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Always being the key word. ♥️

I've always thought that Victorian and Regency writers were the best writers on grumpiness

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.

I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Someone in whistle chat called people saying “I love your work, but I just thought of this other, different work you should be doing too” idea fairies and it’s so accurate. Don’t be an idea fairy unless you’re also going to be the project planning and volunteer coordination fairy.

YouTube video by Cryptid Creator Corner Preeti Chhibber Interview - Supernatural Valentine's Day Special

Are you a Supernatural fan? @jimmygaspero.bsky.social’s chat with @runwithskizzers.bsky.social about her project The Supernatural Valentine’s Day Special from @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social is up on the YouTube channel.
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Hey I am plugging my Fellowship... I am going rogue here, because I am the elopement senior but!

I like it and I especially want more people in it , the future of media and civics is being built and I want you to have resources ! www.usccmf.org/apply

CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.

CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.

Due to the Seahawks' championship parade, the Seattle DOL2Go event scheduled for today has been canceled. With many roads blocked off, parking and access would be a challenge.

The event will be rescheduled.

Family of Jaahnavi Kandula, Pedestrian Killed by SPD Officer in 2023, Reaches $29 Million Settlement with City - PubliCola In an incident that sparked widespread outrage, police guild leader Daniel Auderer joked that the 23-year-old student was only worth…

Updated tonight: @andyengelson.bsky.social reports for PubliCola that the city of Seattle has reached a settlement with the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, the 23-year-old killed by a speeding SPD officer, totaling at least $29 million.

publicola.com/2026/02/10/c...

A set of Obama-era rules that required the federal government to regulate the emissions of six greenhouse gases is being reversed by the Trump administration. Dr. Gretchen Goldman, president and CEO of the Union of Concerned Scientists, calls it a "devastating" development.

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points, leading to a cascade of further tipping points and feedback loops, they said. This would lock the world into a new and hellish “hothouse Earth” climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed. Continue reading...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.

“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Cambridge University museum set to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria A Cambridge University museum  will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative, the UK's weekly newspaper the Observer has reported.

Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative - more here:

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Learn more: dol.wa.gov/dol2go

A concept D.O.L. 2 Go vehicle is pictured. (Department of Licensing mobile events are held at locations, not out of cars.) Events coming soon include: February 10 at the Quincy Public Library (208 Central Avenue South) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; February 11 at the Compass Center in Seattle (201 Alaskan Way South) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; February 12 at the Labor & Industries building in Kelso (711 Vine Street) from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and February 13 at the Labor & Industries building in Kelso (711 Vine Street) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. D.O.L. 2 Go focuses on helping people who may have barriers to visiting driver licensing offices. It offers the same services. No appointment is necessary.

DOL2Go serves Washington residents with barriers to visiting a traditional driver licensing office. The mobile team provides:

• First-time WA driver license or ID card
• Renewals
• Out-of-state transfers
• Driver record
• Reinstatement letters
• Document review for proof of identity

“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...

When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

I think I said this a while ago while arguing with people who said that bots can do law / medicine.

The difficulty in practice is not simply knowing the symptoms of a clinical presentation. It is understanding that you have to ask people questions to make sure you understand what is happening.

It is up to a community to decide how it's going to respond, and that's obviously going to be a hyper-local decision.

If whistles aren't for your community you can just walk on by the whistle discussion.

The great thing about having romance authors on a project is that we tend to operate under rules of consent. If people don't want whistles, we don't send to them. We reach out to every rapid response # and ask for consent to use their numbers before putting them on whistles.

This is an important point about what we do. Whistles are not a universal tool. Some communities want them, some do not. Some orgs within communities disagree. We are not means testing OR gatekeeping the whistles, but we are getting consent from orgs before using their info on whistles.

Happy SeaHawks win the Super Bowl day to everyone who celebrates.

Lol. I turned on captions bc i can read Spanish better than follow it in song.

Support a Single Parent & Their Child Make It Through 2025 Hello, my name is Meave Gallagher, and I'm sponsoring this fundraiser on behalf of my dear friend Wolf and their child, who have suddenly found themselves in dire financial straits. It is so easy to…

Maybe some of yall got paid today; can you pay it forward for Wolf?

They’re a cornerstone of the MA community on here and now really need help themselves. Truly anything helps, especially clicking “weekly” or “monthly”: chuffed.org/project/1243...

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on

Not a writer but as someone who is trying to hone other artistic skills, also seems like there’s very little joy, if any, from it. The elation comes from winning “the race” rather than the act/process of creating. I sense joy from you & other writers here when you speak about your work.

Anyway if you appreciate my posting, please do me a favor and preorder my book and if you cannot afford to, put in a request to your local library, which is a great way to keep books alive for generations

I esp. appreciate support for Loyalty which is working hard to support local organizing in DC

I guess also I probably should have included a link to preorder my book but I also know that people would have stopped reading the thread after that post (which doesn't feel good actually!!!)

General preorder links here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...

Signed copies here:

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“Have a good day! Make good choices!”