AnnafromA2.bsky.social
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Engineer, crafter, mom, woman of mystery. I made good people, make things, and make things happen. Interested in SFF, education, energy, and needlework of all sort .
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Of course it is!
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Of course it is!
Yes, please.
Let us encourage each other and help each other thrive as we can. And let us all take what time, space, food, rest, play, or work we need to restore ourselves to thriving.
Let us encourage each other and help each other thrive as we can. And let us all take what time, space, food, rest, play, or work we need to restore ourselves to thriving.
I keep this lovely John K. Samson laminate nearby at all times to store this message in heart and mind.
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yes, please.
Let us encourage each other and help each other thrive as we can. And let us all take what time, space, food, rest, play, or work we need to restore ourselves to thriving.
Let us encourage each other and help each other thrive as we can. And let us all take what time, space, food, rest, play, or work we need to restore ourselves to thriving.
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Chiropractors may help you feel better if you have back or neck pain. Almost all the other claims for "chiropractic medicine" are pseudo-scientific nonsense.
Reminder that chiropracters are not doctors and that chiropractic “care” fixes nothing, and frequently causes damage and death
It may feel good for a bit- it has a placebo effect- and there’s a sunk cost fallacy- but there’s zero science backing it and it’s dangers are very well known
It may feel good for a bit- it has a placebo effect- and there’s a sunk cost fallacy- but there’s zero science backing it and it’s dangers are very well known
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
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December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Chiropractors may help you feel better if you have back or neck pain. Almost all the other claims for "chiropractic medicine" are pseudo-scientific nonsense.
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
Doing the extended mise en place for making #KAB Amish Dinner Rolls for tomorrow's Festive Feast. We're waiting until the married offspring who work in critical jobs could join us.
By "extended" I mean I am boiling potatoes to be mashed, cooled, and added to the dough, along with the cooking water
By "extended" I mean I am boiling potatoes to be mashed, cooled, and added to the dough, along with the cooking water
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Doing the extended mise en place for making #KAB Amish Dinner Rolls for tomorrow's Festive Feast. We're waiting until the married offspring who work in critical jobs could join us.
By "extended" I mean I am boiling potatoes to be mashed, cooled, and added to the dough, along with the cooking water
By "extended" I mean I am boiling potatoes to be mashed, cooled, and added to the dough, along with the cooking water
Happy Thanksgiving to all my US friends and followers!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to all my US friends and followers!
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The Electric Grandma
meredithangwin.substack.com?r=8o17n&utm_...
An excellent source for understanding the effects of changing technology and regulations on the cost and reliability of electric power.
meredithangwin.substack.com?r=8o17n&utm_...
An excellent source for understanding the effects of changing technology and regulations on the cost and reliability of electric power.
The Electric Grandma | Meredith Angwin | Substack
Meredith Angwin's Substack.
In favor of reliable electricity for all. Click to read The Electric Grandma, by Meredith Angwin, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Electric Grandma
meredithangwin.substack.com?r=8o17n&utm_...
An excellent source for understanding the effects of changing technology and regulations on the cost and reliability of electric power.
meredithangwin.substack.com?r=8o17n&utm_...
An excellent source for understanding the effects of changing technology and regulations on the cost and reliability of electric power.
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New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
The Anthropic Class Action Settlement: What You Need to Know Right Now - Writer Beware
One of the most urgent issues confronting writers and other creators right now is the use of copyrighted material for generative AI training. The large language models that power chatbots like OpenAI’...
writerbeware.blog
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: an explainer on the huge Anthropic class action copyright settlement: what it is, how it happened, how writers with eligible infringed works may benefit financially, and what eligible writers should do next writerbeware.blog/2025/10/31/t...
Unfortunately, not currently available in the USA. Something about tariffs ...
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Unfortunately, not currently available in the USA. Something about tariffs ...
Excellent signage and protest costumes. Well done PDX people!
The Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, & Scarecrow met the PDX Frog at No Kings today!! 🎖️❤️🌾🐸
October 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Excellent signage and protest costumes. Well done PDX people!
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If you know anyone in the U.S. military at any level, please make sure they see The Orders Project, "a non-partisan program...to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal."
Orders Project
The Orders Project is a non-partisan program created by the National Institute for Military Justice to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may...
www.nimj.org
September 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you know anyone in the U.S. military at any level, please make sure they see The Orders Project, "a non-partisan program...to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal."
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.
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This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.
Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.
Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
Time to stop making contributions, except directly to candidate's campaigns.
"When nearly one-third of all political contributions get recycled back into asking for more contributions, we've created a system that exists primarily to perpetuate itself while enriching fundraising consultants." data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-fundra...
The Fundraising-Industrial Complex Is Eating American Politics
New data reveals campaigns burn about a third of donations raised just asking for more donations
data4democracy.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Time to stop making contributions, except directly to candidate's campaigns.
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Look at academia giving me a little hope
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Look at academia giving me a little hope
Opening up the Epstein Files for public debate is the best and most appropriate way the Trump administration and the Justice Department can pay tribute to their debater-in-chief, Charlie Kirk.
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
September 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Opening up the Epstein Files for public debate is the best and most appropriate way the Trump administration and the Justice Department can pay tribute to their debater-in-chief, Charlie Kirk.