Darcy Conaty
@dconaty.bsky.social
Old queer nerd, recently retired. Books, games, currently LOTS of politics
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So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
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My husband, who contracted pneumonia from this year's ugly type of flu just before Christmas, tested negative at home for the flu but positive in an ER several days later. His lungs are slowly recovering.
The treatment works best when started within 48 hours of symptom onset. Therefore, the CDC says treatment should not be withheld due to a negative test result if a person’s symptoms are consistent with the flu, especially if they are in a high risk group.
www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/sto...
www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/sto...
Amid rise in flu cases, what to know about at-home flu tests
As flu cases rise across the country, here is everything to know about testing yourself for the illness at home.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:31 AM
My husband, who contracted pneumonia from this year's ugly type of flu just before Christmas, tested negative at home for the flu but positive in an ER several days later. His lungs are slowly recovering.
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The wealthiest ten Americans get to stop paying into Social Security within the first five minutes of 2026.
Their corporate tax cuts will continue.
Their bail outs, backroom deals and preferential treatment will continue.
Tax the rich.
Abolish the billionaire class.
Their corporate tax cuts will continue.
Their bail outs, backroom deals and preferential treatment will continue.
Tax the rich.
Abolish the billionaire class.
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The wealthiest ten Americans get to stop paying into Social Security within the first five minutes of 2026.
Their corporate tax cuts will continue.
Their bail outs, backroom deals and preferential treatment will continue.
Tax the rich.
Abolish the billionaire class.
Their corporate tax cuts will continue.
Their bail outs, backroom deals and preferential treatment will continue.
Tax the rich.
Abolish the billionaire class.
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Heads up: I didn’t see this until now, but @aptshadow.bsky.social‘s The Doors of Eden is on US ebook sale for $3. I got some for random giveaway. I just started this book, and I’m kinda hooked.
The Doors of Eden
“An extraordinary feat of the imagination & a page-turning adventure about parallel universes & the monsters that they hide”
Sale: $19.99 to $2.99
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rating: 4.3/5 (4,248 Reviews)
#SciFi #Multiverse #Speculative #Adventure #Books #Tchaikovsky #Monsters #BookSky
“An extraordinary feat of the imagination & a page-turning adventure about parallel universes & the monsters that they hide”
Sale: $19.99 to $2.99
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rating: 4.3/5 (4,248 Reviews)
#SciFi #Multiverse #Speculative #Adventure #Books #Tchaikovsky #Monsters #BookSky
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Heads up: I didn’t see this until now, but @aptshadow.bsky.social‘s The Doors of Eden is on US ebook sale for $3. I got some for random giveaway. I just started this book, and I’m kinda hooked.
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The 2025 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents
It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a…
It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a…
The 2025 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents
It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a bit of background: I have been informally awarding the Darth Vader Parenthood Award since sometime in the 1980s with the earliest awards being retroactive. Over the years, the list of winners migrated from a handwritten page to various computer file formats, updated every year. Eventually, I decided to make the winners public on the Internet…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The 2025 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents
It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a…
It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a…
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Relistened to this @michaelhobbes.bsky.social gem: “Which scenario makes more sense: 100s of thousands of public health workers around the world recommended a bunch of steps that they know are ineffective, or is it more likely that two people without the relevant expertise are mis-reading a report?”
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Relistened to this @michaelhobbes.bsky.social gem: “Which scenario makes more sense: 100s of thousands of public health workers around the world recommended a bunch of steps that they know are ineffective, or is it more likely that two people without the relevant expertise are mis-reading a report?”
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In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In June I finished a poem about being suicidal and the tiniest things one can use as a carrot to keep themselves going, and here at the close of the year I am finally (mostly) ready to share it
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This sounds like an excellent event for folks who are new to the age verifiable debate and not yet convinced that these laws are as harmful as they really are!
Join us on January 15th for our next EFFecting Change livestream as we break down how age verification laws work, who they exclude, and how these mandates threaten privacy and free expression for people of all ages. The conversation will be followed by a live Q&A. www.eff.org/event/effec...
EFFecting Change: The Human Cost of Online Age Verification
Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for everyone—not just young people. Age-gating laws generally require
www.eff.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This sounds like an excellent event for folks who are new to the age verifiable debate and not yet convinced that these laws are as harmful as they really are!
I got to hear Krista and friends do this last night. It seems like a good choice to see the old year out.
youtu.be/k6vdhoY2XZA
youtu.be/k6vdhoY2XZA
'Clock of the World' by Krista Detor, featuring Karine Polwart, Emily Smith, and Rachael McShane
YouTube video by Dyann LeRoy
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December 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I got to hear Krista and friends do this last night. It seems like a good choice to see the old year out.
youtu.be/k6vdhoY2XZA
youtu.be/k6vdhoY2XZA
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The big Barnes & Noble pre-order sale is live! 25% off all pre-orders, including my own upcoming THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!
A grumpy dragon pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Need a monster in your life?
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...
A grumpy dragon pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Need a monster in your life?
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...
The Dragon Has Some Complaints|Hardcover
In this heartfelt and humorous fantasy from the Nebula-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In, a dragon whose three heads bear rather…different...personalities finds family in the most unex...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The big Barnes & Noble pre-order sale is live! 25% off all pre-orders, including my own upcoming THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!
A grumpy dragon pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Need a monster in your life?
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...
A grumpy dragon pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Need a monster in your life?
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...
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Authors! Readers! The grand Barnes & Noble pre-order sale is now upon us. Use the code PREORDER25 to save 25% off basically every pre-ordered book for next year.
Authors: please reply to this post with your upcoming book title, a link, and at least one cool thing in your book!
Authors: please reply to this post with your upcoming book title, a link, and at least one cool thing in your book!
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Authors! Readers! The grand Barnes & Noble pre-order sale is now upon us. Use the code PREORDER25 to save 25% off basically every pre-ordered book for next year.
Authors: please reply to this post with your upcoming book title, a link, and at least one cool thing in your book!
Authors: please reply to this post with your upcoming book title, a link, and at least one cool thing in your book!
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The Year in Cartoons - 2025
👉 danielboris.blogspot.com
👉 danielboris.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The Year in Cartoons - 2025
👉 danielboris.blogspot.com
👉 danielboris.blogspot.com
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The big row within MAGA circles is whether they hate Jews more than brown people, or brown people more than Jews. That's *it*. The sum total of their disagreement. There's no reason to side with *either* subgroup of explicitly fascist genocidal conspiracist monsters.
Christ, MTG is not reformed. She’s not apologetic for anything material she’s done. She isn’t going to bring anyone over to even a moderate centrist coalition. Stop being naive as fuck. It’s not a “purity test” to say “the fascist who happens to disagree with Hitler on some points isn’t an ally.”
December 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The big row within MAGA circles is whether they hate Jews more than brown people, or brown people more than Jews. That's *it*. The sum total of their disagreement. There's no reason to side with *either* subgroup of explicitly fascist genocidal conspiracist monsters.
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Here's a tragedy of DOGE that most people will never know about, even though it has big consequences: no one is left to coordinate the transition to memory safe systems code. 🧵
"Memory Safety for Skeptics," published in the ACM Queue.
Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Memory Safety for Skeptics - ACM Queue
queue.acm.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Here's a tragedy of DOGE that most people will never know about, even though it has big consequences: no one is left to coordinate the transition to memory safe systems code. 🧵
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I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
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December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I was thinking about what gifts people used to give to readers (besides gift editions of famous poets' work and illustrated histories of wars and such), and while I was thinking about it, somebody brought a book to the counter....
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I have no idea if anyone will find this useful, but there’s software used by a plurality of state legislatures to stream and archive their hearings. There’s no function to save those videos in many cases which makes them inaccessible to some, If you need it because you’re doing policy or whatever:
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I have no idea if anyone will find this useful, but there’s software used by a plurality of state legislatures to stream and archive their hearings. There’s no function to save those videos in many cases which makes them inaccessible to some, If you need it because you’re doing policy or whatever:
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HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
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there are a bunch of accounts pushing this scam btw
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
there are a bunch of accounts pushing this scam btw
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A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
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Put more eloquently.
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Put more eloquently.
The audiobook of "Swordheart" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale at Chirp for $3.99 today. It works as a standalone even tho the series (Hugo finalist World of the White Rat) technically starts with Clockwork Boys.
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Swordheart
A New York Times bestseller from a “master” of the genre (Travis Baldree, author of Legends & Lattes): When Halla inherits her great-uncle’s estate, she receives an ancient sword which, once unshe...
www.chirpbooks.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The audiobook of "Swordheart" by @tkingfisher.com is on sale at Chirp for $3.99 today. It works as a standalone even tho the series (Hugo finalist World of the White Rat) technically starts with Clockwork Boys.
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
Daggerbound (Swordheart #2) comes out next August!
www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/s...
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The final election to watch in 2025… improbably scheduled for December 30.
Democratic state Senator Claire Celsi, who passed away in October, represented a Central Iowa district. National Democrats have rallied around Renee Hardman to keep the GOP from a supermajority.
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, from... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The final election to watch in 2025… improbably scheduled for December 30.
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Ah ‘The California “Click to Cancel Law,” Assembly Bill 2863, effective July 1, 2025, requires companies to make it as easy for consumers to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up for it’
cal.lawsoup.org/legal-guides...
cal.lawsoup.org/legal-guides...
California Click to Cancel Law: What You Need to Know | Law Soup Cal
What is the Click-to-Cancel Law (AB 2863)? The California "Click to Cancel Law," Assembly Bill 2863, effective July 1, 2025, requires companies to make it as easy for consumers to cancel a subscriptio...
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December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ah ‘The California “Click to Cancel Law,” Assembly Bill 2863, effective July 1, 2025, requires companies to make it as easy for consumers to cancel a subscription as it was to sign up for it’
cal.lawsoup.org/legal-guides...
cal.lawsoup.org/legal-guides...
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Colorectal cancer is common and it is very treatable if caught early. In the UK, screening is automatically offered to people age 50-74 every two years. Only about half actually do the screening, and fewer men than women - even though this form of cancer affects men slightly more often.
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Colorectal cancer is common and it is very treatable if caught early. In the UK, screening is automatically offered to people age 50-74 every two years. Only about half actually do the screening, and fewer men than women - even though this form of cancer affects men slightly more often.
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My most loving cat, the cat I miss the most, the cat I startled myself one night 8 years after her death by bursting into tears over, came to me as a terrified feral kitten.
Miranda died in 2015. I miss her so much. In her memory, I'm joining the chorus saying, give these beautiful cats a chance.
Miranda died in 2015. I miss her so much. In her memory, I'm joining the chorus saying, give these beautiful cats a chance.
It’s hard to believe but the Auto Club family— mama Porsche & her now 7-month old kittens Ferrari, Mercedes, and Bentley— have had no applications. Not one for any of them. They’ve been growing up together in foster care, shy at first & needing a quiet home. Elkton, MD Apply crits4cats.petfinder.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My most loving cat, the cat I miss the most, the cat I startled myself one night 8 years after her death by bursting into tears over, came to me as a terrified feral kitten.
Miranda died in 2015. I miss her so much. In her memory, I'm joining the chorus saying, give these beautiful cats a chance.
Miranda died in 2015. I miss her so much. In her memory, I'm joining the chorus saying, give these beautiful cats a chance.