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taratearex 📚🌌

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Reading books and talking about disability justice 📚☕️🍉😷🌈 queer/nonbinary/they/she. disabled/autistic Wisconsinite ❄️ Pronounced TAHR-uh 📚: 37/52 Find me 👇🏻 linktr.ee/taratearex

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Would you bring an iced coffee to an exorcism
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Went to vegan fest without any pepto in my bag 😖😩 who do I think I am?! A normie?!
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not really looking forward to another season of always being congested 🫠
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I can’t keep interacting with people who have no idea what they’re talking about but act like they’re experts! I can’t! I know that’s like the literal state of the world right but I can’t do it anymore!
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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“…no one’s wearing masks, everyone seems to be in good shape…” Biden, 2022 “15 million Americans may have long COVID…almost certainly an undercount…cardiologist seeing new dysautonomia, endocrinologist seeing new metabolic disease, neurologist seeing unexplained cognitive complaints” Research, 2026
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Long COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patients
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok forgot we could use the real stove lol, and thanks to the hand grinder I bought years ago I could still grind beans. And just when I sat down to drink my coffee the power came back lol
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Power is out, which means no coffee unless I go dig the camp stove out 😖
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/09/2026
Always and increasingly relevant starter pack for your consideration: go.bsky.app/3w9a45V
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The U.S. military swung into action to intercept a Chinese ship after an “entirely false” AI-generated intelligence report inaccurately identified what the vessel was carrying It also “almost started a war,” a source told CNN.
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Canadian study of nearly 9,000 adults looked at repeat COVID infections. Researchers found that people who reported having COVID at least twice had 76% higher odds of being diagnosed with a new health condition, across 21 conditions studied, compared with those who reported never being infected.
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Adults with Two or More COVID Infections Had 76% Higher Odds of a New Diagnosis in Canadian Survey
A Canadian survey tied repeat COVID-19 infections to 76% higher odds of a new diagnosis. Here is what it shows and what it cannot prove.
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
everything i have learned about ed sheeren has been against my will, but man every time a neutral ass bitch tries to say they are apolitical, there is always an abundance of examples of them being very political 😵‍💫
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
idk how to professionally say "he's crashing out" to my boss lol but i have sent a dozen emails to a coworker telling him he is not checking his work/sending duplicate work/wrong info and he just keeps going! go take a walk bro. stop sending emails man, the hole is too deep at this point
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
it really sucks that so many remote job options went away because of the forced "covid is over" bs. i really wish my partner and i could find new jobs where we wouldn't have to mask all day if we are in an office/building, so the only real alternative is wfh at this point :(
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A study using PET brain scans found people with Long COVID had significantly lower levels of VMAT2, a protein involved in dopamine signalling, compared with healthy people. Reductions of 16–20% were found in brain regions involved in motivation, movement, memory, planning and apathy.
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•	Top Section: Features the Fortune logo in bold black capital letters. Below it, the category tags read HEALTH and CORONAVIRUS.
•	Headline: The large, bold article title reads: "Long COVID's brain fog finally has a biological explanation: Dopamine loss".
•	Byline and Date: Includes a small circular profile picture of the author. The text reads "By Catherina Gioino", followed by a "News Editor" title and a "Follow" button. The timestamp is listed as "September 14, 2026, 2:55 PM ET".
•	Main Photograph: An outdoor, slightly blurred street-level shot of multiple pedestrians walking towards the camera. The individuals in the foreground are wearing surgical or cloth face masks.
o	On the left, a man wears glasses, a black zip-up jacket, blue jeans, and blue disposable gloves.
o	On the right, a woman walks alongside him wearing a blue patterned rain jacket and sunglasses.
•	Caption: A small caption at the very bottom reads: "Scientists found a link between damaged dopamine nerves and those experiencing symptoms of Long Covid." and credits the photo to "MATTHEW HORWOOD/GETTY IMAGES".
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trying to talk shit with my partner: Me: do you know who ed sheeren is? Him: no Me: do you know who Macklemore is? Him: I do not understand any of the words you are saying 😖
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AT&T Stadium reportedly is one of the venues that opposed Macklemore being on Ed Sheeran's bill. Worth noting that AT&T is hosting Kanye West in November.
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👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 14/09/2026
A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking: Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
i am literally so bad at choosing paint colors, what is this useless art degree even for lol. tried to get a light minty green and it is like neon aqua on the wall, whew!
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
i keep trying to make these fiber snacks people post on instagram and i just gotta quit lol, not one has been edible so far. i had high hopes for the espresso chia pudding lol
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can’t sit for too long, can’t stand for too long, can’t walk for too long, can’t have a body for too long, can’t exist for too long. Just little chronic pain things 💫
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Created this for a reply on LinkedIn, but it applies pretty generally, so posting it here, too:
Simpsons "Don't make me tap the sign" meme with the text "Just because you've identified a problem doesn't mean an LLM is the solution" on the sign.
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not being able to stream anything without constant glp1 commercials is so exhausting
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
what if quit my job and worked overnight in a library instead jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/library...
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Library Access Services Specialist - Late Evening/Overnight - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:University StaffEmployment Ty...
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
my workplace will drive you to the brink and then when you finally lose it and send a coworker an email saying "WTF is he doing?!" that coworker will reply and CC the guy you're talking about and his boss. it's toxic all the way down
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A coworker tried to correct my use of the word "ode" and then realized she was wrong after asking chatgpt and told me "it's probably because you read a lot more than me". Idk maybe??? Why do I know what any word means?! But then later I was reading a book and "ode" was on page 2 😂
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mel thomas @pagemelt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
sorry i was weird and off-putting the last time we talked!! it’s just that that’s my truest, most fundamental nature
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
a bunch of new books showed up in my LFL and they are all terrible lol, john mccain and a bunch of religious books 😖 i hope someone takes them quickly lol, they are really ruining the vibe
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's one (1) one flavor from one (1) brand Looks like some ink MIGHT have gotten into the product during handling, so they're recalling just in case. Let's keep in mind the Taco Bell principle on this one guys. "If a company proactively lets you know there MIGHT be a problem… that's a GOOD thing."
Pic of a package of tofu. Hodo brand, "chili crisp lightly fried tofu."
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New on the MAIHT3k newsletter -- how to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground and towards firm "AI" resistance. buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
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Six Problems With Talking About the “Ethical” or “Responsible” Use of “AI”
How to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground By Emily M. Bender and Decca Muldowney A dancing ledge, as viewed from above. Image: Will...
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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 28/08/2026
This is literally the worst timeline. The freaking worse.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
with alt text. this is so beautiful 💕
Dolly Partons IMAGINATION LIBRARY

Dear Imagination Library Graduate,

My, how time flies. It seems it was only yesterday when your family and friends read you your first story. You were just a baby. Now you're five years old and about to go to school. How exciting!
This may be your last book from my Imagination Library but you have to promise me you will keep on reading. If you go to your local public library you will find a great number of books just for kids your age. Every book is a treasure and every time you open one up you will meet new friends and take wonderful journeys to magical places.
I hope you have a great time in school. I bet your school will even have a library where you can check out books. You and all of your friends are very special. There is no limit to what you can do or how far you can go.

Just remember the lessons my family taught me - dream big dreams; learn everything you can learn; and care for all those who care for you. You do all of these things and you can be anyone you want to be.

You are terrific, and remember...
I Will Always Love You,
Dolly
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton understood something that too many of my public health colleagues have not grasped: a good idea isn't sufficient — you have to sell it. So she got vaccinated in front of cameras, and literally begged her fans to not hesitate, to vaccinate — to a reworking of Jolene
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Dolly Parton, Public Health Hero, Dies at 80 | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Dolly Parton donated $1M USD to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2020 to fund the research that resulted in the Moderna mRNA vaccine
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 25/08/2026
donating to the Imagination Library made me feel just a little bit better imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"The hip fracture that shortens a woman’s life at 80 often has its invoice dated decades earlier, accumulated interest on a debt incurred when she was learning, at 11 or 22 or 35, that her body’s smallness was worth more than its strength."
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m stocked in an indie bookstore!! If you’re in the US, you can order my queer dystopian horror book from Casa Luna Books, an online bookstore with a focus on diverse voices. Support an indie author and an indie bookstore at the same time! casa-luna-books.myshopify.com/products/thi...
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This Is How The World Ends : Disco Barrington
Run the race. Or die. Britain is at war, isolated by a digital blockade. Dissidents run a deadly race for the public's entertainment, while the flood-ravaged country falls apart. The Cartwright family...
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
i just want a job where i dont have to review a 10 page AI output that someone else prompted, is that too much to ask!?!?!?
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
you can tell me a book is good and that does not mean i will want to read it, sometimes the vibes are just off and the tbr is really long, like REALLY LONG. i'm a slow reader, i do not have the time!
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Finally got my author copies of the UK paperback of The AI Con, and they're even prettier in person! w/@alexhanna.bsky.social thecon.ai
Two paperback copies of The AI Con stacked at an angle, against a light wood desk. The title is rendered in large letter-press font, surround the subtitle in smaller letters, "How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want". Author names in all caps at the bottom: "Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna". In the upper left are two blurbs: "You need to read this book" (Brian Eno) and "A powerful antidote to the hype" (Grace Blakeley). In the lower left are two more: "Truly eye-opening ... indispensable" (Ha-Joon Chang) and "A book to inoculate your mind" (Yanis Varoufakis). The background of the cover is a blue gradient, going from almost periwinkle on the left to a bright azure on the right. The lettering is all either black or white.
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How does anyone go anywhere, looking at plane tickets and they’re a thousand dollars, cool cool cool I guess I will go back to never leaving my house
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/08/2026
Progressive wins by small margins: this is proof that the left doesn't have what it takes Progressive loses by small margins: this is proof that the left doesn't have what it takes
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Mainstream dems pull off an "upset" also known as their usual tactics against progressive candidates- having the current Governor endorse Crowley and say Hong couldn't win, same old same old. They really are terrified of these progressive candidates
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
They're really scared of what Fran pulled off in a key state like WI.
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
truly i try to mind my own business when i see someone at my little free library but this guy just stood at the library for a really long time and took a decent stack and i am just CHEESING with joy. yes i curated those books just for you and your kids sir!
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
sighhhh, that post Wisconsin election depression again
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Minestrone Monster @minstronemonster.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Saying it again: not everything is covid but it sure is bizarre how absolutely *nothing* is attributed to covid. Also btw the British Heart Foundation has had info on how covid affects the heart since at least 2023
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I’m a transgender Brit and I have this to say to the British actors happily joining the trans-hating money train: Fuck off you greedy, two-faced, soggy biscuit tossers. Take your wands and your wizard hats and stick them up your arse. I hope a seagull eats your chips and then shits on your heads.
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taratearex 📚🌌 @taratearex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Me: Sure wish I knew why I feel faint/lightheaded sometimes 🫠 Also me: oh yeah, I was supposed to go the faint and fall clinic and never did 🫠
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