Sarah
@soddenstargazer.bsky.social
Outdoors enthusiast and avid reader (much love to #romancelandia). Perpetually sleep-victimized. (she/her)
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Dear Halifax council and city planners - no vehicle should be moving through an intersection when people are crossing!!!
No vehicle should be moving through an intersection when pedestrians are crossing.
April 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Dear Halifax council and city planners - no vehicle should be moving through an intersection when people are crossing!!!
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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Sneaky peek...
First line of secret project...
"The mimosa fronds are turning yellow at the edges—incontrovertible evidence of drought stress."
#romancelandia
First line of secret project...
"The mimosa fronds are turning yellow at the edges—incontrovertible evidence of drought stress."
#romancelandia
January 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sneaky peek...
First line of secret project...
"The mimosa fronds are turning yellow at the edges—incontrovertible evidence of drought stress."
#romancelandia
First line of secret project...
"The mimosa fronds are turning yellow at the edges—incontrovertible evidence of drought stress."
#romancelandia
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Following the Halifax Explosion in 1917, Montréal and Toronto hosted hockey games to raise money for the devastated city. This trophy, now in a private collection, was presented at ones of the fundraisers. Via the Old Halifax and Nova Scotia FB page.
January 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Following the Halifax Explosion in 1917, Montréal and Toronto hosted hockey games to raise money for the devastated city. This trophy, now in a private collection, was presented at ones of the fundraisers. Via the Old Halifax and Nova Scotia FB page.
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The oldest #store in #Canada is in Maitland #NovaScotia. Frieze & Roy opened the doors in 1839, b4 Canada was even a country! #landmark #Travel #AtlanticCanada fineartamerica.com/featured/can... @historicacanada.bsky.social @canadatourism.bsky.social @frommers.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The oldest #store in #Canada is in Maitland #NovaScotia. Frieze & Roy opened the doors in 1839, b4 Canada was even a country! #landmark #Travel #AtlanticCanada fineartamerica.com/featured/can... @historicacanada.bsky.social @canadatourism.bsky.social @frommers.bsky.social
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me getting ready to explain to Americans that Canadians can’t just “run for Prime Minister” without first winning their local riding of West Upper Lower Sacktown - Pickle Creek, Nova Scotia and then working their way through the ranks of party leadership
January 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
me getting ready to explain to Americans that Canadians can’t just “run for Prime Minister” without first winning their local riding of West Upper Lower Sacktown - Pickle Creek, Nova Scotia and then working their way through the ranks of party leadership
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interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
romance reader: that's an age gap, daddy.
romance reader: that's an age gap, daddy.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Developmental psychologist: it looks like a gap but actually you can crawl right across
Developmental psychologist: it looks like a gap but actually you can crawl right across
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
December 21, 2024 at 1:48 PM
interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
romance reader: that's an age gap, daddy.
romance reader: that's an age gap, daddy.
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Heated Rivalry by @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social 🏒✨
Available as prints, dust jackets and stickers very soon on my shop 🎁
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#coverreveal #bookcover #heatedrivalry #shanehollander #ilyarozanov #mlmbooks
Available as prints, dust jackets and stickers very soon on my shop 🎁
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#coverreveal #bookcover #heatedrivalry #shanehollander #ilyarozanov #mlmbooks
November 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Heated Rivalry by @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social 🏒✨
Available as prints, dust jackets and stickers very soon on my shop 🎁
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#coverreveal #bookcover #heatedrivalry #shanehollander #ilyarozanov #mlmbooks
Available as prints, dust jackets and stickers very soon on my shop 🎁
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#coverreveal #bookcover #heatedrivalry #shanehollander #ilyarozanov #mlmbooks
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It’s who loves you at your loud jokes and at your broody silences, who gets what you mean when you leave a sentence half-finished and when you voice a thought too weird for anyone else. Someone to be both silly and sad with. Someone with whom you can simply be.
November 11, 2024 at 12:42 PM
It’s who loves you at your loud jokes and at your broody silences, who gets what you mean when you leave a sentence half-finished and when you voice a thought too weird for anyone else. Someone to be both silly and sad with. Someone with whom you can simply be.
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I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
November 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
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If you were a flower, I’d pick you and tuck you behind my ear.
November 10, 2024 at 9:12 AM
If you were a flower, I’d pick you and tuck you behind my ear.
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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Last week @tuphlos.bsky.social Robin Bradford noticed AI narrators in her library's collection. She mentioned it here and then I jumped into the rabbit hole with her and found WEIRD STUFF.
The narrators are definitely AI. But are the authors, too!?
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-a...
The narrators are definitely AI. But are the authors, too!?
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-a...
AI Audiobook Narrators in OverDrive and the Issue of Library AI Circulation Policy
OverDrive is the company that provides a lot of digital content to libraries. If you’ve borrowed an ebook or an audiobook in Libby, or read a magazine in Kanopy, that’s OverDrive. It s…
smartbitchestrashybooks.com
October 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Last week @tuphlos.bsky.social Robin Bradford noticed AI narrators in her library's collection. She mentioned it here and then I jumped into the rabbit hole with her and found WEIRD STUFF.
The narrators are definitely AI. But are the authors, too!?
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-a...
The narrators are definitely AI. But are the authors, too!?
smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/10/ai-a...
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Marissa J. Lang writes a tender story about the friends who gathered here on July 19, 1974. What were they doing having breakfast and drinking champagne on the National Mall? How could it happen? Gift link.
This photo on the National Mall captivated the country decades ago. The real story behind it remained a mystery — until now.
In 1974, a group of friends met the unthinkable with a lavish celebration. The real story behind a photo that captured the moment remained a mystery until now.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Marissa J. Lang writes a tender story about the friends who gathered here on July 19, 1974. What were they doing having breakfast and drinking champagne on the National Mall? How could it happen? Gift link.
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Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
September 30, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
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whenever i accidentally open the program next to the one i actually wanted to click on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0...
The Office- Michael Scott No God No
YouTube video by ragnorak7
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2024 at 9:50 PM
whenever i accidentally open the program next to the one i actually wanted to click on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0...
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My partner, screaming, tears streaming down face: we can’t fit any more books in this apartment. They’ve taken over the dining table. You haven’t even read most of these!
Me, at a stoop looking at a free book about narratives of mental illness in early modern Europe: hmm, interesting…
Me, at a stoop looking at a free book about narratives of mental illness in early modern Europe: hmm, interesting…
September 10, 2024 at 7:16 PM
My partner, screaming, tears streaming down face: we can’t fit any more books in this apartment. They’ve taken over the dining table. You haven’t even read most of these!
Me, at a stoop looking at a free book about narratives of mental illness in early modern Europe: hmm, interesting…
Me, at a stoop looking at a free book about narratives of mental illness in early modern Europe: hmm, interesting…
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My latest SFF book review column for the Washington Post covers three long-awaited books from some of the genre's best wordsmiths. These books feature heroes who are total screwups, amoral jerks, or both!
Gift link: wapo.st/3Z6PoVh
Gift link: wapo.st/3Z6PoVh
These thrilling books demolish the biggest myth in genre storytelling
New novels from Nalo Hopkinson, Madeline Ashby and James S.A. Corey are worth reading, even when their protagonists make a mess of things.
wapo.st
August 30, 2024 at 5:06 PM
My latest SFF book review column for the Washington Post covers three long-awaited books from some of the genre's best wordsmiths. These books feature heroes who are total screwups, amoral jerks, or both!
Gift link: wapo.st/3Z6PoVh
Gift link: wapo.st/3Z6PoVh
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Men here is a tip: if you feel like tracking down the work email of your favourite historian to email her and ask her to start pronouncing France incorrectly and to instead say it "like an American" - punch yourself in the dick and balls instead.
August 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Men here is a tip: if you feel like tracking down the work email of your favourite historian to email her and ask her to start pronouncing France incorrectly and to instead say it "like an American" - punch yourself in the dick and balls instead.
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Hello, today is my Birthday! ✨And the best gift for an artist is a retweet of his artworks 🌱🍃
June 10, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Hello, today is my Birthday! ✨And the best gift for an artist is a retweet of his artworks 🌱🍃
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My field is more than 60% women.
Shark Week, marine biology's biggest stage, doesn't just feature more men than women... it features more guys named Mike than women.
And that's ignoring the pseudoscientific nonsense, wildlife harassment, and near complete lack of any real conservation content
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Shark Week, marine biology's biggest stage, doesn't just feature more men than women... it features more guys named Mike than women.
And that's ignoring the pseudoscientific nonsense, wildlife harassment, and near complete lack of any real conservation content
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Beware of ‘Shark Week’: Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male ‘experts’ named Mike
A study offers evidence that marine biology’s biggest stage is broken, and suggests ways to fix it.
theconversation.com
June 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
My field is more than 60% women.
Shark Week, marine biology's biggest stage, doesn't just feature more men than women... it features more guys named Mike than women.
And that's ignoring the pseudoscientific nonsense, wildlife harassment, and near complete lack of any real conservation content
🧪🦑
Shark Week, marine biology's biggest stage, doesn't just feature more men than women... it features more guys named Mike than women.
And that's ignoring the pseudoscientific nonsense, wildlife harassment, and near complete lack of any real conservation content
🧪🦑
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don't get me wrong, the rap battle is fun, but a fight between men named Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham should involve dueling with swords at dawn
May 5, 2024 at 8:18 PM
don't get me wrong, the rap battle is fun, but a fight between men named Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Aubrey Drake Graham should involve dueling with swords at dawn
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yesssss (via tumblr)
April 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
yesssss (via tumblr)
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Halisky, for the solar eclipse tomorrow afternoon! ☀ 🌗 🔭
April 7, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Halisky, for the solar eclipse tomorrow afternoon! ☀ 🌗 🔭