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iamwendy.bsky.social
I teach, I watch tv, I mom.
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Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

submitted 21 days ago • 700 comments

Yes! So excited for this!

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Unpopular opinion: I don't love Severance.

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

Guess I'll just re-read the Murderbot books again.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

We don't talk enough about Stephen Crane's poems.

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

All of these nomination hearings in a nutshell: Congress: “Will you break the law if the President tells you to?” Nominee: “That’s for me to know and you to find out.”

submitted 69 days ago • 71 comments

There are so many awful things/people Mullin supports (like Hegseth), so maybe talk about that instead of making fun of his name. It's childish.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Me: When I was picking up the car at the dealer's, I saw a cool dog! It was a Cairn Terrier/Corgi mix and it looked like a Cairn Terrier with Corgi legs! Son: Was the dog buying a car?

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

When Joseph McCarthy was wandering around wrecking people's lives, the State Department purged most of its experts on China, which meant most of its experts on east Asia other than Japan. This meant that the government was largely flying blind when deciding whether to get involved in Vietnam.

submitted 72 days ago • 16 comments

Sometimes I start a crappy mini-series based on a crappy book, and then I get the crappy book and read it in an hour or so just so I can find out who the bad guy is before the crappy mini-series is over. When I do this, I never add the crappy book to my Goodreads. No one needs to know what I did.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

This is vile. One of the right's biggest current stars is attacking sign-language interpreters literally because he doesn't like the way they look. And, of course, he's doing it without putting in a minute of work to grasp the differences in the ways deaf people use ASL, lip reading, and captions.

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

Thanks to my threatening to leave Meta apps, I have all these new followers (old friends) and now I feel lke I have to post more. :D Let me say that this week's episode of Silo was the best of the series so far.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

My brother has been a wildfire fighter for 10+ years. His top safety advice to me has always been to be the first one on the road. It's doubly true with 0% containment and LA traffic. If you're thinking of evacuating, and your gut is telling you that you'll need to, don't wait for the order. Leave.

submitted 77 days ago • 23 comments

Favorite day of the year, time for my favorite Doctor Who episode:

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Elon Musk and Pete Hesgeth are the kind of tough alpha males that America needs, according to their mommies

submitted 111 days ago • 565 comments

5 romance authors I’ve read 5+ books by... Hey, I think I can do 10 romance authors I've read 10 books by: Jennifer Crusie Suzanne Brockman Mary Balogh Marion Chesney Sherry Thomas Jo Beverley Carla Kelly Beverly Sommers Jackie Lau Julie Anne Long

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👍👍 for Man on the Inside (Netflix show starring Ted Danson and created by @kentremendous.bsky.social. It's going on my Top 10 list of 2024. Solid needle-drops (California Stars!!!) , and I'm glad they resisted the temptation to use Hello In There.

submitted 121 days ago • 0 comments

Ronan Farrow. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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I want to make a personal request to those of you who use a bike for transportation purposes to start taking more photos and posting them. You can do so much by showing even the most mundane errands with a bike to educate and inspire others. They're often more effective than words. 📸

submitted 125 days ago • 406 comments

Cf. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social, en inglés.

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

A clip from our new episode with Academy Award-winning writer/director/producer Adam McKay, who says that "cars are done." Listen to the whole episode wherever you get your podcasts. thewaroncars.org/2024/11/12/1...

submitted 133 days ago • 8 comments

I'm so excited that old friends are coming over here from TBP to Bluesky. *waves hello enthusiastically*

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments