Margaret
@margaretwanders.bsky.social
Excerpts from wandering across the world. Opinions are my own. She/her | comms/marketing, travel, TTRPGs, FFXIV, books, etc |
formally @EtoEWanders on Twitter & briefly @MargaretWanders@dice.camp
formally @EtoEWanders on Twitter & briefly @MargaretWanders@dice.camp
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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
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We're thrilled to be launching a new grant opportunity for election researchers & practitioners, aimed at improving the security, accuracy, and accessibility of voter registration systems + list maintenance practices. Find the full RFP along with more details on our website: buff.ly/YYouOTp
Practice-Oriented Research to Improve Voter Registration and List Maintenance | MIT Election Lab
Maintaining secure, accurate, and accessible voter registration rolls is an ongoing challenge that has come under increased political scrutiny in recent years.
electionlab.mit.edu
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We're thrilled to be launching a new grant opportunity for election researchers & practitioners, aimed at improving the security, accuracy, and accessibility of voter registration systems + list maintenance practices. Find the full RFP along with more details on our website: buff.ly/YYouOTp
Don't forget to vote! Early voting is an option now in many places.
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Don't forget to vote! Early voting is an option now in many places.
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Republicans are attempting to brand the peaceful, anti-authoritarian movement as a swarm of terroristic America haters.
“We won’t be bullied into fear and silence in this moment.”
Story: bit.ly/3Wcta1y
“We won’t be bullied into fear and silence in this moment.”
Story: bit.ly/3Wcta1y
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Republicans are attempting to brand the peaceful, anti-authoritarian movement as a swarm of terroristic America haters.
“We won’t be bullied into fear and silence in this moment.”
Story: bit.ly/3Wcta1y
“We won’t be bullied into fear and silence in this moment.”
Story: bit.ly/3Wcta1y
@theguardian.com is running decent live coverage of today's No Kings protest:
No Kings protest live updates: New York and Atlanta kick off nationwide day of protest
Bernie Sanders to headline rally in Washington DC as other Democratic officials lend support
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@theguardian.com is running decent live coverage of today's No Kings protest:
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We’re looking for anonymized photos of prescription bottles to help us determine where those drugs were made.
Here’s a quick guide to sending in your label securely ⤵️
Here’s a quick guide to sending in your label securely ⤵️
October 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We’re looking for anonymized photos of prescription bottles to help us determine where those drugs were made.
Here’s a quick guide to sending in your label securely ⤵️
Here’s a quick guide to sending in your label securely ⤵️
Houston
While Houston Street was named after William Houstoun, the street's spelling got changed at some point even though the pronunciation did not
While Houston Street was named after William Houstoun, the street's spelling got changed at some point even though the pronunciation did not
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Houston
While Houston Street was named after William Houstoun, the street's spelling got changed at some point even though the pronunciation did not
While Houston Street was named after William Houstoun, the street's spelling got changed at some point even though the pronunciation did not
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Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
The end of the article (or the giant Dropout reddit thread) gives you the skip to the ending directions. It looks like 100,000 is the number needed to put the code in to unlock a surprise extra Game Changer episode.
August 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The end of the article (or the giant Dropout reddit thread) gives you the skip to the ending directions. It looks like 100,000 is the number needed to put the code in to unlock a surprise extra Game Changer episode.
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July 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I love that the working name for the blue tiger in Kpop Demon Hunters is Derpy and the magpie with too many eyes is Sussy
Kpop Demon Hunters' seriously derpy tiger: "It was genius"
Without singing a note or swinging a weapon, this character was the true fan-fave from Netflix's hit movie
www.salon.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I love that the working name for the blue tiger in Kpop Demon Hunters is Derpy and the magpie with too many eyes is Sussy
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Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.
How to Protest If You're Disabled And Can't Show Up at Rallies
Tips and tricks to help you resist.
www.teenvogue.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.
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NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices?
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Inside the ‘Dragon Age’ Debacle That Gutted EA’s BioWare Studio
The latest game in BioWare’s fantasy role-playing series went through ten years of development turmoil
www.bloomberg.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices?
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...
May 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...
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Polygon sold to Valnet
aftermath.site/polygon-layoff...
aftermath.site/polygon-layoff...
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Polygon sold to Valnet
aftermath.site/polygon-layoff...
aftermath.site/polygon-layoff...
There were so many good moments in the first three episodes of Andor's new season; the fondue dinner to meet essentially the mother-in-law was hilarious. Denise Gough's comment: "It's amazing how many people in America really connect with that scene, especially women"
#Andor #AndorSpoilers
#Andor #AndorSpoilers
'Andor' stars Kyle Soller and Denise Gough break down their 'Thanksgiving dinner from hell'
Now officially a couple, Syril Karn and Dedra Meero invite Syril's mother for dinner, and it goes about as well as you'd expect. Actors Kyle Soller and Denise Gough walk us through filming the 'dinner...
ew.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
There were so many good moments in the first three episodes of Andor's new season; the fondue dinner to meet essentially the mother-in-law was hilarious. Denise Gough's comment: "It's amazing how many people in America really connect with that scene, especially women"
#Andor #AndorSpoilers
#Andor #AndorSpoilers
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You can watch @booker.senate.gov here as he breaks Strom Thurmond's filibuster record in 14 minutes. www.booker.senate.gov/live
Live | U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
www.booker.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
You can watch @booker.senate.gov here as he breaks Strom Thurmond's filibuster record in 14 minutes. www.booker.senate.gov/live
ICYMI Apothecary Diaries had one of the few delightful April Fools' brand pranks:
The Apothecary Diaries Just Pitched the Perfect Anime Spin-off Thanks to an April Fools' Day Prank
The Apothecary Diaries pranks fans with spin-off.
screenrant.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ICYMI Apothecary Diaries had one of the few delightful April Fools' brand pranks:
Awesome to see the US team excel at Worlds! AP outlines some of the Olympics speculation which is now on everyone's minds.
The US dominated figure skating's world championships. It may face the Russians at the Olympics
The Americans had arguably the best world championships in their long and distinguished figure skating history, and now they are pointing toward next season and the Olympics.
apnews.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Awesome to see the US team excel at Worlds! AP outlines some of the Olympics speculation which is now on everyone's minds.
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Brief break from hawking The Onion to tell everyone I just subscribed to Wired. Please support publications who do brave work right now.
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www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Brief break from hawking The Onion to tell everyone I just subscribed to Wired. Please support publications who do brave work right now.
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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NEW: After the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, dozens of BioWare employees were told they were temporarily assigned to other projects within EA.
This week, a twist: those temp assignments are now *permanent* transfers. And BioWare has shrunk.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week, a twist: those temp assignments are now *permanent* transfers. And BioWare has shrunk.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Electronic Arts Slashes BioWare After ‘Dragon Age’ Sales Miss
The studio has shrunk to less than 100 people following the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard
www.bloomberg.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: After the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, dozens of BioWare employees were told they were temporarily assigned to other projects within EA.
This week, a twist: those temp assignments are now *permanent* transfers. And BioWare has shrunk.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week, a twist: those temp assignments are now *permanent* transfers. And BioWare has shrunk.
Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Really moving article by @cschleicher.bsky.social on the figure skaters who were at the juvenile, intermediate, and novice levels of the sport.
The Figure Skaters Whose Promising Careers Were Cut Tragically Short on Wednesday
Their legacies will reverberate throughout our sport for years to come.
slate.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Really moving article by @cschleicher.bsky.social on the figure skaters who were at the juvenile, intermediate, and novice levels of the sport.
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How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise. People who are angry with the decision accuse…
tcrn.ch
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Happy New Year however you're celebrating it!
New Year’s Eve: London fireworks event to goes ahed despite weather concerns as UK events elsewhere cancelled – live
Revellers around the world ring in the new year with parties, celebrations and fireworks
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Happy New Year however you're celebrating it!
Happy Holidays! If you traveled with food, I hope it survived the trip... transporting cookies was certainly easier than the brisket in a pyrex without a tightly sealed lid.
December 25, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Happy Holidays! If you traveled with food, I hope it survived the trip... transporting cookies was certainly easier than the brisket in a pyrex without a tightly sealed lid.