The Evil Doctor

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Geek, engineer, Navy vet, bookworm, ADHDer. She/her.

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Northwestern's law school faculty is nearly 80 percent white and over 80 percent male Naturally the law school is being sued by some jabronis who think white guys aren't getting a fair shake in faculty hiring I wrote about it! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Affirmative Action Opponents Are Saying the Racist Part Out Loud Nowballsandstrikes.org A challenge to faculty hiring practices at Northwestern’s law school translates from legalese to “There are Black people on this faculty, Your Honor.”

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New shinies in the shop! Each one has an option to pay what you will with a base price and any overage goes to a charitable donation either to a specific org or cause! You get shinies, I get to send things into the world and get more donation money. It’s a win for everyone! ko-fi.com/s/97394320c7

Olive Days Past earrings - Shivani Seth's Ko-fi Shopko-fi.com Art deco styled olive green and gold sparkle infused earrings. The perfect subtle touch for those with a love for vintage and nature. Any proceeds a...

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Let us never forget: Kansas City has a Tyrannosaurus model that was assembled with it's butt on backwards. Wife for scale

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Hi friends. Checking in. Unclench your jaw, soften your brow, drop your shoulders. Have you had any water lately?

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This seems like a good time to introduce everyone to Bobby WaffleCone

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Another tip for people going to Audi Field tonight to see the USWNT take on Costa Rica in their Olympic send-off match: bring powder Pedialyte.

There’s word now—we can bring in one sealed bottle of water.

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Speaking of prime day deals, y'all may know that I am a passionate supporter of our local LGBTQ+ affirming public charter school. They are about to start their 4th year & are slowly building their theater department! Their wishlist has several prime day deals! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Check out my list on Amazonwww.amazon.com

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banded linsang ♥

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Lighthouse libraries!

"In 1876, the Light House Establishment added a portable wooden library box to the list of supplies they delivered... The rugged box served as shipping box and bookshelf, and delivered much-needed entertainment to the lighthouse staff." www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/l...

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Andrew, a man who doesn't want to be an earl and is trying his best to not be one, despite what legal technicalities say, is a man of fewer wants. You can preorder The Earl who Isn't, coming July 30, 2024, here: bsky.app/profile/cou...

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Something you may have missed yesterday - The Biden Administration is going to unveil a nationwide rent control proposal. It's going to be challenging to implement, and will require control of both chambers, but they're working on it. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Biden to unveil plan to cap rents as GOP convention beginswww.washingtonpost.com The policy plan comes as the president tries to assure Democrats about the viability of his candidacy.

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I am just gonna say, if you thought the dragon was horny, wait until you read a book where Aleksi, aka THE LITERAL MANIFESTATION OF DESIRE decides it's time to throw down 🤣

SPIN-OFF DUOLOGY Y'ALL. Coming in 2025. 💗 www.kitrocha.com/book/daughte... (this is the book we just turned in!)

Daughter of Tideswww.kitrocha.com Book one of a new duology sequel to Consort of Fire & Queen of Dreams. Featuring

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Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie -Stop slouching! Drink some water, take your meds. -Help when and where you can, but doomscrolling isn’t the way to do it. -The Cursed Object said there isn’t enough jam for this week. I asked how much more was needed; “LOTS” was the answer. ❤️ Auntie Jilli

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As the saying goes, “if you don’t schedule a break, your body will take one for you.”

Bonus: my favorite burnout infographic to go with it. Source: x.com/lizandmollie...

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OH! Wow! FDA Approves First Generic Methimazole for Treating Hyperthyroidism in Cats www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

FDA Approves First Generic Methimazole for Catswww.fda.gov The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Felanorm, the first generic methimazole oral solution for the treatment of hyperthyroidism in cats.

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This stuff makes me absolutely apocalypse-level mad - attempts to turn “being aware of weather that can kill you” into a paid subscription service is pure evil.

I only read about half of The Privatization of Everything before I had to stop from sheer rage and frustration but there’s a whole section about how the attempted privatization of the NWS has already led to people dying from tornados as subscription services get weather alert priority.

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I made this into a proper response to the absolutely misplaced calls to "turn down the heat": newrepublic.com/article/1838...

My first thought this morning after I remembered the news was how many people over the last few years have put their bodies between armed far right guys and kids going to the library or a bookstore

Where Were Calls for De-Escalation When Libraries Were Being Targeted?newrepublic.com Trump’s fans seem determined to blame this shooting on their victims.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I have early access to the audiobook for THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS, narrated by the legendary Moira Quirk, and her narration is SO GOOD!!!!!! I'm absolutely losing it like a little fangirl! You can listen to a short preview here! soundcloud.com/hachetteaudi...

The Last Hour Between Worlds By Melissa Caruso Read By Moira Quirksoundcloud.com A whip-smart adventure fantasy packed with reality-bending magic, and sapphic romance, The Last Hour Between Worlds is the brilliant launch of a new series from David Gemmell Award-nominated author, M

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of course nobody wants to work. that's why it's called work and they have to pay you to do it

Nobody wants to work anymore? Bro, nobody I know even wants to LIVE anymore.

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I am begging people to block and report transphobes and racists instead of screenshotting them and showing them off to everyone like a weird bug they found by the roadside.

I was just thinking this earlier. The blocklists are all gone, and people have stopped blocking the bigots themselves, and just gone back to replying to them instead, putting them onto their followers’ skylines.

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Timeline cleanse!

Background: I'm a professional science educator. Here's my wholesome story of the day. I've been going to a personal trainer to get back into shape after a LOT of injuries/surgeries. Each week we chat about some nerdy science thing. He isn't a science guy, but is very interested in it all. 1/?

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There is never any shame in using the library, and much benefit in doing so. They are the closest thing to an unmitigated social good that we have in these United States, which is why the hard right is gunning so fervently for them these days. A world without libraries and librarians is a poor one.

My book-buying budget is not what it once was, which is precisely why I’m using the library more. It also gives me the opportunity to read books that I’m not sure I want to add to the home library (not that there’s a lot of room to do that anyway).

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A lesson from an old boxer, AND a guy whose been in politics, AND an attorney: If you think you're gonna lose, you're probably right. A lot of good can happen if you take a breath, put your mouthguard in, and fight.

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The kraken from @romancingthevote.bsky.social is absolutely amazing! I love it so much and must build a shelf for it and perhaps a nest and some fish or something?

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Okay, hivemind-- looking for recommendations for a good Android app that does countdowns with widget capability. What do you especially recommend?

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As promised, here's the full post to go with the cool pic I remembered to take. www.funraniumlabs.com/2024/07/evol...

Oh man. I remembered to take a picture of something important today before it goes away. This is going to necessitate a full post to explain the importance of it, but your homework question is this: If you are doing chemistry work with nasty/toxic smokes, fumes or gasses, how do you do it pre-1900?

Evolution Of Safety Equipment - The Berkeley Box - Funranium Labswww.funraniumlabs.com For folks that haven’t been lucky enough to experience the “Phil Points At Things That Aren’t There Anymore” Manhattan Project Tour of Berkeley, there is a secondary bit of education that comes courte...

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We've reached a real inflection point with grid battery storage. Given its recent stupendous growth—it was virtually nonexistent in 2020—it's easy to see it filling out the rest of that duck curve before the end of the decade

California Grid Breezes Through Heat Wave due to Renewables, Batteriesthinc.blog No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler …

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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.

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It's a GREAT time to remind all y'all that you can read "What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia" by Elizabeth Catte, instead of that crappy dude's crappy memoir.

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I'm working on policy proposals to protect consumer rights when companies brick smart devices. So please share devices that you've owned that stopped working because the company that made it killed software support or went out of business. Also, please share this request. Thank you.