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  @Remittancegirl Thanks for this. I've never been able to get fitted sheets to fold nicely. This definitely helps. (My usual procedure has been to half-assedly wad it up and put it on a shelf, then plop the flat sheet & pillow cases on top of it.)

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  Just FWIW from the Grim Historian, as I followed a rabbit hole from another posting. "The Rich Never Know When They Are on the Menu": https://thegrimhistorian.substack.com/p/the-rich-never-know-when-they-are (P.S: Please don't complain that it's on Substack. Instead, you can pester the author and send a donation to help them get off Substack.) Also FWIW, a book mentioned in the article can be found on PG here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63001 Frederick...

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  @LaNaehForaday Mmm, yeah... It'll probably be barftastic. 🤮 But their pomp and circumstance will also be a zillion times outweighed by the cacophony of a billion people dancing happily on the grave. The blow-out event will probably register on seismographs around the world.

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  Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this video on "nitroplast"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9B3gBhcwqM #biology #microorganisms

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  Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this article on MIT research into flying/diving robots. https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-flapping-robot-swims-and-flies-like-diving-bird-0709 #robots #flight

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  Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this cool Skepchick video on the current parasitic 💩 crisis in the USA... where one would hope that everyone in congress and the 🍊🤡 "administration" contracts this disease, which they deserve as a minimum reward for their continuing stupid antics, and consequently has a miserable week or two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnS72WWlWg Please be safe: wash & cook veggies, even if you live in California. #poo #diarrhea #cyclospo...

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  All four books in P.J. O'Brien's monumental "Sanctuary" series are on sale for FREE during the big July sale over at Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bkansas The Rodent highly recommends this set. Four volumes, nearly 2 million words. This is the fabulous set of books that I'd take to that proverbial desert island. #ebooks #books #bookstodon #PJOBrien #free #Smashwords

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  Nothing to see here, just keeping track of this article on lower-coast PFAS [forever chemicals] removal in agriculture. https://phys.org/news/2026-07-chemicals-farmlands-fraction.html #farming #PFAS

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  Oooh, never done one of these hashtag thingies before: #WritersCoffeeClub July 29: Is there something you want to write, but don't think you yet have the skill? Horror & Thriller. Last time a #SROP author tried writing a gritty, pulse-pounding horror novel for Halloween, what came out at the end was a colorful pageant full of fairy dust and teenage hijinx... #SanguinityHematode #bookstodon #ebooks

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  Nothing to see here just keeping track of Rebecca Watson's fabulous new video on those sex dolls--oh, sorry, I mean robot teachers--in the New York classroom... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbceY_medYk Hmm, yeah, why isn't it just a laptop? (Edit: transcript available here: https://www.patreon.com/rebecca/posts/i-hate-ai-robo-165114851 ) #skepchick #RebeccaWatson #robots #sexdolls #education #grift #ai #chatbot #privacy

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  Nothing to see here, just pointing at this article in The Atlantic: "Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster" I couldn't figure out how to "gift" it for Fedizens, but this quote was interesting. (See image, with alt text.) Link here, in case anyone can get to it: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/generative-ai-engineering-disaster/687901/ #AIdisaster #noAI

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  @ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt Thanks for posting this image from @dragongirlteeth. Reflects with uncanny accuracy my own attitude about advertising. (Especially ads that move or make noise.) I haven't yet gone so far as moving to Tristan da Cunha to avoid ads, but with multiple ad-blockers, blinders, and a bit /etc/hosts denial file I'm doing pretty well these days. I can't even imagine how people function on the internet without blockers. #noads

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  News on Draft2Digital and other avenues for publishers of erotica... Alternatives, etc. (I was surprised to learn that D2D bought Smashwords, btw, which I thought of as one of the last bastions of more-or-less sanity. https://eroticmythology.com/draft2digital-alternatives-erotica-authors-writers-2026/ #books #ebooks #draft2digital #smashwords #bookstodon #erotica