Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren)
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I make dinner & swear too much. I think that's all you need to know. 'Chocolate Cake for Imaginary Lives' published by Deixis Press is available now She/her
Once upon a time I would have done some self-destructive stuff to get a kind of dopamine hit from life. Right now? I am trying out a recipe I have never tried before. I am hoping it might make a good dessert for Thanksgiving. I tell other people not to do this but I know I can get away with it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Once upon a time I would have done some self-destructive stuff to get a kind of dopamine hit from life. Right now? I am trying out a recipe I have never tried before. I am hoping it might make a good dessert for Thanksgiving. I tell other people not to do this but I know I can get away with it.
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someone the other day tried to tell me that I'm obviously a millionaire
from a bird cartoon
from a bird cartoon
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
someone the other day tried to tell me that I'm obviously a millionaire
from a bird cartoon
from a bird cartoon
Very helpful.
I've talked a little about In This Family before. It's a show I produce and we made a mini-sode about not going bananas when surrounded by family at the holidays with the attendant pressures, grudges, and politics.
More ITF here: www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast
More ITF here: www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very helpful.
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“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
We are in a godless time.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are in a godless time.
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Just a heads up that this is actually open to bidders in the US, Australia and Canada as well as UK (listing is now corrected to reflect that) So go forth my international bird friends and bid....
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just a heads up that this is actually open to bidders in the US, Australia and Canada as well as UK (listing is now corrected to reflect that) So go forth my international bird friends and bid....
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
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Can someone explain how the EV mileage tax will work in practice please? GPS? Will it include miles driven outside the UK?
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Can someone explain how the EV mileage tax will work in practice please? GPS? Will it include miles driven outside the UK?
Made a bunch of pie dough. It gets to live in the fridge until it is time to give in to fate. Cold pie dough is important. I am also making a dessert with a graham cracker/digestive biscuit base. Yay butter!
In between that I am roasting giblets/turkey neck in preparation for stock.
In between that I am roasting giblets/turkey neck in preparation for stock.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Made a bunch of pie dough. It gets to live in the fridge until it is time to give in to fate. Cold pie dough is important. I am also making a dessert with a graham cracker/digestive biscuit base. Yay butter!
In between that I am roasting giblets/turkey neck in preparation for stock.
In between that I am roasting giblets/turkey neck in preparation for stock.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Oh, everything's the Antichrist with this guy
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Oh, everything's the Antichrist with this guy
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If you're asking yourself
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
Let's GOOOOO!
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Factual sketch comedy, for families! Made by the team behind YDTM plus great comedy sketch writers & performers!
Out this Christmas on R4 (3eps) & Sounds (15eps)
It's Ya Gal's 1st production credit!
You're in for a good time, comedy fans!
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If you're asking yourself
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
Where's all the sketch comedy?
Where's the family comedies on radio?
Where's the new comedy shows over Christmas?
Where's the biographies of Ramesses II that spend a good 5% of their short airtime on a bovine beauty pageant?
The answer is: Here, my friend. Right here.
I dry brined a turkey. I don't enjoy dealing with a bunch of sloshing liquid, and I have a more European sized fridge so space is at a premium.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I dry brined a turkey. I don't enjoy dealing with a bunch of sloshing liquid, and I have a more European sized fridge so space is at a premium.
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A gentle reminder now is a good time to start dropping hints about your love of folklore themed linocut prints to friends and family.
matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com
matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A gentle reminder now is a good time to start dropping hints about your love of folklore themed linocut prints to friends and family.
matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com
matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com
I have learned the most amusing Georgian term for the genitals most commonly associated with women. (vulva)
"commodities".
"commodities".
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I have learned the most amusing Georgian term for the genitals most commonly associated with women. (vulva)
"commodities".
"commodities".
My mom used to bring this up a lot when we were growing up. She thought antibiotics were amazing and how fewer parents lost their children.
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My mom used to bring this up a lot when we were growing up. She thought antibiotics were amazing and how fewer parents lost their children.
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We want to give a ton of love to 6 Texas-organisations who came together a few days ago to make 800(!!) HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits!
From Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and the Rio Grande Valley, folks showed up to build community and create a resilient mutual aid network for trans folks in Texas.
From Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and the Rio Grande Valley, folks showed up to build community and create a resilient mutual aid network for trans folks in Texas.
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We want to give a ton of love to 6 Texas-organisations who came together a few days ago to make 800(!!) HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits!
From Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and the Rio Grande Valley, folks showed up to build community and create a resilient mutual aid network for trans folks in Texas.
From Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and the Rio Grande Valley, folks showed up to build community and create a resilient mutual aid network for trans folks in Texas.
My kid saw that I had bought a flat of eggs today. She said, "oh, it is getting serious."
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My kid saw that I had bought a flat of eggs today. She said, "oh, it is getting serious."
Soon it will be time to make pie crust. But I am going to say this as someone who has been making pie crust since I was 11 years old. If you do not have the gift or the desire to make pie crust, buy the pie crust. Seriously. Buy it. It will be okay.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Soon it will be time to make pie crust. But I am going to say this as someone who has been making pie crust since I was 11 years old. If you do not have the gift or the desire to make pie crust, buy the pie crust. Seriously. Buy it. It will be okay.
When I was in London last week I went to a show at the Mimosa House which focuses on showing feminist and queer art. (It is an unusual place as it is a non-profit art gallery) it was "Show Less" from Claire Fontaine. It was an experience. A visceral collage. You can read about it here:
A notorious nude and pages from the Guardian? Claire Fontaine’s dazzling show has got the lot!
The duo behind Claire Fontaine discuss their new exhibition, which explores everything from prison atrocities to neon profanities – and even pairs this newspaper with a Courbet masterpiece
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When I was in London last week I went to a show at the Mimosa House which focuses on showing feminist and queer art. (It is an unusual place as it is a non-profit art gallery) it was "Show Less" from Claire Fontaine. It was an experience. A visceral collage. You can read about it here:
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Pretending to be Henry David Thoreau at Walden's pond so my mom and sister will bring me lunch.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Pretending to be Henry David Thoreau at Walden's pond so my mom and sister will bring me lunch.
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This is among the funniest things I have read all year and I laughed out loud several times. Highly, highly recommended. It reminded me of the best days of Deadspin.
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is among the funniest things I have read all year and I laughed out loud several times. Highly, highly recommended. It reminded me of the best days of Deadspin.
there are unholy things in our midst. we must reject them.
My wife ordered some of the Thanksgiving flavored Oreos and they were very likely the worst cookies I've ever had. The first photo is a turkey and stuffing flavored cookie and I was expecting sage and maybe some savory flavors. Instead it just tasted like chemicals dumped on your tongue.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
there are unholy things in our midst. we must reject them.
Invite the niece and the predator over. Ask the man a bunch of questions in front of everyone. Heck, have someone do a background check on him and read all of his failings aloud to everyone as you eat pie. "can't get anyone your own age to go out so you prey on children? That is a choice sir."
My 16 year old niece is dating a 20 something year old and trying to bring him to my house for Thanksgiving
NO!
So I know she not gonna come which makes me sad AF
And I can't go too hard because you can't tell nobody how to raise they kids
BUT NO!
NO!
So I know she not gonna come which makes me sad AF
And I can't go too hard because you can't tell nobody how to raise they kids
BUT NO!
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Invite the niece and the predator over. Ask the man a bunch of questions in front of everyone. Heck, have someone do a background check on him and read all of his failings aloud to everyone as you eat pie. "can't get anyone your own age to go out so you prey on children? That is a choice sir."
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1