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@chelseagsummers.bsky.social You’re featured in a monster-themed reading list from the Minuteman Library Network.
From the MONSTER MASH reading list, subtitled “There’s a monster in this book” Cover of A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea G. Summers, which shows a woman squeezing a heart in her fist (a detail from Francesco Bacchiacca’s “Ghismonda with the Heart of Guiscardo”) Book description: Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy’s clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both. But there is something within Dorothy that’s different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority. A satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. Summers’ A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food world’s most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Eating a lobster roll.
A room with beige walls, a red table lamp with an orange shade, an old TV perched atop a DVD player, and some generic art. The whole mess is soaked in blood, which drips off the walls in spurts and spatters.
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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This, though, was a great bit of packing and labeling.
A cardboard box labeled “Mostly cookbooks; Also a sledgehammer”
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Bari Weiss has now joined the crew.
Screenshot of a tweet by Bari Weiss. Over a picture of Jimmy Kimmel, the tweet reads, “For those on the right who might like what they’re seeing from this FCC: Remember that Democrats will wield this power again.”
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I did not get pictures of the fully built fence, but you can see a couple of the pipes here.
August 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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lolsob
Screenshot of a Wired headline from March 17, 2017: Trump's Budget Would Break American Science, Today and Tomorrow byline: Adam Rogers “By eviscerating federal funding of science, this proposed budget pays for a world where the only infrastructure is megacities connected by Fury Roads.”
August 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
Glenn Close, at the end of Dangerous Liaisons, wiping makeup off her face so roughly that the cloth has pulled her mouth down on one side. She is staring intently at something only she can see, a look of frozen anguish in her eyes.
June 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Post a photo of yourself from a different era.
A teenaged ChiaLynn in a prom dress with a ruffled pewter skirt, shiny pewter sleeves, and a black velvet bodice. She has one hand resting on a gold Oldsmobile Toronado and the other is propped on her hip. Her hair is shoulder length and dyed jet black. There's an AMC Eagle in the foreground, and a white Ford Mustang and blue Ford tractor in the background.
April 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Assuming it’s the same guy it was a week ago (never a guarantee with this admin), he used to work for the NRA.
Screenshot of a post from X by Scott Hechinger that reads “This is the guy who is manufacturing torture porn for the White House featuring the pain and anguish of immigrants being forcefully deported. Billy McLaughlin. Formerly heading digital for the NRA.” A photo of McLaughlin, a white man in a dark suit and red tie, is included. He is standing on a stone platform in front of what appears to be a large anchor chain and grinning.
March 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Amused that Readwise chose today, the day of RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearing, to remind me of this highlight from jonkauffman.bsky.social's Hippie Food:
Screenshot of an excerpt from Hippie Food that reads: "What are all these health nuts doing in stores like Safeway, Montgomery Ward, Walgreens, Rich's, and Lord & Taylor?" asked Business Week in 1971. "Well, for one thing, the nuts these days include a growing group of otherwise conventional shoppers who are concerned about the possible hazards of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, additives, hormones, and food processing that may destroy nutrients. The result is that 'organic' or 'natural' foods and cosmetics, long confined to small specialty shops, are moving into supermarkets and the other large retail outlets."
January 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Post you from a different era
A woman in a black dress with dark, curly hair and very red lipstick
January 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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If you have questions, issues, or concerns about voting today, anywhere in the country, call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
Flyer for 866-OUR-VOTE, that says, "The Election Protection Hotline is: Your safe, trusted resource; nonpartisan; here to help! Call 866-OUR-VOTE for secure, reliable answers to every voting question."
November 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Screenshot of a Facebook post from The New York Times with a picture of JD Vance at a campaign event and the caption “JD Vance said that he and Donald Trump had not spoken much about what kind of role he might play after an election victory, stating they are both "so superstitious that we don't like to talk a lot about what it's going to look like afterward."”
November 5, 2024 at 2:59 AM
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I’m old enough to remember when Twitter (RIP) was a valuable resource for breaking news. At least #HurricanMilton [sic] isn’t trending anymore.
Screenshot of "Ongoing news stories LIVE" tab on X.com, dedicated to Hurricane Milton. It contains three outdated posts by Florida governor Ron DeSantis and a big notice that there's "Nothing to see here—yet: Check back later to see posts about this." Captured Thursday morning, October 10, 2024, about 12 hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall. It looked just like this last night, too.
October 10, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Adding some more detailed numbers, with a gift link to the WSJ article they're from (this is the one going around today in which a woman who actually did call the cops about her missing cats says she found the cat in the basement and apologized to the neighbors.) www.wsj.com/us-news/spri...
Vance has also added to his claims about Haitians, saying on social media that communicable diseases have been on the rise in Springfield because of the Haitian migration. Information from the county health department, however, shows a decrease in infectious disease cases countywide, with 1,370 reported in 2023-the lowest since 2015. The tuberculosis case numbers in the county are so low (four in 2023, three in 2022, one in 2021) that any little movement can bring a big percentage jump. HIV cases did increase to 31 in 2023, from 17 in 2022 and 12 in 2021. Overall, sexually transmitted infection cases decreased to 965 in 2023, the lowest since 2015.
September 18, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Screenshot from article linked in previous post, reading: The vice presidential hopeful has also said there's been a "massive rise in communicable diseases" in Springfield, but Clark County Combined Health District Commissioner Chris Cook said Friday that's not accurate. "Overall, we have not seen a substantial increase in all reportable communicable diseases," Cook said. "In fact, if you look at all reportable communicable diseases together (minus COVID) for the year ending 2023 you will see that we are at our lowest rate in Clark County since 2016."
September 17, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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It’s not often that I show up early.
“Celebrating 10M users” banner showing that I was user #52,495 on Bluesky. I joined May 1, 2023
September 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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I saw this today and thought, "Well, that explains why Trump went to the Bitcoin Conference," and then I thought, "Actually, a lot of his recent decisions (like the Vance pick) make more sense if they're actually Junior's decisions."
Screenshot of Donald Trump Jr. post on X: "We're about to shake up the crypto worldwith something HUGE. Decentralized finance is the future— don't get left behind. #Crypto #DeFi #BeDeFiant"
August 7, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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X post from Jeri Ryan: На! And for the record, I didn't tell anyone to "go fuck themselves" But reeeeeally confused what it is about Star Trek that they like, since they CLEARLY missed the entire message of the whole franchise. I mean it's not like it was ever subtle...
August 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM