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cover of what we are seeking

speaking of sci-fi, also very intrigued by WHAT WE ARE SEEKING by Cameron Reed- queer scifi marketed as for fans of Ann Leckie. seeing really good reviews and buzz. #ewgc

Rian Johnson requested no spoilers in his intro video, but I don't think this counts - there was a reading list of classic mysteries mentioned during the film.

Here is what I remembered from the list, in case you want to to the background reading beforehand: mzrowan.tumblr.com/post/7995061...

2/2

I was lucky enough to see Wake Up Dead Man last week (thank you, @netflix.com and @iffboston.bsky.social).

It's fantastic and you should go see it! (Except maybe if you have trauma from being raised in a patriarchal Christian faith.)

1/2

On the other hand, what a triumph for the deliverability metrics of their messaging system!

In Defence of Bird Conservation in a Broken World In a world torn by wars and crises, bird conservation can seem irrelevant. Yet to protect life itself is not indulgence – it’s resistance.

"To continue protecting birds in an age of chaos is an act of defiance against cynicism"

An important and very relevant opinion:

theornithologist.org/in-defence-o...

🪶🌎 #ornithology #conservation

Four cats in the window of a narrowboat. An orange and white one, two black and white ones and a tortoiseshell and white one. Possibly dad, mum & two kittens.

I’ve just seen a narrowboat that looks like it’s entirely crewed by cats, and it’s not even 10am

Guys as the local drow expert I have to warn you this is a bad sign

A vintage dress form in my workroom, next to the window. A brown tassel made from embroidery floss hangs from the right...what word can I use without this being flagged as inappropriate content...the right chest mound.

I only need to make one tassel. But now that I've pinned this one up to dry, I feel like I ought to make two.

I try to be the chill entity who isn't screaming into the wind forever but I can't. My mother was aggressively sexually harassed out of the career she was building as a lab tech in the 70s. Women didn't ruin shit. I am kinda incandescently angry at this one.

Apparently it's "National Men Make Dinner Day" which was met with "I do that every day! By the men in the meeting I'm in. I scandalized them by saying I assumed it meant someone was going to send a man to my house today to make dinner. It could happen!

The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.

ITS A COYOTE! CHASING A ROAD RUNNER!

A rain-slick backalley containing two men, both tall and dressed predominantly in black, each walking a cat on a leash

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

I'm pretty sure when I was in high school in Tennessee in the 1980s, marijuana was the state's top cash crop.

I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO

lee pace at a big glowy movie premiere lit by red neon with a ton of people, but he's out away from the crowd to show off his ultra loose grey suit trenchcoat combo outfit, he's got the sleeves rolled up and it's just draping off him perfectly because he's lee pace. he's got his hair grown out a little and has a mustache and 5 o'clock shadow

another picture of lee pace from the premiere, facing a gaggle of reporters, there is one lady reporter right in front of him who looks like she's getting raptured, he looks like the most relaxed guy in the universe because of the aforementioned being lee pace

lee pace at the premiere of THE RUNNING MAN

I would so be vaporlocked like the reporter in the second pic if mr. pace was in front of me like that

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

FDA Announces Nationwide Recall of ADHD Medication—Check Your Cabinets Now Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has recalled several lots lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsules, a generic form of Vyvanse, after testing found they failed to dissolve properly.

As a headsup for anyone on Vyvanse, you should go check your lot numbers.

www.health.com/adhd-medicat...

Just want to point out that this one little square (Employment-Based Immigration Law) is one of the most bureaucratically baroque and difficult things I've encountered in the law. Makes "closing on a real estate deal" look like napkin math.

Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!

The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.

In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board

Clean sweep for clean, renewable, affordable energy last night across the country. It was a referendum on clean energy in the Georgia utilities commission races. Trump’s electricity raising, climate denying craziness was solidly rejected. Clean energy is a winner! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

Not shocking, to be honest.

Photo of Mary Sheffield

History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.

this is objectively hilarious

magnificent