Ria Bridges, Millennial Burger Slut

@bibliotropic.bsky.social

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Your friendly neighbourhood book-reviewing ex-microinfluencer who hasn't reviewed a book since 2022. Disabled. Queer. Immigrant. Unapologetic. They/them

FAQs about ASD Q: Do vaccines cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? A: Many studies have looked at whether there is a relationship between vaccines and ASD. To date, the studies continue to show that vaccines are not associated with ASD.
4 very young black-and-white kittens on a maroon towel. They are all asleep. ...Including the towel.
Mim, a white-and-tabby cat lounging on blankets and pillows, eyes glowing from the camera flash. I love her so much.
A white-and-tabby cat, curled up and sleeping.
Sleeping cat, white with grey-beige tabby markings around her eyes like a mask.
Screenshot of blank Bluesky reply box that's baffling asking if I'm writing in German.
Mist drifting on the harbour, seen across rooftops.
Photo of a very pink sunrise over the houses. Some sort of tree is in the foreground.
A text message conversation between 2 people. A: "The world went suddenly quiet. A small, simulated woman's voice came from the TV, tone flat. "What would God do...if I knew him?" Sound returned. I hate being this high. B: What the fuck Is your TV on?!?!
I'm high enough that I just had a mind-blowing astrophysics thought. So the universe is expanding more quickly than expected, and there's strong evidence to suggest it's expanding into a local void rather than an infinite one. Which reminded me that our universe has weird voids in it too, where there's an extremely low density of matter. Sometimes no planets exist in voids at all. And I thought that maybe the universe and its void are the same way. We're in a low-density pocket, which implies the potential for other universes, in the same way there are other galaxies in our universe, or solar systems in our galaxy. And then, because the universe is fucky, I threw in an extra dimension of existence and decided that to our limited understanding, all potential universes could be considered to occupy the same space. And from there I figured that if that was the case, then aaaaaaaalllllllllll the empty space in atoms in actually taken up by other elementary particles in other universes. Mysteries solved! And now I'm going the fuck to sleep.
August 28, 2024 — Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been a leading voice in the media, helping the public understand the disease’s evolution. He recently spoke with the New York Times and NPR about the ambivalence characterizing Americans’ attitudes and approaches around COVID during this summer’s surge, and how to understand the disease’s current phase. These shifts reflect what many experts are now saying about COVID: that it has moved from a pandemic to an endemic phase. While epidemiologists’ definitions of endemic can vary, Hanage said in the article, it generally means a constant presence rather than a disruptive outbreak. By that definition, “we’re definitely there” with COVID, he said.
A bowl of saucy noodles with vegetables.
A bumblebee or carpenter bee (can't tell which) gathering pollen from small pinky-purple lamb's ear flowers.
Cover art for Stephen Graham Jones's "The Only Good Indians."
Cover art for P Djeli Clark's "A Master of Djinn."
Cover at for Scott Hawkins's "The Library at Mount Char."
An empty food wrapper, with a raccoon paw print nearby.
Me: Hey, question for you. Rach: Yeah? Me: If I told you that I had knowledge that would lead to my certain doom, would you want me to share that knowledge with you so we'd both die together, or keep it to myself so you could live on? Rach, whose expression has been slowly growing more horrified: I DON'T KNOW, MAN! WHO THE FUCK STARTS A CONVERSATION THAT WAY?!