Lacy Phillips, author
@lacyphillips.bsky.social
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Dunno why I never thought of this, but the reason why self driving car companies do their "testing" out West is because there's less weather variability!
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dunno why I never thought of this, but the reason why self driving car companies do their "testing" out West is because there's less weather variability!
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
Testing on public streets with people's lives at risk shouldn't be allowed, but... here we are.
Hell, yeah! The English language Jane Austen book club discussion for Northanger Abbey sponsored by the book shop one town over from mine had a spot open up and I was able to snag it!
September 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hell, yeah! The English language Jane Austen book club discussion for Northanger Abbey sponsored by the book shop one town over from mine had a spot open up and I was able to snag it!
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We are urging all authors whose books were published before August 1, 2022 to stay up to date on the Bartz V. Anthropic class action lawsuit by confidentially submitting their contact information and basic details about their books to the attorneys’ website.
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Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser
www.lieffcabraser.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are urging all authors whose books were published before August 1, 2022 to stay up to date on the Bartz V. Anthropic class action lawsuit by confidentially submitting their contact information and basic details about their books to the attorneys’ website.
www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
More bad news for the book world. The AP is discontinuing its weekly book reviews.
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The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews
Terrible news from The Associated Press. Media Nation correspondent J.A. passes along this note from Anthony McCartney, the AP’s global entertainment and lifestyle editor. AP to end its weekl…
dankennedy.net
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
More bad news for the book world. The AP is discontinuing its weekly book reviews.
dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...
dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...
I have chopped chilis and now my hands burn.
August 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I have chopped chilis and now my hands burn.
Are Jaffa Cakes always disappointing, or is it only the gluten free ones?
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Are Jaffa Cakes always disappointing, or is it only the gluten free ones?
And here I thought Regan removing Carter's solar panel was the weirdest White House roof drama I'd ever see.
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And here I thought Regan removing Carter's solar panel was the weirdest White House roof drama I'd ever see.
Took a practice Dutch driving theory exam. Failed.
Currently reviewing my errors.
Currently reviewing my errors.
August 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Took a practice Dutch driving theory exam. Failed.
Currently reviewing my errors.
Currently reviewing my errors.
When my grandpa was dying, his lungs had begun failing and he had refused supplemental oxygen. He just wanted to pass without interventions, so we instructed the medical staff to extubate him and were prepared for him to struggle to breathe and not be able to oxygenate himself.
Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant a reprieve Monday amid uncertainty about whether the implantable defibrillator will shock Byron Black's heart when the lethal drug takes effect.
Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator
Gov. Bill Lee declined to grant a reprieve Monday amid uncertainty about whether the implantable defibrillator will shock Byron Black's heart when the lethal drug takes effect.
n.pr
August 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When my grandpa was dying, his lungs had begun failing and he had refused supplemental oxygen. He just wanted to pass without interventions, so we instructed the medical staff to extubate him and were prepared for him to struggle to breathe and not be able to oxygenate himself.
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the amoral engagement chasing executives at substack (who openly embraced white supremacist writers and have paid huge cash advances to some of the internet's biggest bigots and trolls for years) did a whoops a daisy!
Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a "White homeland" (Taylor Lorenz/User Mag)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
July 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
the amoral engagement chasing executives at substack (who openly embraced white supremacist writers and have paid huge cash advances to some of the internet's biggest bigots and trolls for years) did a whoops a daisy!
Collective action!
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Collective action!
I'm a social media manager professionally and I turned my notifications on yesterday to get updates on my husband's flight with one of our cats.
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
May 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm a social media manager professionally and I turned my notifications on yesterday to get updates on my husband's flight with one of our cats.
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
Constant bleeps and bloops from the client accounts! (Yes, I'm aware I can manage the frequency of those, but 🤷♀️)
If anyone else geeks out over the social impact of new media, the Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World podcast is top tier.
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
Vine: Six Seconds That Changed The World
Podcast · Global · This is the story of the social media app that changed the face of the internet before it crashed and burned in just three short years. Vine was the future - until it wasn’t. How di...
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May 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If anyone else geeks out over the social impact of new media, the Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World podcast is top tier.
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
open.spotify.com/show/0DdmThQ...
Not very often I start and finish a book on the same day!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
April 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Not very often I start and finish a book on the same day!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
@andreadunlop.bsky.social and Mike Weber's THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR about a handful of Munchausen by Proxy cases was morbidly fascinating. And she did so well with the narration!
I just cleared so many tasks off of my pending list!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
April 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I just cleared so many tasks off of my pending list!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
It's amazing how productive I can be when I'm procrastinating packing!
I went to go see Pride and Prejudice at the local cinema tonight and the audience was hilarious.
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
April 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I went to go see Pride and Prejudice at the local cinema tonight and the audience was hilarious.
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
There were so many chuckles, loud sighs at just the right moment (you know the one), yelling "KISS!" at a few key points!
And the lady next to me gave me a Giradelli chocolate she brought with her!
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Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
March 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
So... air fryers are just convection toaster ovens, yes?
April 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So... air fryers are just convection toaster ovens, yes?
In the past few days, participating in discussions online about policies being pushed in Indiana by religious zealots that I don't agree with and JK Rowling being awful, I've been assumed to be Latina (I'm not) and trans (I'm not).
Bigots don't even know what they're mad about.
Bigots don't even know what they're mad about.
April 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In the past few days, participating in discussions online about policies being pushed in Indiana by religious zealots that I don't agree with and JK Rowling being awful, I've been assumed to be Latina (I'm not) and trans (I'm not).
Bigots don't even know what they're mad about.
Bigots don't even know what they're mad about.
I'm having an "I'm just a girl" moment.
My fingernails are too long and it’s making typing difficult.
My fingernails are too long and it’s making typing difficult.
April 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm having an "I'm just a girl" moment.
My fingernails are too long and it’s making typing difficult.
My fingernails are too long and it’s making typing difficult.
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Ableism is so pervasive & normalized that we have so called leftists attacking disabled people for being unable to protest. Telling them the stakes are “too high to stay home”
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
April 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Ableism is so pervasive & normalized that we have so called leftists attacking disabled people for being unable to protest. Telling them the stakes are “too high to stay home”
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
These same people do nothing to make protests accessible.
There can’t be social justice without disability justice
We're in the "daily panic attacks" part of the cross-continental move.
March 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
We're in the "daily panic attacks" part of the cross-continental move.
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“This was the spring of 2025, when reports of the disappearances first started.”
March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“This was the spring of 2025, when reports of the disappearances first started.”
At the doctor's office yesterday and told the nurse I didn't need to schedule a follow up appointment because I was moving away to the Netherlands and she asked me why.
I said, "because we don't like it here anymore."
It hurt to say it out loud, but it felt so deeply true.
I said, "because we don't like it here anymore."
It hurt to say it out loud, but it felt so deeply true.
March 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
At the doctor's office yesterday and told the nurse I didn't need to schedule a follow up appointment because I was moving away to the Netherlands and she asked me why.
I said, "because we don't like it here anymore."
It hurt to say it out loud, but it felt so deeply true.
I said, "because we don't like it here anymore."
It hurt to say it out loud, but it felt so deeply true.
Big update! My Dutch visa has been approved!
Now please excuse me while I give myself ulcers stressing over finding the right school for my kid, securing housing, renovations and listings for our US real estate, and PACKING!!!
Now please excuse me while I give myself ulcers stressing over finding the right school for my kid, securing housing, renovations and listings for our US real estate, and PACKING!!!
March 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Big update! My Dutch visa has been approved!
Now please excuse me while I give myself ulcers stressing over finding the right school for my kid, securing housing, renovations and listings for our US real estate, and PACKING!!!
Now please excuse me while I give myself ulcers stressing over finding the right school for my kid, securing housing, renovations and listings for our US real estate, and PACKING!!!