Laura J Mixon

6 science fiction novels & assorted short works. Episodic blogger. Otherwise, Dick, & Analog finalist.

MSc environmental engineer. #sustainability #climate #biodiversity; info systems; interactive storytelling; #politics.

Spousal unit; genderqueer motherbeast of 2 adult spawn. #NewMexico nerd & chile lover. Born at 314.8.

#ADHD #BlackLivesMatter severe #MECFS

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2024-01-23 06:47:12

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@npub1hq5…qqsd @npub1sqp…pmmt It’s SUPER annoying. Straight white guys get up to all kinds of things and nobody says a thing. I’m very dubious about the whole situation.

2023-11-22 19:46:26

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@npub1vkc…0wyj This! And especially after you factor in the long commutes many people have, unpaid overtime (very common in STEM work), and variable-shift work (common in manufacturing), which totally fucks with your diurnal clock.

2023-11-16 18:19:55

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@npub16nf…y96v Gripping read.

2023-10-07 13:52:02

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@npub1psd…9sr7 SERIOUSLY

2023-10-07 13:49:38

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@npub1psd…9sr7 JFC.

2023-10-01 09:56:45

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@npub1200…aqy2 With the last several  OS upgrades Apple has offered free Apple Music subscriptions for x months. IIRC, one time you didn’t get the chance to opt out. Your Apple “family” would’ve been signed up automatically.
I could be muddling the signup details, but I do recall seeing something like that within the last several months. As I understood it, it was a 6(?)-mo free subscription.

2023-09-25 13:04:14

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@npub189n…satx :nodnod: They’re averting their gaze because it makes them uncomfortable. Fuck that. Ignoring fascism won’t make it go away. Pick a side.

2023-09-25 12:57:28

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@npub189n…satx It‘a like a coming across a gang of schoolyard bullies harassing and throwing rocks at a group of students who are merely trying to keep from getting hurt, and describing it as a brawl.

2023-09-25 12:50:56

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@npub189n…satx Thank you! It makes me want to climb walls every time I hear that.

2023-09-21 16:42:28

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@npub16kg…hh7t Wow, impressive. My spouse @npub1sdr…fefr is an avid audiobook reader as well.

2023-09-21 16:12:39

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@npub16kg…hh7t She’s AMAZEBALLS.

2023-09-06 15:10:08

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@npub189n…satx Gangs; yes. Also terrorists.

2023-09-06 14:30:23

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@npub189n…satx 😑😡 annoying!

2023-09-04 15:23:57

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@npub1uz7…uy7w @npub14vj…zx2q Gorgeous!

2023-09-01 13:50:56

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1ju6…yalh @npub1g3j…k5cu @npub1dme…ch6s It does. <333

2023-09-01 13:09:55

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1g3j…k5cu @npub1dme…ch6s :nodnod: my mom uses an iPad for certain things, but swiping is difficult for her, due to her poor vision and arthritis in her hands. She prefers her Mac Mini and a keyboard for things like email and writing.

2023-09-01 12:57:05

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1g3j…k5cu @npub1dme…ch6s It’s the same with my mom, who has retained her cognitive faculties, but is low-vision and struggles each time they make a change to the UI. Infuriating.

2023-08-17 15:12:27

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Excerpt Reveal: The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow// Cory, you wield fiction like a mantis blade.
https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/08/14/excerpt-reveal-the-lost-cause-by-cory-doctorow/
@npub1hyk…3p33

2023-08-17 01:44:19

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@npub1asa…n9sr That sounds amazing.

2023-08-16 19:54:16

Whoa. https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article278094767.html

2023-08-13 06:07:23

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@npub1ul2…5sjq That is too cool for school. I love it.

2023-08-13 06:04:31

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@npub1ul2…5sjq Om my God, Effie—those look amazing!

2023-08-12 01:43:04

DeSantis’s Florida Approves Climate-Denial Videos in Schools// So the Republican fake-fact factories are hard at work, I see. They fill our kids’ heads with lies about the risks to our planet’s future with one hand while burning it all down with the other.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/desantiss-florida-approves-climate-denial-videos-in-schools/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=week-in-science&utm_content=link&utm_term=2023-08-11_top-stories

2023-08-07 17:14:02

Facing the surge: New Orleans’s outer defenses are drowning as sea levels rise// we need a whole-of-society response to avert the worst effects of climate chaos. Meanwhile, latest polling shows most Americans don’t know about Biden’s clean-energy infrastructure act, and think he hasn’t done anything about #CimateChange #SeaLevelRise #CleanPowerNOW https://wapo.st/3QtYmrt

2023-08-02 18:08:28

It’s official: July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. The US is =finally= acting on transitioning to a clean-energy economy, thanks to Biden’s infrastructure bill, but we really REALLY need to get on the stick with this. There’s no time to waste. #CleanPowerNOW, folks. Not seven years from now; not three months from now. NOW. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/july-2023-is-hottest-month-ever-recorded-on-earth/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=earth&utm_content=link&utm_term=2023-08-02_featured-this-week#CleanPowerNow #Climate #ClimateTech #ClimateChaos #sustainability

2023-07-11 11:38:55

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@npub189n…satx Amen! DO NOT COMPLY in advance. Always resist.

2023-07-02 18:11:59

What Biden and the Dems in Congress could do is push for an Inspector General for #SCOTUS and the federal courts. The IG’s job is to hold non-elected public servants accountable. Every executive-branch agency has one. The DoJ and the courts need one too. #USPol #InspectorGeneral #accountability #DoJ

2023-06-28 19:28:59

Climate change worsens storms and in winter, turns snow to rain in mountainous areas, increasing flood risks. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/mountains-extreme-rain-less-snow.html?unlocked_article_code=MEqQis1bCXkT5hLzHSLFsFeZkUK1RjgyTKRJzjonyd8bwAmICQEQLyTZiiL2jL5t7osgV-6Samw11WYOMJZ7YZs8kdA7tHRQ2jsORK-w8wUVVhH5suCpWQ6UTLIlzILbBNQYJJ1ZfE6KPW-19009wg7fe3AMbylgZUoB-VeBTynmijfxxKJzASVVZz5OE7xawDK5TVbIpUDxSUYDgSGM0E7CNsnujUoj6TjLafe5wU6tmb6pCZvdQel5OTYGHOLmgU_arJCjGwBMv4gO9IxcynEhd6HSecJTACZlqMHpg5bSBwrUmhZfll_qL6aO1P95x3PDm7BY0TQSNch__vUhaZQTkLONgbGb_xk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2023-06-27 15:22:14

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@npub1hyk…3p33 Holy fuck. Paging Sisyphus…

2023-06-25 17:08:39

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@npub1j0s…xp04 @npub10xg…h39u
Two college students driving to Dallas from College Station pass a sign that reads, “Welcome to Mexia!” They get into an argument about how to pronounce the tiny town’s name.
“It’s MEX-ee-uh.”
“muh-HAY-uh.”
“MEX-ee-uh!”
“muh-HAY-uh!”
They decide to ask a local. They park at a fast-food joint and race inside to the counter.
“How do you pronounce the name of this place?”
The cashier gives them a strange look. With great precision, she replies, “Dairy Queen.”

2023-06-12 14:11:19

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@npub1psd…9sr7 oh my god, Charlie. I wondered where I’d left it!

2023-06-05 15:27:10

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 😂Well said.

2023-05-25 15:11:26

Wow. Wireless tech allows a man paralyzed due to spinal damage to walk. https://wapo.st/433yVAg

2023-05-24 22:41:46

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@npub1asa…n9sr What is the UP?

2023-05-24 17:18:54

Climate change not 'serious risk' to financial stability, Fed's Waller says// This is delusional. We need people in positions of authority who are educated about just how devastating and all-encompassing the climate and biodiversity outcomes will be, if we don’t act decisively to change how we do things. https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/feds-waller-says-climate-change-not-serious-risk-financial-stability-2023-05-11/

2023-05-17 14:45:11

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Jesus. How can this be legal? That kind of vehicular aggression is a threat to public safety.

2023-05-12 01:55:39

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 hey, don’t insult my awesome Mastodon buddy 😜😘

2023-05-08 15:59:21

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 #MeToo 🧡💪🏻

2023-05-08 15:57:18

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Thanks for this. Incredibly helpful. Ugh, what a nasty nasty piece of work he is. Hoping for a small measure of justice for Carroll and accountability for Trump.

2023-05-04 13:41:19

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 what’s your take on him? I’m all for Dems running for office, but I am homestly fed-tf-up with our politics being driven by billionaires.

2023-04-24 15:00:07

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#[0] I really appreciate this! Thank you.

2023-04-15 16:50:11

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#[0] Amen, brother. The patterns of fascism are so clear. I find it baffling how the news media continue to allow themselves to be led in circles and jump through hoops like trained circus animals for the sake of the powerful, for entertainment of comfortable bystanders, while the suffering of the afflicted goes unremarked.

2023-04-10 16:02:52

Texts between D.C. police and Proud Boys head shown at Jan. 6 trial (gift article) https://wapo.st/3MvCXvK

2023-03-31 15:24:27

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#[0] Yes, please! And all this ridiculous griping about how it’s not the best indictment. Can they hear how absurd they sound? They’re treating the different investigations into him like they’re different brands of mac-n-cheese at Wal-Mart. Instead of, you know, FUCKING CRIMES.

2023-03-12 13:31:35

‘Biden considers detention for undocumented migrant families.’ Oh, for fuck’s sake. Just, no.
Wait… On second thought, sure; go for it. Go all Refugee Robocop on desperate families escaping violence, drawn here by the shiny promise of doing grueling, dangerous, sub-minimum-wage work, for corporations who are rarely (if ever) punished for hiring them, much less for their abusive practices. How could anyone object to that? 🙄🤬 https://www.axios.com/2023/03/08/biden-hot-water-dem-lawmakers

2023-02-14 16:45:05

Greetings! I have severe #MECFS, which means I am mostly bedbound and haven’t got a lot of energy to post these days. A rebound is always possible. Meanwhile I want to help my fellow SFFH writers out by boosting their works; to comment on science, tech, climate, and progressive policy and politics as I’m able; and to witness whatever you have to share, my lovely moopish beans.