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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” - Ursula K. Le Guin Macro photography, microscopy & sometimes I draw things. Collector of video game soundtracks on vinyl
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this action has already murdered ~14,000 adults and ~1,500 children pepfar.impactcounter.com bsky.app/profile/bran...

i swear, news like this makes me so tempted to make the most basic word processor you ever saw, which saves files on your computer like normal, & give it away for free

The nice thing about playing Avowed all day is that I don’t look at my damn phone

The 1923 Oregon legislature was colloquially known as the "Klan legislature" because the majority of members were either Klan members or sympathizers. One bill they passed required that history education be suitably patriotic, outlawing materials that spoke "slightingly" of the founders.

For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.

regret to inform everyone this is a real guy who could be pope

Maybe it's early... But this took me out 🤣

Always repost cryptmaster

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

RIP Miss Yvonne, the most beautiful lady in puppetland

Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position. You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

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Probably a great deal less time required than a whole term!

In response to the UK's demands for a backdoor, Apple has stopped offering users in the UK Advanced Data Protection, which provides end-to-end encryption for backups and files. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

Spent all day with Avowed and I’m enjoying it It’s kind of like Greedfall, early Dragon Age and [insert preferred Bethesda game here] all rolled into one

One of the more infuriating things about reading through comments on Bluesky (and this was true of Twitter as well) is that there are people out there who still can’t figure out how to bypass a fucking paywall

"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data For THIS $100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine And they spent it on this

I should just stop procrastinating and try Avowed already

In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

Friend just confirmed via text she's putting her cat down and Apple Intelligence just suggested I respond "haha I feel you."

make litters of babies and then force their mothers to apologetically beg for your attention on social media like only the very best fathers do

I am reminded of Toni Morrison's words: The...very serious function of racism is distraction...It keeps you explaining, over & over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language & you spend 20 years proving...you do...None of this is necessary. There will always be 1 more thing! 🔥

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Quitting Amazon? Support an independent bookstore.

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May, 1980. Photo by Ricky Flores, taken at then-criminal and future Crime President's Crime Tower in response to the moron's full page ad for the death penalty of the innocent Central Park 5.

Under questioning from Sen. Rand Paul, Trump labor secretary pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer walks back support for the pro-union PRO Act. Specifically, she says she no longer backs provision preempting right-to-work laws. "I fully and fairly support states who want to protect their right to work."

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I enjoyed that little flurry of fake news reports that Trump and Putin weren't really talking, or that Putin was mad at Trump the "russia hoax" was always real, and this is an extremely well funded global authoritarian assault on law, informed consensus, empathy, and democratic order by sociopaths

Young people are fed up with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk: "It makes me sick to think of [Musk] profiting from such vile hate.” Read more here ⤵️

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

I’ve had all day to check out Avowed. It’s like a signal flare going off in my brain every hour or so A V O W E D but I keep finding excuses to do other things What am I so afraid of

Nikon Fm2 Kodak Tri-X 400 +2 stops #filmphotography

Reminder: we already paid for this. This is our tax $$ he’s trashing.

I never want to be so rich or so famous or so horrible that I can't find one person who loves or respects me enough to pull me aside before I say or do something stupid in public.

Incredible journalism.

Let me tell you all how enraging it is to be a woman journalist who actually believes in and cares deeply about my profession's ability to change peoples lives for the better

The SEC commissioner Trump just appointed says memecoins fall outside of the SEC's jurisdiction. That's awfully convenient for Trump, who launched a memecoin to help him profit from the presidency...

AI is redlining for arts and education. The de facto diversification of America means that the available human labor pool becomes diverse. And the loopholes that allow for discrimination in hiring become tighter. AI relies on stolen work--a meritocracy in output without having to hire black people.

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