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luisaperkins.bsky.social
Novelist living in France. Author of SUMMERSONG, DISPIRITED, PRAYERS IN BATH, and COMFORTABLY YUM. she/her
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AI is not useful.

Thanks to @propublica.org for watching out for us. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

I hear a certain someone is having a sale next month. I’m not bothered. I know I’m the better place to shop for books online because every purchase financially supports independent bookstores, which in turn helps their communities thrive.

“The emissions AI generates are absolutely astronomical. Just because Meta or Microsoft are completely unaccountable when it comes to climate...I don’t see how [ESG funds] can justify them.” @pollyjhemming.bsky.social at the ESG Summit ⤵️

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

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Our sweet Penny is undergoing exploratory surgery today to see whether a large tumor on her liver can be successfully removed. Thoughts and prayers welcome. #dogsky #corgisky

Where, exactly, are we going—and why are we in this handbasket?

Welcome to my military parade.

I’m only 58, but, yes.

I’ve discovered the Merlin bird identification app and am in seventh bird nerd heaven.

While everybody’s busy with all kinds of shit hitting the bricks, This is going on in the background… www.propublica.org/article/doge...

I waited on Jimmy Osmond at a jazz café in Provo, Utah.

Obama wasn’t perfect, but he was and is pretty damn fantastic. #ObamaAppreciationDay #NoKings

Pretty much.

#writers #writing #writesky #writingcommunity #funny #aynrand

ME: omg i have so much to do today BRAIN: best i can do is none of it so that you don’t feel bad for only doing some of it ME: that doesn’t make any sense BRAIN: don’t tell me how to do my job

Gavin Newsom is so incredibly annoying because he is unbearable like 90% of the time but the other 10% he cooks so hard that you can’t help but give it to him

H5N1 bird flu ‘capable of airborne transmission’ New findings raise concerns about whether the virus could trigger a future pandemic Full story below ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

I just finished @megiddings.bsky.social ‘s Meet Me at the Crossroads, and it is brilliant—one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

Worth visiting an online library to view this article or main library. I realised early on that if they weren’t even being transparent over the true death toll (constantly cited as 7 million) then everything else needed to be questioned. These deaths deserve to be honoured #transparency

I want to report some good news from LA: ICE picked a hotel in Pasadena to be their headquarters for this side of the city. The residents of Pasadena (myself included) would not stand for this and protested all yesterday in front of the hotel until, eventually, the hotel kicked out ICE!!

#ProudBlue I hope more comes to light & we can actually do something about it. Turns out that there were major changes made to some voting machines just before the election.

1/ We all know Apple uses biometrics, Face ID, Touch ID, etc. That’s not new. But there’s more happening under the surface than most people realize. And with their latest tech, we’re stepping into something deeper. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

The author obviously doesn't know any knitters.

One of my favorite parts of the new Mission: Impossible movie was having a Black woman as US President.

Just gonna leave this here. Do with it what you will…

Photo from 2020.

During the George Floyd protests, Trump ordered multiple governors to deploy their national guard to DC. Four governors successfully declined.

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

Who keeps giving Guy Ritchie money?

This is not Drake vs Kendrick Lamar. This is Creed vs Nickelback.

Seems like an appropriate time to repost this

PRIDE IS AN ACRONYM Personal RIghts through Defense & Education (It's 1st really radical queer org--1966! It prefigured the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), ACT-UP, Queer Nation, etc, maybe laid the seeds for Stonewall...) ❤️‍🔥🔥💚💙💜🤎🖤💗💙 Pride is inherently radical. ht @revterrywilliams.bsky.social

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

My husband and me last night before we went to sleep. #LifeInFrance

I want to learn how to play the mandolin.

I do not get tired of hearing thunder roll around between the Alps and the Jura. #LifeInFrance

You wanna see something really scary? open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

MUST READ.