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Melissa Ann Singer

@masinger.bsky.social

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freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat
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Jewish
NYC, HCHS, SMC

(cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)


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Feeling nostalgic for the America of yesteryear when people who said shit like this could still feel shame and we would shout them into a dark hole forever.

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This is a fantastic piece on the catastrophically wasteful bullshit bubble of AI.

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A good reminder. I don't know if Biden's mental state is a serious cause for concern or not, but we're seeing *exactly* the same playbook that was used on Clinton, down to the "allies are concerned" articles. And Clinton is *still* doing fine.

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Melissa Ann Singer's avatar Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social
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I never opened the door to him. He was large and mean-looking.

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We were noisy. I mean, dd was a child, children are noisy. But I could hear him having sex and never complained.

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Yeah once dd and I both had food poisoning or something and that was a terrible night. My downstairs neighbor came up to complain about us racing from one end of the apt (bedroom) to the other (bathroom) & thought I was lying about us being sick.

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My mom would freak out if she knew I occasionally let a cat lick the dress of tuna salad out of a dish. (Not the current cat.)

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Depends on if you're still welcoming to guests. Like, my mom isolates "my" glass--the only one I'm allowed to use when I visit. It's marked on the bottom and stored separately.

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Yeah, I mean, you do what works for you. Are people trying to make you change? I thought this was a conversation, not an intervention. If it's the latter, I'll step away, because it's not my business.

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Psychology & what you grew up with, I guess. Mom's kind of a germaphobe to this day. She's in her early 90s so something's working.

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Mom would never have allowed us to throw up in anything we ate from or she cooked with.

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I always washed it immediately for dd (as my mom did for me). Never smelled as far as I could tell.

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A barf _bowl_? We always used a plastic wastebasket. Can't imagine using a bowl, I'd be afraid it would slop over.

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Ah, my brain is clearly melting in NYC's current heatwave. I do actually know the difference. Thank you kindly anyway.

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@rahaeli.bsky.social

I'm sorry, I've been scrolling your posts for a while & cannot find the info you posted abt De Quervain's. Know someone recently diagnosed & it might help them?

Sorry & thanks.

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