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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t remember why I got the Raven Scholar from the library but it took me seventeen chapters to finally think okay, I am invested, I do want to read this. Appreciate an author who really loves gleefully putting A Protag In A Situation

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Sara McH 🤧 covid mode @saramchenry.bsky.social · Mar 30

LGBTQ

Lisan al GaiB: The QuisatzHaderach in rainbow colors

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 3d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 3d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 3d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 2d

This is the argument against using AI to write medical notes, especially for trainees

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 2d

The last three projects I’ve written I can only write one at a time, but it ends up being around than 100,000 words 😬😬😬. Starting sucks the flow is endless

nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 3d

Somehow, all of these use a 3.25 mm hook

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 3d

oh no i now have five wips sitting on my couch

crochet and knitting projects🧶:
1) trans flag tapestry crochet planned to say TRANS PEOPLE BELONG IN AMERICA
2) red tunisian bustier top
3) crochet dress with hobbii gradient halloween yarn
4) b&w stripe sweater
5) yellow crochet faux cabled baby cardigan without sleeves

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 4d

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 4d

I might have to stop crocheting to read the new Pynchon

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon next to my current crochet project

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 7d

It might!!!

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 7d

good morning it’s day 2 ballon fiesta and the balloons are up today

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Annaplexis @annaplexis.bsky.social · 9d

🧶 How to knit knots
This is how to make a small bobble - or knot
I prefer to knit backwards rather than turn my knitting for knots and bobbles, but if you prefer you can do it the traditional way: kfb, turn, p2, turn, k2tog.

annaplexisinenglish.wordpress.com/close-gaps-p...
#knitting

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 14d

Woke up at 5am thinking THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHITE PEOPLE FOOD FOOD IS BAD (corporate foods replacing local cooking, food divorced from the growing process, convenience foods with chemicals that are bad for people, IBS food triggers = whiteness) AND THAT GASTRONAUTS EPISODE IGNORED ALL OF THEM

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 14d

season’s resolution: i have got to stop buying crochet patterns from young influencers because I’m insomnia scrolling crafting insta. I have been crocheting since 1998, I do not need a 36pg pattern that doesn’t have charts 🧶

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 18d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 17d

I found this discussion of Edogawa Ranpo and honkaku-ha (本格派), the "orthodox school" of "classical whodunnits” to be very interesting, though maybe not what you’re going for www.tumblr.com/soleminisanc...

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💬 7 🔁 3349 ❤️ 5117 · Ooooo, this conversation continues very interestingly with the Japanese literary equivalent -- honkaku-ha (本格派), the "orthodox school" of "classical whodunnits," which by def…

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 19d

www.acog.org/news/news-ar...

ACOG Response to Consensus Statement on Paracetamol Use During Pregnancy

ACOG and obstetrician-gynecologists across the country have always identified acetaminophen as one of the only safe pain relievers for pregnant individuals during pregnancy.

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 19d

acog put out a statement on this one in 2021 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paracetamol use during pregnancy — a call for precautionary action - Nature Reviews Endocrinology

A growing body of research suggests that prenatal exposure to paracetamol (APAP) might alter development and increase the risk of some reproductive, urogenital and neurodevelopmental disorders. This Consensus Statement calls for precautionary action, including a focused research effort, increasing awareness among health professionals and pregnant women and, whenever possible, minimizing use.

www.nature.com

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Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 20d

dudes rock

Tumblr post from every-lemon
Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

Follow up tumblr post
every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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nn @abigailnicole.bsky.social · 19d

It is already so hard to get people to vaccinate their babies

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ACOG @acog.org · 20d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 20d

Screencap from Taito NES video game Bubble Bobble. Text reads: "The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born! Now is the time of monsters! Good luck!"

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〽️ax krieger does the damn thing @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 19d

re: the tylenol thing, i think we're gonna reach an inflection point soon where corporate america has to decide whether or not the current admin's conspiracy brain decision-making is dangerous enough to its bottom line to undermine it, or if kleptocracy will really pay them more

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 19d

I normally take ibuprofen for my assorted pains but now that I know tylenol is good for autism I may need to switch.

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