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Malorie
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Editor, writer, lover of dinosaurs, chaotic energy, poltergeist in a human disguise. Just like any modern ghoul trying to have it all—I only wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade.

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I got a very affordable nearly new washable rug from a person who was just looking to offload it quickly. It is too large for my space, but I was grateful to have it in a room where my cat spent most of his time. Well, I just washed it, and boy let me tell you what, I sure hate the thing now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hey, Idaho! This will be important to look to as Meta finishes building a 1 million square foot data center in Kuna, Idaho. Are you okay with poisoning the land and water for Facebook?
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.

What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.

And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Hey y’all Sydette really needs a boost. Can you help her out right now?

She is one of the smartest, kindest people I know and she has put a lot in with very little reward.
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Well! This is a nice thing.
BIG congrats to Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social for her recent review in the NYT and inclusion on the list of Great Cyberpunk Novels That Imagine New Futures ... #cyberpunk
Great Cyberpunk Novels That Imagine New Futures
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One (big, long) slice of gluten free sourdough cut in half, one half buttered with apricot freezer jam, the other half with fresh ground peanut butter = heaven.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I grew up in a severe sect of SBC, and thinness was absolutely moralized. Shame was a powerful tool to control girls and women. I developed an eating disorder (extreme restriction and binging, with purging through extreme exercise). It is hard to resist oppressive authority when you are starving.
“Fascist ideologies…tend to paint an idealised vision of the human body and women's bodies in particular are seen as vessels for producing the next generation of ‘pure’ and strong children. With the rise of far-right movements, we also see a return of narrow-minded beauty ideals and body shaming.”
Fascists want you to starve, by the way. Images like the one I’ve shared on my page help them. This is part of the propaganda.

And that set is no exception.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
'Kay, Idaho! Alicia is on the case! Eyes on this space.
No seats left at the criminal hearing for the town hall this morning. The KCRCC showed up for this one.

Today we’ll be hearing a motion to dismiss from the defendants (LEAR security guards). The judge has also handed out jury instructions in the event that the case moves forward. #idpol
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
a movie that takes place where I'm from

The Lost Boys was filmed in Santa Cruz and Capitola (the scene of the boys hanging from the train trestle is the very one that I grew up walking across over Soquel Creek), so even if they made up a different place name it is still my home.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's difficult managing open sub periods because of the prevalence of AI slop—it's depressing! While it is a bit different in the world of fiction (for one, I have to worry a lot less about these types of made up quotes), I extend my sympathy to every managing editor. 💜 It's tough out there.
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"

Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets

thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I got this pillow today, and I tested it out laying on my back, and every vertebrae in my neck popped and my sternum cracked super hard. My head now has stopped hurting for the first time in over a week, so I feel like the purchase was worth it even if it doesn't work every again, lol.
Bit the bullet and ordered two sizes of tempurpedic pillow. Please pray for me that one of them works for my stupid EDS neck (which I now know is the reason my entire scalp is going numb). 🙏
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Oh my gosh!!! They are here!

Now begins the long process of restringing and then tuning over and over and over until they decide to stay. 😭
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
First order of business: make small mosaic gift. 😌
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today is a day for baking. Let’s see if I can make improvements to my gluten free pumpkin bread 💪
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
25 years and my life is still
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
🎶 I'm so high, I can hear Heaven
I'm so high, I can hear Heaven
Oh, but Heaven
No, Heaven don't hear me 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Delicious, delicious sacrilege. 🙏
Wake up, sweetie. It’s Sunday. Time for sacrilege.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Like Matilda, I was raised by libraries, and a very important Librarian (to me) taught me Too Much. ☺️
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Given that the words "information integrity" were followed by, effectively, science denial in the #COP30 text, that is not a win but rather a co-opting of the language folks are trying to use to fight climate disinfo. drilled.ghost.io/there-can-be...
There Can Be No Information Integrity Without Scientific and Political Integrity
I'm just back from COP30 in Belém and it is making me feel crazy to watch so many climate advocates and reporters declare the final text coming out of it a victory. It's true that the final text inclu...
drilled.ghost.io
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I read Spread Me over the course of this evening, and I couldn’t put it down. It is a book for the freaks and sickos (complimentary).
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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A comprehensive rundown of the #COP30 shenanigans from @roycerk2.bsky.social. From what I saw, the Colombians were the only ones whose negotiators and civil society groups were on the same page, and they carried the whole world on their shoulders.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Bit the bullet and ordered two sizes of tempurpedic pillow. Please pray for me that one of them works for my stupid EDS neck (which I now know is the reason my entire scalp is going numb). 🙏
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
While I definitely do not put the song “Free Will” by Rush at the same level as Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” I will note that the same people that appropriate Cohen into Christian contexts love that Rush song and clearly do not understand it either.
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Important to keep an eye on this space and check with your state legislation. Our libraries are going to need our continued support!
It's not just laws about books that are breaking libraries. Several states have passed property tax reforms–or are in the process of passing them–that are dismantling, destroying, and defunding these public institutions of democracy.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
It's Not Just Laws About Books Breaking Libraries. It's Also New Tax Reforms.
Two states have passed property tax cuts that are directly impacting public libraries. Expect to see this happen more.
buttondown.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM