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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Crabs Don't Scream by H.H. Pak Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

It’s an honor to announce that my new story, “Crabs Don’t Scream,” has been published in this month’s issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com! Featuring an aroace-coded slapstick comedy about the horrors of falling in love across the space time continuum.

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Holy hell, is that a thing? Fingerprint scanners have always been a struggle (HSD not EDS)

I had an amazing time. Now kindly go away. #audhd #neurospicy #neurospicygirlies #indieauthors #indieauthorsofinstagram

See, @iancallipydge.bsky.social? I'm not the only jimmie-sorter!

Thanks ♥️ We have a couple of portables running, which is keeping temps in the double digits, but I think that's all our circuits can handle. Can't use the microwave or vacuum cleaner without tripping a breaker as it is.

Silver lining: I was allergic to that tree 😆 Hope you get some rest after your travails.

OOH can I play? Condo association still hasn't gotten back to us about repairing our A/C, but this morning they cut down the giant tree that was our only shade. We were averaging mid 80s indoors, with a high in the low 90s. Now we have full sun! 💀

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Doechii at the #BETAwards

The thing that sabotages relationships is the same thing that keeps me from making a dentist appointment or starting that project I'm afraid I'll fail at.

I've never liked the name RSD. It's too specific IMHO. It's not always about "rejection" (and "sensitive" brings some baggage). To me, it's more an outsize reaction to negative feedback or outcome, real or anticipated.

This thread connects some dots for me. I knew about ADHD and RSD, but I didn't fully understand the link. What I'd decided: it's the inability to prioritize. Brain struggles to differentiate risk of "eaten by lion" from "feel awkward on phone call". They both register as full-on existential threats.

LAPD is now joining the fray. They are firing rounds of less lethals

Pandora's Formula The formula for how to end the world got published the same day I married the girl who used to bully me in middle school. We found out about it the morning after, on the first day of our honeymoon …

I had a very good time with this new piece by Hannah Yang:

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Great concept, great character writing.

There were seven great pyramids in Meridian, the city of ziggurats.

heh. I was about to ask if you had tips for a PDA spouse. I always find resources about raising kids, not middle aged men 🙃

What is this "standing still" you speak of??

hux | lizzie huxley-jones @littlehux a few weeks ago a hypermobility specialist told my pal that standing up normally for us is like standing on a moving bus at all times and I haven't stopped thinking about it. no wonder we're so flipping tired. hux | lizzie huxley-jones 4h Replying to @littlehux I think I mention in my essay for Allies the way disabilities can be quietly noticeable if you know what to look for and I can always spot a hypermobile person by how we stand and sway and move positions a lot while standing, or sit like a dropped cluster of spiderweb

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#Hypermobility
#hEDS
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Oh, yes, I'd considered that as a career. I like driving - lots of stimuli, not much paperwork, and you can put on your favorite playlist and rock out. Sounded great! 😆 And that was before I found out you can bring a cat!

I don't know what you're taking about. (two cans, a giant water, and a mug)

Common misconception. In fact, all bananas measure exactly 1 banan. Nearby objects change dimensions in the presence of a banana, creating the illusion of size variance.

**** Judge Sessions GRANTS BAIL/RELEASE to Rümeysa Öztürk: "The court finds that [Rümeysa Öztürk's] continued detention cannot stand."

I had to warn my brilliant Syrian student applying to grad programs that she may not be safe here. She said, "The only programs in my field are in the US." 💔 I feel awful, but I sadly stand by it. I worry for anyone crossing the border. The chances of being disappeared are small, but not zero.

... oh you meant in cinema.

Since I work at a company that literally exists to measure engagement, wearing this might be a fireable offense. 🙃 I did watch the talk on company time though 💅

If you read the testimonies of the people starving to death in Gaza you'll realise that they had normal lives and jobs two years ago. They worked in IT, they were chefs or nurses, they had small businesses, they underwent IVF, they cooked big family meals. They are no different to you or me.

Yeah, from what I hear, that's pretty common. You do want to progress slowly, though, to avoid injury. Frustrating as that is! Is your PT knowledgeable about hEDS? so many of them aren't 🫩

I love this, despite how personally inconvenient the boycott is. I *almost* broke ranks this week bc we're sick and they have curbside, but our supermarket has most of what we need - and they're union ✊