Nebula-nominated speculative fiction writer. Eclectic reader, piemaker, dinosaur enthusiast. Pronoun: she. https://xitter.cf/t.co/sXSf6glxrY mastodon: https://xitter.cf/t.co/wwnwZQc89v
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Lately it feels like I think about this speech from Matewan (1987, dir. John Sayles) every single day. They got you fighting white against black, foreign against native, coast against coast, tech against service…
CN: young Chris Cooper is hot
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbRFSg…
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Life right before the Triassic-Jurassic boundary:
Wow what an incredible diversity of unique Triassic life
One nice thing about lame duck Twitter is that there’s no reason to judiciously mute anymore. Why just block bots, grifters, and hate speech? Block sealions! Block blue dudes! Block your boss! Block your family! Block anyone! Take off and block the site from orbit!
[Insert Hans Zimmer joke here]
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If Twitter crashes and you need to find me, the hell you will. I've got a two day head start on you, which is more than I need. I speak a dozen languages, know every local custom, I'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see me again.
What she said! This book was loads of fun: the magic system was compelling, the characters were great, and the historical setting was unusual and richly interesting.
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Mom 📞 : remember to watch “Woodpeckers: the Hole Story” on PBS!”
Mom+18 min 📧: “Woodpeckers: the Hole Story!”
Me, finally: *starts watching Woodpeckers: the Hole Story*
Me+4 min: *starts telling everyone to watch Woodpeckers: the Hole Story*
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ALT A baby woodpecker, probably pileated, newly feathered but not yet independent, sticks its head curiously out of a hole in a tree trunk.
Reposting as we get closer to crashing into Planet World Cup. Will this much-abused bucket of bolts survive to crash? Don’t know, but I’ll see you at the Outer Rim either way!
*taps intercom to be heard over re-entry breakup noises*
I do have a mastodon: mastodon.social/@faerye
But I also have a linktree, which will get updated wherever my escape pod lands: linktr.ee/fshoulders
Not blasting off yet, just setting rendez-vous points!
*taps intercom to be heard over re-entry breakup noises*
I do have a mastodon: mastodon.social/@faerye
But I also have a linktree, which will get updated wherever my escape pod lands: linktr.ee/fshoulders
Not blasting off yet, just setting rendez-vous points!
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psst
ALT A drawing titled "Psst Genetic Engineers: I Have A Proposal". There are drawings of ten beautiful duck species, with arrows leading from each duck to a spectacular hypothetical hybrid Best Duck with a long-tailed duck's tail plumes, ruddy duck's spiky tail, king eider's back plumes, hooded merganser's hood, white-winged scoter's eye makeup, redhead's red head, ring-necked duck's bill pattern, northern shoveler's bill shape, northern pintail's neck pattern, and harlequin duck's body color.
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If you’re arguing against mask mandates when pediatric ICUs are at or near 200% capacity across the country, you are prioritizing your own need to maintain the illusion of normal over the safety of babies and children. Let’s not sugarcoat it.
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Something magical is happening in Nepal: Its “trees are coming back.”
Whoa, what? I promise to explain (and hopefully entertain) in this thread 🌳
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The birds are one of the best parts of the birdsite.
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“For the first time, octopuses have been spotted throwing things — at each other.” By @Emma_Marris | @Nature
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The story of YRJ—a little Navajo girl, being raised by the white couple suing to overturn ICWA—was shared by @JanHoffmanNYT for @nytimes, @NinaTotenberg for @npr & Fox News this week. But their coverage left out some really important info. 🧵: