“Why women’s pants were manufactured with no pockets or the pockets sewn shut: a reflection on the patriarchy in the 20th and 21st centuries” - a dissertation I hope my future descendants might write

I usually doomscroll until I see something positive to remind me to put down the screen, but there was nothing positive showing up in my feed tonight, so I’m posting this for anyone else who needs a visual cue to stop the doomscroll #bloomscrolling #remembertosleep

Morning fedi :comfy: today I'm reviewing The Algorithm Will See You Now by @JL_Lycette. Read my blog post about this meticulously-plotted and thought-provoking medical thriller: https://www.draliceviolett.com/the-algorithm-will-see-you-now-by-jl-lycette #bookstodon #bookmastodon

#silentsunday #fungi #forest #nature #naturephotography #pnw

Still life #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon

#silentsunday #nature #naturephotograpy

Happy #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon

I have no blog tours in the diary until November now, so if you've got a book out and it seems like the type of thing I'd review, please do hmu #bookstodon #bookmastodon

Morning fedi :comfy: today's my stop on the blog tour for The Great Deception. Read ny review of this fascinating, exciting, and eerie novel: https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-great-deception #bookstodon #bookmastodon

Happy #caturday, nocturnal edition #cats #catsofmastodon

#silentsunday #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #canadiangeese

Happy #caturday! #cats #catsofmastodon

I think we all deserve a cute sleeping puppo #FridayNight #dogs #dogsofmastodon

As an oncologist-turned-author, it double saddens me how many book and movie plots of U.S. stories have some sort of premise involving a tragedy tied to to lack of health insurance and a cancer diagnosis for the protagonist or their loved one

From Clatsop County, Oregon alerts: Tsunami Advisory Cancelled The following is a message from Clatsop County CLATSOP ALERTS, emergency notifications and community information. The Tsunami Advisory issued last night has been CANCELLED, effective at 10:20 AM PDT this morning (July 30) […]

My #Cat serving up some powerful side eye today #mood #tuesday #cats #catsofmastodon

Happy #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon

I have exciting news! THE COMMITTEE WILL KILL YOU NOW is an IRDA winner in the “socially conscious” fiction category Oh my, this review is everything🙏: “…nerve-shredding and powerful medical thriller offers a blistering sub-textual commentary on the horrendous […] [Original post on mindly.social]

"While Lycette’s novel about the threat of generational AI could not be more timely, the story’s realistic portrait of the humans seeking to control it is what makes it memorable" - BestThrillers.com, "The Best Medical Thriller Books of the 21st Century" Two […] [Original post on mindly.social]