Tor's free ebook of the month? Upright Women Wanted!

Sounds pretty cool!



“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.”

Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend.

Her best friend who she was in love with.

Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda.

The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.

Right now I'm reading Mel Brooks' new autobiography, which I am so thoroughly enjoying, I think this'll go in the queue right behind it. Well, maybe some programming books to skim, but for fun stuff, this next.

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https://ebookclub.tor.com

Borrowed from a friend: I'm FULLY vaccinated, and....

I'm FULLY vaccinated and, no, I don't know what's in it - neither this vaccine, the ones I had as a child, nor in the 11 secret herbs and spices at KFC, or hot dogs, or other treatments … whether it's for cancer, AIDS, the vaccine for pneumonia, or vaccines for infants or children.

I also don't know what's in Ibuprofen, Tylenol, or other meds, it just cures my headaches & my pains.

I don't know what's in the ink for tattoos, vaping, Botox and fillers, or every ingredient in my soap or shampoo or even deodorants.

I don’t know the long term effect of mobile phone use or whether or not that restaurant I just ate at REALLY used clean foods and washed their hands.

In short ...
There's a lot of things I don't know and never will …
I just know one thing: life is short, very short, and I still want to do something other than just staying locked in my home.

I still want to travel and hug people without fear and find a little feeling of life "before".
As a child and as an adult I've been vaccinated for mumps, measles, polio, chickenpox, and quite a few others; my parents and I trusted the science and never had to suffer through or transmit any of the said diseases and, I'm vaccinated, not to please the government but:

To not die from Covid-19.

To NOT clutter a hospital bed if I get sick.

To hug my loved ones

To Not have to do PCR or antigenic tests to go to a restaurant, go on holidays and many more things to come ...

To live my life.

To see and hug my family and friends

For Covid-19 to be an old memory.

To protect us.

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