M. Newton
@ridelee.bsky.social
Author, cat lady, holder of strong opinions on politics. She/her. @mnewton@wandering.shop
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M. Newton
@ridelee.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Oh hey! #booksky! I published two short stories in 2024, and *you* can nominate them for things!
Umbrella Luck (Issues in Earth Science): earthscienceissues.net/fiction_for_...
Drinking Down the Salt (Saturday Evening Post):
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/10/drin...
#AwardsEligibility #Eligible
Umbrella Luck (Issues in Earth Science): earthscienceissues.net/fiction_for_...
Drinking Down the Salt (Saturday Evening Post):
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/10/drin...
#AwardsEligibility #Eligible
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
Lizard Leigh is both a very talented cosplayer and a Youtuber I really enjoy, and their latest video is a clear, detailed look at the death of JoAnn Fabrics and the workings of private equity. Highly recommended.
how one company broke sewing for EVERYONE
YouTube video by Lizard Leigh
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Lizard Leigh is both a very talented cosplayer and a Youtuber I really enjoy, and their latest video is a clear, detailed look at the death of JoAnn Fabrics and the workings of private equity. Highly recommended.
I got my final dose of the HPV vaccine in October, and it's honestly been pretty surprising how many of the people in my life had no idea what it was or how helpful it is. Get your HPV vaccine, folks, and eliminate a whole swathe of possible cancers from your future!
This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news:
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I got my final dose of the HPV vaccine in October, and it's honestly been pretty surprising how many of the people in my life had no idea what it was or how helpful it is. Get your HPV vaccine, folks, and eliminate a whole swathe of possible cancers from your future!
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I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I heard there was a Cohen song,
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
And all the Christians got it wrong,
But you don’t really get the meaning do ya?
‘Cause you see its about getting laid,
It’s sex, and love, and Jewish faith,
But all the gentiles heard was “hallelujah!”
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
"Potentially" divisive? Really?
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Potentially" divisive? Really?
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So I would say in general when a headline like this happens things would not be going well
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So I would say in general when a headline like this happens things would not be going well
Bought myself a little bouquet of sunflowers the other day and man, I really think van Gogh was on to something with these.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Bought myself a little bouquet of sunflowers the other day and man, I really think van Gogh was on to something with these.
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I have the day off, and I have decided to go on a mini-adventure, visiting places in DC that I have been meaning to check out for years, but never quite managed to find the time for. First up: MLK Jr Memorial Library. Come with me, Bsky.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have the day off, and I have decided to go on a mini-adventure, visiting places in DC that I have been meaning to check out for years, but never quite managed to find the time for. First up: MLK Jr Memorial Library. Come with me, Bsky.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
AP DMs Stop Using the Word 'Massive' Challenge 2025
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
AP DMs Stop Using the Word 'Massive' Challenge 2025
Here's a bit of a timeline cleanse for you:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNl2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNl2...
Wicked: For Good | Cynthia Erivo x Misty Copeland - "No Good Deed"
YouTube video by Wicked: For Good
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November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here's a bit of a timeline cleanse for you:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNl2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNl2...
Turns out I do not like having other people in my space for more than a few hours at a time. Out, out! Get out! *grumbles*
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Turns out I do not like having other people in my space for more than a few hours at a time. Out, out! Get out! *grumbles*
My favorite local boutique chocolatier has finally opened an online store! I can't claim to have tried all their offerings, but everything I've had has been great, and The Raven is my favorite. Dark chocolate and violets. *_*
Shop — Open Book Chocolates
www.openbookchocolates.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My favorite local boutique chocolatier has finally opened an online store! I can't claim to have tried all their offerings, but everything I've had has been great, and The Raven is my favorite. Dark chocolate and violets. *_*
Yeah, okay, I'll play.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Yeah, okay, I'll play.
I've said it before, but I really don't believe Musk actually has enough people who want to be around him long enough to form a campaign party. Even if he does manage it occasionally, I'll bet he tries to rules lawyer every roll that doesn't go his way - without actually knowing the rules.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've said it before, but I really don't believe Musk actually has enough people who want to be around him long enough to form a campaign party. Even if he does manage it occasionally, I'll bet he tries to rules lawyer every roll that doesn't go his way - without actually knowing the rules.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oh thank FUCK
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
(Does it mean that they won't on another case? Not necessarily. But every day it's safe is a day it's safe, and every flimsy pretext they deny is reassuring for the rule of law in the land.)
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Glad we've taught the Trump administration that starving 42 million people and disrupting air travel is how they get whatever they want, though. Good precedent with 3 years left in this nightmare.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Glad we've taught the Trump administration that starving 42 million people and disrupting air travel is how they get whatever they want, though. Good precedent with 3 years left in this nightmare.
I have the day off, and I have decided to go on a mini-adventure, visiting places in DC that I have been meaning to check out for years, but never quite managed to find the time for. First up: MLK Jr Memorial Library. Come with me, Bsky.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have the day off, and I have decided to go on a mini-adventure, visiting places in DC that I have been meaning to check out for years, but never quite managed to find the time for. First up: MLK Jr Memorial Library. Come with me, Bsky.