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Posted by Kenyatta Thomas

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/algorithmic-suppression-abortion-content-creators

This is the fourth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here.

One of the goals of our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign was to put names, stories, and numbers to the experiences we’d been hearing about: people and organizations having their abortion-related content – or entire accounts – removed or suppressed on social media. In reviewing survey submissions, we found that multiple users reported experiencing shadowbanning. Shadowbanning (or “deranking”) is widely experienced and reported by content creators across various social media platforms, and it’s a phenomenon that those who create content about abortion and sexual and reproductive health know all too well.

Shadowbanning is the often silent suppression of certain types of content or creators in your social media feeds. It’s not something that a U.S-based creator is notified about, but rather something they simply find out when their posts stop getting the same level of engagement that they’re used to, or when people are unable to easily find their account using the platform’s search function. Essentially, it is when a platform or its algorithm decides that other users should see less of a creator or specific topic. Many platforms deny that shadowbanning exists; they will often blame reduced reach of posts on ‘bugs’ in the algorithm. At the same time, companies like Meta have admitted that content is ranked, but much about how this ranking system works remains unknown. Meta says that there are five content categories that while allowed on its platforms, “may not be eligible for recommendation.” Content discussing abortion pills may fall under the umbrella of “Content that promotes the use of certain regulated products,” but posts that simply affirm abortion as a valid reproductive decision or are of storytellers sharing their experiences don’t match any of the criteria that would make it unable to be recommended by Meta.

Whether a creator relies on a platform for income or uses it to educate the public, shadowbanning can be devastating for the growth of an account. And this practice often seems to disproportionately affect people who are talking about ‘taboo’ topics like sex, abortion, and LGBTQ+ identities, such as Kim Adamski, a sexual health educator who shared her story with our Stop Censoring Abortion project. As you can see in the images below, Kim’s Instagram account does not show up as a suggestion when being searched, and can only be found after typing in the full username.

Earlier this year, the Center for Intimacy Justice shared their report, "The Digital Gag: Suppression of Sexual and Reproductive Health on Meta, TikTok, Amazon, and Google", which found that of the 159 nonprofits, content creators, sex educators, and businesses surveyed, 63% had content removed on Meta platforms and 55% had content removed on TikTok. This suppression is happening at the same time as platforms continue to allow and elevate videos of violence and gore and extremist hateful content. This pattern is troubling and is only becoming more prevalent as people turn to social media to find the information they need to make decisions about their health.

Reproductive rights and sex education have been under attack across the U.S. for decades. Since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision in 2022, 20 states have banned or limited access to abortion. Meanwhile, 16 states don’t require sex education in public schools to be medically accurate, 19 states have laws that stigmatize LGBTQ+ identities in their sex education curricula, and 17 states specifically stigmatize abortion in their sex education curricula.

Online platforms are critical lifelines for people seeking possibly life-saving information about their sexual and reproductive health. We know that when people are unable to find or access the information they need within their communities, they will turn to the internet and social media. This is especially important for abortion-seekers and trans youth living in states where healthcare is being criminalized.

In a world that is constantly finding ways to legislate away bodily autonomy and hide queer identities, social media platforms have an opportunity to stand as safe havens for access to community and knowledge. Limiting access to this information by suppressing the people and organizations who are providing it is an attack on free expression and a profound threat to freedom of information—principles that these platforms claim to uphold. Now more than ever, we must continue to push back against censorship of sexual and reproductive health information so that the internet can still be a place where all voices are heard and where all can learn.

This is the fourth post in our blog series documenting the findings from our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. Read more in the series: https://www.eff.org/pages/stop-censoring-abortion

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/algorithmic-suppression-abortion-content-creators

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Posted by languagehat

https://languagehat.com/sonya-mathews-has-a-blog/

https://languagehat.com/?p=18314

It’s a lot spiffier than this antiquated relic of the 2000s, but it covers a congruent mix of language-related topics. The About page features a Chekhov quote and a list of beliefs (Dogs are the best people; All English is Good English; No such thing as a wrong pronunciation); topics include phrasal verbs, No Irish in the House of Commons, The Irish and the definite article, I goes to work: subject-verb agreement, and many more, some of them listed at Kattullus’ MeFi post, from where I got the link (e.g. Shetland or Zetland ?, featuring yogh [Ȝ]). I learned something about my adopted region from this one:

It is almost a rite of passage, for those trained in the English language of New England, to confuse an outsider by using the phrase “downcellar”. This is a phrase that means both generally “downstairs” and also “in the basement”, and can be used regardless of what floor the speakers are on, or whether they are even indoors.

The phrase “down cellar” is not a recent evolution or an informal term, being attested as far back as the 1700s. Rather it is a product of an older and broader use of the preposition “down” which meant “towards”, evolving through the common directional construct “downtown”.

And though the term is not exclusive to New England, being reported by speakers in surrounding regions as well, it dovetails with a broader New England English proclivity for the direction “down.” New Englanders use it as a catch-all for generalized motion towards, saying things like “down the store”, “down the beach” and “down Quincy Market”.

Regardless of where we are geographically, the direction of travel is “down east” or “down town”, with “uptown” being decidedly too fancy a place to go. We even go “down the Cape”, from Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island, though the phrase “down Cape” has a more specific meaning: to the better beaches past Hyannis!

As an old-style blogger, I wish the entries were dated and there were archives (at least, I can’t find any), but never mind the nitpicking, it’s a good find.

https://languagehat.com/sonya-mathews-has-a-blog/

https://languagehat.com/?p=18314

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Most of the official documents of the Koretian government are locked away or in active use, but the outer chamber of the historian's room boasts a magnificent chart of the bloodlines of the previous rulers of Koretia. You will see that there are two main bloodlines; both were cut off by wartime casualties, although the last surviving direct descendant of the second line died surprisingly recently. See the section of this book on Valouse for more details.

The Jackal's previous bloodline is unknown, but the Koretian ruler has established a new bloodline by selecting a young kinsman as his heir. The kinsmanship is dually established through a wardship and through a blood-brotherhood of an earlier generation.

[Translator's note: With his usual reticence, the Ambassador fails to cite plainly his own connection to Koretia's royal line. That connection is mentioned often in Empty Dagger Hand.]

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Title: Supply and Demand
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1
Pairing/Characters: Jack O'Neill, Rodney McKay
Word Count: 166
Content Notes: none
Prompt:

no_true_pair September 22 - Rodney McKay & Jack O'Neill - grocery list

Link to fic: Supply and Demand (on AO3)

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Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

The continuing adventures of Jeeves and Bertie.

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Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

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Dear Festividder,

I'm delighted that we're matched on one of these small fandoms. Vids are excellent and I can't wait to see what you come up with! 

I'm always happy to be introduced to new-to-me music through vids, it's how I find some of my favorite artists and songs.  But if you'd like, here are some examples of music/musicians I like already: Dessa, Griff, Glades, Taylor Swift, Tiffany Day, Lil Nas X, Years & Years, Vienna Teng, BOY, Be Steadwell, Alexander James Adams, Mon Rovîa, Adia Victoria, Indigo Girls, Mary Lambert, Lady Bri, Chvrches, Oh Wonder, Owl City, Little Mix, Foxes, Cloudy June, Haley Kiyoko, Carly Rae Jepsen, Liang Lawrence.

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I had absolutely the most fabulous adventure today.

I had to hie on up to Friday Harbor Labs for work. This meant getting up and out the door by 7 to make the 9am ferry from Anacortes to Friday Harbor, but I was on the road by 6:40, and not fighting commute traffic (that's all going the other way) made for a nice relaxing drive up. While I did have a deadline, I wasn't in a rush. I took some mental notes of other things along the way for when I do this without work as an excuse.

I chose to walk-on the ferry rather than drive on. Much less expensive. This late in the summer season there's lots of room at the parking lots right by the ferry terminal, so I absolutely could have parked closer, it was fine to have a little bit of an amble down to the waiting room. Got myself some more hot water for tea, and bought a cookie to feel less of a mooch. I had just enough time to wander around a bit, but not quite enough to wander off to explore the cove near the ferry.

The ferry was a little delayed in loading since someone's car stalled, and they had to push it off. There was an entire pack of bike riders all lined up, and another crowd of walk-ons, but the ferry wasn't full at all, and I happily took over an entire tabletop right near the side concession stand (not the one with food) and did a quick catch up on email before opening my reading and passed the time reading and eavesdropping on the concession stand. The clerk was on his last day - the stand would close for the winter (and end of tourist season) tomorrow, and he'd be on another route. The weather was breezy and cool in the morning - the distant mountains were a little smoky/hazy, but the sun was shining and I had some great views along the ride.

I didn't have time to do more than glance around at the town as we offloaded - my ride was ready for me to whisk me the whole mile and a bit to the FHL campus. I am glad for the ride - the devices and laptop I needed to carry were heavy, and a return personal trip will have me packing much lighter.

I installed the device I needed to, and while I was doing that, the team that would be using it wandered in to be introduced, and one of them brough a large ceramic fish platter filled with snacks. We joked a little about the salami that was meant to be roses but ended up looking a little more like sombreros. (They were still tasty) The session I led was part training, part setup, getting them geared up to use ecommerce instead of just the in-person device that I'd just replaced. With the group in the room and the questions I was fielding, it would have taken twice as long over multiple zoom sessions, so I felt like the time we'd just spent was well worth it. Plus, you can't get snacks like that over Zoom!

Then I got to have a tour! The campus is a fairly sprawled set of buildings a little ways of a side road, well treed and right by the water: the entire focus/feature of the labs is freshly pumped sea water for the tanks and aquariums. The lobby of the main admin building has a 'tide pool' with some absolutely huge anemones, urchins and sea cucumbers. There were some smaller sea stars in that area, but the highlight of the lab space was a large set of tanks with sunflower sea stars. These are the starfish that have been hit with a wasting disease, and are the major predators of sea urchins, which themselves will absolutely mow down swathes of kelp, leaving undersea deserts in the absence of the sea stars. They've figured out the cause of the disease this year! At this lab!

I had also recently read an article about smashing urchins to restore the kelp forests, so I got to enthuse at the researchers there (the PI and one of the assistants, a recent grad) and they got to enthuse right back at me, and show me the dinner-plate sized three year old stars and the one single four-year old who'd been held back from the release the week before. 'Charlotte' had actually shrunk from not eating for some six months or so, but had started consuming cut up squid (while still turning up it's tentacles at the usual mussel-fare), so they were happy it was improving again and they'd also learned more about the star's physiology! Then we proceeded down the line of the tanks looking at all the other stars at different ages; the one glormped over a mussel it was eating, it's central body puffed like ball; the little bitty stars smaller than a dime with only 5 arms (sunflower stars just keep growing more arms!); and all the way to the free floating juveniles that had not yet settled onto a surface, but were just little specky things I absolutely needed my glasses to see. Absolutely delightful.

We didn't go out on the dock where the motored research vessels or leisure rowboats were, but it's a lovely little cove that the offices overlook. I topped up my water in the old dining hall - the oldest building dating back to the 20s or so, with a huge vaulted ceiling with thick beams of wood from the local forests. There's dorms and small living spaces tucked up from the water (and all the pumped sea water) and into the trees. I didn't ask to look into people's living spaces, but I did poke my nose at the window of the little building labeled Art Studio which was just a one-room structure with a wood stove and a south wall that was all glass. Serendipity smiled on me: the Artist had just pulled up, and she was delighted to show off what she'd been working on (lots of mixed media, sea wrack and cyanotypes)

I had missed the 2pm ferry to get my tour, and time was ticking for the 3:50 ferry. I could easily have caught the ride into town and poked around for dinner and a later ferry, but decided to try for the ferry, and made it with a few minutes to spare. There was a redhead who looked passingly like my Cousin Whitney there with two corgi puppies - I didn't run up to pet them, but watching their antics while waiting to board was fun.

I did get to sea a dolphin or two alongside the ferry - a brief glimpse only, but a happy chance. On the return ferry, I noticed quite a few more puzzles on the tables, but they all had other people in those booths. Maybe next time I'll bring my own.

Once we'd disembarked, I decided to skip the rush out of the parking lot and explore the cove. There's a little boardwalk over the marsh down the hill from the parking lot, but it's closed, so I stuck to the shore for a little amble and then back. I took a different route out that avoided Anacortes proper, and got on the road back towards I-5 just in time to start thinking that I was getting hungry.

Just then I came across the Irish Pub I'd made one of those mental notes about on the way in. It's a huge building surrounded by open fields so it really stands out. Inside, there was live music that had just started up and I was informed it was half St. Patrick's Day: they had a nice prix fixe menu for the 6 months from the Day. Well, that's me sold! The salad and fish&chips were decent, but desert was the most delightful bread pudding. Absolutely delicious. I was tucked nicely into a little booth with live music that wasn't so loud I couldn't hear myself think (my usual complaint with music like that, but it was just a large booth with many musicians, and no amplification, just good acoustics) I lingered for a while before I noticed the light outside dimming and the desire to be home with my cats welling up.

None of the other places I noted on the way up were open anymore, and I was tired, so I queued up the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack and attempted to sing along all the way home. It had just rolled onto the instrumental songs at the end when I hit my neighborhood: perfect timing.

I think I'll be smiling about this trip for a solid week, but also. Tired now.

Current Mood: happy

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Title: Walking Away
Fandom: BtVS
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy, Angel.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Set sometime before or during The Prom.
Summary: They’ve played this scene out more than once, but there are still things they need to say.
Word Count: 901
Written For: The prompt ‘Any, any, post-breakup conversation,’ at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BTVS, or the characters.

( Walking Away... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Title: Manipulation Tactics
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 623
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack is determined to get his way, no matter what he has to do.
Written For:

milk97x’s prompt ‘any, any, little spoon,’ at

threesentenceficathon.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

( Manipulation Tactics... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Though probably African frogs do not say that (the chorus from Aristophanes' The Frogs).

Anyway, this was of considerable interest to me having had to do with archives relating to these here amphibians (in which they were described as 'toads'):

Escapee pregnancy test frogs colonised Wales for 50 years

and also read the ms of a work by A Friend on the history of pregnancy testing in which they played a significant role.

They replaced the rabbit test ('did the rabbit die' - the rabbit had to die, actually, in order to examine its ovaries) as this was a non-lethal test and kept producing yet more frogs.

And there was quite an issue of what to do with the little blighters once chemical testing became the norm - as I recall attempts to dispose of them as pets.

Also

The frog is genetically surprisingly similar to humans, which means that scientists can model human disease in this amphibian and replace the use of higher sentient species.

Do we not feel that this is the beginning of some Golden Age sf/horror work? FROGMAN.

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Zlata!x!!

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Re-Reads. HUH.

None for now.

I DNF'd

I actually finished everything I started. O__O

Had an awesome time at first (but it all went downhill from there)

* Away Games by Misha Horne (M/M Romance) - A 35k novella that takes place a few months after the ending of Book 2. It has too much football (including an excess of practice and game scenes). The last chapter is a ridic (yet sweet) long porny scene between Caleb and Logan that segues into them talking abt their futures post-high school.

To me, the whole thing read like an epilogue draft since it didn't add anything new to Logan and Caleb's story and it wasn't far enough in the future (say, during their second year of university) to make any kind of impact. I gave this a 2 out of 5.

* She Didn't See It Coming by Shari LaPena (Mystery) - Bryden is happily married to Sam. They have pretty good careers, are the parents of a sweet 3-y.o., and seem to have a fab life. That is, until Bryden disappears...

Extremely readable novel. Good writing (no typos or weird turn of phrases.) Having read most of this author's books, I knew that I was in for domestic suspense, a whole lotta POVs (10 different characters in this novel), and some O___o kind of drama.

I wasn't AS taken with the mystery as I was with the MESSINESS of everything else.

Starting with 2 super chaotic evil characters who were fun to read abt. Even though they gave me the impression to have come in from a totally different book. There's also a 3rd character whose life went off the rails at some point...and that whole thing was never resolved?

Finally, a fourth character had a v. late in the book turn that made me ?????. And, to explain why, I gotta

dive into FULL SPOILERS

This fourth character is not only an abuser, but also a functional drug addict (Oxycontin). This is revealed in the next-to-last chapter and grants that character a full alibi (?!). This character--who has their own POV chapters--is never shown to be thinking abt drugs and/or getting high nor experience any type of physical withdraw from, again, their everyday usage.

It was v. odd that there were no hints abt this from the fourth character or anyone else who also had POVs. This was so UNBELIEVABLE that I 🙄 as the book came to a close.

Had I not been familiar with this author's usual style and that I had borrowed this from the library, I'd have probably DNF'd this book. Although I'm not quite putting this author on 'reader probation' yet, I will reconsider after reading whatever she publishes next. I gave this a 2.3 out of 5.

* Those We Run From by Fiona Zedde (F/F Romantic Suspense) - After finding out that Tilly, her ex-girlfriend from 20 or years ago, is on a hit list, almost-retired assassin Sterling heads to Miami to protect her and find out who wants her ex dead...

OTOH, this book had a v. diverse (in terms of race, sexuality, and gender) cast. I also really liked that the majority of the characters were 39+ years old. Oh, and the author can write actions scenes (including gunfights, knife fights, etc.) really well. She's got a knack for timing and describing the goings on.

OTOH, I had three issues with this 120-page novella.

1. The worldbuilding was incomplete. This story takes place in Miami (FL), the Bahamas, and southern Georgia. But there was no actual sense of place. Like, whenever the story moved to Miami, characters would inevitably think or say "wow, it's so hot/humid." And that was abt it. Same with the Bahamas.

2. Given the premise, i was ready for some goofiness plotwise. But then, a little near the halfway point, when the reason why Tilly has been targeted is revealed, the book moves on permanently to DEEPLY UNSERIOUS LAND. I mentally threw my hands in the air and said "I guess?!", NGL.

3. This last thing is the main reason why I gave it such a low ranking. This involves a mild spoiler w/r/t one of the MCs, but I don't consider it worthy of hiding behind a spoiler tag. Though, again, this is gonna be a MILD SPOILER.

So it turns out that Tilly has a twin sister named Nora. They've never gotten along and it's been a while since they've spoken with each other.

The book never uses words like autistic, autism, etc. However, it's clear that Nora is neurodivergent. The issue is the extremely negative way autism is shown. Especially when the chapter is from Tilly's POV.

Examples from Chapter 21 after Nora shows up. This is 100% from Tilly's POV (Emphasis mine):

It was bizarre seeing her sister again. Hearing her talk. They were identical in looks, but in temperament, in the way they processed things, were as different as dawn and midday. No doctor had been able to explain why. Nora was the analytical and brilliant one their parents never stopped praising. The one who was an ice cube but excelled at everything academic from her very first exam.

They start talking:

Tilly swallowed a few times. "What exactly do you mean by showing up here?"

"I made a gamble I shouldn't have and didn't factor in that I might have been gambling with your life, too." Nora faintly grimaced.

The scream crawled higher in Tilly's throat. "you talking to me like a robot isn't making the situation clearer."

"This is how i talk. There is no other way I can express myself."

That much was true. Tilly let out another sigh. [...]"

And the conversation continues with Nora talking and Tilly being judgy and on the defensive for no reason at all. The book does show Nora interacting with other characters just fine? There's one specific (but v., v. spoilery) convo Nora has with another character in which the other character never remarks on how 'odd' or 'robot-like' Nora is talking to them. So it's basically a Tilly-only issue, IMO.

At best, the way this book approaches a neurodivergent character is quite off-putting and, at worst, is truly worrisome and weird.

On top of that, it simply does not make any sense that Tilly, a 39-y.o. character who works with a variety of clients (she's a boudoir photographer) AND who has a really colorful group of friends AND gives the impression of being quite a worldly character wouldn't know or even consider the existence of autism. Especially in relation to her twin sister. Keep in mind that the story takes place in our world in contemporary times. That's all I'm saying.

ETA: I think I wouldn't have had as much of a problem if one of two things had happened:

1. If Tilly and Nora had been raised in an ultraconservative and super religious community. Since those types of groups tend to avoid/disregard anything that wouldn't be considered "normal".

OR

2. If the story has been set anywhere in the 1970s to 1980s. At those times, the general population's awareness of ADHD, dislexia, autism, etc was v. limited and prejudiced.

But that's not what happened here.

FTR, I was super grossed out by this part of the story, but it was such a short novella that I ended up. No idea if I'll read anything else by this author. I gave this a 1 out of 5.

Good vibes all around

* Comfort Me, Daddy by Misha Horne (M/M Romance) - the 444-age sequel to Hurt Me, Daddy. Logan has moved in with Caleb. There's a big chemistry test he HAS to pass if he wants his scholarship to continue AND some v. important football games he's gotta train for...

The writing continued to be good (no typos, no weird turn of phrase, etc.). There was enough space in the book for Logan to get some more character development. Which isn't to say that he became suddenly mature, but that he had changed (for the better) when it came to his self-esteem and relation to the world. Another thing that was v. clear was how much care this author had in creating all of the characters. Logan, Caleb, Walker, Ellis, and the rest of the guys had distinct personalities and behaviors and that made all of their interactions pretty interesting to follow along.

Most of the Logan/Caleb scenes (both in and out of bed) were fun and/or spicy.

OTOH, the author could've deleted 100-150 pages. Like, the author could've gotten rid of 8 or so chapters (out of 40) and tightened the story a lot.

Then there's a late-in-the-book dramarama involving Logan's mother. It felt kinda spliced into the book because there hadn't been anything working up to it. That said, I figured the author felt it necessary to give Logan some kind of closure regarding that aspect of his life? IDK.

Finally, I finished the book feeling quite dissatisfied with Caleb as an MC. There was so happening (and a lot of it being terrible) to Logan in the first book, that Caleb's steady and focused presence was v. welcomed. However, this book really showed that Caleb (both as a Daddy and as himself) had an infinite amount of patience (as well as all of the answers, I guess.) It flattened him as a character. I wish there had been at least one scene, moment, chapter in which Caleb had an off/bad day. If only to balance out all of the scenes of him being the perfect boyfriend.

Because, even though his care, love, and support of Logan made him a likable character, he didn't have anything else to him as a person. YMMV. I gave this book a 3.5 out of 5.

Current fic tally

Have picked up 160 fics, DNF'd 78

Some Thoughts

Not much in terms of satisfying reads, but I'm not actively regretting picking up most of the books (I still 😒 at Those We Run From, tho.) Thankfully, i have avoided falling into a reading slump, so I'm calling this a win (of sorts, LOL.)

Up Next...

Last time: "I'm now halfway thru the second book of the "The Brat and The Beast" duology, a mystery/thriller, a queer femdom (?) M/F set in space, and a historical paranormal that is NOT cozy."

Finished the first two books, am halfway thru the third one (which is NOT set in space)--though IDK if I'll finish it, and ended up renewing the fourth book before it was due back to the library. I'm also in the middle of another book which is the last one in a series. 🤞🏾 for good reading ahead!

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Block party yesterday extremely good: I met someone who keeps bees on his garage roof, and may have acquired volunteers for the pollinator garden, and talked about needlework with someone, and ate delicious fried chicken and upside-down peach cake. A+ community experience.

Today the cleaner is taking a crack at my dishwasher filter because I could not face a further attempt, and I am doing the interesting parts of my job (discussing copyright in archives! writing semantic HTML in preparation for writing modern CSS! prepping for a teaching commitment later this week!), and tomorrow I will go to the river for Tashlich first thing, and then have a co-writing sesh with H., and then the apple tasting flight with local honey (not from the garage bees) with friends in the park.

There is a constituent meeting with my state senator I am planning to go to later this week, he seems mostly useless but not actively evil, wish me luck.

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New to me TV:

Bob's Burgers 15x09 & 15x10
High Potential 2x01
Only Murders in the Building 5x04

Re-watched TV:

Community (continuing with season 1)

Movies:

Thunderbolts* (again)