Palimpseste

@palimpsestebot.bsky.social

MEN heard this roar of parleying starlings, saw,
A thousand years ago even as now,
Black rooks with white gulls following the plough
So that the first are last until a caw
Commands that last are first again,--a law
Which was of old when one, like me,…

— Edward Thomas
#lit #books #booksky

Angry Czeck

@angryczeck.bsky.social

I know the "Trump digging through rubble" story is untrue the same way I know "Trump peeing on Obama's bed" story is untrue: the guy's a complete germaphobe. He couldn't handle a speck of ash sullying his Brioni suit.

David Penfold :verified:

@davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy

Just got some L-DOPA tablets to help with concentration. I'm not particularly happy about taking them, as it will increase dopamine in the peripheral nervous system as well as in the noggin. Anyone got feedback?

My GP couldn't give me the antivirals to try to attenuate the Ménière's disease […]

🏳️‍⚧️ Nexxus Drako 🐉

@nexxusdrako.au

I miss being able to do Parkruns and Orienteering and stuff like that. But I'm 30 now and my body has been thrashed past its limit and I'm ossifying quicker than I'd like... which sucks because in my mind I'm still feeling like I'm 19 or something. If you don't use your body, you'll lose it. Damn.

ARTSTRADA MAGAZINE

@artstradamagazine.bsky.social

abstemious
/əbˈstiːmiəs/

Abstemious means practicing self-restraint and eating or drinking in moderation, especially when it comes to food and alcohol

Simone J. Skeen 💥🤍

@simoneskeen.xyz

ymmv but to me there is something poignant about seeing a normie-ass pharma ad for BIKTARVY, an HIV antiretroviral, featuring middle-aged people gamboling around and trumpeting U=U. Well within my lifetime this stuff was still discussed in hushed tones

Kyle Pond

@kylepond.bsky.social

If we consider the purpose of fitness tracker metrics being supplied in real time to an addiction EMR (e.g. Kipu) as providing insights into necessary interventions

The assumption is a motivated treatment population (e.g. low ambivalence)

Buddy Waters

@buddywaters.bsky.social

Witch and Mercenary 2
The first three chapters of this were pretty great, then the last one is marred by a weaksauce villain. He's meant to be a thematic mirror to several characters but is basically just a guy who sucks. But this complaint doesn't drag the whole book down.

Tade Thompson

@tadethompson.bsky.social

Diary of a Middle-aged Karateka:

I should not have had a heavy lunch.

I was slow and lumbering.

At least I was good at hitting people's feet with my belly.

Also, I could not tell my right from my left several times in this session.

Friday will be better.

ellie nil

@elliethepuppy.bsky.bark.wolp.chat

my most optimistic-bordering-on-pure-copium hope for aerie-force one is that holiday world somehow managed to snag it up. fits perfectly dropped right into the fourth-of-july section. can name it "firecracker" after an old coaster that used to stand. works perfectly. not likely tho :/