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Rebecca Ruth Seidel
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Too many Ayrshires, not enough time. Half dairy farmer, half writer, all parent. Mostly cheese and kid stories.
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ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!

They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!

archive.org/details/usda...

🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I had just sobered up from my Thanksgiving eve prep mixed drink when my brother started an argument touting the benefits of AI, so.... I guess it's wine time.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I'm at the "Promote Your Book! People Want to Hear About Your Book!" I'm at the "Bemoan NSF's Cancellation of the Program that Made Your Book Possible"

I'm at the combination "Promote Your Book! People Want to Hear About Your Book!" "Bemoan NSF's Cancellation of the Program that Made Your Book Pos-
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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So I got to attend a Q&A with Tom Morello (guitar legend of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE fame), and from him I heard a very smart creative lesson, applicable to more than just musicians -- thought I'd share it, and some further thoughts and stories here:
A Very Good Piece Of Creative Advice From Tom Morello
As a cantankerous alt-rock grunge-loving teenager, I was not particularly a Rage Against the Machine guy — I mean, I liked the music but it didn’t connect with me, and my theory now as …
terribleminds.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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It's not this platform. It's all of society that hates AI
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This bag of onions has me bawling. They're practically chemical weapons.
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What pedagogic method is giving my child a miniature chocolate chip every time he gets a math flashcard right?
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This is absolutely mad genius. I love it. I read it to my husband over post-breakfast tea.
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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prepping for the family fighting holiday by doubling down on my opinion that pissed this site off the most: if you want cool things to continue to happen, you have to seek out, support, and show up for the cool things
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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He was VICE PRESIDENT of the insurance company and turned down an Ivy League professorship to keep his gig. Wallace Steven is the Patron Saint of Writer Day Jobs.
Wallace Stevens sold insurance. You do what you have to do.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Concord grape pie is literally the best pie, and most of you have no idea what you're missing out on.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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This is absolutely beautiful & I wish Henson had made it before he died.
Jim Henson’s proposed idea for The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Somehow there's a connection between this and the death of Google Reader. The danger in letting people find and access other people's creations was that there was money being made there but it wasn't being made by Google. They're sure taken care of that.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Stolen from Reddit
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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it’s incredible how both people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Israel and people who voted for Trump thinking he was better for Gaza managed to be wrong
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!

I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:

- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating

This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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my hot take today is that Studio Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies should be required viewing for all Americans
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I'm nearly finished with the reread of the catechism of my childhood that I've been doing this year. It's worse than I remembered.

Anyone want to tell me about the catechisms they're familiar with? ⚓
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM