Miandy
@miandyreading.bsky.social
Genre fiction fan (mystery, sci-fi, & romance). Highly organized, absent-minded, and dancing in the kitchen. She/her/hers
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The world may seem full of pain and anguish, but there is good and hope as well. These things must be fought for. Do not despair, for even the smallest acts of honor are a light in the darkness. Join me as we bring these flames together, and watch as even the deepest shadows are pushed back.
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The world may seem full of pain and anguish, but there is good and hope as well. These things must be fought for. Do not despair, for even the smallest acts of honor are a light in the darkness. Join me as we bring these flames together, and watch as even the deepest shadows are pushed back.
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I'm not asking you to read our books (but I think they're awesome) or respect how we write (but you don't need to tell me to my face that you have bad taste), but I am asking you to think about us as colleagues who are going to get hit by the shit first, and to give a fuck when it happens to us.
December 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I'm not asking you to read our books (but I think they're awesome) or respect how we write (but you don't need to tell me to my face that you have bad taste), but I am asking you to think about us as colleagues who are going to get hit by the shit first, and to give a fuck when it happens to us.
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Sex work
Smut
“Women’s interests”
They start censorship here and for once I want people to be AHEAD of the curve
Smut
“Women’s interests”
They start censorship here and for once I want people to be AHEAD of the curve
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sex work
Smut
“Women’s interests”
They start censorship here and for once I want people to be AHEAD of the curve
Smut
“Women’s interests”
They start censorship here and for once I want people to be AHEAD of the curve
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I'm a software engineer who has to deal with LLMs on the day job and am dismayed that we have managed to make computers bad at logic.
December 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm a software engineer who has to deal with LLMs on the day job and am dismayed that we have managed to make computers bad at logic.
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I got word that an original painting that @spottacus.org commissioned me to create is now on auction via Goodwill. Auction ends in just a little over 1 day and is currently at just $30 so if you want an original painting of mine for an absolute steal, here's the link shopgoodwill.com/item/251172556
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I got word that an original painting that @spottacus.org commissioned me to create is now on auction via Goodwill. Auction ends in just a little over 1 day and is currently at just $30 so if you want an original painting of mine for an absolute steal, here's the link shopgoodwill.com/item/251172556
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There is a thing that can happen to praying mantises, called "Peter Pan syndrome" by keepers, where they keep eating, keep apparently thriving, but stop molting while still sub-adult. This inevitably kills them, as they crush themselves inside their old exoskeletons. It sucks.
December 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
There is a thing that can happen to praying mantises, called "Peter Pan syndrome" by keepers, where they keep eating, keep apparently thriving, but stop molting while still sub-adult. This inevitably kills them, as they crush themselves inside their old exoskeletons. It sucks.
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Behold as I try to find someone who has a set of Charm Person Dispel Dice and would rather not have them anymore. I can trade other dice, or buy them. Ping me if that's you?
December 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Behold as I try to find someone who has a set of Charm Person Dispel Dice and would rather not have them anymore. I can trade other dice, or buy them. Ping me if that's you?
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We have to choose good every day. We have to choose acceptance and equality and equity and justice. None of us are inherently beyond that. And the first step to doing good is recognising that you aren’t better than anyone else.
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We have to choose good every day. We have to choose acceptance and equality and equity and justice. None of us are inherently beyond that. And the first step to doing good is recognising that you aren’t better than anyone else.
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We live in a world built by the GOP gerrymandering after 2010.
National Democrats didn’t see that as an emergency at the time, and now they cannot hold the presidency because of it.
National Democrats didn’t see that as an emergency at the time, and now they cannot hold the presidency because of it.
December 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We live in a world built by the GOP gerrymandering after 2010.
National Democrats didn’t see that as an emergency at the time, and now they cannot hold the presidency because of it.
National Democrats didn’t see that as an emergency at the time, and now they cannot hold the presidency because of it.
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Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
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This is a fantastic story.
My mother asked dad to put in one of those doohickeys to open spaghetti suace jars; she expected a metal plate that screwed to the underside of the cupboard, had a "V" shaped enclosure, you slide the jar in until the lid sticks and twist.
December 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is a fantastic story.
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Make 2026 the year you stop shaming yourself for struggling to get stuff done.
Try something designed for inconsistent brains that need novelty (not repetitive pages)! ✏️
anti-planner.com
Try something designed for inconsistent brains that need novelty (not repetitive pages)! ✏️
anti-planner.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Make 2026 the year you stop shaming yourself for struggling to get stuff done.
Try something designed for inconsistent brains that need novelty (not repetitive pages)! ✏️
anti-planner.com
Try something designed for inconsistent brains that need novelty (not repetitive pages)! ✏️
anti-planner.com
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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shout out to parents who are like “of course you can wear your astronaut costume on the airplane” to their four year old
December 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
shout out to parents who are like “of course you can wear your astronaut costume on the airplane” to their four year old
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"They pulled her out of Clinton High and moved to Los Angeles at the urging of an uncle of hers who lived there. After finishing school, she began a long career as a pediatric nurse in California."
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"They pulled her out of Clinton High and moved to Los Angeles at the urging of an uncle of hers who lived there. After finishing school, she began a long career as a pediatric nurse in California."
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If you’re celebrating, may it be joyful. If you’re gritting your teeth and getting through it, may it pass uneventfully. If you are alone, I am with you in thought.
And it seems a difficult prospect, but I wish us all peace and kindness at the close of the year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxT...
And it seems a difficult prospect, but I wish us all peace and kindness at the close of the year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxT...
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Judy Garland ♡
YouTube video by loveforjudy
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If you’re celebrating, may it be joyful. If you’re gritting your teeth and getting through it, may it pass uneventfully. If you are alone, I am with you in thought.
And it seems a difficult prospect, but I wish us all peace and kindness at the close of the year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxT...
And it seems a difficult prospect, but I wish us all peace and kindness at the close of the year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxT...
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The point of writing crap is not that you should barf out anything.
It's that you should be aware as you are writing it what the flaws are, and you need to get through it the first time, because the act of doing so informs you what is wrong.
It's that you should be aware as you are writing it what the flaws are, and you need to get through it the first time, because the act of doing so informs you what is wrong.
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The point of writing crap is not that you should barf out anything.
It's that you should be aware as you are writing it what the flaws are, and you need to get through it the first time, because the act of doing so informs you what is wrong.
It's that you should be aware as you are writing it what the flaws are, and you need to get through it the first time, because the act of doing so informs you what is wrong.
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How a rich dad's obsession with the estate tax nearly tore his family apart
How a rich dad's obsession with the estate tax nearly tore his family apart
In "Death & Taxes," filmmaker Justin Schein turns his camera on his businessman father—and his own privilege.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How a rich dad's obsession with the estate tax nearly tore his family apart
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Diversity and antitrust.
We actually have to come out for diversity to save this country … we’ll probably choose its death instead .
Trump megadonor Larry Ellison is reportedly pledging $40 billion to help his son buy CNN’s parent company, in a media power play that one critic warns makes the billionaire tycoon a direct threat to independent journalism and democracy.
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Diversity and antitrust.
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The lessons for heavy DIYers to take from this, btw:
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The lessons for heavy DIYers to take from this, btw:
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
If your doctor says your insurance won't approve a newly-released drug you really want to try, don't despair. Ask them if they're willing to do a "peer to peer" if you draft the justification for them to edit to save time.
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In light of our incoming #AtmosphericRiver event in SoCal, let's re-up this timely reminder: a "Watch" means everything is in place for a thing to occur; a "Warning" means that thing is actually occuring. Like tacos!! 🌮
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
In light of our incoming #AtmosphericRiver event in SoCal, let's re-up this timely reminder: a "Watch" means everything is in place for a thing to occur; a "Warning" means that thing is actually occuring. Like tacos!! 🌮
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If you're in the U.S. (they may ship elsewhere, but I'm not sure), look up Theo's chocolate. They do high quality chocolate, fair trade, very good allergen labeling, lots of varieties (most w/o salt).
One of the few chocolates without soy, for me.
One of the few chocolates without soy, for me.
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
If you're in the U.S. (they may ship elsewhere, but I'm not sure), look up Theo's chocolate. They do high quality chocolate, fair trade, very good allergen labeling, lots of varieties (most w/o salt).
One of the few chocolates without soy, for me.
One of the few chocolates without soy, for me.
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NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
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Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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