I am often too lazy to bother painting my nails, but there is something about a fresh manicure that makes me want to work and type furiously on my laptop. I definitely think there is something to the #rednailtheory.

Finally picked up my books for the Trans Rights Readathon! @trreadathon.bsky.social #trr2025

I just signed up for this year’s Trans Rights Readathon and you can too! I’m planning to donate to Transformations (transformationskc.org) at the end for Trans Day of Visibility. Please join me and thousands of others! @trreadathon.bsky.social

Super exciting whenever these drop. And also happy to have found @notalawyer.bsky.social on @bsky.app!

In pursuit of continued dissociation from reality, I picked up my first Jack Reacher novel (19th in the series). Writing is mediocre and structure is similar to a Dan Brown (another mediocre writer that I enjoy), but that makes it a breeze to read. Still reading, but this is book 11 for the year 👍

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.

Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

While I have a long list of serious, protest-driven books chosen to read this year, I needed to start 2025 off with some lighthearted fun.

Here are books 1-4 of 2025:

I’ve mostly been a social media creeper the last few years, but I’m going to attempt some actual engagement on this last remaining platform.

Wish me luck 🫠🥺🤯😩🤦‍♀️

I started reading The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green today. In the introduction he shares this quote from Maurice Sendak: “I cry a lot because I miss people. I cry a lot because they die, and I can’t stop them. They leave me, and I love them more.” This really hit me.