Morg
@fearsomereader.bsky.social
Former librarian. Currently confused.
I only learned about Pertussis protection waning more quickly when I was pregnant and told to have my husband and anyone else who'd be in close contact with baby get a booster. Wish this was more common knowledge!
Also, while measles is really pressing for obvious reasons, we're also in a pertussis (whooping cough) resurgence and the vaccine for that TDAP (Tetanus, diphtheria and Pertussis) is once every 10 years but the pertussis part wears off after 3-4 years. Do with that info what you will.
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I only learned about Pertussis protection waning more quickly when I was pregnant and told to have my husband and anyone else who'd be in close contact with baby get a booster. Wish this was more common knowledge!
Pretty jarring to see "America First" (credit union) emblazoned all over the arena while trying to watch a @utahgymnastics.bsky.social meet. Do you know the history of the phrase? Can't you just use some Big XII or UU tablecloths instead of seeming kinda fascist?
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Pretty jarring to see "America First" (credit union) emblazoned all over the arena while trying to watch a @utahgymnastics.bsky.social meet. Do you know the history of the phrase? Can't you just use some Big XII or UU tablecloths instead of seeming kinda fascist?
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it's also a demand never made of, say, rural people who won't go into the city because they think they'll be murdered.
"getting outside your bubble" is an admirable thing when it means trying a new hobby or introducing yourself to your neighbor or watching an art film but people only want to apply it to "being a little more racist just to see how it feels"
these people seem like idiots
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it's also a demand never made of, say, rural people who won't go into the city because they think they'll be murdered.
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every mainline protestant congregation has 20 women who could put together a silent food delivery operation in their sleep.
January 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM
every mainline protestant congregation has 20 women who could put together a silent food delivery operation in their sleep.
The absolute celebrity-related highlight of my life was meeting Steve Smith when he came to Iowa on tour. He was so lovely and to this day Red Green is a comfort watch.
For CBC Arts, I wrote about why I think Canada needs to revel in the beauty of its weirdest impulses www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...
OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 AM
The absolute celebrity-related highlight of my life was meeting Steve Smith when he came to Iowa on tour. He was so lovely and to this day Red Green is a comfort watch.
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I've seen a few people posting stuff along the lines of "2026 is the year I'm going to read more!"
My friend, don't pressure yourself. Even as an author, I say this: Read better, not more. Read what you love, stop reading something that isn't working for you. Don't aim for more, aim for pleasure.
My friend, don't pressure yourself. Even as an author, I say this: Read better, not more. Read what you love, stop reading something that isn't working for you. Don't aim for more, aim for pleasure.
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I've seen a few people posting stuff along the lines of "2026 is the year I'm going to read more!"
My friend, don't pressure yourself. Even as an author, I say this: Read better, not more. Read what you love, stop reading something that isn't working for you. Don't aim for more, aim for pleasure.
My friend, don't pressure yourself. Even as an author, I say this: Read better, not more. Read what you love, stop reading something that isn't working for you. Don't aim for more, aim for pleasure.
My mom and I were JUST discussing this. Catalyst was seeing Grinch-themed plates at Williams and Sonoma
The Grinch didn’t used to be all over the place at Christmas. It was a book and a tv special and that was it. He wasn’t a co-headliner with Santa.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My mom and I were JUST discussing this. Catalyst was seeing Grinch-themed plates at Williams and Sonoma
There are Cheerios in my food processor. Who needs an advent calendar when you have a toddler?
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There are Cheerios in my food processor. Who needs an advent calendar when you have a toddler?
Definitely remember using leftover garlic breadsticks on a youth trip one summer. Very tasty sacrilege!
I don't think this requires further comment from me.
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Definitely remember using leftover garlic breadsticks on a youth trip one summer. Very tasty sacrilege!
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every republican president of my lifetime has completely destroyed the economy
More from ADP: The number of jobs created in August 2025 was revised downward from 54,000 to a loss of -3,000.
What's more, employment fell for the third time in four months, ADP said
#EconSky
What's more, employment fell for the third time in four months, ADP said
#EconSky
ADP Nonfarm Payrolls for September: -32,000. A big miss -- the forecast was for a gain of 50.5k -- and it is the largest decline since March 2023
ADP numbers are leading non-farm payrolls lower.
#EconSky
ADP numbers are leading non-farm payrolls lower.
#EconSky
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
every republican president of my lifetime has completely destroyed the economy
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i actually think there should be coed sports from an early age well into adulthood so the girls can get the same funding as the boys for once in their fucking lives
August 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
i actually think there should be coed sports from an early age well into adulthood so the girls can get the same funding as the boys for once in their fucking lives
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ON TOP of the ethical reasons to not use AI, it's also
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
AI was trained on my books (without my permission and against my will) so this annoys me. I never use AI. Not for research, not for images, not for writing. AI used me.
I keep seeing reports of non-AI users being told that an AI detector has dubbed their work AI generated, and it makes me insane because:
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
June 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
ON TOP of the ethical reasons to not use AI, it's also
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
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Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
May 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠
Me: okay this room is basically baby-proofed
Baby: finds 2 ways to die before 9am
Back to the drawing board.
Baby: finds 2 ways to die before 9am
Back to the drawing board.
May 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Me: okay this room is basically baby-proofed
Baby: finds 2 ways to die before 9am
Back to the drawing board.
Baby: finds 2 ways to die before 9am
Back to the drawing board.
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'Johnnie secretly asked the hotel staff to scatter 30 assorted packets of crisps on the bed as a surprise while they were away. However, staff misunderstood the request and instead opened the bags and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti.'
Blackpool hotel staff botch husband's romantic gesture for wife
'Looking back it really is funny! Like we had some sort of pawn-cocktail crisp fetish'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
'Johnnie secretly asked the hotel staff to scatter 30 assorted packets of crisps on the bed as a surprise while they were away. However, staff misunderstood the request and instead opened the bags and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti.'
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we should've publicly executed at least a dozen people after the housing market crashed and we are paying the consequences for not doing that now
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
we should've publicly executed at least a dozen people after the housing market crashed and we are paying the consequences for not doing that now
This man has never interacted with a self check-out machine.
It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This man has never interacted with a self check-out machine.
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"Why SHOULDN'T government be run like a business?"
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
March 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Why SHOULDN'T government be run like a business?"
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better.
You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
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Republicans crash the economy, Democrats are elected to fix the economy, Republicans are elected because the economy wasn’t fixed fast enough.
March 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Republicans crash the economy, Democrats are elected to fix the economy, Republicans are elected because the economy wasn’t fixed fast enough.
The baby and I just spent 10 minutes making fart noises at each other. This was not covered in the parenting books
February 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The baby and I just spent 10 minutes making fart noises at each other. This was not covered in the parenting books
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I guess I just like to ask everyone who was patting themselves on the back for their moral victory that *we* achieved a peaceful transfer of power, does it feel like a fucking peaceful transfer of power now? Is this transfer *peaceful?* We just gave people who said they want to kill us all the guns.
February 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I guess I just like to ask everyone who was patting themselves on the back for their moral victory that *we* achieved a peaceful transfer of power, does it feel like a fucking peaceful transfer of power now? Is this transfer *peaceful?* We just gave people who said they want to kill us all the guns.
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Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care
Senator Tommy Tuberville: We have an attention deficit problem in this country. Attention deficit — when you or I were growing up — our parents didn’t use a drug they used a belt.
January 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Republicans want you to hit your kids instead of giving them health care
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As always, fuck Reagan and fuck the criminals and traitors that made up his administration.
December 29, 2024 at 10:07 PM
As always, fuck Reagan and fuck the criminals and traitors that made up his administration.