@QueenOfEverything Now is when we need a national emergency declared

@Lulz4l1f3 Yes, these devices can be useful, but now overused. I am not necessarily looking for linear story telling, but a more artful blending, a weave, ha, ha. This is why I generally stick to classics. When I read modern fiction, it is for my book club.

House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill

G.O.P. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to bar Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from women’s rooms on Capitol Hill. - NYT

@AskTheDevil When it does, I look away, but we're already living it

How a silly science prize changed my career

A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work. Here’s an inside look at how winners feel about this sometimes unwanted ‘honour’.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03756-w

@postal_poet Reading your post put me into a murderous rage 😉

@anita_rotheram Beyond dual...

@anita_rotheram Yes, lazy!

@annamousse So I am not alone!

When Rome’s fountains run dry

Climate change, waste, and inaction are putting Italy’s capital at risk

https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/when-romes-fountains-run-dry/

it seems that most modern novels I read, use the device of jumping back-and-forth between characters and times. I find this not only annoying, but evidence of a lack of skill in weaving the stories.

The charlatan parade 🤡 🚗

Trump picks Mehmet Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator - NYT ffs

@shadow_queene 🫂

Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back. 🎁

*If there was no Junk Food Industry, many fewer would need Ozempic. We are preyed upon, and then preyed upon to fix it. Capitalism

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/magazine/ozempic-junk-food.html