I spent yesterday's lunch break amid the strip of lush green at the work place - and have been bitten by umpteen mosquitoes that had sat on weird things beforehand. 😫
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Historical romance author with a PhD, a piano, & a very large library. Expert on dragons & PUNCH. Writes stories with happy endings and loves her caravan Miss Hetty. 🌈 She / her. Newsletter: https://sandraschwab.eo.page/newsletter
Annnnd because I was stupid and put in too much overtime and walked the doggie too often, my Long Covid has now got worse again.... 😫 This fucking illness.
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.
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
periodic reminder that long covid has surpassed asthma to be the most common chronic health problem in children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d agoCovid was- overwhelmingly- not a threat to children. Hence why (generally) we don’t vaccinate them now.
It's my 10-year caravan-iversary with Miss Hetty!!!
I am incandescent with rage that in a world that is burning, with corruption at an unfathomable level, war & genocide on livestream, the exploitation of millions of children, an industrial prison complex & ppl drowning every day in the Mediterranean Sea y'all keep telling me I should care about fat.
~10,000 people died from the heat in Germany this summer, and nobody does a damn thing because the majority of them are elderly women. "Elderly women live longer." So the fuck what? We shouldn't try to protect them? I'm so so so sick of women being tossed aside. www.dw.com/en/more-wome...
More women die in heatwaves, but biology 'isn't main cause'
In country after country, more women are dying from the heat than men. But researchers say biology isn't the main reason. Age, working conditions, and unequal access to rest may drive the gap.
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I love this book so much!
Sandra Schwab@scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 3d agoDo you like grumpy / sunshine and are you looking for a nice weekend read? Then check out my historical romance The Gladiator's Passion, currently on sale for USD 2.99! (Also includes grumpy cat and very smol dog.) buy.bookfunnel.com/wwxh5o1y9h
I've stumbled over a Chinese drama about a team responsible for passenger checks at an airport - and I'm constantly amazed how empty that airport is. It's supposed to a big airport, yet at times, it's completely empty except for airport personnel. How is that possible?!?!
Oh, and if you prefer m/f over m/m, check out The Tribune Temptation by Jenna Bigelow! buy.bookfunnel.com/alnpl58dw8
The Tribune Temptation
What readers are saying "Spectacular. Give me 14 of them right now. This series is about to become my whole personality." (Amanda, Goodreads reviewer) "This novel is a breath of fresh air in the genre...
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Smut reporter Erin enjoyed this one (though she does warn readers that it takes a minute to get started) smutreport.com/2023/10/06/r...
Review: The Gladiator’s Passion by Sandra Schwab (2023)
Heat Factor: Sex first, feelings later! Character Chemistry: “He might die!” just really had me by the throat. Plot: Doctor runs away from home to get away from his unrequited crush, totally kills …
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Sandra Schwab@scribblingsandy.bsky.social · 3d agoDo you like grumpy / sunshine and are you looking for a nice weekend read? Then check out my historical romance The Gladiator's Passion, currently on sale for USD 2.99! (Also includes grumpy cat and very smol dog.) buy.bookfunnel.com/wwxh5o1y9h
Even better, if you click through the titles the authors all give a history note *nerdery intensifies*
Do you like grumpy / sunshine and are you looking for a nice weekend read? Then check out my historical romance The Gladiator's Passion, currently on sale for USD 2.99! (Also includes grumpy cat and very smol dog.) buy.bookfunnel.com/wwxh5o1y9h
Everybody who is reading this survived Covid. Not everyone did.
Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 5d ago🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
whenever politicians, journalists, migration experts etc talk about migrants i think of this terry pratchett quote: "evil begins when you treat people as things"
I’m not a climate scientist, but I’m an archaeologist with a deep appreciation of how we move through landscapes surrounded by the evidence left by previous generations who managed to not utterly trash our entire planet. Our legacy to those who follow us should be better than this.
Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire
Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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Do you live in the EU? Have you already seen the new designs for our banknotes? Check them out here and take part in the EZB's questionnaire! www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot...
Future banknotes
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
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Congratulations to the German political and media class on convincing voters that “too many foreigners” is the biggest problem they face! The fash couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · last wk.What do people in 7 countries see as the biggest global threats? France: Climate change: 48% UK: Climate change: 35% Canada: Climate change: 31% Poland: Military attack: 43% USA: Political extremism: 39% Germany: Mass migration: 36% Australia: Religious terrorism: 31% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
I FINALLY DID THE THING I HAVE BEEN AVOIDING DOING FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS! 💪🏻 Took me 20 minutes. Mostly because I was checking and double-checking things.
A very interesting and worthwhile thread. Seriously, the government cuts libraries, public AND school, just when cost of living makes buying books unaffordable for many families, and then sits there going 'why don't they read?' Read WHAT, you toss-weasels, YOU TOOK THEIR BOOKS AWAY.
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 2w agoOk, it's time for Finally Read The Longread Tabs I Have Open Sunday! This one's a LONG one...the edcuation select committee report on reading for pleasure. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cm...
Tomorrow morning I am doing an AMA on r/RomanceBooks, come ask questions and get book recs! It’ll be a confessionally good time!
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Crunchyroll uploaded the full Yuri on Ice series for free on Youtube for 30 days in all dubs and subs because of the 10th anniversary! youtu.be/RHcNvcqX024?...
Yuri!!! on ICE Full Series 10th Anniversary Marathon | Available for 30 Days
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Ok new flower gardeners listen up: In the US, “wildflower” doesn’t mean “native”, much less native to your region. Tons of stuff grows wild or looks wild that’s not native. If you’re planting for pollinators and birds, you need 75% natives in your yard, including trees nativeplantfinder.nwf.org
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