Details on how to support the Young Center in the followup post in AJ's thread, because God knows they're gonna need it
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Reminder: when you adopt a pet from the shelter system, make sure you budget an extra $500 for vet care. Shelter gunge. The ick is real and so are the bills.
Well, I am of colonoscopy age now and I got my first-ever one yesterday. The prep wasn't fun but not as awful as I'd imagined. My appt was at 6am on Monday, I was home just after 7am. There's no recovery except catching up on the sleep you missed. So, if you need a nudge to get yours, this is it!
I've had three colonoscopies now, and they caught stuff before anything turned to full cancer. The prep isn't fun, but the procedure is under general anesthesia and painless. If you're of age, get it done!
Jessica Luther@jessicawluther.com · 18h agoWell, I am of colonoscopy age now and I got my first-ever one yesterday. The prep wasn't fun but not as awful as I'd imagined. My appt was at 6am on Monday, I was home just after 7am. There's no recovery except catching up on the sleep you missed. So, if you need a nudge to get yours, this is it!
The fact that these people have the nerve to open their mouths to talk about “protecting women and girls” while doing shit like this… whew!
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
This thriller is told from the POVs of the members of a Dissociative Identity Disorder system who awaken one day to find themselves the winter caretakers of a historical home on an island in the Hudson River. And, OF COURSE, a storm is rolling in...
This is alarming for so many reasons. Down thread is information on how to support the Young Center. They are going to need all the support they can get.
JFC "the patient had been near another Virginia resident who was infected with dengue overseas. Health officials believe a local mosquito likely bit the traveler and later spread the virus to the second resident."
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3h agoVirginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue fever
Yay!!! Well done, Seattle! I hope every library in the state has this success when the time comes.
Jessi@librarianbikes.bsky.social · 14h agoSeattle voted Yes! For Seattle Public Libraries! Thank you for supporting workers Seattle! ♥️ Local 2083
Heath's Pride Comes Before A Fall is the best of her witty series, Miss Prentice's Protegees.
Historical Romance Review: Virginia Heath’s PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL (Miss Prentice’s Protegees #3)
I enjoyed Heath's first two Miss Prentice's Protegees' romances well enough, but had to reread my reviews to recall their bits and pieces, telling me they were pleasant, but forgettable. I think I'll remember Pride Comes Before A Fall, however, because it was the best of the lot. Portia was always my favourite of the four heroines because of her crusading, reforming spirit.
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Republicans held a hearing on Medicaid fraud today, so I asked a top health expert: what bill delivered the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history? Yep. Trump's Big Ugly Bill. Seems to me like the biggest Medicaid theft actually happened last year in Congress.
My parents are currently safe, but one of my sisters in law lost her home to the wildfires ravaging #Spokane Washington. I’m joining the effort to ensure she and my niece and nephew are taken care of, however temporarily. gofund.me/bd93f259d
Donate to Help Tanya’s Family Rebuild After Disaster, organized by Jamie Collier
Help Tanya and Her Family Rebuild After Losing Everything In a matt… Jamie Collier needs your support for Help Tanya’s Family Rebuild After Disaster
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oh cool so you created 5 million new jobs for those people right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 24h agoRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful -- lots of cool workshops! worldshift2026.manyworldswriting.com
Worldshift 2026: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Conference
Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit
worldshift2026.manyworldswriting.com
Here's a new fun tip from a recent after the fact revelation about my now late parents' financial situation: If you are the person who pays bills and sends in forms, you ***must*** make sure that it can continue without you doing it in whatever way you choose to ensure that happens...
So, the authors who are judged guilty of AI use seem to be authors of color. Because the establishment can't believe they produced something so brilliant on their own? Wow. The white supremacy is in ALL CAPS now. I'm glad Tor is standing by H.M. Wolfe, but damn. I hate this timeline.
For two white people from eastern Mass who are only a year apart, my husband and I had extremely different upbringings. I grew up in a majority-minority city in a family that was always yelling at each other, and he lived in the suburbs in an old money family where no one was allowed to get mad.
We've survived the entirety of human history without data centres. We can't survive more than a few days without clean drinking water.
I read The Marriage Monitoring Aunties' Association by Ola Awonubi
Review by kjcharles - The Marriage Monitoring Aunties' Association
Sade is 49, still a virgin, and suffering from fibroids. I can honestly say I've never read th...
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My thoughts on Bluesky not being welcoming to Republicans is Trump blocks disaster relief to states voting blue, & is also legally codifying anyone who opposes him as a terrorist deserving violence, & his kidnapping brute gangs terrorize the streets, & there's much more but I'm out of characters
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care
"The current criteria given to GPs in England to refer women...miss up to 95% of patients under 50 who go on to develop the disease within a decade..." I had to push for a mammogram, which led to my breast cancer diagnosis. If I hadn't, I'd probably be terminal by now. shorturl.at/4gPOd
GPs’ breast cancer guidelines ‘miss’ 95% of young women who will develop disease
Findings prompt calls for review of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence criteria in women under 50
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I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.