Marla L. Anderson

@mlanderson.bsky.social

Award-winning author, editor, indie publisher, part-time metalsmith, full-time reader, lover of science fiction, and a closet Trekkie..shhhhh.

In the headlines today: "E.P.A. Plans to Revoke Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change". Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, said the 2009 declaration which underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change “cost... a lot of money.” What about the cost of lives? People are dying.

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Authors, do you dictate first drafts rather than writing them? I'm such a terrible typist it might be a good way for me to go, but I haven't been able to get past the concept of talking to my computer as if I'm on the Starship Enterprise. Is dictation working for anyone out there? Any tips?

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.