Juliette Wade

Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.

Histopathologic Findings in Naturally Preserved Mummified Human Eyes This study was undertaken to assess the suitability of 2 pre-Columbian, naturally preserved, mummified human globes for contemporary histopathologic analysis, to successfully rehydrate and process the...

Will natural mummification from dry conditions work?

"Mummified eyes survive the centuries better than any other human organs. When paleopathologists examine a mummy head, the eyes are found 93% of the time."

Cover of the House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard: a banyan tree with grey heraldry showing Notre Dame bisected by a sword The text above reads "Enter a Ruined Paris", and below "March 10, 2026"

Cover of The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard: a dragon wrapped around grey heraldry showing a crowned hawthorn tree. The background is blue with spatters of grungy black The text reads "Ruled by Fallen Angels..." and "March 10, 2026"

Cover of The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard: a tiger in flames wrapped around grey heraldry showing a hawk above a tower The background is blue with spatters of grungy black The text reads "And Dragons of the depths", "March 10, 2026"

Covers of all three books, The House of Shattered Wings (banyan tree and Notre Dame), The House of Binding Thorns (eastern dragon and crowned hawthorn tree), The House of Sundering Flames (tiger in flames and hawk over tower) The text reads "Read the Complete Trilogy", "Available in Ebook and Trade Paperback March 10, 2026"

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!

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Shout to all the it’s “economic anxiety” pundits. People have been wrong in the past, but no one perhaps in history has been quite as wrong as you are

⛰️山海経14: 羅羅。「人を食う」以外の情報が一切無い、謎極まってるバード。私にとって一番恐ろしい鳥、ペリカンを選びました。名前がファンシーなので、ゆめかわ色。
🌊Shanhai jing 14: Luo-luo. The only available description about this bird is “They eat humans”. One of the most enigmatic birds in ancient China.
#山海経の怪鳥30羽描く #30WeirdAncientBirds

#山海経の怪鳥30羽描く #30WeirdAncientBirds

11羽め：酸与(Suan-yu)。4つの翼、6つの目、3つの足を持つという蛇様の鳥。出現すると恐慌が起きるらしい。蛇、謎生物とくればジャパニーズUMAツチノコでしょう！というシンプル思考で描きました。目が6つもあるというので、それぞれ何かに特化された機能の目が3対ある設定にしてみました。いろんな獲物が狩れそうです。翼が小さいのはたぶんノコッチ(ポケモン)の影響ですね…(図像は伝播する)

For instance, if hyperfocus enables an autist to perform a task far quicker than NT's, instead of much needed rest they easily get burdened with more work- until and even beyond exhaustion.

Sometimes we get accusations for being liars for honestly disclosing ability to do something. 2/

Can confirm. Sometimes autism typical strengths (including hyperfocus) have landed me in far worse trouble than autism typical weaknesses. For latter, one can at least *hope* some compassion and maybe even support. For the former, there is no remedy. 1/

Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.

A bit speechless, beyond grateful, and incredibly honoured to have been included on this list with some truly amazing science writers.

Thank you, Andrew Robinson, whom I cannot find on BlueSky 🙏🏽 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Screenshot of the QueerAf newsletter. Text that reads: Details of a puberty blocker trial, hailed by the NHS as the first of its kind, have now been revealed. Participants will either immediately start puberty blockers or have to wait a year to start, and the effects will be measured alongside "a wider package of care and support" - The Guardian The details have not inspired confidence in either those opposed to the use of puberty blockers for trans youth or those who are advocating for them. Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch called for the trial to be scrapped altogether, while many Trans+ organisations set out how the 50+ tests that make up the program go beyond a clinical trial. NION’s Caroline Litman called it "cruelty". TransActual health director Chay Brown said, "This research is not about the safety of these medications, which have been used for this very purpose since 1989. It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome.'" In other revelations, the Trans Safety Network have set out how the Department for Health and Social Care solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025. QueerAF has repeatedly shared investigations that show the Bayswater group, who Health Secretary Wes Streeting has expressed sympathy for, brag about abusing their children with the Department for Health.,

Puberty blocker clinical trial for Trans+ youth “is not about the safety of these medications.

"It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome," says @transactualuk.bsky.social Health Director Chay Brown👇

Regular reminder that what the corpos and bros call "AI" is more or less a literal technological Ponzi scheme. No new technology has been invented. No legitimate business model exists.

They just overclocked old tech beyond what the infrastructure can handle in the hopes that it'll somehow pay off.

The fear of someone's life being made moderately easier by accident has prevented us from making a lot of peoples lives livable on purpose.

You cannot match the size and resources of these organizations that are abandoning trans youth and sacrificing trans lives, but you have one advantage they do not: an ability to maintain a relentless focus upon them.

Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.

After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.

Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

the boys just stopped being satire about 2 years ago

Hey so anyways I wrote a quick-start guide to professional watercolors, what I use and how to go about it without totally breaking the bank. I hope it's helpful to someone out there!

www.kamakru.com/blog/2024/2/...

“Under Trump's first term, the deficit jumped from $665 billion to $3 trillion, from a B to a T, and he's already added another $2 trillion this term.”

@kamlager-dove.house.gov calls out Republicans for pushing a balanced budget amendment despite their own fiscal record.

cis women were bad at being women once too they just got to be bad when they were 12 and you have to do it when you're 26

Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued Amazon recently rolled out bad AI-generated dubs for several anime on Prime Video, demonstrating yet again that voice actors are undervalued.

While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.

www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...

The Whitney: Hotel redevelopment to bring more affordable housing options to downtown San Antonio More places to call home in the downtown area! 220 new housing units are on the way at the site of a former San Antonio hotel.

this is pretty exciting: 220 new affordable units in downtown san antonio for folks at 40%-80% AMI by converting an existing hotel

Frog sits off on the distance, an island unto himself. From "Alone" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

“Maybe you are right,” said Toad. “Maybe Frog does not want to see me. Maybe he does not want me to be his friend anymore.”

At this stage this is just an excuse for a bunch of men to manhandle women. I’m sorry but this is a sexual pervert’s wet dream and I bet this demographic will be signing up in droves just to get off legally.

Today I went to Woolworths' website and officially registered a complaint. I encourage anyone who shops there to do the same. You have to do it by chat, which involves asking their digital assistant to connect you with a human, but it doesn't take very long.

I adore Japanese sweet potatoes.

When Israel says “it will allow Palestinians in Gaza to leave” ask them if they will allow their return

Otherwise it’s more layers of illegal
Trafficking g in humans by a genocidal state which is killing hundreds and calling it peace

1)Rebekah is a measurable force for good in journalism. Not just games journalism. JOURNALISM.

2)What’s happening to this game and the people who made it is horrifying

3)the single place I’ve found it is on the company’s itch page. It’s five bucks. If you can, buy it. Don’t even have to play it!

2 wrestling frogs

It's mayhem at the amphibian enclosures. Check out our new exhibit, "Beware The Frogs Of War"

After Scathing DoD Watchdog Report on “Signalgate” Issued, Virginia Democratic Members of Congress Demand Pete Hegseth Resign or Be Fired I expect just about every Democrat will call for law-breaking, war-crimes-committing SecDef Pete Hegseth to be fired immediately, while almost no Republicans will say anything, because that's how they...

After Scathing DoD Watchdog Report on “Signalgate” Issued, Virginia Democratic Members of Congress Demand Pete Hegseth Resign or Be Fired ("Hegseth is too reckless and incompetent, even for the Trump administration") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/afte...

the thing about signalgate is that it’s a scandal hegseth was ever nominated for this job, a scandal that 50 senators and vp vance voted to confirm him, and a scandal trump didn’t fire him months ago