Lizzy Stone
@lizzy-stone.bsky.social
Health care system researcher studying mental health care and health policy. Reader, Utah Mammoth and Caps fan, baker, cat person, National Park hiker, Nerdfighter.
These people are genuinely tempting me to turn into a crank. I’m ready to be outside yelling with signs that say “Jesus never knew you” and “you’re going to burn in everlasting fire”, and I don’t even believe in hell like that.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
These people are genuinely tempting me to turn into a crank. I’m ready to be outside yelling with signs that say “Jesus never knew you” and “you’re going to burn in everlasting fire”, and I don’t even believe in hell like that.
There’s been a live debate over this for a long time. I think Susan Sontag had it right: “One can feel obliged to look at photographs that record great cruelties and crimes. (cont.)
Don’t watch a video of someone dying.
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
There’s been a live debate over this for a long time. I think Susan Sontag had it right: “One can feel obliged to look at photographs that record great cruelties and crimes. (cont.)
What in the meaty hell is this?
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
What in the meaty hell is this?
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This is why it annoys me when people try to make it seem as if this is how things have always been. There was a time when greater literacy and reading as a part of everyday life for people of every class was a national mission. Then it changed drastically and now we’re here.
Last fall I ended up looking at a lot of Seventeen magazines for a project. Even in the late 90's, there was a section of book recs in every issue. One of them was historical fiction about the life of Van Gogh, doorstop-thick. It hit me then how much of a reading culture we've lost.
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
This is why it annoys me when people try to make it seem as if this is how things have always been. There was a time when greater literacy and reading as a part of everyday life for people of every class was a national mission. Then it changed drastically and now we’re here.
Yesssss this is exactly what I wanted #focusfriend
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Yesssss this is exactly what I wanted #focusfriend
Okay, I worked an hour and a half. Is that enough yet?
I hate the first Monday in January.
I hate the first Monday in January.
a group of men standing next to each other with the words the wooorst
Alt: a group of men standing next to each other. One sings, “the wooorst”.
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Okay, I worked an hour and a half. Is that enough yet?
I hate the first Monday in January.
I hate the first Monday in January.
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Sending my stupid correspondence to friggen John Fetterman, even if he's a turd who will either reply sassily or not at all, because you gotta. Write to your representatives everybody. Even if they're like, total turds. We gotta.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Sending my stupid correspondence to friggen John Fetterman, even if he's a turd who will either reply sassily or not at all, because you gotta. Write to your representatives everybody. Even if they're like, total turds. We gotta.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Contact your congresspeople! I just emailed, which took about 5-10 minutes. Do that via their webpages, which you can find here: www.congress.gov/members/find...
Or you can call them at www.5calls.org.
Don’t worry too much about exactly what to say. They usually just count the number for/against.
Or you can call them at www.5calls.org.
Don’t worry too much about exactly what to say. They usually just count the number for/against.
www.congress.gov
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Contact your congresspeople! I just emailed, which took about 5-10 minutes. Do that via their webpages, which you can find here: www.congress.gov/members/find...
Or you can call them at www.5calls.org.
Don’t worry too much about exactly what to say. They usually just count the number for/against.
Or you can call them at www.5calls.org.
Don’t worry too much about exactly what to say. They usually just count the number for/against.
Um. Are we going to war?
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Um. Are we going to war?
NHL, stop trying to make Florida happen! It’s not going to happen!
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
NHL, stop trying to make Florida happen! It’s not going to happen!
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The worst part is that it’s my understanding every “apology” has even been people prompting it to apologize. It would still be idiotic to pretend like Grok had the self-awareness to apologize but it’s not even creating the apology unprompted.
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The worst part is that it’s my understanding every “apology” has even been people prompting it to apologize. It would still be idiotic to pretend like Grok had the self-awareness to apologize but it’s not even creating the apology unprompted.
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A journal made a proof of my manuscript before peer review? Then asked me to edit that version rather than mine? But screwed up the citations in the proof? And co-authors added new citations to the screwed up ones? And now I have to fix them? And the journal wants the paper back on the 1st?
December 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A journal made a proof of my manuscript before peer review? Then asked me to edit that version rather than mine? But screwed up the citations in the proof? And co-authors added new citations to the screwed up ones? And now I have to fix them? And the journal wants the paper back on the 1st?
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My spoiler-free review of Pluribus finale: Somewhere, someplace…Chekhov is slow-clapping.
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My spoiler-free review of Pluribus finale: Somewhere, someplace…Chekhov is slow-clapping.
Stressed out, so I decided to avoid all my many Christmas and anniversary prep tasks by hanging drywall in my basement 😂
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Stressed out, so I decided to avoid all my many Christmas and anniversary prep tasks by hanging drywall in my basement 😂
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The whole English-speaking world is haunted by the idea of human equality, and though it would be simply a lie to say that either we or the Americans have ever acted up to our professions, still, the idea is there..." --Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The whole English-speaking world is haunted by the idea of human equality, and though it would be simply a lie to say that either we or the Americans have ever acted up to our professions, still, the idea is there..." --Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn
This seems… uh… very bad to me.
There are skills involved in reading entire books that you can’t practice by only reading excerpts: skills around attention, memory, and synthesizing large amounts of information.
There are skills involved in reading entire books that you can’t practice by only reading excerpts: skills around attention, memory, and synthesizing large amounts of information.
You'll see this article posted a lot today. That's only because everyone should read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This seems… uh… very bad to me.
There are skills involved in reading entire books that you can’t practice by only reading excerpts: skills around attention, memory, and synthesizing large amounts of information.
There are skills involved in reading entire books that you can’t practice by only reading excerpts: skills around attention, memory, and synthesizing large amounts of information.
Why are so many audiobook narrators so monotone??
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Why are so many audiobook narrators so monotone??
Torn between being annoyed that peer review at this journal has taken 6 months and counting, and just being glad I don’t have to look at the paper right now
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Torn between being annoyed that peer review at this journal has taken 6 months and counting, and just being glad I don’t have to look at the paper right now
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Tomorrow, 12/9/25 is #PayItForwardUtah day sponsored by #TusksUp owners group, the SEG Foundation.
Let's make sure the 🦣 herd is represented and make the world a little brighter one act of kindness at a time! #TusksUp
www.segfoundation.org
Let's make sure the 🦣 herd is represented and make the world a little brighter one act of kindness at a time! #TusksUp
www.segfoundation.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tomorrow, 12/9/25 is #PayItForwardUtah day sponsored by #TusksUp owners group, the SEG Foundation.
Let's make sure the 🦣 herd is represented and make the world a little brighter one act of kindness at a time! #TusksUp
www.segfoundation.org
Let's make sure the 🦣 herd is represented and make the world a little brighter one act of kindness at a time! #TusksUp
www.segfoundation.org
It’s probably bad that I feel dead certain we’re going to get scored on every time we pull our goalie, and then get proven right.
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It’s probably bad that I feel dead certain we’re going to get scored on every time we pull our goalie, and then get proven right.
I am once again begging the Utah Mammoth to sell warm drinks at these hockey games. IM FREEZING, TAKE ALL MY MONEY
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I am once again begging the Utah Mammoth to sell warm drinks at these hockey games. IM FREEZING, TAKE ALL MY MONEY
I really need the Utah Mammoth and the Washington Capitals to stop having games at the same time.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I really need the Utah Mammoth and the Washington Capitals to stop having games at the same time.