Lori Alpert
@lnalpert.bsky.social
Reader of mostly genre fiction, sometime crocheter, likes history and musical theater (she/her)
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Alright 20’s you can stop roaring
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Alright 20’s you can stop roaring
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#ICEoutComics p. 3
@jumaane.bsky.social @advocate.nyc.gov @mmitaynes.bsky.social
@governor.ny.gov @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Find your reps at reps.fyi
@jumaane.bsky.social @advocate.nyc.gov @mmitaynes.bsky.social
@governor.ny.gov @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Find your reps at reps.fyi
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 AM
To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
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Sorry kids, New York City students will still not have a traditional snow day, no matter how many inches fall. Via Chalkbeat New York
Mamdani Nixes Monday Snow Day
The mayor apologized to students hoping for a day off, saying that classes will be held in-person or remotely as the city must meet the mandated number of instructional days.
buff.ly
January 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Sorry kids, New York City students will still not have a traditional snow day, no matter how many inches fall. Via Chalkbeat New York
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All over the world, people flock to big, diverse, cosmopolitan cities. And the people who stay back in the poorer, rural, more isolated regions use their vote to complain about it.
Completely unoriginal thought but: it's frustrating that the actual experience of living in large cosmopolitan multicultural city (London Uk in my case) is actually pretty dope, but a lot of politics is organised around this being a nightmare scenario that must be apologised for and avoided.
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
All over the world, people flock to big, diverse, cosmopolitan cities. And the people who stay back in the poorer, rural, more isolated regions use their vote to complain about it.
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This pizza has been christened “The Ankh-Fourpork” in honor of @sazeracla.bsky.social’s husband’s joke.
Pulled pork, chorizo, pepperoni, and champagne ham pizza 🍕🍽️🍜
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
This pizza has been christened “The Ankh-Fourpork” in honor of @sazeracla.bsky.social’s husband’s joke.
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hi if you use IG can you please follow the handbasket there so i can “diversify” “platforms”
www.instagram.com/thehandbaske...
www.instagram.com/thehandbaske...
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
hi if you use IG can you please follow the handbasket there so i can “diversify” “platforms”
www.instagram.com/thehandbaske...
www.instagram.com/thehandbaske...
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New York City, showing up today in solidarity for Minnesota. And Maine. And any other place where the American Gestapo are hurting and kidnapping people.
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM
New York City, showing up today in solidarity for Minnesota. And Maine. And any other place where the American Gestapo are hurting and kidnapping people.
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
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I’m on sale!
His Study in Scandal: A School for Scoundrels Novel
A School for Scoundrels Novel
bookshop.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I’m on sale!
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BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data.
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data.
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
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"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"
"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."
After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"
"This, too, it's magic."
"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."
After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"
"This, too, it's magic."
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"
"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."
After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"
"This, too, it's magic."
"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."
After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"
"This, too, it's magic."
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"Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable." - @anildash.com
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable." - @anildash.com
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
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I read this book when nothing else was able to hold my attention. Highly recommended.
Well, folks. Everything is bad & promo never seems appropriate, but BALD-FACED LIAR is on sale on Kindle. Only $2.49 in the US if you need some dark humor and light murder. AND WHO DOESN’T???
Kindle: amzn.to/4jBLw6H
Other: victoriahelenstone.com
Stay strong, fight back, love hard.
#booksky
Kindle: amzn.to/4jBLw6H
Other: victoriahelenstone.com
Stay strong, fight back, love hard.
#booksky
January 23, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I read this book when nothing else was able to hold my attention. Highly recommended.
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Saw a very cool and small win for the people today.
For months, NYU's healthcare system in NYC was trying to get people to enroll in Amazon One and give the company biometric palmprint data.
It seems they've backed off from
that after what I suspect was pushback.
For months, NYU's healthcare system in NYC was trying to get people to enroll in Amazon One and give the company biometric palmprint data.
It seems they've backed off from
that after what I suspect was pushback.
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Saw a very cool and small win for the people today.
For months, NYU's healthcare system in NYC was trying to get people to enroll in Amazon One and give the company biometric palmprint data.
It seems they've backed off from
that after what I suspect was pushback.
For months, NYU's healthcare system in NYC was trying to get people to enroll in Amazon One and give the company biometric palmprint data.
It seems they've backed off from
that after what I suspect was pushback.
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An amazing thread by one of my favorite writers and people, Margaret has walked the walk for as long as I've known her- (since the ancient days of Steampunk World's Fair!)
She has so many wonderful details here, matching what I'm hearing from my family in Minneapolis, follow & support her work!
She has so many wonderful details here, matching what I'm hearing from my family in Minneapolis, follow & support her work!
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM
An amazing thread by one of my favorite writers and people, Margaret has walked the walk for as long as I've known her- (since the ancient days of Steampunk World's Fair!)
She has so many wonderful details here, matching what I'm hearing from my family in Minneapolis, follow & support her work!
She has so many wonderful details here, matching what I'm hearing from my family in Minneapolis, follow & support her work!
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This is a big deal for many, many aging people, and injured people, and also foreshadows a new chapter in medical science relating to growing body parts.
Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
Scientists at Stanford Medicine have discovered a treatment that can reverse cartilage loss in aging joints and even prevent arthritis after knee injuries. By blocking a protein linked to aging, the t...
www.sciencedaily.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
This is a big deal for many, many aging people, and injured people, and also foreshadows a new chapter in medical science relating to growing body parts.
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This book is great medicine!!
Someone was asking for reading suggestions. I recommended Jane Doe by @victoriadahl.bsky.social and I described it as a book in which “a woman gets revenge on a scumbag man.” If that’s the kind of book you enjoy you’re going to love Jane Doe.
January 22, 2026 at 12:08 AM
This book is great medicine!!
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...
Trump's big money supporters are going to be troubled by this. Good. Maybe they'll pressure him.
Trump's big money supporters are going to be troubled by this. Good. Maybe they'll pressure him.
Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...
Trump's big money supporters are going to be troubled by this. Good. Maybe they'll pressure him.
Trump's big money supporters are going to be troubled by this. Good. Maybe they'll pressure him.
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NYC Book Folks!
Join us 2/7 for the first
@bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Book Fair!
Check out the amazing lineup!
I'll be there with my award-winning fiction AND critically acclaimed non-fiction! Psyched to sign copies of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC & tell you a ghost story! 🖤👻
More info below:
Join us 2/7 for the first
@bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Book Fair!
Check out the amazing lineup!
I'll be there with my award-winning fiction AND critically acclaimed non-fiction! Psyched to sign copies of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC & tell you a ghost story! 🖤👻
More info below:
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
NYC Book Folks!
Join us 2/7 for the first
@bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Book Fair!
Check out the amazing lineup!
I'll be there with my award-winning fiction AND critically acclaimed non-fiction! Psyched to sign copies of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC & tell you a ghost story! 🖤👻
More info below:
Join us 2/7 for the first
@bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Book Fair!
Check out the amazing lineup!
I'll be there with my award-winning fiction AND critically acclaimed non-fiction! Psyched to sign copies of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC & tell you a ghost story! 🖤👻
More info below:
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Anyway I talk about seed oils here and how... they're fine really
How Seed Oils Became the Villain of Social Media—And What the Science Really Says
A food scientist debunks the vilification of seed oils on social media and explains what research says about them.
www.scientificamerican.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Anyway I talk about seed oils here and how... they're fine really
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The 1st book in my latest paranormal romance series is now available. The daughter of Charon, ferryman of the River Styx, conscripts a hellhound shifter to help her take down a demon. Their attraction is hot as hell, and this book is half banter. #Ad #Booksky #Romance www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7G5JTGQ
January 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The 1st book in my latest paranormal romance series is now available. The daughter of Charon, ferryman of the River Styx, conscripts a hellhound shifter to help her take down a demon. Their attraction is hot as hell, and this book is half banter. #Ad #Booksky #Romance www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7G5JTGQ
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I’d turn my food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE into cooking competition series where cooks and chefs have to make food for a panel of Autistic/neurodivergent judges with food aversion specifically to their stated sensory needs.
OK, less contentious post:
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I’d turn my food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE into cooking competition series where cooks and chefs have to make food for a panel of Autistic/neurodivergent judges with food aversion specifically to their stated sensory needs.
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BTW,I have a Patreon. I try to post regularly, and since I've been doing it since 2017, there are a lot of back posts you can access too. I talk about writing, mostly, and now and then I put up some fiction, a short story or an excerpt from an unpublished book.
patreon.com/KatharineKerr
patreon.com/KatharineKerr
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
BTW,I have a Patreon. I try to post regularly, and since I've been doing it since 2017, there are a lot of back posts you can access too. I talk about writing, mostly, and now and then I put up some fiction, a short story or an excerpt from an unpublished book.
patreon.com/KatharineKerr
patreon.com/KatharineKerr
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Viv has put all of her gorgeous jewelry shop on sale to raise funds for Minneapolis mutual aid.
I will match whatever she raises. All the money will go to organizations listed at www.standwithminnesota.com.
it's a small thing we can do to help a community we love, but it's a thing.
I will match whatever she raises. All the money will go to organizations listed at www.standwithminnesota.com.
it's a small thing we can do to help a community we love, but it's a thing.
Bleeding Hart Studio is back with a store-wide sale/fundraiser for Minneapolis mutual aid!
Everything including 5 all-new necklaces in www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... is 25% off until 1/24. I'll donate that 25% off to at least one of the organizations at www.standwithminnesota.com --
Everything including 5 all-new necklaces in www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... is 25% off until 1/24. I'll donate that 25% off to at least one of the organizations at www.standwithminnesota.com --
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Viv has put all of her gorgeous jewelry shop on sale to raise funds for Minneapolis mutual aid.
I will match whatever she raises. All the money will go to organizations listed at www.standwithminnesota.com.
it's a small thing we can do to help a community we love, but it's a thing.
I will match whatever she raises. All the money will go to organizations listed at www.standwithminnesota.com.
it's a small thing we can do to help a community we love, but it's a thing.