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You have to go mecha Veronica on Rachael. Thank you for giving me the vocabulary of funnel plagiarism and idea leeching. Please sue her and recoup your money.

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"THE DOCUMENT FROM HELL. This is the invoice she finally dug up, after six months of asking, to prove that she overpaid a web developer with the money she stole from me. Not sure if it’s real, but it sure does make me fucking angry. Look what this guy got: My life’s work in 130 hours! I’m going to vomit."...you can report her for theft and fraud. You can also request the bank transaction from the time it left your shared business account to hers, you may have to supeonea them as well as a zoom call at least from the person who built the site. You need to talk to an attorney and to the police. That's not good, not good business at all. She shouldn't be allowed to do that to people.

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She blocked me

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I attended the previous, fairly closed and tight, cultural event which hosted by Rachel Haywire. I recall several performances. One of which was by Anne. It was a folkish song about the difficulties of living under a regime of mad liberals, and one many could sympathize with. I recall giving this positive statement, and following with a very subjective critique that I feel speaking can, at times, lessen the impact of an artistic piece by distrupting the flow. I didn't mean anything uncouth by this, but I didn't want to just sound vapid in my commentary, but treat this like an event for artists and their fans to enjoy each other and offer feedback in a very close environment.

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everyone around me growing up cursed continually; I am doomed to skirt around gentility, however many Wirkins I try to collect

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I don't know this bitch, but I really enjoyed you blasting her for her exploitative grotesque bullshit. That takes courage and I love to see someone executing their own justice! It is very tragic though: you have such a cursed gift of making terrible situations addictive to read... Being so shiny in a black abyss will always attract moths and gnats! Wishing you the best and I'm sending you my light to share in your protective defensive sphere <3

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Now that I think about it, this really came out of Adem's salon. All that shit I was ranting and rambling and raving about? A large chunk of it came spiralling out of all my bizarre and perilous experiences with people like this. So... thank you for listening to my rough draft!

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(But god damn did I have to overcome some humiliation bumps before I hit “post”)

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i can tell! that’s what made such an impression that it compelled me to comment: your courage and bite, your openness, honesty and willingness to expose someone in a position of power to make others aware of this sort of sadistic scheming and plagiarism. ❤️‍🔥 i adore your fire!

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thank you!!!!!!!!

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I think you’ll appreciate how many swear words it takes to build my castle of protection!

Trying to convince me I was a great singer was possibly the most twisted touch. I suppose she tried it because it would have worked on her. All any of us have is what we know.

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so many things about her behavior and messages are literally paranoia inducing just to read, like the CV too… i almost feel bad for this woman, in terms of her levels of greed and instrumentalisation of others, but mercy for abusers too often bleeds into protection for predators. i’m so glad you’re seeing through her tactics. mind blowing you had to endure such maltreatment under the guise of « friendship » and creativity omg… 💔

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Exactly. I feel like a complete idiot, which is how she keeps her victims from comparing notes. Unfortunately for her, I have no shame left to worry me, and I’m done feeling bad for damaged predators. Everyone else is damaged too, grow up, kids.

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I wanna hug you.

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would love to hug you and hopefully soon?! i’ll reactivate twitter eventually once my social battery is sufficiently charged ♥️

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Take all the time you need, sweetie, I will be right here.

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The solution to your problems is staring you in the face: On The Road-style roman-à-clef in which you can finally profit off your exploitation by satisfying public demand for spilt tea.

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I’ve already felt inspired to write a sort of parody of the Odyssey called the Wiscod; she’s going to find herself as a magical fucked-up creature.

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I like that. Maybe she's a siren who mesmerizes you into starting a podcast

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They say the siren legend began with manatees, a comparison which our particularly vain females will find intolerably unflattering.

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heheheh

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Why are people such vampires. I really do hope this Pluto ingress into Aquarius haunts Thier fucking soul.

Wow your story is much like mine except I'm Antipodes in the Austjailya. Where all good ideas go to be ripped off or die.

Your welcome to have any of my books gratis on my website. Hope your situation inspires you to make good literary revenge.

https://www.saxxoncreative.com/writing

Keep Up the good work.

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(I’d like to hear your story, but I understand why circs sometimes demand that you refer to things in rage-filled obliques.)

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Thank you! I grabbed meta-modernism already… I happen to need to read up on that subject! Can’t wait.

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Your most 🤗 welcome.

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Amazingly she reinvents herself and burrows into whatever new radical cultural or political scene crops up mainly online. She is not one for personal interaction or activism but likes to fantasize she is an influencer or manipulator behind the scenes. Being an Ashkenazi Jewess she is far from stupid but a nasty piece of work otherwise with no morals or decency whatsoever and no sense of responsibility towards those who helped supported her in the past. I know several people whom she took money from or received hospitality or assistance when she required it and left them holding the bag without any concern on her part for their welfare.

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It is amazing how many horror stories are coming out of the woodwork. I almost feel like, losing only 20 grand and a lifetime's reputation, well, it could have been worse for me.

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She’s a nasty piece of work.

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I dunno, averages aren’t absolutes, and I have known Ashkenazi Jews who are as dumb as a box of rocks that dropped out of rock school. But they ASSUME they’re clever because of everyone else’s stereotypes, being stupid, and that’s how they get themselves into trouble.

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"We recorded only four podcast episodes, because when it turned out this project wasn’t instantly gonna cough up money again, Rachel had to take a long mental-health break between each one, instead of doing the long, hard, slow work that I did for the first forty years of my life to build up what she stole and frittered away."

RH is the queen of starting things she doesn't finish. She couldn't even maintain our weekly roommate viewing of HBO's Succession (she's enthralled by unethical rich people) when I lived with her for under two months in Miami lol. She'd just take off to some Airbnb she somehow had money for, on top of the apartment, on the pretense of...needing a mental health break.

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She had a bunch of shit to say about you, of course, but unfortunately I only have the vaguest recollection of what it was because it sounded crazy and I was playing with my felt dolls and tuned her out.

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She always does seem to find money for frivolous shit, eh?

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Whadya know, she's enthralled by herself.

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She has a solid two decade history of grifting and scamming people with very few or no legal or personal consequences. I am only speculating but she comes from money and was a South Florida Jewish princess, Her family has largely paid her debts and cleaned up her dysfunctional messes from San Francisco to L.A. and Brooklyn to Fort Lauderdale.

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I feel sorry for her family.

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If I didn't know any better I would swear we both worked for the same woman, except mine had bright pink hair & has an Adderall addiction instead of Xanax. I look forward to all of what you are up to, I would wish you good luck but culturally that is taboo to my people. You have this & congrats to dumping that loser. You just lost a lot of weight getting rid of her.

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Heheheh. Thank you so very much! I feel like I have cut off a tumor. I also got rid of the other plagiarist in the piece, although more privately. That felt so good, I had to get rid of this one.

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I can't figure out if you or Jim are the better polemic writer.

Equal? Jim treated you well, I think, if memory serves me well.

I'll keep checking those scratch-offs so I can hit it one day and be your quiet fiction investor lol.

(I stopped following her on X because I would reply but she wouldn't respond. Horrendous engagement. (and her accent is what sucks about her voice, not the fry))

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hehehe. Yes, he did treat me like a lady. I am honored.

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I feel you—that’s also why I NEVER work with females. This is quite relatable dynamic (though not on this scale!).

Btw, the “new right” lady R. blocked me some time ago—not sure why. Perhaps it was my ‘unkind’ comment about her vocal fry.

I wish you all the best! Avoid posh, opportunistic clique cunts as much as you can!

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It really is the posh thing, ain't it? They just figured they're entitled to more, no matter what.

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I’m almost kinda scared to work with anyone, now. But, you know, rip it up and start again. Thank you! I hope to never have anyone in my life who’s like this ever, ever again. I feel like I’ve taken a bath.

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She tends to block a lot of people, and call them stalkers and harassers. It’s strategic.

God, it feels good to take out the trash.

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Btw, what's the best place to buy your books from? Amazon? I would like to support your work.

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Here's the start of my space opera. Let me know if anyone wants me to finish it! I did serial fiction before my account was at all established, so I kind of felt like I was giving it away for no benefit. Whoops, forgot the link: https://nuisanceonlinedistributor.substack.com/p/elektras-revenge-prologue?r=71nc

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There are a couple still available on Amazon, and a couple of reprints are in the works--but if you want to start reading my fiction, I have whole sections on my Substack devoted to free serialized books! I have a realistic litfic sort of book on here, as well as a space opera, and until I get my bank details straightened out they are FREE for anyone to read!

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fantastic, thank you!

I really want to get my hands on NVSQVAM :))))

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Wait till you get to the end of it… you’ll find out why I have decided that while I am not a superstitious person, I need to write a somewhat positive sci-fi book now, because the things I write tend to come to be in such a specific way that, eeeeeven though I am nooooot superstitious, I am a tiny bit nervous about the endings of my books now.

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I’m honored. There is still a Kindle version, and I may have a publisher lined up for a reprint soon, if their reprint of In the Sky goes well!!!

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Just bought it!

Can't wait to read it!

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Some things never change.

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hehehe thank you! Yeah, I guess nothing is wasted if you use it.

My ass sure is sore, though.

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