Alana F.
@alanaf.bsky.social
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Crucial thing you must do right now is strengthen and expand your community. Serve together. Try a new activity. See each other in person. Over on the other site I am continually struck by how the rabid intensity does not actually reflect community or connection. Only way we get through this.
February 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Crucial thing you must do right now is strengthen and expand your community. Serve together. Try a new activity. See each other in person. Over on the other site I am continually struck by how the rabid intensity does not actually reflect community or connection. Only way we get through this.
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continue to make things, continue to learn things, continue to share knowledge, continue to share mystery, continue to share being
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
continue to make things, continue to learn things, continue to share knowledge, continue to share mystery, continue to share being
I don't know locations in my real life!!! Don't make me know them for violet and xaden!!
January 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I don't know locations in my real life!!! Don't make me know them for violet and xaden!!
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expertise? you mean my years of yearning and nights of nothingness?
January 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
expertise? you mean my years of yearning and nights of nothingness?
When I rewatched Gilmore Girls last year, I realized I have always been Lorelei. Now, rewatching Sex and the City, it's glaringly obvious that I'm Miranda.
Oh, 19 year old Alana. What I would tell you.
Oh, 19 year old Alana. What I would tell you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:58 AM
When I rewatched Gilmore Girls last year, I realized I have always been Lorelei. Now, rewatching Sex and the City, it's glaringly obvious that I'm Miranda.
Oh, 19 year old Alana. What I would tell you.
Oh, 19 year old Alana. What I would tell you.
Reading Onyx Storm on minimal sleep! Not sure totally what's happening, but that means I'll get to reread it and it will feel like the first time!!
January 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reading Onyx Storm on minimal sleep! Not sure totally what's happening, but that means I'll get to reread it and it will feel like the first time!!
Parent hack: get a sister-in-law who fosters rabbits and then have your toddler watch them eat carrots. Now carrots are an approved food.
January 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Parent hack: get a sister-in-law who fosters rabbits and then have your toddler watch them eat carrots. Now carrots are an approved food.
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I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less.
Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.
Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less.
Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.
Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.
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Huge news. A ton of Amazon’s ongoing momentum in the book space is solely about kindle/audible. An ethical, easy-to-use alternative is great.
Big news. Bookshop.org is now offering eBooks!
Bookshop is a big online consortium of indie bookstores. You shop like Amazon, but all the profits go to indies! There's no need to shop-- or to sell your books-- through Amazon again. I've used it for a couple years now.
Erase Bezos from your biz!
Bookshop is a big online consortium of indie bookstores. You shop like Amazon, but all the profits go to indies! There's no need to shop-- or to sell your books-- through Amazon again. I've used it for a couple years now.
Erase Bezos from your biz!
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Huge news. A ton of Amazon’s ongoing momentum in the book space is solely about kindle/audible. An ethical, easy-to-use alternative is great.
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This essay by Brandon Terry was published in 2018 and every year on this day I read it and discover something new.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/brando...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/brando...
MLK Now - Boston Review
Canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments.
www.bostonreview.net
January 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This essay by Brandon Terry was published in 2018 and every year on this day I read it and discover something new.
www.bostonreview.net/forum/brando...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/brando...
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I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.
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RIP David Lynch
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RIP David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.
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RIP David Lynch
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RIP David Lynch
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Alternative New Year's Resolutions:
-age better than your exes
-be healthier than your parents
-sleep 8 hours a night
-charge your phone outside of your bedroom
-wear sunscreen every day
-donate 10 items you never use
-make plans with a new friend every month
-dance more often
-be proud of yourself
-age better than your exes
-be healthier than your parents
-sleep 8 hours a night
-charge your phone outside of your bedroom
-wear sunscreen every day
-donate 10 items you never use
-make plans with a new friend every month
-dance more often
-be proud of yourself
December 30, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Alternative New Year's Resolutions:
-age better than your exes
-be healthier than your parents
-sleep 8 hours a night
-charge your phone outside of your bedroom
-wear sunscreen every day
-donate 10 items you never use
-make plans with a new friend every month
-dance more often
-be proud of yourself
-age better than your exes
-be healthier than your parents
-sleep 8 hours a night
-charge your phone outside of your bedroom
-wear sunscreen every day
-donate 10 items you never use
-make plans with a new friend every month
-dance more often
-be proud of yourself
Ty for reading my small screed
December 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Ty for reading my small screed
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
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According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM
According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
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If you do your search and add -AI to the end, you don’t get the garbage output
December 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
If you do your search and add -AI to the end, you don’t get the garbage output
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"We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said Kwame Alexander in the statement on the renowned Nikki Giovanni’s death
Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2024 at 3:55 AM
"We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said Kwame Alexander in the statement on the renowned Nikki Giovanni’s death
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
I deleted my Amazon app and use a Keep note to write down the things I want to buy. If I still think I should buy the ✨thing ✨ 1-2 weeks later, then I usually do. It's not groundbreaking, but it has decreased the amount of shit I buy andddd lessened my BUYITNOW impulse
December 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I deleted my Amazon app and use a Keep note to write down the things I want to buy. If I still think I should buy the ✨thing ✨ 1-2 weeks later, then I usually do. It's not groundbreaking, but it has decreased the amount of shit I buy andddd lessened my BUYITNOW impulse
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Oh, I’m so so sorry. I gave the impression that I was looking for advice from total strangers. That wasn’t my intention. 💖
December 2, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Oh, I’m so so sorry. I gave the impression that I was looking for advice from total strangers. That wasn’t my intention. 💖
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November 30, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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I've been hearing a lot about children who go no-contact with their parents when they become adults. (See: most recent Today Explained epi, replete TikToks) & I'm here on the flip side to say that my mom is the one who decided to go no-contact with me.
November 24, 2024 at 7:45 PM
I've been hearing a lot about children who go no-contact with their parents when they become adults. (See: most recent Today Explained epi, replete TikToks) & I'm here on the flip side to say that my mom is the one who decided to go no-contact with me.
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November 23, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I don't mean to be all doom n gloom, but the number of recalls just keeps increasing (up 20% from 2020 to 2023). It's almost like government regulations and enforcement are needed to keep us alive? What a drag.
Unrelated, can't wait for whichever billionaire goon ends up running the FDA 🙃
Unrelated, can't wait for whichever billionaire goon ends up running the FDA 🙃
Wolverine Packing Co. is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to restaurants due to possible E. coli contamination.
Ground beef recalled due to possible E. coli contamination | CNN
Wolverine Packing Co. is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to restaurants due to possible E. coli contamination.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
I don't mean to be all doom n gloom, but the number of recalls just keeps increasing (up 20% from 2020 to 2023). It's almost like government regulations and enforcement are needed to keep us alive? What a drag.
Unrelated, can't wait for whichever billionaire goon ends up running the FDA 🙃
Unrelated, can't wait for whichever billionaire goon ends up running the FDA 🙃