Joan Grey

I'm still writing a drabble every day, while working on other things.

www.joangrey.com/2025/08/03/a...

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

I want to say first that I'm JOKING:

Have you considered developing telekinesis? Just move those spoons with your miiiiiiiind!

(Obvs I'm kidding. The answer is yoga and kale, right?????)

Hiroshima Personal blog of Jonathan Korman

When people offer that thesis, I reflect that I have been reliably informed that when the US awards a Purple Heart, the soldier gets a medal manufactured in 1945 in preparation for anticipated casualties from invading the Japanese mainland … and we expect to •never• run out

A colorful noodle dish in a blue bowl.

I take pictures of my food all the time. I think I'm going to start posting some of them here.

Noodles with green onion, asparagus, locally produced (in my back yard) egg, cottage cheese, and char siu sauce.

Hey, welcome back! New words are always fun!

Willow looks very startled, there. It's probably because she doesn't have any cilantro to nibble on.

If you live in one of the cities this service covers, this could be a good way to help your community *and* pick up some spare cash!

Yet another case of the Online Safety Act taking down harm-reduction and community support services -- in this case because the site hasn't been able to implement age verification yet (it's expensive as fuck!)

A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

As the piece notes, the PragerU propaganda is being used in schools in Louisiana, Florida, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina and Idaho.

Check with your district to see if they're using this garbage to brainwash your kids.

The cognitive dissonance could power a small city.

YOU WANT TO KNOW ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA

You get to interact with humans you'd likely not have contact with IRL/meatspace because our worlds in meatspaces are limited by time/money/distance/access.

DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW FUCKING COOL IT IS HOW MANY SCIENTISTS ARE ON HERE

Tyneside morning, 1950, photo by Harry Morrison.

POOR CHEDDAR BOB

SOMEONE ADOPT HIM

Mel Blanc.

I hadn't seen any updates from you, so I went looking specifically! Yay for zoomies! Yay for chipping at things! Yay for chugging along, even when it's dull and hard!

Yay for bunny treats and human treats!

I meant that I pictured Darcy with dark hair - not Bingley.

I've found several sites not working with Firefox that used to.

Yeah, eggs. So many eggs. I'm expecting ~18/day, which will be a different kind of issue, but... gimme eggies!

(They're such efficient disposals, it's incredible.)

Not enough cat hair in your diet?

Okay, now I want to make a menu for our dinner options every week. It would be fun and silly. Hmmm. :goes to find templates:

(This would be for me and my husband, both adults.)

Censorship on online platforms has long made users adapt by coming up with slang. 'Unalived' and 'grape' popped up on my timeline today.

Unless you are on a platform that bans the real words, you should use the real words if you are mature enough to discuss the topic. You may add TW if necessary.

This will be so much nicer than the pissoir we found in Victoria. Oof.

What the hell!?

[Food]

IF you have access to affordable seasonal produce + some kind of freezer

I personally have had luck with buying and freezing produce to use over the winter

(I do this because of my ridiculous immune system, but it does save me money too. YMMV.)

Here's my favorite things to freeze

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

They are here to eat anything you give them (our food waste has gone nearly to nothing because of them), and are finally beginning to pay rent.

I really want a personalized Magic 8 Ball!

That'll bounce me out of a story and get a low-star review, as well. Not cool, author.

A white chicken, Fritzie, with black speckles, lookin at the camera, annoyed that she's not getting any mealworms.

A black and white chicken, extra large. Don't tell him but he's a rooster. We can only keep him as long as he stays quiet. We haven't named him (yet).

A multicolored flock of chickens excited to get fresh chopped veggies.

Also not a cat.