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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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The literary titan John Irving is still publishing books, and still pushing envelopes, at 83. But you will not see him in the United States anytime soon.
The World According to John Irving
The literary titan is still publishing books, and still pushing envelopes, at 83. But you will not see him in the United States anytime soon.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The literary titan John Irving is still publishing books, and still pushing envelopes, at 83. But you will not see him in the United States anytime soon.
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🦇 #NameThatBat ! Help us choose collective nouns for bats this autumn: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11... .
Halloween may be over — but we still need your help to #NameThatBat! Join in and vote in Bat Conservation Trust's first bat naming competition.
Halloween may be over — but we still need your help to #NameThatBat! Join in and vote in Bat Conservation Trust's first bat naming competition.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🦇 #NameThatBat ! Help us choose collective nouns for bats this autumn: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11... .
Halloween may be over — but we still need your help to #NameThatBat! Join in and vote in Bat Conservation Trust's first bat naming competition.
Halloween may be over — but we still need your help to #NameThatBat! Join in and vote in Bat Conservation Trust's first bat naming competition.
(runs to the bat room to try a UV light on the big browns 👀🏃♀️)
Six species of North American bats glow under UV light, adding to growing list of fluorescent mammals
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
Six species of North American bats glow under UV light, adding to growing list of fluorescent mammals
Glowing bats may sound like Halloween decor, but researchers in Georgia have discovered certain species of North American bats that are capable of the unusual trick.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(runs to the bat room to try a UV light on the big browns 👀🏃♀️)
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The most effective scary movies tend to do more than just terrify us—they prompt us to question why we’re so afraid in the first place. Here are nine films that do just that:
Nine Movies That Break Down How Fear Works
What to watch to understand your terror
bit.ly
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The most effective scary movies tend to do more than just terrify us—they prompt us to question why we’re so afraid in the first place. Here are nine films that do just that:
This will be a great one! So excited! 🥳
All the book deets & pre-order links are here: courtney-floyd.com#book
Courtney Floyd
SFF for the page & podcatcher
courtney-floyd.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This will be a great one! So excited! 🥳
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Friday, July 4th:
www.wisconsinresist.org/events
www.wisconsinresist.org/events
July 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Friday, July 4th:
www.wisconsinresist.org/events
www.wisconsinresist.org/events
I'm left questioning whether the powers that be were feeling especially generous or if they just made a mistake, because they let *me* in! #VP2025
Notifications have just gone out for the 2025 Viable Paradise workshop! Congratulations/condolences to all!
If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com
If you applied and have not received an email, please reach out to contact@viableparadise.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm left questioning whether the powers that be were feeling especially generous or if they just made a mistake, because they let *me* in! #VP2025
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🦇 July is here and this bat season is full-on!
Mothers continue to nurse their young - some pups are almost full-size while others are still tiny.
This is peak clumsy bat time, as young bats are learning how to fly, venturing out into the world and often getting themselves into tricky situations
Mothers continue to nurse their young - some pups are almost full-size while others are still tiny.
This is peak clumsy bat time, as young bats are learning how to fly, venturing out into the world and often getting themselves into tricky situations
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🦇 July is here and this bat season is full-on!
Mothers continue to nurse their young - some pups are almost full-size while others are still tiny.
This is peak clumsy bat time, as young bats are learning how to fly, venturing out into the world and often getting themselves into tricky situations
Mothers continue to nurse their young - some pups are almost full-size while others are still tiny.
This is peak clumsy bat time, as young bats are learning how to fly, venturing out into the world and often getting themselves into tricky situations
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Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent. nyti.ms/4jbwPWD
April 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent. nyti.ms/4jbwPWD
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