Rachel Avery
@chiscrivner.bsky.social
I was stoned when I made my profile and misspelled "scrivener". I'm just going to own it.
I'm stepping away from doomscrolling. But I will share music and things. Here is Blood Lemon, and sort of sludgy, 90s inspired thing that also reminds me a bit of early Heart. They're so good! bloodlemon.bandcamp.com/album/petite...
Petite Deaths, by Blood Lemon
5 track album
bloodlemon.bandcamp.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I'm stepping away from doomscrolling. But I will share music and things. Here is Blood Lemon, and sort of sludgy, 90s inspired thing that also reminds me a bit of early Heart. They're so good! bloodlemon.bandcamp.com/album/petite...
For my spooky friends! This wonderful artist has a shop up now (maybe has for awhhile; I haven't been here enough and I'm probably behind). Check them out!
May 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
For my spooky friends! This wonderful artist has a shop up now (maybe has for awhhile; I haven't been here enough and I'm probably behind). Check them out!
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Bingo. I always come back to this quote:
May 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Bingo. I always come back to this quote:
I think we could all use a happy time (besides the Marine le Pen news).
It’s not just children that like slides 🛝…Dogs do too!!
I love how they all gather at the bottom waiting for their friends to descend. 🐶 ❤️
I love how they all gather at the bottom waiting for their friends to descend. 🐶 ❤️
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I think we could all use a happy time (besides the Marine le Pen news).
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Only mildly panicked about running out of cat litter yesterday. Please share the gofundme link so this dang cancer keeps the destruction limited to my boobs.
It’s been 8 days since a donation and bills are hitting.
gofund.me/18d4ef7d
#fuckcancer #cancer #boobs #cats
It’s been 8 days since a donation and bills are hitting.
gofund.me/18d4ef7d
#fuckcancer #cancer #boobs #cats
Donate to Aid Anna Maul's Fight Against Breast Cancer, organized by April Arndt
My good friend and fellow adventurer, Anna Maul Ripley, has had a rough go … April Arndt needs your support for Aid Anna Maul's Fight Against Breast Cancer
gofund.me
March 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Only mildly panicked about running out of cat litter yesterday. Please share the gofundme link so this dang cancer keeps the destruction limited to my boobs.
It’s been 8 days since a donation and bills are hitting.
gofund.me/18d4ef7d
#fuckcancer #cancer #boobs #cats
It’s been 8 days since a donation and bills are hitting.
gofund.me/18d4ef7d
#fuckcancer #cancer #boobs #cats
We need to stop using "offended" as the blanket term for any negative reaction. This kind of symbol undermines the trust that citizens of all faiths ought to have in their leaders. It's not just a stinky fart in a car
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’
Critics say US defense secretary’s tattoo of the word kafir, meaning ‘infidel’ or ‘non-believer’ could offend Muslims
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
We need to stop using "offended" as the blanket term for any negative reaction. This kind of symbol undermines the trust that citizens of all faiths ought to have in their leaders. It's not just a stinky fart in a car
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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oh, look, color me NOT surprised. When you vote in a rapist it's extremely telling....
March 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
oh, look, color me NOT surprised. When you vote in a rapist it's extremely telling....
I'll be making sure Techdirt stays in my reading rotation. Many important points here!
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'll be making sure Techdirt stays in my reading rotation. Many important points here!
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Today, in news of the stupid, the DoD everyone!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Pentagon Flags WWII Plane That Nuked Japan as Woke
The Department of Defense is flagging photos of the Tuskegee Airmen and "Enola Gay" bomber in its purge of DEI content.
www.rollingstone.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, in news of the stupid, the DoD everyone!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Fuck yeah, Wanda! ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
February 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Fuck yeah, Wanda! ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
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'Move fast and break things' doesn't work when it's an entire country.
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'Move fast and break things' doesn't work when it's an entire country.
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So the only asylum seekers the US will now admit are White people from former apartheid South Africa.
February 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
So the only asylum seekers the US will now admit are White people from former apartheid South Africa.
I'm worried about my mom's Medicare coverage. And everyone's Medicare coverage. These people around Musk should be treated like looters.
February 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm worried about my mom's Medicare coverage. And everyone's Medicare coverage. These people around Musk should be treated like looters.
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Oklahoma is NOT Okay. HB 1343 was introduced yesterday 2/3/2025 quietly. It is poised to immediately abolish State Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and put the provisions under the Department of Corrections. YIKES!
legiscan.com/OK/text/HB13...
legiscan.com/OK/text/HB13...
February 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Oklahoma is NOT Okay. HB 1343 was introduced yesterday 2/3/2025 quietly. It is poised to immediately abolish State Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and put the provisions under the Department of Corrections. YIKES!
legiscan.com/OK/text/HB13...
legiscan.com/OK/text/HB13...
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Call your reps & scream bloody murder
202 224 3121
We want our parks open and fully staffed
We want an increase in budgets to help with the increase in visitation
We want MORE L.E. Rangers in the parks to better protect them
We need our parks now more than ever
wessiler.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
202 224 3121
We want our parks open and fully staffed
We want an increase in budgets to help with the increase in visitation
We want MORE L.E. Rangers in the parks to better protect them
We need our parks now more than ever
wessiler.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Sowing Chaos In National Park Service
Personnel files disappear and seasonal jobs cancelled as “Fork in the Road” email upends NPS staffing
wessiler.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Call your reps & scream bloody murder
202 224 3121
We want our parks open and fully staffed
We want an increase in budgets to help with the increase in visitation
We want MORE L.E. Rangers in the parks to better protect them
We need our parks now more than ever
wessiler.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
202 224 3121
We want our parks open and fully staffed
We want an increase in budgets to help with the increase in visitation
We want MORE L.E. Rangers in the parks to better protect them
We need our parks now more than ever
wessiler.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
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JFK's grandson John "Jack" Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
January 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
JFK's grandson John "Jack" Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
calls out his cousins for staying silent as RFK Jr sits for senate confirmation -- suggests they know a lot that's damning.
Sounds pretty pissed off
In the last four months I've dealt with family medical emergencies, parental estrangement, the death of my father, the discovery of his terrible medical neglect of my mom, a trip through a messy family trust, and a nasty IBS flare up.
I am so. Fucking. Tired.
I am so. Fucking. Tired.
January 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In the last four months I've dealt with family medical emergencies, parental estrangement, the death of my father, the discovery of his terrible medical neglect of my mom, a trip through a messy family trust, and a nasty IBS flare up.
I am so. Fucking. Tired.
I am so. Fucking. Tired.
RIP and thanks for all the movies.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78
Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
RIP and thanks for all the movies.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
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Features of Eternal (Ur) Fascism:
1. Cult of Tradition:
Not any specific tradition, but an ad-hoc mixture (syncretism) of components that "feel Trad™"
2.Rejection of modernism & rationality:
Seen as degenerate. A state of "purity" from an older (fict.) time must be "restored."
1. Cult of Tradition:
Not any specific tradition, but an ad-hoc mixture (syncretism) of components that "feel Trad™"
2.Rejection of modernism & rationality:
Seen as degenerate. A state of "purity" from an older (fict.) time must be "restored."
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Features of Eternal (Ur) Fascism:
1. Cult of Tradition:
Not any specific tradition, but an ad-hoc mixture (syncretism) of components that "feel Trad™"
2.Rejection of modernism & rationality:
Seen as degenerate. A state of "purity" from an older (fict.) time must be "restored."
1. Cult of Tradition:
Not any specific tradition, but an ad-hoc mixture (syncretism) of components that "feel Trad™"
2.Rejection of modernism & rationality:
Seen as degenerate. A state of "purity" from an older (fict.) time must be "restored."
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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researchers studying non human animal cognition get laughed out of science if they use a word like “knows” or “understands” about an animal (a being with a brain) but every AI paper is all “the model appears to be aware it is being intentionally deceptive and in fact is afraid of being caught”
December 13, 2024 at 3:34 AM
researchers studying non human animal cognition get laughed out of science if they use a word like “knows” or “understands” about an animal (a being with a brain) but every AI paper is all “the model appears to be aware it is being intentionally deceptive and in fact is afraid of being caught”
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pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 AM
pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....
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FYI, the National Tsunami Warning service has lifted the warning for the big norcal quake.
I appreciate government services like this. Project 2025 & Trump wants to privatize them.
www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...
I appreciate government services like this. Project 2025 & Trump wants to privatize them.
www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...
December 5, 2024 at 8:10 PM
FYI, the National Tsunami Warning service has lifted the warning for the big norcal quake.
I appreciate government services like this. Project 2025 & Trump wants to privatize them.
www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...
I appreciate government services like this. Project 2025 & Trump wants to privatize them.
www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/...