if ya missed it...#Oscars www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWV...

The Pillars of Creation from a whole new perspective. You've likely seen Hubble's famous "Pillars of Creation" image before, but here's an alternative look at it by the James Webb Space Telescope. (1/3) #Astronomy ⚛️🧪🛰️

Covid activists don't ask people to mask because we're wokescolds or purity testing. We are genuinely trying to save y'all from a life of disability. From losing everything you thought mattered most to you. We are trying to help y'all help yourselves before it's too late ❤️.

PEM is one of the worst symptoms you can end up with. You go from athletic, active, to being in constant danger that walking just a few extra feet will knock you on your rear for a week. Keep pushing and you go from walking to a rollerator or wheelchair. 1/

People with #LongCovid experience severe functional limitations, poor quality of life, and severe fatigue at least as detrimental as many serious illnesses, including Parkinson’s disease and certain cancers. 7/

#LongCovid has caused high rates of serious, persistent cognitive problems in the US. Young people have more marked impairment, & cognitive disability in 18-39yos has doubled. Cognitive impairments remain 4 years after infection, esp processing speed & executive functioning. 6/

People who get COVID are more susceptible to viral, bacterial, & fungal infections, including mycoplasma & other bacterial infections, influenza, reactivated herpesviruses, & other respiratory viruses. Children are more likely to get RSV. 5/

COVID causes permanent & serious conditions. In non-hospitalized people, the risk of cardiovascular & neurological diseases (myocarditis, pulmonary embolism, heart failure, Alzheimer’s, stroke, memory, neuropathy, migraine, hearing/vision) stay elevated for at least a year. 3/

A 2026 Long Covid Fact Sheet from Patient-Led

My surname is Knight, but that's not what my surname was at birth. Therefore, I'm one of the Americans who would lose their right to vote if SAVE passes.

#AICouldNever Now this is what I call pulling out all the stops for a live performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyu...

And the award for Best Snacktor in a Leading Role goes to … 🏆

Before Trump won in 2016, when I thought he’d lose, I told my buddy “if you and nine friends are choosing dinner and six choose pizza and the other four choose ‘kill and eat the other six,’ even though pizza won, you’ve still got a problem.” Then pizza didn’t win.

I've been wearing an Envo but wanting to get a Flo, but my nose bridge size isn't clear to me, so I've avoided dropping the cash. Maybe now's the time.

Last year, I published the final two books in the Grave Cold trilogy, along with an omnibus of the trio. Almost no one seems aware that this series exists. The dead are being used as an energy source. Protect the dead! Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2ZLLL4Q Kobo www.kobo.com/en/series/gr...

Grave Cold is 50% off on Kobo right now. In the near-future, the world is overrun by mutations. Governments have divided and broken down. In the District of Portland, the dead are being used as an energy source. Protect the dead! www.kobo.com/en/ebook/gra...

🏴‍☠️THE CURSE OF DRAGON TAIL ISLAND🏴‍☠️ (audiobook) is now available on ITCH.IO - 5$. jonathan-nevair.itch.io/the-curse-of...

"It takes around 17 years for health findings to become mainstream practice" is an indictment of medicine's calcified and outdated management class. Medical training based on antiquated seniority-driven systems that care more about power than quality of care can't keep up with a changing world.

It’s Long Covid Awareness Day (which I think should be the Ides of March, for reasons that will become clear.) Some of you have heard this before. But I wanted to share my Long Covid story, because I think you should hear it. On my birthday in November 2022, I woke up with Covid.

It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke. This is not a joke. We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.

Kobo's 500 Under $5 Sale (AU, NZ, UK) includes Grave Cold and Death Rights! The sale runs from March 13-23. In near-future Portland, the dead are being used as an energy source! Protect the dead! Kobo link to Grave Chronicles www.kobo.com/en/series/gr... Main Sale page kobo.com/p/500-under-5

Camelia japonica, under blue sky last weekend, happy #FlowersOnFriday everyone 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #FloralFriday

As I’ve been saying for six years, you cannot decide to shut off empathy in just one lil area (all of disabled and vulnerable people.) Endangering people for your convenience and comfort is a drug you do not do recreationally.

Daleks even!

Kobo's 500 Under $5 Sale (AU, NZ, UK) includes Grave Cold and Death Rights! The sale runs from March 13-23. In near-future Portland, the dead are being used as an energy source! Protect the dead! Kobo link to Grave Chronicles www.kobo.com/en/series/gr... Main Sale page kobo.com/p/500-under-5

Pebbles was diagnosed with diabetes on Monday but the process of getting her onto meds has been painfully slow (we were finally meant to get her 1st dose tomorrow)...& tonight she's been hospitalized at the emergency vets for a diabetic crisis. :( Please cross your fingers for this very loved cat.

...Also, because of her age, we're now facing some really gulp-inducing costs despite having pet health insurance (PetPlan, I am glowering at you!), so if you've ever been curious about my books or my Patreon, now would be a great moment to try them. stephanieburgis.com patreon.com/stephanieburgis

National Theater streaming "The Importance of Being Earnest" featuring Ncuti Gatwa for FREE on YouTube! (until Mar 18) 🎭💖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=obX-...

This is part of my sweet playlist I use for tranquil background music as I'm working.

As with the similar one of these that went around yesterday, it’s fascinating to see the mix of contempt and fear on these young men’s faces as they’re questioned.

I looked through the recently released LC treatment guide from Patient-Led. I like it. There's no mention of the negatives associated with the various treatments, but that's okay. It's a springboard.

Today was a big outing day, so my body feels pummeled and my muscles burn. Rain is pouring. Flash flood warnings are up for the rest of the week. I was surprised to see a highway lane closed in the pass to clear out some of the massive quantity of downed trees from the storms a few months back.

I may be equally horrified and amazed.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Just doing a little math on the difference in royalties I receive on adult books vs kids books and hardcover vs paperback: 50,000 copies of an adult novel in HC = 1,500,000 copies of a children's illustrated chapter book in PB Blows my mind. 50k vs 1.5M

Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy. Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit. [email protected]

Email to optout: [email protected]

Okay, all the obvious “wtf” stuff aside, this isn’t even what they say it is? (Good or popular) writers are not guaranteed to be good editors. In fact, most of them are good & popular because of a good editor. So it’s not offering “editing” advice. It is telling you how to mimic the writer.

Anna is right. I’m fairly certain that home security systems have killed more women than they saved. Abusers are much more likely to use them to escalate violence than police are to intervene.

After revelations that companies like Ring have been selling home security footage to ICE, the most common defense of keeping a camera up seems to be, “But what if I’m stalked?” And as a violence researcher, I’m just here to state for the record that police do not care about your security footage.

New year, new pinned post! Here are all my published books so far. Check them out. patricksamphire.com/books

Episode 43 of the Kilauea eruption is a BEAST. They just zoomed out and uhhh this may be on its way to setting a record for tallest lava fountains. What on Earth. 😍🌋 Cam 2 live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

Grammarly can get in the bin.

I never thought of it this way before. I thought it was more like I don't care if they get less if I can get more. For the focus to be on the gap itself makes a lot of sense from the hierarchical standpoint.

This is a protest not just against gen AI training generally, but against the UK government's proposal to allow AI companies to train on copyright-protected work unless the author/artist opts out www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

15 minutes left in the sale!

I woke to fresh snow and Little Bat's back against my side, her soft tummy pressed against the inside of my arm, and all four legs wrapped around that arm. Awww!

🚨LAST CHANCE🚨 grab this great bundle of books by women* about women! ✨32 books for only $32!!✨ #booksky *trans women and woman-identifying nonbinary folks included itch.io/b/3556/inter...

There's a link at the bottom of the article where the public can comment about the proposed logging. Let me show you what Oregon clear-cutting looks like.

A quick headsup: the newsletter I'm sending out to subscribers on Friday will include the bonus chapter for Wooing the Witch Queen that began as an OwlCrate exclusive! Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter #romancelandia