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Amanda
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An obsessive of all sorts
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"Sorry Albee, you're an indoor bee."
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If you have relatives with long covid and will be seeing them tomorrow (or won’t be because they have long covid) please spread the word about this trial of tirzepatide for LC. I’m enrolled, the anecdotes I hear from patients on it for other reasons are very encouraging.
There are >800 LoCITT-T participants, & >200 people who are eligible & just need to take one more step to claim their spot.

There's time for new folks to join!

We're particularly hoping to enroll folks from ND, MS, & PR & more BIPOC participants:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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"Pieces of April" should be playing on cable TV and streaming channels a lot more than it does this time of year.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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don’t go chasing butterballs

please stick to the stuffing and the gravy you’re used to

I know that you're gonna gobble turkey or nothing at all

but I think you're chewing too fast
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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This is the best thread.
THREAD.

3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I will punch the next person who tells me it’s called Istanbul and not Constantinople.

I have a date in Constantinople.
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I give a free book mark to all my dates!
speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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publishing your greatest professional and ethical failures in a series of paywalled blog posts is certainly a choice.
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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From a Hawaiian-inspired chocolate haupia pie in Torrance to a tender gourmet cobbler in Pasadena and a traditional apple pie in Van Nuys in between, this is your ultimate guide to pies that have stood the test of time in L.A.

The full guide: lataco.com/vintage-pie-la

By Hadley Tomicki
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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one of you is going to be tempted to try to explain the Lizza-Nuzzi business during Thanksgiving dinner

you need to resist this urge

nana does not need to know about this
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Psst... The Reveal is having a Black Friday sale. First-time and returning paid subscribers can now get 20% off an annual subscription. That's just $40 for one year of everything we publish and more. Here's the link: thereveal.film/reveal-black...
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Big news today: Chris Duncan, who spent decades on Louisiana's death row on 'junk science' until his conviction was overturned this spring, is being released today.

You'll remember this story from a few months ago, when his conviction was overturned: boltsmag.org/chris-duncan...
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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When another boy has a box
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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OK, we're leaving the asbestos *in* the stuff women put on their faces? And, the powder we put on kids' bums? Check!

Huh, some chick scientist says, “It only takes a single asbestos fiber lodged in the lungs to cause mesothelioma decades later.”

What me, worry?
FDA drops proposed rule on asbestos testing in cosmetics

www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fda-dro...
www.consumeraffairs.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Would pay an absolutely obscene amount of money for a remastered Xenosaga trilogy.

Hell, I would buy a new system to be able to play those (my PS2 is hanging in there, but it's not gonna last forever).
I would like to know! 🤓👾
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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This is incredible
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.

I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."

HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:

“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”

s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bryan Fuller gets chained to a laptop until I get to read the next episode of Pushing Daises and the full scene of that reunion from "Kerplunk."
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"I loved you."
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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For my LA people (most of you)

These is my cousins. They've had to make a terrible choice. They're the best people and this dog is even better. A goodest boy. If you're looking for a furry family member who's an absolute doll, please lemme know and I'll put you in touch with my cousins.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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rip erwin schrödinger you would have loved se7en (1995)
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM