Mary Olivia

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too fickle for a favorite focus; fair to say i fancy fiction, friends, falsifiability, feminism, and fighting back. abolish police & prisons đŸ’œ
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Breaking: Natural intelligence solves problems in a similar way to artificial intelligence made to mimic natural intelligence. đŸ™„

I went to my optometrist this morning. They don't require customers to mask anymore, but were happy to have all their staff wear masks, including receptionists.

After my appointment finished, I noticed that all the waiting patients had masks as well, which I originally thought was just good luck. However, the receptionist told me that every customer had entered without a mask, and within a few minutes they all either put on their own mask or asked for one from the receptionist, noticing that they were the odd one out.

This experience powerfully showed me that for many, the decision to mask or not is heavily influenced by peer pressure.

Angered by WaPo's pro-occupation editorial and planning to take my subscription dollars elsewhere. Pitch me your favorite news source that deserves a new supporter!

(Already supporting the US edition of the Guardian and NPR.)

‘This bill is dead’ — private school vouchers face a roadblock in the Texas House with days left in the session

Governor Greg Abbott and other supporters of private school vouchers are struggling to make headway in the Texas House, where many lawmakers remain skeptical of a program that would give tax dollars to private and homeschool students.

Houston Public Media

Annual PSA: if you get seasonal depression, it's about time to get your SAD light out of wherever you put it last March and set it up on your desk.

Do it now before winter-brain kicks in and it's ten times harder to go up in the attic or whatever.

Massive anti-war protests being largely ignored by the legacy media is giving me a really powerful sense of deja vu.

"Another wine, sir?"

"Yes please. And some water."

"Can I ask a question sir?"

"Sure."

"How can you read a book in a loud bar?"

"That's easy, mate. You just have to pick a loud book."

The most John Constantine I've ever felt in my life.

How do people draw hands so well? 

Cherry Blossom
By Martin Packford ©

#art #nature #trees

Lifer excitement! My husband and I were thrilled to see our first Sandhill Cranes this morning.

#birding #SandhillCranes #lifer #SolaceInNature #creationstruck