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This is in tomorrow's Threat Model but please scream it from the rooftops sooner: "A study by the Vrije Universities and Amsterdam UMC has proven that the fatigue and struggle among people with #LongCovid or #MECFS does not come due to them being out of shape." nltimes.nl/2025/05/23/m...

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Get off Substack

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COVID vax have been found to reduce stillbirths, preeclampsia, & other negative health outcomes. This RFK “guidance” will cause death & disability. Fascists are weaponizing your body. Illness is a bullet. Your maskless face is a gun. Refuse to comply. Wear an n95. Give/get mask mutual aid:

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FUCK IT. Tomorrow is my last day of posting books, so I'm going to give away 100 of these for free. If you'd like one, reply here & email your address to [email protected] All I ask is that you cover the postage. Stephen Fry called the book "hilarious" but don't trust him. Find out for yourself

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True strength is not worrying that doing the right thing will make you look weak.

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And in today’s cringe-till-your-face-turns-inside-out AI news: futurism.com/fantasy-nove...

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This is a first for me: an actual, honest to cod COVID memorial in the park by my parents' house.

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I have introduced three people to the 1971 movie HAROLD AND MAUDE. It has been a good day's work.

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Thread, up and down.

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I confess I take a certain mild pride in confusing the local hardware store. "You want an M6 screw with a fine thread? Do they even make those?"

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GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

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Inclusive SFF fans: Wiscon is coming this weekend! You can still get tickets, which are pay what you want. I am on two panels: Help I’m Ace and No One Sees Me! on Friday and Going Beyond Representation: Speculations on Creating Disabled World Building on Sunday. I’ll link in thread.

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"'"I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not and I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses,'" Buscaglia said." 1)THIS IS NOT BACKGROUND! THIS IS MAKING UP ENTIRE BOOKS! WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ARTICLE!

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But people probably won't notice because we're not rigorously tracking COVID-19 anymore and no one is talking about it. The damage will just continue to be normalized.

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Thread, up and down, from someone sitting through a Musk interview so you don't have to.

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Oh for fuck's SAKE. Thread.

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Reminder that everyone is “at risk” with COVID, and we should strenuously resist any further attempts in Aotearoa to undermine how public immunisation for it logically fucking works, just as people are resisting the same undermining in the US

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Herein is contained a SUMPTUOUS BUFFET of all things Can*Con! Apply to be a vendor or panelist! Buy tickets! Bring your ponderations to the FAQ! Sign up for the newsletter! canconsffh.carrd.co

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Reading a book out in the sun (after writing a chapter), and these three horse skulls I stole from a grizzly bear den are watching me the whole time. As they probably should—they lost the ability to trust long ago.

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For Mike Flanagan: 🎂 As a longtime fan, I was deeply honored to become a member of the @mikeflanaganfilm.com family, first with The Fall of the House of Usher & now with The Life of Chuck. Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! ❤️ from your pal, Mar🐫

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I would love it if every single fucking teacher in this nation went on immediate strike over this absolute bullshit take about their worth. Also, fuck Duolingo, which has gone all in on AI bullshit. Cancel that crap if you're using it. fortune.com/2025/05/20/d...

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nora reed designs 2025 pride collection now available nora.jewelry/collections/...

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How in the name of all that is holy do I not have a half-inch socket? (Oh no, twist my rubber arm, I must go to the ReStore.)

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Early cat: ok guys check this out, I simply pretend to be its baby. Makes a plaintive crying sound Early cat's friend: c'mon man this is humiliating, you don't have to- Caveman obediently tosses a chunk of cooked meat over holy shit I'll be damned

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This is beautiful. It's a tipping point unfolding in the gloaming as the river runs on to night, bones taking a brief and joyful revenge.

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For everyone who was like “Google search is getting worse,” we were absolutely right.

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Immediately after Donald Trump's inauguration, his administration began purging environmental security reports from the public record. "Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security," by @petergleick.bsky.social.

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Yes, the thread is still going. This tweet and the half-dozen afterwards. (There is something about seeing this all articulated. Like tangles being gently combed out of my brain.)

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I cannot express the extent to which I am delighted by the specificity of the expanded term.

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Okay, this thread is fantastic. Definitely worth a read.

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Oh, the replies. At least people are having a sense of humour about the polycrisis?

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It's like every website, app and piece of software has developed its own Clippy. Clippy is following me around every day from Google to Zoom to Adobe Acrobat, telling me it looks like I'm trying to exist and would I like help with that

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I know a lot of people who could fall for this, and it might have been me if I hadn’t seen this thread.

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I hate that “don’t tell your smartwatch you’re autistic” is a thing we have to say now

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Your daily reminder that the U.S. Postal SERVICE is a service that is designed to benefit taxpayers and not a business that should be expected to turn a profit.

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