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another point for never ever using "but what if it were your daughter?!" again

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.

Except evangelists who want to kick off the end times w/ my death.

And Christian supremacists. And Christian nationalists.

And white supremacists. And white nationalists.

And racists. And transphobes. And all the other bigots.

They can choke on chestnuts.

I missed a whole mess of holidays with my social media inconsistency here lately, but Happy all the holidays I was not on here to wish happy celebrations for!
And if you are a Christmas person, Happy Christmas to you today/tomorrow! Hope it’s a good day for you.

Screencap of a Signal chat. SARAH DAVIS: And post it on the American Girl meme account! ME: where everyone goes for their daily news MARGO BURTON: I’m SORRY! I picked up my phone and opened Instagram and there it was! I even have NPR on! ME: I just love the idea that Kirsten and Samantha are your sources for breaking world news (that joke got a cry-laugh emoji reaction from Sarah by the way)

SARAH: (reply to Margo) American Girl Doll NPR? SARAH (reply to me): That really made me laugh ME: sitting behind their little doll size newscaster desk ME: with their giant hair bows MARGO (reply to me): God, I wish! MARGO (reply to Sarah): With little headphones on

we’re never letting Margo live this down

texted “happy Henry Kissinger Death Day to all who celebrate” to my college housemates group chat and my friend Margo responded “I just found out from an American Girl Doll meme account” which I don’t think I can possibly top

Me not looking at any clocks: *gets ready for and goes to bed
*picks up phone to set alarm- it is seven forty pm 👀
*Pauses
“Perfect. I love it.”
See y’all on the other side of this night 😘

Has errands to run. Looks outside and sees the first snow of the season. Decides errands are nonsense things I no longer participate in.

@thegates0fmel.bsky.social it’s your birthday!!!! Happy birthday! Hope it was marvelous!

Drawing of a colossal cephalopod with a Santa hat flying through the air, dropping candy.

On Thanksgiving night, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones with ink.

!foryou

Safe travels to everyone on the road today! And if you’d like book recommendations for yourself or someone else, hit me up. Tis the season to read—it’s always the season. Just tell me 2 books you love, and what you’re in the mood for.

Just a friendly reminder headed into Thanksgiving:

Lots of people don't drink for lots of different reasons, and they don't owe you any explanation for why they don't drink.

Just have non-alcoholic options available for folks. That's all you have to do. Really.

Dinosaurs, consider yourselves avenged

UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.

arstechnica.com/health/2023/...

ACAB includes people who complain about bb possums in Arby’s

man what

Shits bad! Grab joy!

Long covid is real 💃

Vaccinated people get long covid too 🕺

Long Covid is disabling people for life 👯👯‍♀️🪩

Unless you work someplace where you can get food deeply discounted or free, give money. Food pantries can buy food more cheaply than your average donor can. This also lets them buy what they know their patrons NEED (including personal hygiene products, diapers, pet food, etc.).

a flyer with an illustration of a baby in a blanket carried by a bird. Text reads, “I wish children didn’t die I wish they would be temporarily elevated to the skies until the war ends. Then they would return home safe, and when their parents would ask them Where were you? They would say we were playing in the clouds” - Poem by Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian poet and freedom fighter

Spotted this beautiful poem by Ghassan Kanafani on a street in San Francisco

I started saving my open tabs to favorites because 1) my work computer sometimes betrays me as crashes & 2) I can then sometimes actually DO things like open up some ram! (& even MORE tabs!!)

My godmother: Kindness isn't a reward others offer you for making yourself small. That just encourages them to expand to take up the space. Kindness is their survival strategy to handle you making yourself unflinching. Learning to be nice becomes the better choice when they know you won't back down.

Art: comic illustration of people indoors laughing and partying without masks while a pair stand in the corner watching them all. The pair watching are Covid and Death, and both of them are wearing party hats.

I just updated the Huge, FREE covid safety resource list. Lots of new info, tips, and community resources! Plus answers to questions I've been getting about testing, cool new prevention tools, 24/7 long covid helplines, and more.

Link: www.patreon.com/posts/huge-f...

I am one of those chaos goblins that - in the tradition of my ENTIRE family- cooks & BAKES! by the “use enough” principle. This made me wild w rage when I was learning & I recognize the absurdity of using it (sigh)
That said, I too agree, have MANY multiples of measures!
These spoons are my faves.

Cover image for A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis. Subtitle: A tale of assassins, betrayal, and djinn. Central image of book cover is an older Black woman in military-style dress, holding a black mask in one hand, against a backdrop of lush jungle greenery, grey ruins, and an electric pink and purple sunset.

Thread for A Ruin of Shadows by @ellethevillain.bsky.social!

🧑🏿Older Black woman badass protagonist
🗡 Assassin army
🧞 Wise-cracking djinn
🦏 War rhinos
🏞 Lush world-building
⚔️ fighting, revenge, chases, escapes!
✨ a little bit of magic, a bit more gore

What I miss about covid lockdown times is the fantasy that some aspects of society would come from it changed for the better, or that we would learn anything at all.

If you need me I’m just going to be over here in a bout of baseball induced giddiness and joy for the foreseeable future.

95 Reese's nailed to a door next to a pumpkin carved to look like Martin Luther

Enjoy the Reformation and Halloween with the classic 95 Reese's being nailed to a door