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scientist, mom, writer, fangrrrl. Tikkun olamnik. She/her mostly because I'm old & lazy. Re-posts are not endorsements, nor do they always make sense.
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I'm going to do the answer to this as a separate thread so we're not filling up Eric's timeline. I'm also going to briefly talk about what I thought Israel should've done & then largely focus on what I think a better US approach would've been. 1/
If you don’t mind me asking—and I ask as a huge fan of your threads—what do you think Israel’s and America’s respective post-10/7 responses should have been in the first few weeks or months? Genuinely asking without trying to annoy or provoke anyone.
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I'm going to do the answer to this as a separate thread so we're not filling up Eric's timeline. I'm also going to briefly talk about what I thought Israel should've done & then largely focus on what I think a better US approach would've been. 1/
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Arthur Christmas! Still brewing a nice URI, but the deep lung gurgles that sounded like pneumonia are gone.
He's loving spending time in the bus with us and Sadie. Unfortunately he remains in quarantine for a while yet, so no friends for him.
He's loving spending time in the bus with us and Sadie. Unfortunately he remains in quarantine for a while yet, so no friends for him.
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Arthur Christmas! Still brewing a nice URI, but the deep lung gurgles that sounded like pneumonia are gone.
He's loving spending time in the bus with us and Sadie. Unfortunately he remains in quarantine for a while yet, so no friends for him.
He's loving spending time in the bus with us and Sadie. Unfortunately he remains in quarantine for a while yet, so no friends for him.
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i was the moderate position. now you're about to find what comes next
December 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
i was the moderate position. now you're about to find what comes next
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This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
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100% adorable but definitely brewing an URI.
December 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
100% adorable but definitely brewing an URI.
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Sergei, napping, pretending he didn’t just cost me $300 and make the inside of my truck smell like Godzilla farts.
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Sergei, napping, pretending he didn’t just cost me $300 and make the inside of my truck smell like Godzilla farts.
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Including WFB saying that he was sorry that he wasn't able to participate in a cross burning* with his siblings!
* on the lawn of Jewish neighbors of the Buckleys...
* on the lawn of Jewish neighbors of the Buckleys...
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Including WFB saying that he was sorry that he wasn't able to participate in a cross burning* with his siblings!
* on the lawn of Jewish neighbors of the Buckleys...
* on the lawn of Jewish neighbors of the Buckleys...
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Read about the new scholarship on Spain, then contemplate the fact that Franco was venerated in the National Review from the start, and you hav a skeleton key, opening up the fact that "modern American conservatism" never maintained a meaningful distance from fascism. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Read about the new scholarship on Spain, then contemplate the fact that Franco was venerated in the National Review from the start, and you hav a skeleton key, opening up the fact that "modern American conservatism" never maintained a meaningful distance from fascism. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Sean is giving away copies of DIGITAL DIVIDE, the first Rachel Peng book!
(6th one coming on the 13th but someone--not me, because WHY WOULD I but customer service says blah blah blah and no I didn't yell theirs is a thankless job--cancelled the order so I'm trying to have the ducks aligned first)
(6th one coming on the 13th but someone--not me, because WHY WOULD I but customer service says blah blah blah and no I didn't yell theirs is a thankless job--cancelled the order so I'm trying to have the ducks aligned first)
Here, let us impulsively try to help @kbspangler.com have less anxiety about the upcoming book, and give away 5 US Kindle copies of Digital Divide (Rachel Peng Book 1). NB: this is a spin-off from the now-completed agirlandherfed.com webcomic.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
Yeah, and I have severe fof⬆️ so I REALLY don't want it to happen again!
December 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Sean is giving away copies of DIGITAL DIVIDE, the first Rachel Peng book!
(6th one coming on the 13th but someone--not me, because WHY WOULD I but customer service says blah blah blah and no I didn't yell theirs is a thankless job--cancelled the order so I'm trying to have the ducks aligned first)
(6th one coming on the 13th but someone--not me, because WHY WOULD I but customer service says blah blah blah and no I didn't yell theirs is a thankless job--cancelled the order so I'm trying to have the ducks aligned first)
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
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I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
How a bigger-looking butt could be a sneaky sign of autism and ADHD
Your backside might reveal a thing or two about your brain.
nypost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
!!!!
And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY
!!!!
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Minneapolis/St Paul! If you have Muslim neighbors please particularly make sure they are aware, there's a lot of halal markets on the list of affected stores.
Just throw away everything www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
Gold Star Distribution Inc., Issues Recall of Certain FDA-Regulated Products in Three States Including Drugs, Devices, Cosmetics, Human Foods, and Pet Foods
Gold Star Distribution, Inc. (Gold Star or “the Company”) is recalling all FDA regulated products listed in this press release due to the presence of rodent and avian contamination.
www.fda.gov
December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Minneapolis/St Paul! If you have Muslim neighbors please particularly make sure they are aware, there's a lot of halal markets on the list of affected stores.
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Goodemorning Gonzobongos! Wel, tha heet wether haz gone ,tha coldefront is heer, tha balanse haz bin restored
December 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Goodemorning Gonzobongos! Wel, tha heet wether haz gone ,tha coldefront is heer, tha balanse haz bin restored
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The first report here is amazing, and, as Fallows says, hopeful for the future. The second is yet one more kind of Trump and Hegseth endangerment in the Caribbean.
A Positive Sign for Flying in the Future...
... and a cautionary one about aviation right now.
fallows.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The first report here is amazing, and, as Fallows says, hopeful for the future. The second is yet one more kind of Trump and Hegseth endangerment in the Caribbean.
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Dickens: it's about this poor guy who succumbs to conservative bootstrap propaganda about how the poor deserve to be poor
Dickens: i know George has some feelings on this one
George Romero: only in a paradise of the proletariat will the means of production be held by all the people
Dickens: i know George has some feelings on this one
George Romero: only in a paradise of the proletariat will the means of production be held by all the people
December 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Dickens: it's about this poor guy who succumbs to conservative bootstrap propaganda about how the poor deserve to be poor
Dickens: i know George has some feelings on this one
George Romero: only in a paradise of the proletariat will the means of production be held by all the people
Dickens: i know George has some feelings on this one
George Romero: only in a paradise of the proletariat will the means of production be held by all the people
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Charles Dickens: turns out everyone really loved a Christmas carol
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Charles Dickens: turns out everyone really loved a Christmas carol
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
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I put a BLANKIE on the KITTEN
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I put a BLANKIE on the KITTEN
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Am I upside-down or are you upside-down? Either way here's a rawr and a bonk.
Melanocetus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife
Melanocetus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Am I upside-down or are you upside-down? Either way here's a rawr and a bonk.
Melanocetus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife
Melanocetus from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 557 #VentUnderworld #MarineLife
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December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Here's another one-- after years of searching for Black Skimmers on our annual South Carolina family trip and settling for far-off birds on distant sandbars, my Dad and I found a spot where hundreds foraged for fish right after sunset, all around us. This is based on a photo I took of them:
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's another one-- after years of searching for Black Skimmers on our annual South Carolina family trip and settling for far-off birds on distant sandbars, my Dad and I found a spot where hundreds foraged for fish right after sunset, all around us. This is based on a photo I took of them:
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Why is it that tech and AI boosters keep saying "you can't put the genie back in the bottle" when making arguments about AI's supposed inevitable dominance? Did they not read the story? The genie does, indeed, go back in the bottle. Maybe we should start there.
December 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Why is it that tech and AI boosters keep saying "you can't put the genie back in the bottle" when making arguments about AI's supposed inevitable dominance? Did they not read the story? The genie does, indeed, go back in the bottle. Maybe we should start there.
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2025 was our first whole year on YouTube
Views: 3.1 MILLION
Hours watched: 700,000
Average monthly audience: 140,000
I'd call that a smashing success in sharing real archaeology & debunking the fake stuff
Onwards and upwards, and happy New Year to all!
www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
Views: 3.1 MILLION
Hours watched: 700,000
Average monthly audience: 140,000
I'd call that a smashing success in sharing real archaeology & debunking the fake stuff
Onwards and upwards, and happy New Year to all!
www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
December 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
2025 was our first whole year on YouTube
Views: 3.1 MILLION
Hours watched: 700,000
Average monthly audience: 140,000
I'd call that a smashing success in sharing real archaeology & debunking the fake stuff
Onwards and upwards, and happy New Year to all!
www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
Views: 3.1 MILLION
Hours watched: 700,000
Average monthly audience: 140,000
I'd call that a smashing success in sharing real archaeology & debunking the fake stuff
Onwards and upwards, and happy New Year to all!
www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
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I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now