Ada Hatelace
@draftinghermit.bsky.social
Writer. Pumpkin Eater. Idiot.
(she/ her)
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January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Finished up this delightful book nook build that spouse got me for Xmas. It was soothing blend of Lego building and puzzle making that I found extremely satisfying, promoting extreme focus and deep work that magically settled anxiety. Now I understand the "old people working on puzzles" stereotype.
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Finished up this delightful book nook build that spouse got me for Xmas. It was soothing blend of Lego building and puzzle making that I found extremely satisfying, promoting extreme focus and deep work that magically settled anxiety. Now I understand the "old people working on puzzles" stereotype.
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meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
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Hiked to Kaaterskill Falls. They are most beautiful when frozen.
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hiked to Kaaterskill Falls. They are most beautiful when frozen.
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Always worth a post
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a post
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New York Public Library
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1917
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New York Public Library
1917
1917
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I hadn’t intended to send another newsletter in 2025, but I got to thinking about New Year’s and ended up compiling a set of quotes about the holiday. I hope yours is restful. Mine will end at 10.
Issue 9: A holiday that is predicated on staying up two hours past my bedtime is no holiday for me, but here we are.
It was that prolonged, flat, cheerless week that follows Christmas. My own existence seemed infinitely stagnant, relieved only by work on another book. Those interminable latter days of the dying year...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I hadn’t intended to send another newsletter in 2025, but I got to thinking about New Year’s and ended up compiling a set of quotes about the holiday. I hope yours is restful. Mine will end at 10.
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My brother’s sitting with a friend at a window table in a pub in Oxford.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
My brother’s sitting with a friend at a window table in a pub in Oxford.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
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so anyway, i started blasting
August 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
so anyway, i started blasting
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as the prophecy foretold
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
as the prophecy foretold
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To be clear, we aren’t a jet because we are better than Denmark. We are a jet because we must use complex networks to compensate for a fragmented health care system.
wapo.st/3N2WOos
wapo.st/3N2WOos
Opinion | The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane.
Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence.
wapo.st
December 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
To be clear, we aren’t a jet because we are better than Denmark. We are a jet because we must use complex networks to compensate for a fragmented health care system.
wapo.st/3N2WOos
wapo.st/3N2WOos
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The most important post on Bluesky today
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The most important post on Bluesky today
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Get your flu shot please! With my immune system working again I am trying to make this the first winter in ages where I do not get the death flu
NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late).
Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.
December 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Get your flu shot please! With my immune system working again I am trying to make this the first winter in ages where I do not get the death flu
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Progress on to-do list has slowed considerably
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Progress on to-do list has slowed considerably
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I have worn a mask in public for over 5 years. My husband has had profound, life-changing long Covid for over 4 years, and now our kid does as well. I can’t imagine I will stop masking unless their circumstances change. And for what it’s worth I haven’t had even a cold for the last four+ years.
always strange to talk about but when i see everyone around me accepting sickness when i have been doing just one thing different while attending movies parties bars concerts flights…….i feel morally obligated to occasionally mention that wearing a mask has been a game changer. simple as that
December 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I have worn a mask in public for over 5 years. My husband has had profound, life-changing long Covid for over 4 years, and now our kid does as well. I can’t imagine I will stop masking unless their circumstances change. And for what it’s worth I haven’t had even a cold for the last four+ years.
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Can’t argue with that
December 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Can’t argue with that
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Can't believe I have to say this, but it's 2025 still and apparently this is how this year has gone:
IF YOU HAVE MEASLES PLEASE DON'T GET ON A PLANE.
patch.com/new-jersey/n...
IF YOU HAVE MEASLES PLEASE DON'T GET ON A PLANE.
patch.com/new-jersey/n...
Possible Measles Exposure At Newark Airport Amid Holiday Travel: Health Officials
The non-NJ resident was in at least two terminals while infected with measles, officials said.
patch.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Can't believe I have to say this, but it's 2025 still and apparently this is how this year has gone:
IF YOU HAVE MEASLES PLEASE DON'T GET ON A PLANE.
patch.com/new-jersey/n...
IF YOU HAVE MEASLES PLEASE DON'T GET ON A PLANE.
patch.com/new-jersey/n...
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Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
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“Po-fucking-ta-toes”, of course bsky.app/profile/thec...
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Po-fucking-ta-toes”, of course bsky.app/profile/thec...
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Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
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Honestly, nearly none? I'd rather see new ideas, in adaptation or originally written for the screen, than remakes. That said, if one must have remakes, I'd do the ones where the initial movie had a cool concept, not perfectly executed for whatever reason (time/money/effects/studio interference/etc).
Mind running with the last bit of that, O film critic turned novelist, and giving us your list of films you'd especially appreciate seeing remade?
December 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Honestly, nearly none? I'd rather see new ideas, in adaptation or originally written for the screen, than remakes. That said, if one must have remakes, I'd do the ones where the initial movie had a cool concept, not perfectly executed for whatever reason (time/money/effects/studio interference/etc).