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💾 ⬇️ www.democracynow.org/2025/2/28/in...

Happy Friday! We’re hiring. Kagi is looking for a Flutter Developer, is this you? kagi.peopleforce.io/careers/v/10...

My chili peppers? Red hot.

Good reminder

"I just wanted him to fix the old bowling alley like he promised in passing once. Anyone saying I’m partially responsible for the explosions is just a sign that they have no argument."

I wish more people were talking about egg prices as less of a “muh egg prices!” thing and more about the fact that there is an organized egg cartel that is illegally price gouging and almost certainly illegally price fixing and reaping massive, gigantic profits.

There's very little funny about this situation, but I'm imagining the Elon Musk paramilitary forces getting their cybertrucks stuck in the snow in whatever's between Ottawa and Upstate New York and nobody notices for like a week

"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

Victorian ingenuity in every loop! 🧶 The Second Book of "Hows" (1900) offers knitting guidance for the home. Its photos & techniques are both timeless & telling of its era. ➡️ https://archive.org/details/krl00402941 #Knitting #VintageKnitting #HistoricKnitting #Needlework #InternetArchive

If you use Signal and your threat model includes Russian state actors, make sure your version of Signal is up to date in order to harden your account against these attacks: cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

"For I am wroth, Lathaniel! Thou hast destroyed ALL OF MY BODICES with thy heedless ham-hands."

New Orleans has a Mardi Gras parade where people pull little mini-floats, and someone made an iron lung & RFK float

Paul Atreides doth go to a Frensshe bakerye to picke up breade. Upon arriving at the Frensshe bakerye, Paul Atreides doth fynde that the Frensshe bakeres have lefte a box for hym. Paul Atreides asketh: "What ys yn the box?" And the Frensshe bakeres responde: "Pain."

What’s a thing that you can do that’s easy, feels good, and makes transit better? Celebrate SF Transit Operator Day! Mark your calendar now: Tuesday, March 18th - Ride Muni

"Roses are biological / you have the nicest skin / I can’t stop kissing you / let’s read more nondualistic queer theory"

Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

I'm a reporter at the SF Chronicle hoping to speak with scientists who were impacted by the government firings. Specifically NOAA scientists, especially those in California. Open to hearing from you on the record, off the record or anonymously. email: [email protected] DMs open

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

Jane Eyre Jane Watir Jane Erthe Jane Fyre Long ago, the four Janes lived togethir yn harmonye... Until the Fyre Janes attackid.

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

Tuesday night Odd Salon San Francisco is launching year 12 with ASTOUND - and I’m at the helm! Join meeeeeeee! oddsalon.com/salon/odd-sa...

"California law is unaffected by recent changes to federal policy and continues to provide safeguards against discrimination and harassment based on gender, gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation. ....Our commitment to safeguarding the rights of all students persists."

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

🎶'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke ponye girle Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge down at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe Ich shal keepe on daunsinge Downe yn West Hollywoode' [lute solo]🎶

My coworker is an immigrant from Afghanistan. She said “I survived three wars. If you have lentils and water, we can get through this. I will make sure.”

I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"

"I blink, and suddenly I’m standing in front of a room of college kids. Most of them are sleeping on their backpacks. I’m talking about some guy named Alain Robbe-Grillet and telling everybody that their essays were due three weeks ago."