Just went in to Grammarly and pasted in this article that I wrote for the Globe last year about finding my mother's book in LibGen and thinking about it as training data and clicked on expert review. A thread: Grammarly chose the experts. writinghacks.substack.com/p/for-there-... /1

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Oh. Hi snow.

The EPA issued reduction-in-force notices to 22 employees working on environmental justice efforts to address pollution in overburdened and underserved communities.

I anticipate a glorious nap after devouring our delicious smelling Taiwainese breakfast collab pop-up meal from @ekibenbaltimore

Delayed birthday cake time!

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I am high-fiving myself for remembering to put earrings back on before my piercings started to close up.

It’s amazing how much easier today’s MRI on my ankle was than my usual MS MRIs. The ankle one only took 10 minutes and I wasn’t even fully put into the tube. For the MS MRIs, I have an IV in my arm, my head is immobilized in a cage, and I’m in the machine for 90-120 minutes.

Saturday morning MRI appointment completed! Now to go home and caffeinate.

This has been a completely crappy week and I reserve the right to celebrate my birthday at another time.

Maybe it was this?

Yeah, it’s been patrolling above for quite a while now.

He’s masking until 24 hrs after starting antibiotics, I have on all the HEPA filters, and he’s making a sick nest elsewhere in the house. Let’s hope I don’t get it because it’s the busiest time of the year for me at work.

This week really is cursed. I’m mega immunocompromised and @libcloudcity came home with strep throat.

If the kids in our urban neighborhood think the wackiest dare they can do is giggle at our door before ringing the doorbell and running away, we’re doing alright.

My job is an annoying amount of “let me google that for you” this week.

I have worked through this very issue in very long work documents more often than I’d like to admit.

Sometimes copying and pasting into a new Word doc helps. Good luck.

Gah, I guess I need to buy more ice melt after all.

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

I just realized I had some Whole Foods bakery emotional support brownies on hand, and today seems like a damn fine day to have one.

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

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And waking up @libcloudcity.bsky.social at 4 AM his timezone to find me a legit locksmith while I stand outside when it’s in the 20s.

Thank god I had my phone with me when I took out the garbage!

There’s nothing like starting your day by being locked out of the house due to a broken latch.

I started the week with a 9 hour workday. Thia does not bode well for the rest of the week.

The rain is slowly switching over to snow. The ground is pretty wet, but I wanted to get some salt on the sidewalk before it gets dark. Hopefully it turns into a protective brine?

That means it’s coming my way shortly.

Do I need ro make more chex mix on this rainy afternoon? Maybe…