Sandra Newman

@sannewman.bsky.social

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Writer (Julia, The Heavens, The Men, How Not to Write a Novel, etc.) she/they

Notice on a vending machine saying: "FYI (OUT OF ORDER) (DOES NOT GIVE YOU ICE CREM BUT IT TAKES MONEY"
not just Ann-Margret but four grinning men with permed hair, wearing striped shirts and red bow ties and leaping in the air with straw hats held up over their heads with both hands
Arabic cover of JULIA
Tweet from Zack: "Men are naturally more attractive than women on average, that's why women need makeup. This isn't me being gay, it's science. Look at a peacock or a cardinal, male vs female, females get mogged. Greek statues dedicated to the peak aesthetic form? Overwhelmingly men" Reply from Nick Fuentes: "I AGREE"
Zia Yusuf tweet: "White people are now demonstrably the biggest victims of racism in Britain."
J. K. Rowling tweet: "Being biologically female means having a body taht is observably organised to produce large gametes (eggs), as opposed to a body organised to produce small gametes (sperm). A woman is female whether her eggs have been fertilised or not. A man can never be female.
A group of men who would *clearly* be incels if they were alive now, resplendent in their raccoon coats and ready to have 75 grandchildren
The group and its associated operations serve as a major foreign policy tool for the Russian state with the aim of creating African dependencies on Moscow’s security apparatus to access African resources. They operate through a web of shell companies, carrying out a broad spectrum of Kremlin-backed operations across the Middle East and Africa. In return for COIN and security operations, Russia seeks payments in the form of concessions for natural resources, substantial commercial contracts, or access to strategic locations, such as airbases or ports. For instance, Wagner deployed its operatives in Sudan to quell local uprisings against Omar al-Bashir’s government. As payment, a company by the name Meroe Gold was granted exclusive mining rights for gold in Sudan, which is a subsidiary of M-Invest, which itself is a subsidiary of M-Finance, founded by Prigozhin. Bashir was also in talks with Moscow to set up a naval base on the eastern coast of Sudan in 2019, a proposal still being considered by Khartoum (Fasanotti, 2022). In 2015, the group started operating in Syria, alongside the pro-government forces in direct combat as well as defensive operations to secure oilfields. In Libya, the group has been operating since 2016, in support of forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar. Apart from active combat services, the Wagner Group is also involved in securing mining operations of precious minerals like gold, diamonds, and uranium. The group was invited to the Central African Republic and Sudan to guard diamond and gold mines, respectively. The US treasury department has also alleged that the presence of the group in Africa is a cover to provide protection to Prigozhin’s mining companies, such as M Invest and Lobaye Invest.
TEXT: Several sources also pointed out that Musk has operated in a similarly hyper-charged way while dismantling elements of companies after he took charge. At X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk cut 80% of staff before confirming he would try to rehire some back. “What President Trump and Elon Musk and this entire administration is trying to do is make our bloated bureaucracy in Washington run like a profitable business,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News this week.
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINE: "With Gaza Plan, an Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Idea"
[5-year-old's drawing of a baker's shop with text:] A HAPPY STORY. The baker does not want any money. He is going to give away cake, cookies, and bread. The baker does not like money. The baker was happy to give the stuff he baked away for free.
Image of a carousel that looks especially like a scene from a terrifying Ray Bradbury story
TEXT: Concentration camps' vote At the concentration camp of Osthofen, near Frankfort, of the 88 inmates entitled to vote 79 voted "Yes" on the referendum question and endorsed the Reichstag list. At the Brandenburg concentration camp out of 1,137 votes in the election 1,006 were for the Nazi party. In the referendum 1,024 inmates voted "Yes" and twelve "No." In the Oranienburg camp 301 prisoners out of 377 voted for the Nazi party, while 330 said "Yes" to the referendum and 33 "No." An amnesty for political prisoners is regarded as probable in view of the "splendid demonstration of faith in Hitler."
Image of the French edition of JULIA by Sandra Newman with "Grand Prix de littérature américaine 2024, Première Sélection" under it.
TEXT: Sen. JD Vance in responding to question from CNN this morning about dog and cat eating in Springfield, "If I have to I create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do … "
picture of a little brown bird on a bamboo plant with the caption "Drab-breasted bamboo tyrant"
Wikipedia sub-article: Squirrel kings [edit] Main article: Squirrel king Instances of squirrel kings have been reported.
Image of JD Vance absolutely glowing after having carnal knowledge of a Chesterfield
"INSIDE YOU ARE TWO WOLVES" (image of black squirrel) "this one is a squirrel" (image of white squirrel) "this is also a squirrel" "FEED BOTH. PLENTY OF ROOM FOR TWO SQUIRRELS."
TEXT FROM WIKIPEDIA: "Polio vaccination efforts have also faced resistance in another form. The priority placed on vaccination by national authorities has turned it into a bargaining chip, with communities and interest groups resisting vaccination, not due to direct opposition, but to leverage other concessions from governmental authorities. In Nigeria this has taken the form of 'block rejection' of vaccination that is only resolved when state officials agree to repair or improve schools and health-care facilities, pave roads or install electricity. There have been several instances of threatened boycotts by health workers in Pakistan over payment disputes. Some governments have been accused of withholding vaccination or the necessary accompanying infrastructure from regions where opposition to their rule is high."
Headline: "Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not big enough: 'If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts'"
He'd be black. He'd be blue. And I'd ride him to New York, to see snow again, or to Australia, to see all there is to see, everything green and lots of trees and nobody would know, just me and the horse. The horse can find our family a house. He can turn into trees, lakes, pools and camouflage himself from people. He can talk. I'd tell him secrets about love, then have him do my homework. The horse can do the chores. And he could be us! Take over when I get in trouble—when I want to go on a date, the horse stays home looking like me, doing homework.
The whitest obese chihuahua in the world looking at you with Elon face
TEXT THAT READS: The lax safety culture, more than a dozen current and former employees said, stems in part from Musk’s disdain for perceived bureaucracy and a belief inside SpaceX that it’s leading an urgent quest to create a refuge in space from a dying Earth. “Elon’s concept that SpaceX is on this mission to go to Mars as fast as possible and save humanity permeates every part of the company,” said Tom Moline, a former SpaceX senior avionics engineer who was among a group of employees fired after raising workplace complaints. “The company justifies casting aside anything that could stand in the way of accomplishing that goal, including worker safety.”
"Whomever stole our Tortoise this is a message for you: This was NOT your Tortoise to take. He belonged to us. He was our pet. Please put him back immediately." Picture below shows a tortoise next to a flowerpot with "MISSING" in red letters
Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. America is garbage it should eat a dick the U stands for Ugly and the S makes me Sick A is for the assholes who are blasting this song What was way better was the Viet Cong