Alyssa Harad
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
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Alyssa Harad
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Sorry this took so long, but I finally got the doc I prepared for my friend up on Google Docs. It is a deliberately short Long Covid On Ramp for folks just discovering they are sick and wondering what to do next. Thanks to all who contributed! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Saw a crowd work short from a performer where she picked on a “Jason Mamoa look alike” who was indeed hot and adorable and she asked what he did for work and he said “I teach companies to use Chat-GPT” and then the entire audience groaned in disappointment and I thought my god maybe there is hope.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Saw a crowd work short from a performer where she picked on a “Jason Mamoa look alike” who was indeed hot and adorable and she asked what he did for work and he said “I teach companies to use Chat-GPT” and then the entire audience groaned in disappointment and I thought my god maybe there is hope.
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You can add a festive detail or something.
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
You can add a festive detail or something.
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Do you have a holiday sweater party coming up? These take a little longer to ship because knit on demand is apparently a thing.
But hey, the first punch card programming was for a loom in the early 1800s. So, full circle.
www.mulebooks.com/store/fuck-a...
But hey, the first punch card programming was for a loom in the early 1800s. So, full circle.
www.mulebooks.com/store/fuck-a...
Fuck AI sweater — MULE BOOKS
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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Do you have a holiday sweater party coming up? These take a little longer to ship because knit on demand is apparently a thing.
But hey, the first punch card programming was for a loom in the early 1800s. So, full circle.
www.mulebooks.com/store/fuck-a...
But hey, the first punch card programming was for a loom in the early 1800s. So, full circle.
www.mulebooks.com/store/fuck-a...
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"The current horrors are unevenly distributed. Not all of us are suffering the same effects of fascism. We have to do what we can to defend and protect the most vulnerable in our midst. We can do so while keeping grief close and tending to it." 🙏🏼
A lot of people need to read this.
We Don’t Know Where We Will End Up…
A Year Since the 2024 Election
prisonculture.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"The current horrors are unevenly distributed. Not all of us are suffering the same effects of fascism. We have to do what we can to defend and protect the most vulnerable in our midst. We can do so while keeping grief close and tending to it." 🙏🏼
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November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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The dark ocean and swelling waters were nothing
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The dark ocean and swelling waters were nothing
Apples in progress.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Apples in progress.
It appears I accidentally Discoursed but everyone is being so cheerful about it that I’m not sorry.
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It appears I accidentally Discoursed but everyone is being so cheerful about it that I’m not sorry.
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as a librarian i see someone talk about a book twice online i try to make sure we own it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
as a librarian i see someone talk about a book twice online i try to make sure we own it.
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Pro tip: it usually only takes one or two requests for your local library to buy a copy of a book you like
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Pro tip: it usually only takes one or two requests for your local library to buy a copy of a book you like
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We've sold dozens of copies of certain small-press books since once we started in 2019 because every time we order 2 to 10, they always sell ... eventually. There's something to be said for playing the long game.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We've sold dozens of copies of certain small-press books since once we started in 2019 because every time we order 2 to 10, they always sell ... eventually. There's something to be said for playing the long game.
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As a former bookseller and indie bookstore manager, this is absolutely the truth. Tell people what's cool! Tell the stranger browsing the shelves next to you! Talk it up to the person ringing you up! We want to know what people actually like, not what publishers tell us to buy.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
As a former bookseller and indie bookstore manager, this is absolutely the truth. Tell people what's cool! Tell the stranger browsing the shelves next to you! Talk it up to the person ringing you up! We want to know what people actually like, not what publishers tell us to buy.
OK I understand a whole set of singing legends now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
OK I understand a whole set of singing legends now.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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This is what I spent most of last week working on with other people who cannot leave this stuff alone. Gotta put the facts in order in a stable place and then see what meaning emerges.
The fight against authoritarianism has many fronts. At Unbreaking, we choose to work against information overload and for collective understanding. On our Immigration timeline, we track major and representative events from across the US—now filterable by legal case:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is what I spent most of last week working on with other people who cannot leave this stuff alone. Gotta put the facts in order in a stable place and then see what meaning emerges.
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if it's past 10pm she will go stand by the stairs, look at us, look at the stairs, and then meow. she is a creature of habit and a creature who must have her treats and songs.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
if it's past 10pm she will go stand by the stairs, look at us, look at the stairs, and then meow. she is a creature of habit and a creature who must have her treats and songs.
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one night you sing your cat a little song when saying goodnight and then suddenly your cat has a bedtime routine that you've followed nightly for a year+ that starts with giving her a handful of greenies cat treats and ends with the singing of two songs (one from my childhood).
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
one night you sing your cat a little song when saying goodnight and then suddenly your cat has a bedtime routine that you've followed nightly for a year+ that starts with giving her a handful of greenies cat treats and ends with the singing of two songs (one from my childhood).
Love to have eleventy billion passwords and then get a letter from my health insurance company telling me my personal info was exposed in a break in that happened...*checks letter*....eleven months ago.
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Love to have eleventy billion passwords and then get a letter from my health insurance company telling me my personal info was exposed in a break in that happened...*checks letter*....eleven months ago.
Have spent the day in a post-vax chills and aches stupor and it is totally worth it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Have spent the day in a post-vax chills and aches stupor and it is totally worth it.
lol
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
lol
If I were the Catholic Church I would sue The Atlantic for defamation over that creep af glamor rosary RFK cover pic.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If I were the Catholic Church I would sue The Atlantic for defamation over that creep af glamor rosary RFK cover pic.
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here is a much better and 100x more correct article than this crap. it’s even properly fact checked
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
here is a much better and 100x more correct article than this crap. it’s even properly fact checked
Whoosh
Hark! There's a planet! It is gray, with inconsequential seas. Frequently, there's a an unexplained rushing sound.
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Whoosh
Just FYI, we were able to get the most recent Novovax shot at CVS here in PDX yesterday, no problem, no questions.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just FYI, we were able to get the most recent Novovax shot at CVS here in PDX yesterday, no problem, no questions.
To everyone asking, two of these (the darker ones, I think) are Rome Crisps and the can’t remember the names of the ones with all the yellow, sorry! There are eleventy billion varieties of apples and pears at the farmer’s market here in PDX. 🍎💕
Excuse me, I need you to look at the color of these perfect apples.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
To everyone asking, two of these (the darker ones, I think) are Rome Crisps and the can’t remember the names of the ones with all the yellow, sorry! There are eleventy billion varieties of apples and pears at the farmer’s market here in PDX. 🍎💕