Ireadinbed
@imperfectporkchop.bsky.social
Just trying to write a book and live a life worth living.
Currently Reading - The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
Currently Reading - The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
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a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.
Coal production and employment in Wyoming has steadily been declining, much like the rest of the industry in the US.
Coal is a dead industry.
(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )
Coal is a dead industry.
(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.
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Fucked-up horny book that is also horror? Maybe you should buy it.
I loved every page. And I swear I will watch The Thing for the first time this month if I can find it...
I loved every page. And I swear I will watch The Thing for the first time this month if I can find it...
SHE IS RANKING BABEYYYY ✨️✨️✨️
Let's see if we can hit the indie bestseller list by supporting independent booksellers!!
bookshop.org/a/13492/9781...
Let's see if we can hit the indie bestseller list by supporting independent booksellers!!
bookshop.org/a/13492/9781...
September 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fucked-up horny book that is also horror? Maybe you should buy it.
I loved every page. And I swear I will watch The Thing for the first time this month if I can find it...
I loved every page. And I swear I will watch The Thing for the first time this month if I can find it...
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Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
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Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.
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All of the lessons that The Biggest Loser taught—from disordered eating to ruthless self talk—all of that came because we culturally thought it was beneficial & entertaining to abuse fat people. Anti-fat bigotry was the spoonful of sugar that helped the medicine go down. It was a feature, not a bug.
August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
All of the lessons that The Biggest Loser taught—from disordered eating to ruthless self talk—all of that came because we culturally thought it was beneficial & entertaining to abuse fat people. Anti-fat bigotry was the spoonful of sugar that helped the medicine go down. It was a feature, not a bug.
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Record profits should mean record pay. For ALL workers.
August 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Record profits should mean record pay. For ALL workers.
Didn't think the Dystopia we are in was the Unwind series by @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social but I do believe I just heard our government refer to roving bands of criminal teens they want to legally class as adults so they can get harsher punishment-including death penalty.
August 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Didn't think the Dystopia we are in was the Unwind series by @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social but I do believe I just heard our government refer to roving bands of criminal teens they want to legally class as adults so they can get harsher punishment-including death penalty.
Just finished Jade Legacy and @fondalee.bsky.social I have never once cried more when reading a book in my entire life. I cried a total of 14 times. And once for about an hour while I kept reading.
Bravo.
Bravo.
August 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Just finished Jade Legacy and @fondalee.bsky.social I have never once cried more when reading a book in my entire life. I cried a total of 14 times. And once for about an hour while I kept reading.
Bravo.
Bravo.
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
I love horror, books and movies, but yall I hate jump scares so bad.
Woe betide the people who craft the jump scares. Im wishing that you would stub your toe and that they always get your order wrong at McDonalds
Woe betide the people who craft the jump scares. Im wishing that you would stub your toe and that they always get your order wrong at McDonalds
August 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I love horror, books and movies, but yall I hate jump scares so bad.
Woe betide the people who craft the jump scares. Im wishing that you would stub your toe and that they always get your order wrong at McDonalds
Woe betide the people who craft the jump scares. Im wishing that you would stub your toe and that they always get your order wrong at McDonalds
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A growing body of research shows that Gen Z and millennials not only use libraries more than older Americans, but they also depend on them.
Young people are utilizing libraries for job hunting, academic support, mental health resources, and as a place to feel safe and connected.
Young people are utilizing libraries for job hunting, academic support, mental health resources, and as a place to feel safe and connected.
The Library Generation: Why Gen Z and Millennials Need America to Fund Libraries Now
Despite the digital age, younger generations are turning to one of America’s oldest institutions: the public library
buff.ly
August 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A growing body of research shows that Gen Z and millennials not only use libraries more than older Americans, but they also depend on them.
Young people are utilizing libraries for job hunting, academic support, mental health resources, and as a place to feel safe and connected.
Young people are utilizing libraries for job hunting, academic support, mental health resources, and as a place to feel safe and connected.
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1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax'
Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.
www.wbur.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
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Obviously, a huge part of the Columbia shakedown is about conservative angst over admissions, but they're also shaking down George Mason, which accepts 90% of its undergraduate applicants. Much like with USAID, they think that if they find the right button, they can simply turn liberalism off.
July 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Obviously, a huge part of the Columbia shakedown is about conservative angst over admissions, but they're also shaking down George Mason, which accepts 90% of its undergraduate applicants. Much like with USAID, they think that if they find the right button, they can simply turn liberalism off.
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Food constantly shows up as a gateway drug to dangerous vaccine narratives. "If you can't pronounce it, don't eat it" got applied to vaccine liposome ingredients during COVID to spread fear. Folks in the food & nutrition space need to be vigilant about the thinking/messaging that gets normalized
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Food constantly shows up as a gateway drug to dangerous vaccine narratives. "If you can't pronounce it, don't eat it" got applied to vaccine liposome ingredients during COVID to spread fear. Folks in the food & nutrition space need to be vigilant about the thinking/messaging that gets normalized
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Seattle has its own Zohran v Cuomo mayoral race going on: A young charismatic upstart who actually wants to make the city cooler vs an establishment dinosaur who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a road rage incident.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
Op-Ed: Katie Wilson is the Zohran Mamdani of Seattle » The Urbanist
# Progressive mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary is a watershed moment for New York City, and Seattle is on the cusp of its own watershed moment with the opport...
www.theurbanist.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Seattle has its own Zohran v Cuomo mayoral race going on: A young charismatic upstart who actually wants to make the city cooler vs an establishment dinosaur who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a road rage incident.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
Often don't like mafia-ish books, and I thought it was going to prevent me from enjoying the Green Bone Saga.
But let me tell ya--give Fonda Lee some pages she'll get you there. 1/3 of the way through Jade City and I've gone from dreading picking it up to getting choked up about clan oaths.
But let me tell ya--give Fonda Lee some pages she'll get you there. 1/3 of the way through Jade City and I've gone from dreading picking it up to getting choked up about clan oaths.
July 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Often don't like mafia-ish books, and I thought it was going to prevent me from enjoying the Green Bone Saga.
But let me tell ya--give Fonda Lee some pages she'll get you there. 1/3 of the way through Jade City and I've gone from dreading picking it up to getting choked up about clan oaths.
But let me tell ya--give Fonda Lee some pages she'll get you there. 1/3 of the way through Jade City and I've gone from dreading picking it up to getting choked up about clan oaths.
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Some guy says something about tariffs www.npr.org/2025/07/14/n...
Trump's Brazil tariffs are 'grotesquely illegal,' says Nobel Prize-winning economist
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose on countries, including Mexico and Brazil, are here to stay and will cost U.S. consumers.
www.npr.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Some guy says something about tariffs www.npr.org/2025/07/14/n...
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Nobody is “forcing” you to check out books you don’t want to read at a library.
But people are forcing libraries to keep you from checking out books.
But people are forcing libraries to keep you from checking out books.
July 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Nobody is “forcing” you to check out books you don’t want to read at a library.
But people are forcing libraries to keep you from checking out books.
But people are forcing libraries to keep you from checking out books.
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freedom for republicans means the freedom to do whatever republicans want you to do. and if you decide otherwise, they’ll just nullify your choices www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
Missouri Governor Signs Bill Rolling Back Voter-Approved Minimum Wage and Sick Leave
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
freedom for republicans means the freedom to do whatever republicans want you to do. and if you decide otherwise, they’ll just nullify your choices www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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Absolutely no one’s forcing anyone to buy queer books they don’t want to buy, but quite a lot of people with a lot of power are literally banning queer books from libraries, bookstores, curricula, so maybe fuck all the way off with this slimy hand-wringing bullshit & fix your fucking hearts
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Absolutely no one’s forcing anyone to buy queer books they don’t want to buy, but quite a lot of people with a lot of power are literally banning queer books from libraries, bookstores, curricula, so maybe fuck all the way off with this slimy hand-wringing bullshit & fix your fucking hearts
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As President Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said.
Trump administration backs away from abolishing FEMA
As Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As President Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said.