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October looms! Give me your horror movie recommendations. Gonna try to watch one each day. (I always watch REC on October 31st.)

Hidden Heart Damage: How COVID Continues Haunting Millions Five million people worldwide may be walking around with cardiac long COVID, their hearts silently struggling months or years after their initial infection cleared. While most recovered patients believe they've moved past the virus, new…

the ai sludge that buckaroo authors are now endlessly sent by robots summarizing their books and then offering 'promotional services' is very annoying, but i did have a good laugh that the made up name some dang computer came up with to sound like a real editor was HARPER COLLINSWORTH

I got to playtest and work on Pathfinder Quest and can attest this game is going to be awwwwwwwwwesome :)

FUNDED IN 82 MINUTES! 🙌🏻 Let’s smash those stretch goals! Proud to be edit lead for this incredible game. Pathfinder Quest is so fun and I can’t wait for you all to play it!

Good morning to everyone who has found better wizarding world media to consume than support the one that fuels bigotry and hate against the trans community, and to them only.

Wherever you are, please attend an ICE Watch training. Then link up with a rapid response network, if you're able to do so. In Chicago, trainings are happening regularly. Once you manage to attend one, you can contact OCAD about getting plugged into a rapid response network.

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

your moment of calm: three baby raccoons playing a little tug o war with a dog toy and enjoying the kiddie pool.

"I won’t celebrate his death, but I’m not obligated to celebrate his life, either."

there's a weird feedback loop where the media's reaction to kirk's death pushes you to speak more ill of the dead than you otherwise would because it's the only reasonable response to the simpering praise they're heaping on him

A leafy fern fox 🍃🦊

My friends. We have a prototype!!!!!

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Hey I know a great way we can ALL honor the life of #CharlieKirk and his influence! By signing this petition through the Sandy Hook Promise, operated by the parents of the Sandy Hook victims, to support gun violence legislation nationwide! takeaction.sandyhookpromise.org/a/preventsch...

better things are possible!!!!

Get it together, Oregon????

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

Needed a prescription (🫠🙄) but got my updated covid + flu booster at Walgreens yesterday 🎉🎉

Covid is still a part of our everyday lives, from worker attrition to school closures to ER wait times. And ignoring it makes every relevant factor worse, including those deaths people are so happy to accept.

I put together most of the Fat Bear Week zine last night! The only missing page is for 602, who just arrived back at the falls after being away for a few weeks and absolutely deserves a spot but hasn't posed nicely for us yet. If you get good snaps of 602 out of the water, send them my way!

booooooooooooks 💙📚

Crater Lake, Oregon. The lake isn't the only appeal of this national park, this is a very unique volcanic landscape, gorgeous reds and golds paint the hills, and ashy forests are hauntingly beautiful. #PNW #Oregon #Sunset #Mountains #CraterLake #NaturePhotography #Photography

I ordered (too) many little treats for morale last week and they aren't here yet. USPS please I am withering without my washi tape

New TTRPG kickstarter alert! 🤩 Zairoo: The Pan-African Fantasy Role Playing Game www.kickstarter.com/projects/mol...

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The lead up to the declaration of martial law in Pakistan included the use of the military, called to stop a pogrom, for performing civic functions in Lahore like cleaning, planting trees and repairing roads. People began to see martial law positively. By 1958 Pakistan’s fledgling democracy died.

take a look at what these clearings accomplish. they take dentures from people who cannot replace them. they took a woman’s husband’s cremains and urn. identity documents and family history. if you support any of this, no matter how central “NO MAGA” is to your sense of self, you are a monster.

📢We are proud to announce the LCK Poster Design Competition winners 2025! 🏆 Overall Winner: Michael J, Age 17 “I’m Not Fine,” immediately caught the attention of our judges- a bold visual style and powerful message, showing that even when someone looks fine, they may not be.

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

And even if you don't have "qualifying" conditions, by getting vaccinated, you are making the world safer for those who do. Go get your vaccines!

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

It's been a while since I shared some bumblebear 🐝🐻

This Solitary Sandpiper was foraging along the edge of some mudflats. It came so close to me that this photo is fully uncropped! 🪶

An analysis of new campaign finance filings found that multiple billionaires and companies such as Airbnb and DoorDash have funneled more than $19 million into PACs with names such as 'Fix the City, Inc.' and 'Affordable New York' that support Cuomo or oppose Mamdani.

Every time you use ChatGPT or something like it, you’re helping to train an algorithm that is actually being developed to do things like this

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Playing Tiny Bookshop and this person just asked me for an epic fantasy 700+ pages and I gave them a book that had 696 pages and they were mad, didn't take it, and said "this book is for wimps"

"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.

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The entire point of telling people this far out that no, I will never vote for Newsom, is so they can choose someone who doesn't suck. If they go ahead and nominate him anyway, that's not on me (and he's still not getting my vote).

Back in February I created a directory of therapists who won't pathologize or shame people who are still protecting themselves from COVID. It's updated weekly – this week's update is live. Providers are in 46 states, all of Canada, and a handful of other countries. covidconscioustherapists.com

Overwhelmed at the sheer number of books I want to read

It's education/cultural polarization. That's it. It's all just that. It is the resentment and fury that the world is changing, and that cultural norms are different in other places, and that society is influenced by people you don't like. This is not something that the Democrats can put a stop it!

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

I made this for you. And you. And your trans friend. And their cis friend’s trans kid. And your lawyer friend who does pro bono. And your mom who keeps saying we’re overreacting. And your attorney. And your partner. And your provider. And your representative. And your city councilor. But mostly you.

Doesn't get much cuter than this. Two curious 8-month-old polar bear cubs playing in the fireweed in the rain. Mom was not far away. 🌿🐻‍❄️🦊