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Rebellion was the war, the new series is the resurrection and the restoration.

At the end of Foundation (Rebellion VI), about a third of Cimenarum had burned, Rien had been crowned Razia, she was pregnant, and the government was starting to come back. But Rien could never be the new boss, same as the old one. 

This scene happens a few tendays after the Coronation, in the transition. The scene is from Vaish sune Saren’s perspective — the one-eyed thought sniffing former spy who first appeared in Wisdom’s Fire (Book IV). Vaish and Rien are in her working office.

My Galantier needed a reformation, and I get to give it one. I hope their vision of a better citizen peace-keeping system may inspire others in this world to think what could be possible.

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Let’s catch up. 

On February 13, 2017, a Monday and the last day of a 3 day weekend, 13 year old Abigail Williams and 14 year old Liberty German were best friends, and being young teenagers, they wanted to try to fulfill their local rite of passage — walking across a disused, very tall railroad bridge.

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This started as a thread in response to something at Bluesky (which I usually like, but which is, like the entire internet in 2024, frequently poisoned with too much binary thinking) and I decided I wanted it here. Comments are off. 

So, I deleted a bunch of replies to a high profile account because I’m not someone’s punching bag when they’re getting dugeony about a profession they profoundly do not understand. 

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Originally a Twitter thread from 2020. 

We do not live in Gotham.
Nor do we live in Metropolis.
Those are fictional.
So is Batman.
And Batman is not a hero.

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That mid-mod cabinet that I got a couple months ago is now retiring to a life as a desk or entry table for a Mid-Mod enthusiast. Singer switched to using some particle board in the late 50s/early 60s, with both veneer & Formica (easier care) on the table tops. 

A mid-century modern table on a wood floor.
The mid-mod Singer Cosmopolitan cabinet in light walnut, in my sewing room, with the lid closed as it will probably always be now. 

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From a 2021 twitter thread

Summer reminder, since many are heading out into the national parks and federal lands:

Be VERY careful with anything that looks like a sprinkler head or trash in the ground – it could easily be an M44 cyanide device. It can kill humans and dogs.
Our tax dollars pay for this poison.

A mechanical poison bomb used on federal public lands for canid control
An M44 device in the ground. It looks like a pink marshmallow on top of a sprinkler head.

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(There was a twitter thread, this was my response. The anonymized post that started it.)

Text:
Because most pain is treatable with Tylenol and ibuprofen. I've had multiple surgeries in the last few years and it's always been manageable with that and a bit of CBD oil. This is how the rest of the world treats pain. The US uses 80% of the global opioid supply. It's insane.
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Why are so many people being denied opioid pain medication for
ACUTE pain? The pendulum has swung too far the other direction.
I am tired of horror stories - pain from serious car accidents and major surgeries being "treated" with Tylenol.
A screenshot of an asshole talking out her mouth from a place of No Nothing arrogance

Yeah, no, to this whole tweet about Tylenol, CBD and ibuprofen. This is a lot of bad information packed into 280 characters. 

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