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The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connec…

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · May 23

Hold music: must it always be turned up to 11 while the service rep is barely audible?

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 7

What gets me is how much physical and brain work it takes just to exist without becoming buried in our things. Doing estate clean outs for family who were ill near the end, I came to appreciate why dumpsters and stuff removal is so expensive. It’s a constant workout for executive function.

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Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 7

70+% in and still captivated

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 7

Finished. I think this is more about gut-brain or gut-nervous system than immunity. www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...

From one of today’s leading experts on the emerging sci…

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War T…

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 7

Finished. Assigning this. www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...

A sweeping global history that looks beyond European ur…

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 7

Finished. Totally engrossing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/83...

What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper tha…

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everythin…

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 7

Finished! www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...

All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices…

Georgia State Day: Give Panthers a hand on 04.02.2025.

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Apr 2

So grateful for my experiences as a graduate student and beyond. I’m finding it joyous to give back so others can have a chance, too.

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Panthers Create. Panthers Discover. Panthers Compete. And So Much More!

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Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 24

All the more interesting considering how important Ponce the road is in Atlanta, named for Ponce de Leon even though nobody calls it that locally.

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 13

Current mood in gracklemoji:

#birdbuddy

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 12

Just started this audiobook with an engrossing introduction. Available on Chirp. www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

From the Middle East and its political instability to C…

Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plant…

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 10

Finished. www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...

Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic pla…

Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 10

Finished! www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

8 hours 15 minutes In Cunning Life in the Era of Prac…

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 3

It’s hard not to be sensationalist with that topic, but there’s professional psychological opinions that take it deeper.

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 3

The grackles, red winged blackbirds, and brown headed cowbirds are making my yard look like a scene out of Hitchcock.

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Mar 3

6% in and I’m totally hooked. Just among my own family there’s a wide range of relationships to stuff. Nothing this extreme, fortunately.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/83...

What possesses someone to save every scrap of paper tha…

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thanks! I wanted to make sure I could post here before paying for data import/export services.

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Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Nov 18

And they look like sassy little tea kettles.

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Nov 18

I’m super fond of them for that exact reason.

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hello frens! Good to see y’all here.

Helencarnate @helencarnate.bsky.social · Nov 14

Just like starting over 🎶