieve both?

Devil: what is a primal desire I have? Should I grant it to myself? Why or why not? How can I get what I want?

Tower: what can I learn from the current or recent chaos/disaster in my life?

Star: what do I hope for? How can I get it?

Moon: what part of my life is best kept private? Why?

Sun: what makes me happy?

Jusgement: what part of me needs reflection? What is a fair assessment of that part?

Teaching them how to hold a weapon properly by standing behind them and guiding their hands, when you notice that their face has turned red

Saying something flirty mid-fight which catches them off guard, giving you the perfect oppurtunity to strike

Somehow, their training session turns into a full on tickle fight

They wince in pain and you frantically start apologizing. As you get closer to check for any injuries, they attack suddenly, calling you out for falling for such an old trick

Or they do end up actually getting injured, so you clean off their wounds

You want to ask them out after a match, but you keep getting nervous and postponing it, and they're confused as to why you keep coming back eventhough they've defeated you everytime

Their weapon gets damaged after a fight, so you make them a new one.

Finding it difficult to focus because this is the first time you've seen them with their hair tied up

You aren't well, but you don't want to skip training and make them worry, so you continue on as usual, thinking it's not that serious. But that's proven wrong when you faint right in front of them mid-fight

They've been avoiding you a lot, and after every training session, they leave immediatly without saying a word. One day you decide to pin them to ground during a fight and ask what's wrong

Dialogue:

"You've gotten better!" || "Tsk, can't say the same about you"

"I think that's enough for one day"

"...can you get off me" || "S-sorry"

"You hold it like this and- why are your hands trembling?"

"I really look forward to our next match!"

"Oh god- I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you that hard-"

"Didn't know you liked being pinned to the ground this much"

"Is that all you got?"

"I won't go easy on you" || "I don't want you to"

"Let's do it again!" || "Hell no. If we train any longer I'm going to pass out"

of course! apologies for the wait, i did my best with these :]

Person A overworking themself, and Person B has to take care of them.

Person A has always been one to hide their emotions, so when Person B finds them crying, they know something is really wrong.

Person A is rather clumsy and ends up getting hurt. Person B teases them for it but still takes care of them.

Person A watches a movie that scares them more than they thought it would, so they have to share a bed with Person B for the night.

Person A crying in front of Person B for the first time.

Person A accidentally scolding Person B for putting themself in danger when in reality, they're in tears and terrified. Cue Person B crying along with them.

Person A being Person B's weighted blanket after a particularly hard day.

Yes, the only manhandling I can take is fictional, let's dive in.

Tag|Mention|Summon me! I'd love to hype you up with what you come up with!!!!

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Shoulder tossing, when they toss you over their shoulder when you refuse to move or either being stubborn.

Effortlessly carrying you to get to high places or helping you reach high places.

Pulling you to a 180 before you can throw hands and then them throwing hands for you.

Throwing you over their shoulders with a smack to the ass before strutting with you out of the room.

Pulling you back by the waist with a bit of impact and colliding with their chest.

Caging you between the wall and their body and staring down at you, it's pretty effective to hush you up.

Carrying and squeezing you up from your immovable corner when you were crouching away from them.

Dragging you away when you are getting ready to transition to a different partner in a dance.

Moving/ carrying you without effort from one corner to the other.

Carrying you bridal style when you deny and insist you are alright when you sprain your ankle or injured.

Keeping/pinning you down when you refuse to stay down while sick or need rest.

Leading the dance when you have absolutely no idea what to do, so they lead the dance pulling you when you're supposed to be pushing.

Pulling you away from an incoming force when your reflexes are a bit slow.

Hauling your ass out of an intruder's direction and running with you on their shoulder/arms while screaming bloody murder.

Pulling you/swinging you over a stream of water or a pile of objects without a sweat.

Carrying you over the counter when you follow them around when talking.

𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝('𝐧𝐭) 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 ; 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑠

a collection of slightly heart-ache-inspired dialogue prompts by me. change pronouns/tenses/details as needed.

❝ i've been thinking about you a lot. ❞

❝ i can't keep you off my mind. ❞

❝ why do you have to go? ❞

❝ you'd think we'd be better at saying 'goodbye'. ❞

❝ you shouldn't look at me like that. ❞

❝ i shouldn't think about you that way. ❞

❝ do you think we missed our chance? ❞

❝ have i been on your mind? ❞

❝ you are never far from my thoughts. ❞

❝ i can feel your heart beating faster. ❞

❝ i miss the way you smell. ❞

❝ i know i shouldn't, but i want to see you. ❞

❝ you make it easy for me to be myself. ❞

❝ it's always been you, i don't know why. ❞

❝ i've missed your voice. ❞

❝ it should have been me. ❞

❝ i wish i'd known all this before we ended up here. ❞

❝ i hope the way i feel doesn't make things harder between us. ❞

❝ i can't offer you the life you have with them, i know that. ❞

❝ do you wish it was me? ❞

❝ you are my person, i know that. i should have said it before. ❞

❝ you're the only one that makes me feel safe. ❞

❝ it's too late to say it, but i wanted to say it anyway.❞

They don't smile/laugh often, but when they finally do, you feel your heart skip a beat

Waking up and finding yourself snuggled up with them on the couch, when it dawns upon you that maybe you do love them

They're doing something stupid, and somehow, you find yourself thinking that this is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with

They're going to go away soon. You're going through some of your old memories together, which is when the realization hits you (and you don't have much time left)

You find yourself unable to look away after seeing them in a fancy dress/suit for the first time

Reuniting after being separated for a while, realizing how much you missed their presence

Thinking about how they have all the qualities you'd like in a partner

While pretending to be in a relationship with them, you realize how much you wish it was real

Being worried that these new feelings might ruin their friendship

"I think... I'm in love with (Name)" || "Congrats on being the last one to find out"

[a/n: if anyone has anyone prompts ideas or wants to see me write for any specific prompts (for any specific characters?) pls don’t hesitate to pop into my asks box :D and if you end up using any of my prompts pls tage me, i would love to read them!]

that big hug in the airport when character A comes home for a holiday. B runs into their arms and squeezes them so tight that A is thinking they might break a rib.

character B feeling character A’s hand on the small of their back while going through a crowd.

character A knows exactly when character B needs cuddles. long day at work? cuddles. didn’t get enough sleep? cuddles.

Character B is away on a trip (either with friends or for work) and Character A is laying awake in their empty bed. the only thing that can get A to sleep each night is a long phone call with their favourite person. telling B about their day calms them down enough for sleep. and they do it all again the next day.

“we don’t have to talk about yet it if you don’t want to. we can just lay here like this, just relax into my arms.” one whispers in the others ear.

Character A is worried about coming off as too clingy and first. Once Character B realised how much A thrives on physical touch, they make sure they set aside enough time each day to just hold them.

If they ever go to bed while in an argument Character B still wraps an arm around Character A, knowing that they won’t sleep without it and to let them know they still love them although they’re arguing.

Just absolutely make me melt! Tag me when you use these! these are fun!!!!! Here's my card!

A hug so right they just fall on you and hug you tighter.

A kiss on the hand.

A kiss on the neck

Pulling your leg over them when cuddling.

Slow back scratches while cuddling.

Head massage or fixing the other's hair.

Hands holding your face gently, thumb caressing your cheek.

Chest hug with both arms around your head, softly running their hands through your hair while listening to their heartbeat.

Waist hug followed by a kiss on your tummy.

Adjusting your socks when your legs are on their lap.

Stroking your hair while you're leaning your head on their shoulder.

Deshelling your seafood/food.

Plating your food.

Separating the cream in your Oreos and double-stacking them with yours.

Plucking your loose eyelash and making a wish.

Feeding you snacks while you're distracted.

Rubbing/tracing circles on your body.

Scalp scratches while running their fingers through your hair.

Play biting/nipping at your arm when play fighting.

You know I'm with him...

I can't love you.

You know I can't leave him.

We can't take it any further.

Nothing will happen tonight.

I can feel my heart as it disobeys.

I could be really happy with him. But then you had to come along and ruin it.

"Prove that you love me. Stay." "You know I can't."

I can't wait for you to change your mind.

Who hurt you and made you so guarded?

Right person, not enough time.

I know that you used me.

We just fell in love under wrong circumstances.

Are you falling in love? Got a feeling you are...

This can't go any further.

No one will ever be able to replace you.

I still love you, I promise.

Does he know you love someone else?

You know we can't be together.

We knew it wouldn't last.

We don't stand a chance.

You know it won't last.

I can’t let it go any further between us.

One more kiss and I won’t be able to not love you.