A.C. Turnstone
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#DVPit #SpecFic After a childhood pact with a cosmic force, a disabled soil scientist battles corruption with magic that turns soil pollution into physical agony—and their tears into weaponized songs. What are they willing to sacrifice to feed the hungry? THE BROKEN EARTH x ANNIHILATION x SORROWLAND
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Absolutely No One Should Go Without Food….
“Food isn’t a human right.” Holy crap, then why did we even bother developing agriculture and civilization? Are we really making enough food for everyone just to let some people starve?”
“Food isn’t a human right.” Holy crap, then why did we even bother developing agriculture and civilization? Are we really making enough food for everyone just to let some people starve?”
June 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Absolutely No One Should Go Without Food….
“Food isn’t a human right.” Holy crap, then why did we even bother developing agriculture and civilization? Are we really making enough food for everyone just to let some people starve?”
“Food isn’t a human right.” Holy crap, then why did we even bother developing agriculture and civilization? Are we really making enough food for everyone just to let some people starve?”
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Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime.
A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it.
Modern science is a miracle.
www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it.
Modern science is a miracle.
www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Daniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital.
www.wafb.com
June 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime.
A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it.
Modern science is a miracle.
www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it.
Modern science is a miracle.
www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...
🌱 Superposed Selves: A Quantum Metaphor for Intersectional Identity—An Autoethnographic and Conceptual Art Inquiry 🍄🟫
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 AM
🌱 Superposed Selves: A Quantum Metaphor for Intersectional Identity—An Autoethnographic and Conceptual Art Inquiry 🍄🟫
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“Capitalism induces anxiety in us & then demands that we privately do something about it, as if health is not even slightly socially-determined. This is ‘deliberately induced to block political action’.”
Can Psychotherapy Challenge Capitalism?
While psychotherapy is often viewed as an exclusive, individualistic preserve, it also incorporates a strong element of social critique — and its modern history contains startling examples of therapy ...
tribunemag.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
“Capitalism induces anxiety in us & then demands that we privately do something about it, as if health is not even slightly socially-determined. This is ‘deliberately induced to block political action’.”
#DVPit #SpecFic #A THE POISON SONG by Jen Williams x THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES. A disabled soil scientist battles systemic corruption with magic that transmutes land pollution through physical agony. Their body is the cost, and their tears are the weapon. #BIPOC #LGBTQ #Disabled #OurVoices
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#DVPit 4📚, 4🎶, one body sacrificed to the soil. #SpecFic series where a #Disabled Black nonbinary scientist battles systemic corruption through soil magic that costs their body. The decayed beauty of Jeff VanderMeer’s BORNE series meets the radical resilience of N.K. Jemisin’s BROKEN EARTH trilogy.
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#DVPit #SpecFic After a childhood pact with a cosmic force, a disabled soil scientist battles corruption with magic that turns soil pollution into physical agony—and their tears into weaponized songs. What are they willing to sacrifice to feed the hungry? THE BROKEN EARTH x ANNIHILATION x SORROWLAND
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#DVPit #SpecFic After a childhood pact with a cosmic force, a disabled soil scientist battles corruption with magic that turns soil pollution into physical agony—and their tears into weaponized songs. What are they willing to sacrifice to feed the hungry? THE BROKEN EARTH x ANNIHILATION x SORROWLAND
THE FIFTH SEASON meets MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. Turner’s autistic sensitivity lets them taste pollution & sing it away—if they can pay the cost in memories & body. #DVpit #SpecFic #A #F #Disability
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
THE FIFTH SEASON meets MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. Turner’s autistic sensitivity lets them taste pollution & sing it away—if they can pay the cost in memories & body. #DVpit #SpecFic #A #F #Disability
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"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." —Audre Lorde
October 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." —Audre Lorde
YTD books consumed-73. Mix of audio and ebooks, with about a dozen physical. Currently contemplating the challenge of balancing supporting/compensating authors/agents/publishers and accessibility/affordability for readers, against growing cuts to library funding/support. #MoreBooksLessBillionaires.
August 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
YTD books consumed-73. Mix of audio and ebooks, with about a dozen physical. Currently contemplating the challenge of balancing supporting/compensating authors/agents/publishers and accessibility/affordability for readers, against growing cuts to library funding/support. #MoreBooksLessBillionaires.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
When the very soil you're sown in is toxic, you must learn to grow roots that can transmute poison into nutrients. #MidwestGothic #Alchemy #YA #SpecFic #BIPOC #ClimateJustice
August 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When the very soil you're sown in is toxic, you must learn to grow roots that can transmute poison into nutrients. #MidwestGothic #Alchemy #YA #SpecFic #BIPOC #ClimateJustice