Rachel Haimowitz
@rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social
Restorative market farmer & genre novelist. Owner of @riptidepublishing.bsky.social and Healthy Plantet Homestead. Jersey gal transplant to WNC. Proudly Jewish (free Palestine!), queer, & AudDHD. She/her.
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Ok so all of these are @riptidepublishing.bsky.social books because that's where I work and so what I've widely read, and also the quality there is just *chef's kiss*
Fluff: Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. F/F contemp: Night Life by @sjhartsfield.bsky.social.
Fluff: Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. F/F contemp: Night Life by @sjhartsfield.bsky.social.
A long thread of #lgbtq romance novels I love across genres and pairings :)
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Running the national economy the way he ran Trump businesses.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Running the national economy the way he ran Trump businesses.
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This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is the argument for "pre-existing conditions." Like being a woman.
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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“The notion that American anti-Semitism is an outside influence operation rather than a homegrown menace is a comforting story. Unfortunately, it’s not true,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.socialwrites. “Foreign actors may exploit our divisions, but they don’t create them”:
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“The notion that American anti-Semitism is an outside influence operation rather than a homegrown menace is a comforting story. Unfortunately, it’s not true,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.socialwrites. “Foreign actors may exploit our divisions, but they don’t create them”:
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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
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To prevent this kind of tragedy:
*get a Tdap 💉during the 3rd trimester of every pregnancy
*vaccinate babies on AAP-recommended schedule
*ALL adults need TDap boosters every 10 years minimum (5 is better bc the pertussis part of 💉can wane sooner)
h/t @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
*get a Tdap 💉during the 3rd trimester of every pregnancy
*vaccinate babies on AAP-recommended schedule
*ALL adults need TDap boosters every 10 years minimum (5 is better bc the pertussis part of 💉can wane sooner)
h/t @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
To prevent this kind of tragedy:
*get a Tdap 💉during the 3rd trimester of every pregnancy
*vaccinate babies on AAP-recommended schedule
*ALL adults need TDap boosters every 10 years minimum (5 is better bc the pertussis part of 💉can wane sooner)
h/t @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
*get a Tdap 💉during the 3rd trimester of every pregnancy
*vaccinate babies on AAP-recommended schedule
*ALL adults need TDap boosters every 10 years minimum (5 is better bc the pertussis part of 💉can wane sooner)
h/t @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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My point is that this has been happening again and again and again and again and unless something major (world shatteringly so) changes, it will indeed happen again after this batch ends.
We can't just throw a fresh layer of paint on a machine that by design results in this and call it a day.
We can't just throw a fresh layer of paint on a machine that by design results in this and call it a day.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My point is that this has been happening again and again and again and again and unless something major (world shatteringly so) changes, it will indeed happen again after this batch ends.
We can't just throw a fresh layer of paint on a machine that by design results in this and call it a day.
We can't just throw a fresh layer of paint on a machine that by design results in this and call it a day.
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People who got deported and never come back, laws policies rulings "rules" that get changed in this two year period and aren't changed back later.
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
People who got deported and never come back, laws policies rulings "rules" that get changed in this two year period and aren't changed back later.
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
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I'm thinking about how it now seems clear this particular fascist moment will end, this particular movement will fall, but I'm thinking about all the forms of horrible harm that will be locked-in forever and go uncommented on. I am thinking about this because KOSA has been reintroduced in the House.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm thinking about how it now seems clear this particular fascist moment will end, this particular movement will fall, but I'm thinking about all the forms of horrible harm that will be locked-in forever and go uncommented on. I am thinking about this because KOSA has been reintroduced in the House.
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Anyhow, as many, many people have pointed out, OpenAI loses money on every customer, even the paying ones, and will never stop. There are no economies of scale.
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Anyhow, as many, many people have pointed out, OpenAI loses money on every customer, even the paying ones, and will never stop. There are no economies of scale.
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OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
The funny thing is, MS365 is ALSO a total rip-off. You can still literally just buy an MS Office license outright for about the cost of one year of 365 subscription, and then you own it forever. And at least Office has broad utility, unlike the hallucinating, planet-burning plaigarism machine.
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The funny thing is, MS365 is ALSO a total rip-off. You can still literally just buy an MS Office license outright for about the cost of one year of 365 subscription, and then you own it forever. And at least Office has broad utility, unlike the hallucinating, planet-burning plaigarism machine.
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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Doing groundwork for a story about nobody wanting to be a cop and got this FOIA record back from Dallas PD about their hiring/retention numbers. The department spent millions to net gain 219 sworn officers over 4 years. Imagine what alternatives to policing you could fund with their hiring budgets!
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Doing groundwork for a story about nobody wanting to be a cop and got this FOIA record back from Dallas PD about their hiring/retention numbers. The department spent millions to net gain 219 sworn officers over 4 years. Imagine what alternatives to policing you could fund with their hiring budgets!
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Media doing the dog meme while the contradictions of capitalism intensify.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Media doing the dog meme while the contradictions of capitalism intensify.
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I have had my Samsung Galaxy S10+ since fucking 2019. SIX YEARS. I will replace it when it finally dies past the point of repairability and not a moment sooner. Good lord, fuck every single one of these endless-consumerism asshats.
I’m sorry, having a smartphone for only 29 months is “squeezing as much life out of [it] as possible”??? Give me a break, that is some weak shit
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I have had my Samsung Galaxy S10+ since fucking 2019. SIX YEARS. I will replace it when it finally dies past the point of repairability and not a moment sooner. Good lord, fuck every single one of these endless-consumerism asshats.
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“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
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 6:24 PM
“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)