Alyssa Harad
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
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Alyssa Harad
@alyssaharad.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Sorry this took so long, but I finally got the doc I prepared for my friend up on Google Docs. It is a deliberately short Long Covid On Ramp for folks just discovering they are sick and wondering what to do next. Thanks to all who contributed! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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There's a document I'd be sharing with you from CMS that I will do so before an interview.
January 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
There's a document I'd be sharing with you from CMS that I will do so before an interview.
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For a @motherjones.com article, I am looking to speak to caregivers of disabled individuals who are 14 and older who are on Medicaid re Medicaid work requirement exemptions. My email to reach out is jmetraux@motherjones.com and reposts are appreciated.
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
For a @motherjones.com article, I am looking to speak to caregivers of disabled individuals who are 14 and older who are on Medicaid re Medicaid work requirement exemptions. My email to reach out is jmetraux@motherjones.com and reposts are appreciated.
All available evidence suggests that Miller acts like Miller because he is absolutely rock solid sure he is superior to everyone around him and has always been like that.
Also Stephen Miller isn't a monster because he was 'bullied in high school'. He was criticized in high school because he was a monster who took a bullhorn and demanded that students not be asked to throw their trash into the trash can because janitors are servants to him.
He was mentored...
He was mentored...
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
All available evidence suggests that Miller acts like Miller because he is absolutely rock solid sure he is superior to everyone around him and has always been like that.
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USPS postmark delays could impact Oregonians’ mail-in ballot, tax returns and other time-sensitive mail.
USPS warns of postmark delays, but won’t say which parts of Oregon, U.S. will be most affected
USPS postmark delays could impact Oregonians’ mail-in ballot, tax returns and other time-sensitive mail.
www.oregonlive.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Waking up to see the Monroe Doctrine has been reborn as playground bully (even more than before). What a lark.
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Waking up to see the Monroe Doctrine has been reborn as playground bully (even more than before). What a lark.
*waves hand in the midst of swirling white mist*
Where are my paragliding folks at? This site is called bluesky after all (although I admit some nice cumulus clouds are helpful for xc, you don’t want too much blue).
Anyway, I had a lovely magic air sunset flight recently.
p.s. surely someone else here is a cloud appreciation society member?
Anyway, I had a lovely magic air sunset flight recently.
p.s. surely someone else here is a cloud appreciation society member?
January 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
*waves hand in the midst of swirling white mist*
Listen, I’ve been doing my best posting amateur art making, color and color and more color, and also cooking herbs, cats, books, etc.
u heard sharon, everyone post about their esoteric interests right fucking now. for the good of the community, we need to be hyperfixationmaxxing.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Listen, I’ve been doing my best posting amateur art making, color and color and more color, and also cooking herbs, cats, books, etc.
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Speaking as a professional biologist, there is no greater sign of incoming pigheaded movement bigotry than someone attempting to apply the term "biological sex" in the context of human gender fluidity.
The term is meaningless, biologically speaking, and tautological.
The term is meaningless, biologically speaking, and tautological.
January 5, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Speaking as a professional biologist, there is no greater sign of incoming pigheaded movement bigotry than someone attempting to apply the term "biological sex" in the context of human gender fluidity.
The term is meaningless, biologically speaking, and tautological.
The term is meaningless, biologically speaking, and tautological.
Damn.
You're watching an Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Gulf of Thailand "trap-feeding" or "tread-water feeding."
It was filmed by NatGeo videographer Bertie Gregory in 2021.
Let's talk about what it's doing, how humans are involved & along the way, identify the origins of a Norse legend.
It was filmed by NatGeo videographer Bertie Gregory in 2021.
Let's talk about what it's doing, how humans are involved & along the way, identify the origins of a Norse legend.
January 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Damn.
post a famous bathroom scene
January 5, 2026 at 6:27 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
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We have discovered a planet. It is our nearest neighbor. The breeze is playful and smells strongly of chocolate. We could find peace there, perhaps.
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 AM
We have discovered a planet. It is our nearest neighbor. The breeze is playful and smells strongly of chocolate. We could find peace there, perhaps.
You guys, I went to cut some fresh parsley tonight and my Italian parsley is HUGE. Like the size of a small bush. It is undeterred by weather in the low mid thirties. It is living its best herbaceous life.
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
You guys, I went to cut some fresh parsley tonight and my Italian parsley is HUGE. Like the size of a small bush. It is undeterred by weather in the low mid thirties. It is living its best herbaceous life.
Was reluctant to join the neighborhood group chat but after a full two years it has only been used for: 1) block party planning, 2) alerts for various city-sponsored clean up, 3) people saying thank you to neighbors who do nice things unasked, 4) especially nice rainbow and sunset alerts.
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Was reluctant to join the neighborhood group chat but after a full two years it has only been used for: 1) block party planning, 2) alerts for various city-sponsored clean up, 3) people saying thank you to neighbors who do nice things unasked, 4) especially nice rainbow and sunset alerts.
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
Is Jjjjj the new lol?
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Is Jjjjj the new lol?
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Zoom meeting doodle of the book group. Notice the high ratio of glasses + bookshelves in the background. 😆🤓
January 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Zoom meeting doodle of the book group. Notice the high ratio of glasses + bookshelves in the background. 😆🤓
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Yellow rose in full bloom in January in Seattle for @alyssaharad.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Yellow rose in full bloom in January in Seattle for @alyssaharad.bsky.social
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Want to reduce risk for dementia? Get vaccinated! 🩺
I will explain how this works...
I will explain how this works...
Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000)
"Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)
"Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Want to reduce risk for dementia? Get vaccinated! 🩺
I will explain how this works...
I will explain how this works...
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Hate hate hate that this is necessary and am full of love and admiration for all the folks that make doing it this fast and well possible.
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Hate hate hate that this is necessary and am full of love and admiration for all the folks that make doing it this fast and well possible.
Look what’s happening in the front yard!
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Look what’s happening in the front yard!
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CNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
CNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
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it's a brutal indictment of Congress & establishment Dems in Washington that i'm sitting here waiting for the mayor of NYC to make a statement about this nightmare bullshit in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
it's a brutal indictment of Congress & establishment Dems in Washington that i'm sitting here waiting for the mayor of NYC to make a statement about this nightmare bullshit in Venezuela