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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 6h

Somehow I hadn’t thought of AI-generated LIBRARY books. (Other than maybe plagiarists claiming they wrote something, while covertly using AI.) But this filter is for AI publishing that lacks the grace to be ashamed

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 14h

“I own I am shocked by the purchase of slaves, And fear those who buy them and sell them are knaves; What I hear of their hardships, their tortures, their groans Is almost enough to draw pity from stones. I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, For how could we do without sugar and rum?” (W. Cowper)

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Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is how they fire Muppets

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is not polite to photograph someone else’s child. I just want to tell you I saw a squirrel running with a crabapple the size of its head, with a toddler in hot pursuit

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Richard Thompson’s “I think I did it again,” though his cover of “Kiss” is amazing

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m with you on that. Traffic cameras seemed like such a good alternative to traffic cops (who clearly can’t be trusted.) The problem is that cops can’t be trusted. We can’t just offer them the ability to stalk anyone as a trade for their current ability to direct violence at any street corner

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scotland takes pissing contests to the next level

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Would have been a little funnier with the dog on dad’s duvet

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Even in larger cities with more Jews, non-Zionist synagogues tend to be small. (Mine is too small for a religious school, which is a big issue for parents.)

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Because asbestos is such effective fireproofing, it became easier to outlaw it when fewer fires were starting (safer wiring, less indoor smoking.) AI doesn’t solve that kind of obvious deadly problem

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With Yohannon and Reish Lakeish, I suspect they started there

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That phrasing implies Cornell is one of only a handful of “rape schools,” rather than the most recent example to be widely publicized

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“‘Hell!' said Harriet. 'Oxford, thou too?'”

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That’s glorious. Thank you for the TBR

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We also don’t ignore the powers of electromagnetic forces! Sunlamps for depression, radiation for diagnosis and cancer treatment

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If he loses, it won’t be regarded as a referendum on Medicare for All. It will be Israel. (Or yet another illustration of how hard it is for a scrappy band of individuals to overcome Big Money.)

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nixon was pardoned by a fellow Republican. I suppose they might have impeached and convicted Trump in time for Pence to pardon him, but the 2- week timeline makes it an especially wild fantasy.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thank you! I already got the Covid vaccine but am waiting for October for my flu shot, so the information is still helpful

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That’s not possible. Going faster does not only increase stopping distance. It also means the car does lots more damage when it hits.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My dad used to say “fondant” for frosting made without confectioners’ sugar (usually simple syrup, but occasionally maple.) But the recipe you linked uses “icing sugar,” which I think is the same as our confectioners? So, 3 possible definitions

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Back then we called it “consciousness raising” rather than “woke.” And I remember talking to republican voters who insisted they weren’t sexist or homophobic, they were just fed up with “political correctness.” That runs parallel to white supremacy, of course

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So many books are a mix. Anti-misogyny + pro-eugenics (or racist). Anti-war + cringingly sexist (or classist). Pro-queer but also sexist and classist. Feminist but anti-union.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There are so many different flavors of “conservative,” so it’s a really hard question even without considering if we mean “best art that is conservative” or “most conservative work that is good art.”

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think Speaker for the Dead is both more conservative and better written, though it’s a different kind of conservative. (Traditional family values saves a community from the terrible threat of a retrovirus.)

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s not just that Card himself is conservative. The book is based on the idea that some people are just born Good, regardless of their behavior. Murdering or other evil actions may be traumatic for a good person, but do not make them less good.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Time that with its strange excuse Pardoned Kipling and his views And will pardon Paul Claudel Pardon him for writing well. The Auden poem is the only reason I’ve even heard of Claudel. In contrast to Dostoyevsky, Mishima, Tolkien, or Wolfe

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just saw an MBTA repair truck with full aggressive strobes going while it was parked in an apparently-legal spot. (Harvard and Comm Ave.) I just increased the dose on my migraine preventative, but I didn’t intend to test it this hard right away.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer, the little death that brings total obliteration.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh, Elissa. Did you forget about Balbar Singh Sodhi? Or did you never hear his blood crying out from the Arizona ground? He was the first American victim of murderous hate crimes inspired by 9/11. He died on 9/15/2001, as the “shared bond” you imagine inspired his killer.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Can the students make their own? Or are frames and candles likewise out of budget? (Not sure if you could get donations of 30 broken etches a sketch, but they would make a funny substrate.)

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I hope they found a cook without the staggers

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Geologists spend years learning to do just that

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

China and India both signed the International Space Treaty of 1967, which forbids any nation from claiming sovereignty over the moon

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

According to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, no nation shall claim sovereignty over the Moon or any other celestial bodies. Breaking this treaty may be trivial compared to the Geneva Conventions, but it’s still bad.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I love the colors on this! Among other things

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Please help me find something I read on Bluesky last year. Is there a way to reduce vaccination side effects without reducing efficacy? Something about antihistamines, maybe?

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Some teachers are malicious bigots who believe whatever they find convenient. We might want them all to be wise and enlightened, but you can’t find that large a group without a few nogoodniks.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Did you use red onions and purple carrots? Or just the tomatoes?

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I don’t know. A few years ago, the answer was clearly “no, he is responsible for his criminal behavior.” But dementia is progressive, and he may NOW be legally insane/not competent to stand trial.

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I just saw 2 people try to move a wooden dresser on the trolley. I love Allston. (“Try” meaning the driver stopped them.)

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Heard of 3, watched 1. (She really is not aiming at my demographic, though.)

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Madame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A tweet.
Philip Larkin
@philiplarkin

Just spotted a cat on someone's porch, miaowing to be let in. Without thinking, I walked up to the door, rang the bell, nodded to the cat and left. It was only I rounded the corner I realised what I'd done as I heard the owner shouting FUCK ME SARAH THE CAT JUST RANG THE DOORBELL

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clochemerlesque @p38blue.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Crying in the seed art

Seed art rainbow colors emerged from a white cloud. Words worked in colorful seed saying “That’s fine dude, l’m not mad at you” Beneath in white letters “for Renee”

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At the universities I know of, the term “core curriculum” refers to less than 10% of classes, and students spend most of their time on what you call “electives.” As a chemistry major, none of my chemistry classes were in the core curriculum. None. UH is still making horrifying changes!

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Furthermore, both escalators and the elevator are out of service at Harvard (at least at the main entrance by the CVS)

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

She was on the side of the angels in some of the culture wars, but not all. I’m glad she finally changed her “Dixie Stampede” in 2018, but the decades-long celebration of the Confederacy troubled me a lot. She was kind and generous and a superb businesswoman…that doesn’t imply she was perfect

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So they want a trade war that doesn’t include the auto industry, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, all the stuff 3M makes, California fruit…seems awfully limited. How much oil has Texas been selling to a country that includes Alberta?

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lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s such a lovely symbol of peace and cooperation between the US and DR. If the embassy no longer shares those values, makes sense to take down the picture. Maybe it should go to NYC (MoMA or Gracie Mansion)

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