JRR Tolkien is out there naming two entirely different characters Sauron and Saruman and I'm telling myself I can't have two names starting with the same letter in one book.


Just because I generated a gift link to send to my husband, here's the WaPo article about Teslas killing people. https://wapo.st/45i7naQ


nostr:npub1na63y44fg78j2pkmfn4x0kkj6svyq7k87ud4rkp0nrjjfxmff4vsv9jvl5 Lol, that one took me a minute. I recognized "éhes", but I was thinking "What's that got to do with wolves??"


Duolingo, I very seriously doubt I will ever need to say this in Hungarian.

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The sidewalks on the west side are absolutely covered in smooshed spotted lantern flies. Excellent pest extermination, fellow NYCers.


nostr:npub13jyv4ay8yaqexvu7qwcnntflcnk8334srv4wpugl6348xg4avjfsz4tyae Same. The first day I felt fine, except I wa SO TIRED. Developed a scratchy throat that night and tested positive. The Paxlovid pretty much wiped it out but now I have this nasty sinus infection instead.


Well, I made it through Covid relatively unscathed thanks to Paxlovid but now I've developed a nasty sinus infection. Not all that surprising. Back in the Before Times, whenever I got knocked with whatever viral upper respiratory crud was going around, I'd often develop a secondary bacterial sinus infection. Still, I feel like garbage and I can't breathe. Boo.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru It’s like the one thing that is universally true.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru nostr:npub1gkyeprq34fysang3tz5yquvdyard9kz7ls7pekkvhjjq6y54ueqqt7xp6y Love it, especially this part: “100% of women want to have sex with a man who embodies the fox version of Robin Hood from the cartoon Robin Hood, but most do not actually want to have sex with a fox or a man dressed as one.” 10000% accurate.


The racism! I cannot! https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202425600/met-opera-wcpe-north-carolina


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru Home now. Very grateful for that.


It. Is. Raining. Again.


nostr:npub1tsmfr4azkcjgr2qmdqzhx83rdll3a0zcl4hczrq6k2dj2ua659nslhwkdu Or like, literally TODAY.


We have snow days. Why can’t we have rain days? Like, we all wake up, look out the window, collectively declare “Nope,” and go back to bed.


Sigh.

https://romancelandia.club/system/media_attachments/files/111/148/324/994/188/749/original/e23fe77cfb405397.mp4


Are you serious?

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MORE RAIN.


It’s raining in NYC AGAIN. This is Waterworld, isn’t it? We live in Waterworld now. Brb fashioning myself a chic post-apocalyptic outfit out of fishing net and old pool noodles.


Getting older is saying stuff like "Yeah, I can't really look over my left shoulder anymore" and that's just a normal thing that happens.


nostr:npub1aqufdwrar7xn2fy6g8wuzeuln4kfdmfxkh0afk6m7m8duwkac7cqt6sjks Yeah, fall seems to have rushed in this year. No gradual building up to it, just an overnight shift.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru As Kameron Hurley said on bluesky: "A tech startup worth millions remixing and monetizing my work without permission or compensation while I, the author, have to work two jobs to afford health insurance and pay off my medical debt is peak capitalism."


As Kameron Hurley said on bluesky: "A tech startup worth millions remixing and monetizing my work without permission or compensation while I, the author, have to work two jobs to afford health insurance and pay off my medical debt is peak capitalism."


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru Having been plagiarized before, I've looked into it. To go after someone for copyright infringement means a case in federal court and an estimated $50K in legal fees. At least, that's what we were quoted.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru It might be borked under the strain. A lot of people are searching right now. It's not working for me either, and it did half an hour ago.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru I just edited and replaced the link. Try it now.


Author folks, a paywall-free link to the searchable Books3 database has been shared on bluesky. A whole lot of writer friends are finding out their copyright-protected books were used to train the AI models now trying to replace us. Go check if yours were. https://full-stack-search-prod.vercel.app/?search=


Just because I had to type it out and I'm currently learning numbers in another language, you know what's a fucked up English word? Twelfth. That's some Year 1000 Dark Ages shit. Twelfth should have departed the earth when we stopped naming kids Aelfric.


I'm covid-quarantining in my daughter's bedroom, because it's at the back of the house and far away from my husband. The window is open onto all the neighbors' backyards. The weather is absolutely gorgeous and someone has a radio outside playing old 90s radio hits. Honestly, aside from the covid part, this pretty much rocks.


nostr:npub1nh6la5xrgs2rvc9zjfpf25dryt8f8kxclsd6ztr42752gz6swx5q87jd80 Yeah, I've consistently masked on public transportation, including the subway, so no one on my crowded trains yesterday was exposed.


I have worked literally all day today. At home, but still work. This is the only day for the past two weeks I've spent at home at all.


Lol. Just stole this from instagram.

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“You know, Joni [Mitchell] was not a philosopher of rock ’n’ roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test.” Fuuuuuuuck this guy. Just because *you* didn’t get it, Jann, that doesn’t mean nobody else did. Sounds like a you problem. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/jann-wenner-removed-from-rock-hall-of-fame-comments-black-female-musicians-1235725503/


nostr:npub1d0spkr0ktwcasanl9jmyx8vtm03tugv7a89f2u367k6jeul7pvqspfegda I just finished S1 last week. So good!


Good post about the Kuss/ Roglič/ Vingegaard/ Jumbo Visma mess, with bonus Central European medieval history parallels. #vuelta https://derailleur.substack.com/p/honestly-what-the-fuck?r=2icpu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&s=08


nostr:npub1e8acdqhk09ksn57n0cnumff73x7njfeufupl0uwtuzwqltmguvnswmywn3 It's like the GOP said "You know what we need? Sarah Palin, only trashier and dumber."


nostr:npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 Do you know my husband?


I'm not sure which part is the most outrageous. That Boebert was taking photos and vaping during a performance, or that she was giving her date a hand job, or that the date in question is a Democrat. I can't wait until she loses the next election and fades into obscurity where she belongs.


nostr:npub16fr24t87zmxkt9g94wlxg6m37hfj02ymerajhkr9arzvzay30u2s2436ns Lol.


When Duolingo becomes sentient.

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Welcome to IATSE, union kin! https://variety.com/2023/film/news/marvel-union-special-effects-iatse-1235722298/


As today progressed, it totally feels like fall moved into NYC. We’ve still got our windows open but we’re both wearing hoodies.


The Husband and I are having in depth discussions about who’s the bigger asshole, Roglic or Vingegaard. #vuelta


nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw Were there any authors there? Because, ad an author, I’m fucking tired of AI scraping my work so it can replace me.


nostr:npub134l6tvt6mlj435yvm5uqpt8yguf6tznsxhfgkm2fpt66fqu6m9mqwgtx60

https://romancelandia.club/system/media_attachments/files/111/065/630/262/414/604/original/2a3f6ae487168d2c.mp4


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru I didn’t get arrested, but I was out for some and the cops were such assholes.


nostr:npub1q29q54zhvwx0a4jzrv7yshendte8d8x9jsqkymxxu3ur0nsdkpus9ldrgn It was very uncool.


DRAMA on the Vuelta España!


My husband bought me a rice cooker and we busted it out tonight. Y’all, that is life changing. From here on out, every meal is a rice-based meal.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru That shingles vaxx is no joke. Way worse than any of my covid vaxxes. I was flattened.


nostr:npub1fvfajyz9y2296csyh5vd5e28gkhpm55uuc4l70n7ucyd54dkfdlqgjvlru Can't wait. I'm going to schedule my Covid booster along with my second Shingles vaxx dose and then take the weekend off to recover.


That last post about Covid boosters reminds me of another invaluable thing we lost with the collapse of twitter. In the early days of vaxx availability, it was almost impossible to get an appointment anywhere in New York. Turbovax (Huge Ma) created a bot that would post available slots all over NYC as soon as they opened up. I got my appointment for my first vaxx through twitter.


Gimme that shot! https://acasignups.net/23/09/13/updated-cdc-approves-updated-covid-19-vaccine-everyone-6-mo


Since it’s now on Max, we’ve just started Interview with a Vampire and it’s already SO GOOD.


Twenty two years ago I watched it happen from our balcony on the Lower East Side. Tonight I can see the memorial from our apartment in Brooklyn. I can’t believe it’s been so long.

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nostr:npub19qm2trjs3p32nwqwry4ufxl4fk9q4utkq53ywueg0yk8cvggra5s79sn8k I work in tech theatre and our saying goes "You can have it fast, cheap, or good. Pick two." Sounds like a similar proposition.


nostr:npub1jupuj7r7fst87p27vx77wjfyxnl6y475vqfqxf9luhed3ah5gfwsm477gr 🤮


Aaaaand now she’s putting on deodorant.


Nails are on. Now she’s doing a full face of makeup. Guess she has big plans for her Friday night in the city.


On the train heading back to the city. This girl sitting next to me is legit putting on a full set of fake nails at her seat.


He was a really smart guy, very nice and full of interesting conversation. When humans eventually land on Mars it’ll be partially thanks to his work. He was an aerospace engineer and the manned mission to Mars has been his project for the past decade.


My sister’s husband died last night. I’m so sad for her.


“Chris Christie compared him to Chat GPT.” Lol.


Lol. Watching the clip of Mehdi Hasan skewering Ramaswamy and that shit is hysterical. Ramaswamy’s talking a mile a minute trying to tap dance around his denouncement of Trump.


nostr:npub1hvdfn5ne7zvks3ztfewr00vdjv3kve4nddht43p8fjepc8rn6yasz69sq9 That paragraph went in a totally unexpected direction.


nostr:npub1m0ghme44zk0vll39s44rue8kv7ln5xs5clyszncv49p96wxer62sue642v I was the younger sibling, so....accurate. Also, my grandma and uncles would send me in to mix their drinks. "Pour this much whisky and this much water for grandma." I was tending bar at eight.


nostr:npub19yr2wd3t6krjj8kra7t7kt48m6y4thfvxdt4at7mrff2mk79dfqq4z6v5f Sounds like my husband will love it. Lol.


I'm watching stuff in #hungarian on Netflix, with English subtitles, to expose myself to more of the language. I started out with The Witcher, but there are too many made-up words in that when you already don't know the language well. Lol. Switched to Enola Holmes. It's "old-timey" so the language is more formal. Right now I catch words, but not sentences, if that makes sense.


We don’t have cable so I’m watching the 11pm news on ABC and they are going ballistic over this. Reading lines from the indictment out loud on the news, breaking down why it’s not “free speech” or “hardball politics”. Making a very clear case that it was widespread criminal activity. Very little both-sides-ing happening, at least where im watching.


nostr:npub1k6av0paujp3d20v2uetszes3a5gff5rld4rmhjes22rc99hjmjxqjyj8jw Of course. None of these yahoos were acting independently. It was all part of the same criminal conspiracy.


And of all the places to hatch this dumb plan, Coffee County. It went 70% for Trump, without any vote tampering. Like, let's just play along with the story they were planning to put forth, that Dems were tampering with the vote to throw the election to Biden. WHY WOULD DEMS PICK COFFEE COUNTY?? We'd pick a goddamned swing district where switching a few hundred votes might conceivably make a difference.


It's just so fucking corrupt. They literally made up evidence of vote tampering so they could cry "Vote tampering!"

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I'm looking for Hungarians posting in #Hungarian to follow. I'm learning the language and I'm finding it's really helpful to expose myself to it as much as possible. Any reccs?


So much Hungarian that I got the work wrong. Sok magyar.


I've done so much Hungarian today. Nagyon magyar. My brain feels like it's leaking out of my ears.