La Donna Pietra
@ladonnapietra.bsky.social
Freelancer writer for Complex.com, The Toast, Lewton Bus, Birth.Movies.Death, /Film, and NTRSCTN.com. Drop, not rolled.
Caroline Alexander's The Bounty
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Caroline Alexander's The Bounty
You totally deserve both of those things.
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You totally deserve both of those things.
And, more hilariously, the number of NBA players who have gotten clocked in the nose and had to sit on the bench with a tampon string dangling out of said nose for the remainder of the game.
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
And, more hilariously, the number of NBA players who have gotten clocked in the nose and had to sit on the bench with a tampon string dangling out of said nose for the remainder of the game.
This is some very interesting stuff: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Case Study of Recognition Patterns in Haunted People Syndrome
Haunted People Syndrome (HP-S) denotes individuals who recurrently report various “supernatural” encounters in everyday settings ostensibly due to heightened somatic-sensory sensitivities to dis-ease states (e.g., marked but sub-clinical levels of ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is some very interesting stuff: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Wolves actively seek out interesting new strangers with whom they can possibly form a new pack! (Unless they would rather hang out with their families and raise their nephews and nieces, which is also a valid life choice.)
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wolves actively seek out interesting new strangers with whom they can possibly form a new pack! (Unless they would rather hang out with their families and raise their nephews and nieces, which is also a valid life choice.)
This is Ursula K. Le Guin's Rocannon's World, with the added bonus of the tie-in short story "Semly's Necklace."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is Ursula K. Le Guin's Rocannon's World, with the added bonus of the tie-in short story "Semly's Necklace."
Happy birthday!
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy birthday!
I learned about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and a lot of other random historical events from a YA romance series called Sunfire. Those books rocked and I dearly wish someone would reprint them.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I learned about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and a lot of other random historical events from a YA romance series called Sunfire. Those books rocked and I dearly wish someone would reprint them.
I am amused by Johnny Depp's transformation into a lesbian living in Taos, though.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I am amused by Johnny Depp's transformation into a lesbian living in Taos, though.
This is also very handy for hangovers and stomach bugs.
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is also very handy for hangovers and stomach bugs.
The X factor here is that some of it was shot in the Canary Islands.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The X factor here is that some of it was shot in the Canary Islands.
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Full article on Tyson's use of Palantir's surveillance tech here: sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...
How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir's Surveillance Tech
Palantir’s controversial software platform is capable of integrating vast amounts of data — but at what risk?
sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Full article on Tyson's use of Palantir's surveillance tech here: sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...
Please don't freeze.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Please don't freeze.
Dante made a decent living tutoring University of Bologna students in Latin at various points.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dante made a decent living tutoring University of Bologna students in Latin at various points.
It's a dumb joke about mid-century voter fraud in Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's a dumb joke about mid-century voter fraud in Chicago.
Some of this also has to do with the political necessity in the U.S. of recognizing veterans separate from the Dead. The latter mostly only vote in Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Some of this also has to do with the political necessity in the U.S. of recognizing veterans separate from the Dead. The latter mostly only vote in Chicago.
Veterans' Day is a way to honor those still living who served. Memorial Day is to remember those who served who are no longer with us. The U.S. has a lot of both.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Veterans' Day is a way to honor those still living who served. Memorial Day is to remember those who served who are no longer with us. The U.S. has a lot of both.