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I rarely post, but I do genuinely truly love Tumblr and the people I've met here, so I wanted to share this good news here:

My first book of poetry, True Stories, is available for preorder! It's official release date is June 18th!

I can’t tell you how excited (and nervous!) I am to have my first book out in the world this summer. It’s been in the works since I started my MFA in 2018, and carried through the early pandemic years. It's about a lot of things: climate change, isolation, interpersonal dysfunctions. It’s a book of poetry, but I hope the lines speak resonant truths to you.

Preorder links:

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop

Tertulia ・ Get the book for 50% off the list price and free shipping with a free trial membership with Tertulia, or 20% off with the code TRUE at checkout

#books #new books #preorder #book preorders #poetry #poetry book #i fucking WROTE AB OOK

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ughh please do this

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A quick summary of the last 16 months

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This is how I lost my 10+ year Instagram account a few months ago: I was logging in on desktop and had to provide a photo of my face with a PIN written down on a sheet of paper, and I was like, "Sounds fake, no thanks" and just left it be. And now that account, from what I can tell, is just...gone. Or at least inaccessible to me.

It was a private account, though at various points I did use it for promo purposes for my writing, and I've had it since undergrad. I'm pretty sure I've saved all the photos from it over the years, but it's still upsetting.

hey, so people need to be aware that youtube is now (randomly) holding basic features for ransom (such as being able to pin comments under your own videos) in exchange for Your State ID/Drivers License, or a 30 Second Video Of Your Face.

not to pull a "think of the children," but No Actually. I've been making videos as a hobby since 2015 (and I've had my channel since middle school), I was a minor when I started and I'm not sure I would have understood the kind of damage something a seemingly simple as a video of your face can do.

this is a Massive breach of privacy and over-reach on google's part No Matter What, but if they're going to randomly demand a state ID or license then they absolutely should not allow minors to be creators.

google having a stockpile of identifying information on teenagers is bad enough, but the Alternative of recording your face and handing it over to be filed away is Alarming considering it opens the gates for minors who Aren't old enough to have a license.

and yes, there is a third option, but it's intentionally obtuse. a long wait period (2 months), with no guarantee of access (unlike, say, the convenience of using your phone's cameras for either of the other two), with absolutely No elaboration on what the criteria is or how it's being measured.

it's the same psychological effect that mobile games rely on. offer a slow, unreliable solution with no payment to make the Paid instant gratification look more appealing (the "payment" in this case being You. you are the product being offered).

and it's Particularly a system that (I think intentionally) disadvantages people who don't treat their channels like a job. hobbyists or niche creators who don't create regularly enough or aren't popular enough to meet whatever Vague criteria needs to be met to pass.

markiplier would have no problem passing, your little brother might not be able to. and while Mark's name is already out there there's no reason why your little brother's should be too.

something like pinned comments may seem simple, you don't technically Need it. but it's a feature that's been available for years. most people don't look at descriptions anymore. so when there's relevant information that needs to be delivered then the pinned comment is usually the go to.

for my little channel that information is about the niche series I create for. guides on how to get into the series, sources on where to find the content At All (and reliably so). for other creators it can be used for things Much More Important.

Moreover, if we let them get away with cutting away "small" features and selling it back to you for the price of your privacy, then they Will creep further. they Will take more.

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I love the library

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Passed by this web full of water droplets on campus today and it felt like a perfect confluence of autumnal vibes and spooky vibes. (It's been rainy all day, but the clouds started breaking this afternoon.)

(Image: A gossamer web on a shrub with water droplets trapped in the middle. Light clouds are in the sky.)

#photograph #shot on iPhone #an old iPhone lol

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Baked Apple Cider Donuts

Follow for recipes

Is this how you roll?

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Reblog to give a nonbinary person a warm cup of soup.

#fyi i am not nonbinary i just like giving people soup

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Congrats to Grazer, Fat Bear Week champion of 2023. May her rule for the coming year be benevolent and just.

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not to be That Guy but i do think that the "left" culture rn really valorizes victimhood and weakness. tbh. to be honest. who can collect the most microidentities and Traumas

on top of that i think the culture is really one of deconstruction without a lot of uhhh. Construction. we're really good at tearing things down and criticizing them. not so good at actually making stuff that works

on top of that i think the culture that exists is still very deeply uh. individualist and consumerist in a way that is not meaningfully challenged from the inside?

which is what it is, i guess. but i'm looking at this culture of people simultaneously talking about mounting a revolution to fix everything and i'm like. hmm

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like to charge, reblog to cast

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A question I get asked a lot while working at a public library is "how do you deal with homeless people?"

And the answer is, we don't.

The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.

The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.

99% of the time, the people we need to ban are middle to upper-middle class white people while the homeless and mentally ill/disabled people mind their own damn business and are honestly some of the best patrons we have.

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Unrealistic polymath genius: has six PhDs.

Realistic polymath genius: just has the one set of degrees, but their bachelor’s, their master’s, and their doctorate are each in a different field, and they’d be happy to explain – at great length – how the three relate to one another.