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I freakin’ love Matthew Schaefer. Welcome to the Island, kid. 🥰🥰 #NHLDraft #Isles

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One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm. Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

The authority to wage war rests with Congress. This impeachable action is the reckless behavior of a man granted near-total immunity who feels unleashed to do anything.

submitted 8 days ago • 193 comments

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

submitted 11 days ago • 879 comments

Calling the future of SEO “GEO,” generative engine optimization, kinda appeals to me because it makes me think of “Hollow Knight.” GEO/geo is where the money is. 🙂

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“Le Poisson Steve” needs more lyrics. It gets stuck in my head so easily, but it’s so short, so it’s just this constant tiny loop.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The government is kidnapping kids.

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Proud moments in parenting: My kid seems to have stumbled across @cgpgrey.bsky.social and has gotten sucked in.

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It’s really disappointing that the Switch 2 didn’t launch with a big, mainstream platformer. I’m not really that excited to pick one up because I’m not into RPGs or racing games. All there really is right now is ports from the Switch 1.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Agreed to co-lead my daughter’s Girl Scout troop, because I guess I needed more stuff to do and be responsible for?

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Evangelicals literally teach this. If you're not part of the flock you're disposable

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

There’s a weird sort of letdown with school Drama Club productions. It kinda takes over your life for a few months, with the kids working really hard … and then they do the show, and it’s over, and they’ll never need to know any of this stuff again.

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Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Unreasonably excited/anxious for my kid’s big show tonight. It’s her first featured role in a musical! 🥰🎭🏰

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My latest rant: How Google's AI Mode is Designed to Keep Users in AI Mode #SEO #AI #Google #AIMode #GoogleIO www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-go...

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

#COVID19 cases rising again as new variant, NB.1.8.1., circulates in some parts of the world, WHO says, by @carlakjohnson.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @apnews.com @theglobeandmail.com #GlobalHealth

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TIL that some South Americans also have daylight saving time, but in THEIR summer, our winter. Guess I’d never really thought about it before, but it makes calculating time differences more confusing.

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Parenting is a series of one step forward, one step back. Every time I’m ready to celebrate a success, nope.

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Today's date is a significant milestone: From this point going forward, the Muppets will have existed without Jim Henson longer than they did with him. We're reflecting on what that means.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Exactly how many talks, policy papers, interviews, and reports do you think are out there warning about precisely this likelihood? Because I know it's a lot more than a few. "‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds" www.techrepublic.com/article/news...

submitted 36 days ago • 28 comments

FEMA’s new acting chief just scrapped the agency’s strategic plan—the one staff called its “organizational backbone.” No replacement. No clear direction. And hurricane season starts in less than two weeks. But that’s not all…. (1/2) www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-re...

submitted 38 days ago • 24 comments

One day left to comment. It takes mere seconds, can be anonymous, could save lives, & is a real, tangible act of resistance, of disability justice, & of community care. If you’ve been feeling powerless: you have the power to do this! Public pushback via these comments has been effective before!

submitted 38 days ago • 6 comments

this is like worse case scenario for me and many other trans people on medicaid. i will likely not be able to access life saving care if this goes through. can't state it any more - they're trying to eliminate us from existing. please call your reps now

submitted 38 days ago • 15 comments

Sharing is not caring when it comes to your husband’s cold ☹️😣🫩

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."

submitted 39 days ago • 99 comments

None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway. Here's an article on Amazon authors with GAN-generated faces and the books these authors publish (which appear to be almost entirely devoid of original human-created content). conspirator0.substack.com/p/none-of-th...

submitted 534 days ago • 3 comments

Writing tip of the day: Recreate = to play Re-create = to create again

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Well, there’s a Google AIO screw-up I hadn’t seen before.

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨It’s time to make some phone calls, Indivisibles! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

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In addition to every other terrible thing in the GOP reconciliation bill, there is a provision rendering federal court contempt citations essentially unenforceable. Because King Trump intends to ignore the courts and doesn’t want his officials held in contempt over it!

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Hate to see the Panthers win, but it’s always fun to watch the Leafs lose 😅

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We need help and we need it quickly. Follow the thread to learn how you can act NOW in response to this catastrophe⬇️ #standupforscience #nationalweatherservice #doge #dumptrump

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My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

submitted 46 days ago • 16 comments

So, you might be wondering: does it matter if Covid shots are recommended? Yes, yes it does. 1. Insurance won't cover them if they're not recommended. That's a HUGE challenge for a lot of people. 2. If more people skip the shots, manufacturers will make fewer doses, making them harder to find.

submitted 45 days ago • 28 comments

#News you need: @time.com has an article headlined "What to Do If Fluoride Is Removed From Your Water." time.com/7285568/what...

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Endless self-dealing and corruption from Trump, Musk and their friends

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I blame @hankgreen.bsky.social and Kurt Vonnegut for the fact that I will now never see the Claude logo as anything else but a butthole.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

NEWS: U.S. and China agree to a 90-day pause on new tariffs after shipping to U.S. ports plummeted. Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%. If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?

submitted 48 days ago • 1215 comments

This is violence. It’s eugenics. It’s fucking evil. And the worst part is it’s gonna get very little attention and most people aren’t even gonna notice cause y’all have simply moved on.

submitted 49 days ago • 15 comments