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✨🦊 She’s older than Scotland itself.
A fae who’s watched empires rise and fall from a hidden cottage in The Dark Reach. Now, after centuries, Sorcha is sharing her journals.
This is Chapter 1, Part 1 — read by Sorcha herself.
The Dark Mile Journals 📔
New parts weekly. Ancient truths for right now.
Full series (free to read) 👇
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Which era or “dot” from history do you want Sorcha to unpack next? Drop it below. 🕯️
🚨 UPDATE to this morning’s Dots: Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly left Brazil and is heading to the United States, according to Folha and Metrópoles, citing his allies. This follows the court order barring him from leaving Brazil and requiring him to surrender his passports.
His arrival in the U.S. has not yet been independently confirmed. Well, shit. That story moved fast.Source: Metrópoles xitter.cf/EricLDaugh/status/2115…
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Today’s Dots: Dollar General gets sued over checkout prices, and Wedgewood admits faking polls. Receipts and actual voters would’ve been helpful.
James Comey faces new charges; Maurene wins a back-pay ruling. Two former FBI officials face added obstruction allegations. Newsom predicts the DSA’s rise, Flávio must surrender his passports, and NYC plea deals draw scrutiny.
Trump promises $1 million for voter-fraud tips leading to arrest AND conviction. Neil Young wants $10 million from Trump’s committee.
Then: a glowstick salamander study and a hippo demolishing a pumpkin. Finally, competent pumpkin management.
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JUST IN🚨️️️️️️: The FBI has RAIDED a Beverly Hills mansion as part of its investigation into Eric Swalwell, Fox News reports.
CNN reports the property belongs to a donor, rather than Swalwell himself. No new charges have been confirmed in connection with this search.
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Today’s Dots: Dollar General gets sued over checkout prices, and Wedgewood admits faking polls. Receipts and actual voters would’ve been helpful.
James Comey faces new charges; Maurene wins a back-pay ruling. Two former FBI officials face added obstruction allegations. Newsom predicts the DSA’s rise, Flávio must surrender his passports, and NYC plea deals draw scrutiny.
Trump promises $1 million for voter-fraud tips leading to arrest AND conviction. Neil Young wants $10 million from Trump’s committee.
Then: a glowstick salamander study and a hippo demolishing a pumpkin. Finally, competent pumpkin management.
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OTTERS 🦦🏀
Last week, my flock carved a pumpkin. Now Oregon Zoo’s otters are dunking theirs. I’m not showing this to Hank. We cannot afford a poultry athletic department.
Finally. A sport I understand.
Video: Oregon Zoo / @OregonZoo
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A Tennessee artist built a sculpture, set it on fire and gave every Oblivion player a reason to worry.
That’s our way into today’s Dots. The Pentagon’s backup plans, Democracy Files, Markle pedo allegations, Brazil and Utah are in the middle. Otter pumpkin basketball is waiting at the end.
I would never leave y’all in there without an exit.
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PORTAL 🔥
Just in time for Halloween, a Tennessee artist has opened a fucking portal to Oblivion. I’m not accepting this quest. My inventory is full and I have chickens to feed.
Andrew Nigh’s planned sculpture burn at Chattanooga’s Fire Up the Fields. Video via @appodlachia on X.
More in today’s Daily Dots 👇
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A Tennessee artist built a sculpture, set it on fire and gave every Oblivion player a reason to worry.
That’s our way into today’s Dots. The Pentagon’s backup plans, Democracy Files, Markle pedo allegations, Brazil and Utah are in the middle. Otter pumpkin basketball is waiting at the end.
I would never leave y’all in there without an exit.
Monday's Dots is live👇️️️️️️
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A Tennessee artist built a sculpture, set it on fire and gave every Oblivion player a reason to worry.
That’s our way into today’s Dots. The Pentagon’s backup plans, Democracy Files, Markle pedo allegations, Brazil and Utah are in the middle. Otter pumpkin basketball is waiting at the end.
I would never leave y’all in there without an exit.
Monday's Dots is live👇️️️️️️
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A rare Saturday Daily Dots, because the news declined to take the weekend off.
Rubio’s public CIA pitch, Alaska’s two-Sullivan dispute, charges against two former FBI officials, satellite emergency alerts, and more.
We close with my chickens and guineas carving my Halloween pumpkin. They’re accepting payment in pumpkin.
Read free👇️️️️️️:
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🏰An inherited Scottish castle sounds like a decent consolation prize when an algorithm wrecks your career. Getting sent to 1705 in a wool dress and sneakers is a bit of a fucking overcorrection.
Then Callum walks in. 😏
Step into the opening of Soul Castle: The Guardian & The Keeper, my Scottish time-travel fantasy romance.
Available on Amazon and included with Kindle+ (formerly Kindle Unlimited).
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BREAKING🚨️️️️️️: Two former senior FBI officials have been charged with lying to Congress about their involvement in investigations concerning Hunter Biden and his laptop.
DOJ says Benavides claimed he learned the FBI had Hunter’s laptop through Wikipedia in 2023, despite discussing it with colleagues before the 2020 election. Prosecutors say records also contradict Floris’s denials of involvement.
That’s a hell of a development. Now prosecutors have to prove it. Floris’s lawyers, of course, deny wrongdoing.
SAUCE: justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-f…
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This fucker came from the back forty. Sir, this is public comment, not a contact sport. 😂
Pemberton Township’s mayor charged toward a resident during a council meeting and had to be held back. More in today’s Daily Dots. ☕️
Video: Ryan Elmore / Pine Barrens Tribune via Storyful. Added commentary bubbles by The Daily Dots.
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A mayor had to be restrained at his own council meeting. Federal agents reported a silent flying triangle.
The triangle, at least, knew when to leave.
Also: a Democratic state senator whose alleged side hustle has landed her in a federal marijuana case.
👇️️️️️️Friday’s Daily Dots also gets into Erika Kirk’s trial-date push, housing costs, and Ukraine’s satellite-service dispute. Coffee recommended. ☕️
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A mayor had to be restrained at his own council meeting. Federal agents reported a silent flying triangle.
The triangle, at least, knew when to leave.
Also: a Democratic state senator whose alleged side hustle has landed her in a federal marijuana case.
👇️️️️️️Friday’s Daily Dots also gets into Erika Kirk’s trial-date push, housing costs, and Ukraine’s satellite-service dispute. Coffee recommended. ☕️
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“Knowing is not leave,” Runa said.
“I am beginning tae regret teaching ye that.”
“You did not teach it.”
The rowan has given permission. Back at Sorcha’s cottage, the damaged roots are waiting.
The Hands That Give, Chapter 33 of The Dark Mile Journals👇️️️️️️.
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And a catch-up I forgot to announce👇️️️️️️: the second half of Chapter 32, What the Rowan Permits, is now free.
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#HistoricalFantasy #TheDarkMileJournals
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Beer and wine get to be hobbies. Whiskey gets a Supreme Court case.
The justices will hear the home-distilling challenge. No ruling yet, so keep the victory whiskey store-bought.
Also today: Kissimmee’s mayor pleads not guilty in a $50,000 grant case, two Second Amendment wins, emergency website repairs, and Arizona’s rocks get their national-park title.
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President Trump wants to rename New Mexico “New America.” So the country’s problems are a branding issue now? Somebody get this man Canva.
Fraud tips could pay, Social Security found the blank boxes, and Stephen Hubbard is finally headed home.
Short, sharp Wednesday Dots. I have a damn book to finish👇️️️️️️.
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I keep saying music can heal the world. @plumesofficiel brought a guitar, the hippo allowed the serenade, and even the giraffe listened. 🥺🤍
A little less yelling. A little more of this.
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NASA’s crew spent a year on pretend Mars. We stayed in the real world. Pretty clear who got the shitty assignment.
Today: Amy Acton’s mother, RAD’s government contingency calls, Democrats’ conditional Musk oversight plans, California voter-related charges, reported Krasner subpoenas and unresolved Omar DNA claims. Plus Britain’s defensive Saudi patrols, Yemen’s deadly camp attack, Iran’s reported delay strategy, the Raúl Castro warrant, KSM’s rejected plea-deal appeal and Alberta’s unofficial vote to stay in Canada.
Then a man sings to a hippo, a giraffe listens, and nobody needs a subpoena. 🤍
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NASA’s crew spent a year on pretend Mars. We stayed in the real world. Pretty clear who got the shitty assignment.
Today: Amy Acton’s mother, RAD’s government contingency calls, Democrats’ conditional Musk oversight plans, California voter-related charges, reported Krasner subpoenas and unresolved Omar DNA claims. Plus Britain’s defensive Saudi patrols, Yemen’s deadly camp attack, Iran’s reported delay strategy, the Raúl Castro warrant, KSM’s rejected plea-deal appeal and Alberta’s unofficial vote to stay in Canada.
Then a man sings to a hippo, a giraffe listens, and nobody needs a subpoena. 🤍
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“The world is on fire, but the drinks are already paid for. 🍷🔥”
A couple kept enjoying drinks near the Arc de Triomphe during Saturday’s riots in central Paris. October 17, 2026. Footage: Reuters / CBS News.
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Kid Rock left a White House dinner “early” after seven beers. When Kid Rock is the responsible adult checking the time, somebody needs to wrap this shit up. Elon Musk is promising SpaceX shares to American kids, Anthropic has a public-benefit fund proposal, and France’s interior minister tried to resign after a weekend of riots. Macron said no. Imagine giving your notice and being told to get your ass back in there.
Today’s Daily Dots also covers Slotkin’s message to would-be Trump staffers, reported Iran bombing plans, the Russia sanctions waiver and renewed Ukraine peace-talk efforts. Washington needs another press secretary, prosecutors are weighing charges against Swalwell, and a departing Secret Service deputy faces questions about drone purchases from his former employer. Meanwhile, Japan is heading for a Martian moon to collect ten grams of dirt. My chickens would like to know where to submit a bid.
Coffee on? Let’s catch up. Preferably in less than four hours.
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