Rebecca Ruth Seidel

Just heard our first red-winged blackbird in the meadow this afternoon!

I saw a number of Red-winged blackbirds in the neighborhood yesterday and today. They're back! 🌞 #migration #birds

Whelp, that's gross.

Evidence Grows That Google's AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry Google's AI overviews have eviscerated the media landscape, with some top publications losing up to 97 percent of their web traffic.

Welp. The internet had a nice run.

Some outlets have lost over 90% of their traffic since the "AI" summaries rolled out.

"...the four worst-hit publications [now] get less monthly web traffic combined than the r/ChatGPT subreddit gets on its own."

Child: Mommy, you know how the world is round?

Me: Yeah?

Child: You can't make something flat out of something round.

Me, thinking this is going to be about flat-Earthers: That's right.

Child: SO ALL MAPS ARE LIES.

Me: --That's eerily correct. Who told you that?

Child: I just thought about it!

I cosign this thread.

My seven-year-old just came home from school and asked why everyone in the books they read is white... like, it SECOND GRADER gets the lack of representation.

Finishing up Day 3 in the Paralympic Village, great to see my mixed doubles teammates starting off with a big W against a very good Latvian team! 🇺🇸🥌

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Let’s raise some money to defend our neighbors and our values! Thanks so much to everyone who has bid on a custom colorway of handspun yarn! A few details below:
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The elder millennial existence consists entirely of alternating geopolitical and financial crises

YAK YARN UPDATE

Finished: a folded brim hat. Heavy laceweight Yak inside, sportweight extra fine merino outside. Handspun, hand-dyed, improvised pattern (I looked at Musselburgh & a couple similar patterns on Ravelry, thought “oh yeah that’s how it’s done,” & cast on).

ok I need 4 more now

Solving them was also often a group activity, too, with a whole bunch of us gathered around a single computer, shouting suggestions.

Part of the adventure game experience was struggling and then buying the guide, which was a piece of art in itself. The Escape from Monkey Island guide for instance was first person narrated by Guybrush Threepwood and is hilarious

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' The president was questioned about the unfolding war with Iran for a new 'Time' cover story By Paloma Chavez Published on March 5, 2026 05:23PM EST

Sometimes, I think the People Magazine staff took what happened to Teen Vogue personally and are pounding their chests, yelling, "What now, bitches?" when writing headlines.

It is no less embarrassing to screenshot an answer from Claude to prove your point than do it from ChatGPT.

Raising daughters in the ICE age and other overlapping catastrophic eras

The achingest part of myself wails that 8 isn't old enough to know that ICE kidnaps people+kills witnesses. But some of those kidnapped people are younger than my daughter. Those witnesses were doing some of the same work her mother does. ICE is in our city. www.pocketobservatory.org/raising-daug...

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' The president was questioned about the unfolding war with Iran for a new 'Time' cover story By Paloma Chavez Published on March 5, 2026 05:23PM EST

Sometimes, I think the People Magazine staff took what happened to Teen Vogue personally and are pounding their chests, yelling, "What now, bitches?" when writing headlines.

A couple of the anti-ICE signs my 8 year old made yesterday while I took a chemo fatigue nap. She wants to hang them around the neighborhood as soon as I feel well enough to walk around with her.

If you're interested, I can send you the back newsletters since I added that part.

Hahaha, it's an extension of my anime blog, so you'll have to tolerate that content, too. You can subscribe at kyodai.ghost.io

Justice.

I don't think I've mentioned this, but our family got the new Merriam-Webster for Christmas, and I added a section to my newsletter, writing about words I didn't know or read using incorrectly as I read my way through it.

Currently, 2 months in, I've made it to the ae's.

Definition of WHOOPIE PIE a dessert consisting of a sweet creamy filling between two round usually chocolate-flavored cakes or cookies… See the full definition

I need to make some soon.

Omg, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

IT IS TIME FOR THE PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT.

My debut novel will be coming out in Autumn 2027 from the indie press Queer Space. The contract has been signed and formalized.

WE DID IT Y'ALL.

#booksky #amwriting

Y’ALL. This glorious mobile art show market fan love extravaganza has already raised nearly $10,000! I found about sixteen instant necessities already.

PLUS you can bid on custom handspun hand dyed yarn from yours truly! What’s your dream colorway?

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Step 1 BOTTOM OF BODY: Rnd 1 (RS): With CA, ch 17, 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 14 ch. 4 sc in next ch, working in remaining loops on opposite side of foundation ch, sc in next 14 loops, 2 sc in next loop: join - 36 sta. Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in next st (inc made), sc in next 16 sts, [inc] 2 times, sc in next 16 sts, inc, join - 40 sts. Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in next st, inc, sc in next 16 sts, inc, sc in next 2 sts, inc, sc in next 17 sts, inc, sc in next st, join - 44 sts. Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in next 3 sts, inc, sc in next 17 sts, inc, sc in next 3 sts, inc, sc in next 17 sts, inc; join - 48 sts. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

15. How to read a crochet pattern Crochet patterns are written in US terminology, and follow this format: Rnd 3: [sc,inc] x 6 (18) This means that for round 3, repeat the sequence of [1 sc followed by 1 inc] a total of 6 times. Since 1 increase stitch = 2 single crochet stitches, 1 increase stitch counts as 2 stitches. 1 single crochet stitch counts as 1 stitch. Therefore, that's [3 stitches] repeated 6 times, for a final count of 18 stitches. round total number of stitches in the round Round 3 [sc,inc] x 6 (18) type of stitch to do # of times to repeat the stitch

I need a crochet instruction translation.

The first image is something I don't understand. The second image shows how I learned to read crochet instructions.

Alternatively I need a beginners kit that will teach me to read the first image.

Steve-O was on Joe Rogan's show trying to defend trans people and Rogan went off, he called trans people "fucking perverts" and "mass shooters" who have done the majority of school shootings.

Completely unhinged bigotry paid for by your Spotify subscriptions.