Naomi Kritzer
@naomikritzer.bsky.social
I mean, it's kind of heartwarming that even people who lived pre-ACA struggle now to remember now how bad it was.
This is why Republicans fought it tooth and nail. They knew people would refuse to go back.
People do not get
1) how fucking bad it was pre aca.
2) there were like a dozen or more dem senators to joe machins right at the time
If the Senate had the same ideological makeup today as it did then, the aca is a shit ton better
MSP airport = Minneapolis/St. Paul. It's a big airport (Delta hub) but not on the scale of Atlanta or O'Hare.
So I think technically the airport is open, but security is not. So you can arrive at the airport at 3 a.m. if you really want to, but no one's going to be able to check you in and get you to your gate.
I mainly know this because I follow @cheycab.bsky.social, who regularly points out that there is absolutely no reason to get to the airport before 4 a.m.
I think the doors are open but security is not. So you can't actually go to your gate.
What time should I get to the MSP airport for a 6 a.m. flight where I'm not flying internationally on that leg but am making an international trip and two people in my party have PreCheck but one does not? Airline is American Airlines. Checking bags.
(n.b.: the airport does not open until 4 a.m.)
Moniquill Blackgoose, author of "To Shape a Dragon's Breath," is attending the Nebulas in person and fundraising to defray expenses. (Also, if you haven't read her book yet, it's SO GOOD.)
gofund.me/91742b49
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gofund.meYou are correct, but with an interesting twist, which is that the music was so loud it was violating city noise ordinances AND the owners of the vacant building (which was where it was coming from) were unreachable.
Especially if you have a Republican congressional rep, it's worth contacting them about this bill. (Needs more cosponsors, but they're only adding Democrats as they add Republicans. I'm confident my Rep supports it.)
SSI limits assets to $2k, a limit not changed in 40 years. HR 5408 would raise it to $10k ($20k for married couples). This bill needs more cosponsors!
My MOC (Rep Don Beyer, D-VA) said they're only adding D cosponsors in tandem with new R cosponsors.
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
The movie was very explicit that all these people were lifelong Minnesotans!
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Haha, sorry. I had to soak my hands in warm water for a totally unrelated reason. It just provided me with a reason to stare into the mirror for five minutes.
These days I'd have a podcast or I'd prop up a little video to watch or SOMEthing but it was 1992, so.
... I needed to soak my hands for 5 minutes each night, in warm water, which meant standing at a sink in my dormitory bathroom with nothing to do but stare at the mirror. So that's how I learned.)
Yes, I can. However, I had to learn how to do it; it didn't come naturally. (In college, my friend Karen told me that she'd stood in front of a mirror twitching facial muscles until she'd figured out which ones did each eyebrow, and sometime after that...
Back when Fargo came out, I saw it in the theater, and there's a scene where everyone's wearing those parkas with giant hoods that extend past your face, and I remember looking at that scene and thinking, "it is not NEARLY cold enough for those jackets." Because you could tell the snow was melting.
Look up Alegria shoes? V supportive and popular with nurses, also v femme (I have a pair of the Mary Janes that are like the one solitary pair of dress shoes that I own and find comfortable. Ymmv)
When I was looking for amusing options for myself I found this one and thought, "this one's really more Ed's sign than mine."
Ask for TTRPGs, Star Trek movie & cosplay nights, etc., and if people show up for those, you'll get more of them. Anyway, five years in, you'll have an Old Fan's Home that'll be self-perpetuating.
You get 3 people from the established fannish community in Sunset Acres Senior Apartments (or whatever) and other local fans will think, "oh, if I move into that one, I'll know someone."
Next step: start requesting fannish activities from the person who runs stuff like Bingo.
There are a number of elder fen local to me who have talked about how much they wish there were an Old Fan's Home somewhere in the area.
The thing is, there COULD be ... and probably the easiest way to make this happen is for people to just pick one and start moving in.
This is solid, although I have to say, I went to a Duran Duran concert last year (they played at my state fair!) and looked around thinking "man, there are a LOT of OLD people at this concert." On an individual level, though, 45-60 doesn't look old, it looks normal. (I'm 51.)
I guess @reactorsff.bsky.social did specify *Science Fiction* awards but I won my Edgar for science fiction, so. 😂
The Edgar statuette's base is made of the same material as the bust. It's easy to grip and the base is pretty heavy.
Also, you'd be doing your murder with the award given for stories about murders!
So the award trophy they did not even stop to consider is the Edgar Award. It weighs less than a Hugo but the thing is, with a Hugo, you're definitely holding the rocket, bludgeoning with the base, and the bases vary a ton in weight/heft/pointiness.
When I won a Hugo, we had the option of having the con ship it for us. I had driven to the con (it was the one in Kansas City, I live in Minnesota) so I didn't take that option. It had a very sturdy base so I think we just stuck it in the back seat.
The conversation about transporting Hugos always makes me think about the story of the Nobel Prize winner who took his medal onto a plane. (It's made of actual gold and looks very strange on X-ray. The TSA officers asked him why he had it and he said, "The King of Sweden gave it to me.")
I posted a long thread about the cool stuff from the day but the Alan fandom showed up in the replies to this tweet:
twitter.com/NaomiKritzer...
I went to the traffic center last year and it was FASCINATING and when I came back to Twitter to talk about this fascinating and very likeable guy who did a presentation to the visitors it turned out he had a large fan club on Minneapolis Twitter who knew exactly who it was 😂
"The vast majority know they're not going to medal, they're just there to do their sport IN THE OLYMPICS and have a good time, by which we mean sex. So much sex. With so many people! And so many varieties!!!!"
I totally remember a news story about the beds from last time, and going down a rabbit hole that migrated quickly from beds to "Olympic athletes have so much sex. SO MUCH SEX."
Idk if I've ever heard it out loud. I've definitely seen it used in text and I understand it. (Minnesota.)
I'm curious, of the 22% of Republicans who think Joe Biden is responsible, how many of them are blaming and how many are apportioning credit? Like in theory, Republicans should have WANTED to see Roe overturned!
Ohhhhhhhhh sorry!!!
For future reference, is there anything specific that you find relaxing/pleasant to look at? (I have another friend who strongly prefers flower photos to cat photos and I have a stash of nice flower photos I took in part for this purpose.)
Here, I just shared this one, which is about petting doggos:
wapo.st/4bFhJoy
We tried to pet all 200 breeds at the Westminster dog show
Backstage at the Westminster dog show is the fanciest petting zoo imaginable.
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This article reminds me of the Twitter account "I've Pet That Dog." Gift link for anyone who would like a detailed, poetic description of the fur of a bunch of very fancy show dogs:
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The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is not just a competition for the finest-bred dog. It is also the fanciest petting zoo imaginable.
If you play it right, you can pet them all.
We tried to pet all 200 breeds at the Westminster dog show
Backstage at the Westminster dog show is the fanciest petting zoo imaginable.
wapo.st$10 per resident of the state 😱 imagine all the useful things someone could do with $60 million?
* archivist. Not librarian. (I actually thought this, then typed librarian? Wtf fingers.)
Ohhhhhhhh I LOVE this new story from @marissalingen.bsky.social, about a disabled librarian who goes on a pilgrimage because their mother cannot give up the idea of a cure, and what they find instead:
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-pi...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - A Pilgrimage to the God of High Places by Marissa Lingen
When I had taken leave from the Archives to go on this pilgrimage, no one had expected that a pilgrimage to the god of high places would cure me. Friends expressed shock that I would even try. From my...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.comIf I were going tonight I'd be cheering for the Twins, obviously!
Also it makes perfect sense to me that Japanese people would love this and it's truly delightful to see a Japanese cast singing "Sunrise, Sunset."
This is a good point and key to the story as a whole, honestly.
You are not advocating murder, and Karnythia was not advocating murder, but that old lady was SURE AS HELL advocating murder and it was clear it had WORKED WELL FOR HER.