Scary Austin
MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
<p>The Last Rose of Summer is a true story about corruption in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cancer</span></a> research. I discovered a cheap, plant-derived drug that could replace some much more toxic (but more lucrative) therapies. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> got involved and suppressed the research. Eventually I had to publish the story in thinly veiled fiction and survive a bunch of murder attempts.</p><p>"Mary Austin" is a pseudonym, as my publisher forced me to use one. So... hi, I'm "Mary." ๐คทโโ๏ธ</p>
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Post #4503669
RE: https://mastodon.social/@AlSweigart/117078899648215683 That's not depressing. The depressing part is the people who do remember it and think it was overblown.
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Post #4503667
I can't wait to see these fools shock their own dicks. https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252 #ICE #FuckICE
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Post #4503656
๐ถ All my diapers packed Ready to fly I'm kinda worried I could die What if Iran shoots down the fuckin' plane? I gotta go I can't explain It's not like I Can take a train But I had a thought in What's left of my braaaain Get on the plane for me Draw any fire from me Hold your nose as if I never left I'm leavin', on a food cart, Might wake myself up with a fart Then go commit more theft ๐ถ #trump
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Post #4503646
Y'all, I'm talking to stinging insects again. Today on a hike, I sat down at a lovely spot where I pause to enjoy the scenery. As usual, there were ants about. In the past I've had run-ins with literal ants in my pants, and it was very unpleasant for all involved. This time I informed the ants they don't want to explore my shorts, and I poured out a little water to bribe them not to. Now everybody's happy!
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Post #4503645
Lordy, Lordy. Check out this vision of the afterlife for tech billionaires. No, it's not flames and horned dudes with pitchforks, no imagination in that. ๐ Give it up for Datch Haven comics! https://thisecommercelife.com/blogs/comics/billionaire-heaven-jeff-bezos #art
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Post #4503552
*Theoden voice* So it begins.
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Post #4502426
@realTuckFrumper@mastodon.social WTF? I like Claire McCaskill, but I gotta disagree on this one. A Dem president would not have started this pointless war, and plenty of our leaders in the past have faced worse danger with much more courage. I can even remember the tail end of when Republicans did, I'm that old.
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Post #4499259
OMG ๐คฃ This is an amazing protest. The Kansas Compliance Crew is a group of trans men complying with a #Kansas bathroom law by going into women's bathrooms. Give it up for these brave guys! https://kscompliancecrew.org/ #LGBT #trans #50501movement
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Post #4471860
@Artemis201@mstdn.social There is indeed nothing new, and that's one of the reasons I believe we will win. Evil always has to be beaten back; we have faced and conquered all this in the past. Our forebears who bled for that were also scared, and sad they didn't get to live more peacefully. But after every hard won victory, those on the right side of history held their heads high. We are here because our ancestors were badasses, and I don't intend to disappoint mine.
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Post #4471685
That's as likely as anything else. OTOH, Jeanine John Taele is a MAGA demographic and the mutiny of preverts isn't screaming "ANTIFA TERRORIST!!!1!" sooooo.... #Trump #MAGA
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Post #4471337
Whole island is on "do not disturb" and I respect the hell out of that.
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Post #4471336
I was gonna say Nazi incels, but okay. Damn sensible people if they don't want to be contacted. https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/who-are-the-least-contacted-people-on-earth
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Post #4471297
@timo21@mastodon.sdf.org Well, that's where the black bars go in other pictures of her...
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Post #4471168
@QueenOfTheCroneAge@beige.party I don't blame her, all the attractive people on right are Nazis who hit their own faces with hammers.
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Post #4471137
Going fash because of sexual inadequacy: not just for men! #MAGA #FoxNews
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Post #4471076
@fractalolivia@infosec.exchange Everybody makes it eventually, so see you in hell! It's gonna be lit! ๐๐ผ
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Post #4471041
The Handmaid's Tale but there's no gender and we're all just Of(cat's name)
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Post #4470476
Anti Buc-ee's fever has swept the USA.
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Post #4470441
Man do I want to see this guy in Congress. And hey, we're in a year where absolutely anything could happen. His bluntness and swearing wouldn't fly in a lot of places but it's Florida and we're in the Apocalypse. It just might work. #Florida #MAGA
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Post #4470139
I'm starting to think that fascists maybe aren't the brightest sparks. https://thedailybritain.co.uk/farage-clacton-byelection-standards-probe-poorly-informed-2026/ #NigelFarage #ReformUK #UKPoli
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Post #4448640
Following John Oliver's mockery of Buc-ee's litigiousness, this artist is protesting the CEO's #MAGA donations. Give it up for Nick Q art! https://nickq-shop.fourthwall.com/ #art
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Post #4448571
@rickf@indieweb.social It's going on everywhere, even in the reddest of states! Idaho, Montana, Florida, you name it, no matter how fashy the government or people, everybody hates Flock. ๐
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Post #4448566
@BathysphereHat@mastodon.online https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/117049408804673378
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Post #4448522
Well, I'd rather see almost anyone's name on this bill, but so long as it passes, hooray! "U.S. Senate Passes Sanctions Against Russia Proposed by the Late Lindsey Graham" https://militarnyi.com/en/news/us-senate-passes-sanctions-against-russia/ #Russia #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
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Post #4448407
The International Fund for Animal Welfare says today is International Cat Day! Cat owners everywhere are asking, "When is it NOT Cat Day?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cat_Day #cats
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Post #4448321
@theblufnews@mastodon.social EXACTLY! Those abuses, ICE, the high error rate, the company defying city orders to turn the cameras off, and the fact that the people don't want our tax dollars wasted on this... there's a reason there is so much sympathy for those who cut the cameras down. This is what the cowardly fascist types don't get: we aren't boot lickers who wear the wrong size shoe to avoid questioning Dear Leader. And we won't stand for this.
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Post #4448317
There are rumors going around that #MitchMcConnell voted by (ouija board?) proxy today in the senate. Technically that is true, but the vote didn't count. I too think that when we have proof he's been dead since June some people need to face legal consequences. https://www.wlky.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-senate-vote-committee-farm-bill-1/73378426
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Post #4448265
@love@thistlenfern.org I've never committed a crime and don't plan to start. There are lots of effective and legal ways to resist and I'm good at them. I'm gonna keep doing that. But I ain't clutching pearls at people who respond to lawlessness with retaliatory lawlessness. Anybody who does has a brain damaging case of privilege poisoning, thinking they'll be okay if they just sit around doing nothing but criticizing others. Actual PEOPLE are being murdered in concentra...
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Post #4448144
I keep seeing reports of city governments in the USA voting to stop using #Flock, ordering the cameras turned off or covered, and the company initially complying but turning the cameras back on later in defiance of city order. And that is one reason I don't have a problem with people taking hacksaws to the damn things. If Flock won't respect the law, they should not expect others to follow the law regarding them. You don't see this stuff on TV, but the anger is off the chart.