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Mostly a feminist liberal screaming leftie fangirl. No tolerance for fascism. AO3: Rhyolight She/her, cis, historically het. Probably older than you are. Tea. Can't quit the NHL. Western MA. (Photo by Inge Morath, 1957)
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(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
(A) stop feeling pressure to be perfect;
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
(B) normalize asking questions, because that is normalizing learning;
(C) do not ask AI if your turkey is done; ask a meat thermometer
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Goodnight from Jack Hurley, still taking helpful directions from his dead wife as he pushes their Vauxhall Victor F towards Burwood. Goodnight from Chas Foster, fixing newspapers to the windows of his shed so no-one can see him making illegal sprite traps. Goodnight from Hookland.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Goodnight from Jack Hurley, still taking helpful directions from his dead wife as he pushes their Vauxhall Victor F towards Burwood. Goodnight from Chas Foster, fixing newspapers to the windows of his shed so no-one can see him making illegal sprite traps. Goodnight from Hookland.
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It's never too late to learn something new.
It's never too late to read dusty books of dark magic.
It's never too late to weave a cloak of moss, feathers, and thorns and become the horror that haunts the forest north of town.
It's never too late to read dusty books of dark magic.
It's never too late to weave a cloak of moss, feathers, and thorns and become the horror that haunts the forest north of town.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's never too late to learn something new.
It's never too late to read dusty books of dark magic.
It's never too late to weave a cloak of moss, feathers, and thorns and become the horror that haunts the forest north of town.
It's never too late to read dusty books of dark magic.
It's never too late to weave a cloak of moss, feathers, and thorns and become the horror that haunts the forest north of town.
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“Under his leadership, Louisiana’s health department waited two months to alert residents about a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak in the state that had caused two deaths.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“Under his leadership, Louisiana’s health department waited two months to alert residents about a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak in the state that had caused two deaths.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
I just had an entirely agreeable and successful interaction with Gonetspeed fiber optic internet. Lovely installer. Noticeably faster and will eventually be cheaper (I have to break up with the old one).
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I just had an entirely agreeable and successful interaction with Gonetspeed fiber optic internet. Lovely installer. Noticeably faster and will eventually be cheaper (I have to break up with the old one).
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Can we talk a minute about ALL THE HORROR on teh NYT Best Books list! (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Can we talk a minute about ALL THE HORROR on teh NYT Best Books list! (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
To hell with 'professional,' gatekeeping, lowest form of pond scums.
I once had a client tell my boss I was unprofessional for wearing sneakers to their office & changing into my dress shoes in their lobby.
It was snowing & they didnt bother plowing their parking lot. I imagine they'd have preferred a lawsuit if I slipped in their icy parking lot instead.
It was snowing & they didnt bother plowing their parking lot. I imagine they'd have preferred a lawsuit if I slipped in their icy parking lot instead.
A reader asked our fashion critic: "I am seeing all kinds of puffer jackets these days, but can they ever really be professional?" nyti.ms/4rdr7Zb
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
To hell with 'professional,' gatekeeping, lowest form of pond scums.
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It's an easy commitment to make. One, it supports individual humans with money. Two, the work is better because there's an actual brain behind it that understands the context of the thing it's working on. Three, me making it a contract point makes it easier for other authors/writers to do the same.
I’m truly delighted to hear that it is part of your contract that all work on your books (art, editing, translation, etc.) must be done by humans. I greatly admire this commitment
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's an easy commitment to make. One, it supports individual humans with money. Two, the work is better because there's an actual brain behind it that understands the context of the thing it's working on. Three, me making it a contract point makes it easier for other authors/writers to do the same.
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
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As yes. What the world needs right now is to hear from Jeffrey Epstein’s close personal friend and attorney as often as possible.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As yes. What the world needs right now is to hear from Jeffrey Epstein’s close personal friend and attorney as often as possible.
And down, farther into the rabbit hole: opentranscripts.org/transcript/a...
Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene: Staying with the Trouble - Donna Haraway | Open Transcripts
I'm going to propose to us that the Cthulucene might be a way to collect up the questions for naming the epoch, for naming what is happening in the airs, waters, and places, in the rocks, and oceans, ...
opentranscripts.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
And down, farther into the rabbit hole: opentranscripts.org/transcript/a...
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i’m sorry, what
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
i’m sorry, what
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Sci-fi pop quiz...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Can You Identify Lines From These Classic Science Fiction Novels? (Gift Article)
Try this short quiz to see how many popular lines from 20th-century science fiction novels have remained in your memory bank.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sci-fi pop quiz...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Great story by @carlzimmer.com in @nytimes.com that nicely conveys the excitement for the emerging field of interoception. @dulaclab.bsky.social and others are featured, including my tattoo 😳!
Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...
Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Great story by @carlzimmer.com in @nytimes.com that nicely conveys the excitement for the emerging field of interoception. @dulaclab.bsky.social and others are featured, including my tattoo 😳!
Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...
Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...
Well bless its heart, #TheSun is trying to burn through the clouds over the mountain at 8:56. Yesterday was so gorgeous I was amazed. Some Novembers aren't all bad.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Well bless its heart, #TheSun is trying to burn through the clouds over the mountain at 8:56. Yesterday was so gorgeous I was amazed. Some Novembers aren't all bad.
TFW you run across someone's name in the news whom you haven't thought of for _decades_ and wonder if they are still a heinous bitch. I remember asking if it was a cultural thing or just the way they were and the other people looked guilty and said no, not a cultural thing.
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
TFW you run across someone's name in the news whom you haven't thought of for _decades_ and wonder if they are still a heinous bitch. I remember asking if it was a cultural thing or just the way they were and the other people looked guilty and said no, not a cultural thing.
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I can't think of a worse way to defeat fascism than pretending it's not here
OPINION: "Calling the president a fascist does nothing to advance the Democrats’ cause — and more of the party’s leaders would do well to realize that." — Jonathan Zimmerman
To defeat Trump, stop calling him names
Calling the president a fascist does nothing to advance the Democrats’ cause — and more of the party's leaders would do well to realize that, Jonathan Zimmerman writes.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I can't think of a worse way to defeat fascism than pretending it's not here
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think the story here is that DoD is trying to lever BSA into being Hitlerjugend
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
think the story here is that DoD is trying to lever BSA into being Hitlerjugend
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Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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It's a very good YA-friendly series about a group of high school kids who, through one mechanism or another, become superheroes. The biggest theme of the series is PTSD (none through sexual assault!), and I don't think I can recommend it enough. The series is complete (11 books), plus a spinoff.
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's a very good YA-friendly series about a group of high school kids who, through one mechanism or another, become superheroes. The biggest theme of the series is PTSD (none through sexual assault!), and I don't think I can recommend it enough. The series is complete (11 books), plus a spinoff.
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To help with this, here are 5 uncached US Kindle copies of @mbaileywriter.bsky.social's Action Figures - Issue One: Secret Origins, which is one of my favorite superhero novel series.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
I don't make a ton of money off my books, but I make money, and that money helps me pay my various life expenses -- which include the cost of putting out my books since I'm an indie author. I pay my editor and cover artists out of pocket, recoup the cost through sales, eventually. (4/)
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
To help with this, here are 5 uncached US Kindle copies of @mbaileywriter.bsky.social's Action Figures - Issue One: Secret Origins, which is one of my favorite superhero novel series.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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If only someone had warned us about this “inconvenient truth” 20 years ago!
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If only someone had warned us about this “inconvenient truth” 20 years ago!
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I shall have to read this I suppose! (Lovely review!)
‘Gutenberg seems to have had a habit of falling out with people.’
Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social) on a biography of the printer told through his books.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Smyth (@adamwithbooks.bsky.social) on a biography of the printer told through his books.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Smyth · Slice It Up: Gutenberg’s Great Invention
Gutenberg remains unknowable: an implied but not a felt presence. This is true for all but a small number of 15th-...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I shall have to read this I suppose! (Lovely review!)