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MaryAustinBooks

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The Last Rose of Summer is a true story about corruption in #cancer research. I discovered a cheap, plant-derived drug that could replace some much more toxic (but more lucrative) therapies. #BigPharma got involved and suppressed the research. Eventually I had to publish the story in thinly veiled fiction and survive a bunch of murder attempts.

"Mary Austin" is a pseudonym, as my publisher forced me to use one. So... hi, I'm "Mary." 🤷‍♀️

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cstross, to random
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It turns out that Bluesky can provide some enlightening commentary on the Farage fiasco—from Malaysia, at that:

https://bsky.app/profile/hishgraphics.bsky.social/post/3ku4g6iz5mt2i

MaryAustinBooks,
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@cstross
So many ways to call the man a twat.

RickiTarr, to random
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Would you rather be alone in a Space Ship with Darth Vader or the Queen Alien from Alien?

Please support the your answer if you feel like it.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@RickiTarr Not sure. I've heard the Dark Side has cookies, but does it really?

I'm going with whichever one has cookies.

https://theawesomer.com/aliens-warrior-cookie-jar/359397/

cstross, to random
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I don't want anyone to throw a milkshake at Nigel Farage; I'd happily hear about him being fed feet-first through a liquidiser, though.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@mentallyalex @cstross
YES! Not all heroes wear capes.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-gets-milkshake-thrown-140154430.html

MaryAustinBooks, to Cats
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Look at my handsome house panther! When he has his eyes open and the light actually captures his face, you can tell he isn't really a tiny wormhole.

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dannotdaniel, to random
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ahahHah

repost w alt text
OP @snipe

MaryAustinBooks,
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@dannotdaniel @snipe
I saw this immediately after an article about Rupert Murdoch marrying wife #5 and I'd like to thank you for passing the (relative) brain bleach.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@dannotdaniel @snipe I mean, it's at least less absurd and less gross.

MaryAustinBooks, to random
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@skeletor This you?

MaryAustinBooks, to random
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The IRS will now offer free e-file permanently, and all 50 states plus DC are invited to join.

Gotta wonder how many state governments TurboTax and the like can buy off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2024/05/30/irs-direct-file-permanent-2025/73911322007/

GottaLaff, to Canada
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Last night Mr. Laffy, the twins, and I celebrated:

1- May 34th
2- Finding a townhouse to put an offer on …in our preferred complex, exactly where we wanted to buy
3- Being together again, in for realsies
4- The rule of law working as it should

Today I woke up (I actually didn’t sleep much) under the weather… which started yesterday but was trying to ignore. So, no Champagne today.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@GottaLaff
Awesome! I hope you feel better quickly.

StillIRise1963, to random
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The GOP nominee for president is a FELON.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@StillIRise1963 Yeah but he didn't (gasp!) wear a tan suit.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@StillIRise1963 @benroyce
Ace comment:

MaryAustinBooks, to random
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They'll need it for all the ketchup, too.

MaryAustinBooks, to random
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When they tell you "Just be yourself, because anybody who can't accept you doesn't deserve you," this is what they mean. This is the kind of person you are dodging. Please remember that.

MsHearthWitch, to Health
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Been thinking a lot about health lately. Not as some thin white lady doing pilates, or some ripped dude who won't shut up about cross-fit.

But like, what does it ACTUALLY mean, and why is it important? Specifically, what would living in a more healthful way look like for me? Where I find myself is in a place that health is divorced from weight.

I don't care about weightloss. The things that bother me about my size are society's problems - not mine.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@MsHearthWitch
I have found that people do a lot better when building healthy habits takes priority over weighing a certain number. It's the only way to build health sustainably. What I used to do in pediatric practice-- talking about habits rather than weight or BMI-- wasn't something I ever referred to as Health At Any Size, but that movement takes the same approach.

I'm glad you found a yoga class you like. Everybody can benefit from yoga! I love it.

https://nutritionbycarrie.com/2021/01/haes-misconceptions.html

StillIRise1963, to random
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I think someone should devise a fun Buzzfeedesque quiz which asks fundamental questions in a sassy way that will tell you which party you need to vote for.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@StillIRise1963 @Aviva_Gary @WhiteCatTamer
It had me down as a Democrat as I am extremely hard to gross out. (Med school will do that to you.) But I don't see why all these hypothetical questions when MAGAs are out there literally drinking raw milk with bird flu in it, when they're not drinking pee instead of taking their covid vaccines.

MaryAustinBooks, to animals
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going about like it normally does around here

mattsheffield, (edited ) to random
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🧵 A small positive of Elon Musk buying Twitter is that he's made it impossible for Donald Trump's Truth Social to succeed.

Traffic at TS has been declining for months despite Trump flooding the site with posts about his high-profile NY criminal trial.

There simply aren't that many far-right political junkies out there. The few that do exist are running amok on Twitter. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/truth-social-traffic-trump-media-djt-data.html

MaryAustinBooks,
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@mattsheffield @KatM

TBF at least our same few people are qualified. I agree with all your points, I'm just sitting here marveling that all it takes to be a "rising star" in MAGA is a racist podcast and a name like... er... "Catturd2."

Probably easier to come up with rising stars when pretty much any booger they pull out qualifies.

StillIRise1963, to random
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"Kirk argued in the 1950s that if the American middle class — then under half of Americans — ever grew too large and well paid, then such access to “wealth” would produce a social disaster. His followers warned that under such circumstances minorities would forget their “place” in society, women would demand equality with men, and young people would no longer respect their elders.”

https://www.rawstory.com/mudsill-theory/

MaryAustinBooks,
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@StillIRise1963
Seeing "The poor are always with us" taken out of context and used to justify exploitation of the poor, what a particularly nauseating twist.

For non-Christians, Christ said this (Mark Ch 14) to defend a woman who humbled herself before him by pouring precious ointment on his head; some condemned her, saying the money for it should have been given to the poor. Jesus was in fact encouraging concern for the poor, but he was saying there was also value in her act of devotion.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@StillIRise1963
The full quote is actually "The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want."

Same kind of "Christian" read the Gospel just as selectively back then as the do today.

MaryAustinBooks, to Dogs
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The Very Good Girl from the doge meme has passed away at 18 after the kind of long and happy life we hope all our pets will get to enjoy.

Kabosu (whose name means "Pumpkin") lives on forever on the internet and/or at the Rainbow Bridge, depending on your beliefs.

Either way, such sweetie.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7W4sKxpUQZ/

RickiTarr, to random
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Have y'all ever had someone act like you were hurting them somehow by just liking a food?

Any time I buy or make kimchi, my Mom says it's so gross and she doesn't want any and just on and on. I never offer it to her, or make group food with it, but for some reason she seems offended by it, and I don't know why.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@RickiTarr
People really do either love or hate Marmite. I had an English boyfriend who loved it and missed it because he couldn't find it in the States. I thought to myself, we're in a major city, surely someone has it, so I set about to obtain a jar for him. I delighted him with the gift; then, because no good deed goes unpunished, he said, "Oh, you've got to try it!"

I gagged, got the "Well, it's an acquired taste" response, and assured him he could have every last bit.

StillIRise1963, to random
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A culture that loves racism more than their own children is damned.

MaryAustinBooks,
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@StillIRise1963
What a sight, your post providing the answer to the question asked in the title here (which was just above your post in my feed!). I will give Hartmann props for offering racial and gender hatred as one of the reasons. It always amazes me how many white authors spill endless ink on what "explains" an overtly white supremacist movement. "In this Ohio diner..."

https://hartmannreport.com/p/why-is-the-guy-who-told-us-to-drink-b41

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I love cats.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

MaryAustinBooks,
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@lowqualityfacts Truth!

RememberUsAlways, to uk
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MaryAustinBooks,
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@RememberUsAlways This is like Britain's Four Seasons Total Landscaping moment. The crooks know they're out of power, and yet they're no done humiliating themselves. They have to have one last cockup to make the entire world roll laughing, because we've been good and we deserve it.🤣

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