good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete sex scenes are craft! goddammit!

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels." arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

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Spent all my spoons seeing Hugh Jackman at radio city tonight. First concert since October 2019 when I saw Sara Bareilles in Chicago. God damn i miss live music and theatre! Also s/o to accessibility at RC. They made it so easy! Even parted the crowds so i could get to the elevator. 🫶🏻

this cover though?!

Reminders: "Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific. Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens. Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant. Never again is now.

I have 5 medical appointments this week. It's been years since my schedule has been so consumed by appts. This time, its on hard mode b/c I cannot always drive myself to them and I need copious amounts of recovery time before and after. Fuck COVID. #ChronicIllnessSky #DisabledSky

I’d burn the world for you, but make it siblings #booksky #fantasybooksky #blackbooksky #bookrecs

Thrilled to announce that my swashbuckling pirate romantasy, THE SEA WITCH, is now available to request on @netgalley.bsky.social! Witch pirates vs. the British navy, with tons of adventure and heat! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Update: i picked up and put back a dozen books. Then read the first page of half of them. Then chose assistant to the villain since i figure it’ll have ridiculous humor that im craving RN. Not Kimberly Lemming levels but…

I couldn’t get male yearning out of my head after hearing the Hadestown Wait for Me track over and over, so please enjoy my male yearning book recs. 📚💙

Just a girl, sitting in front of her book piles, begging one of these books to catch her interest. *aigh*

Listrn if you’re also a Cardan’s tail is awesome truther, you NEED to read @kimberlylemming.bsky.social’s I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Romcom. Because like…this is what i want from tails tyvm!!!! 🤭 #Booksky

💙📚 #booksky

I finished #Oathbound and I just... 👏👏👏 I *get* why Bree needed this book. I love how every single book impacts not only what comes next, but also what came before. I cannot wait to reread so many scenes in books 1 and 2 with this *new* knowledge. TY @tracydeonn.bsky.social. TY #Booksky #BreeHive

Had a cardiologist tell me today that my HR going to 140 when i shower WHILE SEATED is my heart functioning normally and just going up a little faster. Peak. Weirdo. Behavior. #ChronicIllness

This is our gift to YOU. Jolee and I wanted so badly to work together again, and because you kept asking, requesting, hoping, Hachette made it happen. Be loud, proud, and open about your love for your favorite books and book boxes, guys 💜 We couldn't have done this without you!

Ok but abbott’s the contact with everyone? 🥵🧎🏻‍♀️🤭 #ThePitt

Life’s too short, girls. Pin her arms up against the wall and kiss her (with consent).

*Finally* reading #Oathbound so this thread will be spoiler filled with reactions. 🫶🏻 Squeee! #Booksky #BreeHive

This is what I will never get over. We could have used COVID funds to outfit all public buildings and schools with good filtration. That alone could cut down on 80% of COVID transmission in classrooms, as well as flu, colds, allergies. Safer for everyone and no one would have to police the masks.

Many states (FL, KS) are rolling back child labor laws to fill the gaps in the workforce caused by immigration crackdowns. Sound familiar? Welcome to the 19th century. I wrote about this in my latest Our Mad Wicked Folly newsletter. Learn more here: subscribepage.io/mad-wicked-folly

No but tell me why my brain fully blocked the ending of this book from me b/c its so painful. *sobs* #booksky #BreeHive

trans author with trans characters, you say? #TDOV THESE VENGEFUL GODS is out May 27th starring an all-queer main cast & chronically ill trans protagonist! if a gladiator-like deadly competition in a world of magic and gods is your jam, you can pre-order here: tinyurl.com/bdet4wfw

Lowkey think i have PTSD from Bloodmarked bc my anxiety is through the roof and i cent stop shaking. But reading is relaxing they said!!! 😭😭😭

Happy Trans Visibility Day, lovelies 💜 You are seen. You are valid. You are loved. Trans rights are human rights 🫶🏾 🏳️‍⚧️📚

Welp it happened and it was even more devastating than i expected. How is the reread worse than the gut punch of the first read?! 😩

Maturing is overrated bc wdym im not simping for the angsty, all black wearing, full of sass Merlin anymore?! 😭 Like he just caused a scene at the bar and i let out a disgruntled mom noise a la “here he goes *again*”. 😩 Pls respect my privacy as i mourn. #Bloodmarked #BreeHive #Booksky

Knowing what Sel is hiding from Bree makes so many moments and conversations in #Bloodmarked so much more devastating. 😭 It hurts and I’m only barely to the halfway point. #BreeHive #Booksky

Needed this today. Happy Opening Day!

Does anyone have experience with laryngeal nerve injections? I am fully freaking out at the thought of needing to have this done. (Left vocal cord paresis thanks to vagal neuropathy thanks to covid) #ChronicIllness #LongCOVID

The Plot Thickens! My April template packs are nearly ready to go and I am slightly obsessed. As usual it's 2 packs, one pack of 15 Insta Story size (1080px x1920px) and 15 Insta Post size (1080px x 1350px) Will be available to all Patrons and listed on Ko-Fi on March 31st!

I think...I've become Team Nick somehow?! Devastated. #BreeHive

Eugenics takes many forms. #LongCOVID #ChronicIllness

witch’s desk ✨🌿

Jurdan ❤️❤️❤️👑

Fasting (pre-8am) bloodwork when you’re a night owl is fucking brutal. 😭 #ChronicIllness

God it’s just so much chiller over here. 🥰 I’ve been super lower energy the last day after over exerting on Thursday and was eating up the ARC shitshow with popcorn but today i found out the ARC person is a literal child so… *blcoked* #Booksky

With the #transrightsreadathon coming up, it is important we remember how we can make this a safer space for trans authors to avoid forced outings! ❤️ A thread 🧵⬇️🏳️‍⚧️

I wrote a book and it comes out 10/14! it’s a queer dystopian love story with a bi 🇵🇭 MC + a cyberpunk Gatsby reimagining + it’s about capitalism & technology & yearning & rich ppl who suck !! and my ARC finally came in <33

Why is zofran—a medication used to treat nausea—so nauseating to take?! 😭 #ChronicIllness

I finished a book. 😭😭😭 It took me two weeks to reread legendborn, reading in 20-30 min chunks to avoid triggering PEM. I know reading isn’t a competition but I miss being able to lose myself in a book. This is my most devastating post-C0VID symptom (not being able to drive is the most limiting).

Update as of 9:20am CT $234 raised, only $66 left is needed! Please repost & consider sending $1-2 to one of the three options below, that’s it. Please don’t stand by - every action matters.

Rereading Legendborn while knowing what happens in Bloodmarked? PAIN. 😭😭😭 #BreeHive

COVID is a mass disabling event. Long COVID is a real problem and has been actively harming high risk people the most. Not masking is a disability rights issue. Disabled people deserve to be in society and by refusing to mask if you're able to is automatically saying we don't belong here.

Dear Universe: Pls give my friends and me a fucking break. We need our energy to fight for a better world!! We need to not spend it all navigating being sick and dealing with relational fallouts and family health emergencies and more. May it be so.

Looking for something to read for the change of seasons? Here's a fun young adult fantasy perfect for spring - Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar richincolor.com/2025/03/revi... #yalit #booksky

Grateful grateful grateful. 🥰🙏🏻