Auburn Scallon

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Moon Guides Czech Republic author. I’m into pop culture, performing arts, politics, critical travel writing, & conscious language. she/they.
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Emily St. James

At the risk of not following instructions, I helped work on this hilarious webnovel out today — think The Princess Bride meets Little Mermaid but make it gay — that fits this description pretty damn closely. But huge caveat that heroine & love interest would both be dudes. tapas.io/event/1Q2wMu

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Nina Metz

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Soraya Nadia McDonald

In case it helps, there’s a BlueSky setting that removes possible human error from this step (which is so very relatable in our overwhelming world). Settings > scroll down to Basics > choose Accessibility > toggle on Require Alt Text Before Posting

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Auburn Scallon

(In my defense, this is what Google looked like when I was applying to college, and social media didn’t exist yet, so access to info was also a little harder to come by…)

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Margaret Sullivan

[There’s a great reminder in BlueSky settings to require alt text for images before posting, because it’s totally human to forget things until they become habits!] With Alt Text 👇

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Wes Cowley

If you don’t have a hamburger menu (I didn’t on a MacBook), I found the “Disable new Acrobat” option under the View menu:

Powerful statement from Emory College protestors: “We invite you to struggle with us” (alt text for Page 1 starts here, continued in 🧵)

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Molly Rookwood

I can accept that’s the UK variant, but I refuse to go any further (backed up by M-W) 😂

So many of the actors in The Outsiders musical—opening on Broadway tonight—blew me away. Particularly Joshua Boone (Dallas) & Brent Comer (Darrel), two nuanced performances and visceral voices, among many, that will stick with me for awhile. But the show itself left me with mixed feelings 🧵

Sigh, a frustrating failure to meet the moment: 50% of the US relies on social media for some of their news. FB & IG’s policy on climate change information is basically Don’t Look Up, “it’s too political.” 🤦‍♀️

Breaking: Meta has now banned and removed all links to The Handbasket on its platforms because of this story. www.thehandbasket.co/p/kansas-ref...

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Auburn Scallon

“Why are we sick all the time?” People underestimate the risk of COVID infections & the risk of repeated reinfection. Around 15% of people reported having persistent symptoms after their first infection. That number approaches 40% after the third and subsequent infections.

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Gregg Gonsalves

I want to scream every time I read the phrase “post-pandemic” in a paper of record.

Hmmmm, now why would an ongoing pandemic not seem to benefit from psychological framing intended for a past event? 🤷‍♀️ (And without acknowledging or mentioning Long COVID’s existence…)

" Researchers and clinicians working with combat veterans have shown how avoiding thinking or talking about an overwhelming and painful event can lead to free-floating sadness and anger, all of which can become attached to present circumstances."

It’s Not the Economy. It’s the Pandemic.www.theatlantic.com Joe Biden is paying the price for America’s unprocessed COVID grief.

So many convos in AI and journalism that default to, “Well everyone does it so we may as well adapt and get used to it” remind me of @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s book On Tyranny. Like @ninametz.bsky.social I’m glad to see guardrails working!

“People question everything now”: how Kate’s photo scandal rips up the rules for royals and the media 👉 “the question of what is safe to believe in has never been so pertinent” 👈 This is the real story to me: This was a test case and the fact that news/photo agencies acted quickly is a good sign

Fifteen minutes into #IrishWish on Netflix. The two male leads are Welsh and English, and Lindsey Lohan just bragged that her client is one of the best selling authors in the UK. Was anyone Irish involved in this film, lol? Or were all the Irishmen just booked and busy? 🍀

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Auburn Scallon

🎶 “One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn’t belong” 🎶 (Hint: it’s the suggestion of compromise, for the sake of some indoor dining, tossed in among rational assessments of lifelong health risks)

One of the most glaring experiences of watching the #Oscars — with wins for the Zone of Interest plus speeches and quotes from Ukraine — as bombs literally fall on Rafah tonight #FreePalestine

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Melissa D. Hellman

You get to browse and select, like delivery apps. They advise mentioning any allergies/restrictions upon pickup — but in practice, that feels awfully pushy to agree to an “I’ll take anything!” premise, and then ask to customize what you get. Seems great for omnivores/non-picky eaters, though!

This whole article on self-promotion in modern society resonated in my never-want-to-be-an-influencer soul. www.vox.com/culture/2024...

Looks like an internal hire (just to save non-employees time crafting the application).

Grants available for community projects by trans POC. Posted elsewhere: “Last year, we had 340 applications at this point. This year, we have 69. So like, your odds are good!” 👇

Feeling helpless scrolling the news? Me too. Every little bit helps.

I started Loki S2, and realized my brain cannot retain time travel and alternate universe rules for 30 months between seasons. Might have to rewatch S1 (which I do recall was a mischievous good time).

After this miserable week in NY weather, I threw open every window in my apartment and went for a long drizzly walk the moment it (finally!) started raining. 🥳 #ClimateActionNow

An unexpected note from ConEd at the beginning of this summer steeled my resolve to survive another NY summer without A/C – for both energy conservation and financial reasons – using all the other cooling tricks (and a trip). But this past week was almost my breaking point!

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