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  It's been...one of those weeks. And then, just now, I broke a molar right down to the root so both parts are operating independently from each other (meaning, not even soft food is safe, as it gets in the crack and puts pressure that hurts) How safe would it be to pull the 'floating' part out? ETA: this is more uncomfortable than painful. I think the nerve has been dead for a long time, so the pain comes from pressure when the 'loose' part moves against...

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  #Reading #SALE Vie Sean Eric Fagan on Bluesky: The Inheritance Trilogy by N K Jemisin is on sale for US$3.00 (georestricted to the U.S.). This contains all three novels, *plus* "The Awakened Kingdom" novella. (check your preferred format/book selling site to confirm this works for you) @bookstodon

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  #PSA #FoodRecall #Wheat #Celiac Please share!

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  Via Suzanne Brockmann: "Hey Massachusetts! We have ten ballot Qs this year! Here’s a handy short guide about those Qs from Progressive Mass (images). Another resource is https://bluevoterguide.org/ Vote as early as you can—from 10/17 in MA. If you vote by mail, don’t send the ballot back, instead use a dropbox. Check your town’s .gov website for locations and options, and then spread the word among Democratic family and friends." #USPolitics #MA #2026Midterms

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  From Felicia Davin: "This Word Suitcase is about two books with prepositional phrases in their titles" I'm still chuckling at "Blessed are the authors of nonfiction, for they cite their shit." (It's also why I adore genre fiction authors who add notes with all the research they weren't able to integrate in the narrative.) Finally, 'nonage' makes 'coming of age' make sense in a way that fills me with joy....

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  23.- I read Rachel Reid's _Role Model_, the fifth in her Game Changers series of contemporary ice hockey m/m romances. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #RachelReid #GameChangers @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/role-model-by-rachel-reid/

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  RE: https://kind.social/@azteclady/117331771244052693 ICYMI:

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  "we have a company that is a big player in the age verification space, talking up age and identity verification laws, that appears to have had a long-standing ongoing leak of every ID it scanned. At this point, anyone still supporting age verification requirements, especially claiming it’s for “child safety,” should have to answer for all the millions of people put needlessly at risk due to data breaches like this." #DataBreach #KOSA #Privacy #AgeVerification https://www.techdirt.co...

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  #JoyScrolling "Over a couple of months, he noticed that the things he used during the day were being mysteriously put away at night, so he set up a night-vision camera in his shed in Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, to find out what was happening. He discovered that an industrious mouse was picking up items such as nuts and bolts, clothes pegs and cable ties and tidying them away into a box." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDPzQ42kws

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  A masterful essay on gay (and generally queer) cinema: 12(ish) Essential Gay Films Everyone Should See. #Movies #GayCinema #QueerMedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_AldzY1_Z4

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  From the depth of my "I can barely function enough to keep my job" depression: holy jesus fuck #MentalHealth #Depression

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  "a Republic, for as long as you can keep it" #CallToAction #PSA Kelly Jensen on Bluesky: "Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee." #Libraries #Censorship #BookBans #USPolitics https://bookriot.com/senate-bill-4925/

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  Jared Pechaček: " wrote this piece about Hunt for Red October a couple years ago and fuck it, it's free now in Sam Neill's honor" #SamNeill #HuntForRedOctober https://www.patreon.com/jpechacek/posts/serving-hunt-107578256

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  Via Kelly Jense: "WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE, an excellent comic about the banning of Persepolis in the Chicago Public Schools in 2013, is on sale across digital platforms today for $2." #Sale #Persepolis #BookBans #Censorship

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  Heads up, Seattle! The Urbanist: "By far the most impactful amendment set to be considered to Katie Wilson's proposed transit measure renewal, Councilmember Bob Kettle's proposal would lead to more than 1 million fewer service hours over the course of 10 years." #Seattle #PublicTransit #PSA #SaveBusService https://www.theurbanist.org/kettle-proposes-slashing-seattle-transit-measure-halting-city-funded-bus-service-growth/

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  #Libraries #Pride This is the fuck WHY. (have tissues handy)

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  Epidemiologist Elizabeth Jabobs on Bluesky: "Hegseth proudly announced that the flu vaccine would no longer be required for people serving in the military. A flu outbreak is now happening at Lackland Air Force Base, and flu vaccinations are again required. The AF has now been forced to admit that a 25-year-old recruit has died of influenza." #USPolitics #FlueDeath #FluOutbreak #Antivaxx #Vaccines #LacklandTX https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/air-force-confirms-first-death-221...

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  Note that women overwhelmingly kill their partners to escape their abuse, while men overwhelmingly kill their partners because a) their partners want to escape them, b) they want to marry someone else without loss of money/property/control of offspring, or c) both the above. (this is from 2020--it's only gotten worse since) #IntimatePartnerViolence #IntimatePartnerAbuse #Misogyny https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/in-the-news/women-serve-longer-prison-sentences-after-killing-a...

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  2Cellos in concert: "We Found Love" (Rihanna) #JoyScrolling #2Cellos #Music #Rihanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Am_VZFps9o

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  You know you've grown as a person when, instead of spending your day educating the kid who has a whole ass YT video explaining how, "before social media there was no media fandom, or indeed, no lasting media discussion at all", you hit "don't recommend channel" and move on with your day.

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  “When Barnett rails against the ‘didacticism’ of some books, we wonder who defines didactic? For Black and brown authors, for queer and trans authors, we have seen that very word used as a cudgel and dog whistle to decry the necessary diversification of children’s literature.” #Writing #KidLit #ChildrensLit #Racism https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100361-children-s-book-community-responds-in-outrage-to-comment-by-national-ambassador-mac-barnett.h...

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  #JoyScrolling #Music #TapDance An oldie but goldie: Christopher Rice dancing to Anna Kendricks' "Cups" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FYNF02yEM

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  HOLY FUCK SCIENCE "Brazil: "Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 without damaging human cells."" #COVID #GoodNews https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html Study: Ultrasound effectively destabilizes and disrupts the structural integrity of enveloped respiratory virus...

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  TFW you are *dying* to know whether (and when) further books in a series you love will come out, but you most definitely do *not* want to put undue pressure on the author (or hit a sore spot), so you just cross your fingers, bite your nails off, check their social media/website often, and wait. #Reading @bookstodon

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  Antisemitism, Zionism, and allyship. #USPolitics #Israel #Antisemitism #Zionism

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  #JoyScrolling Childhood memories, small boats, and war as entertainment. (This particular iteration in operation since 1927, via the always delightful Tom Scott) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYYcddinkE

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  "Black romance deserves to be the thesis and not the footnote, and we deserve to be in all spaces" #BlackRomance #UrbanRomance #Romancelandia @bookstodon https://baltimorebeat.com/black-urban-romance-deserves-to-be-taken-seriously/

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  Anthony Horowitz admits he uses the plagiarism regurgitron: ETA: touting the "human need for absolute truth" while using ChatGPT in his writing speaks volumes. Cognitive dissonance? what cognitive dissonance? #GenAi #AnthonyHorowitz #Reading @bookstodon https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/news/anthony-horowitz-chatgpt-writing-ai-b2970598.html

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  RE: https://kind.social/@azteclady/116517137893894793 ICYMI:

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  "Just ONE WEEK LEFT for you to stream THE LIBRARIANS for free on the PBS app and YouTube channel! Already seen the film? Be sure to let your friends and family know to watch it before May 9th while it's still FREE to stream! Watch and share now" #Libraries #Librarians #USPolitics #BookBans #Censorship #PBS #FundPBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQOCY-qDzE