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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1h

Oh ALSO also "have written professionally for 20+ years but not considered a journalist," God I'm in a rotten mood

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1h

Twinkle says hi

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, also "on HRT for five years but still perceived as a cis woman," which a certain strain of trans people don't believe is possible!

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 2h

Chronically fatigued but I don't have long Covid, trans but bc of Supernatural fandom, leftist but I've only read more Marx than 90% of people. Fuck it

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 2h

I have the urge to argue about various things but 1) that's gonna make my physical ailments worse and 2) I'd just get ignored anyway bc no one accepts me as knowledgeable about anything important

HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 2h

All right, still feeling migrainey due to forgetting to turn on my sleep apnea implant Monday night and missing my night meds till after 3 last night!! But I have my first film festival screener to watch and take notes on so hopefully it'll be an okay day

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 2h

All right, still feeling migrainey due to forgetting to turn on my sleep apnea implant Monday night and missing my night meds till after 3 last night!! But I have my first film festival screener to watch and take notes on so hopefully it'll be an okay day

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 2h

God, I'm so sorry

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 3h

I think this is gonna be the podcast's Best Bad Movie of 2025!

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 3h

Pre-testosterone, yeah (I cry less now! It's a weird effect!)

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 3h

Solidarity, my friend

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 23h

In the same place with my winter coat

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Your Favorite Bad Movie Podcast @favoritebadmovie.bsky.social · 1d

How do YOU pronounce "Cannes"???

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure Carry Nation still haunts the bar district downtown, especially around her statue www.roadsideamerica.com/story/62836

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

I hate peas so this doesn't surprise me 😂

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

😭😭😭 yes, thanks! I have a new med that's been working well, yesterday was the first time it just didn't help much

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah "plant-based" is in style! I gotta assume pea protein is dirt cheap

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry I'm in such a bad mood, I had a migraine yesterday and that peels off a layer of emotional resilience

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

For one thing, the biggest problem is contaminated pea protein, and the dudes you're trying to make fun of seem likely to disdain vegan protein! bsky.app/profile/pari...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

nearly all the plant-based products we tested had elevated lead levels: vegan powders had 9x as much lead as dairy and 2x as much as beef

though dairy-based powders had the lowest levels, half were still too contaminated for safe daily use

you may be asking: how could this be? well...

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

The whole point of the article is that people are being poisoned bc of the supplement loophole, reducing it to Gender is downright pusillanimous

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Connie Willis called this in 1995

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Does he think his own books aren't 90% dependent on contemporary allusion??? Does he really think "well it's fine if everyone stops reading me in 15-20 years"???

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Every quote of this that boils down to "lol men are making themselves dumb eating lead" is making me so mad I could scream

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao it's super surreal to have a president you think of as a dead cat, huh

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

Which has jack shit to do with the books! If you taught modern YA in English class the same way, I 100% believe it would suck the joy out of those too

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HÄXANNA @ragesinggoddess.bsky.social · 1d

The idea that not understanding a work of art makes it "boring" and not, in many cases, *more* interesting because you get to learn stuff, is nonsense

trickster and demimondaine @combledore.bsky.social · 1d

So sad that you can’t annotate books or anything (also you don’t need to understand absolutely everything in a story to enjoy or get value from it)

John Scalzi• @scalzi.com • 5h
Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation

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