Latest book finished: The Thursday Murder Squad by Richard Osman. Lots of fun.

This year's COVID and flu shots acquired.

Glad I didn't read this story in 2020: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_11_15/ (but glad I read it today)

So Much Cooking by Naomi Kritzer

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

Rudy Marcus was a lovely person to work with. I do not want to still be working when I'm 102, but I'm amazed that he was an active researcher up until his death yesterday. www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...

Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026)

Marcus passed away on July 16. He was 102.

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Current read: Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

"I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure". ~ Clarence Darrow, 1932

Who could have guessed that when you gut the CDC and put a quack with no medical expertise in charge of American healthcare, diseases we had eradicated would come back and there would be explosive diarrhea situations happening. Just no way to know.

Five living writers each of whom have written five books you read N.K. Jemisin Lois McMaster Bujold Martha Wells Kim Stanley Robinson John Scalzi

Just putting this out there for anybody with older loved ones: These are cool. No subscription, no camera or microphone. Literally just a display board you operate from an app. memoryboard.com?srsltid=AfmB...

Digital Message Board and Clock for Dementia and Memory | Memoryboard

Memoryboard is a digital display and clock for people with memory loss and dementia. Family members can send messages and reminders remotely. Stay connected all day.

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A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

Donate to Help LaVonnia Moore Seek Justice and Equality, organized by Lavonnia Moore

Seeking help for legal fees and life. My name is LaVonnia Moore. For … Lavonnia Moore needs your support for Help LaVonnia Moore Seek Justice and Equality

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Before I go to work, I have this to say to my fellow Americans. No matter how much the Republicans might gerrymander, it is your moral duty as a citizen to vote. You have no excuse to not vote. Vote. Them. Out.

It's Independent Bookstore Day! If you've been thinking about adding to your to-be-read pile, it's a great day to support your favorite indie. If you don't have one nearby, bookshop.org is offering free shipping all weekend!

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Craving more dark historical fantasy and vampire horror after watching Sinners? We’ve got a list for that: bookshop.org/lists/books-...

Books to Read If You Liked Sinners

We gonna [read] every last one of ya. Sinners won big at the 98th Academy Awards with Michael B.

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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Parents are responsible for their children’s reading choices. The public library is NOT responsible for your child’s reading choices. Defunding libraries creates a recreational, intellectual, and social vacuum in local communities.

Random photo from last week's trip to Kyoto, Japan

Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 12mo ago

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

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It's here! The 2025 SK Classroom Wishlist Project starts today. Here is the spreadsheet of all the classrooms that have requested help getting school supplies: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...

'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It

Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear...

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B&N is doing one of their preorder sales for members. Just in case there was *something* you were thinking about ordering… 😇 Also, @bookshop.org is offering Free Shipping for the next 79 hours as part of their Anti-Prime sale. It's time for new offerings for your bookshelf gods!

my hottest educational take is that schools should actively, non-punitively teach students how to admit when they don't know something, aren't sure or have made a mistake, with various teaching frameworks adapted to support this ideal, because people who can't admit fault are breaking the world