Sarah Loch (she/her)
@sloch.bsky.social
Gemini Bisexual with ADHD, all over the place. Writer, reader, maker of thingies, recovering librarian. Romance published as Ariel Bishop: books2read.com/ArielBishop
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With Heated Rivalry popping up all over my socials, I guess now is a good time to remind y'all that I have a whole series of m/m (and in one case, m/m/m) hockey romance out there 🧵
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I have a check coming this week, and more later in the month (work is starting to come in finally!), but could really use about USD $600 to get us caught up on first-of-the-month bills and rent if anyone can help. Cashapp is $AdrienneLeigh, Wise is adrienneleight, or PayPal is below:
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December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I have a check coming this week, and more later in the month (work is starting to come in finally!), but could really use about USD $600 to get us caught up on first-of-the-month bills and rent if anyone can help. Cashapp is $AdrienneLeigh, Wise is adrienneleight, or PayPal is below:
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A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
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December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
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"Federal employees were told not to commemorate the day, which comes as Maine faces its largest HIV outbreak to date."
Its LARGEST HIV outbreak to date
#medsky
Article gifted
www.pressherald.com?p=7540308&uu...
Its LARGEST HIV outbreak to date
#medsky
Article gifted
www.pressherald.com?p=7540308&uu...
Maine health leaders honor World AIDS Day as Trump administration stays silent
Federal employees were told not to commemorate the day, which comes as Maine faces its largest HIV outbreak to date.
www.pressherald.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Federal employees were told not to commemorate the day, which comes as Maine faces its largest HIV outbreak to date."
Its LARGEST HIV outbreak to date
#medsky
Article gifted
www.pressherald.com?p=7540308&uu...
Its LARGEST HIV outbreak to date
#medsky
Article gifted
www.pressherald.com?p=7540308&uu...
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Excited to share a new article of mine on menopause, drawn from my on-going research in clinical psychology. I argue it’s a major developmental transition on par with puberty, shaped by culture as much as biology. Grateful for anyone who takes a look! www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
We've Been Getting Menopause Wrong. Science Shows It's a "Second Puberty" For the Brain
Menopause is a developmental and neurological transition that opens the door to new forms of insight, stability, and leadership.
www.zmescience.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Excited to share a new article of mine on menopause, drawn from my on-going research in clinical psychology. I argue it’s a major developmental transition on par with puberty, shaped by culture as much as biology. Grateful for anyone who takes a look! www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
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Did a massive update to my website recently, and now I have a full section just on hiring me for things. Put me on panels! Let me do presentations! I cover everything from librarianship to critical AI literacy to books and reviews. bookjockeyalex.com/professional...
Professional Services
I’m available for hire for a variety of projects and topics such as writing, books, review/critic work, California history, Black history, librarianship, critical AI literacy, and others. Pre…
bookjockeyalex.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Did a massive update to my website recently, and now I have a full section just on hiring me for things. Put me on panels! Let me do presentations! I cover everything from librarianship to critical AI literacy to books and reviews. bookjockeyalex.com/professional...
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Society: *treats disabled people like shit*
Also society: People just wanna be disabled so they can feel SPECIAL!
Also society: People just wanna be disabled so they can feel SPECIAL!
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Society: *treats disabled people like shit*
Also society: People just wanna be disabled so they can feel SPECIAL!
Also society: People just wanna be disabled so they can feel SPECIAL!
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I made a PDF "holiday catalog" featuring dozens of gift ideas from indie artists like @zackquaintance.bsky.social, @erindarling.bsky.social, @tillybridges.bsky.social and @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social.
It has nostalgic TERRIBLE page design, and a QR code on the back page to shop from.
It has nostalgic TERRIBLE page design, and a QR code on the back page to shop from.
The ECV 2025 Holiday Catalog - Russ Burlingame's Ko-fi Shop
Dozens of recommendations for holiday gifts from indie artists!
QR code for purchases found on the back page!
Relive the hokey, janky layout of '90s...
ko-fi.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I made a PDF "holiday catalog" featuring dozens of gift ideas from indie artists like @zackquaintance.bsky.social, @erindarling.bsky.social, @tillybridges.bsky.social and @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social.
It has nostalgic TERRIBLE page design, and a QR code on the back page to shop from.
It has nostalgic TERRIBLE page design, and a QR code on the back page to shop from.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
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Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
Once again, no one making these claims seems to understand the enormous hurdles in the way of getting a kid the help they need - in this case - I dare anyone suggesting this to go through an IEP process.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Very similar to the trans-kids panic, where the prestige media narrative is that it's far too easy but you talk to any trans person, expert or parent and it's obvious that it's way too hard.
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I wasn't going to play the #givingtuesday scrum, but then I thought about all our close allies doing the work in western Alabama and decided to do it for THEM, instead... wawchealth.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/43375...
Can We Introduce You to Our Friends?
wawchealth.dm.networkforgood.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I wasn't going to play the #givingtuesday scrum, but then I thought about all our close allies doing the work in western Alabama and decided to do it for THEM, instead... wawchealth.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/43375...
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If nearly half of your students need accommodations to succeed in your classes, then the problem is the class structure—not the students.
If schools want to refuse to effectively educate so many students, then we’re left wondering if they’re actually invested in education.
If schools want to refuse to effectively educate so many students, then we’re left wondering if they’re actually invested in education.
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If nearly half of your students need accommodations to succeed in your classes, then the problem is the class structure—not the students.
If schools want to refuse to effectively educate so many students, then we’re left wondering if they’re actually invested in education.
If schools want to refuse to effectively educate so many students, then we’re left wondering if they’re actually invested in education.
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I keep seeing random flashes of “NO they’re PETIT BOURGEOISIE” being argued about various arguments, and look, I’m begging you to understand that we have to update our understanding of Marx for a modern economy.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I keep seeing random flashes of “NO they’re PETIT BOURGEOISIE” being argued about various arguments, and look, I’m begging you to understand that we have to update our understanding of Marx for a modern economy.
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We are so cold 💔😢
We live in extremely hard conditions 💔
There is no stable income… and we are struggling every day 😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
Please help us… anything can save us 💔🙏
gofund.me/78aa2a366
We live in extremely hard conditions 💔
There is no stable income… and we are struggling every day 😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
Please help us… anything can save us 💔🙏
gofund.me/78aa2a366
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are so cold 💔😢
We live in extremely hard conditions 💔
There is no stable income… and we are struggling every day 😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
Please help us… anything can save us 💔🙏
gofund.me/78aa2a366
We live in extremely hard conditions 💔
There is no stable income… and we are struggling every day 😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
We are so cold 💔😢
Please help us… anything can save us 💔🙏
gofund.me/78aa2a366
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A friend with a new baby asked guests to mask in order to hold her baby. A relative refused to mask & broke down in tears about her "restrictions"
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A friend with a new baby asked guests to mask in order to hold her baby. A relative refused to mask & broke down in tears about her "restrictions"
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
As a reminder, babies <6 months have the 2nd highest hospitalization rate from Covid after adults 75+ & are too young to be vaxxed
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Libraries are really THE place to find out without fcking around all that much tbh
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Libraries are really THE place to find out without fcking around all that much tbh
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Are you a bookseller or reviwer? The Witch of Prague is now available to request on Edelweiss! www.edelweiss.plus?sku=97989994...
Edelweiss+
Edelweiss, by Above the Treeline, is the book industry’s platform to sell, discover, and order new titles.
www.edelweiss.plus
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Are you a bookseller or reviwer? The Witch of Prague is now available to request on Edelweiss! www.edelweiss.plus?sku=97989994...
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Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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MN folk, beware -- ICE is now impersonating Uber drivers, according to Minneapolis city council member Jason Chavez in a Facebook post.
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
MN folk, beware -- ICE is now impersonating Uber drivers, according to Minneapolis city council member Jason Chavez in a Facebook post.
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
if yall see something, call the monarca hotline. you can find it, along with legal observer trainings, here - monarcamn.org/training
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I am so grateful to everyone who has stepped up to help this awesome member of our local SF trans nerd community. I know everything is hard right now but I'd be so incredibly grateful if you could spare a few bucks now.
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
i should have got this up sooner, but i was ashamed; need to try to raise money for rent again this month and i remain (mostly; might have PT work!) unemployed as we approach year end.
please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
ko-fi.com/iafishman/go...
please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
ko-fi.com/iafishman/go...
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am so grateful to everyone who has stepped up to help this awesome member of our local SF trans nerd community. I know everything is hard right now but I'd be so incredibly grateful if you could spare a few bucks now.
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
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HEMLOCK AND SILVER, by @tkingfisher.com , is currently just 99p for the ebook at Amazon.
It's a magnificent read (as always) and you don't want to miss it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hemlock-Silv...
It's a magnificent read (as always) and you don't want to miss it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hemlock-Silv...
Hemlock & Silver: A spellbinding Snow White retelling - the instant Sunday Times bestseller
Hemlock & Silver: A spellbinding Snow White retelling - the instant Sunday Times bestseller eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
HEMLOCK AND SILVER, by @tkingfisher.com , is currently just 99p for the ebook at Amazon.
It's a magnificent read (as always) and you don't want to miss it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hemlock-Silv...
It's a magnificent read (as always) and you don't want to miss it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hemlock-Silv...
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I mean, if people can afford things like housing and medications and food, they *will* spend more money on holiday crap! It seems pretty self explanatory AND YET
I know this is a little hypocritical because I am at work right now in a sector of the Little Treats Industry, but it is far far far more important to me to know if Gen Z can afford things like medications and housing, and less about if they can/want to buy holiday crap.
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I mean, if people can afford things like housing and medications and food, they *will* spend more money on holiday crap! It seems pretty self explanatory AND YET