silver, by the woods (they/them) 🍀✨
@silverhawthorne.bsky.social
writer, poet, editor (Liminality)
burlesque producer & host (Viscous & Tingle)
🌈🦓, 🧶, freelance alchemist, ornamental hermit.
habitat restoration as tikkun olam.
AEW/ROH/NJPW/CMLL.
4’11”.
Pagliacci.
burlesque producer & host (Viscous & Tingle)
🌈🦓, 🧶, freelance alchemist, ornamental hermit.
habitat restoration as tikkun olam.
AEW/ROH/NJPW/CMLL.
4’11”.
Pagliacci.
Pinned
The Japanese Artist Who Sends His Work to Space | The New Yorker Documentary
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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Good morning. Here's my favorite half-hour documentary as a treat. Make a cup of tea and enjoy.
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* There is no such thing as "just a flu". Viral infections are bad for us.
* Viruses are variable. Non-evolutionary, typological thinking does not work.
* Viruses evolve. They don't automatically get milder. More infections means more evolution.
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* Viruses are variable. Non-evolutionary, typological thinking does not work.
* Viruses evolve. They don't automatically get milder. More infections means more evolution.
3/
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
* There is no such thing as "just a flu". Viral infections are bad for us.
* Viruses are variable. Non-evolutionary, typological thinking does not work.
* Viruses evolve. They don't automatically get milder. More infections means more evolution.
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* Viruses are variable. Non-evolutionary, typological thinking does not work.
* Viruses evolve. They don't automatically get milder. More infections means more evolution.
3/
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* The immune system is not like a muscle and immunity debt is bullshit.
* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
* The immune system is not like a muscle and immunity debt is bullshit.
* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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* There are various ways that repeated COVID infections could be causing short- and/or longer-term immunity theft, making people more vulnerable to other infections.
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Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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Everyone’s sleeping on the real best Christmas movie of the 80s.
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Everyone’s sleeping on the real best Christmas movie of the 80s.
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Many reporters went to Albany, Georgia, when it became one of America's first COVID hotspots.
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Many reporters went to Albany, Georgia, when it became one of America's first COVID hotspots.
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting.
What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare.
Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:
The Lad
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Lad
This thread.
we have become such a brutally antisocial/lonely society that it’s become impossible for so many people to experience anything other than the part of their brain that can only think in consumed media, the world isn’t real to them anymore, it’s terrifying
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This thread.
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Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
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I applied to be on the local climate action plan committee. There were seven people for six seats. By just showing up, I kept a conservative conspiracy theorist from getting on.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I applied to be on the local climate action plan committee. There were seven people for six seats. By just showing up, I kept a conservative conspiracy theorist from getting on.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
18mo ago, I noticed she & cronies were against a new elementary school. I joined up with the pro-school voices. We won.
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Friends, there are a lot of well-meaning people who don’t realise their blue doomerism is sapping morale and energy.
Be vigilant but don’t make vigilance your entire online personality.
Rahaeli covers it in this thread.
Be vigilant but don’t make vigilance your entire online personality.
Rahaeli covers it in this thread.
We are all more than a little bit exhausted of dealing with the Hashtag Resistance BlueAnon "how dare you have fun, there are people starving right outside your window!!" lectures. If 100% of your posts are politics, you match the pattern, and your comment sounds like it too, you will get blocked.
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Friends, there are a lot of well-meaning people who don’t realise their blue doomerism is sapping morale and energy.
Be vigilant but don’t make vigilance your entire online personality.
Rahaeli covers it in this thread.
Be vigilant but don’t make vigilance your entire online personality.
Rahaeli covers it in this thread.
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
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Honestly the part of this that I really hope more people recognize is the foot stuff. There's nothing wrong with having a thing for feet, ain't my thing but have fun! But when you're a director who is KNOWN for having one, has a history of abusing his power, and shoves them into MANY of his films...
Matthew Lillard is beloved by so many people.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Honestly the part of this that I really hope more people recognize is the foot stuff. There's nothing wrong with having a thing for feet, ain't my thing but have fun! But when you're a director who is KNOWN for having one, has a history of abusing his power, and shoves them into MANY of his films...
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'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'In the winter garden' - my favourite geometric garden aerial that I've ever done! I don't remember if I shared it here or not yet - it has camellia bushes in the centre and beds of winter heather and hellebore :) the geometric landscapes are always more challenging and I love that! #embroidery
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Hi! You don’t want to watch someone violently die in front of you. It will never leave you. It will change you.
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Hi! You don’t want to watch someone violently die in front of you. It will never leave you. It will change you.
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
Their death will play on a loop on the back of your eyelids until your last breath.
xoxo,
a paramedic
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this sounds like a joke but it's really not.
'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.
'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.
There are only about 30 TERFs in Britain, but most of them have newspaper columns.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
this sounds like a joke but it's really not.
'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.
'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.
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great conversation starters for a first date:
- what's your favorite Linear A inscription?
- how did you learn Linear A?
- would you like to establish a written correspondence in Linear A?
- what's your favorite Linear A inscription?
- how did you learn Linear A?
- would you like to establish a written correspondence in Linear A?
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
great conversation starters for a first date:
- what's your favorite Linear A inscription?
- how did you learn Linear A?
- would you like to establish a written correspondence in Linear A?
- what's your favorite Linear A inscription?
- how did you learn Linear A?
- would you like to establish a written correspondence in Linear A?
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Roland Barthes is eating tempura:
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Roland Barthes is eating tempura:
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see also: talking nice about people behind their backs.
sure, you could talk shit about people behind their backs, but gossiping with your friends about how cool and good your mutual pals are is genuinely so much fun.
get loved, nerds! get absolutely adored!
sure, you could talk shit about people behind their backs, but gossiping with your friends about how cool and good your mutual pals are is genuinely so much fun.
get loved, nerds! get absolutely adored!
I am embarrassed to have an opinion about what a director I’ve only seen I think 3 movies by said on a podcast but every time I’ve ever seen Matthew Lillard in a movie I’ve enjoyed it; giving props to work you like rules over being catty and rude, & people who think catty and rude is good are bores
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
see also: talking nice about people behind their backs.
sure, you could talk shit about people behind their backs, but gossiping with your friends about how cool and good your mutual pals are is genuinely so much fun.
get loved, nerds! get absolutely adored!
sure, you could talk shit about people behind their backs, but gossiping with your friends about how cool and good your mutual pals are is genuinely so much fun.
get loved, nerds! get absolutely adored!
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341 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Morenosite:
- A hydrated nickel sulphate mineral
- Forms in the oxidised zone of nickel-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits
- Named after Señor Antonio Moreno Ruiz (1796-1852) a Spanish pharmacist and chemist #minerals
Morenosite:
- A hydrated nickel sulphate mineral
- Forms in the oxidised zone of nickel-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits
- Named after Señor Antonio Moreno Ruiz (1796-1852) a Spanish pharmacist and chemist #minerals
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
341 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Morenosite:
- A hydrated nickel sulphate mineral
- Forms in the oxidised zone of nickel-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits
- Named after Señor Antonio Moreno Ruiz (1796-1852) a Spanish pharmacist and chemist #minerals
Morenosite:
- A hydrated nickel sulphate mineral
- Forms in the oxidised zone of nickel-bearing hydrothermal mineral deposits
- Named after Señor Antonio Moreno Ruiz (1796-1852) a Spanish pharmacist and chemist #minerals
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The wise witch never takes more than her share. There are only so many bottles of tincture and syrup she can store. She learns to swerve greed, to leave an unexpected bounty for birds and sprites. Sometimes the best harvest is a memory of beauty. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The wise witch never takes more than her share. There are only so many bottles of tincture and syrup she can store. She learns to swerve greed, to leave an unexpected bounty for birds and sprites. Sometimes the best harvest is a memory of beauty. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
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This is scary, but also because it's one step away from: "We regret to announce that the Bunny who Loves Eating Bananas is racist"
jaysus... now insta appears to generate titles/ headlines via AI for stuff I post... to create click bait for google wtf do not like
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is scary, but also because it's one step away from: "We regret to announce that the Bunny who Loves Eating Bananas is racist"
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Repeating this.
PLURIBUS makes a case for humanity, but also for humans making things. It’s the most anti-AI piece of art I’ve seen.
@minakimes.bsky.social and @daviddennisjr.bsky.social on why Pluribus is so much better than the new season of Stranger Things
December 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Repeating this.
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i think the worst part is the murders tbh
The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
i think the worst part is the murders tbh
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I should get money sometime everyone I warned about was terrible
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I should get money sometime everyone I warned about was terrible