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@kaitrates

πŸ“šHere to talk books, books, books! πŸ’ŸI like my books spicy, my characters messy, and my endings happy. 🧚🏻Often chaotic, always disabled. 😷 πŸ“LoHud, NY

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Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...

good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete

sex scenes are craft! goddammit!

10.12.2025 13:36 πŸ‘ 531 πŸ” 170 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 91

*sits and waits patiently*

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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

15.06.2025 12:33 πŸ‘ 1043 πŸ” 463 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 127

🫢🏻🫢🏻🫢🏻

23.04.2025 22:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Help. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

22.04.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This message is this message is this Pogo approved.

22.04.2025 03:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. Doing my best to embrace joy with both hands when it’s here.

20.04.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my few regrets from earlier in COVID is not going to shows when they required masks and testing. I couldn’t have known but damn i wish i had. Would’ve been far safer and less stressy. Alas, I’ll save for the once in a lifetime ones now.

20.04.2025 04:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spent all my spoons seeing Hugh Jackman at radio city tonight. First concert since October 2019 when I saw Sara Bareilles in Chicago. God damn i miss live music and theatre!

Also s/o to accessibility at RC. They made it so easy! Even parted the crowds so i could get to the elevator. 🫢🏻

20.04.2025 04:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

So wonderfully!

18.04.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this cover though?!

15.04.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminders:

"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.

Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.

Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.

Never again is now.

15.04.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 4943 πŸ” 1814 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 46

In light of their attacks on masking elsewhere I just...dafji;adsjf;

15.04.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have 5 medical appointments this week.

It's been years since my schedule has been so consumed by appts. This time, its on hard mode b/c I cannot always drive myself to them and I need copious amounts of recovery time before and after. Fuck COVID.

#ChronicIllnessSky #DisabledSky

15.04.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The absolute IRONY of ICE being the ones masked in this instance. JFC.

15.04.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’d burn the world for you, but make it siblings #booksky #fantasybooksky #blackbooksky #bookrecs

14.04.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Omg and it’s HTP which I’m auto approved for?! Happy birthday week to meeeeee

14.04.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover for "The Sea Witch" by Eva Leigh, above the text "Available to request on NetGalley," with decorative sea-themed ornaments like sea serpents and octopods adorning the edges.

The cover for "The Sea Witch" by Eva Leigh, above the text "Available to request on NetGalley," with decorative sea-themed ornaments like sea serpents and octopods adorning the edges.

Thrilled to announce that my swashbuckling pirate romantasy, THE SEA WITCH, is now available to request on @netgalley.bsky.social!

Witch pirates vs. the British navy, with tons of adventure and heat!

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

14.04.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

SQUEEEEE

14.04.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Update: i picked up and put back a dozen books. Then read the first page of half of them. Then chose assistant to the villain since i figure it’ll have ridiculous humor that im craving RN.

Not Kimberly Lemming levels but…

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I couldn’t get male yearning out of my head after hearing the Hadestown Wait for Me track over and over, so please enjoy my male yearning book recs. πŸ“šπŸ’™

12.04.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Also I’m in awe of your eye bc i couldn’t even find it πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

13.04.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Theres so many good ones and I just don’t want to read any of them. 😭 Mood reader woes lol

13.04.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of five teetering stacks of books on a wood floor

Photo of five teetering stacks of books on a wood floor

Just a girl, sitting in front of her book piles, begging one of these books to catch her interest. *aigh*

13.04.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

*screaming crying throwing up*

πŸ‘‹πŸ»πŸ‘‹πŸ»πŸ‘‹πŸ»

12.04.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listrn if you’re also a Cardan’s tail is awesome truther, you NEED to read @kimberlylemming.bsky.social’s I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Romcom.

Because like…this is what i want from tails tyvm!!!! 🀭

#Booksky

11.04.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’™πŸ“š #booksky

11.04.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I finished #Oathbound and I just... πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

I *get* why Bree needed this book. I love how every single book impacts not only what comes next, but also what came before. I cannot wait to reread so many scenes in books 1 and 2 with this *new* knowledge.

TY @tracydeonn.bsky.social. TY

#Booksky #BreeHive

09.04.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Idk that he’d even see it as an issue. But yeah. Onto a second opinion.

09.04.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so cute!

09.04.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0