(voice over) Dune. Arrakis. Desert Planet.
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Friday Links: Covid, Anger, Computers. And Decorative Gourds.
Three pieces about Covid, two about computers, and one about motherfucking gourds.
Friday Links: Ugly Leggings Edition
Ugly leggings, balls, and trauma. Not necessarily in that order.
It’s Friday, So How About Five Links?
…the possible return of Friday links!
“…the bombshells of my daily fears explode”: Links for October 4
Some good news this week on the medical front: my GI doctor was able to speak to doctors at Penn and Jefferson and is sending them my records for review. So I may be getting two second opinions. And my interventional radiologist has been consulting with vascular surgeons at the hospital to investigate alternate ways of getting my portal vein open. So we've...
Hello! I'm Natalie Luhrs.
I write about books, culture, disability, and whatever else strikes my fancy. I have many opinions.
I am a two-time Hugo Award finalist, in 2017 for Best Fan Writer and in 2021 for my essay “George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off Into the Sun, Or: The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)” in the Best Related Work category.
Please do not offer me medical advice. I have something like 10 doctors and it’s already pretty challenging to keep up with what they want me to do. I do not have the bandwidth to process any advice that doesn’t come from one of my doctors, no matter how well meant the advice may be. Thank you!
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