lilithsaintcrow

lilithsaintcrow, 2 hours ago to random

"Labelled AR 3664, it developed into one of the most energetic areas seen on the Sun in recent years, unleashing a series of explosions that led to a surge of energetic particles striking the Earth..." https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240513.html

lilithsaintcrow, 3 hours ago to random

Homemade samosas for dinner, with homemade mint chutney. Also, sweet chili sauce goes VERY well with these.

I may need a warm rock to drape myself over, for digestion purposes.

lilithsaintcrow, 4 hours ago to random

"...she was unwittingly part of a statewide effort to weaken local support of public schools and lay the groundwork for a voucher system. And she said that unless she and others sound the alarm, residents won’t realize what is happening until it is too late." https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore/

lilithsaintcrow, 5 hours ago to random

Today has been all about research and whew, I am never writing THAT particular idea. It's not even going in the compost heap, I'm just gonna bin it and move on.

I feel like this is one of the few instances in which I will ever approach wisdom.

lilithsaintcrow, 6 hours ago to random

Boxnoggin got a brushing and his Kong toy filled with kibble, but he is dead certain that is not enough attention or coddling and would like to file a complaint.

Unless I get down on the floor again and snuggle him. That would be acceptable.

lilithsaintcrow, 6 hours ago to random

"An important part of his larger project as a writer was to shed light on the widespread “tendency to distort reality according to their political convictions,” especially among the intellectual classes." https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/george-orwells-political-views-explained-in-his-own-words.html

lilithsaintcrow, 8 hours ago to random

"Over the past thirty-eight years, the public has spent billions on an inefficient and haphazard affordable housing system that has everything to do with corporate tax avoidance and the shadow of the Cold War and little to do with housing." https://thebaffler.com/latest/disaster-of-the-house-mironova

lilithsaintcrow, 9 hours ago to random

My daughter wants me to watch this thing on meme stocks and a guy who is dead certain Bed Bath & Beyond is at the centre of a huge conspiracy.

I don't know about this.

lilithsaintcrow, 10 hours ago to random

"Keen to get him back, believing that he had seen transmutation with his own eyes, the duke had his court painter produce “wanted posters” for the vanished alchemist, who was soon apprehended and brought back to attempt the transmutation again." https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/gilded-gallows-of-georg-honauer/

lilithsaintcrow, 11 hours ago to random

"He spent decades taking dozens of different types of nostrums in the attempt to cure his deafness and chronic illnesses, and they certainly contained lead, among many other poisons." http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/70200

lilithsaintcrow, 12 hours ago to random

Boxnoggin was absolutely THRILLED to have a slightly longer walk today, since his leg appears ever so much better. Nose-drunk and drooling, he was determined to sniff everything.

EVERYTHING.

lilithsaintcrow, 13 hours ago to random

I love writing, it’s what I was meant and made for. But I hate publishing’s constant exploitation and wish I could leave.

lilithsaintcrow, 13 hours ago to random

I will make no decisions until after breakfast when the caffeine has kicked in. I will make no decisions until after breakfast when the caffeine has kicked in. I will make no decisions until...

lilithsaintcrow, 14 hours ago to random

Today is going to need more coffee than usual, I can just feel it.

lilithsaintcrow, 1 day ago to random

"Antoni Jaczewski was one of many adventurers and grifters who suckered people in the late 17th and early 18th century when Poland was struck by another wave of plague." http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/70170