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Author, journalist: hacking, privacy, digital human rights, covid harm reduction. Shaped like the hole in your heart. patreon/violetblue

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This week's newsletter by @theinfophile.bsky.social is very centering, I highly recommend reading it: www.theinfophile.com/archive/eeda...

EEDA Newsletter: Vol 5, Iss 14: Some Ideas on What To Do Nowwww.theinfophile.com This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends. Wow, what a week. I’m writing this on the afternoon...

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KNOW THE SIGNS Is your child texting about #covid prevention? Link: kck.st/3KhdUdS

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The project to bring my lost novel, KAMIKAZE L’AMOUR, back into print is doing well, but there’s less than a week to go. Can you help me push it over the top? Please take a look at it and consider backing. Thanks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kam...

KAMIKAZE L'AMOURwww.kickstarter.com Nervous Breakdown Edition

Strong quake 🙃 #Wellington #EQNZ

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BREAKING: Rishi Sunak resigns as UK Prime Minister

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I’ve seen a LOT of people on the skyline talking about having, or recovering from, covid lately. Please stay safe out there, everyone.

New: US and UK slammed by bad surges nationwide, CDC quietly acknowledges covid isn't seasonal and recommends layered protection (after 4+ years of us begging them to), video of an experimental long covid body scan at UCSF, Stevie Nicks masking, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/pandem...

Pandemic Roundup: July 4, 2024 | Violet Bluewww.patreon.com Get more from Violet Blue on Patreon

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The Kickstarter to bring KAMIKAZE L’AMOUR back into print is doing well, but with a week to go it could use some help getting it over the top. Please take a look at it and consider backing the project. Thanks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kam...

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SEVEN WEEKS TO GO until Kiwi PyCon XIII Get your tickets, and join us here in Wellington! python.nz/2024/07/05/r... #KiwiPyCon

Reasons you should attend Kiwi PyConpython.nz We are seven weeks out to Kiwi PyCon XIII! In a little under two months, hundreds of our fellow Python developers and technologists will be joining us in Wellington for three days of learning, teachin...

Pandemic Roundup: July 4, 2024 | Violet Bluewww.patreon.com Get more from Violet Blue on Patreon

San Francisco -> Aotearoa -> Lovecraft Country 😬

When it comes to ruptures in the space-time continuum, just remember Dunedin NZ is the port of choice to begin expeditions to Cthulhu from (quote from The Call of Cthulhu).

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Hey. Checking in. Unclench your jaw and drop your shoulders. How are you holding up?

From this morning: Cyberpunk Rhapsody, Cyber Goth hackers, beatings for Bitcoin, Max cat sunning his naked belly, the upcoming Physics Girl #longcovid livestream, LA's antimasker mayor has #covid, and more... Link: www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

Cybersecurity Roundup: July 2, 2024 | Violet Bluewww.patreon.com Get more from Violet Blue on Patreon

You don't say. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Masks reintroduced at Staffordshire hospitals after rise in Covidwww.bbc.com The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had 108 inpatients with Covid last week.

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Seriously please. I'll turn the piece around fast.

Someone please commission me to write about the Grants Pass ruling.

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I wrote what it was like behind-the-scenes directing my latest nature + wildlife documentary: www.patreon.com/posts/behind... 🧪 #scicomm

Behind the scenes of Prairies Unearthed | Ariel Waldmanwww.patreon.com Get more from Ariel Waldman on Patreon

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I just posted a new update on my Patreon with some fun links. Check it out! www.patreon.com/posts/too-ma...?

Too Many Secrets | Richard Kadrey's Damn Patreonwww.patreon.com Get more from Richard Kadrey's Damn Patreon on Patreon

Ah yes the Summer wave, after the New Year's and then Spring wave but before the Fall and then Thanksgiving wave.

KP.3 Covid symptoms to look out for as 'summer wave' reports grow www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/...

KP.3 Covid symptoms to look out for as 'summer wave' reports growwww.walesonline.co.uk The BBC has reported on a perceived rise in infections and hospitals are reporting an increase in admissions with the virus, with the more virulent type being detected in the UK - after driving a big ...

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Just want to re-up some fundraisers including our own. Wellington Pride is being sued by some trans-exclusionary Lesbians. This case is very important because the anti-trans group is hoping for a legal precedent. Give here: givealittle.co.nz/cause/wellin...

Wellington Pride Festival - Legal Givealittlegivealittle.co.nz Wellington Pride Festival is being sued by representatives of an anti-trans group in the Human Rights Review Tribunal - Givealittle

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This week’s Sunday Times cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

"One of the most disturbing elements of the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass is its reliance on SF." 48hills.org/2024/06/bree... A Fish Has No Word For Water documents how SF got to this point, from the 1906 quake to Ronald Reagan to London Breed. Read it: www.amazon.com/Fish-Has-Wor...

Breed, Chiu gave right-wing Supreme Court ammunition to criminalize poverty - 48 hills48hills.org Grants Pass decision on homelessness relies heavily on the city's legal brief.

I'm beyond exhausted from two days of unpacking plus re-assembling furniture -- so I made a hot water bottle for my sore back and then *almost* forgot where I put it.

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New newsletter today! Yes, I learned a way to skip Google's "AI Overview" responses (for now) EEDA Newsletter Vol 5, Res 13: Circumventing Google's AI Responses & Pride Month Resources www.theinfophile.com/archive/eeda...

EEDA Newsletter Vol 5, Res 13: Circumventing Google's AI Responses & Pride Month Resourceswww.theinfophile.com This is a public issue of Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Feel free to share it! Hi friends! What a week! As I write this, it’s only Wednesday...

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bellriots.netlify.app 64 days, 22 hours!

How Long Until the Bell Riots?bellriots.netlify.app

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The project to being my lost novel, KAMIKAZE L’AMOUR, back into print is doing well, but with 2 weeks to go, it could use some help to push it over the top. Please take a look at the project and consider backing it. Thanks! kck.st/4bRv91i

Boosting friends: great #Pride2024 resources from the EEDA newsletter this week, including "How to explore your gender identity as an adult" -- check it out: www.theinfophile.com/archive/eeda...

I'm so excited, I found an app that uses the Māori sky map and I found Matariki! This way I can watch it rise even if it's cloudy (the app is Stellarium, free version). Mānawatia a Matariki — Happy Māori New Year! About: natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/m...

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tl;dr: I made a TONNE of new stuff, I worked really hard on it, and I'm dropping it all online NOW. Bon appetit! BANDANA // GLASSWARE // ENAMEL PINS // STICKERS All artist-designed and produced to my ridiculously high standards <3 SHARES APPRECIATED: pepperraccoon.com/collections/...

Seeing some crazy high/spiking SF-Bay Area-Silicon Valley covid wastewater levels right now. Very sharp increases and far, far higher than this time last year -- like many places around the world it's not been this high since 2022. Mask up that pretty face please.

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why would you mess with david tennant? he’s the dolly parton of england

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Coco and Erika Flash are taking a defamation case against Tamaki Help their cause if you can. They have a givealittle page 🇳🇿 givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-ca... Story here: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/drag-quee...

Let The Story be Told - the case against Brian Tamakigivealittle.co.nz Rainbow Storytime are suing Brian Tamaki and members of Destiny Church.