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Grateful!
For bunnies & brave squirrels.
For fancy lady treats.
For salvageable words.

Patient Updates Power of Attorney to Request ‘Unconsciousness Until This Is All Over’

A world of strange new technologies, adults who don’t own homes the way their parents did, everything changing all of the time, a man named “Mr. Beast” — nothing about society was assured or set in place anymore. thesqueakywheel.org/patient-upda...

Amber Bird Bookshop Buy works by sci-fi author Amber Bird and help independent bookshops. Everybody wins. Stellar!amberbird.com

finally pulled together a (for now) wee shop on bookshop, and it's another swell option for getting the books without supporting a nasty mega-corp

bookshop.org/shop/amberbird

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Grateful!
For flexing my brain.
For reading goals.
For snacking ginger.

Always nice to have your life threatened and told you don't deserve to exist because the for-profit health industry is using you as a reason to profit more. And discussing eugenics openly should be a career-ender given that everyone knows people in RFK Jr's risk pool.

The financial reality of book publishing no one talks about Publishing experts say advances and royalties rarely add up to a sustainable full-time income.

The financial reality of being an author that often goes untalked about. share.google/uYiBn3RdKp4V...

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we all know I have no life, so:

i think i'm going to add a lot of old duran duran to my very large 'kitchen dance party (kitchen optional)' playlist. there are far too few songs by pretty 80s boys in makeup on it, and i don't know how that happened

trying to bulk up that playlist, bulwark against the effects of reality on my soul

The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie

Here’s my position on whether you buy my book from Amazon.

I would strongly prefer you don’t! First of all, the price on Bookshop is exactly the same right now (mod shipping). Libro will give you the same audio and ownership of the files! Kobo ebooks and readers are great!

Hot take: AI’s biggest danger to jobs is actually not because it will be able to replace people, but because companies need to find budget from somewhere to throw in the giant money pit that is “pivoting to AI” and salaries are it

Thread, because the most existentially terrifying thing on this planet is fungus:

if you see anyone fall for this you should discard their opinions on basically anything else immediately

The follow-up to "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" got real dark.

The mystery of Chernobyl’s wild horses Wild horses native to the steppes of Asia live now in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine), with an expanding population, 34 years after the nuclear accident.

on the one hand, this is amazingly cool. on the other, would be nice if we didn’t have to have nuclear accidents to create rewilding / human-free areas… (article is from 2020, more recent one in replies) theconversation.com/the-mystery-...

A woman is sitting up in a bed, light is shining on her through curtains. She has her knees drawns up and is hugging her and looking worried.

Sarah Harrow, 38, who thinks through her every action with the strategic neuroticism of a moral philosopher, is unfortunately not in control of how other people react to her.

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and my brain gifted me a solution. well done, brain!

but i'm always up for being pointed at good art, which can include rhyming poems

(i also had a thought about this one drawing i'm working on and a thing for the novel and...whew! loving the magic from my brain today!)

i am looking at a thing i wrote and i can't decide if it's lyrics or a rhyming poem (or maybe i can't decide which answer i'd dislike least, so i'm dodging...)

rhyming poetry gets a (not always undeserved) bad rap

point me at good rhyming poetry from the last 20ish years?

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Grateful!
For themed compilations.
For boot options.
For lava cake.

Yep. You learn something from everything you create, including (and often especially) the failures. That learning is what *makes* you better. Creativity is not The Thing at the end. Creativity is the act and process of creating and finishing.

Autistic woman wants to call you out but forgot her sources An autistic woman desperately wants to call you out but has forgotten the evidence she was going to use to absolutely school your ass, it has been reported. Mandeep Kaur, 22, reportedly wants to…

Mandeep Kaur, 22, reportedly wants to challenge your assertion that violent video games directly cause aggression, but she has decided to hold back just in case you ask her for the receipts.

Also, feels important to mention these days that this indie film was made by humans.

unmute for 30 seconds of pure serotonin

Oh damn a bunch of layoffs at Mad Cave… friends if you have a book there you may want to check in on status (and that your editor’s still employed)

Yep. It's also a compassionate depiction of moving through the world in recovery from substance use disorder, as well as learning how to grow emotionally, and why ethics matter. And none of it ever feels like a preachy slog because the characters, writing & acting carry it all beautifully.

It’s always darkest.

Force the Oppressor to make a Lose/Lose Choice Social Change Toolkit: Dilemma Actions

Today in social justice toolkit:

A dilemma action is a strategic action that forces your opponent into a lose-lose situation.

You've given them only bad options.

I give some examples

& then we talk about how to design them.

This one's pretty important.

Read and share, please?

Daycare had some devotionals on the wall today that have me fired up! Rise and grind! 😤📈

Psst! If you've preordered, or meant to, today's the last day to enter the giveaway! Win a care package with some yummy treats: forms.gle/q2t2n28NAheg...