stacy-marie ishmael

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just here so i don’t get fined.

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I take this back. JFC. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

RIP Alice Munro, writer of profoundly devastating sentences.

Alice Munro’s daughter says mom kept silent when stepfather sexually abused herwww.thestar.com The youngest daughter of celebrated author Alice Munro has written a first-person essay in The Toronto Star detailing sexual abuse by her stepfather and her mother's decision to side with

it’s fully “no facts, just vibes” on here

the haligtree easier to navigate than people on here right now.

just to get all process-y for a minute: a reason that media publlications don't operate at the speed of X or Reddit is that reporting - gathering information, assessing credibility, reviewing source documents, talking to people, checking facts, getting comment - takes longer than "big if true"

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Minnesota Born Adopted people: As of today, you can now request a copy of your ORIGINAL birth record from the Dept. of Health, free of redactions or court orders or permission from anyone else. Here’s the link: www.health.state.mn.us/people/vital...

Birth Records and Adoption - MN Dept. of HealthMinnesota Department of HealthMinnesota Department of healthprintsearchsharefacebookinstagramlinkedintwitteryoutubewww.health.state.mn.us

"history will recall" first of all it probably won't second of all what you are doing right now though

you: getting mad at people on here and in media me: absolutely furious at people in books, just livid

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I have escalated my mutes

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honestly hate that every time there's an industry bad actor, lists of "works by marginalized authors to support instead" start circulating like it's a moral obligation to be done out of guilt, & it's crickets every other day of the year. my art is not to be taken in as a reactionary measure

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Can anyone I know on here recommend a good mirrorless camera for a beginner (myself) that will keep pace as I get better?

“Sales of romantasy novels—a genre that blends fantasy’s epic quests and mystical characters with romance’s swooning gestures and spicy sex scenes—are projected to jump to $610 million this year, after hitting a record $454 million in 2023” (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Dragons and Sex Are Now a $610 Million Business Sweeping Publishingwww.bloomberg.com Romantasy authors Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros have garnered cult followings for writing about empowered female protagonists who go on quests in magical lands, and find love.

mute all food discourse mute mute mute

can already see some folks hardening into parodies of Extremely Online Archtypes because of course nothing in social media is ever really new We get the main characters we deserve, I suppose

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Lemon, it's Tuesday.

for reasons, I was comparing the board of the New York Public Library: www.nypl.org/about/nypl/l... With the board of the Queens Public Library: www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/que... And the Brooklyn Library: www.bklynlibrary.org/about/trustees One of these things.

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a.a. de levine

there's a lot of attention to be gained from taking advantage of people's very valid panic, fear, frustration, anger, and disgust–and often these feelings overwhelm and prevent us from slowing down to ask, say, "is this someone i trust? are they qualified? are they providing something of value now?"

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it's worth remembering that people tend to position themselves as experts on a topic as a means of coping with perceived lack of power, particularly when posting feels action. and we can see and understand that while also realizing a lot of people here don't always know what they're talking about.

"“It’s getting more difficult to come up with a whole new territory of unmet needs,” said Bill Chidley, co-founder of brand consultant ChangeUp." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

‘Upflation’ Is the New Retail Trend Driving Up Prices for US Consumerswww.bloomberg.com First there was ‘shrinkflation.’ Now, consumers are confronting ‘upflation’ as companies seek to turn around the $100 billion personal care and beauty market.

where is the labeller for "outrage bait screenshot with no dates, bylines or links"

"“How is society going to cope with structural unemployment and the envy, hatred and the social warfare?” he said. “We are destroying the middle classes at this stage and it will affect us. It’s unfair. So that’s what keeps me awake at night.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The invulnerably powerful love to cosplay being the underdog.

This is what Johann Rupert, the person alluded to in the headline, said in 2015: “We cannot have 0.1 percent of 0.1 percent taking all the spoils,” said Rupert...“It’s unfair and it is not sustainable.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The invulnerably powerful love to cosplay being the underdog.

What a headline! It's from 2015. Here's the link: www.independent.co.uk/news/busines... And here's a gift link to the original Bloomberg story it's based on: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The invulnerably powerful love to cosplay being the underdog.

every day is a good day to log off

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would it kill the internet to source something?

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Excited to get "we've made the product worse and your subscription more expensive" emails every month forever

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Hurricane Beryl is now a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane, the earliest ever to reach that strength in the Atlantic. Grenada and the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were reeling from a storm that probably will be the region’s most intense hurricane on record.

Hurricane Beryl at Category 5 strength after making landfall in Caribbeanwww.washingtonpost.com Beryl shattered records as it strengthened in unusually warm waters, churning through Grenada’s Carriacou. It was predicted to skirt Jamaica on Wednesday.

elden ring: dogs? We got dogs. Wolves? We got wolves. Bears? Oh we got bears. DLC: and now that we’re done with amateur animal hour, presenting murderous [SPOILERS]

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Anyone know legal scholars who are looking for a place to publish their commentary on SCOTUS decisions? My DM is open

yet AGAIN

one day failing to take allergy meds: totally fine two days: eh not perfect but mostly fine three days: death

lots of Felony Discourse on here from people using the criminal justice system as some kind of perfect arbiter of morality on the one hand and having major feelings about SCOTUS on the other with no sense of irony