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Paxton, RFKjr and the other anti-vaccine stooges are playing politics with children's lives and harassing doctors who just want to protect us from preventable diseases. In a just world they would be held liable for every instance of severe illness or death. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12h

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 16h

I have questions… All the photos are labeled except for the party cave? What’s with the flying refrigerator over the staircase?

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 16h

Breakfast was included each morning, and it was amazing. Dinners were extra but well worth the cost.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 16h

It’s been a little over 2 years since our favorite B&B went event only. Husband and I had many writing retreats there while son was at camp and it was a great place to rent a building for a larger family vacation, especially when needing to keep an eye/ear out for a wandering older family member.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 17h

Trying a new game that was suggested over DM. It’s fairly easy, probably because having to edit to meet word count is common practice for me. If you like editing, you might like this: Long Story Short #58 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Cut a sentence to five of its own words. #longstoryshort sheets.works/s/tirsc

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Long Story Short #58

Cut a sentence to five of its own words. A daily word game.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I planted a white, a yellow, and a pink/yellow and all three are thriving, particularly the pink/yellow. The behind the fence neighbors severely trimmed the overhanging crepe myrtle this year, so perhaps the additional sun helped?

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Altogether, we harvested over 60 pounds of watermelon (not counting the one I picked too early) in less than a month.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pulled the (possibly) last watermelon and cut them both up for distribution at work.

Second to last watermelon was just on the verge of getting overripe

Last(?) watermelon weighed in at 11 lbs. 12.4 oz.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sunday Dinner is served!

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cake out and cooling. Only a small bit of crust in the bottom of the pan, so it was probably a drip rather than a leak.

A well-risen stout cake cools in its springform pan

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m a professor and I end up doing this all the time in class (and no one ever gets the joke).

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Our priest requested any pets without exactly four legs to come in an appropriate carrier, tripod dogs excluded 🤣

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

After filling, there was a small puddle of batter on the counter. Was it a leak? A drip? Who knows! I stuck it on a baking sheet just in case. Positive thoughts please

A hopefully not leaking springform pan, half filled with dark brown batter, on a baking sheet in my oven

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In reading closely, the NYT removed almost half the butter from Nigella’s recipe, so I added it back in. Recipe calls for a springform pan, which always makes me nervous in case I didn’t close it correctly.

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU’RE REGISTERED, check to make sure. Trumpists are purging the rolls. www.vote.org Deadline to register is TODAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and TEXAS!

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A neighbor used to grow some and he always cut them down hard in the winter and they came back well. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I planted these about four years ago and they grew a little, but mostly sat there. This year they are trying to take over the backyard. My best guess – neglect, time, and rain. I haven’t done anything with them, so either they just liked the weather this year or they need some time to get going.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Getting my ingredients ready for tonight’s dessert, a Stout Cake inspired by GBBO.

Ingredients include: heavy cream, vanilla, baking soda, powdered and superfine sugar, eggs, cocoa powder, flour, sour cream, butter, Guinness. Not pictured - cream cheese

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Updates from the garden…banana is at five hands of baby bananas, there’s suspicious activity happening on the neverending watermelon vine, and two green anoles (the front and back garden squad) are keeping watchful eyes out.

We’re up to five hands of baby bananas. Most likely won’t ripen as it will get cold before they’re ripe, if they even get pollinated. I might need to learn how to hand-pollinate bananas.

A small baby watermelon and a larger one below on the vines

Two green anoles hang out on the back wood fence near the very happy lantana blossoms

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you grew up near me, that lady was my mom. I was embarrassed too.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Time to break out the manual slicer!

A cross section and a whole loaf of sourdough rye bread

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Filling for pies tomorrow. I’m guessing this is more of a stew with a lid than a pie. Will taste good though.

Cooked ale & steak pie filling in my big cast iron Dutch oven

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