Stephanie
@stephaniesb.bsky.social
Personal finance 🤑, STEM 👩🔬, parenting 🧑🧑🧒🧒, baking 🍪🎂
Go Bills 🦬
Go Bills 🦬
Sure I like AI art if by AI art you mean Alexandra’s Incredible art!
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sure I like AI art if by AI art you mean Alexandra’s Incredible art!
Not gonna lie, it feels really weird listing things I want.
I could buy them for myself. Or just continue not having them and be perfectly fine.
I could buy them for myself. Or just continue not having them and be perfectly fine.
Avoiding buying things for myself all year just so there are gifts that people can get me at Christmas.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not gonna lie, it feels really weird listing things I want.
I could buy them for myself. Or just continue not having them and be perfectly fine.
I could buy them for myself. Or just continue not having them and be perfectly fine.
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Reading this made my autistic brain value the idea of brainstorming for the first time in, well, ever. And it validated my thoughts on AI. You should read it too.
In honor of BRAINS being the GRAND PRIZE WINNER for the MICE Mini-Grants, I have made it pay what you want on itch for the next week alexandragallant.itch.io/brains so you can snag a digital copy.
Print copies will be available to purchase in January!
Print copies will be available to purchase in January!
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reading this made my autistic brain value the idea of brainstorming for the first time in, well, ever. And it validated my thoughts on AI. You should read it too.
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A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
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Prion disease in general is an absolute set of interlocking nightmare scenarios and it's one of those areas where talking to experts makes you MORE freaked out, not less.
(PS: Do not buy, use or handle bone meal if you are a gardener; ever)
(PS: Do not buy, use or handle bone meal if you are a gardener; ever)
CWD has a lot of 'don't think about it for too long or you will cease to function' scenarios associated with it that I wish I never knew about but, I do, so, here we are.
We were already sitting on a lot of unexploded ordnance even before Donnie Goodbrains stepped into office.
We were already sitting on a lot of unexploded ordnance even before Donnie Goodbrains stepped into office.
Like, go look up how prevalent CWD is in cervids in. In hotspot states it's a coin toss for deer, elk's not as bad but you're still looking at a minimum 5% chance of processing an elk with prion disease.
That shit is no joke. Certain organs you just don't touch. Certain tools you keep in a diff bag
That shit is no joke. Certain organs you just don't touch. Certain tools you keep in a diff bag
May 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Prion disease in general is an absolute set of interlocking nightmare scenarios and it's one of those areas where talking to experts makes you MORE freaked out, not less.
(PS: Do not buy, use or handle bone meal if you are a gardener; ever)
(PS: Do not buy, use or handle bone meal if you are a gardener; ever)
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Women don't have an ambition gap. It is a bandwidth gap taking on two jobs-paid work and unpaid caregiving. "Until we stop treating caregiving as a personal problem women need to solve quietly, nothing changes."
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Women less ambitious than men? The internet leans in on 'ambition gap'
'Ambition gap'? A new LeanIn and McKinsey survey claiming women are less ambitious than men in seeking promotions has lit up the internet.
www.usatoday.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Women don't have an ambition gap. It is a bandwidth gap taking on two jobs-paid work and unpaid caregiving. "Until we stop treating caregiving as a personal problem women need to solve quietly, nothing changes."
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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BRAINS is pay what you want until Friday, so you can get it for FREE! for a short time
(of course, throwing me a few bucks is always appreciated while I am still on the search for a job, too!)
(of course, throwing me a few bucks is always appreciated while I am still on the search for a job, too!)
BRAINS is my love letter to the brain (and hate mail to AI). A visual exploration of the joys of thinking, perceiving and being a human, plus why thinking for yourself is beautiful and one of the most powerful things you can do in the face of so-called AI.
BRAINS by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A love letter to the brain and hate mail to AI
alexandragallant.itch.io
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BRAINS is pay what you want until Friday, so you can get it for FREE! for a short time
(of course, throwing me a few bucks is always appreciated while I am still on the search for a job, too!)
(of course, throwing me a few bucks is always appreciated while I am still on the search for a job, too!)
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A chance for some minor snow Sunday, especially toward the South Coast. Ensemble odds of 1"+ shown
I'd say a coin flip at the moment whether Boston gets anything measureable
Running out of time for snow chances before Christmas. No opportunities next week.
I'd say a coin flip at the moment whether Boston gets anything measureable
Running out of time for snow chances before Christmas. No opportunities next week.
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A chance for some minor snow Sunday, especially toward the South Coast. Ensemble odds of 1"+ shown
I'd say a coin flip at the moment whether Boston gets anything measureable
Running out of time for snow chances before Christmas. No opportunities next week.
I'd say a coin flip at the moment whether Boston gets anything measureable
Running out of time for snow chances before Christmas. No opportunities next week.
TW: body image
Really don’t think I was prepared for the aging process. Was used to having a body I could trust to keep up with what I want to do, staying in the shape I want without effort.
Now I get exhausted easily, aches, pains. My body has extra “curves”; I don’t know how to dress.
Really don’t think I was prepared for the aging process. Was used to having a body I could trust to keep up with what I want to do, staying in the shape I want without effort.
Now I get exhausted easily, aches, pains. My body has extra “curves”; I don’t know how to dress.
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
TW: body image
Really don’t think I was prepared for the aging process. Was used to having a body I could trust to keep up with what I want to do, staying in the shape I want without effort.
Now I get exhausted easily, aches, pains. My body has extra “curves”; I don’t know how to dress.
Really don’t think I was prepared for the aging process. Was used to having a body I could trust to keep up with what I want to do, staying in the shape I want without effort.
Now I get exhausted easily, aches, pains. My body has extra “curves”; I don’t know how to dress.
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In honor of BRAINS being the GRAND PRIZE WINNER for the MICE Mini-Grants, I have made it pay what you want on itch for the next week alexandragallant.itch.io/brains so you can snag a digital copy.
Print copies will be available to purchase in January!
Print copies will be available to purchase in January!
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
In honor of BRAINS being the GRAND PRIZE WINNER for the MICE Mini-Grants, I have made it pay what you want on itch for the next week alexandragallant.itch.io/brains so you can snag a digital copy.
Print copies will be available to purchase in January!
Print copies will be available to purchase in January!
Today’s the 67th day of school. And yes school decided to embrace the nonsense and celebrate.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Today’s the 67th day of school. And yes school decided to embrace the nonsense and celebrate.
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Reminding myself I don’t actually need $60 of Buffalo Bills trading cards.
shop.buffalobills.com/products/bil...
shop.buffalobills.com/products/bil...
Buffalo Bills Panini Exclusive Farewell Season Team Card Box Set
Build your collection and show your Bills pride with the Buffalo Bills Panini Team Card Set Box. Featuring a full lineup of officially licensed player cards, it’s the perfect pick-up for collectors, s...
shop.buffalobills.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reminding myself I don’t actually need $60 of Buffalo Bills trading cards.
shop.buffalobills.com/products/bil...
shop.buffalobills.com/products/bil...
It’s only Wednesday?!?!!?!?
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s only Wednesday?!?!!?!?
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Seasonally appropriate science! ❄️⛸️🧊🏒🧪
In computer simulations, as an object slides along the surface of ice, a structureless, "amorphous" layer forms. Materials scientists at Saarland University in Germany argue that this process may be the cause of ice’s slipperiness. www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Seasonally appropriate science! ❄️⛸️🧊🏒🧪
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Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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In this case, "possible health risk" means salmonella - which no one wants. If you shop at Wegman's and have recently bought their mixed nuts, check the batch number here.
Mellace Family Brands California, Inc. Recalls Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, 34 oz and 11.5 oz Packages Because Of Possible Health Risk
Mellace Family Brands California, Inc. of Warren, OH has issued a recall for Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted 34 oz Tubs and Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted 11.5 oz bags because they have the pot...
www.fda.gov
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In this case, "possible health risk" means salmonella - which no one wants. If you shop at Wegman's and have recently bought their mixed nuts, check the batch number here.
Oh no I have to go to work again today?
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh no I have to go to work again today?
I’ve hit that point in December where I know I’ve gotten plenty of gifts for people but I want to buy more?!?
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I’ve hit that point in December where I know I’ve gotten plenty of gifts for people but I want to buy more?!?
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On this National Christmas Card Day we are pleased to share, from the Library's special collections, a copy of the first commercial Christmas card. It's from 1843, the same year “A Christmas Carol" was published. Both helped establish the Victorian concept of Christmas. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/12/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On this National Christmas Card Day we are pleased to share, from the Library's special collections, a copy of the first commercial Christmas card. It's from 1843, the same year “A Christmas Carol" was published. Both helped establish the Victorian concept of Christmas. blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/12/...
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I am tired of being lectured about "breast is best," especially by men. Some people can't breastfeed. Others might be able to, but we don't need to be "encouraged" by the government to do so.
We need healthcare, we need paid leave, we need true legal protections to breastfeed in every kind of job.
We need healthcare, we need paid leave, we need true legal protections to breastfeed in every kind of job.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I am tired of being lectured about "breast is best," especially by men. Some people can't breastfeed. Others might be able to, but we don't need to be "encouraged" by the government to do so.
We need healthcare, we need paid leave, we need true legal protections to breastfeed in every kind of job.
We need healthcare, we need paid leave, we need true legal protections to breastfeed in every kind of job.
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"I wasn't going to breastfeed because my job won't give me breaks to pump milk and I only have a dirty storage closet to do it in and I can't afford the pump...but now I am going to do it, because the government 'encouraged' me to" -- no one
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"I wasn't going to breastfeed because my job won't give me breaks to pump milk and I only have a dirty storage closet to do it in and I can't afford the pump...but now I am going to do it, because the government 'encouraged' me to" -- no one
Other humans exist! Baby books exist! How does he think humans have managed to survive this long without his plagiarism machine?
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Other humans exist! Baby books exist! How does he think humans have managed to survive this long without his plagiarism machine?
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I recorded this podcast 7 years ago, but every year it goes viral because people are still discovering the deranged weirdness of Victorian Christmas cards!
It's #ChristmasCardDay 💌
Explore weird, dark and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards on the Art Matters podcast 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-matters-podcast-weird-dark-and-wonderful-victorian-christmas-cards
📷 BBC
Explore weird, dark and wonderful Victorian Christmas cards on the Art Matters podcast 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-matters-podcast-weird-dark-and-wonderful-victorian-christmas-cards
📷 BBC
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I recorded this podcast 7 years ago, but every year it goes viral because people are still discovering the deranged weirdness of Victorian Christmas cards!
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Good morning, my friend! Very happy to share with you an interview a comm (journalism) student at Boston College (my alma mater) did with me. The article was for the school newspaper, The Heights. Kudos & thanks to freshman Celine Bell for choosing me to be her intvu subject!📰
shorturl.at/71JPj
shorturl.at/71JPj
How Laura Carlo Became a Boston Radio Icon and Built Lasting Connections With Listeners
“If I can’t heal an individual, maybe I can heal the world,” Carlo said.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Good morning, my friend! Very happy to share with you an interview a comm (journalism) student at Boston College (my alma mater) did with me. The article was for the school newspaper, The Heights. Kudos & thanks to freshman Celine Bell for choosing me to be her intvu subject!📰
shorturl.at/71JPj
shorturl.at/71JPj
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New episode in your podfeed: I read all of A Christmas Carol, with musical backing from @martinaustwick.bsky.social. It’s a banger! theallusionist.org/christmascarol
Allusionist 222. A Christmas Carol — The Allusionist
Today, we read the novelisation of The Muppet Christmas Carol , also known as the 1843 festive lit hit A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
theallusionist.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
New episode in your podfeed: I read all of A Christmas Carol, with musical backing from @martinaustwick.bsky.social. It’s a banger! theallusionist.org/christmascarol