Lymphoma is the fifth most common cancer. Do you know the symptoms? #LetsTalkLymphoma #WorldLymphomaAwarenessDay #WLAD2025
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mega cat:
🎵 Don’t You Ever Get the Creeps?
#megacat
https://itsmegacat.bandcamp.com/track/dont-you-ever-get-the-creeps
https://open.spotify.com/track/7y3SplH1JuxGFw3ri7iLXu
Elizabeth Holmes
— who, not incidentally, stole hundreds of millions of dollars from investors
— is lobbying for a pardon from President Trump.
And why not?
Game knows game. Grift knows grift.
Of all the powers a president wields, few match his awesome pardon authority.
It is sweeping and life-changing. Idiosyncratic, resting wholly on personal whim, and irrevocable.
Once granted, it is impossible to reverse.
The power to pardon is also, like a…
Ok, so now I #MayContain
Allevia tablet anti histamine because itching, and sneezing.
Ibuprofen because sinus pressure headache.
Beconase nasal spray anti histamine because the Allevia isn't working.
Coffee because I have a mild caffeine addiction
85% Cocoa chocolate because I deserve a treat
Day 20: bell hooks.
Despite having decided to continue to 30, number 20 feels important, and hooks gets the spot in part because I haven't yet included a non-fiction feminist author, which feels like an obvious thing to include on such a list. The one category of author being bumped out of the first 20 here is anime writers, but I'll follow up with one of them, along with more academics and mangaka who I've been itching to include.
In any case, hooks is absolutely legendary as a feminist writer for good reason, and as a teacher I've especially appreciated her writing on pedagogy like "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and "Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom". These have challenged me to teach at a higher level, and while I'm not sure I've completely succeeded, they're important to me. They also pair well with Paolo Friere's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", but hooks always seems to be focused on very practical advice and it's incredibly direct in her writing, even though her advice isn't always straightforward to implement. In fact, that's one of the things I value about her writing: when the truth is complicated or the real work is messy interpersonal relationships that need to be negotiated with each student, she's not afraid to say so and give good advice for navigating those waters instead of trying to dispense simple-seeming platitudes or formulas for success that paper over the deeper issues. Her concern has always been truth, rather than simplicity or audience comfort and the popularity it might seem to entail, which I think is part of why her legacy endures so well.
#20AuthorsNoMen
#30AuthorsNoMen
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Chairmen of the Board:
🎵 Give Me Just A Little More Time
#ChairmenoftheBoard
https://itsjimmythegent.bandcamp.com/track/chairmen-of-the-board-give-me-just-a-little-more-time-jimmy-the-gents-extended-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6qbtTps7ZebLrWtqtu1joj
New York becomes the first US state to require retailers to disclose use of algorithmic pricing tied to personal data; 10 states are considering similar bills (Tim Balk/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/nyregio
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Force MD’s:
🎵 Itchin' for a Scratch
#ForceMDs
https://screwheili.bandcamp.com/track/force-m-d-s-itchin-for-a-scratch-chopped-screwed
https://open.spotify.com/track/5lsjMqUpxUXkFK5x66wdxD
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Mei Semones:
🎵 Itsumo
#MeiSemones
https://meisemones.bandcamp.com/track/itsumo
https://open.spotify.com/track/0l0lvQPjHQWXEnG187eyWw